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David W. Butler High School 1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. Matthews, NC 28105 (980) 343-6300 Contact Us: ButlerHigh@cms.k12.nc.us Principal John LeGrand Dean of Students Zachary Jones (also grade 9 administrator) Assistant Principals Grade 10 - Lashaunda Pankey Grade 11 - Bill Tsintzos Grade 12 - Nakia Gamble

Table of Contents: Important Dates …….. 2 Announcements …..... 3 Senior News ………... 4 Matthews Alive …..…. 5 Help our PTSO …...... 6 Congrats …………. 7, 8 Buy a Yearbook ….... 9 HS Study Abroad …. 10 HBCU College Fair . 11 Scholarship Fair…12, 13

September 6, 2019

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September 9 - Mayor’s Youth Employment Program (MYEP) information table set up outside of the Cafeteria - PTSO Meeting 7:00 p.m. in the Student Services Conference Room September 10 - Student Blood Drive 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. for those who registered at lunch; check in at room 405 September 11 - Club Fair during all student lunches in the hallway outside of the Auditorium - Senior Parent Night, 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. in our Media Center September 14 - CMS JROTC Volleyball Tournament at Olympic High School September 16 - National Teacher Assistant Day! September 17 - Senior Make-Up Portraits 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Media Center - Seniors order caps and gowns during lunches - JROTC Book Study Opening Ceremony at Hawthorne Academy September 18 - Senior Make-Up Portraits 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Media Center - Seniors order caps and gowns during lunches - JROTC Promotion Boards at Butler September 19 - Class photos for 9th through 11th grades - Seniors order caps & gowns during lunches - JROTC Promotion Boards at Butler September 24 - CTE Trades Career Day in the Amphitheatre outside of the Cafeteria (more information to follow) - First Quarter Progress Reports sent home with students September 25 - Talent Showcase Auditions 2:30 p.m. in the Auditorium - JROTC Awards Ceremony at Butler

Important Dates

Sports Schedules can be found at: https://www.cmsathleticzone.com/bhssports

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Internships Available The Mayor’s Youth Employment Program (MYEP) is a program that partners with businesses to provide meaningful, career-oriented internships for high school students. We will have a table set up outside of the Cafeteria on Monday, September 9th. Tell your student to stop by and get more information. This is a wonderful opportunity and looks great on a resume!

Club Fair What’s a great way to make friends? Join a club! Our annual club fair will be held on Wednesday, September 11th during all student lunches in the hallway outside of the Cafeteria and Auditorium. Make sure you child stops by to sign up or ask ques-tions. A full list of clubs can be found on our website under “Our School,” then “Clubs.”

National Honor Society

Juniors and seniors with an UNweighted GPA of 3.5 or higher can apply to be a member of the NHS. Colleges love to see it on applications! Go to the link below to apply. (They have to sign in to their school Google account.) The application deadline is 2:00 p.m. on September 13th.

bit.ly/butlernhs

National Technical Honor Society Students interested in the NTHS can pick up an ap-plication and CTE teacher recommendation form in Student Services. Applications are due on September 20th. Please see our Career Center website for information and qualifications. The link is located on Butler’s website under “Our School.”

CACRAO College Fair Attention Juniors and Seniors with a 2.5 or above GPA - the CACRAO College Fair will be at The Park Expo & Convention Center on October 3rd with 125 colleges on site. Butler will provide transportation for a limited number of interested juniors and seniors. Pick up a permission slip in Student Services, have your parent/guardian sign, and return it no later than Thursday, September 12th.

Swim & Dive Meeting All new or returning members of our swim and dive team are invited to attend our interest meeting on Thursday, September 12 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 215.

Spirit Days Does your child want more input on themes for Homecoming Spirit Days? We would love to hear their ideas! Tell your student to click on the link below and complete the form. (They have to sign into their school Google account.) The deadline is September 10th. The link is also on the Scrolling Announcements on their Chromebooks.

https://bit.ly/2lEc7Yg

Chalk Donations Needed Do you have any old chalk laying around the house from days gone by? If so, our Sources of Strength Committee would love to have it! They will be drawing murals around Butler. Any color and size chalk is acceptable. The more diverse, the better! Please bring it to the Front Office. Thank you for your help!

Announcements

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Senior Parent Meeting

Parents—please bring your senior and attend our Senior Parent Meeting on Wednesday, September 11 from 5:00—7:30 p.m. in our Media Center. We’ll be discussing the college admissions process and financial aid. This meeting is hosted by our Counseling Department.

UNC & Case Western Reserve Coming to Butler! UNC Chapel Hill and Case Western Reserve University are coming to Butler to present information about their schools and answer questions. The dates and times are listed below. Interested students need to sign up on the Career Center website to reserve a space AND print the confirmation page. The confirmation page is their pass out of class.

UNC Chapel Hill Case Western Reserve Univ. Monday, Sept. 9 Thursday, Sept. 12 8:25 a.m. in the Media Center 9:45 a.m. in the Career Center

Senior Make-Up Portraits If your senior didn't have his senior portrait taken over the summer, this is the LAST CHANCE to have your senior portrait in the yearbook. Metro Portraits will mail an appointment card to you within the next week with a date and time. Questions? Tell your student see Ms. Mayer in room 702.

Graduation Caps & Gowns The Herff Jones Company will be at school September 17 through the 19th during all student lunches to take orders for senior caps and gowns. The cost of the cap, gown and tassle is $58.99 including tax. Students can pay with cash, check or credit card. If you like, you can pay $25.00 now and the balance in the Spring. This only applies to cap, gown and tassel orders. Herff Jones will also have other items for sale such as senior clothing and announcement cards. The payment terms of those additional items vary.

Sign Up for Our Senior Remind Notices This is an important year for our seniors! Our counselors have established a “Remind” notification to help them stay on top of upcoming deadlines and events. Make sure your senior has signed up and if you wish to as well, just text @20snrs to 81010. Then download the app!

SENIOR News

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Butler Brings the Spirit to

Matthews Alive!

Butler was well represented at Matthews

Alive Festival over Labor Day weekend! The

festival kicks off with their annual parade

which included our marching band, JROTC,

cheerleaders, and DREAM Team. You can

take a peek of our videos of the parade here:

https://youtu.be/W8tCZJReBSE

https://youtu.be/Q1XTGYuYYY8

Also, many of our clubs volunteered at the

festival! The football team, soccer team, and

Key Club stepped up and brought donated

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Ways to Help Our PTSO

Harris Teeter: Re-link your Harris Teeter card to the Butler PTSO (our number is 1243). You can link it at the store or online. You must re-link your card every school year. Publix: Go to Publix.com and set up an account. Publix will send a link in an email. Click on the link and it will take you to the Publix website. Above “Communication Preferences,” click on “My Settings.” In the box titled, “My Publix Partner,” click on “Select a School” and type in “Butler High School PTS - Matthews.” Select and save it. Each time you shop at Publix, be

sure to punch in your phone number so they can find your account. You need to re-enroll each school year. So, if you already have an account, be sure to reselect our school.

Amazon Smile: Go to smile.amazon.com (do not use the app or amazon.com). It’s the same products, prices, and service, but 0.5% of the purchase price comes back to the school. Log into your account and under “Your Account,” select “Your Amazon Smile.” Select “David W Butler High School PTSO” as your Charity! Every time you shop, just begin at

smile.amazon.com. Jets Pizza in Matthews: Make a purchase at Jet’s Pizza on the first Wednesday of every month when school is in session from 2:30 - 7:00 p.m., and they will donate a portion of their proceeds to the PTSO. It includes dine in, take out and delivery orders!

Pay Your Dues: Membership dues are only $6.00 per person or $20 for a family membership! You will receive a car magnet with the purchase of a family membership. To pay your dues, please go to: www.pay4schoolstuff.com. If you don’t already have an account, please sign up for one. It only takes a few minutes and 100% of the money goes back into Butler! Donate: Our PTSO is a 501(c)3 organization, so your donation is tax deductible. Any amount is appreciated. Receive a Butler duffle bag with a donation of $100 or more! Go to: www.pay4schoolstuff.com. Volunteer: Whether you are able to volunteer weekly, monthly, or just from time to time, we would love for you to be involved! Sign up at: www.pay4schoolstuff.com or during Fresh-men Orientation or Meet the Teacher Night. You can also join by emailing the PTSO at: ButlerPTSO@gmail.com.

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Butler’s Unified Club Recognized by ESPN

Congratulations to Coach Deborah Deeg and our Unified Champions Club for being selected by ESPN as one of the top 34 Unified Champion Schools in the COUNTRY! The Unified Champions Club is a program that uses sports and education initiatives of Special Olympics and the Unified Champions Schools program to promote school communities where all young people are agents of change – fostering respect, dignity and advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities. They participate in unified sports and activities at school and on field trips throughout the school year, fundraise for Special Olympic and club needs as well as host events to help change the school climate to RESPECT, and EMBRACE diversity and acceptance among all students. We’re so proud of Coach Deeg and our Unified Club members. Watch the clip on ESPN here: ESPN Honor Roll On September 6th, ESPN will reveal the top five Special Olympics Unified Champion schools that will receive a national banner presentation. We are so proud of our Unified Champions Club and Coach Deeg!

Cross Country Congrats

Congratulations to Adelynne Money and Yosyas Ghebry for medialing in the Northwest Cabarrus Cross Country Carnival two mile run at Frank Liske Park!

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Sources of Strength Peer Leaders Named

Sources of Strength is a peer led and adult supported group to promote wellness, coping, connection, help-seeking, and protective factors that result in reducing negative physical or emotional harm. Congratulations to the following students who have been nominated to be the initial peer leaders!

12th Grade

Justice Bell

Jaden Caldwell

Nicole Carrillo

Anthony Carter

Catherine Cheedle

Brian Dillahunt

Princela Flores

Truman Grant

Malak Hannosh

Owen LaVenture

Palmer Magri

Caitlyn Mahoney

Avery Rabon

Jessica Smith

Kyah Starks

Gianna Wessler

Ceyana Young

11th Grade

Melanie Diaz

Armond Hopkins

Maliya Johnson

Samantha McCorkle

Merrick Miller

Joshua Rodriguez

10th Grade

Walter Barr

G. W. Clemmer

Taylor Green

Byron Guzman

Nahor Mobae

Skyler Morris

Miriam Pescaru

Daniela Primera

Caroline Stowe

10th Grade (continued)

Patrick Wessler

Ethan White

Jatarious Willis

James Zuniga

9th Grade

Atenas Hidalgo

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Athletic Season Passes Each year, Bulldog student-athletes compete in dozens of con-tests and competitions. By purchasing an athletic season pass, you will be admitted to ALL regular season HOME athletic events held at Butler for the entire the 2019-20 school year! (Conference tournaments, district, regional, state events, and playoffs are excluded.) Regular admission fees range from $6 - $7 per person, so a season pass will save you money! See our sports schedules here: https://www.cmsathleticzone.com/bhssports Purchase passes online at: GoFan.co. After you pay, download the app on your phone to register so you have access to all of Butler’s games. No paper tickets this year. If you have any questions or problems, you can email Ana Young at syjoven@carolina.rr.com. Come out and support your Bulldogs!

Yearbook Sales Have Started! Buy your yearbook today and take advantage of our “early

bird” special!! Books are sold for $75 from now until Sep-

tember 30th; the cost will increase to $85 October 1

st until

sales end January 24th 2020.

Go to yearbookforever.com to place your order!

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