MPHS Cougar Connection
January 4, 2019
Welcome to the Weekly Update
-On behalf of the staff and students at Manassas Park High School, we hope that you had a wonderful Winter Break. We welcomed everyone back in 2019 with a successful start to the new year on Thursday and Friday. SOL's for Semester 1 will begin next week and go from Tuesday through Friday. Make-ups and Expediated Retakes will be the following week.
-Please bookmark our new Athletics website, which can be found at: https://mparksports.com/
-From the Office of Student Success (Guidance):
1/14-1/18 Course selection meetings for current 9th-11th graders will be held. Students will soon be receiving their course selection sheets.
Students and parents can view the course selection video: https://youtu.be/zg3IIFqqz1A
-CTE Career Connections Event:
There is a regional CTE Career Connections Event being held at the Kelly Building in PWC in January. The Department of Labor and Industry will be there to speak about Registered Apprenticeship and Youth Registered Apprenticeship and over 30 businesses will be there to connect with students, parents, and teachers about work based learning opportunities and building connections between schools and businesses. The event is for 10-12th grade students and their families. Staff is also welcome to attend. The event details are below:
Date: January 17, 2019 (Snow Day: January 24, 2019)
Time: 6-8 PM
Where:
Edward L. Kelly Leadership Center
14715 Bristow Road
Manassas, VA 20112
MPHS will be offering transportation to interested families (students and parents). We will be taking reservations via the linked forms below. Students do not need to ride with us to attend the event, but if they would like to ride the MP bus we need them to reserve their spots as soon as possible so we can plan appropriately. Please make sure students use their school google account to reserve their spot(s).
Next Week's Events
Saturday, January 5-SOL Remediation 8:00 am to Noon
Wrestling @ Liberty HS
6:00 Wrestling JV Jamboree @ Brentsville
Tuesday, January 8-SOL Testing
Wednesday, January 9-SOL Testing
6:00 Boys' Basketball (H) vs. Hylton (JV & Varsity)
6:00 Wrestling @ Brentsville
Thursday, January 10-SOL Testing
Friday, January 11-SOL Testing
6:00 Boys' Basketball (H) vs. William Monroe (JV & Varsity)
6:00 Girls' Basketball @ William Monroe (JV & Varsity)
7:30 Swim Meet (H) vs. Kettle Run & Sherando
Principal Pam Kalso
Email: pam.kalso@mpark.net
Website: www.mpark.net
Location: 8200 Euclid Avenue, Manassas Park, VA, USA
Phone: 703-361-9131
Twitter: @MPHSVACougars