PHSC Student Bulletin
Week of February 11, 2019
From the Principal
We are down to 1 1/2 quarters left in the school year. Please continue to follow school rules and procedures. It is so important to finish the year on a positive note. The year is flying by.
Spreading Pawsitivity
Recognize Awesome!
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This is your team!
Student matters are assigned to administrators and counselors (alphabetically by student's last name) as follows:
Administrators
Dr. Twana Black - A-E
Susan Caudill - F-L
Richard Cooper- M-Ri
Dr. Michael Jackson - Ro-Z
Counselors
Jennifer Dashner - A-E (NCAA)
Maria Perez - F-L
Lynn Dembski - M-Ri (Career Center)
Julie Brunner - Ro-Z (Dept Chair)
Email: stacy_tennenbaum@plsd.us
Website: www.pickerington.k12.oh.us
Location: 300 Opportunity Way, Pickerington, OH, USA
Phone: 614-548-1800
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PickeringtonHighSchoolCentral/
Twitter: @PHSC_tigers
Activities
February 8:
Basketball vs Grove City Girls Home Boys Away
February 9:
Basketball vs Newark
February 12:
Heartstring to benefit the PHSC orchestra 6:00 pm
February 13:
Black History Month Program 7:00 PM
February 15:
Boys Basketball vs Gahanna (Senior night) 7:00 pm
February 16:
Girls Basketball (1st round of tournament) 1:00 pm
Dates for Planning Purposes
February 13: Social Studies, Science and Art will attend Black History Month Presentation from 8-10
February 14: English, PE, Health, Business and Integrated Tech will attend Black History Month Presentation from 8-10
February 15: Math, World Language, Music, Study Halls and Theater will attend Black History Month Presentation from 8-10
February 13: Evening BHM show 6:00 pm
Prom: April 27 at the WigWam
Graduation: May 25 4:00 pm
Pennies for Patients
Dear Parents and Students of PHSC,
During the next four months, the National Honor Society will be collecting spare change and other donations to support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society through the Pennies for Patients Campaign. Central has been participating in this fundraiser for 10 years and the generosity of the Pickerington Community has been astounding. With this being our 10 year “anniversary”, we are hoping to make this our biggest contribution yet.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is a voluntary health organization which prides itself on the immense amount of support it gives to the funding of blood cancer research, providing education and patient services and its relentless pursuit in finding the cures for leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma. In the time since the Society was founded, it has invested more the $550 million in blood cancer research. In 2007 alone, $67.7 million was invested and 5.1 million contacts with patients, caregivers and healthcare professional were made. Our participation in the Pennies for Patients campaign assists LLS in reaching their goal and helping many central Ohio families live a more “normal” life.
We are asking for your donation of spare change to assist local families who are affected by blood cancers. There are multiple ways to participate!
- Members of NHS will be walking around school with containers to collect spare change and any other monetary donations. Even the smallest donation will help.
- If you would like to donate more than spare change, checks can be made payable to LLS and sent with your student to school or mailed to:
Pickerington Central, 300 Opportunity Way, Pickerington OH, 43147
attention Heather Peirano.
- Donate online at http://www.studentseries.org Please choose our school from the drop-down menu.
Remember all donations are tax deductible! Thank you for your support and generosity.
Sincerely, Brayden Harlor (NHS President)
Caroline Reyes (NHS Vice President)
Heather Peirano (NHS Advisor)
Gaggle
Level 1 is a concern for inappropriate material and an email will go to the student and to Mrs. Tennenbaum
Level 2 is a concern for safety which may involve violence, self-harm or sexual conduct. An email will go to Mrs. Tennenbaum and Mr. Cooper
Level 3 is an immediate and high concern for self-harm or violence. A phone call will be made to Mrs. Tennenbaum or Mr. Cooper for immediate attention.
Senior Timeline
Heart Strings Benefit Concert
Counselor Corner
PHSC Counselors Weekly Update 2/8/19
Scheduling for 2019-2020
Students received information about scheduling their classes for next year on Wednesday. All presentations were also email to students and are posted on our website at https://www.pickerington.k12.oh.us/pickerington-central-high/courses-and-class-registration/.
It is extremely important that students read about each class they request to make sure they meet all prerequisites and requirement. The Program of Studies can be found at http://bit.ly/pickguide . All students entering grades 9-11 must choose 6 classes each semester. All rising Seniors must choose 5. Counselors will be adding classes to student’s schedules if necessary to reach the required number. Students who choose not to enter their classes by February 14th, will have a schedule of classes created for them. Counselors will be available in the gym during all lunch periods on Monday 2/11 and Tuesday 2/12. Counselors will be helping the 8th graders on 2/13 and 2/14 during all lunch period. Students may tweet any schedule questions to @phsccouns or they may email their school counselor.
ACT
All juniors will be able to take a free official ACT test during the school day on February 27th. Students do NOT need to register to take this test. Any junior who wants to take the ACT multiple times will need to register at ACTstudent.org. Please remember that Naviance https://student.naviance.com/phsc offers free ACT practice. Students are encouraged to log in to their Naviance account and practice at least an hour a week between now and the test date.
Why do Juniors need to take the ACT?
•Many colleges require that students submit an ACT or SAT score with their college applications.
•Many colleges offer merit scholarships to students with certain ACT scores and GPA’s.
(For example: http://www.shawnee.edu/offices/financial-aid/merit-scholarships/ )
•The ACT serves as a placement test for many CCP classes, which students will have the opportunity to
schedule in February for next school year.
•Remediation free scores on the ACT is an alternative to the State AIR testing for Ohio Graduation requirements. (English-18, Reading-22, Math-22)