Reminder of Spring Language Proficiency Exams

Hey all! Don't forget we need to demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language to graduate. Here's a reminder that spring 2011 proficiency exams will be give as follows:

Friday, April 15^th, 9:30-12pm

Thursday, April 28^th, from 6-8:30pm

Friday, May 13^th from 9:30-12pm

You can only test once per quarter, so if you do not pass this exam in spring you cannot graduate until fall 2011 (no exams are given in summer.)

Good luck!

A lovely winter potluck

Hello, everyone! Just wanted to say thank you for making the Winter '11 Potluck a tasty success. We had Indian curry, Mongolian beef, Irish soda bread, stuffed jalapenos, moussaka, pepperoni bread, chips with fresh guac, a mighty desert spread and more. It was great to see most of the graduating students and fill ourselves before crunch-time begins.

Here are a few of my photos, starting with Brian, Jill and Marlena. Congrats! :)

"I'm not buying it."

Everyone --

Check out this amazing campaign being run by Traffick911.

Here is an excerpt:

"This coming Sunday, Arlington, Texas, will host the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers for Super Bowl XLV—and some 150,000 out-of-state visitors and nearly 500,000 fans from other Texas towns are expected to pour into the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area. Tragically, the city lucky enough to host the event will also witness an alarming spike in child sex trafficking over game week...

DFW-based Traffick911, the Rebecca Project and other advocacy groups are leading comprehensive efforts to protect children during Super Bowl week with their I’m Not Buying It campaign. Endorsed by well-known local stars including Dallas Cowboy Jay Ratliff, the campaign has organized an online petition to get the Super Bowl Host Committee and National Football League to sign-on to the effort to protect girls from being sex trafficked."

Sex trafficking is alive and well in America; it's good to see a powerful call to action taking advantage of the high-profile nature of the Super Bowl.