1. SPA Nordic skiers had great results in the Section 3 Championships at Wirth Tuesday! Ellen McCarthy placed 5th and advances to the State Meet, Feb. 14, at Giants Ridge. The SPA Girls’ Team was tied with South for 3rd place after the morning classic race and with the afternoon pursuit took 3rd place by 9 points over South. Lily Rogers-Grant placed 15th, missing a trip to the State Meet by just one place. Mike Destache took 14th place, just 3 places out of qualifying for the State Meet. Congratulations SPARTANS!
2. All Fitness for Life classes will have GAME DAY this Friday! Everyone needs to bring athletic attire and meet in the training room once you are changed for attendance.
3.JUNIORS – College Seminar this Friday is in the Library Classroom again. Please bring your laptop. Please come at your ‘usual’ time, or check with one of us to switch periods (we’re there periods 1-6 and period 8).
4. JUNIORS. Good luck on the ACT this weekend. Remember to bring photo ID, your printed admission ticket (which also lists your test center location)’ and an ACT approved calculator (ACT is does not permit TI-89 and TI-92). Also several sharpened #2 pencils. Check the test-day reminders, calculator guidelines and more at this link (or google ACT checklist). http://www.actstudent.org/testprep/taking/ The weblink also has helpful test-taking tips.
5. Valentines Dance! Students, please don’t forget that ALL non-SPA guests MUST have a Guest Form on file with the Dean no later than Friday, February 8th – no exceptions, so please be sure to follow through on this detail. Also, once you leave the event, you may NOT return. Final entry for the Valentine’s dance is at 9pm – all students must arrive by this time. It’s going to be a great dance and we are looking forward to seeing everyone there! SAC
6. Attention Varsity Girls Hockey Players: Short meeting today in front of Mr. Brown’s office at 10:15. Bring your pencils.
![Sophomore Ella Matticks checks out a Blood Drive poster in the athletic hallway, one of many posters posted around school. “I think [the Blood Drive] is a great thing our school does,” Matticks said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/blood-drive-900x725.jpg)
![ECLIPSE. A solar eclipse is a rare event in which the moon is between Earth and the Sun, blocking the view of the sun. In other parts of the United States, the view of the Sun will be totally blocked, constituting whats called a total eclipse. A total eclipse is a completely different event that is another level of coolness. So if they [the students] have that chance, they should absolutely take the chance to see a total eclipse if they ever can. The next one in Minnesota will be the year 2099, Astronomy and Planetary Science teacher Joseph Martin said.](https://www.rubiconline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Drawing-8.sketchpad.png)
