This Week at Mauldin High School - March 26-April 1

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2012 Prom Guests
All seniors attending prom and bringing a guest from another school must complete and form and return it to Ms. Christie Williamson in the front office by March 30. Forms are available in the front office.

Senior Recognition for High Test Scores on the SAT and ACT
Any senior with a combined score of 1200 on the reading and math portion of the SAT or a 27 composite score or higher on the ACT needs to see Mrs. Dalton Kelsey to be recognized on the plaques located outside of the front office. You must come by the guidance office to notify Mrs. Kelsey before March 30th. If you have any questions or concerns please email Mrs. Kelsey at dkelsey@greenville.k12.sc.us.

MHS Band Success
The Mauldin High School Band competed in the SCBDA State Concert Festival for a ranking.
Competing in class 5 - out of 6
The band received a Superior rating. A superior rating is the highest rating and given to only the best concert bands in our state.

As a result of the success, earning the highest rating at State Marching Championships, placing large numbers in Region and All-State Bands, and receiving the highest rating at Concert Festival, the band has only one more hurdle before earning the highest honor South Carolina bands can possibly receive---The Outstanding Performance Award.

If the band earns this prestigious Outstanding Performance Award, this will make the 8th year in a row of being officially called one of South Carolina Best Band Programs.

MHS Robotics Team Wins Finalist Trophy!
The Mauldin High FIRST Robotics team 1319, nicknamed "The Flash", attended the Peachtree Regional in Duluth, GA. The team for their second place finish in a field of 60 teams from 7 states. The judges also awarded the team the Delphi Excellence in Engineering award and the L Industrial Safety award.
Mauldin High's FIRST Tech Challenge team 5201 carried home the second place trophy from their competition at SC State. This team plays a JV version of robotics and was a rookie team. They were led by David Allred. Please congratulate ninth graders Sean Upshaw and Matthew Brown. We are very proud of their success in their first-ever competition.

NJROTC Defends #10 National Ranking
After competing in the National Championships last month the MHS NJROTC orienteering team had a chance to . In a competition against the other schools in the upstate held in NC, in the three areas of competition our team finished first in two and second in one and took home the first place overall trophy. Additionally, one of the first place medals, and the second place medal went to competitors who were not on the national team.

Art Contest for eMedia Video Catalog
A MHS student’s artwork could be chosen for the ETV eMedia Video Catalog! Information about this art contest is available in the media center or from any art teacher.

Mauldin High - Greenville Literacy Donation Site
The Greenville Literacy Association is looking for donations of children's and young adult and adult books for their Really Good, Really Big, Really Cheap Book Sale. Please drop off any new or gently used books in the media center from now through May!

Attention Parents of Seniors!
The senior picnic is scheduled for Friday May 4! This event is completely parent funded, and we need your help! We are accepting donations of cash and canned soft drinks. Cash donations are to help fund food and supplies. If you are donating cash, please put it in an envelope addressed to Shawn Price. Please turn in cash and drink donations to the front office ASAP, or by April 20. Thank you so much for your much needed help!

PSTA Staff Appreciation Week - May 7-11 – Gift Cards Needed!
We will be celebrating our teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week May 7-11. PTSA would like to have gift cards as door prizes for our teachers/staff during this week and we are hoping that you can help! The gift cards can be in any amount and some examples are: gas, ice cream/yogurt shops, grocery stores, hardware stores, shopping, movies or spa treatments. If you can help, please send your gift cards to the front office with the dollar amound noted and marked "Teacher Appreciation". Thank you so much for helping make our teachers/staff feel appreciated.
If you have any questions, please email us.
Sue Ann Acott rsmascott1@charter.net<mailto:rsmascott1@charter.net>
Dana Cockman dwc589@yahoo.com<mailto:dwc589@yahoo.com>
Wenda Berglind jwmlsla@medscape.com<mailto:jwmlsla@medscape.com>
Roxanne Padgett roxpadgett@gmail.com<mailto:roxpadgett@gmail.com>

Annual Urban League Senior Signing Day
The Urban League of the Upstate’s Annual Senior Signing Day will be April 18th at Shady Oak Baptist Church from 10:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.. This event is held to celebrate our students’ commitment to pursuing a postsecondary education and to honor those students who have decided to commit their lives to the US Military.

Any senior who would like to participate in this field trip, must come by guidance to pick up a permission slip and return it by April 10th. If you have additional questions, please see Mrs. Dalton Kelsey.

THE MAVS BOOSTER CLUB NEEDS VOLUNTEERS
The MAVS Booster Club provides $75,000 worth of support for all of our athletes at Mauldin. Funds from the Booster Club provide uniforms for teams every three years, equipment for the weight room and athletic facilities, upkeep of all of our fields, as well as entrance fees to tournaments. Funds are raised primarily though the membership drive in the fall, corporate sponsorships, concession sales, and MAV wear sales. We are currently seeking the following officers for the 2012 - 2013 school year.
Treasurer - We need someone with a strong accounting background to handle our funds.
MAV Wear – Need one or two people to handle sales of Mauldin MAV Wear. Shawn Price is willing to train the volunteers who take over this position.
Please contact one of the following nominating committee members if you are interested in any of the positions above.
Lin Bloomquist, lin.bloomquist@gmail.com<mailto:lin.bloomquist@gmail.com>
Gary Chew, gchew@aholdusa.com<mailto:gchew@aholdusa.com>
Vicki Bynum, vbynum@charter.net<mailto:vbynum@charter.net>
Brenda Cox, bcoxj@charter.net<mailto:bcoxj@charter.net>
Rosemarie Arnau, rqarnau@gmail.com<mailto:rqarnau@gmail.com>