September 5th, 2019

Good Morning Talawanda. Today is Thursday, September 5th, 2019

Friday, September 13th in the PAC during 6th Period- there will be a free concert featuring popular music from Brazil, Cuba, Argentina and Puerto Rico, including selections by the country’s most important composers as part of the uniDiversity Festival. The performance is led by Miami University specialist Thomas Garcia, who is joined by local Oxford musicians Doug Hamilton and Noah Cope. The free concert is part of the festivities of the Latin American and Caribbean UniDiversity Festival and National Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Celebration and is sponsored by multiple organizations within our community. All classes are invited but to reserve your spot, Teachers, kindly contact Ms. Hofmann in Room 117 to reserve your classes’ spot for this event! Thank you for those who have already done so.

The Marshall Girls on the Run team is looking for high school mentors.  You must be able to commit to one day a week Sept 9 through Nov. 15.  Practices are Mondays and Thursdays 3:45 to 5:15 at Marshall.  If you are interested, please contact Mrs.Lykins at lykinse@talawanda.org.

Do you want to do service and have fun doing it?  If so, Key Club is for you.  Key Club is an organization devoted to doing various community service activities and projects throughout the year, and is a great way to help others in our community, as well as to record service hours for NHS or even college applications.  An informational meeting will be held after school on Monday, September 9th.  Come for food and a good time!

This year,  The World Language Club (Voila) is partnering with The American Red Cross.  If you are interested in learning more, plan to attend the Informational Open House on Tuesday, Sept. 10 – immediately after school in Room 118.

Attention Seniors – there will be a College Essay Workshop after school on September 9th from 2:30 – 4:00 PM. This is an opportunity to have your college essay reviewed by an admissions counselor or discuss ideas for essays that you still need to complete. This 1 on 1 help is offered completely free of charge! Our past graduates who attended found this to be a valuable experience and we trust you will as well. Come with your chromebooks and any/all essays that you need to complete as part of the college admissions process. 

And Now for Minute to Win it

Environmental and Natural Sciences club will have a meeting Monday after school.

There will be an informational meeting for Big Brothers/Big Sisters Thursday the 5th right after school in the Media Center.

And now for Whats the T and Luke WP

The Girls Varsity tennis team fell to Fairfield yesterday they fall to 5-7 on the year.

JV girls tennis fell to Fairfield Wednesday by a score of 4-1. Winner for Talawanda was Scout Tincher. Next home match is Monday against Harrison and Northwest in an exciting 3-way mini tournament. Come out and support the Brave!

The girls golf team defeated Edgewood yesterday by a score of 208-229 they improve to 8-3 on the year and 4-2 in the conference.

The boys golf team defeated Edgewood yesterday by a score of 167-206, they remain undefeated in conference play and are 9-1 on the year.

Home games for today: Boys Golf hosts Edgewood at 4, Girls Tennis hosts Northwest at 4, and Volleyball hosts Mount Healthy Freshman at 4:30, JV at 5:45 and Varsity at 7.

And that’s our broadcast on this day. I’m Luke West Poley. Thanks so much for watching, and we’ll see you tomorrow.