April 2 - 5

   

 Weekly Happenings

February Students of the Month: Hailey Geer, Jack Dupuis, Silas Weber, Devin Alves, Landon Gray, Zoey Kue, Collin Ebersold, Aiden Gavrila, Caitlyn Kressel, Tori Halama, Charlotte Coleman, Jasper Lang, Aiden Ostrem, and Morgan Hoesly.

Congratulations to the students inducted into the National Chinese Honor Society:  Zongshia Lo, Xavier Guild, Kaozong Vang, Maihue Yang, Claire Maerz, Brady Plansky, Yanna Valcin, Fiona Moua, Yureeyiana Yang, and Duaja Yang.

Congratulations Sarah Bailey for being selected as a 2024 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Teacher Fellow!

Need to Know

Coaches/Advisors - Reminder - all fundraisers must receive approval before being conducted. This applies to all sports teams and clubs.  Please use THIS FORM if you plan to conduct a fundraiser moving forward.

April 3rd Guest - On Wednesday April 3rd, 2023 American Idol contestant Adin Boyer, will be at school to share a message of acceptance, inclusivity, and perseverance. We will run a schedule that has 34 minute class periods and a 45 minute advisory so that all classes will be able to see him. Here is the altered schedule. We will excuse students directly to the theater but we are asking that they sit with their ELTs in their assigned location.  Here is a clip of Adin's story on American Idol.

SEATING CHART FOR THE ASSEMBLY - Please display these seating charts during 1-3 hours on Wednesday so students know where to sit.  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d7MNHTejbD_b3-Ab3vaq8Lcno0L1qb4M

Sophomore PreAct & Forward Testing - 

• Supervisors and Proctors 2024, ALL STAFF PLEASE LOOK AT THIS
• Mandatory staff training meeting for PreAct/Forward in the IMC. (Attend either date and time) 
• April 8th 2:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
•                  OR
• 9th 7:05 a.m. to 7:20 a.m.
• 55 minutes a.m. Advisory schedule on Wednesday, April 10th 
• sophomores will prepare for testing
• juniors Bloomsights
• seniors Decision Day
• Tuesday, April 16, 2024 Testing Schedule
• all sophomores testing
• no school for juniors and seniors except AP review students

A very important PD hours reminder: All Frontline attendance and PD hours must be finalized by May 1st! Please check your Learning Plan within Frontline. You must finalize attendance for any courses you've completed by May 1st.  Work with your supervisor to ensure Outside PD Hours you've submitted  for approval have been processed by your supervisor prior to May 1st (both "Pending prior approval", and "Awaiting final credit").

Asynchronous courses will no longer be visible in the catalog as of April 15th. In May, they will be made visible again. After May 1st, any hours submitted/accrued will be applied to the 2024-2025 school year. Here is a link to the Salary Schedule FAQ.

You can view your total number of PD hours at any time within Frontline. Please watch this short video for instructions. You may also reach out to Rachel Rentmeester with questions.

New Covid guidance: The CDC has now changed their COVID guidance recommending that positive COVID cases isolate until they are 24 hours fever free and symptoms are improving. DHS recommendations will match that information and they are working on updating their website now. As a district, we will follow these new guidelines and will continue to mark students' attendance as EX until they return to school. We will continue to remind our students and staff to stay home when they are ill and use good hand hygiene.

STUDENT COUNCIL OPENINGS!?!?! - Looking for a pair of people interested in taking over Student Council for the 2024-2025 school year. Interested parties please shoot Mike an email and we'll schedule a time to talk!  

Welcoming and supporting our newcomers! - As we welcome more and more non-English speaking newcomers to our schools, please utilize the U.S. Department of Education Newcomer Toolkit to ensure EVERYONE works collaboratively to help them become members of our community. This google doc outlines clear guidelines and actions; you will also find access to the full U.S. doc with additional resources. How we can all support newcomers and refugees in our schools

Links

Weekly Advisory Notes & Links:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/14uhHyG38ZyHOSbaTJQ17AuxXM6KeZBHqeHWiVYGdsWM/edit

Staff Folder:    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tA9F8Uxtg_6GgTuocX64uuUGSrKEtCKq?usp=drive_link

Pride Tickets:  All staff are asked to send three Pride tickets to students per week. Use the rotation calendar to help provide an equal rotation. Teachers are welcome to send more than directed on the calendar. This action step should increase the amount of positive feedback parents and students hear about all the good they are doing.

Pride Ticket Rotation schedule:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10SwPkVNia-n4wB4mcWfWQQXlweW3WhIrKJK-I-tU5R4/edit#gid=0

Pride Ticket Website: https://pbis.dce.k12.wi.us/

Upcoming Dates

April:

1      No School last day of Spring Break

3      Adin Boyer Presentation altered schedule

3      District Benefits Representative Riana Mefferd @ SH, rm 210, 6:45-7:45 a.m.

4      District Benefits Representative Riana Mefferd @ SH, rm 210, 2:40-3:40 p.m.

2      School Resumes

8 -9  8th 2:45 to 3:00 or 9th from 7:05 to 7:20 Mandatory staff training for Pre-ACT/Forward in the IMC (Attend either date and time).

10    PreACT/Forward prep during a 55 min a.m. Advisory

16    PreACT/Forward testing schedule, no school for 11th or 12th except for AP reviews 

Closed PTO

The following dates are closed for PTO:  

• March 1, 15, 22 
• April 9, 12
• May 3, 6, 24

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 – all forms can be found under this link - 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 an overnight trip along with the Parental Consent.

*NO additional field trips on -

JH Adventure Days (10/18/23 & 5/8/24)

Junior ACT Testing (3/12/24)

Sophomore Forward Testing (4/16/24)

Teacher	Dates	Destination	Form & Class list
Megan Ackley	S2 Wednesdays	Human Society of Marathon Cty	Form & Class list
Megan Ackley	S2 Fridays	Habitat for Humanity Re-Store	Form & Class list
Jennifer Gipp	4/7-9/24	WI FBLA State Conf, Green Bay	Form & Class list
Tony DeGrand	4/8/24	Solar Eclipse outside SH	No Form needed, Class list
Chad Pagenkopf	4/9-10/24	Madison, State Skills USA	Form & Class list
Miranda Ritger	4/14-16/24	Chula Vist, WI Dells	Form & Class list
Ackley/Rice	4/16/24	Blessings in a Backpack	Form & Class list
Dawn Whitsett	4/19/24	Madison, State Forensics Comp	Form & Class List
Jennifer Golbach	4/24/24	Central WI Airport	Form, no class list
Rose Matthiae	4/24/24	NTC	Form, no class list
Jodi Peterson	4/26-5/1/24	Anaheim, CA DECA Interntnls	No Form, Class List
Jo Bailey	4/29/24	Ledge View Nature Center, Chilton	Form & Class list
DeBore/Thorpe/Dahlgren	5/9/24	Lake Wausau-Lake Clean-Up	Form & Class list
Steve Kmosena	5/9/24	Merrill Steel	Form & Class list
Jo Bailey	5/21-22/24	Devils Lake State Park	Form & Class list