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BEAT September 2019

Volume 14 Issue 1

Borden Jr./Sr. High School #soworththedrive #BordenINspires

#OnceABraveAlwaysABrave

GREAT BEGINNING!!

It’s hard to believe we are nearly at the end of the first nine weeks of the 2019-2020

school year. A huge thank you to our entire staff for a smooth beginning!

We want to welcome several staff members to our campus. Ms. Christene Evans - Social Studies; Ms. Nina Price - FACS/Language Arts; Mrs. Jamie Smalley and Mrs. Kelly Krausen - Intensive Aides, and Chris Smith, Instructional Assistant, Morgan Gohn - Site

Manager.

We also want to ask our Borden community to keep Science teacher, James Roberts in their thoughts as he undergoes surgery for what is hoped to be a benign brain tumor. In

his absence, we are very privileged to have retired Science teacher, Brenda Gutmann fill-

ing in.

Please note a few housekeeping reminders for this school year.

* All West Clark Schools dismiss early each Wednesday to allow time for profess-

sional collaboration among our certified staff. The staff is working hard to ensure up to date methods are in place to enhance learning opportunities for all students. Thank you to the parents and staff for making this a smooth

transition.

* West Clark has implemented a policy regarding cafeteria account balances. Please be aware if your child’s lunch balance is over $15.00 negative they could receive an alternate lunch. We certainly appreciate our parent’s efforts to date,

no alternate lunches have been given. Thank you!

FALL BREAK is COMING!!!

Fall Break will be September 30th - October 11th. Classes will resume October 14th. We hope everyone enjoys the time off whether you’re

heading to your favorite vacation spot or making plans to watch your child play their fall sport of choice. Several athletic events will take place over break— tennis sectional, cross country conference and sectional meets, and several volleyball games. Volleyball sectional will take place the week we return.

We want to wish these athletes the best of luck in their competitions and thank them for their time and dedication to Borden High School athletics.

IUS Application Info Seniors applying to IUS...they will be waiving the application fee September 22

nd through

September 28th

. Applicants submitting an application at www.ius.edu/apply can enter code “SECOLLGO” to have the $35 application fee waived.

IUS Fall Open House – Saturday, October 19th from 10am to 1pm. This is a great op-portunity for students to visit campus and meet with faculty, staff, and students. Admission Scholarships – In addition to their general scholarship offerings, IU Southeast

offers automatic scholarships ranging from $2,000 to $3,500 based on grade point aver-

age and standardized test score. Our already low tuition makes these very valuable

awards. To qualify, current seniors must be admitted by November 1st, 2019. More infor-

mation about these awards including award criteria is available at: https://www.ius.edu/financial-aid/types-of-

aid/automatic-scholarships.php.

$$ FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION $$

Beginning October 1 students will be able to complete the online FAFSA form at www.fafsa.gov. Stu-

dents and parents will use 2018 income to complete this form. The deadline to complete the FAFSA

form is April 15, 2020.

High school seniors and their parents can go ahead and obtain their Federal Student Aid IDs. This is

the electronic signature for the FAFSA.

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa/filling-out/fsaid

SAT Dates for 2019-20 - $49.50

$64.50 with essay Late Fee $30

(If you are on free/reduced lunch see Mrs. Cavins for a fee waiver – you are allowed a total of 2 fee waivers)

Registration deadlines

Test date Regular Late (a fee applies)

October 5 September 7 September 26

November 2 @BHS October 5 October 24

December 7 November 2 November 20

March 14 February 8 February 27

May 2 April 5 April 24

June 5 May 3 May 22

High School Code - 150255

Online registration available www.collegeboard.com

ACT Dates for 2019-20 - $50.50

$67 with Writing Late Fee $30

(If you are on free/reduced lunch see Mrs. Cavins for a fee waiver – you are allowed a total of two fee waivers.)

Registration deadlines

Test date Regular Late (a fee applies)

October 26 September 20 Sept 21- Oct 4

December 14 November 8 November 9 -22

February 8 January 10 January 11-17

April 4 February 28 February 29-March 13

June 13 May 8 May 9-22

July 18 June19 June20-26

High School Code – 150255

Online registration available www.actstudent.org.

Highest composite score you can receive is a 36. Sections – English, Math, Reading, and Science.

COUNSELOR’S

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Paint PROSSER PINK! A half day experience for female students to explore Prosser

Prosser welcomes female students on Saturday, October 19th from 9 a.m. – noon. This day is designed for

5th – 8th grade students to explore & participate in hands-on activities in several of Prosser’s program

areas.

GIRLS ONLY! Pick up a reservation form from your school counselor.

Plan your day by choosing 4 program areas to visit from the following list:

-Business -Health Careers -Fire & Rescue

-Heavy Equipment -Construction -Culinary

-Criminal Justice -Auto Technology -Auto Collision Repair

For a registration form, additional information or to RSVP contact Valerie Prince at

vprince@nafcs.k12.in.us or 812-542-6614. Please register ASAP before all spots are filled!

Prosser Education Center, 4202 Charlestown Road in New Albany, Indiana

ATHLETIC NEWS

Sports Physicals and Final Forms Borden High School uses a program called Final Forms to track sports physicals and provide

coaches with emergency contact information. All fall athletes information is complete. For

those not currently participating in a sport, it’s never too early to get your physical. It must be

complete before your first official practice. The pre-physical questionnaire can be completed

and necessary forms printed in the Final Forms program. To access or create a new account parents can register at

https://westclark-in.finalforms.com. Athletes will be asked to pay a $5.00 processing fee. Multi-sport athletes will

only pay one time.

Congratulations 2019 Graduate,

Jacob Robinson!

We received notification at the end of the 2019 school year, Jacob

qualified for Academic All-State in baseball. This award is based on

a composite score of a student’s GPA and ACT/SAT scores. The

criteria for qualification is pretty tough, but he passed with flying

colors per Coach Stotts. Jacob is currently attending the University

of Louisville where he plans to major in engineering!

Sophomore class will have breakfast covered for Cross Country Conference!

Borden High School will host the SAC Cross Country Conference meet on October 5th. The sophomore class will

sell donuts and other breakfast items, along with coffee and hot chocolate. Come out and support the Cross Country

teams in their quest for the conference championships and support the sophomore class! You can walk our beautiful

course while enjoying coffee and donuts!

FIELD TRIP FUN

Field trips provide our students opportunities to learn and explore outside the classroom walls. This year a

few classes and clubs have had the opportunity to take advantage of these learning opportunities.

Canoeing with The O.C.

We had a record number of students participate in The Outdoor Club’s annual canoe trip. Over 90

students took advantage of an awesome day on Blue River.

8th Grade Financial Literacy attend Junior Achievement’s Finance Park

Mr. Harper’s Financial Literacy class took part in Junior Achievement’s Finance Park where they participated in

hands-on activities in their quest to become financially savvy!

Congratulations to Harmony Hornback and Joshua

Stettenbenz who have been chosen to sing in the

Indiana All-State Choir in January. Harmony faced

stiff competition this year, but successfully made the

cut. This is Josh’ s first time to audition.

Borden Choirs perform at Louisville Bats Game The Borden Choirs performed the National Anthem at The Louisville Bats game on August 29th. What an

awesome opportunity for our students!! Thanks to the students, parents, and director Mrs. Hardin for mak-

ing this happen.

Applications are being taken for the choir’s annual Borden’s Got Talent Show. This year’s

event will be held October 15, 2019 at Maxwell’s House of Music in Jeffersonville, 6:00

p.m. Students in grades 3-12 are eligible to participate. Applications may be picked up at

the High School office or from Mrs. Hardin.

MARCHING BAND IS IN FULL SWING!

Borden’s marching band has performed in two competitions. Their

hard work during the heat of summer band camp is paying off. They

continue to improve with each performance. Their next competition

is October 19th at Colerain High School near Cincinnati!

“Where words fail, music speaks” ~Hans Christian Andersen~

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

NEWS

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

9/22 9/23 JHTN vs. CAI

TN @ Providence

JHXC @ EWMS

JHVB @ Salem

VB @ Eastern

9/24 TN vs Eastern

XC @ S Creek

VB @ New Wash

9/25 Jostens w/ seniors

9/26 Ivy Tech—lunch

visit

JHTN @ Crawf Co.

TN vs CAI

9/27 Field Day

9/28 Band Valley Days

Pancake Breakfast

JHVB @ New Wash

9/29 9/30 TN vs Trin Luth

JHXC @ New Wash

1 VB @ Ctown

2

3 TN Sect @ S Crk

VB vs W Wash

4 5 VB @ N Daviess

XC SAC Meet (H)

JHXC SAC (H)

6 7 8 VB @ Medora

9 10 VB vs. Orleans

11 12 XC SECT @ Crawf

13 14 15 Borden’s Got Tal-

ent

FT—English 206

16 PSAT

17 VB Sect @ S Ctrl

18 FT—Mfg. Classes

Franklin College

HR Visit

19 Band Contest -

Collerain, OH

XC REG @ Crawf

VB SECT @ S Ctrl

20 21 22 Picture retakes

Senior Tux/Drape

Pictures

23 FT—8th gr KY Expo

24 25 FT—SE Hubers

FT—Journalism

JH Halloween

Dance

26 Band Contest

Simon Kenton

27 28 29 30 31

Costume Day

October 2019

TN - Boys Tennis VB - Volleyball XC - Cross Country

JHTN - Boys Junior High Tennis JHVB - Junior High Volleyball JHXC - Junior High Cross Country

FALL BREAK

FALL BREAK