MPHS Cougar Connection
January 18, 2019
Welcome to the Weekly Update
-School counselors will be meeting with small groups of students regarding course scheduling for next year. The revised schedule is as follows:
January 17/18: Juniors
January 22/30: Sophomores
January 31/Feb 1: Freshmen
-Congratulations to MPHS DECA for their performance in the regional competition last week:
MPHS had 16 students compete and all students finished either 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
MPHS finished with 9 - 1st place , 6 - 2nd place and 1 - 3rd place.
All 1st place finishers qualified for the state competition at Virginia Beach during the first weekend in April. Other competitors will still have a chance to compete at states and need to contact Mr. West to discuss options. Congratulations to the following students:
1. Accounting Applications - Rachel Stankich - 2nd place
2. Apparel & Accessories Marketing - Jessica Lapid - 1st place
3. Automotive Services Marketing - Paul Nagyal - 1st place
4. Business Services Marketing - Mohini Gupta - 2nd place
5. Entrepreneurship - Genesis Martinez - 2nd place
6. Food Marketing Series - Somaya Marzyie - 1st place
7. Hotel Lodging Management Series - Ryan Oehling - 1st place
8. Hotel Lodging Management Series - Joanna Woo - 2nd place
9. Marketing Communications - Amanda Woo - 3rd place
10. Principles of Finance - Fahad Mohammed - 1st Place
11. Principles of Marketing - Marwa Marzyie - 1st Place
12. Quick Service Restaurant Management - Diksha Jothi - 1st place
13. Quick Service Restaurant Management - Michael Cruz - 2nd place
14. Restaurant & Food Service Management - Mukhtar Lodi - 2nd place
15. Retail Merchandising - Ben Kelly - 1st place
16. Sports & Entertainment Marketing - Jaelynn Douglas - 1st place
-Starting this spring the athletic department will begin to utilize an online registration system for athletic tryouts. There are several benefits to making this change. The first is that it will bring accountability to the tryout process by having every athlete have to register in order tryout. The next might be the most important, and that is it allows us to make sure that we have the most accurate information on file for your child. This includes phone numbers, email addresses, street addresses, etc. Finally, it will minimize the amount of paper used by going digital. Attached below are the step by step directions on how to register your child. Your child must be registered a minimum of 5 days prior to the start of tryouts. Next year, you will be able to register for all three seasons at the beginning of the year. If you have any questions, please contact the coach of the sport you are trying out for your Mr. Forgas in the athletics office.
-MPCS has partnered with Sprint’s 1Million Project (http://www.1millionproject.org/) to offer free hotspots to high school students without internet access. All students need to do is to get a permission slip signed, saying that they don’t have internet access at home and return it to Mr. Konig. They will receive 3GB/month of high-speed internet service for their ENTIRE HS career!!!
Congratulations to Alexandra Arellano-Carrera for being selected to represent MPHS at the annual MLK Oratorical Contest on January 21!
MPHS Swim Team competes at the Rec Center!
Next Week's Events
Saturday, January 19-Scholastic Bowl Regional Tournament @ Culpeper HS
Wrestling @ Strasburg
Tuesday, January 22-Boys' JV & Varsity Basketball (H) vs. Warren County)
Girls' JV & Varsity Basketball @ Warren County
Wednesday, January 23-SOL Expedited Retakes for 2nd and 3rd block classes
Final Exams 3rd and 4th block classes
6:00 PM Wrestling (Senior Night-Home) vs. Brentsville
6:30 PM Governor's School Meeting for 9th and 10th graders (Commons)
Thursday, January 24-End of Semester 1
Final Exams 1st and 2nd block classes
Early release @ 10:30 AM
6:00 PM Wrestling (H) JV Jamboree vs. Brentsville
Boys' & Girls' JV Basketball @ Brentsville
Friday, January 25-No School, Teacher Workday/Professional Development
Girls' & Boys' Varsity (Senior Night-Home) vs. Brentsville
Principal Pam Kalso
Email: pam.kalso@mpark.net
Website: www.mpark.net
Location: 8200 Euclid Avenue, Manassas Park, VA, USA
Phone: 7033619131
Twitter: @MPHSVACougars