Prior Lake High School

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1 PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT NEWSLETTER MAY Prior Lake High School Parent Newsletter May 2018 A POSITIVE PLACE TO LEARN From the Principal by John Bezek I have thoroughly enjoyed my first year at PLHS getting to know the students, staff and the community. We have a great thing going at Prior Lake and I look forward to building on our rich tradition of success. This last month is going to be action packed with athletics, fine arts and graduation. I find it hard to believe this is the last newsletter of the year. Congratulations to the class of 2018, let s finish on a positive note. The last day for seniors is Tuesday, June 5 th with our Commencement ceremony on Friday, June 8th at 7:30 p.m. in Dan Patch Stadium. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will have school on June 6th and June 7th. These will be early release days and final exams will be administered. Important Dates: May 4 th & 5 th May 21 st May 28 th June 5 th June 8 th PLHS Choirs Annual Celebrate Concerts HS Band Concert No School, Memorial Day PLHS Senior Awards night GRADUATION, Commencement at 7:30 p.m. Our Commencement ceremony is held outside in Dan Patch Stadium; the ceremony is open to all who want to share in this event. We will hold Commencement outside unless we have severe weather. In case of severe weather i.e.; lightening, thunder, hail etc., we will move Commencement into the high school gym. Due to the limited seating capacity of our gym, we would split the graduating class in two groups and hold two ceremonies. Each graduate will receive 4 tickets for their family, for the event, and no one will be admitted without a ticket. We have never had to move graduation indoors, however, we like to be prepared for any circumstance. Informational graduation letters have been mailed to all seniors with additional information about commencement. IN THIS ISSUE Did You Know? Page 2 Parent Advisory Council Parents and the school community share goals concerning students at Prior Lake High School. Page 2 Nurse s Note Medication Pick-Up, Annual Form, Immunization Report Page 3 Attendance Procedures Page 4 Mobile Crisis Response What they do and number to call Page 4 Synergy/SPAN Meeting Page 5 National Honor Society Recent events involving NHS Guidance News Junior Meetings Page 5 Page 5 NBHS Recent events involving NBHS Page 6 BOLD Girls Camp Girls with courage, confidence, & conviction who celebrate each other Page 7

2 PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT NEWSLETTER MAY Page 2 DID YOU KNOW? PLHS School Store is open every day! Attendance Line Phone Number Parking Lot Reminders Laker Café is open all day! Before School: 7:45 8 :00 6th Hour: (952) Speed limit for the high school parking lot is 10 miles per hour! 2:02 3:00 After School: 3:00 3:15 Main lot requires parking permit, must be displayed on the rearview mirror daily (952) Softball daily lot requires payment day before to park (example: pay Monday to park Tuesday) Parent Advisory Council (PAC) Parents and the school community share goals regarding the physical, emotional, social and intellectual development of students attending Prior Lake High School. Future Meeting Dates School Year Wednesday, May 23 rd With those goals in mind, it is imperative that parents and the school, work cooperatively to meet the needs of our students. A key component to this cooperative arrangement is communication between parents and the school. PAC is a gathering between parents and administration to have conversations regarding initiatives, procedures, or happenings at PLHS. Meetings will be held once a month (except December): The meetings will be held at PLHS in room 222 at 4:15 PM. (see future meeting dates on the left) Interested in joining? If you are interested in being a part of the PAC, please Assistant Principal, Ms. Heather Fitzloff at: hfitzloff@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us

3 PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT NEWSLETTER MAY Page 3 Nurse s Note *******Important Message from the Health Office******** End of Year Medication Pick-up Please pick up all medications no later than June 7th (by dismissal time at 12:00pm). We recommend leaving rescue medication (Inhalers, Epi-Pens, etc.) at school until dismissal of the last day. The District is unable to store medication over the summer; medication remaining in the health office will be properly disposed of after the last day of school. Please call your school s Health Office if you wish to make other arrangements. Annual Health/Emergency Contact Update In the past, Health Services has mailed copies of the Annual Health and the Emergency Contact forms to families to update or complete. The new process is outlined below. Annual Health Form will be available online. Please print and complete. Please return the Annual Health Form to your child s school prior to the start of the new school year. You may access the new form soon on the PLSAS website under Health Services. The Annual Health form will also be sent electronically to all families on June 1st and August 1 st. Emergency Contact Information: Emergency Contact information is currently listed in Infinite Campus in the parent portal of our website: PLSAS Parents. For assistance accessing Infinite Campus, please contact Lynn Wieczorek at or lwieczorek@priorlakesavage.k12.mn.us. Please complete these important steps: Review the primary contacts under the Family Members section. Review the non-household emergency contacts and preferred hospital / dental clinic under the Demographics section. Repeat this process for every student under your account. Communicate any changes to your school secretary. If we do not receive updates or changes, we will use past information on file for your student. Student s immunization reports available in Infinite Campus. To access the report: 1. Log into Infinite Campus. 2. Click on Select a Student (at the top of the screen). 3. Choose name from the drop down menu. 4. Click on the Health tab from the menu on the left. The immunization record will appear.

4 PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT NEWSLETTER MAY Page 4 Attendance Procedures Call the Attendance line (952) If your child will be absent from school due to illness, vacation, or appointments, etc. If you need to take your child out of school for an appointment during the school day (call at least 30 minutes before your pickup time) If you forgot to call when your child was absent from school You may also send us an at: hsattendance@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us You do not need to come into the school to pickup your child. They will receive a pass to leave the building from the Attendance Secretary, they will sign themselves out of the building (at the desk located by the student entrance), and meet you at the car. All students MUST exit from the student entrance on the east side of the building. Absence due to Appointments Students who miss all or parts of a school day due to a dental, medical or other appointments must provide written note from the dental/medical office where they received treatment. Absences Due to Family Vacations- three or more days Students need to pick up the Parental Requests for Extended Absence form in the attendance office and have it signed by each of their teachers and their parent(s). College Visits Juniors are given one college day and Seniors are given two. They are excused absences, but do count towards the student s total missed attendance days per quarter. Verification of attendance at a post-secondary school is required upon the return of the student to PLHS. Mobile Crisis Response Canvas Health s mobile crisis response team responds to mental health crises or emergencies with face-to-face assessment, intervention and stabilization services at home, school or in the community. Emergencies can be a behavioral, emotional or psychiatric situation needing a timely intervention to reduce the possibility of physical harm. Mobile crisis response staff will also provide necessary safety planning and short-term therapeutic services to assist in recovery from a crisis To reach Scott County Mobile Crisis Response

5 PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT NEWSLETTER MAY Page 5 Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network SPAN is the Synergy/SAGE Parent Action Network. We are also known as the Prior Lake-Savage Chapter of the MN Council for the Gifted and Talented (MCGT). Our mission is to support and advocate for academically advanced students, their parents, and their educators. SPAN will not host any additional meetings during this school year, but we want to hear from you! Please Apryl at span.priorlake@gmail.com with topics that you would like to see addressed during the next school year. Would you like to hear speakers on particular topics? Have more casual gatherings to talk about your child? Discussions on particular topics? Let us know! National Honor Society The Build-a-Hand chairs, Parker Jorenby, Leah Pavlish, Hannah Caldwell, Aidan Becken, Ryan Wade, and Marisa Popple, continued their efforts with their project and hosted two build nights for volunteers to put together the prosthetic hands. With the money they raised, they were able to purchase 50 hands to donate to kids across seas! Senior Megan Perera hosted another Feed My Starving Children event on April 16th and packed several boxes of meals to help kids in need. Senior Heidi Wedel initiated her own project this month called Crayons for Cancer. She has been collecting used and unused crayons and plans to organize volunteers to peel paper off of the crayons so that they can be melted down. Then the wax will be donated for funds to help children with cancer. Senior Ethan Lynch hosted the spring Adopt-a-Highway event to clean up our chapter s section of the highway just south of Prior Lake. Next month NHS is hosting our final Parents Night Out event on May 4th and the annual Stride for Students 5K is May 12th. You can sign up for the 5K at the link below! If you have any questions, please contact Maria Lecceardone-Brown mlecceardone@priorlake-savage.k12.mn.us (Newsletter information provided by Historian Megan Giese) Guidance News Senior Decision Day and Final Transcripts: Guidance will be holding a senior decision day towards the end of May where students will complete a survey for Guidance about their post-graduate decisions. If students are college bound, this is when they will indicate where their final transcript needs to be sent. Seniors will not need to pay for final transcripts or request them via Naviance. AP Exams: Tests will start Monday, May 7 th. Make sure to check your test time and location.

6 PRIOR LAKE HIGH SCHOOL PARENT NEWSLETTER MAY Page 6 National Business Honor Society On Thursday, April 19, National Business Honor Society students were treated to a tour of one of Minnesota s highly-regarded, long-time businesses, Red Wing Shoes. Mr. Tito Warren, Vice President of Global Sales & Distribution arranged the tour and then talked with students about international business and the opportunities and obstacles of doing business in other countries. This was an exciting opportunity for these top business students as they observed the production process first-hand. Students learned about the rich history of the business and how quality has been an important part of the production process since the business s beginning in Company innovation was observed through state-of-the-art technology now being used to produce molded waterproof boots and soles. The added bonus of hearing from a top executive with extensive knowledge and experience in international business was inspirational for many of the students. Tito is the father of senior Colton Warren.

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