Principal's Newsletter Updates**

• PSAT scores are now released! PSAT Score Video
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday: January 16
• Professional Development Day: January 17
• Student Remote Learning Day: January 17
• North Fulton County College Fair (Host Site: Roswell High School)
• Roswell Roots, Student Art Exhibit: February 1
• 3DE-Magnet Applications: Now Accepted!

Important to Know: School Information

• Student Success Skills-Parent News
• Roswell Teen Podcasts Link

• College Support Days: Tuesday and Thursday!
• Senior News
• Join PTSA
• Digital Learning Days (Asynchronous)
• No School Days
• Senior Information/Graduation
• OSP Payments
• Here Comes the Bus App

Student and Staff Highlights!

• Academic Highlights
• Student Highlights
• Staff Highlights

School Meetings!

• Stakeholder Meetings

Action Items

• Student Code of Conduct (Review & Sign)

Hot Buttons!

• Register to Volunteer
• Student/Parent Handbook
• Student Code of Conduct
• Advanced Studies/TAG
• Parent/Student COVID Portal
• Fulton County Schools Calendar
• Fulton County Meals Application
• Roswell High School's Website

Community Resources

• Scholarship Information & More

Attachments

• TBS

Throughout January 2023, thousands of Atlantans will celebrate and honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Get involved and help us build Dr. King’s “Beloved Community.”

JOIN THE 2023 KING HOLIDAY

• Asynchronous Learning Day for All Students!
• Professional Development Day for Staff!
• The Front Office will have limited operations!

About Our Magnet Programs

Fulton County high school students interested in concentrated studies in Mathematics and Science, Visual or Performing Arts, International Studies, Business, or STEM are encouraged to enroll in one of four magnet programs.

• 3DE’s multifaceted approach to learning uses case methodology to integrate real-world connectivity into the standard high school experience. This universally effective approach to learning is the anchor for interdisciplinary pedagogy, relevant connectivity, and authentic project-based application that is delivered in every 3DE school. The result is a high school experience that reflects the dynamic pace of activity and interconnectedness of life beyond the classroom walls.

• Click here to learn more about the 3DE Leadership Academy

• Roswell High School (Late applications accepted through): February 17, 2023

January 18, 2023

Dear Parents,

This week of Student Success Skills lessons will focus on Respect. Students learn about how respect is demonstrated through communication and behavior.

From ReThinkEd: “Respect involves inclusiveness and status. We all have a need to belong, and respect provides us with the sense of belonging. Respect is demonstrated through communication and behavior. We show and are shown respect through the way we talk and act toward others and how they talk and act toward us. We show respect differently depending on the person and his or her position. Effective social skills include an understanding of appropriate respect of the group dynamics – the roles each person has within the group.”

The literature for the lesson can be found here:

Grade 9: Respect Yourself

Grade 10: SALT Shaker

Grade 11: Roles and Respect

Grade 12: Respect, Relationships, and You

Have a great week! Let your student know you are part of their support system!

Use this link to find information on how to connect to the Rethink Ed portal from home. CLICK HERE for access to instructions on Rethink Ed for parents.

Thank you for your support!

Steffen Mathis

Roswell High School

Student Success Skills Champion

When you’re getting ready for your higher education journey, whether it’s a 2- or 4-year college, career training, or something else altogether, it can be hard to know where to start. Insight on how your peers are preparing for life after high school can help.

Below are seven steps high school seniors from across the country have taken to get ready for higher education. Use this as a checklist when preparing for college. Click here to learn more.

Senior T-Shirts: The Senior T-shirts are ready for distribution. If you paid your student’s “class dues” which are the same thing as the “graduation fee”, your student can pick one up next week during any lunch Tuesday or Thursday. As a reminder, the RHS Graduation Fee for 2023 includes:

• Specially designed Roswell High School Gown
• Cap and 2023 tassel
• Diploma and diploma cover
• Senior T-shirt
• Senior Picnic & Lunch
• Senior Graduation Activities
• Venue fees

The Graduation Fee is currently $190.00 and there will be a further $15.00 price increase as of April 1, 2023 for ship-to-home delivery cost of gowns. You can find the OSP link for paying dues on Roswell Home Page under Students and Families-> Seniors.

Post Secondary Options: Choosing the right post secondary option is important. Students, are you undecided on possible future career opportunities? BigFuture offers a great opportunity for future career exploration. Students can start exploring more than 1,000 careers by taking a free career quiz. After completing a short survey about their interests, students will receive a list of 30 potential careers to explore. Explore Careers – BigFuture | College Board

Financial Aid Information: Seniors have you applied for Financial Aid yet? The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the main application used to apply for federal or state-supported financial aid to pay for a college education. Completing and submitting the FAFSA is free, easy and provides you access to the largest source of financial aid available.

Financial aid covers expenses like tuition and fees, room and board, books and supplies, transportation and other college-related expenses. The FAFSA can be used to determine eligibility for:

• Federal Student Aid – Pell Grants and student loans.
• State Financial Aid – HOPE Scholarship and Grant programs.
• Institutional Financial Aid – Institutional Scholarships offered by a college.
• Private Financial Aid – Private Scholarships provided by businesses or other organizations.

For more information, view the FAFSA Overview and How to Fill Out the FAFSA videos provided by Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education.

Go Hornets!

Take a moment and join the RHS PTSA today. Just follow the link https://roswellhsptsa.new.memberhub.store/store

We will soon begin the raffle of surprises! But, you must be a member to receive a surprise!

Welcome to the Fulton County Schools Online School Payments (OSP) portal. This service is provided to parents and community members to facilitate payment for school fees for a variety of products and services. For further information or to request additional information, please contact the main office. As part of the onetime setup of your student account, you will need to enter the student ID number. This number is indicated on your student’s report card and is also used in the cafeteria line. While some purchases are not specifically for students and may not require the ID number, in most cases you will also need the student ID number to complete the transaction. If you have questions regarding the student ID number, please reach out to your school’s front office.

Go Hornets!

Help us congratulate the Region winners for Teamworks and Welding Fabrication!

Teamworks top 10

Berkmar High School
Chattooga High School
Heard County High School
Madison County High School
Murray County High School
Rome High School
Roswell High School
Statesboro High School
Tift County High School
West Laurens High School

Welding Fabrication top 8

Camden County High School
Chattooga High School
Cherokee High School
Floyd County School College and Career Academy
Jones County High School
Lee County High School
Sumter County High School
White County High School

• 3D Modeling-Engineering

3DE hosted their second culminating event with students and our partner, Iron Mountain on campus this week. Students worked through a five-week case challenge anchored in our core competency of Critical & Analytical Thinking. Working as members of Iron Mountain's Sales Team, students were faced with the decision-forcing question, "How does Iron Mountain balance managing relationships with their bottom line?"

Across our 3DE classrooms, students used the analytical tool of a decision tree to not only make decisions but also to understand concepts and demonstrate their skill with the tool both in their content courses and in providing their rationale for case challenge deliverable solutions.

Our 3DE teachers created learning opportunities for students to sharpen their behaviors in Objective Analysis though

· Evidence and Data Significance

· Challenging Bias

· Real-World Limitations

As part of the Culminating Event, students had the opportunity to apply their critical and analytical thinking skills in a collaborative way. Using FCS's Traveling Museum resource of Breakout EDU boxes, student teams uncovered clues in an engaging and enriching escape-room-like adventure.

Students then headed to the auditorium to support our top four winning teams as they pitched to Iron Mountain judges their solutions outlining how to manage a customer relationship. Iron Mountain judges were so impressed with our RHS freshman, they couldn't select just one team as the winner, and we had our first 3DE case challenge tie. Super proud of our students and teachers for such an amazing feat in just our first few months!

What is the Unstoppable Hornet Principal's Award?

Each month Principal Miley selects 2 students who exemplify what it means to be a committed Hornet who represents characteristics we hope that all our students will embody.

• What does it really mean to Commit to the R? This commitment is exemplified by a student who is dedicated and steadfast in representing their school, community and family with pride and honor, through respect, responsibility and a readiness level that is difficult to define. They simply become unstoppable in their quest! An unstoppable hornet defies the odds and rises to the occasion when others are not looking, and even sometimes when there are onlookers; modeling excellence is often observed.
  

Congratulations to our Unstoppable Hornet Principal's Award Recipients:

October: Austin Edler (11th) and Christopher Slemmer (12th)

November: Taylor Voglesonger (10th)

• Review the Agenda (TBS)
• Review the Minutes (TBS)

• January 18: Holcomb Bridge Middle (9:30 a.m.)
• February 15: Sweet Apple Elementary (9:30 a.m.)
• March 22: Mimosa Elementary (9:30 a.m.)
• April 19: Crabapple Middle (9:30 a.m.)
• May 17: Elkins Point Middle (9:30 a.m.)

Applications for Excel Federal Credit Union’s 2023 Scholarships are opening now for those students who will continue their education after high school into an accredited college in the Fall.

The below QR code will take the student to our Scholarship Information Page where there will be detailed information and a link to apply for one of three $1000.00 scholarships for the 2023 school year.

Also, if you would like full page flyers announcing the scholarship application with the QR code and additional information, please let us know how many you would like, and who we can send to, and we will get them to you.

In addition, here is a link to the Scholarship information page https://www.excelfcu.org/scholarship/

Thank you for promoting the scholarships for those students at your school. We have made the application process easy.

A MILTON STUDENT NEEDS OUR SUPPORT! (Permission to share granted by the family of Will Hutchinson and Loran Cowen, RHS-PTSA Board Member)

Dear RHS Families,

We pride ourselves on standing by one another in times of need. Competitions with our zone schools are fun and rivalries are fierce, but through it all and at the end of the day we are OneFulton. We have created strong partnerships. We provide unyielding support to one another during our most difficult times of need. It is the spirit of humility, love and compassion that adds so much value to our community schools!

As you may or may not be aware, one of Milton High School students was involved in an accident last week. A 10th grader, Will Hutchison, was walking home last Wednesday evening and was hit by a car. Will was hospitalized with several injuries and is in critical condition.

Since the accident, Milton High School has received multiple requests asking how Will and his family can be supported during this very difficult time. Milton High School has released the following ways to provide support:

1. Please keep Will and his mother and younger brother in your thoughts and well-wishes!
2. If you are so inclined, please visit the following link for a Go Fund Me account to support Will and his family as they navigate this situation. Fundraiser by Loran Cowen : Will Hutchison (gofundme.com)
3. For our RHS Students - Any student who knew Will and is need of support, we encourage you to visit your counselor for support. We are here to assist in any way we can.

Also, we know that Will had many strong friendships here at Milton and Roswell (middle school feeder schools and community relationships). In keeping a similar message shared by Brian Jones, Principal at Milton High School: If you see your student struggling with what has happened to Will, please know that we are prepared to provide assistance to our students and their families. Students, staff, and families will react in different ways to emergencies of this nature, so it will be important to have support available to assist both staff and students in need. Counselors and our School Social Worker are always available to assist students as they express their feelings related to Will's accident.

I personally am thankful that we are able to provide support for Milton during their time of need, as I know they will do the same for the Hornets.

For further information please contact: Loran Cowen, RHS-PTSA Board Member.

Sincerely,

LaToya Miley, Principal