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October - December 2005
Section 3

Project Celebration

After-Prom Party

What is Project Celebration?

Project Celebration is a nationally-recognized event providing a safe, alcohol- and drug-free party held on the campus of Marcus High School. It will follow this year's prom on April 22, 2006. It begins at 12:30 a.m. and ends at 4:30 a.m. Students must check in and can leave only by signing out. Re-entry is not allowed.

2005 MHS Testing Calendar

Wednesday, Oct .12
PSAT for all 10th graders. (Any junior students needed to sign up with Mrs. Raybuck between Sept. 7-14) (No fee for sophomore students, $12 fee for junior students who register.)

Tuesday, Oct. 18
12th grade TAKS ELA Re-tests and New Students. Library closed for testing use.

Wednesday, Oct. 19
12th grade TAKS Math Re-tests and New Students. Library closed for testing use.

Thursday, Oct. 20
12th grade TAKS Science Re-tests and New Students. Library closed for testing use.

Friday, Oct. 21
12th grade TAKS Social Studies Re-tests and New Students. Library closed for testing use.

Saturday, Oct. 22
LISD Sponsored ACT at 8:OOAM (free of charge to our seniors who turned in registration forms to counseling/Mrs. Raybuck by 4pm on Wed. Sept. 7). ACT will be given at LHS and TCHS in Oct. Given at FMHS in Dec. No guarantee of assigned testing site however.

If you have any questions concerning the testing schedule, please contact Claire Raybuck, ext. 14117 or ray-buckc@lisd.net

Who can come?

Juniors and seniors are encouraged to attend this event. Prom dates are also invited. You do not have to attend prom to attend Project Celebration.

What happens at Project Celebration?

Some highlights of past years' parties: casino games, inflatable obstacle course, miniature golf, live bands, lots of food and raffle prizes! A caricature artist will draw your picture and a DJ will entertain you with music. All of this and more for only $5!

How can you help?

Parents....encourage your students to attend as a safe alternative to the "private parties". Show your support as a parent or a business by vol¬unteering time, donating cash, merchandise, or gift certificates for use during our raffle drawings. Checks can be sent to MHSPTSA Project Celebration, P. O. Box 603, Lewisville, TX 75067. Our planning committee meets the first Monday of every month, at 8:00 p.m. at Marcus, Room DUO.

Need more information?

Visit marprojcelebration@aol.com or contact Julie Springer at
julspring@verizon.net or 972-539-7135.

PTSA Scholarships

Five PTSA Scholarships for $500 each will be available for Marcus 2006 Seniors. The recipient of a PTSA scholarship must be a 2006 high school graduate and member of the Marcus PTSA, prior to January 1, 2006. Selection is based upon a variety of factors that emphasize merit, not simply academic standing or financial need. Merit is demonstrated through evidence of motivation, school and community involvement, and a desire to succeed. An application will be included in the December newsletter. Application forms will also be available in the Counselors office in January. For more information please call Pam Nelson at 972-317-7057. Again, the student must be a member of the Marcus PTSA.

2005 PTSA Scholarships for $500 each were awarded to: Katie C., Timothy H., James H., Steven H., Jessica J., and Brooke R. Congratulations!

Fine Arts Program
The Marcus High School Fine Arts Department presents "The Man Who Came To Dinner". The fast-paced, wise-cracking 1939 comedy is about a celebrity that comes to the Stanley's home for dinner, slips on ice and breaks his hip, threatens a lawsuit and stays on for six tumultuous weeks.
Show dates are November 3, 4, 5 at 7:30pm and November 5 and 6, at 2:30pm. Ticket prices are $5.00 for students and $10.00 for adults. All performances take place in The Larry L. Sigler Auditorium at Marcus High School. Marcus High School is located at 5707 Morriss Road. Flower Mound, Texas.
For more information please contact Nick Richard, at redwingsfamily@comcast. net.
Thank you,
Nick Richard
MHS Fine Arts
Booster Club

Trash to Cash
Do you have a computer printer at home or at the office? Do you have a big printer at the office? Do you shop at Albertsons? Do you buy products with Box Tops for Education logos on them? If you said yes to any of these things you may be throwing money in the trash. Marcus High School has several programs that generate cash from your trash.
The first program is a recycling program from "Texas Cash for Texas Kids". For each used computer ink jet cartridge we will receive one to three dollars. The large printer cartridges are worth from five to ten dollars a piece. They are picked up from the school with prepaid shipping labels; and a check is written to us the same week. This program generated over $2000 the first year at Lamar Middle School, with only 1/4 of our student population. If you or your parents work for an insurance company, doctor's office, lawyer's office, Title Company, or work at conventions, they may have access to hundreds of dollars worth of empty cartridges a year. Cartridges can be dropped off at the office or at the copy center in C 107.
The second program is Albertsons' Community Partners. This rebate program donates as cash to Marcus High School 1 - 4% of your purchases. The organization number for Marcus High School is 49001003919. This comes to us a quarterly check that Mr. Rogers can use where ever it is needed. You can link your Albertsons savings card to the school one of three ways:
l.In the store you can fill out a form and submit it at the service desk.
2.On line you can go to www.albertsons.com . Click on "In the Community" then on the Community Partners logo link. Once you
log in, click on "Sign me up".
3.Or you can pick up a form at Albertsons and complete and mail it from your home.
The third program is Box Tops for Education. All you do is clip the Box Tops for Education logos from participating products and drop them in the collection box in the office. While we cannot redeem them ourselves, we swap them with Flower Mound Elementary for their ink jet and printer cartridges and mail them in with the ones we collect.
With tight budgets and cut backs from Austin and being a donor in the "Robin Hood Plan", every little bit helps with locally generated funds. So please let your trash be our cash.

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