Gathering Hope’s next meeting is taking place RIGHT NOW during homeroom in the Place next to the Library. All are welcome!
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Attention Seniors: Please visit the art gallery display glass walls (located to the right of the auditorium vestibule) by THIS FRIDAY to confirm your portrait for the 2024 NASH Safari Yearbook. All seniors are to fill out the QR code Google form to confirm that their name, grade level, and portrait are correct. This Google form is required for all senior students regardless of whether the information is accurate or inaccurate.
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The following college is visiting NASH today: Hampshire College – Period 6 – in the College Visit Room. Sign up to meet with the representative in your Naviance account under College Visits. Please stop by the counseling office if you have questions or need assistance.
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Student Council is partnering with KeyClub, National Honor Society, and Science National Honor Society to host a holiday drive THIS WEEK with all proceeds going to UPMC Passavant hospital. You can get involved by making cards during homeroom from the template your teacher shows you and by donating any of the acceptable donations. The cards and supplies we collect will be given to patients who are in the hospital during the holidays. Donations include cash, adult coloring books, small jigsaw puzzles, mini hand sanitizers and lotion, board games, brand new stuffed animals and blankets. Please reach out to Connor Fadgen with any questions.
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Come see students from the NASH Choir perform at the Winter Cabaret on Wednesday, December 20th at 7 pm in the NASH Auditorium. It’s not your typical chorus concert – no large groups, just solos and duets and some small groups singing popular songs and holiday hits!
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Do you have a passion for creative writing, art or photography? Do you want to have your work published in a magazine? Submit your creative writing, art, or photography for a chance to be published in VARIATIONS, NASH’s Art & Lit magazine! Visit tinyurl.com/nash-variations or look for the QR code in the halls for more information.
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Project Water is holding a t-shirt design contest for this year’s tournament shirts for our upcoming 10-year anniversary. The winner will receive free tournament registration, and their team will get first choice of t-shirt color. Submit all entries to Mrs. Prosser electronically, or drop off a copy in room 369. Entries must be submitted by January 2nd.
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Gathering Hope is collecting gently used blankets, to be distributed to homeless people in our area over the holiday break at the Light of Life Rescue Mission in Pittsburgh. Please drop off blankets in room 369.
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Attention NASH writers and artists: What do Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, and Stephen King have in common? They were winners of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards! This contest has an impressive legacy dating back to 1923; it has grown to become the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative artists and writers in the U.S. The deadlines for submitting to the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are coming up soon. The deadline for writing is December 29th. The deadline for art is January 8th. There is a $10 submission fee for each entry, and seniors may submit a portfolio for a $30 fee.
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The NA GSA will be meeting this Wednesday after school in The Place, next to the NASH Library. Please join us! Questions? Contact us at [email protected].
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You can find a copy of the announcements from today, yesterday, and every day at nashuproar.org. Thanks, and have a great day!