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Attention all Sophomore Honors English parents, Mrs. Bender is looking for parent volunteers for the annual Canterbury Tales Pilgrimage on Friday, September 12. We need parents for the day (about 9-2:15), and parents to help set up lunch at Eagle Creek Park. It is a fun way to get involved and to see your kids dressed in clothing from the Middle Ages! If you are interested, please contact Mrs. Bender at ext. 12312 or abender@zcs.k12.in.us. With new uniforms, a great competition show design, and the largest group of performers in their history, the Marching Eagles are looking forward to a great year. The students are more excited than usual about it this year, in part because of the show theme. The title of the 2008 show is: “Dreams and Dead Ends, A Gangster Tale”. The show opens with the gangster (the color guard) breaking out of prison while they play a cool song called Jazz Police. Next, the gangster finds his girl; the music here is Harlem Nocturne. Being a 1920’s era gangster, some gambling follows and the band plays Luck Be A Lady Tonight. Just then, the police catch the gangster, there is a chase scene including sirens, and finally the gangster ends up back in jail. One of the most exciting parts of the summer was hosting an Open Class Drum and Bugle Corps called Jersey Surf. The competition site for quarter finals, semi finals, and finals was in Bloomington, but the group rehearsed in Zionsville and slept in the Freshman Center gym for three nights. Jersey Surf, along with the Marching Eagles, gave a short performance in our stadium which was followed by an ice cream social for the two bands. Performers and staff from Jersey Surf were very grateful for our hospitality and are looking forward to staying in Zionsville again next August. Another upcoming highlight is the opportunity to perform in Lucas Oil Stadium. I have a feeling that there will be well over 1000 Zionsville spectators for that event on August 23 rd . This will be the premiere of the Marching Eagles in their new uniforms. Enjoy the shows, Mr. Landrum, Director of Bands SPEECH TEAM The Speech Team at ZCHS is for any high school student who enjoys any type of public speaking - speech giving, debate, discussion, poetry or prose reading, etc. Students will have opportunities to compete against other schools at Saturday speech tournaments. Call out meeting will be Wednesday, September 3, from 2:45-3:15 pm, in Room 411 at the high school. Club sponsor: Mr. Kartholl 873-3355 ext. 12411. FOLK MUSIC CIRCLE The Folk Music Circle is a club for students who enjoy any kind of folk music or music that is played with acoustic or "unplugged" instruments. The club will meet weekly (day to be announced after the call out meeting). At a typical FMC meeting simple songs are projected on a screen while students play a variety of instruments and percussion. It is not required or necessary that a student know how to play an instrument. Singers are always needed! Call out meeting will be Wednesday, August 27, from 2:45 - 3:15 pm, in Room 411 at the high school. No instruments needed for this first meeting. Club sponsor: Mr. Kartholl 873-3355 ext. 12411 FIT CLUB Students are invited to join a new club offered this year, the Zionsville Fit Club. Whether students are Beginners, Intermediate, or Advanced in their level of fitness, our mission is to promote healthy living and a positive self-image. Activities will be offered Mondays through Thursdays after school and will include: Aerobics, Pilates, Strength Training, and Yoga, depending on student interest. Fit Club welcomes your donations. If you have exercise equipment you are no longer using (for example, hand weights, jump ropes, step aerobic steps, exercise mats, DVD/VHS workout tapes, etc.) please contact Amanda Vanderbur at avanderbur@zcs.k12.in.us or 873-3355 x12416 to make a donation. Trip to Spain Visit Spain in June! Señorita Haehl is taking a group on a 9-day trip to Spain this June. You can save $100 if you enroll by September 1st. Visit www.educationaltravel.com for more information. The trip is called Spanish Vistas. Please email or call with questions (lhaehl@zcs.k12.in.us or 873-3355 x12306).
On Tuesday, August 26 th at 3pm the Zionsville Community High School Robotics Cub, AKA the Steel Eagles, will host its first meeting of the school year. Last year the club sent two teams of 18 total students to the Indiana Regional VEX Bridge Battle Competition. They took 1 st and 6 th places, qualifying them for the World Championships in Los Angeles. At World’s they placed 14 th and 34 th out of 91 teams from around the globe including China, Korea, England, Brazil, and Singapore and won the Good Sportsmanship award (voted upon by all competing teams. The competition schedule for this year has been expanded to include the Midwest Regional in Omaha, Nebraska, the National Championship, also in Omaha, and the World Championship, tentatively scheduled to be held at Disneyworld in Orlando, Florida. With the expanded competition schedule the club will be fundraising through various activities, including hosting a competition at ZCHS and accepting donations. Donations are tax deductible. So far this year 8 teams, composed of a total of 47 students have signed up. New additions to the club will be accepted through Friday, August 30 th . To start a team, no more than 6 students must turn in a $600 registration fee to Mr. Wandland in the Freshman Center, room E213. This will allow the club to purchase two VEX robot kits for their team, and register them for the competitions. The Steel Eagles have made a huge impact on the Robotics Community, and this year should be an exciting one. Jed Wandland ZCHS Robotics Club Sponsor ZCHS students who may be interested in participating in one of the academic competition teams are encouraged to make contact with one of the league coordinators ASAP. There are three types of competitions: 1. Hoosier Spell Bowl in the fall (wanted: people who like to spell, but on a team (10 members) and in a different format from the traditional spelling bee), 2. White River League Quiz Bowl/WTHR Brain Game which begins in October and runs throughout the academic year (general knowledge questions in rapidfire formats, teams of 4 or five members), 3. Hoosier Academic Super Bowl in the second semester (Five teams in disciplinary areas of math, science, social studies, English, and fine arts—five member teams who study their subject with focus on a particular historical period). Zionsville has been quite successful in these competitions, including conference and area championships, state finalists and champions in Spell Bowl and Super Bowl, and being ranked high enough in quiz bowl to qualify for state and national tournaments. For more information and practice schedules, contact Paulette Berger(x12107) or Cindy King(x12104), academic coor- JOIN YOUNG LIFE FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR!! Young Life has a new leader this year, Topher Jones, a former ZCHS student. Meetings will be held at Eagle Creek Coffee Company again this year. dates will be announced soon. Contact Topher with your questions at 317-679-7076 or djtopherjones@gmail.com. Please check out our local Young Life Website www.zionsville.younglife.org for more information and updates. Z’BOP is selling Zoobooks. All band and orchestra students will begin selling ZooBooks within the next few weeks. Zoo Books cost $25; $10 of each book sold will be credited to the band account of the student making the sale. What a great way to pay for the band trips! The ZooBooks are valid through December 2009 so they make great gifts for Christmas, birthdays, thank you gifts, or any special occasion. To get your ZooBook, see any band or orchestra student or contact Kelly Guerra (873-5481 or kellygu1979@aol.com).
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