Weekly Athletic Calendar 10/31 Field Hockey Section Final Marriotts Ridge at Glenelg 5:00 Admission $6.00 MPSSAA passes only 11/1 Boys Soccer Section Semifinal Marriotts Ridge at FSK/Century winner TBD Admission $6.00 MPSSAA passes only 11/2 HOCO Cheerleading Championships at Marriotts Ridge 6:00 Admission $5.00 11/3 Volleyball Section Quarterfinal TBD Admission $6.00 MPSSAA passes only Cross Country Regional Championships at Liberty 3:00 11/4 Football vs. Reservoir at MRHS JV 4:00 Varsity 7:00 Students $3.00 Adults $4.00

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Dates to Remember:

10/31 Closed for Students

11/4 End of Marking Period

11/7 Closed for Students

11/8 Schools/Offices Closed

11/14-18 American Education

Week

11/15 Start of Winter Sports

11/15-16 Senior Portraits

11/18 Underclass Picture Makeups

11/21-22 Early Dismissal (11:10)

11/21-23 Parent Conferences

11/24-25 Schools/Offices Closed

Parent/Teacher

Conferences,

Senior Portraits,

Clubs, Yearbook

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Student Spotlight,

Team Highlights

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Student Volunteer

Opportunity,

Music Fruit Sale

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Street Smarts

November Driver’s

Ed Class at MRHS

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Community News 6

What’s Inside . . .

MARRIOTTS RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

October 28, 2016

Concession Volunteers PLAYOFFS are here! We need volunteers to work the concession stand.

10/28 Girls Soccer Quarterfinal 5:30 and 11/2 HoCo Cheer Championships 4:30

SIGN UP

Space is available for the last Friday night football game on November 4 (Senior Game!), too!

Thanks in advance and GO MUSTANGS!

Golf Team Brings Home 5th State Championship Congratulations to our Golf Team and their coach, Mark Dubbs, on winning

their 5th consecutive state championship Wednesday at the University of

Maryland. The team of Jackson Courtney, Nick Mejia, John Szymanski,

and Alex Pak shot a 2 day total of 633 defeating second place Middletown

by 34 strokes. Jackson's final round of 71 was the tournament-best round.

This is an incredible accomplishment, especially for our seniors, Jackson,

Nick, and John, who have played on 4 consecutive state championship

teams. MUSTANG PROUD!!

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Parent/Teacher Conferences November 21-23, 2016 Watch for more information regarding scheduling to come home soon!

Senior Portraits Lifetouch will be here on November 15 and 16 for their final senior portrait shoot. Any senior that has not

had his/her portrait taken should receive an appointment card in the mail from Lifetouch. In case you

missed the card or threw it away, the appointment schedule will be available in the front office. If you

should have any questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Romero at delores_romero@hcpss.org.

BOOK CLUB November book selection is This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp and will meet after school on Mon-

day, November 28 for a discussion. Stop by the Media Center if you need a copy.

SHAKESPEARE CLUB Request Used Books

Do you have books lying around the house? Tired of them taking up space?

Marriotts Ridge’s Shakespeare Club has the perfect solution for you!

Between Monday, October 24 and Friday, November 11 the Shakespeare Club will be collecting books in

every English classroom. These books will be sold to students and parents during MRHS’s production of A

Midsummer Night’s Dream. All proceeds and books that are not sold will be donated to the Maryland Book

Bank.

MRHS CLUB ICE HOCKEY Come out and support the Mustang Club Ice Hockey! Most games are played at The Gardens Ice House lo-

cated at 13800 Old Gunpowder Road, Laurel MD 20707. The Columbia Rink is near Oakland Mills High

School on Thunder Hill Road in Columbia. The 2016-17 game schedule is posted on the school website

(click here).

2016-17 Yearbook Now on Sale!

Online orders only at http://www.jostens.com/

MRHS After-School ACTIVITY BUS Sign up to ride the Thursday After-School Activity Bus, departing MRHS at 4:00 PM. Students must sign up for each week that they want to ride. Please remember to list the stop number (i.e. #1) when you sign up.

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Student Spotlight

Wendy Yang was honored by the Maryland Foreign Language Association on October 21, 2016, as the overall

state-wide winner of the 2016 Visual Arts Contest. She and her parents were MFLA guests at the annual banquet, she

received a check for $100, and her artwork was featured on the cover of the Fall Conference program. Wendy en-

tered the contest as a student in Mrs. McCabe’s Spanish III Honors class last spring.

Max Kaiser has been selected by Catholic University of America to be a member of the Fall 2016 Chamber and

Symphony Orchestras. Max will be the principal bassoon for the upcoming performances of Prokofiev’s famous story

Peter and the Wolf at the Arts Barn in Gaithersburg, as well as for the formal symphonic concert at the Italian Embas-

sy in Washington D.C. He is the only participant in the ensemble who is not of college age, yet he more than holds his

own!

JV Cheerleaders Earn a First Place Trophy Congratulations to the JV Cheerleaders who earned a first place trophy with a score of 101.4 while competing at

Chesapeake High School last weekend. The cheerleaders also took home a trophy for Best Choreography overall

among JV and Varsity teams that competed that day. The Lady Mustangs will compete next on Wednesday, Novem-

ber 2 right here at MRHS, as they chase a repeat County Champion title. GOOD LUCK Ladies!

Another Amazing Tournament for Speech & Debate The Speech and Debate team competed at the BCFL tournament on October 22 with amazing results!

Once again MRHS’s team came in first place as a school. A special shout out to the Lincoln-Douglas varsity team as all

5 members went undefeated making the team 15-0, a rare accomplishment! There were 233 students from 26

schools which competed. Individual awards went to: Original Interpretation — Silver: Julia Mann; Gold: Makarand

Parigi, Ilsa Mir Dramatic Performance — Honorable Menion: Vienna Wang Extemporaneous Speaking — Honora-

ble Mention: Nikhil Mehta, Amaris Hester; Silver: Kush Tiwary; Gold: David Polefrone Impromptu Speaking — Hon-

orable Mention: Joycelyn Au; Silver: Nikhil Mehta, David Polefrone; Gold: Kush Tiwary Novice Lincoln-Douglas De-

bate — Honorable Mention: Abbas Bokhari, Juliana Yu, Malavika Mahendra Lincoln-Douglas Debate — Bronze:

Renee Paulraj, Aswhin Kasiviswanathan, Madisyn Parisi; Silver: Quinn Crawford; Gold: Yixuan Liu Public Forum De-

bate — Honorable Mention: Erin White/Yusuf Mastoor; Varsha Pudi/Dhatri Saamak; Bronze: Hassan Bokhari/Luke

Misumi; Luke Mann/Olu Roy; Silver: Lauren Shen/Audrey Hager Congress — Presiding Officer Award: Amaris Hester;

6th Place: Michelle Li

Mr. Ault Highlighted by James Madison Fellowship Mr. Ault, teacher of AP U.S. Government and Politics and AP Comparative Government and Politics, was highlighted

by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation as this week’s Teacher Tuesday Spotlight. We have awesome

teachers at Marriotts Ridge who are doing great things with students every day! Check out what Mr. Ault had to say

about “Helping Students Develop a Civic Voice”.

Student Volunteer Opportunity — Earn Service Hours! Mount View Middle School is looking for high school students to volunteer their time to help middle school sudents

with basic English and Math homework. Student volunteers would meet after school at MVMS on Tuesdays (English)

and/or Thursdays (Math) from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Volunteers may attend as often as their schedules allow; no need to

attend every session. If you are interested, please email Mrs. Remmel at megan_remmel@hcpss.org.

English will meet on the following Tuesdays: Nov. 1, 15, 29; Dec. 6, 13; Jan. 3, 10, 17, 24, 32; Feb. 7, 14

Math will meet on the following Thursdays: Nov. 3, 10, 17; Dec. 1, 8, 15; Jan. 5, 12, 19; Feb. 2, 9, 16

MRHS Music Foundation FRUIT SALES Fruit sales support the MRHS Music Program which receives 90 of its budget from fundraising.

All orders will be placed online; no paper orders. Visit the MRHS Fruit Sale website for details.

Baugher’s Apple and Bakery Sales Sale runs Oct. 21 to Nov. 4 MRHSFRUIT.com

Delivery date: Nov. 22 from 12:00-2:00 — just in time for Thanksgiving!

APPLE SALE, all products are from Baugher’s Orchard & Bakery in Westminster and include:

Gala, Fuji, and Jona-Gold Apples; Applesauce, Apple Butter, Apple Cider, Dinner Rolls, Homemade Apple Pies,

Donuts, Dumplings and Baugher’s famous Apple Fritter! Sales support a local farm in addition to the MRHS

Music Program!

Upcoming Fruit Sales:

December / Florida Citrus Sale / Delivery on 12/17

January / Florida Citrus Sale / Delivery on 1/21

Please email mrhsfruit@gmail.com with any questions.

Thank you for your support!!

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NOVEMBER CLASS AT MARRIOTTS RIDGE

HAS SPACE AVAILABLE!!

Register today!

Class runs from November 2-17, 2016

Coding for Community, A Civility Hackathon Saturday, November 5 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Miller Library Branch Bring your creativity and coding skills to connect and build an online solution to a community challenge. All

skill levels welcome to this collaborative computer programming event. Space is still available at the high

school level! Register at ChooseCivility.org

Community Notices & Events The following events are neither sponsored nor endorsed by Marriotts Ridge High School or the Howard County Public School Sys-

tem.

NOVEMBER CLASSES at Glenwood Library Branch Be a Beta-Tester! Board Game Testing Workshops Help test and rate the Board Game Bonanza contest entries. Your input will help the judges decide the winners who will be an-nounced at International Games Day on Nov. 19. No registeration. Allow at least 30 minutes. Thur., Nov. 3 at 3:30 p.m.; Sat., Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. & 4 p.m.; Tue., Nov. 8 at 7 p.m.

International Games Day @ Your Library Participate with teens from around the world in this annual celebration of the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games. Ages 11-18. Sat, Nov 19th Check online for times

International Minecraft Hunger Games Contest Play Minecraft Hunger Games and compete with teens around the world for fun and prizes. Two Tributes advance to the Interna-tional Semi-Finals and Final event. Practice Tournament: Gamers have the opportunity to learn the game and create winning strate-gies before the main event on November 19. Ages 11-18. Sat, Nov 19th Check online for times

Celebrate Maryland STEM Festival Register for each class separately

Electric Exploration—Invent a Throwing Arm! (Nov. 8, 2p.m.) Register: http://goo.gl/VfCbmy

Computer Guts (Nov. 9, 3:30 p.m.) Register: http://goo.gl/UcBCHP

Engineer, Invent, Create (Nov. 10, 3:30 p.m.) Register: http://goo.gl/THs6hy

Monthly Events Anime Club (Nov. 9, 7 p.m.)

Teen Advisory Board (Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m.)

Knit, Craft, Chat (Nov. 15, 7 p.m.)

Celestial Searchers Young Astronomers Club (Nov. 28, 7 p.m.)

Read about more Community News and Programs of Interest. . .

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