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March | 2018

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Mission Early College High School 10700 Gateway East El Paso TX 79927

Principal’s Corner

In Dallas TX, schools all

over Texas came to compete as well. This is the first ever team from MECHS to ever compete at state Mock Trial, therefore the 2017-2018 Team made history for Mission Early College High school.

“It was truly a fun experience, going to state, not only do we try our hardest but we learned from other teams and their tactics, that will serve as an experience for next year!” explained Junior, Hannia Mendoza.

The state Mock Trial Team could not have made it to state without the help of the coaches and teachers! All of the students took time out of their day to go to practice and even dedicated time to Saturday practices!

MECHS is truly proud of their hard work and hopes to be undefeatable in the future.

(The Mission Early College High School Mock Trial team and sponsors. Picture taken at Dallas, Texas.)

Mock Trial Goes to State Mock Trial is an act or

imitation trial. Regional competition took place in the El Paso County Courthouse. Schools all over El Paso competed. With hard work, dedication, and passion, Mission Early College and Franklin High school were the two teams who received the honor to represent El Paso at state mock trial, which took place at Dallas, TX.

These last couple of months have been full of excitement for the Phoenix. Many of students competed at state for BPA, Science Fair, HOSA, Destination Imagination and for the very first time our Mock Trial Team. I would like to thank our sponsors, Mr. Nwihim, Mrs. Contreras, Ms. Blough, Mr. Miranda, Ms. Alexander, Mrs. Bonilla and Mr. Dungan for the continuous support and dedication to our students. On behalf of Mission Early College’s faculty and staff we are extremely proud of our Phoenix’s accomplishments. On another note, I know that some of you have expressed several concerns regarding the campus safety measures. Please rest assure that Mission together with SISD has an emergency operation plan in place. Please do not hesitate and reach out to us if you would like to learn more about it. In the meantime, SISD has suspended all emergency drills until further notice. The only drill that our campus will be conducting are fire drills. However, we will notify teachers and parents prior to the drill via email and all calls. In addition, all drills will be followed by an announcement clarifying that it is only a drill. On a final note, please remember that we have intercession from March 12 – March 23. We will hold EOC, LOC, Online Learning, and TSI Camps (incoming 9th only) from March 12-March 15. Notices have gone out to students that are highly encouraged to attend. Buses will be provided.

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Incoming Freshmen Bridge

Camp 2018

1st Week of Spring and 1st Week of

Summer

March | 2018

3/1-3/18: BPA State 3/7/18: SAT School Day 3/8/18: Talent Show 3/9/18: End of 3rd Nine weeks & Movie Afternoon Sophomores 3/10-25/18: Spring Intersession 3/24/18: PROM 3/30/18: Good Friday 4/1/18: Easter Sunday 4/6/28: Easter Egg Hunt 4/7/18: High Q 4/9-12/18: Flames Tryouts 4/10/18: EOC English I 4/11-14/18: HOSA State 4/12/18: EOC English II 4/16-19/18: NHS Leadership Week &Flames Tryouts 4/20/18: Blast to the Past 4/24/18: Honors Inductions @ ASC 6:00 PM-8:00PM

March-April The 4th annual Mr. and Miss Mission was truly a success! Many contestants were eager to represent their school in a beauty and talent pageant. Mr. and Miss Mission are picked not only based on their outfits and looks but judges see what’s in the inside, as well as talents they posses. Some talents vary from spray painting, singing and dancing. It was very entertaining and interesting to witness their various talents and attributes. It was an extra special night for the winners of Mr. and Miss Mission, Tracy Huhn and Sean Galloway.

Mr. and Miss Mission contestants modeled casual look, Formal attire and afterwards performed their talents. They were asked various questions to see their personality and view of certain aspects. Overall everyone had a great time viewing their classmates out of the school environment and having fun! This couldn’t have been possible without volunteers, teachers and parents!

Counselor’s Corner SAT May 5, 2018 deadline April 6, 2018 ACT June 9, 2018 deadline May 4, 2018 Juniors ~ Quest Bridge College Prep Scholars Program,

Scholarships Taco Bell Foundation ~ Live Mas Scholarship ~ deadline to apply March 18, 2018

Create an account at https://www.tacobellfoundation.org/live-mas-scholarship/ and submit a video (2 minutes or less in length) that tells the story of your life’s passion.

Braden Aboud Memorial Foundation Scholarship ~ deadline to apply April 13, 2018 www.bradenaboud.com Hispanic Scholarship Fund ~ deadline to apply March 30, 2018 www.hsf.net

(Mr. and Miss Mission, Tracy Huhn and Sean Galloway, pictured together at the pageant.)