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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2018

Life is your journey, travel drug free!
Red Ribbon Week is Monday October 22nd - Friday October 26th

DRESS UP DAYS
Tuesday- Tourist Day
Wednesday - Pajama Day
Thursday- Wear Red
Friday- Wear Maine West Gear 
Show your spirit and live drug free!


The Maine West Canned Food Drive starts Monday, October 22nd and goes through November 2nd. There will be a competition for the first period class that brings in the most non-perishable and canned food items. The winning class will receive a gourmet breakfast. All items will be taken to the Des Plaines Self Help Pantry. First period teachers should have received an email with instructions. If you have not, please contact Ms. Archer or Ms.Lloyd.

Our Football team has made history again. The Warriors earned their first eight win season since the school first opened in 1959.  The 8-1 overall record qualified is for a playoff game and earned us home field in the first round. Our Warriors will host Benet on Friday, October 26th at 7 pm. All tickets are $5.00 and no activity passes, booster passes or any other pass can be honored for this IHSA post season event. Presale tickets are available in the bookstore now until Friday afternoon.  Come see your Warriors play here at West in the IHSA Playoffs Friday!

IT'S A STITCH:  Do you know how to knit or crochet? If not, would you like to learn? It’s a Stitch is looking for you. Students and staff that would like to know more, please contact
prozanski@maine207.org.

NATIONAL ART HONOR SOCIETY:  Come out to our first meeting of the year and see what Art Honor Society is all about.  We are meeting Tuesday, October 23 during 5Z and Wednesday, October 24 during 6Z in E107.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: Any girl interested in playing basketball this season is invited to open gym on October 24th at 4:00 pm in C-Wing Gym.  Tryouts begin on October 29.

GYMNASTICS:  Looking to try out for gymnastics? Come to open gym in A-wing gym. Please check the website for open gyms dates. Try-outs are November 5 after school. Make sure you have shorts and a tank top or Leotard. Please get your physicals updated for the winter and see Mrs. Peterson in the athletic office. Questions? Email Coach Amanda Harrison.

STUDENTS/STAFF:
Come out to a night of billions of stars! (or at least a few dozen, and maybe a planet or two)
The Maine South Astronomy Club will be hosting a community outreach event on the evening of Saturday November 10 starting at 5:30 pm.  In conjunction with Maine South's School Wide Fundraiser, in support of the Dup15q Alliance, admission will be $3 per individual and $5 for families of 3 or more people. There will be a chance to purchase raffle tickets to win prizes, with all proceeds split between the School Wide Fundraiser and the Astronomy Club.

The evening will begin with a series of five minute lectures in the school library given by Maine South students on a variety of astronomy related topics. After about 30 minutes, we will walk out to the school's north field, and we will help people make observations with the school's telescopes. This is designed for people who are astronomy curious from ages 8 through 80. We plan to end the evening by 7:00 pm.

We are asking that people register by e-mailing Tom Egan at tegan@maine207.org so we can contact interested persons in the event of inclement weather and cancellation.