High school student council please meet in the commons during activity period today.

There will be a LEO Club meeting Friday morning in the commons during activity period.

7th & 8th graders, today begins the 12 days of Christmas, so be sure to keep all the red tickets you earn this month and check outside Mrs. Schroeder's room each day to see if you have a winning number in order to pick out a mystery present! Today the first winner will be chosen and tomorrow two winning numbers will be pulled. Don't throw any of your tickets away because your number could be pulled anywhere from now until Christmas break!

K & J Greenhouses is currently looking for a high school student to work after school. Please call Ken Wright at 419-303-5869 if interested.

On Saturday, December 21st, the varsity boys basketball team will play a throw-back game and take the floor as the Vaughnsville Vikings. Spirit t-shirt order forms will be made available today and should be turned in to the office by Tuesday, December 10th.

Attention HS Students. Audition sign up times to be in the cast for this year’s musical, 42nd Street, are now up inside the chorus room door. Please sign up and take a copy of the audition music you would like to prepare from the bulletin board. Auditions will be held, Tuesday December 11th from 3-5, Wednesday December 12th from 4-6 and Friday December 13th from 3-5. . After you sign up, Mrs. Verhoff will include you in our Google Drive Folder where you will be able to access recordings of the audition music and the show. All are welcome and encouraged to sign up.

Tip #4 for senior interviews - Be assertive and take responsibility for the interview. Perhaps out of the effort to be polite, some usually assertive candidates become overly passive during job interviews. But politeness doesn’t equal passivity. An interview is like any other conversation - it’s a dance in which you and a partner move together, both responding to the other. Don’t make the mistake of just sitting there waiting for the interviewer to ask about that Nobel Prize you won. It’s your responsibility to make sure he walks away knowing your key selling points.

There will be an informational meeting for anyone interested in indoor track today during activity period in the commons.

There will be a high school student council meeting Thursday in the commons during activity period.

On Saturday, December 21st, the varsity boys basketball team will play a throw-back game and take the floor as the Vaughnsville Vikings. Spirit t-shirt order forms will be made available today and should be turned in to the office by Tuesday, December 10th.

Any Leo Club member or National Honor Society member interested in volunteering at the Vaughnsville Christmas Carnival this Sunday, December 8th in the afternoon, see Mrs. Birnesser to sign up.

Attention HS Students. Audition sign up times to be in the cast for this year’s musical, 42nd Street, are now up inside the chorus room door. Please sign up and take a copy of the audition music you would like to prepare from the bulletin board. Auditions will be held, Tuesday December 11th from 3-5, Wednesday December 12th from 4-6 and Friday December 13th from 3-5. . After you sign up, Mrs. Verhoff will include you in our Google Drive Folder where you will be able to access recordings of the audition music and the show. All are welcome and encouraged to sign up.

K & J Greenhouses is currently looking for a high school student to work after school. Please call Ken Wright at 419-303-5869 if interested.

Any HSB Student that has not turned in cookie forms must do it by the end of Activity Period today.

Tip #3 for senior interviews- Make your selling points clear. If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, did it make a sound? More important, if you communicate your selling points during a job interview and the interviewer doesn’t get it, did you score? On this question, the answer is clear: No! So don’t bury your selling points in long-winded stories. Instead, tell the interviewer what your selling point is first, then give the example.

There will be an informational meeting for anyone interested in indoor track Wednesday, December 4th during activity period in the commons.

There will be a HS student council meeting Thursday during activity period in the commons.

Any Leo Club member or National Honor Society member interested in volunteering at the Vaughnsville Christmas Carnival this Sunday, December 8th in the afternoon, see Mrs. Birnesser to sign up.

There will be an FCA huddle this Wednesday, Dec. 4th at 7:15 AM in Mr. Schafer's room. Donuts and drinks will be provided. Bring your Bible and plan to attend.

K & J Greenhouses is currently looking for a high school student to work after school. Please call Ken Wright at 419-303-5869 if interested.

Congratulations to the sophomores who did a great job with their detergent fundraiser. We appreciate everyone who contributed or donated. Tayden Pingle was the top seller and 2nd place goes to Landyn Dotson. Ninth period English class sold the most items! Thanks everyone!

The following students should report to the Guidance Office today during activity period: Madisyn Ditto, Hannah Hines, and Aneesa Langhals.

All seniors will be participating in Senior Mock Interviews on Friday, December 13th. To help prepare a little better for this, we will be having a daily interview tip leading up to this day.

Tip #2 - Think positive. No one likes a complainer, so don’t dwell on negative experiences during an interview. Even if the interviewer asks you point blank, “What courses have you liked least?” or “What did you like least about that previous job?” don’t answer the question. Or more specifically, don’t answer it as it’s been asked. Instead, say something like, “Well, actually I’ve found something about all of my classes that I’ve liked. For example, although I found math to be very tough, I liked the fact that I was being pushed academically” or “I liked a previous job quite a bit, although now I know that I really want this new position.”

The All Ohio Football Awards came out yesterday. Congratulations to our 2nd team selections Alex Schneider Receiver, Gunner King Defensive Line, 3rd Team Selection Rece Verhoff Kicker, and Blake Reynolds Special Mention Quarterback.

9th - 11th grade football players not playing a winter sport please report to Coach Schafer's room during activity period.

There will be an informational meeting for anyone interested in indoor track Wednesday, December 4th during activity period in the commons.

Today is the last day for sophomores to turn in their detergent fundraising orders and money.

K & J Greenhouses is currently looking for a high school student to work after school. Please call Ken Wright at 419-303-5869 if interested.

The following juniors need to come to the guidance office today during their study hall to finalize job shadow forms. Reagan Clymer, Sara Dipnarine, Blaine Hoffman, Trinity Kopenhaver, Aneesa Langhals, Emily Schumacher, and Grace Selhorst.

All seniors will be participating in Senior Mock Interviews on Friday, December 13th. To help prepare a little better for this, we will be having a daily interview tip leading up to this day.

Tip #1 - Score a success in the first five minutes. Some studies indicate that interviewers make up their minds about candidates in the first five minutes of the interview- and then spend the rest of the interview looking for things to confirm that decision! So what can you do in those five minutes to get through the gate? Come in with energy and enthusiasm, and express your appreciation for the interviewer’s time. (Remember, she may be seeing many other candidates that day.)

Also, start with a positive comment about the company- something like, “I’ve really been looking forward to this meeting [not “interview”]. OR “I think Columbus Grove High School is doing great work in leading students towards volunteerism, and I’m really excited by the prospect of being able to contribute.”

Bulldogs LEAD is a school wide campaign about Leadership, Encouraging Others, Achieving Goals, and Doing the Right Thing. K through 12 students and teachers will be nominated each quarter by demonstrating these character traits. This quarter we will focus on Empathy/Kindness.

Motivational Monday Quote - “Make Kindness your Superpower!"