Blood Drive ~ Kaitlyn Wright

Health Assistance hosted the annual blood drive on Monday, February 29th from 9AM to 2PM sponsored by the American Red Cross.

The blood drive is open to any student and staff member willing to donate. Although, there are a few catches besides that you will be giving a pint of blood; you cannot not donate if you have gotten a tattoo within the past year, if you have traveled to countries with malaria-call 1-800-Red Cross, and if you have low iron problems which the Red Cross will check the morning of. There is also a height and weight requirement for males and females.

You MUST be 16 years or older to donate blood. If you are 17 or older you do not need parent consent. Sorry sixteen-ies, one more year! A form of I.D. is needed to donate as well. If you have donated before and have a donors’ I.D. card they will be accepted along with your driver’s license or school I.D.

According to the American Red Cross:

• Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood.
• Approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U.S.
• Nearly 7,000 units of platelets and 10,000 units of plasma are needed daily in the U.S.
• Nearly 21 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S.
• The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.
• The blood type most often requested by hospitals is type O.
• The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs.
• It is estimated that sickle cell disease affects 90,000 to 100,000 people in the U.S. 
• About 1,000 babies are born with the disease each year. Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.
• More than 1.68 million people are expected to be diagnosed with cancer in 2016. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
• A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 pints of blood.

Calendar of Events

• March 1- April 1:  Yearbooks will be $65.00.  See Mrs. Pasterik for details.
• March 3  Activity Period 2
• March 4  SWPBS Field Trip to Hess, Jostens Class Ring visit
• March 10 Activity Period 1
• March 14  Shenango Shadow Day
• March 15  RISE , Union & Wilmington Shadow Day
• March 16  Mohawk Shadow day
• March 17  Activity Period 2 
• March 18  Snow Make-up Day (Yes, we have school!)
• March 22 Neshannock Shadow Day
• March 24  New Castle Shadow Day
• March 24  In-service (No school for students.)
• March 25-28  Easter Break
• March 29 Senior Project:  Shop Project Due
• March 30 Laurel Shadow Day
• March 31  Activity Period 1

• March 1- April 1:  Yearbooks will be $65.00.  See Mrs. Pasterik for details.
• April 2- May 23:  Yearbooks will be $70.00.  See Mrs. Pasterik for details.
• April 13 Cedar Point Senior Trip Tickets on Sale.  Cost: $67.00 includes park and bus admission.  Give payments to Ms. Brown.  Tickets will be on sale from April 13 through May 3. No tickets will be sold after this date.
• April 15 Cap and Gown Payments Due:  Cost: $22.  Payment to Ms. Brown
• April 20 Senior Photos are due.  If you have a problem getting your senior pictures, please contact Ms. Brown.  Deliver via Electronic Format:  Flash Drive, Email, or CD.
• April 22 
• Promenade: LCCTC Café 5:30 PM.  Prom Queen and King crowning  will occur at the end of promenade.
• Prom at the Cathedral- 110 E. Lincoln Ave. from 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
• April 23 ~ Bowling for Kids' Sake
• April 29 ~ Senior Project:  Community Service
• May 
•  TBD Individual senior pictures in caps & gowns will be held during the school day. Cost TBA.
• May 11 Senior Awards Banquet,Dinner at 6:30 PM Awards at 7:30 PM at the Lawrence County CTC Cafetorium.  Cost: $15.00 per guest (limit 2).  Senior tickets are free.  Dress clothes are required.
• May 23 Senior debts must be paid in full in order to receive graduation tickets, cap and gown, participate in graduation ceremony, or acquire diploma.
• May 25 & 26  Exit Interviews
• May 27 Senior Trip to Cedar Point.  Cost: $67.00 (includes- park and bus admission)  Bus departs from LCCTC at 8:30 AM.  Bus departs Cedar Point at 9:00 PM
• May 31 Graduation Practice 9:00 AM at the New Castle Senior High School located on East Lincoln Avenue, New Castle PA.  Ticket distribution for Commencement will follow practice. Number of tickets per student TBA.
• May 31 Distribution of caps and gowns at practice
• June 1 
•  Senior Breakfast 9:00 AM
• Baccalaureate 7:00 PM at Christ Lutheran Church 1302 E Washington Street, New Castle, PA 16101
• June 2 
• 6:00 PM:  Shop pictures of seniors in caps and gowns at the New Castle Senior High School Auxiliary gymnasium.
• 6:45 PM:  Senior class picture in caps and gowns at New Castle Senior High School Field House.
• 7:00 PM:  Graduation (admission by ticket only) at New Castle Senior High School Auditorium 

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February 2 ~ Groundhog Day

February 4 ~ Activity Period 1

February 7 ~ Superbowl 50

February 9 ~ 

• RISE Mentoring
• Mardi Gras

February 10 ~ Matchmaker Results go on sale for $2

February 11 ~ 

• Activity Period 2
• Carnation Sale Delivery

February 12 ~ In-service NO SCHOOL

February 14 ~ Valentine's Day

February 15 ~ Presidents' Day NO SCHOOL

February 18 ~ Activity Period 1

February 23 ~ RISE Mentoring

February 25 ~ Activity Period 2

February 26 ~ SWPBS Field Trip

January 4 ~ School is back in session

Keystone Testing:  Jan 6 - 20

• During testing times, we will run a 2-hour delay schedule.  Students will report to their 1st period class for attendance, then to their testing location following an announcement.  Any student not on the list to test in a particular subject will report to their shop during the 2-hour delay window.  Extended time will be done in the library immediately following the testing window.  Make-ups will be on a day-to-day basis depending on absences.
• How can you prepare the night before for any big test?

• Eat a good dinner the night before; this helps keep your mind sharp.
• Know where you are testing; this eliminates extra, unneeded stress.
• Gather your materials before you go to sleep.
• Get a good night's sleep.
• Eat a good breakfast; to avoid the "crash," avoid too many carbs.
• Dress in layers so you can be sure to be comfortable.
• Finally -- most importantly -- believe you CAN. 

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January 6 ~  

• Keystone:  Algebra Module 1
• Women’s Initiative Field Trip at Grove City College 

January 7 ~ 

• Keystone:  Algebra Module 2
• 5th Grade Career Fair SAR

 January 8 ~ 

• Keystone Makeup Day
• Senior Incentive Meeting 8:15 AM

January 11 ~ Keystone:  Literature Module 1
January 12 ~ Keystone:  Literature Module 2
January 13 ~ Keystone:  Biology Module 1
January 14 ~ 

• Keystone:  Biology Module 2
• Job Shadowing Due
• End of 2nd 9 Weeks
• Activity Period 1

January 15 ~  SkillsUSA District Competition (in-service) @ NCST
January 28 ~ Activity Period 1
January 21 ~ Activity Period 2
January 18 ~  Martin Luther King Junior Day (no school)
January 19 & 20 ~ Keystone Makeup Days
January 21 ~ Activity Period 2
January 22 & 25 ~ Matchmaker
January 28 ~ Activity Period 1

December - LEAPS Food Drive, Youth Alive Angel Tree Bulletin Board (Feed My Sheep) & Spirit Bracelets (Packages to the Troops)

December 1-12 - Prospective student tours from all 8 districts 
December 2 - HA's Blood Drive, Youngstown Phantoms game
December 3 - SkillsUSA Leadership Conference / OAC dinner
December 4  - The Future is Mine Leadership Conference, Holiday Dance @ LCCTC from 6-10 PM
December 7-9 - Sophomore Keystone Testing (7 Algebra, 8 Biology, 9 Literature)
December 8 - End of Peer Leadership Angel Tree Project
December 14-16 - Junior Keystone Testing (14 Algebra, 15, Biology, 16 Literature)
December 18 - A Wk Santa Hat Day, Symphony 8-10 PM (See McVicker for tickets)
December 22 - B Wk Santa Hat Day
December 23 - Half Day, Act 80 Day / Santa Helper Day

December 24 - January 1 - Christmas Break

November 9 - B-Wk Spirit Week: Lazy Day
November 10 - B-Wk Spirit Week: Twin Day
November 11 - Veterans Day, B-Wk Spirit Week: Flock Day
November 12 - B-Wk Spirit Wk: Dress-Up Day, Light-Up Night in Downtown NC
November 13 - B-Week Spirit Wk: Purple for Palumbo Day
November 16 - A-Week Spirit Wk: Lazy Day
November 17 - A-Week Spirit Wk: Twin Day
November 18 - A-Week Spirit Wk: Flock Day
November 19 - Health Career Fair, A-Week Spirit Wk: Dress-Up Day
November 20 - A-Week Spirit Wk: Purple for Palumbo Day
November 23-25 - Sign up for an Peer Leadership Angel Tree Item
November 24 - LAC Luncheon
November 28 - Small Business Saturday (shop locally)
November 30 - No School
November 25 - Half-Day of School, LEAPS Food Drive Ends
November 26 - Thanksgiving Day, No School
November 27 - Black Friday, No School

October 1 ­ ~ First Club Day
October 2 ~ Sophomore Class Voting
October 7   

• Peer Leadership Hoagie Delivery Sale Pickup
• NOCTI Pre-test:  Auto Tech (AM) & Restaurant Trades (PM)

October 8 ­~ Open House
October 9 ­~ Teachers In­Service, No School
October 11 ~ Fright Night
October 12 ­~ Columbus Day, No School
October 13 ~ NOCTI Pre-test:  Cosmetology
October 14 ~ NOCTI Pre-test: Commercial Art
October 16 ~ NOCTI Pre-test: Health Assistance (O'Donnell)
October 19 ~ NOCTI Pre-test:  Electrical Occupation 
October 21 ~ NOCTI Pre-test: Health Assistance (Pavia)
October 22 ~ Industry Fair
October 23 ­~ Possible Hat Day, Possible Peer Leadership Hoagie Sale
October 25 ­~ Gettings Memorial Marathon
October 27 ~ NOCTI Pre-test: Computer and Office Technology
October 28 ~ NOCTI Pre-test: Collision Repair (AM) & Masonry (PM)
October 29 ­ 

• Cover Letter due for Seniors
• Grading Period Ends
• NOCTI Pre-test: Construction Trades

October 30 ~ Peer Leadership Haunted Trail
October 31 ­

• Halloween!  Eat candy and have fun!  
• Peer Leadership Children's Activities

Top of the Shop: 2nd 9 Weeks

"There is no substitute for hard work."  ~ Thomas Edison

We celebrate those students who demonstrated the outstanding qualities that make them stand out as the "Top of the Shop" for the second 9-week grading period.

This honor occurs every 9 week grading period. Each shop teacher selects one student from their shop with the following requirements:

• Most outstanding
• Good academics
• Clean discipline record

Additionally, the academic teachers also follows these guidelines as they choose from their 10th, 11th and 12th grade classes.

If you are looking to be a candidate of “Top of The Shop” for the next 9 week grading period, do your very best. Who knows? You could be among those celebrated for excellence!

The students who earned the honor of the “Top of the Shop” for the first 9 weeks are as follows:

AT, Makayla Meckley, Grade 12

CA, Jasmine Duncan, Grade 11

Cosmetology, Briana Burgin, Grade 11

COT, Eryk Welsh, Grade 12

CT, Jarod Linonis, Grade 12

HA1, Emily Moffatt, Grade 11

HA2, Samara Grimes, Grade 11

EO, Adam Locke, Grade 12

MAS, Kristina Lytle, Grade 12

MTT, John Walko, Grade 12

OGT, William Zehner, Grade 11

RT, Victoria Arnold, Grade 11

VET, Kurzon Kuznarik, Grade 10

WEL, Mark Robinson, Grade 12

Academic Awards

Grade 10 ~ Krista Berkley

Grade 11 ~ Kristin Ball

Grade 12 ~ Halle St. Clair

ROVA

Every once in a while, you'll see a student in the hallway wearing a white t-shirt with blue letters R - O - V - A which means Rotary Outstanding Vocational Award.  On March 6 & 7, nine students traveled to McKeever Environmental Center in Sandy Lake to experience ROVA.

Emily Moffatt, Camryn Moses, Jenna Locke, Jacob Troutman, Matt Hawkins
Issac Buckley, Dom Fobes, Ben Schwartz, and Dawson Fair

ROVA:  What is it?

Sponsored by Rotary District 7280, the vocational curriculum leading to ROVA gives career and technical students a career pathway to college, employment or the military ever since 2003, and Lawrence County Career and Technical Center has been there every year! A select group of high school juniors from local career centers - chosen for their potential - are awarded the opportunity to attend this leadership seminar sponsored by the following local rotaries:  Ellwood City, Mohawk, New Castle, and New Wilmington. Leadership skills are developed with physical, team-oriented activities during the 1-1/2 day program. 


WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ROVA?
Demonstrate the respect Rotary District 7280 has for youth who are potential leaders attending a Vocational Education Program.
Provide a positive training experience for selected youth and potential leaders.
Encourage leadership of youth by youth.
Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities, their peers, and their school.

ROVA's CORE CURRICULUM:  Though students may not have realized it at that moment, they did learn a lot.  Here is ROVA's core curriculum.

• Fundamentals of Leadership
• Ethics of Positive Leadership
• Importance of Communication Skills in Effective Leadership 
• Problem-Solving and Conflict Management 
• Time Management and Decision Making 
• Rotary’s Purpose and Service to the Community 
• Building Self-Confidence and SelfEsteem in Young People from a Vocational Setting 
• Elements of Community and Global Citizenship 
• Essentials of Volunteer Leadership

With as rigorous as this curriculum is, there are so many OTHER valuable lessons:  As reported by Dalton Dilling, from the ROVA Class of 2015:  "I made so many great memories and new friends.  I came out of my comfort zone, I learned so many things, and I laughed harder than I have in a long time. I wouldn't trade this experience for the world!"

For more information on ROVA, please see this link: http://www.rotarydistrict7280.org/programs/rotary-outstanding-vocational-awards 
ROVA 2015 Video:  

Now That's It's Warm...

Now that it's warm, I am really, really, really looking forward to:  

• Doug Haag (11th Mas) - Swimming
• Gage Booher (12th Mas) - Playing Baseball
• Kenna Curtis (10th Welding) - Summer
• Scott Burkes (10th Welding) - Fishing
• Justice Snyder (12th AB) - Working on Cars
• Brendan Thisler (10th AB) - Riding ATV’s
• Peyton Caminiti (10th COT) - Just being outside
• Brandy Linonis (10th COT) - Swimming
• Shawna Cummins (10th COT) - Riding bikes and working
• Jake Olander (11th Mas) - Riding
• Kirk Boots (12th CT) - Football
• Anthony Grant (12th CT) - Camping, fishing, and scouting
• Jared Burnette (11th EO) - Basketball
• Jeralynn DeNome (12th HA) - Bonfires
• Michael Walters (12th HA) - Biking
• Marranda Meanor (12th RT) - Hanging outside
• Dalton Dilling (12th MTT) - Being country again
• Brittany Orlando (12th HA) - Swimming
• Angela Graham (11th HA) - Enjoying the weather
• Ian Hassan (11th COT) - Going to Disney World
• Gemma Gatto (11th HA) - Softball
• Lyrick Stewart (10th HA) - Walks
• Damian Quimby (11th COT) - Going Outside
• Eryk Welsh (12th COT) - Ultimate Frisbee
• Molin Narcus (12th COT) - Staying inside
• Miss. Clark (Staff) - Flip Flops
• Sierra Leist (10th VT) - Riding Horse
• Katilyn Ramsey (10th VT) - Riding horse and Bonfires
• Joellen Cirelli (10th VT) - Bike Riding
• Casity Roson (10th VT) - Going on trips
• Mercedes Mitcheltree (12th RT) - Hanging out with friends
• Cassie Evans (10th Cos) - Swimming
• Isaiah Ritter (11th CT) - Not being cold
• Mark Seamons (12th COT) - Having Fun
• Robert Kelly (10th Welding) - Dirt Bike Riding
• Sam Bollinger (11th AT) - Working on my truck
• Ashley Long (11th CT) - Camping
• Austin Woodruff (11th CT) - Hanging out with my friends more
• Nikki Miller (12th CA) - Going outside more often
• Marie Beahr (11th Cos) - Sleep
• Sierria Jones (11th Cos) - Doing fun activities
• Kaitlyn Wright (12th HA) - Not wearing 42 layers of clothes
• Cammie Moses (11th HA) - Going Swimming
• Tiffany Hoon (11th HA) - Going out walking
• Macheala Nail (11th HA) - Taking Nature walks
• Savannah Harris (12th Cos) - Hanging out with friends
• Kayla Baker (12th Cos) - Going Outside
• Melody Johnjulio (12th COT) - Warm Weather
• Brent Paglialong (12th COT) - Swimming
• Nate Locke (12th COT) - Warped tour
• Chuckles Metz - (12th COT) - Being warm
• Samantha Amon (12th COT) - Relaxing before college
• Anthony Moore (12th CA) - Enjoying the outside
• Kaitlyn Murdock (12th CA) - Being Outside
• Michael Lin (12th CA) - Going Outside
• Tommy Baker (12th CA) - Hanging out with people
• Cassidy Smith (11 CA) - tanning and bonfires
• Charlynn Todd (12th CA) - being Outside
• Tyler Stunkard (12th CT) - Riding and being outside
• Samantha Quigley (10th RT) - Being able to go outside without freezing
• Kylie Smith (12th HA) - Fishing
• Cody Staransky (12th AT) - Mudding
• Alexx Soltis (11th Cos) - Swimming
• Kristina Lytle (12th Mas) - Outside activities
• Brandan Tedrow (12th Mas) -  Dirt bike riding
• Troy Silver (11th Mas) - Enjoying Nature
• Kyle McKinnis (11th Mas) - Working
• Kyle Canterbury (12th Mas) - Basketball
• Alaina DeLuca (10th Cos) - racing
• Makayla Meckley (12th AT) - Playing softball
• Skylar Harris (12th Cos) - Putting all the windows down and driving around
• Kaleigh Basile (12th CA) - Camping
• Taycaire Booker (11th HA) - Vacation
• Abbie Dolquist (10th HA) - Swimming and running
• James Koginos (12th HA) - Hanging outside and swimming
• Spencer Hill (12th RT) - Swimming
• Madison Hansotte (12th HA) - Going for drives with my windows down

March Lunch Menu

Ice Skating!

According to the National Association for School Psychologists: "Interventions that help students with emotional/behavioral disorders and social skills deficits have potential to significantly improve school-wide behavior and safety."

With this in mind, the Schoolwide Positive Behavior Program has established a simple set of rules for all students to use as a guideline.  They are as follows:  

• Be here.
• Be ready.
• Be respectful.
• Be safe.

It's that simple!  

If you think about it, these guidelines will help students be successful both in school AND in the workplace.

On the morning of March 4th, 71 students enjoyed a field-trip to Hess' Ice Skating rink.  This second trip follows an earlier venture to the Youngstown Phantom's Hockey Team earlier in the year.  

All enjoyed the opportunity as they enjoyed tons of fun laughing, skating (and falling), and remembering that it IS worth it to make positive choices.