1. Food BankStudents wishing to help out at the Derry Area Food Bank Distribution on Wednesday, March 18, from 8:30 until 11:15 can pick up permission forms from Mrs. Cramer in the Main Office. Students can only attend if they have a signed permission form turned in prior to the trip. Students assisting at the Food Bank will earn 2 ½ hours of community service credit for their work. Students are reminded that they must have ten hours of community service documented in order to graduate. If you have any questions, please see Mr. McCleary. 2. Prom PapersProm papers are due this week! Please have all necessary forms filled out for prom and given to Mrs. Bushey by this Thursday. You can find papers outside her room. While turning in papers is not final, last papers will not be accepted. 3. Performing Arts ScholarshipStudents who are interested in going to college for the performing arts can look into the Patti and Walter Blanko Scholarship. This scholarship is worth $4,000 and make sure to check the scholarship tab for other opportunities. This scholarship application is due by April 17th. LUNCH TALKPeople all over are leaving shelves in grocery stores completely empty due to the coronavirus. Many people are scared and worried that they will run out of food and necessary things to live. And although this is a another mystery virus, studies are showing that the flu has the same number of deaths than the coronavirus, if not more. - Chloe Homan TODAY'S QUOTEOur staff is thrilled to play a part and to be able to witness this truly miraculous occurrence. A Komodo Dragon in Chattanooga Zoo gave birth to three hatchlings with no male partner. The dragon reproduced parthenogenetically, or when another egg fertilizes and egg. The dragons are healthy and six months old now. - Emilia Vucina TODAY'S NUMBER: 35In celebration of Dream Theater's 35th anniversary, they have teamed up with Berklee in creating a fund that will provide scholarship money to student musicians in need on an ongoing basis through the future. Dream Theater was formed while guitarist John Petrucci, bassist John Myung and former drummer Mike Portnoy were students at Berklee 35 years ago. They hope to continue their previous success with the Dream Theater Scholarship Fund, which will be headed by Berklee's Mirek Vana, global development officer and executive producer, along with Frank Solomon, Dream Theater's manager, who together have worked over the past six years behind the scenes on the foundation of the Dream Theater Scholarship Fund. - Shawn Gaskill AND FINALLYCan you catch 'em all?
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