Senior Academy Announcements
February 7, 2024
Good Morning Senior Academy.
Happy School Counselors' Week to Ms. Keene and thank you for all you do!
STUDENTS STAY UPDATED:
Coast Guard representative will be on campus at lunch on Feb 23, 2024
Rising 10th-12th Graders: The Shelton Challenge application is now open. The Shelton Challenge is a six-day residential program on NC State's campus and is built on the Shelton Leadership Center’s core values – integrity, diversity, social responsibility, and compassion – This opportunity is designed to help high school emerging leaders enhance their capacities to become values-based leaders. The application can be found here. Please reach out to Ms. Shearin with any questions. Applications are due February 15.
PTA Seniors Opportunities and Appreciations(Please select links for more details)
Parents + Students: Check out the EWA Student Services website to stay up to date on scholarships, community service opportunities and other important information you may need throughout the year.
Senior Yearbook “Recognition Ad”: Senior Families - if you are interested in creating an ad to recognize your senior in the 2024 year book, deadline is coming up soon, Please use this information to create one today. www.jostensyearbooks.com/ads, find our school (East Wake Academy), then click on "recognition ads"
Spirit Week is coming February 5th to 9th with a Pep Rally and the Homecoming Dance being Friday, February 9th from 8pm til 12pm.
The Spirit Week Days are as follows:
Monday- Pajama Day
Tuesday- Rhyme without a Reason Day
Wednesday- Sports vs. Video Game Day
Thursday- Anything but a Backpack Day
Friday- Color Wars
- Seniors: Black
- Juniors: Red
- Sophomores: Blue
- Freshmen: Green
Homecoming:
Homecoming Tickets will be sold at the half circle at lunch for $7 or $10 at the door. Guest Forms can be found on the Blue Bulletin board in the blue folder.
Please make sure that Guest Forms are submitted by the end of the day tomorrow to Mr. Raynor to review forms prior to Homecoming and remember to submit your Homecoming nominations by Thursday. Nominations for Homecoming Court will be announced Friday at the Pep Rally..
The Homecoming Dress Code is as follows:
● All attendees should be dressed in semi-formal wear.
● Jeans are not allowed. Gentlemen should be in dress shirts and dress pants, ties and jackets are
optional.
● Dresses may be strapless or backless with straps, sleeved or sleeveless, or have spaghetti straps, one strap or halter strap. Dresses may NOT be both strapless and backless.
● Midriff exposure must be no more than 2 inches.
● Dresses AND slits in dresses cannot be shorter than fingertip length.
EWA NEWS:
K-11 Spring Dress Down pictures are next Wednesday 2/14.
Lottery Application Begins January 8th: East Wake Academy's Lottery Application for the 2024 - 2025 school year will begin January 8th at 8 am and end on February 15th at noon. This applies to Siblings of current students and General Public. Please go to www.eastwakeacademy.org and click on the Lottery Link on the Home page or the Admissions page. Lottery Application is online only. Siblings go through the Lottery also and you must complete the Lottery Application to be included in the Lottery for the 2024 - 2025 school year. The Lottery will take place on March 6th at 9 am in the Eagle Hall Senior Academy. You do not have to be present for the Lottery. Once the Lottery is over, you will receive an email within 45 minutes of the lottery letting you know whether you got in and what the next steps are. If waitlisted you will get an email letting you know what number you are and KEEP this email as you can check this for updates at any time. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Kim Campbell at kcampbell@eastwakeacademy.org.
EWA Events Calendar: Events | East Wake Academy
CLUBS:
Attention Juniors, the ACT will be on February 27th. To help prepare for it, after-school study sessions will occur every Wednesday (2/7, 2/14, and 2/21) in Ms. Nettles's room after school from 3:25-4:25, leading up to the test. There will also be a Google classroom with study materials that you may join. We look forward to seeing you there!
This Thursday Hip Hop Crew will rehearse until 4:00pm. Please make sure your ride is here to pick you up by 4:00pm!
The Dance Ensemble auditions for next school year will be held after school on Monday, February 26th and Tuesday, February 27th from 3:30-4:30. Please see Mrs. Cyrus this week to pick up an audition packet and recommendation forms.
"The EWA National Honor Society will be collecting donations for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society this week Monday the 5th through Friday the 9th. Donations will be accepted outside of Mrs. Nettles' room during lunch. Any donations will be greatly appreciated!".
"There will be a community service club meeting today Ms Nettle's room during lunch. "
Mark your calendars - FBLA will meet Friday Feb 23 in Warren's room at lunch!
Attention students: Please come out to support your fellow male classmates as they play volleyball for various cancer charities in our first annual Volley-Bros tournament this Thursday, February 8th at 4:30 in the gym. All money collected from admissions and concessions will be donated to the cancer charity that is determined by the winning team. Come out and show your support!!
There will be a meeting for all Volley-Bros players and coaches during lunch in Mrs. Lane's room TODAY Wed. Cancer Awareness Club members also need to attend. Volley-Bros shirts will be given out and rules for Thursday's game will be discussed. If you cannot attend the lunch meeting, please see Mrs. Lane.
First Priority meets every Thursday in the Baker Center during lunch. Anyone is welcome, and we would love to see you there!
SPORTS:
Wednesday 2/7-
No Events
Thursday 2/8-
No Events
Friday 2/9-
*Homecoming*
EWA Varsity Girls Basketball vs RTHS 6:00pm
EWA Varsity Boys Basketball vs RTHS 7:30pm
EWA Gym – 821 Charter School Way, Zebulon NC 27597
GoFan: https://gofan.co/app/school/NC679
NFHSnetwork: https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/east-wake-academy-zebulon-nc
High School students who are interested in participating in spring sports need to turn in their tryout packets no later than 2/13. See Coach Bowman if you have any questions.
Below is a list of tryout dates and locations:
2/14/24 - Varsity/JV Baseball - Pilot Lions Club Park - 4:30-6:00
2/14/24 - Varsity Softball - Pilot Lions Club Park - 4:00-5:30pm
2/14/24 - Varsity Women's Soccer - Knightdale Station Park - 4:00-5:30pm
2/14/24 - Varsity Men's Golf - Zebulon Country Club 4-5:30pm
Please check out EWA’s Athletic website: https://www.ewaeagles.org/
Quote of the Day
February is Black History Month, during which we honor the contributions and accomplishments of Black Americans throughout U.S. history. This month, all of our quotes will be from famous Black Americans.
“I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” ~ Michael Jordan