Community Service Leader NEEDED

Earn two (2) hours of community service on Monday only for donating 2 boxes of cake mix and 2 containers of frosting (any make and any flavor) - Items donated are going towards the pantry at Angelica's House which supports 42 homeless children.

SCHOLARSHIP - BIG BUCK$$$$$

The Nat Moore Foundation Scholarship Program: The Nat Moore Foundation is devoted to providing educational, cultural and recreational activities to underserved youth, aged 5 to 18. The primary focus is the creation of a better community for young people in South Florida by providing safe, wholesome and positive learning environments, where they can build the tools and knowledge necessary for success. The Nat Moore Foundation Urban Scholars Program awards scholarships to extraordinary disadvantaged high school seniors from South Florida.

Eligibility:

* Student must come from a low income or disadvantaged family
* Must have a minimum GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
* An official high school transcript showing your most recent course work
* One letter of recommendation from an appropriate high school teacher or administrator
* Extracurricular Activities sheet (described above)
* A personal statement of 500 - 700 words
* One photo

Award: $2500, renewable x4 ($10000 total)

Deadline: May 1, 2011

Students should review the website and application for complete details, and submission instructions: http://www.natmoorefoundation.net/programs.html


Applications are to be sent to:
The Nat Moore Foundation
Attn: Scholarship Committee
16911 NE 6th Avenue
North Miami Beach, FL33l62

For additional information please call the Nat Moore Foundation at: (305) 770-0995

Top job search sites

Top job search sites

These are top sites about job searching as below:
1. Indeed jobs

Indeed works as an aggregator for listings from major job Web sites, associations, company Web sites and other online sources. Unlike Monster, you cannot submit your resume from Indeed.com, but the job search engine more than makes up for that by being a meta search engine of many of the major job search engines and job search boards out there.
2. Simply Hired Jobs

SimplyHired also offers a very unique job search experience; the user “trains” the job search engine by rating jobs he or she is interested in. They also gives you the ability to research salaries, add jobs to a job map, and view pretty detailed profiles of various companies.
3. JMAC Jobs – Job Openings at $75K to $500K+

JMAC is a leading nationwide service for professionals, managers, and executives on a worldwide basis, people in search of the best possible career opportunity. JMAC provides all the openings, leads and contacts everyone needs to be considered at small employers, growth firms and Fortune 1000 companies.
4. Go Freelance Jobs

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5. Yahoo Hot Jobs

Yahoo Hot Jobs is one of the largest and most well known job search engines on the Web.
6. Executive Search Online (ESO)

We are a leading nationwide service for those executives who wish to be considered at small employers, growth firms and Fortune 1000 companies. ESO attracts professionals and executives from virtually every industry and country in the world, and is free for all job hunters.
7. Monster Jobs

Monster is one of the best job search engines out there. You can narrow your search by location, keywords; plus, Monster has plenty of job search extras: networking boards, job search alerts, and online resume posting.
8. Career Builder Jobs

CareerBuilder offers job searchers the ability to find a job, post a resume, get job advice, create job alerts and job resources, look up job fairs, and much more. This is a truly massive job search engine that offers a lot of good resources to the job searcher.
9. LinkedIn Jobs

LinkedIn.com combines the best of two worlds: the ability to scour the Internet for jobs with its job search engine, and the opportunity to network with like-minded friends and individuals to deepen your job search.
10. Dice Jobs

Dice.com is a job search engine dedicated to only finding technology jobs. It offers a targeted niche space for finding exactly the technology position you might be looking for.

You can use free top of the above best/leading job search online for sales, marketing, HR, admin, project, insurance, healthcare, IT, production, QA, bank, construction, hospitality, technical, pharmaceutical, management/executive etc

We would like to invite everybody in order to vote above site at levels of top 5, top 10, top 15 and top 20 job search sites.

Get the Certification – Get the Job!!

Florida Ready to Work

The Florida Ready to Work Certification is awarded by the state of Florida to a High School student who has successfully achieved passing three placement exams (Applied Math, Location Information and Reading for Information). Students completing these exams are then considered equipped with the level of skills needed to earn an entry level job after graduation. There is no cost to participate in this program – however all exams MUST be completed ASAP.

STEPS TO ACCESS YOUR EXAMS:
1) To access your account created by your teacher Mr. Pizzo – you must use this sequence:
User Name: First of your first name + Last name = Last four digits of your student number
Example: fpizzo1234
Password: Last four digits of your student number

2) Go to: www.myfloridareadytowork.com

3) Press the “Participate” button and then enter your user name and password like above.

4) Then press the “Up Date Profile” button and update your profile and change your password

5) Then press the “Take the Placement Test” here there are three exam (Pre-test) you need to take and pass with a 90% or better (Each test has 5 to 10 question)

NOTE: YOU MUST COMPLETE THE PLACEMENT TEST TO MOVE ON!!

6) Once you have successfully completed your Placement test you can move on.
Then press “Take the Assessments” these are the actual exams you need to pass to earn the certification – take your time.

7) Press the link at the bottom of the page that says “Take Me To The Proctored Assessments” – Re-enter your username and new password.
Update your profile again, press Save/Ok at bottom of the page – then select the assessment your taking.


To learn more about this certification visit : www.floridareadytowork.com

May 3rd - JOB FAIR - Bring your resume

Attend a National Career Fair and Meet Face to Face with over 30 local hiring managers. Register now and get access to the company list. Click here to Register

Meet face-to-face with hiring managers at the Fort Lauderdale Career Fair on Monday, May 3. Applying online to jobs can get frustrating- meeting face-to-face is your chance to stand out from the crowd!

Date:
Monday, May 3
Location:
Hilton Fort Lauderdale Airport
1870 Griffin Road
Dania Beach, FL 33004

Time: 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

Free to attend!
Over 200 positions will be available at this event!

Career experts onsite will provide FREE Resume Reviews!

For a list of attending companies, click the link below and fill out the brief registration form:

Click Here to Register – Free to Attend

Bring at least 25 resumes to the event!

Take care-
See you at the career fair!?

Great Info 4 College

Web Sites – Great Info 4 College


http://inlikeme.com

http://admissionscoop.com

QUICK START COUNT

Make sure all your Quick Starts are in your classroom folder on Tuesday for counting (Create a score sheet to turn in) all quick starts will remain in your classroom folder - by date and stapled.

Check minus = 1
Check = 2
Check plus = 3
Check plus plus = 4
OK = 5
SAVE = 5 or 10 -- must have approval to add this to your score.

NOTE: Once you add your total score - another person must double check your math and sign there name on the bottom of your score sheet.

Mktg Management Activity

Marketing Research Activity

Students will utilize the internet to compare and contrast the “Features and Benefits” of 2010 model automobiles. Use your Marketing Essentials textbook to determine the meaning of “Features and Benefits.” Each student will select on their own two groupings of two (Cars, SUV’s or Trucks)

However, you must compare and contrast to similar, but competing cards, for example:
Ford F150 to a Nissan Frontier

If you are unsure – please get my approval

Note: there MUST be 25 items in your comparison.

Extra Credit: If you select an automobile, which has this feature you will earn 5 to 10 extra credit:
Flex Fuel, Diesel Fuel or 4 x4

Points: 50

SURVEY - GRAPHIC NOVELS

FROM THE LIST BELOW SELECT THREE NOVEL TITLES YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL FORM:


Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novel

Around the World in Egypt Days Graphic novel

Best of Poe Graphic Novel

Black Beauty Graphic Novel

Call of the Wild Graphic Novel

Christmas Carol Graphic Novel

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Graphic Novel

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Graphic Novel

Dracula Graphic Novel

Frankenstein Graphic Novel

Gulliver’s Travels Graphic Novel

Hamlet Graphic Novel

Huckleberry Finn Graphic Novel

Hunchback of Notre Dame Graphic Novel

Invisible Man Graphic Novel

Jane Eyre Graphic Novel

Journey to the Center of the Earth Graphic Novel

Kidnapped Graphic Novel

Last of the Mohicans Graphic Novel

Man in the Iron Mask Graphic Novel

Midsummer’s Night Dream Graphic Novel

Moby Dick Graphic Novel

Mutiny On the Bounty (by Bligh) Graphic Novel

Mysterious Island Graphic Novel

Prince and the Pauper Graphic Novel

Red Badge of Courage Graphic Novel

Romeo and Juliet Graphic Novel

Scarlet Letter Graphic Novel

Swiss Family Robinson Graphic Novel

Tale of Two Cities Graphic Novel

Three Musketeers Graphic Novel

Time Machine Graphic Novel

Tom Sawyer Graphic Novel

Treasure Island Graphic Novel

20,000 leagues under the Sea Graphic Novel

War of the Worlds Graphic Novel

Academy Scholarship News: $500 Scholarship

2010 APHA Get Ready Scholarship: To raise awareness about preparedness, The American Public Health Association (APHA) is offering its second annual Get Ready Scholarship. The scholarship is a component of APHA’s Get Ready campaign, which works to help Americans prepare themselves, their families and their communities for all disasters and hazards, including pandemic flu, infectious disease, natural disasters and other emergencies. The Get Ready Scholarship, offered in conjunction with APHA's Get Ready campaign, is designed to encourage high school and college students to focus on the importance of emergency preparedness.

I. Eligibility: The 2010 Get Ready Scholarship is open to:
a) U.S. high school seniors graduating in 2010 who plan to further their education at a college, university or certified trade school;
b) currently enrolled U.S. college or university undergraduate students who will be continuing their studies at the undergraduate or graduate level in 2010; and
c) currently enrolled U.S. college or university graduate students who will be continuing their studies at the graduate level in 2010.

II. Criteria
1) High school seniors:
Describe how you would personally prepare for and respond to a natural disaster that is likely to occur where you live.

III. Essay guidelines
Essays must be no fewer than 500 and no more than 750 words in length. APHA will only accept one entry per student. Essays must be original and solely the work of the entrant. All entries become the property of APHA and will not be returned. For full guidelines, visit our rules and regulations page.

VI. Submission limits
Entries will be limited to the first 300 submissions in each school level. (300 high school submissions, 300 undergraduate submissions and 300 graduate submissions) Once the limit has been reached in a respective level, that level will be closed for submissions.

VII. Additional information
• Deadline for submission is April 2, 2010, or until entry limits are reached.
• APHA will begin receiving submissions at noon ET on Feb. 8, 2010

Award - $500 (2 available)
Deadline - April 2, 2010 - but only the first 300 essays are eligible

Students complete entry form online. Students should review website for complete details at:
http://www.getreadyforflu.org/new_pg_scholarship.htm

DECA scholarship - Seniors Only

Go to deca.org
Under High Schools
Go to students
Then go to student scholarships.

Click on apply here

Fill out the form, it is self explanatory. If they make it through the first round, they will ask for the supporting materials (letters, transcripts, etc.)

Scholarship - Girls only $1000

Zonta International/Zonta Club of Boca Raton Area Young Women in Public Affairs Awards:
The goal of the Zonta International Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Program is to encourage more young women to participate in public and political life by recognizing a commitment to the volunteer sector, evidence of volunteer leadership achievements and a dedication to the advancement of the status of women.

Eligibility:
Applicants must be pre-university or pre-college students (age 16-20) at the time of application
Evidence of active commitment to volunteerism
Evidence of volunteer leadership achievements
Evidence of international awareness
Evidence of dedication to advancing the status of women worldwide
Verification of current enrollment by school officials
Recommendation letters
Personal statement of goals
Answer essay questions on application

Award: $1000 (Five International recipients are selected from the (Zonta) District recipients to receive awards of $3000)

Deadline: March 13, 2010 (received by)

Student should review application for complete details, essay guidelines and submission instructions. The application can be downloaded from the website: http://www.zonta.org/site/PageServer?pagename=zi_issues_programs_ywpa_application, HOWEVER, the attached has the local deadline and submission instructions. Please use the attached.

For additional information contact Shelly Olkey: email Zontababe@aol.com or call 561-434-4688

TIPS TO GREAT TEST TAKING:

Dear Parents:

Please assist your child in the following ways:



* Make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep before the test and a good breakfast the morning of the test.



* Make sure your child arrives at school on time, as the test will begin at the start of the day. Any student who is not in class at the start of the day will remain in the front office during the test. He or she will take the test on the make-up day.



* Let your child know that you are confident that he or she will do well and continue to encourage them to do their best work.

PUBLIX WAREHOUSE JOBS 2010

For your students that are interested in working in our Deerfield Warehouse/Manufacturing plant, please understand that one has to be 18 to work there. If eligible and interested, there is a process for applicants to follow.



At www.publix.com/careers/Distribution.do, you can learn about the various career opportunities available in our warehouse environment and read why some Publix associates have made our company their career. We don’t have many openings right now, but if you browse through what’s there, you can get ideas of what you might want to do. You will see how each position lists the duties of each job and the skills, experience and education that you must have to be considered. To view Manufacturing, Distribution and Corporate positions that are open to outside candidates go to on www.publix.jobs/support.



I recommend that they view these postings on a regular basis. If they find a posting that interest them, and for which they are qualified, there will be specific instructions in the posting concerning how to express their interest. It is important that they pay attention to these instructions because those instructions are the only way an applicant can be considered for these positions. When they send in their application on www.publix.jobs/support, it goes directly to the hiring manager for review. If their experience and skills appear to be a good fit for the position, they will be contacted for an interview. If they do not see a position their interested in, they can create a profile and set up a job agent which will notify them when positions become available.

Haiti Emergency Relief

An Urgent Appeal to all teacher, staff and students at Deerfield Beach High School - Haiti Emergency Relief

Haiti was hit by the first large earthquake in 240 years!

Death toll growing. Tens of thousands may have been killed and hundreds of thousands left homeless.

This is a moment in which your solidarity is of critical importance.

Our school is working to collect items needed, please work with your students and club members to collect items below over the next two weeks.

Ms. Dias, Ms. Handoga, Mr. Thor and Mr. Pizzo have volunteered their classrooms as collection sites.


*Clothes, blankets, batteries, cereal bars/granola bars, non-perishable goods that do not require cooking

*Medical supplies such as band aids, alcohol, peroxide, etc.

*Supplies for children such as diapers, baby clothes, wipes and bottles