Keep up with the College Counseling Department with College Counseling Newsletter. There are seven scholarships listed this week. A representative from Iowa State University will be on campus next week.

   

The following are recent updates to the 2012-13 Upper School Student Handbook. The policies regarding eating and drinking and visitors on campus apply immediately.  Changes regarding community service hours will go into effect in April, after the 2012-13 hours are submitted. 

 

Eating and Drinking

Students are not permitted to place orders for food to be delivered to the School at any time during the school day (page 10).

 

Visitors

Students may not attend School or any School sponsored activity or be on any School property when they are suspended or expelled from School, except with the permission of the Upper School Administration or the Head of School. Students who violate this policy may be prosecuted for trespassing (page 23).

 

Community Service

A maximum of ten (10) hours of service related to political campaigns will be allowed towards the 30 hours of required community service hours (page 26).

Every two seconds, someone in America needs blood. This is an ongoing need felt by our area hospitals and patients. Our local community requires over 800 donations daily to meet the transfusion needs in over 250 hospitals. Your donation can save the lives of up to three people.

You must be over the age of 16 to give blood. If you are not old enough, or if you are not capable of giving blood, encourage your parents and friends to register for the blood drive. Signups will be taken from November 20 to November 29. To sign up, email  Benjamin Schoen.

 

Blood Drive: November 30

Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Donor Coach by the Sport Court

   

The Upper School Winter Trip meetings are on December 4 at 6:30 p.m. These meetings are located in the Upper School Building in the following rooms:

9th Grade - Lecture Hall

10th Grade - E140

11th Grade - E129 

   

Monday, November 26

• Varsity Boys Soccer, HOME vs. Lutheran High North 6:30 p.m.

 

Tuesday, November 27

 

• 7th Grade Boys Basketball, AWAY at Logos Prep 4:30 p.m. 
• JV Boys Basketball, HOME vs. Galveston O'Connell 4:30 p.m. 
• MS 7th/8th Grade Boys Basketball, AWAY at NCS 4:30 p.m. 
• MS Boys Soccer, HOME vs. John Cooper School 4:30 p.m. 
• MS Girls Soccer, AWAY at John Cooper School 4:30 p.m. 
• 8th Grade Boys Basketball, AWAY at Logos Prep 5:30 p.m. 
• US Varsity Girls Soccer, HOME vs Episcopal 6:00 p.m. 
• Varsity Girls Basketball, HOME vs. Galveston O'Connell 6 p.m. 
• Varsity Boys Basketball, HOME vs. Galveston O'Connell 7:30 p.m.

   

Our spring musical has been changed from "Peter Pan" to "Wizard of Oz." Our Theater Department Chair Jen Bauer-Conley wanted to explain the reason behind the change:  

 

"When schools and amateur theater companies apply for the rights to produce and perform a show, those rights are granted under very specific circumstances; namely, that the show is not being performed by a professional theatre in the surrounding area around the same time. When EWS applied for the rights months ago, we were in the clear- green light "Peter Pan!" However, as some of you may have seen, a professional production of "Peter Pan," starring Cathy Rigby, has since been sent out on tour (coming through Houston in December). Red light, "Peter Pan" for EWS.

 

When we got the news that our rights had been pulled, Mr. Berthold, Mr. Nichols and I racked our brains (along with some help from Mr. Dow, Dr. Bishop and Mrs. White) to think of a show that would offer the same exciting elements we were looking forward to in "PP"- amazing technical opportunities, an element of fantasy and fairy tale, great parts for both middle and upper schoolers, and yes- flying onstage! We were very happy to realize that "The Wizard of Oz" meets all these demands, and more.