BIENVENIDOS A LA SOCIEDAD HONORARIA HISPANICA

Meeting – el 25 de agosto 2015

Future Meetings

Every other Monday, one meeting before school AND one meeting after school. (You choose which one to come to)

Sep. 8 22Oct. 6 20Nov. 3 17

Dec. 1Outing 5 /15

Jan. 12 26Feb. 9 23

Mar. 8 22Apr. 12 26

May. 10Outing 14

November 11th@6pm library– SHH Induction Ceremony!!!

Point System The SHH uses a point system, but DO NOT FEAR. If you

come to meetings and participate in the things we will be doing this year, it will be a breeze to get the points you need.

40 points will be required in total – 20 first semester and 20 second semester.

How do I get points? Come to meetings! +1 pt.and wear your SHH shirt +1 pt. Community service! +3 pts./hour Tutoring! +2 pts./30min And many other ways throughout the year.

Dues What am I paying for?

Recognized membership in the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica.

Your SHH T-shirt Lots of opportunities and chances to earn cash

money, scholarships to travel and/or study, and experience – the best gift of all.

How much is it? New members: $25 (Includes dinner) Old members: $15 (Includes dinner no cords)

Outings! FUN STUFF! Yes, we do that! We will have many outings throughout the

year that will be opportunities for us to have fun and experience Hispanic culture. : ) Restaurants – Pollo Tropical, La Parilla, etc. Eventos hispanos – Festival del Día de Los

Muertos Movie nights and more!

Previous FUUUUUN

Camiseta Design!

Do we want a new t-shirt? We need designs in digital format, or at least scanned into the computer and made into .jpg or .png files.

We will vote for t-shirt designs – most likely through an online survey after designs have been submitted. Only two weeks left to design them!

Community service This year, in order to maximize efficiency of our chapter and

make our experience as great as possible, we will be looking for more community service that requires some Spanish.

Here are some ways to earn points:

Participate in the Community Service

Apply for Scholarships

Help with a Fundraising

Tutoring dring lunch

Field trips

Coming soon….

Going on now: Homework club is looking for responsable people to take care of the propgram atendance and the bus.

Volunteer Opportunities: September 1st: Homework club at Woodstock Library@6pm September TBA: Union Polo Club Lake Clean Up Senior house to serve dinner Pillow perfect face Paint, Nail Paint, translate

Scholarships JUNIORS: Bertie Green Travel Award

Go to a Spanish-speaking country for FREE!

SENIORS: Money Money Money. $1000 and $2000 grants, and many of them at that.

There are scholarships available through both the SHH and NSE!

Speaking of the NSE, if you get a medal in the NSE this year, you do not have to take ½ of your Spanish class’ final exam!!

Scholaship: trip to Spain Junior Travel Award

FundraisingOur goal this year is $500

We want to pay for the AP Spanish class’ AP exams.

TripsEcuador Trip (Breaux)Field Trip ($40)

Latin American Carnaval en el 10 de Marzo

Marietta Festival Flamenco Dance 11 de marzo

Contests ¡Albricias! – win cash prizes for art and poetry

$50 and $75 prizes River of Words Coweta County Poetry Contest - November TBA Clemson Declamation Contest - October 14 Governor’s Honors Program (sophomores/juniors)