Congratulations to the Debate club for their outstanding performance at the first tournament of the season at Yorktown last Saturday. It's not too late to join the team - come to the meeting in room 321 after school today.
The Christ House Soup Drive is well underway! Please support this amazing tradition when we fill the shelves of Christ House with cans of hearty soup. Safeway, Giant, Harris Teeter, and Wegman’s all have special sales on their Hearty Soup – remember to bring all soup to your Advisory. Our goal is to surpass last year’s collection of 11,000 cans; or 12 cans per student. Please be generous!
Freshmen! Are you interested in running for a leadership position on our Student Council? Nomination forms will be available in the SCA room on Monday. Freshmen speeches are on November 3 and voting will take place November 4. Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a great organization!
Attention all members of the French Club and those interested in joining! Do not miss the early bird deadline to pay French Club dues. This is for anyone who pays BEFORE the October 29 meeting and Halloween party! Bring payments to Mr. Hobson in 311. Members, do not forget to join the French Club Edmodo group! If you no longer have the code or need it for the first time, see one of the officers: Shelby Rieger, Kathryn Baker, Isabel Fernandez or Jane Greenhalgh, and she will provide it when convenient to her. You do NOT need to speak French to join. If you missed the chance to interact with our visiting students from France, be sure not to miss out on other opportunities to celebrate the French-speaking world and learn more about our ties to it.
There will be an SCA meeting for all officers, counselors, and homeroom representatives today at 3 pm in the Trinidad lobby. Please be sure to attend. Thank you!
The Republican Club meeting will be held in room 326 today at 3 p.m. All are welcome!
The Music Department is presenting a Pops Concert tonight - Wednesday - at 7pm. Admission is free. Our amazing music ensembles and choral groups will be performing a variety of songs, include the Beatles, Gershwin, and even Guns and Roses. It is sure to be a fun evening so come out and support our musicians!
The Stock and Finance club will meet today at 3:05 PM in room 202. New members are welcome to attend. See you there.
The Sign Language Club will begin meeting during B1 homeroom mornings. The next meeting is today, in room 321 at 7:35am, and we will start with the alphabet and greetings. See Mrs. Mihalich or any of the officers: Christine Castro, Michael Galvan, Ellen Dhondt or Ben Watson, if you have any questions!
The robotics club is meeting today, Wednesday after school in rm 212. We are starting to build our robot. Anyone interested is welcome!
Good morning young men of DJO! There will be a regular meeting of the Young Men's Executive this Thursday October 23 in Coach Owens room 224 at 1:30pm. THIS IS A MANDATORY MEETING FOR ALL YMEC MEMBERS AND THOSE STUDENTS WANTING TO JOIN THE CLUB. The meeting will be over at 2:00pm. Thank you very much for your continued support!
Global Studies students- If you emailed Ms. Webb and reserved a space for the Concert Against Hate at the Kennedy Center, there will be a 5 minute informational meeting after school in room 319 on Thursday, October 24th to discuss details. There are still 4 spaces left if any Global Studies students are interested- please see Ms. Webb by Thursday.
This Friday, October 24, there will be a Spanish club meeting in Room 313 for all members after school. It will be a pulsera planning meeting with traditional hispanic food! Members, please bring your $5 dues. Thank you!!
A wonderful opportunity had been presented to our DJO students. The Col. C. A. Seone Award will grant $500. to three of our students who write the best essay responding to "Why I Like Being an American Citizen." The deadline is October 31 and the awards will hopefully be presented on Nov. 6 unless we have over 1,000 entries for the judges to consider. Please go to Edmodo and enter the code vdn5b3 for this and a few other available contests. Good luck to all who enter!
Attention students: are you interested in going on a mission trip this Spring Break? See Ms. Hogan in the Christian Service Office during Knight Time to pick up an application! Application deadline is October 31!