1. Daily Announcements April 22, 2013

2. Attention Seniors!!! Cap and Gown pictures will be made TOMORROW! Please come to the gym at 7:45 in the morning dressed and ready to go. We want every senior in the picture, so if you don’t have your cap and gown yet, come see Mrs. Gibbons in room 122 today. If you would like to sign up for individual pictures, the sign-up sheet is outside of the library.

4. GHS 2013-2014 Cheerleading Tryouts for Football Cheerleading will be held on May 7, 9, and 10. Next year, GHS will not have a competition team. We are looking for enthusiastic, spirited young ladies who are interested in representing GHS with pride. If you are interested in trying out for JV or varsity cheerleading, you must have a tryout packet completed and returned to Coach Newman in 410 or Coach Rogers in 224 by May 3. You must have a current physical in order to attend tryouts. Your physical must be on file with the athletic department—either from having participated in sports this year or by having a school physical this spring.

5. Attention Seniors! It’s time to begin putting together the Senior Slide Show. If you would like other pictures besides your formal drape/tuxedo picture in the show, please get those in by Wednesday, May 1.You can bring the hard copies in to be scanned, bring them on CD or thumb drive, or use the preferred method by sending them through e- mail. If you bring in hard copies, please make sure they are labeled with your name and are in an envelope or Ziploc bag. Each senior is allowed up to FOUR (4) pictures per slide. These should be school appropriate and tasteful images of you, your family, and friends.

6. Senior Slide Show (cont.) All seniors whose last names begin with A-L please send/bring pictures to Mrs. Bentley in Room 231/232 or e-mail (jbentley@lexington1.net)jbentley@lexington1.net All seniors whose last names begin with M-Z please send/bring pictures to Mrs. Hadden in Room 233 or e-mail (chadden@lexington1.net)chadden@lexington1.net Again, the deadline is May 1.

7. Senior Scholarship Opportunity The Gilbert Career and Technology Student Organizations (FBLA, FFA, HOSA, and Skills USA) are offering a $400 scholarship to a senior who is planning to enter one of the Career and Technology fields taught at Gilbert High. To apply for this scholarship you must be a senior, who is a member of one or more of these organizations. See your organization's chapter advisor to receive an application. Applications must be returned to your advisor by April 30th. The scholarship will be awarded at the Career & Technology Senior Recognition Night on May 16th @ 7:00 in the Little Theater.

8. Student Trainers Anyone interested in becoming a student trainer for the 2013-2014 school year please stop by and pick up an information packet from Coach Millwood in Room 525. Student training packets are due back by May 11 th.

9. Attention HOSA Members The April meeting will be held April 23 in room #312 beginning at 6:30. We will be ordering Chick-fil-A sandwiches, so if you want a sandwich, you must sign up and pay by Monday, April 22 at 12:00 noon to one of the advisors. This will be our election meeting for our officers for 2013-2014, plus we will celebrate State!!! Hope to see all of our members there!

10. Gilbert Sports Physicals Gilbert High School: May 7 th Cost: $20 ***Packets Due Back: April 26th ** Only 75 spots available. Students will be given a time based on the order packets are turned back in to GHS** **Remember physicals for the 2013-2014 sports seasons must be dated on or after April 1 st, 2013. ** You may pick up a packet in the main office or in the training room!

11. Attention Seniors Do YOU have perfect attendance for your 12 years of high school? Well, then you may be eligible for a Perfect Attendance Award! Each year, the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) honors graduating seniors who have 12 years of perfect attendance with a special certificate and personal letter signed by the State Superintendent of Education. If you think you are eligible, then see Mrs. Smith in attendance to apply for this recognition.

12. Attention AFJROTC Students… All students who were in AFJROTC first semester, please contact Cadet Captain Nikki Bittinger about purchasing your Awards Banquet/Military Ball tickets and about further details. If you fundraised, tickets are $15, if you did not fundraise, tickets are $30. The Awards Banquet/Military Ball is on May 4, 2013 at the Marriott Hotel in Downtown Columbia.

13. GHS Events Monday, 4/22 – JV & Varsity Lady Indian Soccer vs. Chapin, AWAY, 5:30 & 7:00 pm Varsity Softball vs. Mid Carolina, HOME, 6:00 pm Tuesday, 4/23 – Varsity Girls Soccer vs. Strom Thurmond, HOME, 6:00 pm JV & Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Strom Thurmond, AWAY, 5:30 & 7:30 pm Varsity Boys Golf vs. Swansea/WKHS, AWAY, 4:30 pm

14. GHS Events (cont.) Wednesday, 4/24 - JV & Varsity Girls Soccer vs. Heathwood Hall, AWAY, 5:30 & 7:30 pm Boys Tennis vs. B-L, AWAY, 4:30 pm Varsity Boys Golf vs. Lexington/WKHS/Saluda, HOME, 4:30 pm Thursday, 4/25 – Varsity Track, Region Meet, AWAY, 5:00 pm Boys Tennis vs. Midland Valley, HOME, 4:30 pm JV & Varsity Boys Soccer vs. Swansea, HOME, 5:30 & 7:00 pm* *This is different from the original scheduled due to conflicts with other events. It is also Senior night.

15. Lunch Menu Hot Bar Baked Chicken w/2 Mini Biscuits Feature Bar Baked Potato w/toppings Sandwich Line Corndog Pizza Line Bagel Bites Sides (Choose One or More) Bell Pepper Strips Green Beans Mandarin Oranges Fresh Apple Combo Line Chicken Tenders Combo Line Sides (Choose One) French Fries Salad Fruit Salad

16. Breakfast for Monday Maple Pancake & Sausage Sandwich Cereal & Toast Yogurt & Muffin

17. HAVE A GREAT DAY, GHS! …And Go Indians