ACT High School Poster Scholarship Contest

ACT High School Poster Concept Contest via kwout

The ACT is sponsoring a contest for high school students and the prize is a scholarship. The rules are simple and you can be as creative as you'd like. Check out more information below:

STEM Video Game Challenge

National STEM Video Game Challenge via kwout

Are you interested in gaming? Technology? If you are then this is the contest for you. Mr. Frasier's classes focus on hardware, but there is a world of options on the software side. Ask him how you can begin a career in computer software design.

VOX - Your Brain on Tech

The Current Issue of VOX, the voice of Atlanta teens, is now available outside of the library. Pick up your issue today!

VOX Teen Communications via kwout

GA Apply to College Week

This week is Georgia Apply to College Week. Here is the list of events that will be going on all week.

1. Apply for Scholarships Day, Saturday November 12th 10am-12pm

2. Financial Aid Parent/Student Workshop Wednesday, November 16thth 5:00pm-7:00pm

3. Apply to College Week November 14th-November 18th (During Advisory All Seniors will report to the Computer Lab/Media Center) Non-Advisory Teachers are needed for support)

· Monday: My College Day (Research colleges to determine a good fit)

· Tuesday: Twit my College Essays Day

· Wednesday: Wrap-Up Writing my Essay Day

· Thursday- Time to compile my list of extra-curricular activities/community service day

· Friday-Finalize all documents needed to submit my college applications

4. High School College/Career Fair (Field Trip for Junior and Seniors) November 17th 1:00pm-4:00pm

5. Siemens Communication Speaker Series: First Year Ninth Grade Students ONLY! November 15th 1:20pm-2:45pm
6. Plantville Kickoff Competition: Selected students from Mr. Frazier’s classes ONLY. November 15th 12:20pm-1:15pm

Want to get started with the application process? It's recommended that students begin as early as possible, even Freshman year, to make the most of scholarships, grants and more.

GAcollege411 - High School Planning via kwout

Rock The Vote!

Rock the Vote: Rock the Vote Don't Block the Vote via kwout

It's November and that always means elections, and if you're 18 you're eligible to vote. Make sure your voice is heard by registering and then making it to the polls. You've probably learned how the system works in Government, but even if you don't have a great idea you can always check the AJC for information on the bills up for a vote and candidates.

Look out for registration forms provided by the SGA and registration events.

Read it Before You See It - Hunger Games Trailer

Read it Before You See it @yourlibrary. Mr. Curran's classes have or will read The Hunger Games this semester, but for the rest of you you can pick up a copy in the library. For those of you who are still interested in what goes on in Panem you can check out Catching Fire and Mockingbird once you're done.

Tech High's Parent Center Hosts Red Cross Blood Drive

The American Red Cross will be conducting a Blood Drive on Friday, September 16, 2011 9:00 AM-2:00 PM in the Tech High Gym. Students that are 16 or older may participate.

2011-2012 Senior Dates

May 5 Tech High School Prom
May 14-18 Senior Week
May 19 Tech High School Graduation

Senior Meeting--Let Your Voice Be Heard!

Our first Senior Meeting will take place on Tuesday, August 30 during Advisory in the Media Center.

2011-2012 Yearbook Now Selling Senior Ads

Please see Ms. Reuter, Yearbook Advisor, for further information.

Tech High Homecoming Dates Announced

Tech High's Homecoming Week is February February 6-11. Details coming soon....

Comcast Offers Reduced Internet to Eligible Students and Their Families

Through its Internet Essentials Program, Comcast is offering monthly residential internet service for $9.95 to families that qualify for free lunch under the National School Lunch Program. The nationwide initiative also allows families to purchase a computer for $149.99. There are no activation or equipment-rental fees and families can receive digital literacy training in print, online or in person. For more information, please contact Comcast at (855)846-8376.

Tech High School Fundraising Banquet--Parent Participation Needed

Tech High School will host our 1st Annual Fundraising Banquet on Thursday, November 17 at the Georgia Aquarium. A Preliminary Planning meeting will take place next Thursday, September 1 at 5pm. Parent Participation (planning and execution) is encouraged and welcomed.

Wednesday (8/24/11) is an Early Release Day!

Wednesday's Bell Schedule

Period 1 8am-8:35am
No Advisory
Period 2 8:40am-9:15am
Period 3 9:20am-9:55am
Period 4 10am-10:35am
Period 5 10:40am-11:15am
Period 6 11:20am-11:55am
Grab and Go Lunch 12pm-12:30pm

Credit Recovery Orientation

MANDATORY Credit Recovery Orientation for Students and Parents
Thursday, August 25, 2011
5:30-6:30pm
Tech High Library

Please visit gacreditrecovery.org for available courses and further information

The Gates Millennium Scholars Program

For students entering college for the first time in the fall 2012, the GMS 2012 Scholarship Application online process is now open. The deadline for all submission is Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

Red Cross Blood Drive hosted by Tech High's Parent Center

Details coming soon.....

Knowledge for College!

A FREE* Admissions and College Prep Information Workshop for Students in Grades 8-12 and their Parents

Sunday, August 28, 2011
1:00pm-4:00pm
Emory University-Goizueta Business School
1300 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia

--Hear from PSAT/SAT and ACT experts
--Meet with Emory University admissions representatives
--Learn valuable information from scholarship and financial aid experts
--Receive FREE testing and study resources (including a MathSP PSAT/SAT test prep phone app)
--Raffle for a FREE MathSP SAT course (valued at $849)

*Registration is Required at MathSP.com; closes on August 26

Using the Library

Using the library

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GALILEO for High School

Research! It's what the library is for and this year you'll be knee deep in the search for good resources and there is no better resource than GALILEO. You'll get the password from the school librarian or your teacher and be on your way. Here is an overview.

Can you Draw? Tag? Sketch? (Contest)

The library is upgrading in more ways than one and we need to make sure that each one of our new e-readers are unique. If you're "sick" with a pen or pencil and can draw portraits, landscapes, manga characters or superheroes submit a sample to smiles@techhighschool.org for your chance to be our designated artist in residence and tag our e-readers.

Free Audiobooks!

Sync | Information via kwout

It's 2011. Reading isn't just black print on white paper anymore and you can get into the groove with audiobooks and Sync can help. This Summer get acquainted with great YA titles like Shiver from Maggie Stiefvater about a girl obsessed with wolves who attacked her as a child, but things get complicated when she discovers that their is one wolf that may be paying a little too much attention to her too.

If you're looking to get the jump on the year with a few classic titles they have those too.

Text syncya to 25827 to receive text alerts about all the featured titles. A new title is released each week.

Whiz Kid named the " Lebron James" of Chess

A quick glance at Justus Williams and he looks like a typical 12-year-old. He's quiet, loves Jay-Z and Lil' Wayne, and wears the latest and greatest Air Jordan's. However, don't get fooled. Justus isn't typical at all.

He's an internationally ranked chess master -- the youngest black chess master ever. Justus started playing the game while in an after school program called Chess in the Schools. He's confident, but it's not unwarranted. His chess skills have taken him to Brazil, Canada and Greece.

It's not uncommon to find him challenging and beating opponents four and five times his age.

Justus and his family hope his success in chess will help others experiment outside their comfort zones. They're spreading the word through a campaign called "Dare to be Different." More

The "Dare to be Different" campaign encourages kids to explore paths to success that are unconventional, chess vs. basketball or writing prose vs. hip hop. What's exceptional about you? Are you interested in something that not too many people are pursuing? Tell us about it.

Jill Scott at the White House

While National Poetry Month is long gone there is still great poetry to be found on the net and to whet your appetite here is a little bit of spoken word and poetry from Jill Scott while at the White House.

If you have a poetic soul, take some time to write this Summer, because Verses and Voices, Tech High's spoken word troupe, will resume in the Fall and even if you don't join they host poetry slams throughout the year.

Happy Writing.

Pegasus is Here!

Click to launch the full edition in a new window
Publishing Software from YUDU

See what your friends have written, drawn and even photographed! It's creative, it's new and it's all from Tech High students.

Tech High Student Survey

2011 Summer Reading List

Summer Reading List 2011

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If you want to view each recommendation on Amazon and purchase you can do it HERE!

National Poetry Month - Maya Angelou and Common

April is National Poetry month and as a school we've been celebrating by reciting a poem a day for the entire month and to close out the month it might be good to listen to the thoughts of some modern day poets. As we all know, Hip Hop is the evolution of poetry, but we also want to make sure we're not forgetting the essence of the craft. Listen to Maya Angelou and Common on how they see each other and absorb how they balance each other out.

Get Your College on Early with Stanford Lectures on iTunes

If you're interested in the free online classes at MIT then you'll be hyped to learn that Stanford posts free lectures on iTunes. Mr. Gravitt especially recommends the lectures on Quantum Mechanics. Physics makes the world go round! Literally.

Stanford on iTunes U via kwout

Get a Fashion Design Scholarship

Teen Vogues gives scholarship to the most innovative and creative young design minds that have yet to hit the scene. The deadline is in July, so that gives you more than enough time to put together your mood board. While you're at it you might want to start trolling the fashion blogs for ideas.

The CFDA/Teen Vogue Scholarship, in Partnership With Target: Connect: teenvogue.com via kwout

Can Facebook Help/Hurt my chances of getting into college?

Courtesy of: Schools.com

No USB? No Problem!

Ok, so you don't have a USB drive and you've been emailing yourself that project that's due next week and every time you try to get to that one computer in the Media Center that you've secretly dubbed your own, someone else is sitting there working on stuff YOU don't care about. Fear not! You don't need a flashdrive if you have your own online portfolio. Enter, Dropbox, where you can drop all your work in one place and access it anywhere.

Dropbox - Online backup, file sync, and sharing made easy. via kwout

Living Foods Institute Volunteer Opportunity

We invite motivated, positive, energetic people to VOLUNTEER in the kitchen and the office during our next Healthy Lifestyle Course April 7-18, 2011 at the Living Foods Institute in Atlanta, Ga.    We will be holding our class at our NEW CENTER:

 

Living Foods Institute NEW TRAINING & THERAPY SPA CENTER

1700 Commerce Dr.

Atlanta, Ga. 30318

We need VOLUNTEERS 7am - 8pm everyday  April 7-18, 2011

 

You may VOLUNTEER all or part of a day for as many days as you are available.  We request that you work a minimum of 4 hours per shift.  

It's Okay if You Get Knocked Down. Persevere! (Math and You)

PRISM Scholarship at Savannah State

The Proactive Recruitment in Introductory Science and Mathematics (PRISM) Program is funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Our program provides up to $3,500 per year to highly qualified freshmen and sophomores enrolled at Savannah State University. In addition to the financial award, our scholars receive weekly mentoring, attend monthly seminars and participate in a summer program (the summer component would be held in summer 2012). Incoming freshmen are eligible to continue in the program through their sophomore year as long as they have been compliant with scholarship requirements. All scholars are expected to maintain at least a 3.0 GPA.

You CAN Afford an Ivy League Education

Harvard University announced over the weekend that from now on undergraduate students from low-income families will pay no tuition. In making the announcement, Harvard's president Lawrence H. Summers said, "When only ten percent of the students in elite higher education come from families in the lower half of the income distribution, we are not doing enough. We are not doing enough in bringing elite higher education to the lower half of the income distribution."

Workshop Wednesday Commercial!

GoAnimate.com: Workshop Wednesday by Shanna@fb

Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!

Vox Rox!

VOX Teen Communications via kwou

Vox is the locally teen-produced newspaper. Check out the blog by clicking on the link above or pick up a copy in the library. If you're interested in writing for them, you can visit their website and check out all the options for summer programs and submissions.

Mr. Curran's "Night" Research Page

Here are a few resources to get you started in your research. Some of these links will take you to GALILEO. You'll need to enter the password you received from Mrs. Miles. The good news is that you've already got the citations for some of these.

Articles:
Children of the Slaughter : This is an excerpt from a book on the children of the Holocaust. It gives you an overview of what they went through.

Gottfried, Ted. "THE SURVIVORS." Children of the Slaughter. 57. US: Lerner Publishing Group, 2001. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 10 Mar. 2011.

Web Sites:

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center : This site is a good place to start to understand who survivors are. You can also browse ID cards which portray the various experiences of those who survived.

USC Shoah Foundation Institute: Oral histories (video clips) of Holocaust survivors.

Yad Vashem : This site has a number of resources collected in remembrance of those who were victims of the Holocaust and those who survived.
Documents: Letters, Memoirs, Diaries
Photos:  Photos of Survivors, Ghettos, Soldiers and Camps
Maps

Holocaust Survivors : This is an audio gallery compiled by the Jewish Community of New Orleans. You'll hear the voices of real survivors.


Auschwitz Memorial and Museum - Overview of the Jewish experience in Auschwitz during it's active state.

Using Databases - The Literary Reference Center

Using Databases - The Literary Reference Center from TechHighLibrary on Vimeo.

Listen to a Life Essay Contest

Listen to a Life Essay Contest

Looking for a great project to promote intergenerational contact at your school or library? The Legacy Project, a multigenerational education initiative sponsored by the nonprofit group Generations United, is inviting young people ages eight to 18 to enter the Listen to a Life Essay Contest. What's required? Just interview anyone who's at least 50 years old about their life experiences, and submit a 300-word essay reflecting on that conversation.
What can you win? The grand prize is a Lenovo ThinkCentre computer and an iPod nano loaded with Orchard Software-plus the winner's school will get an additional $25,000 of Orchard software. And there are 20 runners-up prizes, including MP3 players. Entries must be received by March 31, so get moving.

10 Best Undergraduate Video Game Design Schools

Gaming enthusiasts, take note -- the University of Southern California has been named the Princeton Review and GamePro Media's best school for video game design at the undergraduate and graduate level in 2011.
In 2010 and 2011, the Princeton Review questioned officials at 150 institutions that offer game design programs on their schools' academics, faculty credentials, facilities, infrastructure and post-grad employment placements. The top ten undergraduate and graduate schools were then selected based on these responses, as well as on the Princeton Review's own data on scholarships, financial aid and career opportunities at the schools under consideration.

10 Best Undergraduate Video Game Design Schools via kwout

Read Online: Evernight by Claudia Gray

Browse Inside Evernight by Claudia Gray

Thanks to Harper Teen you can read Evernight online for a limited time. Take advantage and read it from beginning to end. The first to tweet their book review will receive a prize. Good Luck!

Using Facebook to Study

Using Facebook to Study from TechHighLibrary on Vimeo.

Prep for your EOCT's and the GHSGT!

American Book Company: Atlanta Fulton Public Library Online Testing Portal via kwou

Tired of Study Island? Try the American Book Company's site for online test prep. Quiz yourself and prepare for all of your EOCT's as well as the Georgia High School Graduation Test. The service is provided by the Atlanta-Fulton County Library. If you haven't already, RUN and get your library card.

Get Volunteer Hours at a Baseball Game!

Volunteers needed for event that will benefit Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta…
Gwinnett Baseball Classic – Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Coolray Field in Gwinnett County
2500 Buford Drive
Lawrenceville, GA 30043
Alabama vs. UGA 7pm
Mill Creek vs. Brookwood 3pm

Wrestlemania needs Volunteers!

WWE needs you. See every slam from the stands.
For the first time ever, WrestleMania is headed to Atlanta. This spring we need the help of Georgia wrestling fans to volunteer for this huge event.
You will be joining WrestleMania Axxess, a key component of the WWE's biggest interactive fan event of the year, at the Georgia World Congress Center from Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 3. We are asking for volunteers to work a 5.5-hour shift. If you work:
• One shift--You receive a WrestleMania Axxess 2011 T-shirt, a WWE merchandise item and an 8"x 10" photo of a WWE Superstar.
• Two shifts--You receive all of the above, plus two tickets to WrestleMania Axxess 2011.
• Three or more shifts--You receive all of the above, plus one ticket to Monday Night Raw Monday, April 4. (Only 100 volunteers are eligible for this incentive level, distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.)
Food will be provided during your 15-minute break for each shift worked.
Register at the WrestleMania Axxess volunteer site.
Thanks in advance for your support.
Wednesday, March 30, the WWE is hosting WrestleMania Art, an event benefiting Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Visit www.choa.org/wweart for details.

TED Fellows Program

TED Fellows Program (Deadline: March 11)
The TED Fellows Program - an international fellowship bringing entrepreneurs into the TED community - is looking for 20 young innovators to be a part of their 2011 TEDGlobal Fellows class.
The TED Fellows program handpicks world-changing entrepreneurs from around the globe, and brings them to the TED stage - literally and figuratively - to raise international awareness of their remarkable work. All TED Fellows participate as full members of the TED or TEDGlobal conference, as well as a two-day pre-conference event where they collaborate with their peers and deliver their own TEDTalks. The Fellows will also participate actively in the TED community throughout the year, telling their ongoing stories on the TED Fellows blog, contributing to TEDx events, being featured in the online Fellows directory and participating in a private TED social network. There are no monetary awards associated with the TED Fellowship. The program targets individuals from the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East, though anyone from anywhere in the world, age 18 and over, is welcome to apply. Forty Fellows will be recruited each year. www.ted.com/fellows/apply

Be BIG in Your Community

Be Big In Your Community Contest (Deadline: June 17)
Bring YOUR BIG Idea To Life! We know you have some really great BIG Ideas about making the world a better place! Maybe you have a BIG Idea (or a small idea with BIG potential) that you've been thinking about? Now is your chance to put that Big idea into action. If you have a BIG Idea that demonstrates Clifford's BIG IDEAS and helps make your community a better place, tell us! The Be Big Fund will help bring the winning BIG Idea to life with help from Clifford and our friends at HandsOn Network and American Family Insurance. Awards include One (1) Grand Prize honoree, Ten (10) first place honorees and Nineteen (19) second place honorees will be selected.One grand prize entry will be honored with a $25,000 community grant, ten first place honorees will each be honored with a $2,500 community grant and the nineteen place honorees will each be honored with a $1,315.79 community grant (via HandsOn Network affiliate organizations or designees) from the BE BIG Fund to be used towards implementing the winning proposals. www.scholastic.com/cliffordbebig/contest/

Student Library Survey

Media Survey via kwout

Let your voice be heard. Is there something that you want in the library that we don't have? Answer a short 5 question survey and let us know.

Stories from the Great Depression - Mr. Blood

Citation : Stories from the Great Depression. Prod. US National Archives. Perf. N/a. Stories from the Great Depression. United States National Archives and Records Administration, 15 June 2009. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. .

BIG: National Oratorical Competition

 Do you have a big mouth? Well, it can pay off if you use it wisely. Take a look at the following opportunity for students interested in speech.
Big national oratorical

Homecoming 2011

Homecoming Court 2011 from TechHighLibrary on Vimeo.

You're so Beastly!

Do you like a good love story? Check out Beastly by Alex Flinn from the library before it comes to the big screen. Sometimes the fairy tale can become a nightmare and a nightmare a fairy tale.

Fun with Books at the Bookfair

BookFair 2010 from TechHighLibrary on Vimeo.