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MILLIKAN HIGH SCHOOL
2800 Snowden Avenue, Long Beach, California (562) 425-7441
Hello,
Last night and tonight the
Robert A. Millikan High School Dance Department is presenting “Dance the Night
Away.” I just returned from the
student assembly for this same performance and I must admit that I was quite
impressed. The student dancers did
an excellent job and the dances were lively and well staged. Thanks to all the young ladies and
gentlemen who put in so many hours of preparation for this event. Your hard work and dedication is
evident.
Last night I also had the
opportunity to visit the Millikan High School Wrestling team banquet. The Wrestling Booster Club and Coach
Thompson hosted the banquet. Coach
Thompson did a wonderful job of recognizing all his wrestlers. He handed out approximately 180
certificates and as many as fifteen trophies to his squad. The night just happened to fall on the
birthday of Jackie Cataline, and the team wished Jackie a happy birthday.
For those of you who do not know,
Jackie is the female member of the Ram’s Wrestling Team who was varsity Moore
League champ in her weight division.
She won 30 varsity level matches during the season with 18 pins. She went to the CIF
competition and had 4 wins and 3 losses. This is a remarkable accomplishment for any
sophomore. Great job, Jackie!
Millikan High School recently
finished AP testing. Robert A.
Millikan administered approximately 330 AP tests over a two-week period of
time. The tests were given in such
diverse subjects as Calculus and Spanish.
These tests are the culminating activity to some of the most rigorous
classes on any high school campus.
If the students pass the test with three or better on a scale of one to
five, they will receive college level credit for the class. These students work very hard and are
entitled to a well-deserved pat on the back.
Our Virtual Enterprise class,
which is housed on the campus of Robert A. Millikan High School and funded by
Regional Occupation Program (ROP), swept the Long Beach Press Telegram Stock
Market Game. Our Virtual
Enterprise class won 1st, 2nd, and 4th place
in a large contest. Last year’s
contest had approximately 70,000 participants. Hurray for Virtual Millikan.
Congratulations to Charissa
Goggins who has been elected as the Student Board Member Representative for the
2004/2005 school year. Ms. Goggins
will represent every student in the Long Beach Unified School District during
School Board meetings in this very prestigious position.
The Kiwanis Club of Long
Beach has recognized two of our students.
Julie Schumacher was given a 1st place scholarship, and Steve
Martinez received a 2nd place scholarship. The award they won is the Paul McClaughry – Matt Doyle
Scholarship Service Award. High
school students established this award to support and build community service
among Long Beach area youth and to recognize outstanding service.
The Exchange Club of Long
Beach has bestowed two scholarships on Millikan High School students. Domonique Reece and Justin Stark are
the Millikan recipients of this prestigious award.
Congratulations to our own
Nurse Pat Erlandson for being named School Nurse of the Year for 2004. The Long Beach Nurses’ Association at
their annual dinner on May 25th presented this award to Nurse Pat. Although Nurse Pat was reticent to
allow her name to be put into nomination, we all knew that she would win!
Mike Monaghan, our head
counselor, is retiring. Well, Mike
has never been very retiring, but he is leaving the district after 38 years of
service – 31 of those years here at Millikan as an English teacher, English
Department Head, counselor, and since 1994, as our head counselor.
Mike has set up an account
with the banker for the Michael Monaghan Scholarship. His fondest wish is for the members of the Millikan
community to donate to a fund that will help students in the future. Your gift to honor Mike is tax
deductible and will be acknowledged.
Checks payable to Millikan High School and earmarked Monaghan fund, or
cash can be given to Suzanne English, the Millikan banker, or to Nancy Parsons,
counselor.
One of our graduates from the
class of 2003, Reesa Jones was recently appointed as one of the drum majors for
the UCLA marching band. Leading
the Bruin band as a sophomore and also as the first female drum major is a
great accomplishment for Ms. Jones.
Congratulations to Reesa and her high school band teacher, Ms. Bonnie
Annes. You both can be
proud of your accomplishments!
The Millikan High Softball
team had a very effective season this year. Congratulations to Coach Lynn Curylo, her staff and her
athletes for winning first place in all levels of Moore League
competition. Kara Harper won the
Moore League Co – MVP award. Kara
is the daughter of our very own teacher, Mr. Don Harper, and she is awesome on
the mound. Finally, the softball
ladies received the Academic Champion Award for all spring semester sports,
which is a recognition for which Ms. Curylo is extremely proud. Congratulations to all our shining
stars
As
we proceed head long towards the end of the school year I wanted to share with
you our upcoming finals testing schedule.
It is necessary for all students to attend all their classes every day. June 10th is graduation day
for our Senior class and they will graduate at Veteran’s Stadium on Clark
Avenue at 7:00 p.m. Underclassmen
are expected to attend classes on June 10th.
Grade 12 Finals only (regular schedule)
June 1 Periods 5 and 7
June
2 Periods 6 and 8
June 3 Periods 1 and 3
Grades 9 through 12
June
4 Periods 2 and 4 All students on
finals schedule
Grades 9 through 11 -
Finals Schedule
June 7
Periods 7 and 5
June
8 Periods 8 and 6
June
9 Periods 1 and 3
June
10 All periods. Minimum Day Schedule.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jeff
I am not what I ought to be,
Nor what I want to be,
Nor what I am going to be,
But I am thankful that
I am better than I used to
be. -- John Wooden