Daily Bulletin Thursday February 7, 2013 (view online @ hoovercardinals )

1. Daily Bulletin Thursday February 7, 2013 (view online @ www.hoovercardinals.org)

2. Making time for dedicated studying and focused homework is a wise investment in your future. - Dr. Podhorsky

3. Congratulations!!!!! Coach Ron Lardizabal The High School Sports Association 2012-2013 San Diego Athletic Director of the Year

4. Clean Campus Classroom Program • After taking 5th period attendance, scheduled classes are escorted to the Back Quad by their teacher. You will meet with our Environmental Specialist who will explain the task at hand. • Follow-up discussion in the classroom helps everyone brainstorm how to prevent so much lunch trash in the first place. • Monday Feb 4 Room 1251 Linnette Hedley • Tuesday Feb 5 Room A-11 Ted Hernandez • Wednesday Feb 6 Room 1006 Stephanie Isaacs • Thursday Feb 7 Room 252 Nancy Johnson • Friday Feb 8 Room 1257 Shari Kha

5. Attention Class of 2015! CAHSEE BOOTCAMP Saturdays Feb. 9th & 23rd and March 2nd & 9th 8am – 12pm in the GEAR UP Rm. 206 Field Trip Celebration on Sat. March 9th!  Be prepared to pass the CAHSEE the 1st time!

6. Varsity 2/8-7:30pm vs Morse (Senior Night) The battle for first place!!!! Come out and support our team – Hoo-ryde!!! 2/12-5:15pm vs San Diego HS 2/14-7:30pm @ Patrick Henry Junior Varsity Freshman 2/8-5:15pm @ Morse 2/8-4:00pm vs Horizon 2/12-3:30pm vs San Diego HS 2/12-7:00pm vs San Diego HS 2/14-5:15pm vs Patrick Henry 2/14-4:00pm @ Patrick Henry

7. Girls Varsity Basketball Girls JV Basketball 2/8-6:00pm vs Morse 2/8-3:30pm @ Morse 2/12-5:00pm @ San Diego HS 2/12-3:30pm @ San Diego HS Wrestling 2/9-9:00am City Conference Championships Girls Varsity Soccer • 2/6-3:30pm vs Kearny • 2/8-3:30pm @ Patrick Henry Boys Varsity Soccer Boys JV Soccer • 2/7-5:30pm @ Patrick Henry2/7-3:30pm @ Patrick Henry • 2/12-3:30pm @ San Diego HS 2/12-3:30 vs San Diego HS • 2/14-6:30pm vs Crawford 2/14-3:30pm @ Crawford

8. National Honor Society members are available for tutoring in core subjects every Wednesday at lunch in room A-1. If you would like to receive help from your peers, please join us. • National Honor Society Scholars and 10th-12th grade students with a 3.5 (or higher) cumulative GPA:The National Honor Society will be holding our next meeting in room A-1 during lunch on Monday, February 11th. Please bring your lunch. For more information, see Mr. Robinson.

9. ALMA presents heARTs A visual, dramatic, musically-infused performance celebrating loveValentine's Day ~ Feb 14 3:15pm in the auditorium Admission $5 Couples $8Mock Wedding Ceremony and Pictures available for purchase

10. African American History MonthEarly Days and Slavery: 1400s-1807* 1492 A black navigator, Pedro Alonso Nino, travels with Christopher Columbus’ first expedition to the New World. 1619 A Dutch ship brings 20 African indentured servants to Jamestown, Virginia. 1739 One of the earliest slave revolts takes place in Stono, South Carolina. A score of whites and more than twice as many black slaves are killed as they try to flee. 1746 Lucy Terry, a slave, composes “Bars Fight,” the first known poem by an African American. It is passed down orally and published in 1855. 1773 The first book by an African is published in England by Phillis Wheatley, then a slave, publishes “Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral.” 1775 George Washington changes a previous policy and allows free blacks to enlist in the Continental Army. Approximately 5,000 do so. 1787 The U.S. Constitution is ratified. It provides for the continuation of the slave trade for another 20 years and required states to aid slaveholders in the recovery of slaves. 1793 Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, which makes it possible to cultivate cotton on a huge scale in the South and greatly increasing the need for slaves. 1807 Congress bans the importation of slaves into the U.S. The law will be largely ignored in the South. * Condensed and paraphrased from the website http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/early_01.html

11. African American History MonthEarly Days and Slavery: 1827-1865* 1827 The first African American newspaper in the U.S., Freedom’s Journal, is published. 1831-1861 Approximately 75,000 slaves escape to the North and freedom using the Underground Railroad, assisted by abolitionists and sympathizers. 1839 Slaves aboard the Spanish ship Amistad take it over and sail it to Long Island. 1849 Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery. She returns to the South and becomes one of the main “conductors” on the Underground Railroad. 1857 The Supreme Court decides that African Americans are not citizens of the U.S. and that Congress has no power to restrict slavery in any federal territory. 1861 The Civil War begins when the Confederates attack Fort Sumter, in South Carolina. The war, fought over the issue of slavery, will rage for another four more years. 1863 President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation frees all slaves in the Confederacy. 1865 Congress passes the Thirteenth Amendment, outlawing slavery. This is the beginning of the Reconstruction era. Please plan on joining us for lunch each Wednesday during February for “Africans in America” film series and discussion in the Media Center. * Condensed and paraphrased from the website http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/early_01.html

12. ASB Valentine Grams!! Grams are $3.00 each and consist of a stuffed Valentine Monkey with a heart lollipop ASB will be selling everyday during lunch in the Front Quad ‘till Wednesday, February 13, 2013

13. AP Students! Please see Mr. Acosta in the Financial Office to sign up and pay for your AP exams $15 cash per exam February 4th – 19th Questions?... see Mrs. Pringle, your friendly AP Coordinator

14. San Diego MDA Muscle Walk Sunday, February 24, 20138:30am - 12:00pmCrown Point Park @ Mission Bay Marcus Oliva is participating in the Muscle Walk. For those of you who do not know him, Marcus is a 10th grader, is in ROTC, and has Muscular Dystrophy. We need staff and students to sign up for the walk! Join The Cardinals Team online at http://www2.mda.org/site/TR?team_id=12659&fr_id=4262&pg=team

15. Math, Engineering, Science Achievement MESA Members!! You can now work on your MESA Day projects every day after school (except Tuesdays) in room 1303. MESA Day is Saturday, February 23rd. Regular meetings are still after school in room 1303 on Thursdays.

16. NEWS Attention $eniors (Class of 2013)! To receive financial aid you must submit a: FAFSA Application for U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents (must have a valid SSN) OR Dream Act Application for Non-U.S. Citizens or Non-Permanent Residents DUE March 2, 2013 For assistance, please visit the CAC team in the Counseling Center after school!

17. Academic League Members Our Match against Horizon is TONIGHT! Meet in room 1303 at 6:00 pm (sharp). The bus leaves at 6:15 pm.

18. WASC Mock Visit Thursday, February 7th Attention Hoover Staff… Staff Meeting Monday, Feb 11, 2:45pm in Room 1103 • WASc Mock Visit • 8:30-9:30 am Leadership Team Meeting (PCR) • 9:45-12:00 Visiting Committee Members Meet with Staff on Prep (Room 408), • and Visiting Committee Members Instructional Visits (Classrooms) • 9:45-10:45 Classified Meeting (TBD) • 10:45-11:45 Student Meeting (TBD) • 12:00-1:00 Lunch Provided for WASC Team (Room 408), and • Light Refreshments Provided for Hoover Staff (Room 408) • 1:00-1:30 Review Findings • 1:30-2:30 Exit Conference