Daily Announcements
- This Friday, December 3rd, is Aspen Ski. Wear ski goggles and your favorite winter hat and favorite winter gear to show off your school spirit!
- Get together your class, club, or team and join us in the You Matter walking challenge taking place throughout the month of December. We are looking for groups to pledge to walk or run to raise awareness about Mental Health and make positive life choices. You choose the date, time, location, and distance for your group to walk or run. Check your school email from Mrs. Phillip for more details. Today Mrs. Otahal's period 6/7 World Lit Class is walking for the cause.
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Are you a writer or artist looking for a place to showcase your work? Submit your work to Solstice! Solstice is Hinsdale Central’s art and literary magazine which annually publishes pieces created by students. We accept all mediums of art and all genres of writing. In order to submit: Go to our website, solsticeD86.weebly.com, and fill out the Google form under the Submissions page before February 28 - and you might get to see your work in print!
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Come audition for the winter show! This year, we will be putting on an improv show in partnership with Chicago ComedySportz. ComedySportz is a professional improv company that hosts shows around the country. Students in this show will work with professional actors to learn the art of short form, comedic improv. Do you have trouble memorizing? This is the show for you because everything is made up new every night. Auditions are Tuesday, December 7th in room 216 from 3-6 p.m. There is no need to prepare anything. The audition will be playing a series of improv games and having fun. Questions? Ask Mr. Kostro in room 241. You can find the improv packet with more information at https://docs.google.com/document/d/12IPyaed7kPZaCWnQxfPMbOxqCiU2-oQitMU57A79z-E/edit?usp=sharing
- Any male athlete interested in getting in shape for the upcoming winter & spring track & field seasons, pre-season conditioning will begin this coming Monday, December 6th at 3:15 p.m. Please meet the coaching staff in the student cafeteria.
- CARE Club is pleased to sponsor Angel Comfort Dog for a visit to Central. She will be in the Cafe during all lunch periods on Monday, December 6th to celebrate Meditation Monday.
- It is National World Language Week. The World Language Teachers have put together some trivia questions. If you know the answer, please come to room #145 after school and if you are right, you will receive a modest prize. Today’s question is: What does Spain produce the most of in the world?
- Welcome back WIE! Our next meeting is this Thursday, December 2nd, after school in room 184. There will be a panel of women engineers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We hope to see you there!
- The Student Political Union will be hosting DuPage County Chairman Greg Hart as a guest speaker this Friday after school at 3:15 PM in room 163 to speak on campaigning and provide internship and volunteering opportunities. Join the remind by texting @hcpolitic to 810-10.
- Come join our Basketball team this Friday at 6 p.m. and wear Green in the fight to break down the stigma around mental health. This Friday will be a Green Out game so wear green in order to show friends, family, and loved ones or simply those you walk past that you care about their mental health.
- Starting Monday, December 6 will be the start of our Spirit/Coping Week. Use this week to check in with one another and talk about mental health! Please participate in the daily themes and by learning and practicing coping strategies. Monday is Mediation Monday so wear your PJ'S!
- Get your limited edition "ugly" holiday Red Devil Nation sweater this week! Stop by the Activities Office and purchase a shirt to get in the holiday and winter spirit for $15.
- CSA members: don't forget to pick up your permission slip for the Salvation Army Bell Ringing this Friday, December 3. We will be in front of the 2 kettles at the Jewel in Clarendon Hills from 3:15 to 5:00. You must also have your parent sign the Alternative Transportation Permission form on the back of the permission slip. Anyone seeking service learning hours are welcome to join us.
- Come upstairs to room 216 and view art made by Honors students.
- Please consider an area child by donating to Joey's Toy Drive. If you bring a toy to the Hinsdale South and Hinsdale Central boy's basketball game, Saturday, Dec. 4th, you get in free!
- ATTENTION SENIORS!! Come on out this Friday for senior only bingo at 6 PM! We’ve got prizes and a chance at winning a prom bid! It is $5 to enter which includes a bingo card. Additional bingo cards are $1 each, and additional raffle tickets are $2 each! We will play up until the start of our Downers Grove home basketball game. So come on out to bingo and then come support our boy’s team.
Character Counts
“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.” ― John Green
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