On March 6, 2010 the Foothill Foundation hosted a casino-themed fundrasising event at the Bakersfield Museum of Art to benefit the International Baccalaureate program of Foothill High School. The event was made possible by donations from numerous local businesses, such as American Business Machines, Moo Creamery, Coconut Joe’s, The Bakersfield Museum of Art, Thomas P. Bell Consulting Services, and John C. Alexander, D.D.S. Please see event website for details www.foothillcasinonight.com
Thank you to Mrs. Ball and Ms. Bishop for completing the first round of IB oral exams this week. Spanish A2 and French B will begin oral exams next week. Students, please be sure to arrive on time for your oral exam appointment. We have a record 139 students testing in a foreign language this year, so our exam schedule is packed!
All AVID/IB seniors who have applied to UC Riverside and/or Cal Poly Pomona are invited to join us for a fieldtrip to these two campuses on Saturday, March 13th, 2010. Permission slips are available from Mrs. Farley in D-7. The first nine students to return completed slips will be allowed to attend.
The IB beef jerky sale is now over. Please turn in all money to the finance office ASAP.
If you have questions about MLA or APA formatting, please visit Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL). The website also provides information on many useful topics, such as grammar and punctuation. OWL can be found at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
March is filled with IB deadlines. Please be sure to get all assignments turned in on time. Extended essays, world literature papers 1 and 2, and TOK essays will all be mailed Wednesday, March the 10th.
At long last - IB t-shirts have arrived! Please see Mrs. Farley in D-7 to pick up the shirt you ordered or to place a new order. Shirts are $10 each and come in both men’s and women’s styles. “Foothill I.B. You Can Sleep When You’re Dead”
DeVry University is offering a free SAT Prep Course on Saturday, October 24th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. DeVry is located at 3000 Ming Ave. Please call Trisha Rodriguez at 661.833.7120 to RSVP.
Foothill graduate Celest Ahl will be visiting Foothill High School on Friday, October, 16th, as a representative of Long Beach State University. If you are interested in attending Celest’s presentation, please sign up in the Career Center in E-12 as soon as possible.