As we enter the month of April, EGHS is a busy place. We have students involved in multiple ac-tivities including spring sports, practicing for spring concerts, we have the spring musical, and countless other student activities. We have the Jr./Sr. Prom April 22 with the grand march and the post prom the same day. In addition, this is still an important time for students to continue to focus and do their best in their classes. There will be the sec-ond round of ISTEP+ testing over the coming weeks as well. We will also have all AP tests during the month of May, as well as the ECA test. We will send home more information as those testing win-dows get closer. I encourage everyone to take a moment and look through this issue of the Thunderbird Beat and see all the exciting things happening at EGHS. Our stu-dents work hard, give back to our community, and strive to do their best. 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 April 5, 2017

Grade 9—95.53%

Grade 10—95.58%

Grade 11—96.24%

Grade 12—95.30% Overall: - 95.67%

Eastern Greene High Schools April 2017

11064 E St. Rd. 54

Bloomfield, IN

47424

(812) 825-5621

Fax (812) 825-6661

Visit us on the web:

www.egreene.k12.in.us

Or on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/easterngreeneschools

Marching Band &

Color Guard

Call-Out Meeting

Thursday, April 20th

6:30pm HS Band Room

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.

Incentive Breakfast

is on

April 12th!!

Thunderbird Honor Society

Individual Service Projects are Finished! The Eastern Greene High School Thunderbird Honor Society members have been busy

this year. Members are required to complete an Individual Service Project, donating at

least four hours of work to a cause matching their own talents and interests. Members are

encouraged to find a need and meet it. Different projects from this year include volunteer-

ing to tutor students with school subjects and musical instruments, volunteering with a

gymnastics clinic, assisting a local family after a house fire, helping to make pizzas with the

Owensburg Delts, working concessions for the athletic department, volunteering at Craig

Family Camp Christmas event, assisting with 8th Grade Parent Night, volunteering with

Cincinnati Christian Church’s pizza fundraiser, raising awareness for suicide prevention,

filling needs through the Build-a-Basket project, volunteering for the Good News Club in

the elementary, and helping with the Academic Honor Jacket ceremony. Through these

projects, THS collectively volunteered 133.5 service hours in our community. Kudos to the

THS members!

Group Project #3 Our third group project, organized by vice president Sydnee Skinner, al-

lowed for us to donate 96 total hours to the Solsberry Christian Church.

We assisted with landscaping needs outside of the building, and we also

tested our creativity as we helped make the sets for their upcoming summer VBS. According

to Chad Stowers, the THS members’ help saved the Solsberry folks about four weeks worth

It’s Finally Time for Popcorn!!! The annual Inga’s Popcorn fundraiser officially begins on April 13, 2017. Each THS mem-

ber will be selling the sweet treat. Orders are due back to us by May 1. Emma Greves,

THS secretary, will then compile all of the orders and send them off to Inga’s where she

will make the popcorn fresh for us. We will have the tubs back here and ready to deliver

the week of May 8, which is right in time for Mother’s Day. All of our proceeds go to the

Student Activities Fund, and we appreciate all of the community support for this project.

Degree Applications due - April 19th

Officer Applications due - April 12th

All applications are located in Mrs. Hovious's classroom

Officer Interviews - April 19th

Annual FFA Banquet - May 3rd - 6PM --

More details to come

Farm Bureau sponsored day at the Statehouse &

Greene County AG Day

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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 begin-ning 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 ON-LY to Mrs. Bartlett, room 214. Orders may also be mailed to the school—Yearbook Staff, Mrs. Bart-lett—Eastern Greene High School, 11064 East State Road 54, Bloom-field, IN 47424. Seniors must pay the full cost upon ordering. Seniors only may or-der a personalized book (name-stamping) for an additional $5.

Cost $38

Yearbook Orders 2016-2017

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

High School Girls Grades 9-11

ENGINEERING OPTIONS

University of Evansville—Summer Camp 2017

June 18-28, 2017

Must have completed Geometry!

Applications are available in the Guidance Office

Applications Deadline: May 1, 2017

Registration Fee: $500—Cost includes all lodging, meals, snacks, materials, transporta-

tion during program, trip fees, guides, and special events.

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

The EGHS 2017 prom is quickly approaching!

All students planning to attend need to have purchased a ticket no later

than Friday, April 14th to be eligible to attend prom or after prom. Print-

ed registration forms are available on the prom window display, in the li-

brary, and in the office. Electronic forms have been sent to juniors and

seniors in a text, in an email, and are available on the prom website.

We are also still in need of parent chaperones for the after-prom. If you

can help please let Mrs. Finn know ASAP.

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: Thur. April 6…………...Track vs. Orleans/Lighthouse Chr. HOME

Mon.. Apr. 10………..V Baseball vs. Mitchell 5:00pm

Tue Apr. 11………….Softball vs. North Knox 6:00pm

Thu Apr. 13………….V Baseball vs. North Knox 6:00pm

Mon Apr 17…………..V Baseball vs. Clay City 5:30pm

Tue Apr. 18…………..JV Baseball vs. North Daviess 5:00pm

Wed Apr 19…………..V Baseball vs. Pike Central 5:30pm

Thu Apr 20……………V Baseball vs. Brown County 5:00pm

Fri Apr. 21……………Boys Golf vs. Orleans 4:30pm

Mon. Apr. 24…………..Softball vs. Shakamak 6:00pm

Tue. Apr. 25…………..Softball vs. Paoli 5:00pm

Tue Apr 25…………….V Baseball vs. Shakamak 5:00pm

Thur. Apr. 27………….Softball vs. Bloomfield 5:00pm