MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Today's staff DJ is Madame Rankin. When she's not spinning wicked remixes on the beaches of Ibiza, you can find her teaching French and Geoscience in room 108. Madame Rankin loves music with a sick beat or a beautiful melody. Her favorite day of the week is Wednesday, also known as Musique Mercredi, when the French classes improve their mad language skills while discovering bops from the French-speaking world. Madame Rankin would like to encourage all Chemics to broaden their musical horizons by listening to music in other languages. A fun place to start is the website radio.garden, where you can listen to radio stations from all over the world. For Black History Month, Z Club of Midland High would like to give recognition to influential women of color. Beyoncé is a singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer. She was the lead singer in the band, Destiny's Child, one of the best-selling girl bands of all time. Beyoncé’s most popular songs are Halo and Single Ladies. She is the most nominated woman at the Grammy Awards with a total of 24 awards. She was listed in the Time’s 100 most Influential People in the World and ranked in Forbes as the most powerful female in entertainment. Being one of the world's best-selling recording artists, Beyoncé has claimed her spot in the music world and has had a huge impact on music and art culture today. Follow Z Club at zclub_mhs on Instagram for daily posts. Virtual College presentations for juniors will soon take place in the Theater. It is first come first serve for signing up due to limited space. Sign up in the counseling center to attend a presentation. Tuesday March 2nd Oakland University 3rd hour, and Central Michigan 5th hour Tuesday March 9th Saginaw Valley 3rd hour, and Grand Valley 5th hour. Chemics, this week we will have two spirit days, one tomorrow and one on Friday. Thank you for filling out the Google form to let us know what days you would like to have. These selections reflect many of your suggestions. Wednesday we will have a Chemic favorite, pajama day. If you are not keen on wearing pjs to school, how about sweats? You choose pajamas or sweats on Wednesday. We will end the week on Friday with two other options. Wear your favorite concert or band shirt. If you are in the Chemic music program, wear your organization's apparel. If you don't have one of these options, let's make it destination day. What is destination day? Wear anything from anywhere you have traveled, get out your gear and display it proudly.

It’s ASVAB time! Any student who is 16 or older may take the ASVAB on Thursday, March 4th during 1st – 3rd hours in rooms 156 and 140. What is the ASVAB? It’s a multi-aptitude test for anyone going to college, trade school, joining the military, or entering the workforce. The ASVAB will help you learn more about yourself, your personal interests, skills, and which careers out of 200 that you match up with best. In short, the ASVAB will help you plan your future! To sign-up please go to the Counseling Center. One Billion Rising is the largest global movement to end violence against women. The “billion” refers to the statistic that one in three women will be abused in her lifetime which is about one billion women worldwide. This week we will be recognizing this movement in a variety of ways. Today you will notice that a representation of that statistic is shown in each classroom by using three balloons, two pink and one orange. Along with this, there are various posters around the school featuring the “I rise” statements that you submitted last week. Thank you for using your voices to inspire change and important conversations surrounding this topic. Today in recognition of this movement we would like to share this important statistic with you. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, on average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. If you are ever put in this situation, please call the national domestic abuse hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE. Today in both lunches, students will be handing out heart suckers that have this hotline on them.

This year green club members and administrators created a functioning recycling system here at MHS. We would like to thank everyone for working with us to dump classroom recycling bins each Friday. That being said, Green Club would like to remind you to only place recyclable items in the recycling bins. Recyclable items include paper, cardboard, water and pop bottles, aluminum cans, and pop cans. Please remember that paper towels are not recyclable and should be thrown away in the trash. A complete list of all recyclable and non-recyclable items is in each classroom located by the recycling bins. Thank you!"

Any boys interested in participating on the golf team this spring should sign up in the Athletic Office. More information will be coming in the following weeks.

MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021

NHS is offering after-school tutoring for all subjects and grades. If you are interested, scan the QR code on one of the NHS flyers around the school to fill out a tutoring request form. Please see Mr. Smith or Ms. Geib if you have any questions.

The first Senior Spotlight of the week is Brendan Singer. Brendan is a part of Midland High’s baseball and hockey teams and is also a member of NHS. Next year, he will be attending Michigan Technological University to study computer science. And above all, Brendan is going to miss hanging out with his friends next year. His favorite memories as a Chemic have been yell night and beating Dow High alongside the hockey team. IN SPORTS ACTION: Chemic boys bowling took on 3-0 Grand Blanc Bobcats Friday night at Northern Lanes. To start the Chemics split the baker games 150, 200 Grand Blanc 209, 176. Then the Chemics went on a school record setting 1173 team game just 27 pins shy of the conference record held by Davison. The Chemics were led by Izaac Goergen with 268 game followed by Nick Krueger 248, Nathan Palmateer 247, Colin Terrill 210 and Fred Temple 200. The Bobcats had 891 team game. The second team game the Chemics shot 1066 led again by Goergen 244 Palmateer 225, Krueger 224. The Chemics ended up winning 23-7. Their record now is 4-2. Next match is at Northern Lanes Friday 6pm against Bay City Central.

Last Friday and Saturday night the Boys Varsity Basketball team split a pair of games, losing to Flint Carmen-Ainsworth and defeating Bay City Central. The Boys evened their season record to 3-3 and are at Flint Powers tonight.

The Chemic wrestlers defeated Beaverton 73-6, John Glenn 51-28, and Traverse City West 64-18. Going 3-0 on the day were Cole and Connor Schelb, Hunter Kruger, Daniel Revord, Steven Hackbarth, Lucas Berg, Merrick Hocking. The Chemics wrestle Wednesday at Bay City Western against Western, Dow, and Mt Pleasant.

Last Friday the MHS Boys Swim & Dive defeated the Lapeer Lightning by a score of 128 to 55. Swimming to victories were Nathan Striebel in the 200 and 500 Freestyle, Lawrence Millward in the 200 IM and 100 Backstroke, Brenden Granzo in the 100 Fly, Hunter Buczek in the 100 Freestyle and Stanton Millward in the 100 Breaststroke. Winning diving was Keith Petersen. The boys also swept the three relay events with winning teams of Zach Wilder, Jacob Hyde, Brenden Granzo and Hunter Buczek in the 200 Medley Relay; Jacob Hyde, Owen Hacker, Hunter Buczek and Andrew Martin in the 200 Freestyle Relay; and Mitchell McMath, Lawrence Millward, Stanton Millward and Brenden Granzo in the 400 freestyle Relay. Great job and good luck tonight as your MHS Boys take on Heritage High at the Dow Pool.

Friday night the freshman basketball team beat Carman Ainsworth on a buzzer beater 36-34. Leading the way for the Chemics was Jalen Brown with 11pts, while Josh Thurlow added 10pts. Playing an all-around great game was Braiden Katzinger and Carter Muizelaar. The Chemics improve to 2-3 on the season. On Saturday, the team beat Bay City Central 48-15. Leading the way for the Chemics was Jalen Brown with 16pts, while Josh Thurlow and Jacob Hert each added 10pts. The stars on the defensive end were Ethan Gould and Nick Jean. The Chemics improve to 3-3 on the season. The Freshman's next game is today at Powers Catholic.

ACTIVITIES: Basketball, Boys 9th Away vs. Powers Catholic 4:00 PM Powers Catholic High School Basketball, Boys JV Away vs. Powers Catholic 5:30 PM Powers Catholic High School Basketball, Boys Varsity Away vs. Powers Catholic 7:00 PM Powers Catholic High School Basketball, Girls JV Home vs. Powers Catholic 6:00 PM Midland High School Basketball, Girls Varsity Home vs. Powers Catholic 7:30 PM Midland High School Boys Swim & Dive Home vs. Heritage 6:00 PM HH Dow Pool