Sunday, September 28, 2014

MHS "Pride in Motion" Marching Band Performs Well at Cuthbertson High School

CONGRATULATIONS  to the MHS “Pride in Motion” Marching Band for winning the following awards at the Cuthbertson HS Showcase of Bands:
1st Place Color Guard in Class 3A
2nd Place Percussion in Class 3A
2nd Place Music in Class 3A
2nd Place Visual in Class 3A
2nd Place Band in Class 3A
3rd Place Band Overall (out of 9 Bands)
and 
winner of the “Scepter of Awesomeness”  Award - the award for the most spirited band.

Friday, September 26, 2014

DECA's Annual Fundraiser: '14 Homecoming Shirts on Sale

DECA's annual fundraiser of the MHS Homecoming t-shirts Pre-sale begins with you.  T-shirts are a little different this year and especially cool with the outline of the text and graphics being GLOW-IN-THE-DARK!   :-)

Let Sherry Montero, sherrymontero@mgsd.k12.nc.us, or a DECA member know if you would like one or three. 

If you have any questions, please contact Sherry Montero, Mr. Donnelly, Mrs. Fingado at NF Woods

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Cyberbullying Event

MHS is hosting a Parent Night tomorrow, Monday September 29, at the MHS Auditorium from 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. This is a free event on cyberbullying and internet do’s and don’ts’ with a nationally recognized speaker. We hope you will join us!

Thursday, September 11, 2014

College Fair for Seniors!

Attention Seniors!  MHS will host a College Fair for seniors on Wednesday, September 24th beginning at 8:30am until 9:30am.  An announcement will be made for you to report to the fair.  PLEASE review the list of college attending and plan to visit them at the fair!


Appalachian State University Greensboro College Presbyterian College
Averett University High Point University Radford University
Barton College Johnson & Wales University Randolph College
Belmont Abbey College Johnson C. Smith University Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
Bluefield College King's College Salem College
Brevard College Lander University St. Andrews University
Bridgewater College Lenoir-Rhyne University St. Augustines College
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences Limestone College The Art Institutes
Campbell University Livingston College Tusculum College
Carolinas College of Health Sciences Louisburg College Universal Technical Institute
Catawba College Mars Hill College University of Alabama
Chowan University Meredith College University of North Carolina at Asheville
Clemson University Methodist University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Coker College Mid-Atlantic Christian University University of North Carolina at Charlotte
College Foundation Inc Montreat College University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Columbia College Mount Olive College University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Concord University North Carolina Central University University of North Carolina at Wilmington
East Carolina University North Carolina School of the Arts University of South Carolina at Columbia
ECPI University - Charlotte/Concord NC North Carolina State University Warren Wilson College
Fayetteville State University North Greenville University Western Carolina University
Florida State University Pfieffer University William Peace University
Gardner-Webb University Piedmont College Winston-Salem State University

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Day of Caring

The United Way’s Annual Day of Caring is September 13th, 2014! Please join us this Saturday and support our community!
\Please find the sign-up sheets attached as well as information below. Please register by calling Shelly Wright (704-664-2284) or emailing(swright@uwcentralcarolinas.org).
We will have a kick-off event with continental breakfast, live coverage from WLKN Radio, and a fun warm up with hip hop dance instructor Lem Houston!!
 

Monday, September 8, 2014

Bond Info Meeting

Mooresville High School will host an informational meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, October 20 to discuss the upcoming Bond for renovations to our building. Please plan to attend!

Friday, September 5, 2014

MHS: Underclassmen Picture Day!

WhatUnderclass Picture Day (AND senior makeup picture day)
WhenWednesday, September 10th - all day
WhereMagnolia Gym
How: Students will be dismissed by homeroom from their regular schedule (we will NOT actually be in homeroom).  To avoid class interruptions, we will NOT be making all calls, so please pay attention to the time frames and announce to your students when they should leave.  A general guideline:
1st block: junior homerooms
2nd block: sophomore homerooms
3rd block: Woods students (and freshmen who are at Woods 4th block)
4th block: freshmen homerooms

Passes: Yearbook students will give students who are finished with their picture a pass back to class.  If students do NOT return with a pass, then they were not with us.

Buying Pictures: Crider’s Photography will do the same thing it did last year: EVERY student will receive a proof of their photo with the order form a few weeks AFTER picture day and return the proof to the front office.

Staff Pictures: You do NOT have to get your photo taken because the amazing Tracey Waid took them in August and is sharing them with yearbook.

Seniors: We will email you a list of seniors who need to report to the Magnolia Gym to take their senior picture.  We would appreciate it if you could send them down when they enter your class, please.  We will also be delivering passes throughout the day so we don’t miss any.

Make Up Pictures: make up picture day is October 7th

Troubleshooting
-Did students miss their assigned time slot? Go ahead and send them when they realize it.
-Please ask your students when they enter class if they got their picture during their assigned grade block/time, and if they missed it, please send them down.
-Please do NOT send ALL of your students down at once; however, if you only have a few students in the grade assigned for that block, send them down at the BEGINNING of the period together.
-Third period is available for teachers who have ALL freshmen to come down as a class.  Please contact Tiffany Cavicchia if you are interested.

Thank you: We understand and appreciate that picture day can be hectic, so please be patient with us.  We will have two stations set up and hope to move the students through as quickly as possible.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

MHS Yearbook Wins Awards

Mooresville High School yearbook staff earns state, national honors

Mooresville, N.C. (Sept. 4, 2014) – The staff of The Pitchfork yearbook at Mooresville High School in Mooresville, N.C., has been honored with awards from the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association (NCSMA) and the school’s yearbook publisher, Walsworth Yearbooks.

Competing in the Large School category in NCSMA’s annual awards this summer, The Pitchfork earned an Overall Honors designation and third place in Cover Design. Students Ally Grogan and Tosh Torrence won in the Featured Spread Design category.

While awaiting the NCSMA results for its 2014 yearbook, the 2015 staff was earning recognition at the annual Camp Carolina summer yearbook workshop in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Elena Nowak won first place for Best Advertising Plan and Best Overall Marketing Plan; Zoe Hambley won second place in the Advanced Design Class; and Anna Lowrance won first place in the Yearbook 101 InDesign class. The staff won first place for the People’s Showcase.

Nationally, the 2014 Pitchfork was inducted into Walsworth Yearbooks' Gallery of Excellence. Books included in the Gallery of Excellence represent a small percentage of all yearbooks published by Walsworth, and recognizes them for exemplifying excellence in yearbook creation.

The Pitchfork, along with other Gallery of Excellence yearbooks, will be seen by yearbook staffs across the country. It will be loaned to schools as an idea generator and displayed at regional, state and national conventions and workshops.

The 2014 edition of The Pitchfork yearbook was produced under the direction of Tiffany Cavicchia, first year yearbook adviser and new to MHS.

Mooresville students will also be wowed by the the 2014 Pitchfork. The yearbook features a custom animation that is embedded in the cover, which can be seen by students when they download the Aurasma mobile app from the App Store or Google Play. Once the app is installed, users can open it on their smartphone or tablet and launch the viewfinder. When the viewfinder is held over any linked image, such as a yearbook cover, the animation begins to play. 

The Pitchfork cover animation spins into a window that opens and shows video clips of activities that occurred at the school during the year while an accompanying music soundtrack plays. Ten videos located in the contents of the book also can be seen using the Aurasma app.

As part of the Partners in Education partnership between Walsworth Yearbooks and Aurasma, Walsworth helps schools set up their Aurasma channel, provides training to yearbook staffs to use the technology and works with the school to create custom animations. Walsworth entered into a partnership with Aurasma to assist schools in creating augmented reality for their yearbooks, bringing yearbooks to life with 3D animation, video and special effects to give readers a unique experience in the printed book. 

About WalsworthWalsworth is among the 35 largest printing companies in the U.S. The company is among the top five yearbook printers and is the only American- and family-owned publisher of yearbooks. Started in 1937 by Don Walsworth, current leadership is under the second and third generations: Don O. Walsworth, CEO, and his son, Don Walsworth, president. The company operates from administrative offices and printing and binding facilities in Marceline, Mo., a prepress facility in Brookfield, Mo., a sales and marketing office in Overland Park, Kan., and a printing facility in Saint Joseph, Mich. Additionally, Walsworth owns the Donning Company Publishers in Virginia Beach, Va., a specialty book publisher and The Ovid Bell Press in Fulton, Mo., a printer of journals and magazines.