Austin Burns, Nadia Campbell, Kristin Cervo, Kevin Enriquez, James Samuels, Jaime Santos, Samantha Smoker, Jacob Stachowski, and Kristopher Strickland

Elizabeth Carpenter, James McGinty, Jeffrey Rusboldt, Justin Smoker, Laquita Askew, Charles Bentley, Ashley Bunton, Robert Day, Christopher Maddox, Jasica Twardus, and Emily Yussum

Boys Basketball hosts 6:00 p.m.Boys Basketball hosts 6:00 p.m. Girls Basketball at MerrillvilleGirls Basketball at Merrillville

Wrestling at Rennsselaer CentralWrestling at Rennsselaer Central Girls Basketball at South Bend WashingtonGirls Basketball at South Bend Washington

Thought For The Day “Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world right in the eye.” -Helen Keller

INTERESTED IN STUDYING BUSINESS AT BALL STATE?  Miller’s College of Business is offering a scholarship to incoming freshman interested in studying business.  You must have a 3.82 GPA, an 1850 on SAT and AP classes to be considered.  You must apply by January 31 to be considered.

Black History Month Contest The Michigan City Human Rights Commission is sponsoring it’s annual Black History Month Poster Contest. Information and entry forms are available in the main office. Entries must be submitted by 4:00 p.m. on January 31 st. First, second, and third place winners, in each category, will receive a prize presented by the Mayor of Michigan City at City Hall on Wednesday, February 22 nd.

Winter Ball It’s time to dust off your dancin’ shoes and get your swag on for the Winter Ball! This semi- formal event will be held Saturday, February 11 th at the Orak Temple. Tickets for this event will go on sale Wednesday, February 1 st at a cost of $25 per ticket; only cash or money orders will be accepted. No checks will be accepted. Tickets can only be purchased during the lunch periods in the cafeteria or before and after school in the yearbook office (A102) or newspaper office (A103).

Winter Ball (continued) All students attending the dance must be in good standing with MCHS – you may not attend if you are on Social Probation. A student from MCHS may bring a guest who is from another high school with a guest permission slip, which are available in the office.

Scholarships Several new scholarships are now available! Please check the bulletin board outside the Guidance Office or the MCHS Guidance website for more information. Also, please remember to request transcripts early enough to meet scholarship deadlines.

Winterfest It’s time to raise the school spirit level! This year the Student Council is bringing back the Winterfest Homecoming to MCHS. Winterfest will begin on Monday, January 30 and last until Friday February 3. Winter fest will include a week of spirit wear days, the Winter Olympics, decorating of our hallways, a classroom door decorating contest, and a pep session at the end of the week! The Boys Basketball team will face off with the LaPorte Slicers on Friday, February 3 for the homecoming game.

Winterfest Monday – Twin Day Tuesday – Superhero Day Wednesday – Clash Day Thursday – Day of Decades Friday – Class Color Day

2012 MCHS Lip Dub A lip dub is a type of video that combines lip synching and audio dubbing to make a music video. Still not sure what it is? Google “MCHS Lip Dub” and click on the first link. The purpose of our lip dub is to bring people together to show others the positive side of MCHS. And not only that, but we’ll still have a blast while doing so. We’re asking students to come participate by being in the video. Everyone may invite any other MCHS student to participate and even ecourage your teachers to come be in the video.

2012 MCHS Lip Dub There will be an informational meeting in the auditorium on Tuesday, January 24 th. The actual filming of the lip dub will be on Monday, January 30 th, the beginning of Winterfest after school and everyone will meet in the auditorium. It should take a couple of hours. There will be a mix of 3 songs: 1.Working for the Weekend by Loverboy 2.Touch the Sky by Kanye West 3.Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer

Prom Do you like the idea of a Rain Forest Themed Prom or does the idea of a masquerade sound more fun to you? Are you thinking you’d like prom colors to be purple and yellow or more like black and white? Who do you want to DJ the prom? Dr. Soundsgood or Boom Entertainment and DJ Flipside? If you have an opinion and want to be heard, come to the prom meeting TONIGHT. Juniors interested in helping to plan prom need to attend the prom meetings which are held EVERY Tuesday from 2:30 – 3:30 in Mrs. Brennan’s room A145. Students need to attend at least three meetings to be able to vote on prom issues. Prom cannot happen without your help, Juniors, so let’s work together to give the seniors the prom that they deserve.

Perfect Attendance The 2 nd Grading Period Perfect Attendance lists are posted in the hall next to the Attendance Office. Check the lists if you believe your name should be included.

Scholarship Applications for the Christel R. Helmchen G.A.P.P. Scholarship are available now. To qualify for this scholarship, the student must have at least two years of High School German. For more information, contact the Guidance Office.

NWI Weightlifting On January 14, the Michigan City weightlifting team traveled to Hobart for the 13 th annual Northwest Indiana Regional weightlifting competition. Several of the team members placed, and broke, or tied for records. City senior, Elizabeth Carpenter broke a record for girls with an amazing 185 pound power clean. City sophomore Ryan Jones tied for a record power clean, with a lift of 275 pounds. Giorgio Karallas, who lifted in the 242 pound weight class broke the previous power clean record, and later went on to shatter the record he had just broken, with a lift of 340 pounds. Our wolves went on to take the competition, and placed 1 st overall. Congratulations Wolves.

Announcement Crew Were you an announcement crew member last year? Do you want to continue to be part of the crew? Come to a brief but important meeting on Monday, January 30 in A112 with Miss Smidt. If you were not on the MCHS announcement crew but would like to be, Miss Smidt is having a meeting on Thursday, February 2 immediately after school in A112. We are looking for tech people in particular.

Tech Club The Tech Club will be meeting Thursday, February 2 at 2:30 in room N119 for a brief meeting. We will be having pictures taken for the Yearbook so all members are encouraged to attend.

Attention Sophomores Please come to Mrs. Cleveland’s room (P107) after school today. We are decorating the hallway so we need as many volunteers as possible. For more information, visit the sophomore Facebook page.