UF Priority Deadline

The freshman application deadline is November 1. Please submit the completed online application at www.uf.edu no later than the end of the day (November 1st) to be considered on-time. Freshman applications received after November 1 will receive a decision on a space-available basis only.
Few students are admitted purely on academic merit. While the potential for academic success is a primary consideration, UF's comprehensive holistic application review also considers personal essays, academic awards, extracurricular activities, family background and home community. All information in the applicant's file, academic and non-academic, is considered in relation to the size and strength of the applicant pool for that class.

• Submit your online application, including essay and résumé sections, by November 1, no later than 12:00 am (midnight) Eastern Standard Time. Applications received after November 1 will receive a decision on a space-available basis only. www.uf.edu

• $30 application fee, submitted online or mailed by check or money order. If sending fee waiver, choose check or money order option and attach fee waiver.
• Arrange to have official high school transcripts sent to UF (please see Mrs. Pulido in Attendance)

• Arrange to have official ACT plus Writing and/or SAT scores sent directly to UF from the testing service (UF will accept SAT/ACT scores until December from the testing agency)

Posse Scholarship

Please congratulate the following Felix Varela students who were selected as Posse Scholarship finalists. Now they select 10 students after an interview with the university. If selected as a Posse Scholar they will receive a four-year, full-tuition, merit-leadership scholarship worth approximately $160,000.

This is a great accomplishment since they were chosen from over 900 nominated students.

Jessica Fernandez- Mount Holyoke College
Sohaib Ahmad-University of Pennsylvania
Fatimah Abdullahi-University of Pennsylvania

Help the Band Win some $

We need help!!! Please help us win.... we really need the money to keep the band program growing. When you click on the link http://www.wkis.com/marchingbands/
scroll down to find Felix Varela HS. Click on the video, when the video screen shows up write the letters and numbers your going to see below the video then click vote. We really need your help.

Band of Mystery

This past Saturday October 25, 2010 the Band of Mystery performed in competition at the Hialeah Showcase of Champions. Our band students performed extremely well.

Not only did they accomplish all of these great achievements, but they also were awarded first runner up in the evening with a score of 86.00. This is an amazing accomplishment considering that the one group ahead of them is about three times the size of ours. This score of 86.00 is the highest score in Varela history and places us first overall in our county over all schools and first in the state in our class.

Superior:
-Drum Majors
-Percussion
-Woodwinds
-Brass
-Auxiliary
-Music
-Visual
-General Effect

With Distinction:
-Percussion
-Visual
-General Effect
-Music
-Drum Major

Best in Class
-Drum Major
-General Effect
-Music
-Visual

1st place in Class 3A(we are really a 1A) 1st Runner up for the evening.

The last local event we will be performing at is this Saturday at the FIU Stadium For the FBA District Assessment. Please come out and support OUR band program!!! We will be performing at 4:15pm this Saturday.

Please congratulate any Band students you see, they are doing amazing things.

2010 Homecoming Queen

Please see the story aired on WSVN Channel 7 on Melissa Valencia, our Homecoming Queen.

Varela 2010 Homecoming Queen

Office Employee of the Year

Congratulations to Ms. Ada de la Cruz who was named the Varela Office Employee of the Year.

The Princeton Prize in Race Relations

• Since 2006, the Princeton University Alumni Council of South Florida has sponsored an awards program for high school students - .
• High school students involved in activities that are helping to improve race relations in your school or community are encouraged to apply.
• A cash award of $1,000 will be awarded to the first prize winner and certificates of accomplishment will be presented to other students worthy of recognition at a distinguished ceremony.
• The first prize winner also will be awarded a trip, in spring 2011, to the Princeton University Campus for the Princeton Prize Symposium on Race, where he/she will attend a two-day conference with other winners from around the country, local high school students, Princeton faculty, and Princeton Prize volunteers.
• Information regarding the scholarship application process will be provided to the Senior High School Student Services Department Chairs, at their Technical Assistance Meeting on November 9th.
• Attached is a copy of an article about last year's winners.
• Applications are available at www.princeton.edu/pprize and must be postmarked by January 31, 2011.