East Side News

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 11 - Indigenous Peoples' Day - NO SCHOOL

October 12 & 13 - Yearbook Photo Retakes for grades 9-11

October 14 - End of 1st Quarter

October 15 - Virtual Options Fair

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October 14 - Dine & Share for ME Cares @ Lina's 5-9

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October 18-22 - Homecoming Spirit Week

October 23 - Homecoming Dance 7:00-10:00

"Dancing Through the Decades"

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School Calendar

STUDENT ADVISORY UPDATE

Week ending 10/8/2021

This week in Advisory, 12th grade students received information on financial aid and completing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) which is used to determine financial aid eligibility for college and other post-secondary training after high school.

9th, 10th, and 11th-grade students were introduced to a new career program called Schoolinks which students will be using throughout their time at Maine East to explore careers and develop a plan for their career training after high school. This platform will be the home for many of the career-related activities that students will interact with in high school in addition to serving as an ongoing portfolio of each student's career exploration and development.

Please watch the quick intro video to Schoolinks

Over the next month, Maine East will share with parents/guardians how they can access their student's Schoolinks portfolio and stay up to date on the different activities and career interests that students are participating in throughout high school. Schoolinks will be the next tool that will help our students achieve their career goals and support District 207's commitment to an Integrated Career Services program throughout our schools.

DISTRICT 207'S BEST

September 2021-Academic Achievement

Rebecca Hurwitz

Rebecca has consistently been an academic powerhouse at East and has the highest GPA in this year’s senior class. In addition to the multiple AP classes she is currently enrolled in, she is also in the Gifted Lyceum program. On the extracurricular side, she is or has been a member of Speech Team, Reading Club, National Honor Society, Students Organized Against Racism, Skills USA, a CoAch tutor, and she is a National Merit Semifinalist.

Rebecca’s future plans are focused on her chosen fields of chemical engineering and materials science - both areas in which she’s done some impressive research over the past couple of years.

DISTRICT 207'S BEST

October 2021-Community Service

Pallavi Raju

A review of Pallavi’s transcript shows that she has consistently enrolled in a challenging selection of courses including multiple AP classes. She has also been a leader in East’s Broadcasting program, having been in classes for three of her four years while being active in WMTH TV (a co-curricular program) for all four years. She is also a PE Leader and a Schuler Scholar, as well as Student Council President, Maine East Cares Co-President, and NHS member to just name a few or her club and organization affiliations.

Pallavi is caring, empathic, self-aware, inquisitive, action-oriented, hard-working, and she is a social justice advocate. As one teacher put it, “Pallavi consistently walks the talk and leads by example.”

Three Maine East Students Named

National Merit Semifinalists

Three Maine East seniors have earned the status of National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist and six students have earned the status of Commended Students in the 2022 scholarship program. The semifinalists and commended students are determined by performance on the PSAT taken by students in their junior year of high school.

The semifinalists are listed below (L-R):

Viraj Bodiwala, Rebecca Hurwitz and Stella Tsogtjargal.