The J-Hawk Experience!
Info you need to know for week of May 14-18!
Message from the principal
Parents should be able to send their children to school knowing that they will remain healthy, safe, and ready to learn. Given that today’s children face more chronic health illnesses (e.g. asthma, diabetes, food allergies, mental health, etc.) than ever before, school nurses take their roles as a licensed, professional school nurse very seriously as indicated in a press release by the National Association of School Nurses. We are grateful to have Mrs. Ness as a member of our team as she provides her knowledge, assessment skills, and judgment, each day to help ensure she can provide quality health care to children. As a school nurse at UHS, she takes on a variety of roles every day. For some students, she is the only health professional they may have access to, except in emergencies. This becomes even more important as the prevalence of chronic social, emotional, and other health problems keep increasing.
She helps to develop, implement, and monitor Individualized healthcare plans for students as needed. She sits in on hundreds of meetings each year with teams at UHS to provide input from a healthcare perspective that support student needs so they can learn and grow at UHS. All this while tending to the immediate health needs (allocating medicine, caring for cuts and scrapes, etc) that come up in the course of a typical day.
We are grateful for Mrs. Ness and all of the ways she supports the health needs of students and staff at UHS. Thank you, Mrs. Ness!
Tim Carver
Principal
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Attendance.
UHS attendance - 95%
This is a reminder that if a student has an unexcused absence for any period, our automated system will be sending out a call as well as an email as means to notifying you of the absence. If you feel it is in error, please contact Mrs. Chavez in our attendance office at 457-6805.
Student Announcements and Day 1/ Day 2 for the week
This week Monday, May 14th is a Day 1. Tuesday, May 15th, is a Day 2. Block days are a Day 1. Friday is a Day 2.
Important information for Parents of Juniors - Vaccine Requirement
Last year, the Iowa Department of Public Health, Bureau of Immunization, issued a new vaccine rule that requires all students entering or transferring into the 12th grade and born after September 15, 1999, show vaccine documentation of two doses of the meningococcal vaccine, or one dose if the vaccine was received when the student was 16 years of age or older.
Meningococcal disease is a very serious, potentially life threatening, disease. The meningococcal vaccine is 85-100 percent effective at preventing infection from the subtypes of meningococcus found in the vaccine.
Please complete this requirement. If you have received a letter or email from Mrs. Ness, UHS School Nurse, your student has not completed the requirement. By law, if the student is not fully immunized for meningitis, they will not be allowed to attend school, sports, and school-related activities starting day 1 of the 2018 – 2019 school year (August 23, 2018).
Please set up an appointment with your healthcare provider for the meningitis vaccine and turn in the updated vaccine record to Mrs. Ness.
UHS Drama Department to participate in theater awards showcase!
Produced by Des Moines Performing Arts as the culmination of a year-long education initiative, the Showcase will be held at the Des Moines Civic Center on Monday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m. and will recognize a total of 68 schools from across the entire state.
Select Students will represent Urbandale High School by performing in a collaborative inter-school medley led by guest Broadway music director, Adam Jones, and choreographer, Sara Brians.
Matt Moran will perform an excerpt from his award-winning role in Brother Wolf as "Enoch" and Julianne Ungs will perform an excerpt from her award-winning role in Brother Wolf as "Mabel".
Urbandale will also be recognized with the following awards and honors:
Production Awards
Distinguished Scene – “I Will Arise”
Student Awards
Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role – Matt Moran as “Enoch”
Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role – Jacob Sammon as “Grin Dell”
Outstanding Performance in a Principal Role – Julianne Ungs as “Mabel”
Special Recognition
Special Recognition for Performance in a Principal Role – Jonah Larsen as “Brother Wolf”
Special Recognition for Properties - Julianne Ungs
For the first time, the Showcase will be live-streamed at Iptv.org as part of an exciting collaboration with Iowa Public Television. IPTV will air a highlights special of the evening later this summer.
Exciting changes to UHS for fall 2018!
As we continue to expand and enhance opportunities for access to teachers to support learning, UHS will be rolling out some exciting changes to support students learning. School will still start and end at times is does this year along. We will continue to have a modified-block schedule (8 classes on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and 4 block periods on Wednesday and Thursday along with Connections).
However, we are creating time in school day on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, to have guaranteed access for teachers to have with students. We are reallocating time from 5th period (currently 11 minutes longer that all other periods in the day) along with using Connections time on those days to create additional time on those days.
Students will largely have choice of where they go during this time, including having intervention for additional learning, extensions of learning, and study table to further learning. There will be no additional homework tied to this time.
Look for additional information in coming weeks. Mrs. Wilson is pictured here with a cross section of students from UHS who came together on April 26th to provide some initial feedback about different aspects of this new opportunity.
Urbandale Times - UHS Student Publication
Message Monday - Transportation Matters for Iowa
Message Monday - Life is a highway - drive safely all day long from the Iowa Department of Transportation
UHS Student Clubs & Organizations...get involved!
UHS Writing Lab open!
The lab is open Monday afternoons from 3:15-4:00pm; Tuesday and Wednesday mornings from 7:00-7:45am; and Thursday afternoons from 2:15-3:00 in the English Pod on the 2nd floor.
All students are encouraged to come. There will be at least one English teacher there.
UHS Athletics and Activities for the week! Go J-Hawks!!
Shout Outs
J-Hawk track & field teams qualify many for state meet, girls golf wins again, boys and girls soccer continue to roll!
UHS girls golfers compete at a recent meet
UHS runners and throwers
UHS girls golfers compete at a recent meet
UHS Student Senate recognizes UHS teachers
Over 200 UHS participate in first week of AP exams!
UHS students taking the AP US History exam
UHS students taking the AP US History exam
UHS students taking the AP US History exam
UHS Best Buddies raises funds and participates in a walk for a cause!
Mock Trial Team, The SUITS, have success at national competition!
UHS Alumnus Allen Lazard signs with NFL Jacksonville Jaguars!
Lazard was a multi-year all-state football players at UHS
Lazard in an intital mini-camp workout
Lazard signing with Jacksonville
Learning around UHS
Iowa Industrial Technology EXPO Results
5 students medaled in their divisions.
Tyler Canine - Chess/Checker Board - Division III Gold Medal
Kaylee Halfhill - Raccoon Intarsia - Division IV Silver Medal
Blake Arntzen - Walnut/Maple/Cherry End Grain Cutting Boards - Division IV Silver Medal
Isaac Erbes - Cooler Stand - Division IV Bronze Medal
Hayden Friedrichsen - Olympic Queen Tatami Bed - Division V Silver Medal
Division III
Devon Moore - Folding Table - 1st place
Kaylee Halfhill - Panda Intarsia - 2nd place
Thomas Krier - Quilt Rack - 2nd place
Jacob Brechtel - Half Nantucket Bench - 3rd place
Owen Towers - Full Nantucket Bench - 3rd place
Division IV
Cal Baethke - Full Nantucket Bench - 1st place
Noah Mable - Lamp Table - 1st place
Jason Greer - Colored Pencil Vase - 1st place
Noah Wessling - Tile Top Table - 1st place
Cameron St John and Semir Sehic - Craftsman Bar - 1st place
Dominic DeCarlo - Queen Tatami Bed with Paneled Headboard - 1st place
Josh Muller - Folding Table - 1st place
Noah Lebeda - Craftsman Tile Top Table - 2nd place
Elvedin Bektic - Poker Table - 2nd place
Trey Sharon - Turned Bowl - 2nd place
Trevor Elfvin - Adirondack Chair - 2nd place
Kaylee Halfill's award winning design
One of the award winning beds
Isaac Erbes' award winning stand
Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Meyer, Mr. Monson, and Mr. Willyard say good-bye to their Connections seniors
Mr. Brimeyer works with singers on song for graduation
Mrs. O'Connor and treble choir students enjoy singing and dancing arrangements at a recent rehearsal
Mrs. Jacques' IED students share their Reverse Engineering presentations
Mrs. Jacques' IED students show their creation
Mrs. Jacques' IED students share their Reverse Engineering presentations
Mrs. Jacques' IED students share their Reverse Engineering presentations
Mrs. Jacques' IED students share their Reverse Engineering presentations
Mrs. Jacques' IED students share their Reverse Engineering presentations
Mr. Alhquist's students conduct Supreme Court simulations
Mr. Alhquist's students conduct Supreme Court simulations
Mr. Laizure discusses technique with students
Students from Mrs. LaPietra's AP European History class prep for exam with large scale reflection on learning
Students from Mrs. LaPietra's AP European History display learning on curtains
Students from Mrs. LaPietra's AP European History display learning on curtains
Students in Public Speaking prep for PSA videos
Mrs. Oda-Lawler's students ready themselves for Shark Tank presentations
Mr. Dirks' economics class students with game simulation
UHS Graduation
Thursday, May 24, 2018, 07:00 PM
The Knapp Center, Forest Avenue, Des Moines, IA, USA
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Urbandale High School
Website: http://www.urbandaleschools.com/schools/urbandale-high-school/
Location: 7111 Aurora Avenue, Urbandale, IA, United States
Phone: (515) 457-6800
Twitter: @UHS_UCSD
Tim Carver, Principal
Email: carvert@urbandaleschools.com
Website: http://www.urbandaleschools.com/directory/tim-carver/
Location: 7111 Aurora Avenue, Urbandale, IA, United States
Phone: 515-457-6801
Twitter: @TimPCarver