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Friday, December 5, 2025

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Freshman Student Senate Elections: Freshmen, you may have noticed on the TVs pictures of your classmates who have decided to run for Student Senate for the remainder of the school year. Next week Wednesday, December 10, you will have a chance to vote for six of the candidates to represent you on Student Senate. More details to come next week.

Spotlight Scholarship – CFHZ Application: The CFHZ Community Scholars Application has officially opened and connects students to over 200 local scholarships for those in the Holland and Zeeland area.One application automatically matches you to more than 200 scholarships and may provide additional opportunities depending on eligibility. This scholarship is open to all students regardless of status or FAFSA completion and includes scholarships for employees or dependents of local businesses such as Russ’, Freedom Village, and Holland Hospital. The deadline to apply is February 1, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST. Apply here: https://cfhz.org/apply-for-scholarships/

SHORE Club Candy Grams: The Shore Club will be selling "Candy Grams" during both lunches, Wednesday through Friday this week.  The options are Candy Canes, Chocolate Coins, or DelaRosa Mazapans.  You MUST know the 6th hour teacher of the person you are sending it to when you purchase one, as they will be delivered during 6th hour the week of exams.  Each Candygram will be $1, and the proceeds will go towards gifts for "Toys for Tots.

SLiC: SLiC is collecting squishmallows for children in foster care, as they are the most popular request by children of all ages. Each donation helps ensure children entering the foster care system have something of their own during an uncertain time. All plush donations will be distributed by Arbor Circle through their welfare and youth programs. The donation box is located in the SSO

Art Club: ART CLUB will meet during BOTH lunches on Wednesday, Dec 17. Come relieve some exam stress by making ART! You can stay up to date with the happenings of ART CLUB by joining the Google Classroom with the code: oaq57pt.

Graduating Seniors:  If you haven't completed your Request for Diploma, please complete the form by Wednesday, 12/3/25. Here is a link to request your diploma.

Sports - https://hollandathletics.com/

Word of the Day

To inoculate a person or animal is to introduce immunologically active material (such as an antibody or antigen) into them especially in order to treat or prevent a disease. Inoculate can also mean "to introduce (something, such as a microorganism) into a suitable situation for growth," and in figurative use, it can mean "to protect as if by inoculation" or "to introduce something into the mind of."

In 1796, the English physician Edward Jenner discovered that inoculating people with cowpox could provide immunity against smallpox.

The cheese is inoculated with a starter culture to promote fermentation.