1. ANNOUNCEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 TODAY IS AN “A” DAY

2. 0 Mrs. Naughton’s BAND LESSONS Period 5/11:15 – Group f Sax Period 7/12:44 – Jr. Knights d Period 8/1:27 – Ensemble 2

3. 0 TRACK & FIELD TRY OUTS Try outs will begin on Monday, March 17 th. Meet right after school on the blacktop outside of the gym. Come Prepared to Run! Pick up is promptly at 4:30.

4. SPRING SPORTS ATTENTION 6 th, 7 th AND 8 th GRADE Girls & Boys Track & Field, Softball & Baseball First try out is March 17th.

5. STUDENT COUNCIL Attention Student Council: Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 26th at 7:30 in Ms. Manning's room. We hope to see you there :)

6. DEADLINE FOR ORDERING YEARBOOKS IS QUICKLY APPROACHING!! FRIDAY, MARCH 21ST The deadline is FRIDAY, MARCH 21ST. All of the information for ordering yearbooks is available on Mr. Purdum’s website. If you do not order a yearbook now, it will be very unlikely that you will be able to get one at the end of the year.

7. The Pond Road Science Olympiad Team competed in the NJ State Tournament yesterday at Middlesex County College in Edison, NJ. Our students all worked hard and placed 7 th out of 26 teams. If you see them in the hallways today please congratulate them! Individual team members placed in the following events: 1 st place: Write it Do it - Sanam Thakur and Aanya Gupta 1 st place Meterology – Roman Rychkov and Ritvik Agnihortri 2 nd place: Helicopters - Ritvik Agnihortri and Mariko McMurtry 2 nd place: Solar Systems - Avilasha Haldar and Nikita John 2 nd place: Experimental Design - Sahya Nara, Likitha Patlolla, and Ritvik Agnihortri 3 rd place: Robo Cross – Nolan Quan and Syam Angalakuditi 4 th place: Sounds of Music - Avilasha Haldar and Brinda Suresh 5 th place: Boomilever - Sahya Nara and Likitha Patlolla 6 th place: Water Quality –Aneesh Sudarshan and Syam Angalakuditi Honorable mention goes to the following teams finishing just out of medal contention! 7 th place – Heredity - Revika Singh and Aishwarya Ganesh 7 th place – Road Scholar - Aishwarya Ganesh Mariko McMurtry 8 th place – Dynamic planet - Revika Singh and Roman Rychkov 9 th place – Rocks and Minerals – Nikita John and Avilasha Haldar Congratulations to ALL of the participants on their fine efforts and accomplishments Got Science!!!!!