Announcements

-Thank you again to everyone for participating in the Lenten Almsgiving project to help the people in Turkey and Syria.  Today and tomorrow are the last two days to bring in a donation – cash or check.  Drop your donation in the Main Office. We will announce the final amount collected after spring break.  Thank you.  

-Would you like to show your artwork in a professional art gallery for the entire month of April and May? Now is your chance to submit artwork for the Spring Art Show at St. Paul’s Monastery (right next door)! This opportunity is open to ALL Hill-Murray students.  You don’t have to be enrolled in an art class or be in Art Club to participate!  All kinds of media are welcome! Turn in your artwork and artist statement by Monday March 27th; the show will open on Monday April 3rd! Please see Mr. Dahl or Ms. Hunkins if you have any questions.

-Attention Juniors- remember to check your Google Classroom for Service for  parent permission slips for the Junior Retreats on March 30 and 31.   Your parents can turn these in electronically or you can bring them to Campus Ministry. 

-HEY, Ms. Fandrich here…Hill Murray has an exciting opportunity for the Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors!! This Summer, for one week— June 12-17th we will be attending the Lasallian Youth Assembly in Memphis Tennessee! This Serve and Immersion Trip will be a fun experience to meet and hang out with other students from around the Midwest, a time for prayer and reflection. This trip is also centered around serving at local Memphis non-profits, which will count for 4 Service experiences! We will also be visiting the Civil Rights Museum, and exploring the city of Memphis! If you are interested, stop by my room in the TNC for more information!!

-Attention Middle School students interested in playing Hill-Murray football next year.  There will be an informational meeting on Wednesday during recess in Coach Garvey’s room – The Nicholas Center room 52 – 11:18am. Please arrive on time.

-Would you like to show your artwork in a professional art gallery for the entire month of April and May? Now is your chance to submit artwork for the Spring Art Show at St. Paul’s Monastery (right next door)! This opportunity is open to ALL Hill-Murray students.  You don’t have to be enrolled in an art class or be in Art Club to participate!  All kinds of media are welcome! Turn in your artwork and artist statement by Monday March 27th; the show will open on Monday April 3rd! Please see Mr. Dahl or Ms. Hunkins if you have any questions.

-Hello this is Mr. Deziel, keeping it real on WKHM radio, Maplewood 197.2. This is a heads up from the neck up for Juniors- that retreats are coming your way on March 30 and 31 all day. So don’t be a square but rather prepare, by going to your jamming Google Service Classroom to start slamming Parent Permission slips before you
leave for break to get your Shamrock Shake. Parents can sign electronically and submit, or ironically you can print and bring to our studio in Campus Ministry this week before vacations you will seek. Everything is organized by sites so if you don’t know where to go, see your hosts in Campus Ministry to keep your flow and be ready for the big show.

-Can you name something you can find locked up by the Canadian government, on the black market and also on your pancakes? If you guessed maple syrup you have to sign up for our French club meeting during WIN B today where we’ll talk about all this and make maple taffy in the snow. Sign up with me, Monsieur Gleason, and join us in room 118. À toute à l’heure !

-The band and orchestra have a concert tonight at 6:30pm and we would love to see you there! Please come and support our musicians.  They have worked tirelessly to be a catalyst for school spirit at so many HM events and it would be awesome to see you there supporting them back. This is a totally free event and all are welcome! 

-Calling all crafters! Craft Club is meeting tomorrow during WINS A and B in room 136, Ms. Marin’s room.  Please bring your craft project and join us!  All are welcome! 

-Good morning Pioneers.  This is Emma and Katie from the Girls Basketball Team.  Our team is playing in the state tournament on Wednesday and we would love to see you there. We play Alexandria at 4:00 pm at Maturi Pavilion on the campus of the University of Minnesota.  Your parents have received an email detailing fan buses that will get you to the game if you can’t get a ride with your parents. Wednesday is a Spiritwear day, so wear your Pioneer gear, come to the game, cheer loud, and lets have the best student section in the tournament.  Thanks for your support!!  See you on Wednesday!!  Roll Pios!!!

-This is the last week of our Lenten Almsgiving project – if you would like to participate you can bring cash or a check to the main office.

-Mandatory boys tennis player/parent meeting today at 5 pm. The meeting will be held in the Cafeteria.

-HEY, Ms. Fandrich here…Hill Murray has an exciting opportunity for the Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors!! This Summer, for one week— June 12-17th we will be attending the Lasallian Youth Assembly in Memphis Tennessee! This Serve and Immersion Trip will be a fun experience to meet and hang out with other students from around the Midwest, a time for prayer and reflection. This trip is also centered around serving at local Memphis non-profits, which will count for 4 Service experiences! We will also be visiting the Civil Rights Museum, and exploring the city of Memphis! If you are interested, stop by my room in the TNC for more information!!

-This is Eveny from Pioneer Investors. We have a meeting today in Ms. Donnelly’s WIN, room 120. We will be discussing the Stock Market Game and current events. We hope to see you there!

-Attention Middle School students interested in playing Hill-Murray football next year.  There will be an informational meeting on Wednesday during recess in Coach Garvey’s room – The Nicholas Center room 52 – 11:18am. Please arrive on time.

-Seniors-  Butter Braids fundraiser has come to an end. Please turn in your paper order forms and money to Mrs. Trembley or the Office of Student Life by tomorrow, Wednesday at 8 AM.  Online sales go through midnight tonight. 

-Good Morning, I am Peer Minister Lauren L. and this is your Ministry Minute. Today we are highlighting Project Penpal, an organization that connects those in assisted living communities to volunteer penpals! This is an awesome service experience if you are a good letter writer. More information is available on your google service classroom. And make sure to turn in your service as the due date is approaching. 

-Hey pioneers! This is Gretta K. and Elaine K., and we are members of youth United Way, a local nonprofit in Stillwater. Last week, we announced that students have a poor and vulnerable service credit opportunity to make baked goods for our Empty Bowls event coming up this Thursday. If you are interested, it is important that you look at your service classroom for all of the details and bring in your baked goods this Thursday to receive your service credit!  As we mentioned, this Thursday, March 16th, is our largest fundraiser of the year, Empty Bowls. The goal of our event is to raise money to support local organizations that help marginalized youth and fight youth food insecurity while raising awareness for youth hunger in our community. At the event, there will be soup and bread from local restaurants, as well as pottery, art, and baked goods for sale. The event is from 5-7 pm, tickets will be for sale at the door, and the event will be held at Stillwater high school in the cafeteria area. We would really appreciate it if people showed up to help support our group, so we hope to see you Thursday! If you have any questions about the service credit or event, please email Gretta Kennedy (gretta.kennedy@hmstudents.org)

-Good Morning Pioneers, my name is Sarah B. with HMS4C. Today I’m going to talk about the persecution against women in Iran. Women in Iran are losing their basic human rights. In the past, the oppression of women in Iran has been limited to how they are required to dress. Failure to comply has led to them being arrested, lashed, and killed. Being a woman dictates every aspect of their life. Traveling abroad and even divorce must be permitted by their husband or male guardian. There is little to no protection against domestic violence and there is a lack of legal autonomy for women. Women who are speaking up against this injustice are getting killed and have their legal documents removed by the government. Women are still seen as significantly less important than men. Peaceful protests are being stopped by violence and attacks. Mahnaz Parakand is a lawyer and activist from Iran. A long standing defender of women’s rights, she was arrested and sentenced to death for participating in political demonstrations in 1981 while still a student. Her sentence was later commuted to imprisonment. She was prevented from getting her degree and joined the Defender of Human Rights Center in Iran. She left Iran but still continues to stand up for women. 

-Good morning Pioneers. It’s Emerson Heinrichs with HMS4C. It’s March, which is Women’s History Month. Starting today, every morning this week we will be highlighting different aspects of the female experience. Today, I will talk about Dr. Orianna McDaniel’s. Her half-century career stretched from 1896 to 1946. She was the first female to work as a physician for the State of Minnesota. She dominated the men around her and quickly rose to be the first female Director of Preventable Diseases in Minnesota. She was also a Clinical Associate Professor at our very own U of M School of Public Health. She did ground-breaking laboratory work for the Minnesota Department of Health all throughout her career. Most notably, in 1924, She wrote what is considered the most thorough and ambitious report on a smallpox outbreak ever taken on in Minnesota. Thank you Pioneers and happy Women’s History Month!

-This is the last week of our Lenten Almsgiving project – if you would like to participate you can bring cash or a check to the main office.  Checks can be written to HM and we will send one check to Catholic Relief Services at the end of the collection.   Your donation will go to help the people of Turkey and Syria who have been affected by the earthquake last month.  Thank you to everyone who has already participated.  

-Reminder to Pioneer Performers to meet in the auditorium after school for a 10 min rehearsal today.

-Today’s Passing time music comes for Ms. Carlson’s playlist.

-You are invited to attend our Hill-Murray March Choir Concert this evening at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. The admission is free and the concert is under 45 mins. Please come and support these awesome musicians.

-There will be a mandatory boys tennis player/parent meeting on Tuesday, March 14th at 5 pm. The meeting will be held in the Cafeteria. Again, all boys interested in playing tennis this spring – please attend a mandatory player/parent meeting on Tuesday, March 14th at 5 pm in the Cafeteria. If you can’t make it to the meeting, please email coach Skoogman.

-Today is our second collection day for the Lenten Almsgiving Project.  Your donation will go to help the people in Turkey and Syria who continue to suffer from the devastating earthquake that hit the area last month.  Your donation will be sent to Catholic Relief Services, who has assured us that the money will be used to meet the direct needs of families by using the donations to provide food, water, warm clothes, and blankets to families in both Turkey and Syria.  Put your donation in the envelope that your first hour teacher has or you can bring your donation directly to the main office.  There’s no pressure and no amount is too small. Thank you to everyone who has already participated.   There will be more opportunities to donate next week.  Thank you for your support and participation

-Make sure that you come out and support our middle school theatre students, as they present their original work “The Middle School Sketch Comedy Show.” This Saturday @ 7pm her in the Hill-Murray Auditorium. It is a free show under an hour and is going to be hilarious! Hope to see you there!

-Good morning pioneers! Today is finally our Red Cross Blood Drive day. Thank you to all of the people that have already signed up to donate blood today. Due to high demand, the Red Cross is prepared to take on extra donations. So, if you would like to donate please email me, Kennedy Heidel, in order to be signed up to donate. Please reach out so we can be able to fill all donation times. Thank you and have a great day! 

-Good Morning, everyone; Tomorrow is our second collection day to help the people in Turkey and Syria who continue to suffer from the earthquake’s impact.  Bring your donation to your first hour, and your teacher will have an envelope. You can also bring a check written out to Hill-Murray.  Your donation will be sent to Catholic Relief Services, who can assure us that the money will be used to meet the direct needs of families by using the donations to provide food, water, warm clothes, and blankets to families in both Turkey and Syria.  This Lenten Almsgiving Project will continue into next week but put a reminder in your phone to bring cash or check tomorrow.  There’s no pressure, and no amount is too small, every little thing counts!
-Great job to our Hill-Murray DECA members on their outstanding efforts at the state competition earlier this week.

-Special congratulations to senior Alexander Eich for being named state champion and receiving 1st place in personal financial literacy. Additional state finalists who qualified for the International DECA competition include seniors Ty Swanson, Will Handley, Max Kacerik, and Rachel Zillig, and juniors Sam Lavine and Lauren Lobanoff, and Trey Trembley. Our DECA chapter also had many students recognized for leadership, and many were named as alternates.  Congratulations again!

-Attention Boy’s Tennis Players: There will be a mandatory player/parent meeting on Tuesday, March 14th at 5 pm.The meeting will be held in the Cafeteria. Again, all boys interested in playing tennis this spring – please attend a mandatory player/parent meeting on Tuesday, March 14th at 5 pm in the Cafeteria. If you can’t make it to the meeting, please email coach Skoogman.

-Hey pioneers! This is Gretta K. and Julia S. and we are members of youth united way, a local nonprofit in Stillwater. Next Thursday we are having our biggest fundraiser of the year called empty bowls and we need your help so we can have baked goods for sale at our event. We ask that you make something homemade that has no nuts and is marked with ingredients. If you make a dozen small items (such as cookies) or one large item (such as a loaf) by yourself you can receive one general service credit!
-Some examples of items you can bake include cookies, brownies, bars, or a loaf. All proceeds from the event go towards fighting local youth food insecurity and generally helping struggling youth in the Stillwater area. If you choose to make something, we ask that you bring it to campus ministry next Thursday, March 16th, no earlier and no later! If you have any questions please reach out to Gretta Kennedy at gretta.kennedy@hmstudents.org! Thanks and have a great day.

-Our boys hockey team has advanced to the state tournament and will face off with Minnetonka on Thursday night at 6:00 pm at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul.  As a way to celebrate and wish the team good luck, we will be honoring them with a walkout sendoff today at 10:35 am.  That’s at the end of third hour.  Please pop out in the hall and wish the boys good luck at the tournament.  Thank you very much and Go Pioneers!!

-Peer Ministry: On Friday we’re offering our second opportunity to bring in money to your period one class for the Turkey/Syria Earthquake relief collection. Many families have lost their homes and don’t have the proper resources. Right now, the best way for us to help meet their daily needs is to send money – so on Friday please consider bringing cash to your first period class. There’s absolutely no pressure, and no amount is too small. Every little thing counts, and our school could support Turkey and Syria during this difficult time. Thank you to everyone who has already participated and we are encouraging everyone to get involved.  This is our HM Lenten Almsgiving Project and it’s a good way to be in solidarity with our brothers and sisters around the world. 

-Good morning and Happy Blood Drive Week Pioneers!  If you are signed up to donate blood, please listen carefully. To help prepare you to donate blood you should Eat Iron-rich foods such as fish, poultry, beans, spinach, and raisins. Get a good night’s sleep before donation and Be sure to drink plenty of water before. On the DAY OF DONATION, you will receive a reminder card and bracelet in your first-hour class. Please use this card to be excused from your class. If you are absent for your first hour, please pick up this card from your first-hour teacher to be able to leave class and verify the time you signed up for. The donations will occur in the Varsity Gym. Bring with your identification that has your picture and your birthday (preferably a driver’s license) and show up 10 minutes early. Be sure to carefully read the email I sent out to see how to use  Rapid Pass to speed up your check-in process. Also, students that complete donations will be able to log their donation as a poor and vulnerable service credit in their Service Google Classroom. This year we successfully filled all 73 open appointments. This is a tremendous accomplishment for our community. Thank you to all who signed up and as usual, please email me with any questions you have. Have a great week pioneers! 

-Good Morning Pioneers, this is Abby Haldorson and I’m excited to announce we will have our first Environmental Health Club meeting on Thursday, March 9th, during win A and B in the LMC. The environmental health club will work towards correlating positive mental health and the environment. You do not have to stay for both but you are more than welcome to. We will be going over some upcoming activities, service opportunities, and our goals/ideas for the club. We will also be providing some snacks.