MILTON HIGH SCHOOL

EAGLE UPDATE
September 25, 2016
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PARENT UNIVERSITY

TEACHER OF THE MONTH

EMPLOYEE OF MONTH

SOAR EXPECTATIONS

DRUG PREVENTION MTG

FREE SAT FOR SENIORS

PSAT INFORMATION

MHS HALL OF FAME

THEATRE PRODUCTION

JR. PARENT NIGHT

SR. EARLY ACTION

ONLINE CRS. REQUESTS

COLLEGE & CAREER

PRINCIPAL'S COFFEE

YEARBOOK SALES

SENIOR ADS

SENIOR PORTRAITS

MAKE-UP PICTURES

BSU MEETING

MPIRE BCAST MTG

SKILLS USA INFO MTG

BOYS SOCCER INFO MTG

WRESTLING MTG

SWIM & DIVE INFO

EAGLE PRIDE

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

Milton High School
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ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
9th GRADE
  
10th GRADE
 
11th GRADE
 
12th GRADE 
 
ADMIN ASSISTANTS
    
504/RTI COORDINATOR
 
GUIDANCE DIRECTOR
     
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Milton PTSA
 
President
Jeannie Yancey

 

IMPORTANT
DATES

9/27-Principals Coffee 10AM
10/4-Parent University 6:00PM
10/4-10/5- STARMITES 7:30PM
10/8-HOF Induction 7:00PM 
10/10-NO SCHOOL*
10/11-Teacher Work Day*
10/13-Junior Parent Night 7PM
10/17-Parent University 6PM
10/19-SAT SRs Only/ER Day
10/19-PSAT/Early Release Day
10/22-HOMECOMING DANCE
11/08-Teacher Work Day*
11/29-PRINCIPALS COFFEE 6PM
11/21-11/25-HOLIDAY BREAK*
12/22-LAST DAY 1st SEMESTER
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NO SCHOOL 
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PARENT UNIVERSITY:
PERSONALIZED LEARNINGPARENTU
Milton High School is proud to offer opportunities for our parents to engage in conversations that involve our students.  Milton's Parent University will be hosting informational sessions in October regarding our student device deployment and our 1:1 initiative. Items that will be discussed at these meetings include, but are not limited to
  • how the device (Microsoft Surface) will be used in the classroom
  • expectations of students
  • protection/insurance options
  • digital citizenship
  • device safety and security

These meetings will be held on October 4 and October 17 from 6:00-7:30PM in the Milton Media Center. Please use the link below to submit the meeting that you plan to attend. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Justin Bacile at 470-254-2889.


Parent University Session Selection:  http://bit.ly/2cZrowC 
TEACHER OF THE MONTHTOM
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
Mr. Marsh
Mr. Marsh's teaching philosopy:
He teaches first and foremost because he enjoys it, and the pleasure of teaching is the central constraint of his teaching style. He knows that if he is having fun and demonstrating a love of learning every day that joy and passion will resonate and translate with the students. As a result he focuses on trying to make learning fun - not just for the students but for himself! Performances, games, and short, integrated "mini-lectures" not only are interesting, but also allow him to create a rigorous, yet non-judgmental, learning environment.

Ms. Upshur
Ms. Upshur's teaching philosophy:
Her teaching philosophy started to develop during her childhood. She grew up in a rural Southern town, where the majority of the population worked on farms and worked in factories. She witnessed the lives of many families improve with each generation because of education. Her parents were educators and they instilled a passion for continuous learning or life-long learning by their examples. She believes that everyone is capable of learning. Her task is to provide her students with information, help them to understand how to apply what they learn, teach them how to interact in work-group settings and teach them to communicate their fact-based ideas or concerns. Her ultimate goal is to provide a learning experience that will enable students to effectively compete and excel in the global business environment.
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTHEOM
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
Mr. Daniels
Congratulations to Mr. Joseph Daniels for being named August Employee of the Month!

"Joe has been amazing and really gone the extra mile in helping our new ID/CBI program get off the ground here at Milton. He has delivered numerous huge boxes & crates of furniture and assembled many pieces of furniture and other items for us. He always comes with a big smile on his face and is always willing to help. He has truly taken an interest in our students and the program Thank you Mr. Joe!"

Mrs. Bailey
Congratulations to Mrs. Bev Bailey for being name September Employee of the Month.

"Bev is very helpful to everyone. She does a great job at making all feel welcome at Milton and keeping a smile on everyone's faces. She never takes any breaks and she is always working, we love her for that."
SOAR EXPECTATIONSSOAREXP
SENIORS
If you were granted Early Release on SOAR days, you MUST check out at the front office every Tuesday and Thursday. If you do NOT check out regularly, you will lose your Early Release privileges and, possibly, your parking privileges. Any SOAR questions can be sent to Mrs. Mallon at mallon@fultonschools.org.
Join nationally known speaker and author Ginger Katz, CEO and founder of The Courage to Speak Foundation, for a riveting and informative presentation for parents about substance abuse and addiction. Ginger shows audiences how to avoid the heartache she suffered when drugs took her son Ian's life when he was just 20 years old. Since 1996, she has reached thousands of people through Ian's story, speaking honestly about the silence surrounding her son's addiction. Topics include:
  • How to recognize the warning signs
  • Addiction and its impact on families
  • The code of silence and its dangers
  • How to identify risky behaviors and friendships
  • What to do if you suspect your child is using drugs or alcohol
This  FREE event will be held at:
Birmingham United Methodist Church
15770 Birmingham Highway 
Alpharetta, GA 30004
FREE SAT FOR SENIORSSENRSAT
If you would like a FREE opportunity to take the SAT on Wednesday, October 19, please see Mrs. Morrison in 1360 and pick up a voucher . There is one voucher per student. Registration is now open on CollegeBoard.com . No online registrations are accepted after October 5th . Our 6-digit high school code is 110060. If you have any questions, see Mrs. Morrison in 1360 .

PSAT INFORMATIONPSAT
9-11 GRADE STUDENTS - THE PTSA IS COMING!
The PSAT-a key step in your child's journey to college!  On Wednesday, October 19, all 9th-11th grade students will be taking the PSAT/NMSQT, a test of the skills and knowledge essential for college and career that students are learning in class.

We encourage your child to take advantage of the many benefits the PSAT/NMSQT offers:
  • Connects students to colleges and universities across the country, and to scholarship organizations.
  • Prepares students for the new SAT® and college and fuels practice recommendations on Khan Academy®.
  • Matches students with AP® courses that make the most of their academic strengths. AP classes can provide an edge in the admission process, and an opportunity to earn college credit.
Please use the below links to help your student better prepare for the PSAT. If you have any questions, please se Mrs. Morrison in suite 1360.
  LINKS FOR THE PSAT (click on to open)
MILTON HALL OF FAMEMHSHOF
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! The Inaugural Milton High School Hall of Fame Inductees will be honored during a pre-game ceremony on October 7, 2016. All alumni are invited to join a pregame tailgate ($10) beginning at 5:30PM leading up to the pregame celebration beginning at 7:00PM. Milton will be taking on regional opponent West Forsyth that evening (tickets $8).   The schedule for the HOF evening is:
  • 5:30PM - HOF Tailgate catered by 'cue BBQue $10
  • 7:10PM - HOF Inductee Announcement in stadium
  • 7:30PM - HOF Football Game v West Forsyth
All alumni are invited to join the Milton High School family on Saturday, October 18 for the Inagural  Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. The  event will begin with a  Meet and Greet at 7:00PM and the  Induction Ceremony at 7:30PM in the newly redesigned Milton Media Hub.

Please come out and join us in honoring these very deserving inductees!
COME SEE STARMITESSTARMITES
Milton High School welcomes "Starmites" Milton Theatre Company invites you to come share an hour with a superhero, spacepunk, diva, possibly some banshees and more at Milton Theatre's presentation of "Starmites" on October 4th & 5th, 7:30PM.

Tickets are available online www.miltontheatrecompany.com ($10/$12) and will also be sold at the door. This is Milton's Georgia Thespian Conference (GTC) One Act competition piece. You don't want to miss this epic show set in a fantasy world with the guardian angels of inner space.

NEWS FROM THE MILTON GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT
JUNIOR PARENTjrparentnght
The Milton High School Counseling Department is pleased to host Junior Parent NightThis evening will be a Guide to Post Secondary Planning. We are pleased to have guest presenters from Georgia State University, Auburn University, Gwinnett Technical College, Applerouth Tutoring Services, and Peachtree College Planning.  Junior Parent Night will be on Thursday, October 13  from 7:00-8:30PM in the MHS Auditorium .

SENIORSSREARLY
Are you applying Early Decision or Early Action to a college?  Many of the early deadlines are on October 15. If you are applying early please be sure to submit the following by October 1.
  1. Complete and upload your Student Profile through the MHS website.
  2. Request your transcript on Parchment (www.parchment.com).
SPRING ONLINE CLASS SIGN-UPSPRGONLINE
Students- Are you interested in taking an online class during spring semester? During the 2016-2017 school year, Milton High School is limited in the number of online seats that we can provide to students during their regular instructional day. Therefore, students who are interested in taking online classes as one of their six Milton HS courses must meet the following criteria:
  1. Apply for a spring online class by October 1, 2016Students must apply by completing the MHS spring online request form at: MHS ONLINE FORM AND by registering with the online provider. Students may apply with either GA Virtual (www.gavirtualschool.org) or Fulton Virtual (http://tinyurl.com/FVSRegAll applications must be processed and approved by the counselor.
  2. Students must have successfully satisfied the pre-requisites for any course that is requested.
If you have ANY questions, please see your assigned GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
COLLEGE & CAREER CENTER NEWS CCC
COLLEGE VISITS
College Visits Week of September 26
Monday:
California College of the Arts (1st Period)
Laguna College of Art & Design (2nd Period)
UGA (4th Period)
Ole Miss (5th Period)
Simmons College (5th Period) 
Art Academy of Cincinnati (7th Period)
Tuesday:
University of South Carolina (3rd & 4th Periods)
Wednesday:
Rensselaer Polytech (3rd Period)
Emory (4th Period)
Georgia Southern for Latino Students (5th Period)
Thursday:
STAMPS School of Art & Design, Michigan (10:10am)
UAB (3rd Period)
Ohio State (4th & 5th Period)
Friday:
Dartmouth (3rd Period)
Valdosta State (4th Period)

Sign-ups online at www.mhsccc.com  ** You must stop by the CCC the morning of the visit you have registered for to pick up a pass.

SOAR SEMINARS
Week of September 26 -  Open to all students
Tuesday:
Academic Organization and Time Management - Success belongs to the prepared! Studies show that organization and time management are correlated to academic success. In this seminar, we will help you learn to organize your study time and plan your days so that you can maximize your waking hours to juggle all of your responsibilities, so that your academic demands do not fall victim to lack of preparation.

Thursday:  Academic Organization and Time Management - Success belongs to the prepared! Studies show that organization and time management are correlated to academic success. In this seminar, we will help you learn to organize your study time and plan your days so that you can maximize your waking hours to juggle all of your responsibilities, so that your academic demands do not fall victim to lack of preparation.

A complete list of seminars is available online. Seminars will be available on a drop in basis. You simply need to stop by the CCC the morning of the SOAR Seminar that you are interested in to pick up a pass to show to your SOAR teacher.

JUNIORS
Do you need help with a testing plan to get you ready for the SAT or ACT? Stop by the CCC and let us help you build a plan to ensure success...and less stress.

ACT PREP
Planning on taking the ACT in October? The very last day to register is Friday, September 30. Register here: http://bit.ly/2b5SU6v 

As always, if you have any questions, please stop by and see us! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter, and keep checking our website for the most up to date information ( www.mhsccc.com )
PRINCIPAL'S VERTICAL COFFEEVERTCOFFEE
Milton High School will be hosting a Vertical Principal's Coffee with Rachel Williams (Crabapple Crossing Elementary principal) and Charles Chester (Northwestern Middle principal). The first meeting will be on Tuesday, September 27 at 10:00AM in the Milton Media Center.  Please make plans to attend and join in some conversations about the work going on in our schools.  All the meetings will be at Milton High School.  The schedule for the 2016-2017 school year is:
2016
Tuesday, September 27 - 10:00AM-12:00PM
Tuesday, November 29 - 6:00-7:00PM
2017
Wednesday, April 12 - 10:00AM-12:00PM
YEARBOOK INFORMATION
PURCHASINGYBPURCH
Get your copy of the 2017 Aerie at the LOWEST price of the year: $80 until October 7, 2016. Fliers were distributed the first week of school in all English classes. All sales are online.   You can purchase your yearbook at  ww.jostensyearbooks.com  (Choose MILTON HS, GA.)

SENIOR ADSSENIORADS
Yearbook Senior Ads Senior ads are now on sale for the class of 2017! Do not miss out on this opportunity to purchase a commemorative ad for your graduate. Sales are online only at www.jostensyearbooks.com.
Jostens will send home a brochure in the near future.
Ad space is first-come, first-served! Once we sell out, we are out! 
Early Bird Deadline 10/5/2016
Full page: $350
½ page: $225
¼ page: $160
FINAL Deadline 11/2/2016
Full page: $375
½ page: $250
¼ page: $160

SENIOR PORTRAITS PORTIATS
If you did not have your senior portrait taken over the summer, contact Cady Studios immediately. The deadline to photograph isOctober 30, 2016.
Senior Portrait info is available here: PORTRAIT INFO 
You must use Cady if you want your photo in the yearbook.

MAKE-UP PHOTOS MAKEUPPICS
ID Photos/Yearbook Pictures Make-up day for student ID pictures and underclass yearbook photos is October 4th during all lunches. Seniors, you must get an ID photo taken.
SPORTS/CLUB INTEREST MEETINGS
BLACK STUDENT UNIONBSUMTG
There will be a Milton Black Student Union meeting on Wednesday 9/28 at 7:45AM in room 6213. If you have any questions please contact Coach Slyvestri at sylvestrig@fultonschools.org.

MPIRE BROADCASTINGmpire
The Mpire Broadcasting Club will be meeting on Tuesday 9/27 at 7:45AM in room 6213.   If you have any questions please contact Coach Slyvestri at  sylvestrig@fultonschools.org .

SKILLSUSASKILLSUSA
Attention SkillsUSA members, there will be a meeting October 11 during SOAR time in room 7123, across from the media center.  You need to get your permission form signed by your SOAR teacher before you come to the meeting.

BOYS SOCCERBOYSOC
A parent meeting for students who are interested in playing soccer, will be held in the cafeteria, on Tuesday, October 11, at 6:30PM, in the evening.

WRESTLING TEAMWRESTLING
There will an information meeting for current parents and any parents of students interested in wrestling this year on Tuesday, September 27 at 7:00PM in room 6213.

SWIM & DIVE TEAMSWIMTEAM
Swim and Dive Team Registration is ending on September 30! Please make sure to turn in all registration documents to Coach Scholz in room 5306 by September 30. If you have not stopped by to pick up a registration packet, please do so as soon as possible! Visit www.miltonswim-dive.com for more information about the team. Sign up to get updates and reminders by texting 81010 with @miltons. You can also e-mail questions to miltonswimanddive@gmail.com.
EAGLE PRIDE PRIDE
PERFORMING ARTS
MARCHING BAND
Congratulations to the Milton Marching Band for a great showing at this year's West Forsyth Marching Band Competition.  The band was named first in class, first in division, and first place for the entire day of performance earning the title of " Grand Champions" of this year's event.  

ATHLETICS
CROSS COUNTRY
The Milton Cross Country team took home the Wingfoot Cup for the second consecutive year on Saturday at the Wingfoot XC Classic in Cartersville. The Eagles earned the overall title, which was determined by overall scores in each of the varsity and junior varsity boys and girls championship races, despite not taking a team victory in any of the races.
GIRLS TEAM
The Lady Eagles were lead again by senior captain, Marie Repasy (10th). Freshmen Faith Bobak (18th), Abby Rindt (26th), and sophomore Taylor Cushman (28th) each had strong performances as the team finished 2nd to the nationally #2 ranked Saratoga Springs of New York and bested region rival South Forsyth as well as 15 other scoring schools!
BOYS TEAM
In the boys' varsity race, juniors Sam Bowers (2nd), Michael Malkowski (13th), and Ryan Beitzell (26th) lead the team to a 3rd place finish in the championship division, just 10 points behind Blessed Trinity and two points behind Alexander HS.
JV TEAMS
The Lady Eagles again placed 2nd to Saratoga Springs, and the Boys finished 2nd to South Forsyth. Top Eagle performers in the JV races included juniors Jessie Barnes (8th), Chloe Sluss (15th), senior Capri Ligon (18th), and freshman Kelly Scott (20th). The boys were led by junior Andrew Blizzard (5th), seniors Jake Vernon (6th) and Paul Rose (9th), and sophomore Will Newell (12th).
The Eagles will take a weekend off before heading to Greenville, SC to compete in the Gene Mullin Furman Invitational on Saturday, October 8.

FENCING
The Milton Fencing Team is off to a great start! In the first round of tournaments this season, Co-Captain  Jake Paris earned his first  Bronze Medal. WAY TO GO JAKE! Co-Captain  Jordan Hirsch, senior  Amith Vadlamudi and sophomore  Lucas Rary each scored points and advanced in the league standings. Good Job Milton Fencers.....Defend the Mpire!

COMPETITION CHEER
The MHS Coed Competition team finished 4th in a very difficult competition this weekend at Lambert HS. The team had a great performance and demonstrated a lot of perseverance this week!
ATHLETIC SCHEDULES SCHEDULE
HOME EVENTS
9.27 TueSoftball v St Pius SENIOR NIGHT JV@4:30PM/V@6:00PM
9.29 Thu - Softball v South Forsyth V@5:30PM
9.30 FriFootball v Roswell V@7:30PM
ONLINE TICKET LINK for the MILTON v ROSWELL FOOTBALL GAME: https://gofan.co/app/events/197
AWAY EVENTS
9.27 Tue - Volleyball v Creekview V @ 5:00PM
9.28 Wed - JV Volleyball at Cambridge v Cambridge/BT @ 5:00PM/6:00PM
9.29 Thu - Volleyball v Alpharetta/Galloway @ 5:00PM/6:00PM 
Milton High School
13025 Birmingham Highway
Milton, GA 30004
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