Santan Quarterly Report
September - October 2017 / 2nd Quarter
Letter from the "Editor" ... Mrs. Kowalinski
Dear Santan Junior High Families:
Fall Intersession is right around the corner. I hope you are able to get out with your family and see some of the beautiful seasonal changes up north! Thank you to all of our families that donated to our check-a-thon. Together we raised over $8000.00 for our school. The Harkins Movie Gift Card fundraiser is right around the corner. It is a personal favorite of mine, because everyone loves a movie. Look for information in this newsletter.
The front parking lot changes have worked beautifully. We want to keep your children safe and, at the same time, help the traffic move efficiently. As a reminder, please do the following when you are picking up your children:
Pick up to the north of the crosswalk.
Do not pick up in the parking lot as you are driving in. This is unsafe for your child.
Students and parents should not cross the driveway anywhere except the cross walk, located in front of the administration building.
Thanks for your help on this!
Students return to school on Wednesday, October 18th. The teachers are busy planning many wonderful learning projects for their students. Speaking of teachers, aren’t they all wonderful? Show your support to that one special teacher by having your child nominate him/her for the Silver Apple Award sponsored by Channel 3’s Arizona’s Family. It is easy to do: Students nominate a teacher by logging onto:
azfamily.com/silverapple
In 100 words or less, tell the judges “why this teacher is special.” It must be signed by the principal, so when it is finished, I am happy to sign.
On behalf of our administrators and our staff, enjoy a cooler intersession.
Educationally yours,
Barbara J. Kowalinski
Principal
Safety on our Campus – A Message from Principal Kowalinski:
Please know that Santan Junior High administration, counselors and our Student Resource Officer, SRO Gomez, met to discuss a plan of action to support students and help guide them in the realities of safety. Officer Gomez will be presenting to classrooms upon our return from October break and discuss with students the importance of reporting and how that can be done:
Silent Witness Box and where it is located (no name required)
Reporting to any adult on campus individually or coming in as a group or with a friend.
Notifying a parent and a parent can contact the school.
We are working to make sure that our students are equipped with positive decision-making power. I would personally like to say thank you to the many, many parents who contacted me and shared their voices with me. Many of you gave wonderful, positive ideas that we will put into action very soon. I appreciated the decorum of many parents who wanted to support our wonderful school and their children. Ideas that were shared included but are not limited to:
Overview of safety procedures and responsibilities with Officer Gomez. (We had already decided that!)
Signs in the hallways and courtyard that reinforce “what to do” and “who to go to”
Commercials about support systems on campus—such as counselors, SRO’s, teachers, administration, security officer, silent witness box-- for student in need of help
Additionally, we meet with the teachers on a regular basis about safety protocols on campus. We have an active school safety team that meets quarterly. We have a strong partnership with the Chandler Police Department. Our district and SJHS is committed to school safety and your voice is welcome at any juncture. Please call me or email me personally if you have any questions about the campus and our procedures
SANTAN JUNIOR HIGH FINALS SCHEDULE
December 19th - Day 2 Elective
Classes will run on their regular schedule
December 20th - Day 1 Elective
Periods will run 76 minutes per class
1st Hour - 9:06-10:22
2nd Hour - 10:28-11:44
3rd Hour (Study Hall) - 11:50-1:04
December 21st - Day 1 Elective
Periods will run 76 minutes per class
3rd Hour - 9:06-10:22
4th Hour - 10:28-11:44
5th Hour - 11:50-1:04
May 25th - Day 2 Elective
Classes will run on their regular schedule
May 29th - Day 1 Elective
Periods will run 76 minutes per class
1st Hour - 9:06-10:22
2nd Hour - 10:28-11:44
3rd Hour (Study Hall) - 11:50-1:04
May 30th - Day 1 Elective
Periods will run 76 minutes per class
3rd Hour - 9:06-10:22
4th Hour - 10:28-11:44
5th Hour - 11:50-1:04
PROGRESS REPORTS AVAILABLE
- 8/21/2017
- 11/20/17
- 2/5/18
- 4/23/18
Upcoming Dates to remember:
- Fall Intercession October 2nd to October 17th
- October 18th - 2nd Quarter begins/Students return
- 2nd Quarter Sports Tryouts Oct. 23rd - Oct. 27th
- October 23rd - November 3rd - Harkins Fundraiser
- November 6th-17th - Boosters Fall online Spirit Store
- November 10th - Veteran's Day Holiday
- November 14th - Band Concert
- November 23rd & 24th - Thanksgiving Day Holiday
- December 7th - Choir Concert MPR
- December 8th - Winter Dance
- December 12th - Orchestra Concert MPR
- December 20th & 21st - Exam Finals
- Winter Intercession - December 22nd through January 8th
- January 9th - 3rd Quarter begins/Students Return
1st Quarter 2017 EVC SPORTS CHAMPIONS
CONGRATULATIONS to our Santan Storm 8th Grade Boys Baseball Team who took the Championship title this season. Congratulations to Coach Calendo and his team!
Congratulations to ALL our coaches and athletes this quarter for playing a great season. All teams made it to the EVC Playoffs. Go STORM!
2nd Quarter Sports - Girls Softball, Boys Soccer and Cross Country
Is your student interested in playing girls softball or boys soccer? Or, is your student interested in signing up for Cross Country (an uncut sport)?
2nd Quarter sports tryouts will run from Monday, Oct. 23 through Friday, Oct. 27. Please have your student sign up in the front office and submit a completed Athletic Packet.
If you have not already submitted your complete Athletic Packet to the front office, please go to our school website, and click on the Athletics tab to learn what forms are required in order for your student to tryout or participate in an extracurricular sport this school year.
Athletic forms can be found at https://www.cusd80.com/Page/68338.
Please refer to the sports schedule for game information under https://www.cusd80.com/Page/24959.
VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT
2nd Quarter Unified Soccer
Have you heard about Santan's awesome Unified Sports program? It is an opportunity to be part of a team, help your peers, and participate in a sport you love, without the stress of trying out, or making a team. During the course of the year Santan will have 4 different Unified Sports seasons. Quarter One's season was Unified Flag Football. Quarter Two's season is Unified Soccer. If you are interested in becoming a member of Unified Sports, please see Ms. Welsh in room 91 or Mr. Gregson in room 96 for more information. GO STORMERS!
2nd Quarter Unified Sports will begin Monday, Oct. 23. Please have your student submit a completed Athletic Packet to Student Services.
If you have not already submitted your complete Athletic Packet to the front office, please go to our school website, and click on the Athletics tab to learn what forms are required in order for your student to tryout or participate in an extracurricular sport this school year.
Athletic forms can be found at https://www.cusd80.com/Page/68338.
Please refer to the sports schedule for game information under https://www.cusd80.com/site/Default.aspx?PageID=92006.
STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS ENJOYED STUDENT OF THE MONTH LUNCHEON
Our 2017-18 Student Council Board Members
President - Abby Carraro
Vice President - Ashlee Kush
Historian - Brooke Lassen
Secretary - Abigail Pilgrim
Treasurer - Victoria Festag
Media Specialist - Megan Finder
Spirit - Ethan McChesney, Delaney Duncan
ZAP FIELD DAY AND WATER DAYS
ZAP – Zeros Aren’t Productive is our effort to encourage students to work hard, eliminate zeros from the grade book and keep up their grades. We will run two ZAP days this year. Our first ZAP Day is scheduled for Friday, December 8th. Students will be rewarded for their hard work and effort by playing games on our fields. Our second ZAP Day will be our water day complete with water slides and snow-cones in May. Teachers have remarked that there is a noticeable difference in fewer zeros than years past with the implementation of our ZAP days. We are excited to offer a celebratory experience for students each semester for their awesomeness!
WELCOME BACK DANCE - JULY 28TH
BOOSTERS
Our new Booster's Board:
President Nicole Pyle
Co-Vice President Mel Mesias
Co-Vice President Jody Zvada
Treasurer Kellie McClanahan
Secretary Kathy Cunningham
BOOSTERS CHECK-a-THON Fundraiser
The Sky's the Limit- Check-a-Thon
BEING IN THE "KNOW" ABOUT SEXTING
This month, please take some time to review an on-going problem that our nation is facing. Although at Santan we have very few encounters in the following arena, it is important that we keep our parents informed.
Throughout the country, as well as within the school district, there has been a not-so-new trend occurring, which is known as “Sexting”. It is likely that your child has a cellular telephone and with that comes responsibility. Unfortunately children have and are misusing their cellular telephones by taking photo/video images of themselves nude and forwarding them to friends. Please take a moment to educate your children. Besides the personal problems that would occur, there is also a law that is being broken. To date, it is a FELONY to be in possession of these photographs/videos. It is also a FELONY for minors to take nude photographs/videos of themselves; both of which can lead to an arrest. Education is key. If your child or someone you know happens to be the recipient of a nude photograph/video of a minor, report it to the local police department immediately. Do NOT send, reply to, or delete the text. Close your phone and wait for a police response.
Santan’s Student Resource Officer (SRO) Fernando Gomez will be presenting a Power-point presentation regarding sexting to our 7th and 8th graders during the school year. The presentation is tastefully done and will help keep our students safe and in the right mind for making good decisions.
Below, please find a list of the laws that govern “sexting” in order to keep you informed. It is our mission at Santan to help your child be an informed decision maker. Together, we can make a difference for all of our students.
13-3506. Furnishing harmful items to minors; applicability; classification
A. It is unlawful for any person, with knowledge of the character of the item involved, to recklessly furnish, present, provide, make available, give, lend, show, advertise or distribute to minors any item that is harmful to minors.
B. This section does not apply to the transmission or sending of items over the internet.
C. A violation of this section is a class 4 felony.
13-3559. Reporting suspected visual depictions of sexual exploitation of a minor; immunity
A. Any communication service provider, remote computing service, system administrator, computer repair technician or other person who discovers suspected visual depictions of sexual exploitation of a minor on a computer, computer system or network or in any other storage medium may report that discovery to a law enforcement officer.
B. A person who on discovery in good faith reports the discovery of suspected visual depictions of sexual exploitation of a minor is immune from civil liability.
C. It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution for a violation of section 13-3553 that on discovery a person in good faith reports the discovery of unsolicited suspected visual depictions involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.
13-3553. Sexual exploitation of a minor; evidence; classification
A. A person commits sexual exploitation of a minor by knowingly:
1. Recording, filming, photographing, developing or duplicating any visual depiction in which a minor is engaged in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct.
2. Distributing, transporting, exhibiting, receiving, selling, purchasing, electronically transmitting, possessing or exchanging any visual depiction in which a minor is engaged in exploitive exhibition or other sexual conduct.
B. If any visual depiction of sexual exploitation of a minor is admitted into evidence, the court shall seal that evidence at the conclusion of any grand jury proceeding, hearing or trial.
C. Sexual exploitation of a minor is a class 2 felony and if the minor is under fifteen years of age it is punishable pursuant to section 13-705.
COUNSELOR'S CORNER
Counselors have been in classrooms this quarter promoting R-Cubed, which is Santan’s Anti-bullying Program:
Recognize – Increase understanding and awareness of bullying behavior and its effects.
Refuse – Do not accept bullying by allowing self or others to be bullied…stand up and take action.
Report – If you are a victim or a witness to bullying, report it.
Please help us stop bullying at Santan by encouraging your child to participate in this program. Thank you!
On September 13th, Santan students were shown a Teen Suicide Prevention Video created by the Mayo Clinic. After the video, they were each given a resource card with suicide prevention hotline numbers and suicide warning signs. In addition, if a student felt like he/she needed to talk about himself/herself or a friend, counselors were available.
Santan counselors strongly believe in fostering relationships with our students and their families and supporting them in any way we can, so please feel free to reach out to one of us at any time. In addition, mental health resources are available on the SJHS website under the Resources/Counselors tab.
SCHOOL CONSELORS
Tina Thelen
Grade Level: 7th Grade
Phone: (480) 883-4628
E-mail: thelen.tina@cusd80.com
Wendy Brewer
Grade Level: 8th Grade
Phone: (480) 883-4606
E-mail: Brewer.Wendy@cusd80.com
Carolyn Standifird
Grade Level: Administrative Counselor
Phone: (480) 883-4632
E-mail: Standifird.Carolyn@cusd80.com
ATTENTION PARENTS!!
http://www.cusd80.com/Domain/5058
Each parent is encouraged to activate their account at the start of the school year to assure that they are well informed of student progress. Santan's Parent portal manager is MaryAnn Rezzonico, rezzonico.maryann@cusd80.com, should you require set-up assistance or have further questions. Portal accounts will allow parents to check their child's academic progress at any time during the school year.
****Payment for ALL extracurricular activity fees will be done online via the "Parent Portal" in Infinite Campus by selecting InTouch Fee Payments. Please be sure you are enrolled.****
In order to utilize tax credit monies, the State of Arizona set forth a requirement that all school districts must charge a fee for enrolled students to participate in extracurricular activities. Primary guardians will need to continue to make payments through Infinite Campus so that the fees will link directly to their children and so they have a record of their payments. All other community members will be able to continue to utilize the third party online donation website. In addition to automating the fee collection process, both electronic fee payment systems help CUSD move towards becoming paperless.
Infinite Campus is currently the District’s best solution to automatically track extracurricular activity fees at an individual level. Moving to Infinite Campus provides parents with the convenience of making debit, credit or e-check payments and helps alleviate the work load for site administrative assistants and district staff since there is no longer a need to track fees manually for 45,000 students. Infinite Campus will significantly reduce employee overtime and allow employees to focus on other important tasks. While the third party donation website does allow designations to a student it will not link automatically to their account without a manual adjustment by staff. This is why parents are directed to Infinite Campus and all other community members use the third party donation system.
Please continue to check the Santan Junior High website and register for Schoolwires for important updates. You can also "like" us on Facebook (Santan Junior High) and Twitter (@SantanStorm).
Silver Apple Award - A Teaching Award for Excellence
Do you have a teacher who has made an impact on your life? One special teacher who helped you through a difficult subject, who made school a place you want to be and most importantly who helped you believe in yourself?
Nominate him or her for the 3TV Silver Apple Award!
Go to http://www.azfamily.com/category/297405/silver-apple for official rules and nomination forms.
SANTAN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PHONE CONTACTS
Attendance Line 480-883-4603 (use this # to call your student out or if they will be late)
Office 480-883-4600
Registrar 480-883-4631
Student Services 480-883-4610
Café 480-883-4604