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SJHS Blog   Winter Break: Happy holidays to our St. Joseph families!!   We hope you find time to relax, eat lots of great food, and enjoy time with your family.    We look forward to seeing everyone when we return Wed. Jan. 4 th . From all of us at SJHS! Guidance Office News: ·       Notre Dame has many great pre-college programs for high school students: http://precollege.nd.edu / http://precollege.nd.edu/summer-scholars/ http://precollege.nd.edu/leadership-seminars/ ·       Scholarship Opportunity Bright Young Women From the Midwest: http://apply.joyceivyfoundation.org/ LSJ Hockey News: Friday: December 30th 9:00pm LSJ VAR Hockey vs. Kalamazoo Eagles @ Howard Ice Arena Saturday: December 31st 1:00pm LSJ VAR Hockey vs. Kalamazoo United @ Howard Ice Arena Rotary Exchange Student: We currently have a really nice young man from Hungary who attends SJHS and lives with Dick Sammis as a Rotary Exchange Student. Rotary’s

SJHS Blog SJHS Holiday Concert: The 48th Annual SJHS Holiday Concert will be next Monday, December 19 at 7pm in the John and Dede Howard Auditorium. The Choirs and Orchestras will be performing works by Handel, Grieg, Eric Whitacre, Leroy Anderson, and many more. Please come and support these talented young musicians. Guidance Dept. News: ·       Juniors who took the PSAT test in October will be able to access their scores online through their College Board Account starting December 12 . Unfortunately, due to a processing delay by College Board that affected our school, the paper reports will not arrive until late January. Resources: Create Your College Board Account: https://www.collegeboard.org Video: Understanding Your PSAT/NMSQT Score Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCSIilL3WQ Free personalized practice test! Video: How to Link Your College Board+Khan Academy Accounts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlveV0131Cw&

SJHS Blog 12/5/16 - 12/9/16 SJPS Foundation: Our 2017 SJPS Foundation scholarship applications are now online.  $45,000 in scholarships for SJHS Class of 2017 grads!  Thanks. http://www.stjosephpublicschoolsfoundation.org/Scholarships.html Early Middle College Program : Open to current High School Sophomores.   Students who are admitted to the program will earn a college degree and/or technical certificate by taking college classes during their 11th and 12th grades of high school. They then attend Lake Michigan College full time during their 5th year of high school. Application deadline is January 19, 2017. All information is posted on our high school counseling website.  Information sessions are offered: Dec. 5  Lake Michigan College Napier Campus, 6 pm Dec. 6  Lake Michigan College Bertrand Campus, 6 pm Dec. 12 Berrien RESA, 6 pm Math Competition: "In November’s Michigan Math League competition, junior Rajas Gupta was one o