Maverick News
January 19, 2022
Free Covid Testing on Campus
Durham Tech now offers free Covid-19 testing to students, staff and the community. Testing will be located in Building 6, Room 102 on Durham Tech’s Main Campus and is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome but you can also schedule an appointment.
Writing Workshops
If you'd like some extra help writing papers for college or high school classes, Ms. Habte and Mr. Michaels are here to help. To secure a time with one or both of these essay maestros, click to sign up. https://forms.gle/NZNkEDsiiak3PMtZA
Are You Ready for Some Football?
Here’s your chance to get active and show some real school spirit! Come play FLAG FOOTBALL! We’d like to get some friendly competition going against CMA and Early College HS, but we need a squad. If you’re interested in playing, complete the form linked here. It sounds crazy to say, but...join the MCHS Football Team!!! Games will be played in compliance with DPS and Durham Tech Covid guidelines.
Junior Parent Survey
Parents of Juniors: Please be sure to complete this brief survey to document your child’s enrollment plans for next school year. We need this information to determine how many new students we will admit to next year’s senior class. Please make your submission no later than January 31st.
Senior House - Jan. 21
This virtual event will take place at 11:00 am. Look for an email from Ms. Machak with the Zoom link.
Mock ACT for Juniors - Jan. 22
Students who have signed up will receive additional communication closer to the day of the event with instructions regarding time, location and what to bring.
School Improvement Team - Jan. 26
The SIT will meet at 5:00. Parents are welcome to attend. Look for the Zoom link in Ms. Taylor-Simon's Sunday message.
Junior House - Jan. 28
This virtual event will take place at 11:00 am. Look for an email from Ms. Machak with the Zoom link.
Investment Club
Investment club meets on Tuesdays at 11:00 in room 1-150 of the White Building. Contact student Soen McCormick for details. mccormicks4306@connect.durhamtech.edu
Senior Yearbook Ad
Reserve part of a yearbook page for your graduate. The deadline is Feb. 10.
Ms. Machak's Counselor Corner
- ACT Online Prep
- Go to this address, https://onlineprep.act.org/login, type in your DPS email address, and select: Reset Password.
- Sign in to the ACT Online Prep website using this address: https://onlineprep.act.org
- Summer Accelerator for rising 10th - 12th Graders
- Talented rising 10th to 12th grade students choose courses of interest that combine residential, hands-on learning on campus with online education. These courses are conducted over three weeks. The first two weeks of each course take place virtually, at the student's own pace. The third week of each course takes place on campus (in Durham or Morganton, NC) or online.
- For Accelerator questions, please email us at summer@ncssm.edu.
- Western Carolina University: Call Me Mister (Mentors Instructing Students Towards Effective Role Models)
- The College of Education and Allied Professions at WCU is working hard to do our part to diversify the teacher education pipeline. With racially and ethnically diverse students emerging as the majority population in our K-12 public schools, it is vital that our educator workforce reflect the students whom they serve. The mission of CMM is to increase the pool of available teachers from broader, more diverse backgrounds. I have attached a flyer to explain more about the program.
- Flyer
- Applications due by February 1st
Scholarship Corner
- SECU Scholarship
- Applications Due Feb. 10th to Mrs. Machak
- Eligibility: You or parent need to be SECU member
- 2 students from MCHS will be selected to move forward to the district.
- Aubrey Lee Brooks Scholarship
- https://www.cfnc.org/pay-for-college/apply-for-financial-aid/aubrey-lee-brooks-scholarship/
- Due Feb. 14th online
- Eligibility: Plan to attend NCSU, UNC-CH, UNC-G
- Triangle Community Foundation
- https://trianglecf.org/students/scholarships-awards/
- Due March 1st
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- https://www.hsf.net/scholarship
- Due Feb. 15th
- Scholarship Reporting Form – Please report ALL scholarships using this form.
- Doodle for Google due March 4th
- This year's Doodle for Google theme is "I care for myself by..." and invites students to open up their creative hearts and show us all the ways they nurture their bodies, minds, and spirits. The contest opens Jan. 11th and goes through March 4th. 54 students will be named winners from their state.
- Four finalists will win a $5,000 scholarship and one winner will receive a $30,000 college scholarship, $50,000 Google technology package, and their artwork will be placed on the Google homepage for a day.
- For more information and to submit your doodle, please visit their website here.
About Us
Email: scott.michaels@dpsnc.net
Website: http://mchs.dpsnc.net
Location: 1616 Cooper St., Newton Bldg.
Phone: 919-536-7203
Facebook: facebook.com/mchsdurhamtech
Twitter: @MCHSDurhamTech