The cheerleaders are holding a car wash on Saturday from nine until twelve at the Middletown Safeway. We would love to see you there!

FFA Members who want to attend the rodeo this Saturday June fifth for free, need to pick up their membership cards from Mrs. Shriner for entrance by tomorrow.

If you are a current sophomore and interested in running for junior class office, please pick up an application from Ms. Cashdollar in room 430 or Ms. Mathauser in room 215 by Friday, June fourth  A one-page written speech about yourself and why you want the position you are running for will be due no later than Monday, June seventh.  If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact Ms. or Ms. Mathauser.

Attention all members of the MHS Boys soccer program: There will be a short meeting after school today in Coach Sheffler’s room. Bring any paperwork with you, and if you cannot attend, please stop by for information.

All students taking an English Honors or AP Class next year need to pick up a pre-course reading letter; these are located in the media center, the front office, the guidance office, and on the MHS Website.  You may also see Ms. Leonard for a copy of the letter and to check out a book to read prior to the start of the course. This is an absolute requirement!

Congratulations to all of the staff who participated in the first MHS Biggest Loser. Combined, participants lost nearly two hundred pounds since mid-November. A special thanks to Mrs. Mattingly for creating the contest for the staff as well as Ms. Cashdollar for giving a tremendous amount of her personal time to handle weigh-ins and compile results. Great job everyone!

All students taking an English Honors or AP Class next year need to pick up a pre-course reading letter; these are located in the media center, the front office, the guidance office, and on the MHS Website.  You may also see Ms. Leonard for a copy of the letter and to check out a book to read prior to the start of the course. This is an absolute requirement!

Attention Rising Seniors!  If you are interested in serving on the Executive Board for the Class of 2011, please see Ms. Leonard in Room 208 for an application and information.  This must be returned to Ms. Leonard or Mrs. Boyll by Friday, June fourth.

Are you interested in a trip to Costa Rica during the summer of 2011? Mrs. Boyll and Mrs. Owens are in the process of organizing this trip!  If you would like more details, please come with your parents to an informational meeting on Wednesday, June second, in the Media Center. Pizza and soft drinks will be served!  Sign up with either Mrs. Owens or Mrs. Boyll ASAP.

Melissa Shirley won the 2A state title in the discus, while Katie Bussard, Kelly Hohl, Jessica Elliott and Stephanie Bidle had a strong performance in the four by two-hundred relay, with a time of one minute and fifty one seconds. In addition, Sarah Wrieden placed third in the girls 2A Triple Jump.

Attention Rising Seniors!  If you are interested in serving on the Executive Board for the Class of 2011, please see Ms. Leonard in Room 208 for an application and information.  This must be returned to Ms. Leonard or Mrs. Boyll by Friday, June fourth.

The girl’s and boy’s Senior ALL Star lacrosse games are tonight in the Knights stadium.  Come cheer for the MHS seniors and watch the Frederick county seniors take on Frederick city.  The girl’s game starts at six o’clock and the boy’s game starts at seven-thirty.

All SSL and Intern calendars and time sheets are due today. SSL reflections for June are due as soon as possible.

Are you interested in a trip to Costa Rica during the summer of 2011? Mrs. Boyll and Mrs. Owens are in the process of organizing this trip!  If you would like more details, please come with your parents to an informational meeting on Wednesday, June second, in the Media Center. Pizza and soft drinks will be served!  Sign up with either Mrs. Owens or Mrs. Boyll ASAP.

Open Improv will be held today after school in room 210.

Don’t miss the next TBA Improv show on Friday, June fourth at seven pm in the auditorium. It’s

Improv-a-oke:  on-stage audience participation in games and exercises.  Come join the fun and see if you have what it takes to be an improv artist!

FFA members will be going to Hershey Park with the Catoctin FFA Chapter on Tuesday, June twenty second if there is enough interest.  Sign up on the bulletin board and bring your thirty-three dollars and fifty cents to Mrs. Shriner by this Friday to get your group ticket.

All FFA members who are interested in being tour guides for Barnstormers on June nineteenth, sign up on the FFA bulletin board.  Training for barnstormers will be on June twelfth.  Barnstormers counts for community service and a Supervised Agricultural Experience.  You will be placed at a barn in Frederick City and help educate the public.

Photo CDs and DVDs of GREASE are avaliable for pick-up from Mrs. Nicklas. If you did not order a DVD, there are some still available for purchase at thirty dollars each.

Life is always changing, always moving, and always shifting. It goes from one concept to the next; never giving a care to anyone it comes across. It just keeps going without a care or anxiety. Life changes, that’s a fact.

It will even change before you’re ready. It will just move on and shift into something uncomfortably new that messes with your mind and body and agitates you even further and plays with your mind. Like a cruel child playing with toys, life changes your scenery, your life, and your security in a split second.

One day you’ll love what you have, and in another that will be gone and done with and you won’t have a clue where it is anymore or even if it’s the same as it was before. Universally, this affects everyone, from little things like changing your hair style or going to a doctor’s appointment, to having your life split apart by a parent’s divorce or your break up with someone you’ve loved.

All of these little changes affect us. Our bodies become fragile and frail, our minds become weak and they suffer, and our lives open up into a whole new world of insecurity, helplessness, and fragility.

We can’t stop the change though, even though we try to. We all try to stop the unstoppable, but it’s fruitless. We can’t ascertain the ascertainable; we can’t be certain while in uncertainty. What we can do though is accept the uncertain and learn what we don’t know. There are new experiences and adventures to explore and navigate through in the unknown territory we call “change.”

Why not learn about the new world you live in? Why not do the best with what you have, where you are? The best solution is not to wither and die because the never-ending cycle of change is out and about, but to accept life as it is. The only thing to do is to live with what you have and accept, even unwillingly, what has happened and what has changed and what you now have to do to cope with it.

Change is a general nuisance, or if you enjoy it, a life-changing experience for the better. The only thing we can do is roll with it, because change is a natural process of life. It happens, and we deal with it when it crops up. Nothing we do is going to stop it, so we endure and thrive with the energy we have and the things we’re given.

That’s how it’s always going to be.

Attention all FFA Members: the June Social will be at J Bar W Ranch for the opening night of the rodeo.  It’s Saturday June fifth, starting at seven pm; the gates open at five pm.  FFA members can get in FREE with a membership card. See Mrs. Shriner to get your card for your entrance starting next week.

Attention students going to FCC for the Future Link Conference: Please bring your permission slip to Mrs Brandt today if you have not already done so.

There are still many lovely flowers and plants available in the greenhouse. Once graduation day is over, come in between seven-thirty and noon to pick out your market packs, which are one dollar each or six for five dollars.

There will be a JV and Varsity Girls Lacrosse meeting today at two twenty in Coach Martin’s room.  Varsity, please bring your uniform, pinnie and school issued lock

Students going to FCC for the Future Link Conference must have their permission slips in tomorrow. Please bring them to Mrs Brandt.

There are still flowers available from the greenhouse. You may come in between 7:30 and 10:30 to pick out your discounted flats of flowers and plants.

Wow!  Did you see those amazing yearbooks this year?  You still want one?  Well, you’re in luck because there’s still some left.  If you still want a yearbook, please see Mr. Tom Miller in room 206 or, during lunch, in room 429.  Remaining yearbooks will be sold on a first come / first serve basis.

Do you still need to pick up your yearbook?  If so, please come to room 429 during second, third, or fourth lunch to pick up your yearbook. Or, see Mr. Tom Miller in room 206 at the end of the day.