Please Join the BHSEC Student Activist Network and the ECO Club at an Environmental Rally next Tuesday (the eve before Veterans Day)!

What: We will be rallying against hydraulic fracturing (a dangerous form of natural gas drilling) in New York State and sending the message to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation that the “Draft Supplement Generic Environmental Impact Statement” has not satisfactorily addressed the dangers of hydraulic fracturing.

When: Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
3:45 PM Meet in front of auditorium. We will take the train to Stuyvesant High School, the location of the event, in a group.
5 PM Rally & Press Conference
6:30 PM Department of Environmental Conservation Public Hearing

Never heard of hydraulic fracturing? You are especially welcomed to come along and find out about it!

RSVP to inkyfingers19@verizon.net

More info at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-stringer/state-must-end-threat-to_b_345504.html
http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/takeaction/urgent-action.asp?ID=79&cat=Water%20Quality%20Threat&subcat=Gas%20Drilling

Know any Brooklyn teens ages 15 to 18, who qualify as dancers, musicians, athletes, drama queens, bookworms, shy types, alpha males, alpha females, texters or party hoppers? (Isn’t that… everyone?) MTV’s casting agents have asked Brokelyn to help get the word out about a call for local non-actors of all types and ethnicities to star in the US version of Skins, the UK series that gave Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel his start in show business. We’re obliging partly because we can’t wait to see this thing: The racy UK mega-hit, currently in its fourth season, follows a bunch of foul-mouthed kids as they navigate a range of real-life issues including homosexuality, pregnancy, anorexia, drugs, fractured families, and so on.

So why is MTV especially interested in Brooklyn teens? “It’s a no brainer. We were handed the task of finding the most charismatic and actually edgy kids we could,” casting agent Kim Madalinski tells Brokelyn. “We need real people with real life experiences and the courage to show it. Everyone says ‘you need to go to my neighborhood,’ and ‘my neighborhood’ is always somewhere in Brooklyn.’ “ Though the the US version will be ultimately set in Baltimore (ahem!), casting calls—specifically aimed at those without acting experience—have been announced only for NYC and Toronto so far.

The NYC casting call is Nov. 15 from 10 to 4 at the University Settlement at the Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery, (corner of Bowery and Houston) NYC. Bring photo ID as proof of age: 15-18 only. Contact: skinsuscasting@gmail.com.

Schedule

We will follow a regular Wednesday schedule with shortened periods starting as follows:

1. 9:00 AM
2. 9:45
3. 10:30
4. 11:15
5. 12:00
There will be the usual 5 minute passing periods.

Community Day Assignments

Please read carefully, as assignments are different for this semester.  Assignments are by last name AND advisory.

How to read the chart:

1. Your type of advisory
2. The first letter of your last name
3. Your item assignment

Dessert/Snack

Please select one item below and bring enough for 4-6 people. [Note: “100 Calorie Packs” are a great way to fulfill your assignment!]

-  Trail mix

-  Cookies (oatmeal raisin, walnut, macadamia nut)

-  Granola bars

-  Pretzels

-  Fig bars

-  Tortilla chips and salsa

-  Pita and hummus

-  Raisins, dried fruit

-  Breads (banana, carrot, etc.)

-  Baked potato chips

Drinks

Please select one item below and bring enough for 4-6 people. NO SODA, PLEASE.

-  Water

-  Fruit juice

-  Gatorade/sports drink

-  Apple cider

Fruits/vegetables

Please select one item below and bring enough for 4-6 people:

-  Fruit salad

-  Whole fruit

-  Sliced vegetables (carrots, celery, broccoli, cherry tomatoes, etc.)

-  Fruit snacks

Do Not Bring:

-  Soda

-  Chewing gum

-  Candy (including hard candy, jellies, gums, marshmallow candy, fondant, licorice, spun candy, and candy coated popcorn)

Please be sure to list the ingredients of all home-baked items clearly on the front. Also, each item must be CLEARLY labeled with the name of your advisory group.  Please see Ms. Bates in 406 with questions.

Please be sure to list the ingredients of all home-baked items clearly on the front. Also, each item must be CLEARLY labeled with the name of your advisory group.  Please see Ms. Bates in 406 with questions.

A Symposium for High School Students

Sponsored by the New York City Bar Association

November 21, 2009

11am-2:30pm

Please join judges, lawyers and high school students from the New York area to learn what’s behind the law and recent Supreme Court decisions and discuss how the Constitution affects your life.

Students will select two discussion sessions from the following topics:

Treating Youth as Adults in the Criminal Justice System

Separation of Church & State

Drugs, Health & the Constitution

Speakers:

Hon. Jeffrey D. Lebowitz

Hon. Daniel Lewis

Hon. John E.H. Stackhouse

Elizabeth R. Yablon

Zeb Landsman

Zakiyyah T. Salim

Agenda

10:15am – Registration Opens

11am – President’s Welcome/Opening Remarks

11:30am – 12:40pm – Small group discussion 1

12:45pm – Luncheon

1:20-2:30pm – Small group discussion 2

The program will be held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The Association is located on 44th Street between 5th & 6th Avenue.