D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update: March 2023

Sunday, March 26, 2023

March 27 - 31

D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update

Weekly Happenings

Thursday before break, Jaylee Thomas, Braden Zoromski, Matt Burns, Owen Soehl, Ana Aphayrath, and Erin Jacobson went to the State Capitol to advocate for full funding for school mental health with staff members of our State Representatives. While there they also met with students and staff from many neighboring schools and discussed what those students were doing in their schools in supporting student mental health. These students were well spoken and represented Everest in an amazing light while also participating in a unique and powerful experience!

March Youth Apprentice of the Month - Ella Tatro - Second Year Youth Apprentice - Certified Nursing Assistant

Congratulations to Matt Nielsen for breaking the Indoor Pole Vault Record this weekend at Stout! 15'3"!

Announcements/Week Ahead

Teams Chat Shut off - As an update we have shut off Teams Chat as a district for students to access. They will be able to join a Teams meeting if the meeting is started by a teacher.

Staffing Positions - There are currently three positions open for the 23-24 Senior High School. Math, English, and F/CS. These positions are open due to retirements or departures. More postings will be coming soon. Reminder that if you know someone who would be a great addition to DCE then reach out and sell our school! Additionally, I am excited to welcome Carly Cleveland to the SH. Carly will be teaching art both here and at the JH beginning the 23-24 school year. She is coming to us from the Merrill School District and has been a professional educator for nine years.

PreAct/Forward Testing - Attached are a few documents to get started with planning the Pre-ACT/Forward. Here are the links: Room Supervisors & Proctors, Pre-ACT/Forward Testing Schedule and 55m a.m. Advisory schedule on 4/12. Also here are the dates to remember:

Monday, April 3rd 2:45 to 3:00 Pre-Act/Forward Mandatory Teacher training - IMC
Tuesday, April 4th 7:00am - 7:15am Pre-Act/Forward Mandatory Teacher Training - room 369
Wednesday, April 12th - 55-minute advisory schedule in the AM - Student tutorial on TestNav and Forward practice
Tuesday, April 18th- Pre- Act/Forward testing day
Tuesday, April 25th - Pre-Act/Forward make up testing in room 369 7:30am to 11:30.

Cancelling a Lamers Bus Trip -Bus trips cannot be cancelled on the bus trip booking site. Please contact Lamers directly 715-298-6100 and verbally cancel the trip. Lamers opens at 5:30a.m. Monday through Friday. If a bus is dispatched to the field trip pickup site, you will be charged for the full trip.

Advisory this week!: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IcziFtfLOO74wOt9KQWvLQPH3UteLLfW5-zJEUQ3XyY/edit

Staff/Faculty Folder: Linked

Important Dates

March

27 Quarter 4 Begins

29 BLT Mtg, 369, 2:50-4pm

April
3 Pre-ACT/Forward Mandatory Teacher Training, IMC, 2:45-3pm

4 Pre-Act/Forward Mandatory Teacher Training if missed on the 3rd, Rm 369, 7-7:15am

7 No School, Good Friday

11 Dr. Nye's Listening Session at the SH, IMC, 3:10-3:40pm

12 55m a.m. Advisory schedule for student tutorial on TestNave & Forward practice

12 BLT Mtg, 369, 2:50-4pm

13 Dr. Nye's Listening Session at the SH, IMC, 6:45-7:15am

13-16 SH Musical "Chicago Teen Edition'

18 Pre-ACT/Forward testing day - Sophomores only

19 Faculty Meeting, IMC, 2:50pm

19 2023 Car Show, Teacher's Parking Lot, (Pagenkopf/Hoffman), 12-2:30pm

24 District Recognition Celebration, SH Auditorium, 6-7:30pm

25 Pre-ACT/Forward Makeup testing, NO Bells

26 Mandatory Senior Meeting, Advisory

26 JH Adventure Day

26 BLT Mtg, 369, 2:50-4pm

29 Prom

May

24 Graduation from 6-9 - All faculty required to attend

22-23 Clubs/Activities Meeting Calendar: Linked Here

Upcoming Field Trips

Complete the following at least 2-weeks prior of your field trip:
Consider academic and curricular importance when scheduling
Receive Principal's approval
Make arrangements for payment/cost of trip
Complete request form, attach student list (alpha with student's name, no nicknames, & ID number)
If taking busses, student lists by bus with staff member name (health supplies for specific students will be packaged per bus).
Verify each student field trip permission form is on file in IC
Complete Online Bus Request
Schedule appointment with Health Aide to review details about the trip
Notice of trip and itinerary sent home
Notify special education department/case manager of students attending the trip
See Mike Raether if you have any questions.
District Forms:
Field Trip Request Fillable Form
Overnight or Out of State Trip Parent Consent and Release of Information fillable form
Overnight or Out of State Trip Parent Consent for MEDICAL Treatment and Release of Information

The Medical Form only needs to be completed by parents/physicians if overnight trip along with the Parental Consent.

*NO additional field trips on -
JH Adventure Day (10/19/22 & 4/26/23)
Junior ACT Testing (3/7/23 & 4/11/23)
Sophomore Forward Testing (4/19/23, p.m.)
Sophomore Pre-Act/Aspire Testing (4/18/23, a.m.)

Teacher	Dates	Destination	Form & Class list
Scot Abel	March/April	Twin Oaks School Forest	Form & Class list
Cristie Bates	3/28/23	Resch Center	Form & Class List
Roskopf/Paulson	3/29/23	Humane Society	Form & Class List
Jodi Peterson	3/31/23	Resch Center	Form & class List
Miranda Ritger	4/2-4/23	Chula Vista, WI Dells	Form & Class List
Stacy Peterson	4/3-5/23	Kalahari Resort, WI Dells	Form, no class List
Roskopf/Paulson	4/5/23	Good News Project	Form & Class List
Roskopf/Paulson	4/12/23	UW Green Bay	Form & Class List
Brooke Davis	4/18/23	UW-Stout	Form, no class List
Gipp/Schremp	4/16-18/23	Geen Bay	Form & Class List
Roskopf/Paulson	4/20/23	Woodson Museum	Form & Class List
J.Peterson/J.Dahlgren	4/21-26/23	DECA Internationals	Form & Class List
Roskopf/Paulson	4/25/23	NCHC	Form, no Class List
Jennifer Golbach	4/25/23	Central WI Leadership Program, John Muir MS	Form & Class List
Foster/DeGrand	4/25/23	Wausau West Planeterium	Form & Class List
Roskopf/Paulson	4/26/23	Rib Mountain	Form & Class List
Jo Bailey	4/28/23 (Date Change)	Adventure Ed Caving	Form, no class List
Roskopf/Paulson	5/3/23	UW Eau Claire	Form & Class List
Roskopf/Paulson	5/10/23	Fishing	Form & Class List
DeBoer/Thorpe	5/11/23	DCE Fishing Team Lake Wausau Clean-up	Form, no class List
Roskopf/Paulson	5/11/23	Historical Society	Form & Class List
Jo Bailey	5/11-12/23	Devils Lake State Park, Baraboo, WI	Form, no class List
Roskopf/Paulson	5/16/23	Sentry Insurance	Form & Class List
Anna Lemke	5/19/23	Medical Termanology Test here at SH	No form needed, Class List
Foster/Strick	5/25/23	UWSP	Form, no class list

Sunday, March 12, 2023

March 13 - 17

D.C. Everest Senior High School Staff Update

Weekly Happenings

Huge thank you to the following people who helped chaperone the Sadies Hawkins Dance on Saturday: Jenna Peplinski, Rachel Lintereur, Karry Salber, Glenn Olstad, Anne Marie Jagodzinski, Todd McDonald, Bill Franklin, Josh English and Mark Graefe for his support in set up and take down! Thank you for giving us your Saturday night for our students!

ACT - Big shout out to everyone who helped at all with ACT testing last week! A special shout out to Dawn, Todd, Brady and the high school tech team, and all proctors! Thank you for making the day go well!

Congratulations to our Jazz Band that won "Outstanding Band this weekend in Shawano!" Amazing musicians we have walking our halls!

IMAGINE was a great event last week! We had a number of clubs and activities represented - Thank you to all who gave up one of their nights to represent our district opportunities for kids!

Over 400 D.C. Everest Sophomores participated in the annual CareerFest hosted by Wausau West on March 2nd. A big thank you to our Chaperones and Sophomore Advisory Teachers for helping students prepare and engage in this College and Career exploration event. The business representatives were very impressed by our students' interest, engagement, and behavior during this event.

Announcements/Week Ahead

Bloomsights 3rd quarter data - Thank you to all our staff who helped our students complete Bloomsights questionnaire for 3rd quarter. Approximately 28 students (of those that took it) indicated they felt like they didn't belong at school both times the questionnaire was taken this year.

We are asking one teacher to send home a positive post card to positively reinforce something the student consistently does well and strengthen the relationship. Ideally, the card could be sent in the mail this Friday, so the student receives it while on spring break. Student Services pre-addressed 28 post cards and will put them in teacher mailboxes Monday afternoon. Please check your mailbox to see if you have one of these students and send the postcard home. There will also be a stack of post-cards in the teacher workroom to send to any student before break if you don't have a pre-addressed postcard in your mailbox. Have fun spreading a little good news to our students and families during break!

PD Information - The DCE Curriculum Office invites you to check out the multiple new asynchronous and blended course offerings now available on Frontline. Many of these offerings have deadlines for completion to ensure those of you needing hours are able to apply those credits to move lanes on the salary schedule. Please take advantage of these many new courses meant to appeal to a variety of positions in the district, including many new courses specific to content areas, as well as a student-panel led book study for any interested elementary staff! A friendly reminder that ALL PD must be submitted and approved prior to May 15.

Staffing updates - All department chairs and coordinators have had initial meetings with Dallas and Mike as we begin talking about positions for next year. Please understand that the conversation regarding FTE, job postings, and overall building staffing decisions do not happen in a vacuum. All decisions to hire, or not, impact the immediate teaching load of the department, the overall building FTE, and impacts district level FTE. With that being said - we are attempting to be as transparent as possible regarding course requests and possibilities to fill openings. If you have any questions - please let us know.

ACT Makeup Testing - Tuesday should be our last ACT makeup testing date in the conference room 210. Please be considerate

Advisory this week!: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IcziFtfLOO74wOt9KQWvLQPH3UteLLfW5-zJEUQ3XyY/edit

Staff/Faculty Folder: Linked

Important Dates

March:

14 Makeup ACT testing, NO BELLS

15 Faculty Meeting, IMC, 2:50pm

20-24 Spring Break

April
18 Pre-ACT & Forward testing - Sophomores only