The month of March will be a busy time at EGHS. We recently finished up the first week of ISTEP+ testing and the AP mock exams (practice test). In addition, Friday, March 10 will mark the end of the third nine weeks and students will have tests and projects to complete. I would also like to thank AD Coach Pari-daen, the faculty/staff, and community volunteers who all pitched in to help run a smooth basketball sectional here at EGHS. It was quite the undertaking but everyone did their part to make it a suc-cess.

I encourage everyone to look through this issue of the Thunderbird Beat and read about all the exciting events and activities taking place. The Thunderbird Honor Society will be inducting their new-est members as well as wrapping up several community service projects. Don’t miss the pictures of our successful FFA week. It is just a small snapshot of the many wonderful activities our FFA program does on a regular basis. Just around the corner we will begin the spring sports schedule as well as the spring concert schedule. We will also be hosting several fundraisers for a varie-ty of groups here at the high school. There should be something for everyone to come out and enjoy over the next few months here at EGHS.

Finally, we will have Spring Break during the week of March 13-17. This will be a great time for students and teachers to get away and relax before we come back and finish up what has been a fan-tastic year here at EGHS.

Please feel free to contact me if you ever have any questions or concerns. I can be reached at dlewis@egreene.k12.in.us or at 812-825-5621.

Be Proud Thunderbirds!

Doug Lewis, Principal

From the desk of…….

Thunderbird Beat

Attendance

Matters!

Help us reach a goal of 96% at-tendance rate. Strong attend-ance has a posi-tive impact on current success in school. Further, setting strong attend-ance habits as a student will help in future career success too.

(Current rates as of March 3, 2017

Grade 9—94.76%

Grade 10—93.89%

Grade 11—95.75%

Grade 12—94.62% Overall: - 94.75%

Eastern Greene High Schools March 2017

11064 E St. Rd. 54

Bloomfield, IN

47424

(812) 825-5621

Fax (812) 825-6661

1. Students who wish to apply for scholarships should start searching by: Go to: www.egreene.k12.in.us

· Click on Eastern Greene High School · Click on Counselor’s Corner

o Explore Frequently Asked Questions

o Click Scholarships

2. Many websites have lists of available scholarships. Listed below are a few popular sites: www.fastweb.com

www.learnmoreindiana.org

www.knowhow2goindiana.org

3. Remember, individual colleges also offer their own scholar-ships. Go to any college website and click on Scholarships and/or Finan-cial Aid to find a list of specific college scholarships for the colleges to which you are applying.

Greene County Health Clinics

are offering sports physicals for

$15.00. Please contact

812-863-4250 to schedule your

sports physical.

Recently, Mr. Atkinson's Government classes and Mrs.

Bohnert's Business Law class had the opportunity to

attend a session of the Indiana State Supreme Court

and to hear oral arguments from a current case. Over

one million court cases are filed each year in the state

of Indiana with approximately 2,000 cases continuing

to the Appellate Court and only 70-100 cases making it

to the Supreme Court. Eastern Greene students heard

the case of Gregg Appliances, Inc. and HH Gregg, Inc.

v. Dwaine Underwood. To learn more about the case

and to watch the hearing, visit https://mycourts.in.gov/

arguments. Following the hearing, the students toured

the State House and learned more about the executive,

legislative and judicial branches of our government.

The Senate chamber, the House of Representatives

chamber and the Lieutenant Governor's office were all

a part of the tour.

To cap off an enriching day, the classes visited the Indi-

ana Motor Speedway where they were able to drive on

the speedway and to visit the museum on site. The stu-

dents ended their day with the tradition of "Kissing the

Bricks" while looking toward the first turn of the track.

Thunderbird Honor Society

Initiation Season! The Thunderbird Honor Society will be having its induction ceremony on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. We will initiate three seniors, two juniors, and 23 sophomores this year! The first part of the initiation process be-gins with the ceremony on Tuesday morning during W.I.N. for the student body. There will also be a sec-ond ceremony Tuesday night at 6:30 P.M. for family members to attend. The evening ceremony will be followed by a dessert bar in the cafeteria. All family members and friends of these initiates are invited to help us celebrate their well-earned achievement!

Group Project #3

Current THS members will be completing the third group project on Saturday, March 25, 2017. We have received local requests for help, so we will be dividing into teams to accomplish as many tasks as possible that day. Sydnee Skinner, THS vice-president, is the project manager for this endeavor. A good pat on the back is in order when you see a THS member, as these students offer smiles and vol-unteer hours to meet the needs in our community.

Inga’s Popcorn Sale:

Also, our annual Inga's Popcorn Sale is right around the corner. THS members are already talking about all of the flavors: Classic Cheddar, Caramel, White Cheddar, Sweet and Cheesy, Snickerdoodle, Cheddar Jalapeno, and Caramel with Pecans. We will be selling the popcorn in April, and 100% of the proceeds will go to the Student Activities Fund at EGHS. If you have purchased popcorn before, thank you! We are sure you will want more of the yummy treat. If you haven't yet tasted Inga's Popcorn, you

Fun times for FFA

week!!!

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Name _______________________ Grade ____ Room # ____ (6th hour)

(Please write room # of your sixth-hour class.)

Address _______________________________ Phone # ________

_____ # of books ordered _____ amount enclosed __check __cash

Seniors only—Name as you wish it to be stamped on cover ($5 extra)

Yearbooks, covering the 2016-2017 school year, may be ordered beginning March 20th. The cost is $38. Partial payments of $20 may be made, with the balance due when the books arrive. Our theme is This. Changes. Everything! Don’t miss out! Please detach and complete the form below, and place in an envelope. Be sure to write on the order form the name, grade, and seventh hour room number of the person ordering. Orders are to be turned in ONLY to Mrs. Bartlett, room 214. Orders may also be mailed to the school—Yearbook Staff, Mrs. Bartlett—Eastern Greene High School, 11064 East State Road 54, Bloomfield, IN 47424. Seniors must pay the full cost upon ordering. Seniors only may order a person-alized book (name-stamping) for an additional $5.

Orders taken Monday, March 20

Through Friday, April 7

Cost $38

Yearbook Orders 2016-2017

Visit us on the web:

www.egreene.k12.in.us

Or on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/easterngreeneschools

Elisabeth Sturgis is our Technology Integration Specialist at Eastern Greene Schools. Elisa-

beth does an amazing job helping our teachers integrate technology into the classroom, as

well as work with students on various projects throughout the school year. She has a tech

page that has a lot of supplementary web based games and programs on her site that your

student can use at home to practice by grade or by subject. She also has a fantastic site for

parents wanting to learn more about Digital Citizenship for their children and ways to talk

to them about their online behavior.

Check it out!

http://easterngreenetechnology.weebly.com/

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators

Special thanks to Mark Myers

and Bennie Flynn for fabricating

and installing our welding ex-

haust system in our AG Building.

Thanks to Dale Snapp and Gary

Wiggington for their assistance as

well.

If you, or anyone you know, is a Schwan’s customer, please consider supporting the Eastern Greene High School Student Activities account. By making your Schwan order online at www. Schwans.com and entering our campaign id of 1997, Schwan’s will donate 5% cash of your purchase to our activities account. This is a very simple way to help us raise money and it costs you nothing extra if you are already a Schwan’s customer. Our activities account provides the following to our students: student con-

vocations for bullying and drug-free campaigns, students awards, and student incen-tives. Please pass this information along to anyone you know that is a Schwan’s cus-tomer. They can live anywhere Schwan’s delivers and as long as they provide our Schwan campaign id of 1997, EGHS student activities gains 5% of the sale. Thank you for your support!

Schwans.com

EGHS campaign id: 22309

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Eastern Greene Class of 2017

Graduation

Sat. May 27, 2017

11:00am

EGHS Gymnasium

EGHS

Band

Mandatory Parent Meeting!!

March 9th 6:00pm Band Room

There will be a Chicago Departure Briefing

for the music department on March 7th at

7:30pm in the band room!!

FFA

NEWS Young Ladies in AG - Career Showcase at Purdue University

Reece Whaley & Taylor Rollins paged for Senator

Bassler and Representative Ellington on President's

Day to kick off 2017 FFA week.

Shakamak FFA Archery Shoot at Parker's

in Spencer, IN

Ag classes starting their seed kits - Seed kits were

donated by Hilltop Nature & Garden Center at

Indiana University.

Ventilation installation - AG Power unloading ma-

terials that were used to build the ventilation

One of the best resources for keeping you informed about

your students grades and classes is Harmony. Harmony can

be accessed through our school webpage. Go to the high

school page and you will need a login and password then you

will have access to the following items:

- Student grades

- Individual classroom assignments

- You can set up push notifications to be sent notifica-

tions from Harmony (alerting you of grade changes, attend-

ance, and discipline referrals)

- Check that emergency contacts are current, in case

your child is sick.

*(If you need your students login or password, please call the

office at (812)825-5621.)

Sporting Events: Tue. Mar. 21……………...Softball @ BNL 5:00pm

Tue. Mar. 28………..……Softball vs. Shoals 5:00pm HOME

Thur. Mar. 30…….……...Softball @ Edgewood 5:00pm

Fri. Mar. 31……………….V Baseball @ Vincennes Tourney 5:30pm

Sat. Apr. 1……..………...V Baseball @ Vincennes Tourney 11:00am

March 13-17 No School!!