1. WELCOME AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! Please sign in while we’re waiting

2.  Tracker Hours – due in May  4 Hours & Variety of activities  Need Volunteers for Swim Meet 1/23  See Club Website to sign up  Book Drive in mid-February  LASSO Dates: 1/23, 2/27, 3/19, 3/26, 4/23, 4/30, 5/14, 5/21 – from 9-12; earn 2 credits & must sign in!  ELA Contests (see next pages)  Officers for Next Year  Email Ms. Harrison  Applications due by 1/22

3.  No Tracker Hours  Highly encouraged and/or required in every English class at LHS  Expect NEHS students to enter this, if not required by English teacher  Entry form required (see English teacher)  Due by ~Feb 1 st (varies by teachers)  IF you are a winner from LHS  free membership dues next year!

4.  Prestigious writing competition on own original writing  One entry per student  No longer than 5 pages  See checklist for specific formatting  Due to your English teacher or Ms. Harrison by Feb 19 (have English teacher sign-off on tracker)

5.  Essay Topic: Is Free Speech becoming more limited in America?  500-1000 word essay with cash prizes and grand prize trip to NYC  Due Feb 18 th  For rules & info: http://stosselintheclassroom.org/essay_contest/ http://stosselintheclassroom.org/essay_contest/  Show essay to Ms. Harrison for tracker

6.  Present a 20-line monologue  Winners go to New York for national competition  Performance in Feb 21 at 1 PM at Atlanta Shakespeare Playhouse  Info at: www.esuus.orgwww.esuus.org

7.  Email Ms. Harrison if interested: stharrison@forsyth.k12.ga.us stharrison@forsyth.k12.ga.us  I’ll email you the application  Due by 1/22  Voting at February meeting if needed  Positions:  President  Vice-President  Secretary

8.  The LHS Swim Team is hosting playoffs at the Cumming Aquatic Center on Saturday, Jan 23  Ms. Langley has asked that we volunteer to be timers for the competition  Hours are from 12-5 PM  I need about 25 volunteers!!  Please use the sign-up link on the club website. It is: http://doodle.com/poll/ipravikbqfcdicm9 http://doodle.com/poll/ipravikbqfcdicm9