WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR FEBRUARY 8
Friday
Lunch ~ Burrito; provided by Spanish Club ~ 12:35 p.m.
NO SCHOOL MONDAY FEB. 11 LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY
SPORTS FOR THIS WEEK
Sport Events for the week of Feb. 5-8
Friday
HS Girls Soccer @ Riverdale HS 4 p.m. Dismiss 2 p.m.
HS Boys Soccer @ Riverdale HS 6 p.m.
HS Boys Basketball @ Riverdale HS 6:30 p.m.
BASKETBALL CLINIC
The FCHS boys varsity basketball players and coaching staff invite all students to attend the FC Basketball Skills Academy. The clinic has been postponed from Feb. 9 to later in March. It is for kindergarten through 8th grade students. More information will be released soon.
CANDY GRAMS
With Valentine’s Day just 2 weeks away, Candy Grams will once more be on sale beginning TODAY. For only $1 you can send a special message and some candy to a friend, family member, or special someone. They are $1 and will be delivered on Feb. 14. Look for a CJSF member at lunch to make your purchase or pick up forms in the office. The last day to purchase candy grams is Feb. 12.
CSF VALENTINES LUNCH
CSF lunch for Valentine’s Day! Enjoy this wonderful lunch of Fettuccine Alfredo, salad, water and a cookie. CJSF members (with their card) get $2 off, teachers enjoy this lunch on the house.
NOTS TICKETS AND OTHER INFO
Night of the Stars (NOTS) tickets are for sale for $50.
NOTS will be held on Feb. 16 will be held downtown at The Grand 1401, Feb. 16 from 5:30-11 p.m. Pictures start at 5:30 p.m. and are not included in the ticket price.
If you are going to ask someone to NOTS, please let the Feather staff know so they can film it. If your ‘asking’ gets videotaped you can submit it to leadership for a chance to win two free tickets as the most creative.
FRESNO ART SHOW
If you would like to go out with your friends and hang out at an interesting, classy, and quiet venue in February, head to the art galleries Gallery25 and Fresno Art Gallery. Gallery25 is having special Valentine-themed artwork displayed this month and Fresno Art Gallery is displaying the work of artists such as Michael Garcia. The Feather will release an article regarding these events very soon.
NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC JOURNALISM WEEKS
Be interactive with YOUR school newspaper! Feb. 17-23 is National Scholastic Journalism Week; we want to hear from you. Check out ‘The Feather’, online (www.thefeather.com). View photos, read the articles, watch a video, listen to a podcast and make a comment or two. It’s time to celebrate what our Feather staff is doing to promote our campus.
ALL CHOIR/ENSEMBLE AND BAND MEMBERS
Michael Ogden, head of FCS music department, encourages all of his students from choir, ensemble, and band to create a Twitter account and follow the @FCSMusicDept Twitter feed to receive announcements regarding his classes and their homework, practices and events.
DEVRY UNIVERSITY TO HOST CAREER PLANNING
Exciting event for junior and senior girls interested in science, technology, engineering, and math careers! DeVry University is hosting the 2013 HerWorld program on March 1 at the Clovis Veteran’s Memorial from 8:30-1:45 p.m. Students will hear from motivating female speakers who are professionals in their careers and a free Tahoe Joe’s lunch will be provided. Please RSVP with Michelle Warkentin or Vickey Belmont if you are interested, only the first 10 girls to sign up will be able to attend!
JOURNALISM FIELD TRIP
The National Scholastic Press Association and the Journalism Education Association is hosting their national journalism convention in San Francisco April 24-28, 2013. The leadership of the NSPA/JEA has also asked The Feather Online to present a few sessions during the convention; they are encouraging us to share our expertise from our online experience in podcasting and our online system. The convention is a great way to improve your ability in journalism. The trip costs around $370. The editors of our newspaper are also invited to attend the 89th Annual Scholastic Convention held by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. The Feather Staff will be presenting sessions to greatly help the people of our organization and benefit the attendees of the convention. See Greg Stobbe for more details.
FCS NEW SAFETY MEASURES
As we welcome you back for the second semester we want to make you aware of additional safety measures on our campus. Teachers on both campuses will keep their classroom doors locked once class starts. A buzzer system has been installed at the Northeast campus, so that the gate will remain locked during the school day. Visitors will need to ring a buzzer, to be allowed on campus by office personnel.
I’d also like to take this opportunity to remind you that any person not currently employed by Fresno Christian Schools, must check in to a school office before reporting to a classroom or the playgrounds.
Our goal, as always, is to provide the safest environment possible in which to educate your children. We look forward to a great second semester.
-Letter from Todd Bennett
KID’S DAY
Every year, the Feather Staff and Student Leadership participate in selling newspapers for Children’s Hospital Central California called Kid’s Day. This year on March 5, Leadership will meet at 4:30 a.m. and Journalism will meet at 5:30 a.m. and will split their location between Cedar and Alluvial and Maple and Cedar. The Feather editors will be on Shaw and Blackstone is where the editors and Mr. Stobbe will sell newspapers.
FCS 30TH ANNUAL AUCTION
FCS will hold its 30th annual auction on March 16, more details can be found here
SAT TESTING AND REGISTRATION DATES
SAT Date:
March 9
May 4
June 1
Registration date:
February 8, 22 (late) for March 9
April 5, 19 (late) for May 4
May 2, 17 (late) for June 1
For more information, click here
DRAMA PRODUCTION
Our Drama Department will be presenting “Meet Me in St. Louis” from April 25-28
CSF REGIONAL CONFERENCES
The Regional Conferences will be held in Visalia on Saturday, April 20, at Diamante High School from 7:30am-4:00pm. Transportation will not be provided.
FOLLOW THE FEATHER ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM
The Feather Online continues to tweet each school day up-to-date news and happenings. All students, parents and community supporters need to do is sign up for an account and follow @thefeather on Twitter and our Instagram.
CSF TUTORING
Anyone in need of tutoring for any subject can come and be tutored for free, or if you are looking to get some community service hours you can also sign up to be a tutor. Tutoring will be held in Molly Sargent’s room, 621, Wednesday’s 3-4 p.m. by members of CSF.
FULL LUNCH SCHEDULE
To view a calender with all the lunch dates for the rest of this semester, click here.
FIVE-MINUTE MILE CLUB
P.E. teacher Michael Ogden is hosting a challenge to high school students. Run a mile under 6 minutes and join an elite group of athletes. Congrats to the first three members of the 5-minute mile club (5:59 or less). If you see the following three freshman students, congratulate these on their accomplishments.
–Jon Anguiano: 5:45
–Bailey Brogan: 5:46
–Thomas Friesen: 5:58
–Tyler Breedlove: 5:59
–Damien Boyce: 5:50
–Julian Castro: 5:43
–Caleb Nale: 5:53
–Nick Fontes: 5:56
–Jacob Bynum: 5:57
–Jordan Castro: 5:55
Anyone who earns this distinction is given a commemorative T-shirt and other tokens of appreciation. For more information, contact Ogden.
THE FEATHER NEEDS CAMPUS MEDIA
The Feather needs videographers, photographers, and other media talents. Talk to Greg Stobbe, journalism adviser, if interested.
MUSIC DEPARTMENT NEEDS TALENT
Junior and Senior High School students are strongly encouraged to join choir, band, percussion, and colorguard. Musical adviser Michael Ogdon needs a pianist for jazz band also; see him in the Music Suite. Principal Todd Bennett and Academic adviser Michelle Warkentin can make schedule changes that can enable you to participate.
FALL SPORT SIGNUPS
Signups for fall sports in high school volleyball, football, cross country and track and junior high volleyball and cross country will be outside the athletic office. Football workouts for 8th-11th grade will begin May 15 and be held every Tues.-Fri. from 3:15-5:30 p.m.
DRESS CODE
In an effort to tighten up on dress code violations, the school
