Senator Square: Test drive a Ford, raise money for CHS athletic programs

This week's senior spotlight presents Shruti Arun. Course load for Shruti includes advanced placement art, AP government, AP English senior literature, AP chemistry, AP calculus and honors French IV, obviously a full load.

With these challenging classes Shruti maintains a grade-point average of 4.59. Shruti is an outstanding student who is extremely involved with school activities.

She is president of the National Honor Society, has participated at state with the Speech and Debate team, and has won a state Science Olympiad competition for chemistry.

Even with all this, she still finds time to be part of the Academic Team, helps others by volunteering at the library as a teen advisory board member, and works as a math tutor. She plans on going to college.

She is undecided of where she would like to go, but she would like to study architecture or chemical engineering.

CHS is proud to have Shruti Arun as one of our students.

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Carson High School girls basketball and soccer programs will be hosting a Drive One 4UR School starting at 9 a.m. Oct. 2.

Take a free test drive in a new Ford and the Ford Motor Company will donate $20 to the two programs. We need a total of 300 drivers. It will be in the north parking lot at Carson High School.

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Any students interested in traveling to Spain this summer are encouraged to attend an informational meeting 6 p.m. Thursday at Carson High School, Room 222.

This tour is open to any student, parent or teacher.

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Girls basketball, golf and boys wrestling programs will be host a Golf Tourney fundraiser on Oct. 3 at Empire Ranch Golf Course. It's $75 per player, four-man, best ball with prizes.

For more information, contact Empire Ranch at 885-2100 or call Carson High School at 283-1600 and get a hold of either the wrestling coach or girls basketball coach.

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Parents of juniors and seniors are encouraged to attend a presentation by the guidance counselors at 6 p.m. Thursday in the CHS library. Topics covered will include the senior project, senior year costs, ACT/SAT testing, and scholarships/financial aid for college.

The will be a PSAT/SAT preparatory workshop Oct. 4-8 in the CHS library for students planning on taking the upcoming PSAT or SAT.

The workshop will be 7-7:45 a.m. and will cover test-taking strategies. Students need to sign up in the guidance office.

• Erin Been is a health teacher at Carson High School and member of Senator Pride.