This Week at Mauldin High School

Parents and students have had this week marked on the calendar for some time. In case you are not a parent and did not already know, effective Wednesday, school is officially in. Here is what is happening this week ias Mauldin High School opens the 2011-2012 year:

8/15/2011

PARKING PERMITS ON SALE
Parking permits will be sold for $35 plus class dues of $10. Seniors hours are 9-11a.m. and Junior  hours are 1-3p.m.

Meet the Mavs 6-8p.m. Meet the Mavs is for all freshman, new students and their parents

8/17/2011

1st  DAY FOR STUDENTS

8/18/2011

Underclass Pictures Media Center

8/19/2011

Underclass Pictures Media Center

Girls Tennis @ Upstate Tournament

Football Jamboree 6p.m. at Hillcrest High

8/20/2011

Alive @ 25 9a.m.-1p.m. in Room D105 Call 803-732-6778 to Register. NO CHECKS ACCEPTED

8/21/2011

Mavs Blitz Athletic Fundraiser

Student Parking Permits on Sale Monday, Aug. 15

Student parking permits will be sold on Monday, Aug. 15 at MHS. Seniors can purchase passes from 9-11 a.m .and juniors from 1-3 p.m. Parking permit forms may be viewed and printed from the MHS website. Parking permits are $35 plus class dues of $10. All debts must be paid before purchasing a parking permit. Debt notices were included with report cards in June.

Meet the Mavs - Monday, Aug. 15

Meet the Mavs, MHS' freshmen and new student orientation, will take place at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15. Parents and students will proceed to the auditorium for a general meeting, then tours will be offered with MHS Student Body Officers serving as guides. Clubs and organizations will have representatives available for information and questions. Schedules will not be available before the first day of school. On the first day of school (Wednesday, Aug. 17), students will proceed to their homeroom, where they will receive their schedule. Homeroom information will be available and posted in the atrium for the Meet the Mavs orientation as well as before school on Wednesday.

Freshman ID Change - Monday, Aug. 15 through Wednesday, Aug. 17

The recently mailed out "Mavs Corral" PTSA newsletter indicates that rising freshmen and new students could have IDs made during Meet the Mavs on Monday, Aug. 15. Please note that this information is incorrect and freshmen and new students will have IDs made during the school day beginning Aug. 17.

Mandatory Cross Country Parent Meeting - Thursday, Aug. 18

The mandatory XC parent meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 18 in the MHS Media Center. One parent should attend. We will discuss rules, travel and fundraising.
 

MAVS BOOSTER CLUB - BUY YOUR MEMBERSHIP NOW

Mauldin High is blessed to have great coaches and programs available to our students. The MAVS Booster Club supports the entire athletic program of Maudlin High School and each of its athletic teams. This year Coach Frady has designated that $319,547 is the amount needed to fund our programs. Out of that amount the district covers $243,503 leaving $ 76,044 for the Booster Club to raise.

One of the best ways to support our teams is to buy a Booster Club Membership. Purchasing a membership makes you a Booster Club member and shows your support to our program. All families who have athletes that play for a team should be a member of the booster club. You can join simply by making a $25 donation, but a membership at a higher level will earn you more benefits.

The best way for our students to show support is to buy a Student Membership.  By paying $50 students get an All-Sport pass that pays for their entrance into all regular season home games for ALL SPORTS.  This is more than 200 events. If students buy this membership the money goes directly to the Booster Club to support our Mauldin athletes only and students can show up at as many events as they want to cheer our teams on. Similar memberships are available this year for Seniors and also for adults with the Orange Maverick.

For families who attend more than one sport the Silver Membership is for you. For $250 you receive two All Sport Passes, but your student also receives $75 off of their team shoes that they purchase during the year. For teams that do not buy shoes, the team decides on another item. Last year the swim team used the funds to purchase their swimsuits and boy's lacrosse used it for their gloves. Sliver Members are entitled to reserved seating and parking at the football games.  Also for the first time ever, if a Silver Member has a 1^st to 8^th grader, families can buy a Lil' Mavs pass for $25. If families attended 12 home events, this is nearly a break even for the family. 

12 events x $6 per ticket = $72 x two people = $144

           Money off of shoes                                              $75

           Total value not even counting reserved seating      $19

           Additional savings if you have a Lil' MAV: 72-25  = $47

           Value from the pass                                           $266

If you buy the pass all funds go to directly support our Mauldin Athletes. Please consider buying a membership today. The blitz on Aug. 21 is a great time to turn in your application but applications can be turned into the front office at any time.

Here is this year's membership application.

CALLING ALL ATHLETES AND PARENTS TO HELP OUT DURING THE MAVS BLITZ - 2-5 p.m. on SUNDAY, AUG. 21

The MAVS Blitz is the event during which all Mauldin Athletes canvas neighborhoods and solicit Booster Club Memberships and donations.  In one day we raise over $30,000. We need all athletes from all teams to show up that day and work.  When you are done about 4 p.m. you will be served a hot dog dinner to thank you for your efforts. Parents of athletes - we need you to drive the athletes to a neighborhood to canvas. We plan on having about 100 cars drive so we need 100 parents to volunteer to drive!  Please let you team's booster club rep know if you can drive. 

Please email Vicki Bynum, vbynum@charter.net, if you can help out with any of the following for the hot dog dinner:

FOOD ITEMS NEEDED: 12 pack canned drinks - Pepsi products only; baked cookies or brownies - trays/platters are great; a case of individual chip bags

PEOPLE NEEDED THAT DAY BESIDES DRIVERS: People to help count money; to help cook hot dogs and serve at the cookout.

Congratulations to the 2011 Walk for the Homeless art and tagline contest winners!
In the elementary art category, Chancey Turner of Sue Cleveland is the winner, and at the high school level, Noah Marshall of Mauldin takes the prize. The tagline contest winner is Hollie Peterson of Mauldin High School with "Where are you sleeping tonight?"

Thanks to everyone for your eager participation and for sharing your creative talents. Can't wait to see you at the 21^st Annual Walk for the Homeless on Sunday, Oct. 2. Have a wonderful summer!

National Speech and Debate Tournament Results
Aaron Gawrych (Mauldin High) and Lorenzo Canonico (Riverside High) made it to semi-finals (top 60) in Congressional Debate and Paavin Gami made it to Octofinals in International Extemp at the National Forensics League Tournament this year in Dallas, Texas. There were also a number of students from South Carolina who also did well in the Supplemental and Consolation events at the tournament. If you are dropped from your original event, you may enter into one of these categories and still compete for a national title.

Those in Prose were:
Ben Nicholas (Bob Jones Academy/Top 60)
Logan Coffey (Hillcrest High/Top 60)
Brian Chou (Riverside High/Top 30)

Those in Poetry were:
Ben Nicholas (Bob Jones Academy/Top 30)
Francine Taminko (Southside High/Top 30)

Those in Expository were:
Brian Chou (Riverside High/Top 30)
Also, Paavin Gami was a Student of the year finalist (only 6 students were involved in this title).

Looking for a way to help Mauldin High School but "feeling the pinch" in your pocketbook?

Use your Bi-Lo Bonuscard and your Publix Partners Card every time you shop and you'll earn one percent in cash for our school. You won't even feel it, but our school sure will! Last year, through these two grocery rewards programs, our school earned over $2700 that was used for programs and supplies to help our school, teachers, and your student! 

Each school year you must update your Bilo Bonuscard by scanning the new Boostersplus card once; thereafter, just use your regular Bonuscard every time you shop. This ensures your account is set for Mauldin High to earn the reward for the August through May time frame.

The Publix Partners card does not need to be updated annually. Just make sure Mauldin High School PTSA is on the back of it and our school earns the credit.

Cards will be sent home in the first day packet but you may also pick them up in the front office throughout the year!

Do your part, put them on your key ring, and start using your rewards cards today!

Electronics Recycled Here!
Got clutter? Consider recyling your:

• Cell Phones
• Inkjet & Laser Cartridges
• iPods
• Video Games & Consoles
• DVDs
• Digital Cameras
• PDAs
• Laptops

The MHS Media Center will send them to Recycle Forward. Recycling will earn MHS school cash to buy new technology.

Turn Your Unwanted Phones Into Cash for Our Athletes

Do you have any unwanted cell phones at home? Our athletes sure could put them to good use. Simply bring in the old phone, working or not working, and put it in the collection box in the school office. The MAVS Booster Club will then turn them over to an organization that will pay us from $1 to $10 for each cell phone donated. That organization then refurbishes the phones and gives them to charitable organizations. Your unwanted phones could help literally seed a field at Mauldin High this year so please collect and bring in your phones today. Phones will be collected during the rest of this year. 

Senior Pages

• Yearbook staff will send out forms in mid July
• Forms will be mailed to the home address guidance currently has on file.
• Information will be available on the website as well
• Deadline for purchase will be Aug. 26.

Need to Talk to a MHS Guidance Counselor?
Susan Vance a.m./Betty Mitchell p.m., Receptionist – 355-6655
Connie Allred, Registrar – 355-6502
Chuck Childs, Guidance Department Director - 355-6504
Elaine Wofford, Grades 9-11 (A - D) - 355-6520
Greshan Charlton, Grades 9-11 (E - Langley) - 355-6522 
Lu Bigalke, Grades 9-11 (Lanzone - Riddle) - 355-6523
Jennie Ray, Grades 9-11 (Riedl - Z) - 355-6521
Dalton Kelsey, 12th Grade Students - 355-6524
Guidance Fax Number – 355-6645

College/Scholarship Information

American Legion College Financial Aid Handbook
American Legion provides scholarship and financial aid information. Visit website at www.legion.org/needalift for more information

Don't let planning for college keep you up at night.
Just visit www.CollegeCountdown.com/mauldin

College Search Resource - The Center for Student Opportunity's College Center web initiative is a free online tool exposing first-generation and other historically underserved college-bound students to colleges and universities that seek to serve and support them.  Contact info@CSOpportunity.org.

The Christian Connector is a free web resource that offers information about Christian colleges and scholarships. There is also a $2500 scholarship drawing for students who log onto www.christianconnector.com to request information.
For more information:  Please visit www.christianconnector.com

EDU, Inc. is providing the opportunity for those interested students to apply to all thirty-four (34) historically black colleges and universities that are member institutions of this organization. 
To get a complete list of available schools and more information visit www.eduincoline.com . 
Applications will also be available in the guidance office.

www.fastweb.com is the largest and most popular FREE scholarship search with over 600,000 scholarships

**Hispanic Scholarship Fund has scholarships available to graduating seniors of Hispanic heritage, U.S. Citizens, with a GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.  For details visit www.hsf.net

Sallie Mae's Free Scholarship Search Tool provides students and parents direct access to over 3 million scholarships. For more information visit http://SallieMae.com/Widget

scholarships.com offers a comprehensive source of local and national scholarships, tools and tips to pay for college and free scholarship search, FAFSA online, education loan information and online

To learn about South Carolina's independent colleges and universities go to www.scicu.org and look for the "free" download of the guide.

South Carolina Student Loans
This is South Carolina's only nonprofit student loan provider. Visit the website at www.scstudentloan.org for more information.

 Worried about paying for college? Learn more by visiting sccango.org

Recruiters on MHS Campus

National Guard - Mondays
Marines - Tuesdays
Army - Wednesdays
Navy- Thursdays

College Admissions Counselors at MHS

College Open Houses (Listed Alphabetically)

Scholarships (Listed by Deadline)
New Scholarships are in Orange

Imagine America Scholarship
Eligibility Requirements: Be one of five students nominated by their guidance counselor (Please see Mrs. Smith) and attend one of Imagine America Foundation's participating colleges.
Amount: $1,000
Deadline Date: Can apply through December 31, 2011
How to Apply:  Visit the Foundation's website at: http://www.imagine-america.org.
For more information: Please see the scholarship notebook or visit the website above.

Scholarships (Listed Alphabetically)

HELP MHS EARN MONEY!!
Empty Printer Cartridges (except Canon and Epson) and Old Cell Phones Earn Cash!
Don't throw those empty printer and toner cartridges and old cell phones away! Please bring them to the Media Center or Front Office! We receive cash for our empties and they are recycled at the same time. Thanks to all those parents who have sent in empties!!

Bi-Lo Boostersplus Program! You must re-enroll each school year!
At the beginning of each school year, please scan the coded paper (available in the main office) with your Bi-Lo bonus card at a Bi-Lo store. Every time you shop at Bi-Lo, MHS receives one percent of your total purchase.

Do You Shop at Bloom? Please Designate MHS to Receive One Percent Rebate on Your Purchases!
Pick up a Breeze card from Bloom. This rewards card lets shoppers earn a one percent rebate on their purchases (to qualify shoppers need to spend $100 per three-month promotional period) and donate to MHS. Shoppers sign up for a Breeze card by completing an application at Guest Services in each Bloom store, or online at www.shopbloom.com. On the application there is a section called rebate options where you can designate MHS. The code for MHS is 00744.

Food Lion MVP
A portion of your total grocery purchase will be donated to MHS. Register online at foodlion.com. Click Shop and Share to register your MVP card with Mauldin High.

Ingles Advantage
Shop at Ingles? You can link your Ingles Advantage Card to MHS by logging on to ingles-markets.com. Choose Tools for School and use code 11326. This needs to be done at the beginning of each school year.

Office Depot - "Five Percent Back to Schools" Program.
As you check out, designate MHS to receive credit for your school supply purchases. MHS School ID Number – 70090904. Call 1-877-567-5287 for program details.

Publix Partners
Publix will donate a percentage of your grocery purchase. Simply pick up a Publix Partners Care card at the MHS office and present it when you shop. Publix will give one percent of your purchase back to MHS.

Target – Take Charge of Education Program
When applying for a Target Credit Card, please designate MHS  (92728) and MHS will receive up to a one percent cash rebate on your purchases. If you already have a Target card, please fill out the flyer included with your monthly statement or log on to target.com/tcoe. You can also stop by the kiosk in your favorite Target store or call 1-800-316-6142.

DO RESEARCH ONLINE AT HOME! TRY THESE!
Links to ALL sources below on the MHS Media Center Web Page! Go to the MHS Web Page and choose Departments and then Media Center!

NEW PASSWORD!! DISCUS (Digital Information for South Carolina Users)
Magazine articles, biographical information, encyclopedias & more.
Please contact Mauldin High School for username and password.

Destiny Quest (Online Public Access Catalog)
Students can now access the MHS Media Center catalog or any other Greenville County Schools media center catalog from their home computers!

Just type in www.mediacenter.greenville.k12.sc.us and the MHS media center catalog will pop up or follow the link on the MHS Web Page (choose Departments and then Media Center) or the District Web Page (choose parents, teachers or students). Try it!!

SCOIS (College & Career Information) online!
Log on to www.scois.net and choose scois.net2
Username: mauldinh
Password: mavericks

Video on Demand – Now available for students!
50,000 video clips to download or watch!
At home, log on to www.etv.streamlinesc.org!
Username - mhsvideo
Password - mavericks.