Hot on their Heels! Have an awesome weekend! Harper Middle College High School. September 15, 2017 Volume 13, Issue 3. From the Desk of Dr. Nelson..

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1 Hot on their Heels! Harper Middle College High School September 15, 2017 Volume 13, Issue 3 Important Dates ASVAB Interpretation Night: 9/18 Family Game Night & Bake Sale (sponsored by the PTSA): 9/27 SeaLife Field Trip: 9/29 SIT Meeting: 10/4 Saturday SAT: 10/7 Midterms: 10/5 10/9 2nd Quarter Starts: 10/10 Renaissance Festival: 10/10 PSAT Day: 10/11 Fall Break/No School: 10/12-10/13 PTSA Meeting: 10/18 Tent: National Honor Society Induction: 10/24 Saturday ACT: 10/28 FAFSA Day: 10/28 Halloween Dress Up Day: 10/31 Saturday SAT: 11/4 PTSA Meeting: 11/15 Saturday SAT: 12/2 SIT Meeting: 12/6 Saturday ACT: 12/9 Sr./Jr. Pictures: 12/13 From the Desk of Dr. Nelson.. Have an awesome weekend! In this Issue Principal's Message Healthy Greyhounds Weekly Lunch Menu FAFSA Day Family Game Night CMYC High School Study Abroad PSAT Info. PSAT Prep Meet Mrs. Savage! Online Book Ordering NTHS Announcements College Planning Important Logistics T-SHIRT SALE COMING SOON!

2 Healthy Greyhounds This year we are adding a health section to our newsletter. Healthy Greyhounds was created to provide healthy alternatives and habits to help aid physical, emotional and mental health. If you have healthy physical exercises, recipes, self soothing ideas, etc., please feel free to share those with Mr. Cohens and we will make every effort to post them for the rest of the Greyhound Community to see. Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit ( Ingredients Vanilla Cupcakes: 1 and ¾ cups (220g) All-Purpose Flour 1 cup (200g) Sugar 1 tsp Baking Soda ½ tsp Salt 1 cup (240ml) Soy Milk (or other non-dairy milk) 2 tsp (10ml) Vanilla Extract ⅓ cup (80ml) Olive Oil 1 Tbsp (15ml) White Vinegar Strawberry Vanilla Frosting ½ cup (112g) Vegan Butter 3 cups (375g) Powdered (confectioners) Sugar 2 tsp Vanilla Extract 2 tsp Strawberry Flavoring degrees Celsius) and line a cupcake tray with 12 cupcake liners. Sift the flour into a bowl and add the sugar, baking soda and salt. Then add the soy milk, vanilla extract, olive oil and white vinegar. Mix in thoroughly, using a hand whisk to get rid of any lumps. Pour the batter into a jug that allows for easy pouring and pour evenly into the 12 cupcake liners, ensuring that all the batter is used up. Place into the oven and bake for minutes. Check the cupcakes at 20 minutes and if a toothpick inserted into the center doesn't come out clean, then put them back in for a further 5 minutes. Move to a cooling rack and allow to cool thoroughly before frosting. Prepare the frosting by adding the vegan butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract and strawberry flavoring to an electric mixer bowl. Begin mixing on low speed, gradually increasing speed until you have perfectly smooth frosting. Decorate with fresh strawberry slices before serving (optional). Decoration: Fresh Sliced Strawberries (optional) Weekly Lunch Menu Students: CMS will not provide lunch on Thursday 9/21 or Friday 9/22. This is because traditional CMS schools have a teacher workday. Please make arrangements to provide your own lunch on theses days.

3 FAFSA Day

4 PTSA Family Game Night Join us for the Harper Family Game Night in the student lounge on September 27th from 6:00-7:30 PM! This is a great way to build community in our school and take a break from academics and have some fun! There will be: Great game stations with games such as Corn hole and UNO! Delicious snacks and baked goods for purchase selected for our Harper Community! A PTSA booth to answer any questions and make you aware of all the outstanding events to come. Any student volunteers who would be willing to set up/tear down, run booths, regulate games, or bring any food, please sign up in the main office with Mr. Cohens (352-E) Don t Forget to bring cash for food.

5 Charlotte Mecklenburg Youth Council

6 High School Study Abroad

7 HMCHS All Juniors will take the PSAT on Wednesday, October 11, Contact Ms. Robinson for additional information wanday.robinson@cms.k12.nc.us

8 College Planning

9 Meet Mrs. Savage Our School Counselor Intern! Mrs. Savage will be Mrs. Forges Counseling Intern for this semester. Mrs. Savage is a Master s Degree Student at UNC Charlotte, studying School Counseling. Mrs. Savage will be interning here at Harper and will be available Wed, Thurs & Friday for the rest of the semester. Mrs. Savage is looking forward to working with all the Harper Middle College students in any way she can to support them and hopes that you will come by and get to know her. Look out for upcoming s, consent forms and signups from her! ssavage.harpermiddle@gmail.com Online Book Ordering To obtain instructions on how to order books online, follow the link below. National Technical Honor Society Now accepting nominations for the 2017 National Technical Honor Society. PSAT Prep For PSAT Prep support, follow the link below Announcements SeaLife Aquarium Science Trip: All permission slips and money are due by September 25th. The cost is $15.00 plus the cost of food. Renaissance Festival: All students interested in attending the Renaissance Festival can pick-up a permission slip from Mr. Cohens in the main office. The cost of the trip is $10.00 plus the cost of food. Permission slips are due by September 27th.

10 Important Logistics CPCC Tutoring Parking Counseling If you find yourself needing some tutoring in your CPCC classes. Contact the Academic Learning Center for at assistance The new parking lot (Lot D) is now open. It is located across Hebron street and is an easy walk to the 3 rd floor entrance adjacent to the Library. CPCC has hired police officers to help us with our new crosswalks to start our semester. They will be stationed on Hebron to assist with traffic a few hours a day. New signs will be up soon to identify the new lot and also in the old lots to direct students to the additional parking Grade 13 students: Mandatory individual transcript review meetings with Mrs. Forges will begin next week. Check your for additional information. Bus Passes September bus passes are no longer available. Please stay tuned for dates to receive October passes. Lunch Textbooks CMS Code of Conduct All CMS students received a postcard in early August with directions on how to apply for Free/ Reduced Meals for the school year. You must complete your application on-line and submit it to CMS Child Nutrition. Students who received Free/Reduced meals last year will continue to receive Free/Reduced meals until October 13 th. A new application must be submitted and approved on-line prior to October13 th in order to continue to receive Free/Reduced meals. Students may also purchase a CMS lunch at HMCHS. If you are interested in receiving a CMS lunch each day, please Mr. Cohens at clintonb.cohens@cms.k12.nc.us as soon as possible. Lunch will be delivered daily to Harper from a neighboring school, kept secure in our offices and students can access it between the hours of 12:50 1:15 pm. You may now purchase your textbooks for your CPCC classes. Remember, you must obtain your CPCC student ID in order purchase you books. BRING ALL RECEIPTS TO MR. COHENS IN THE MAIN OFFICE. Should you purchase a book and then drop a course, you MUST return your book into Mr. Cohens, NOT the bookstore. If you have any question, please do not assume, just ask. If you have a short session class that starts in September or October, go and purchase your books for the class now. Please follow the link below to find a copy of the CMS Student Code of Conduct. goo.gl/gplpxw