Raider Reporter
January 2024
Letter from the Principal
Dear Parents:
Happy New Year!! I hope that you and your family had a wonderful holiday break and have had a productive and enjoyable start to 2024.
I hope your child’s second semester is off to a good start. The beginning of second semester is an excellent opportunity for our students to have a new beginning and to make some resolutions for the upcoming semester. That may mean working a little harder on their schoolwork, being on time to class, getting involved in an extra-curricular activity, or eating healthier. Although the end of the school year is now closer than the beginning, please help our students make the most of their educational experience.
It is essential that parents and our school continue to work together to encourage and support our students’ success. There are several key components to student success at the high school; among the biggest factors of success are good attendance and work completion. The majority of our students who struggle academically have multiple missing assignments in a class. Please regularly check ParentVue to make sure all of your child’s assignments have been turned in and check in with them daily to see what homework they need to work on for that evening.
As a reminder for parents of current 11th grade students, the SAT testing day is not far away. The SAT will be administered to all 11th grade students on Wednesday, April 10th, as part of the three-part Michigan Merit Exam. It is not too early for our students to begin preparing for the SAT. The College Board, which conducts the SAT, recommends that students prepare for the SAT by studying for 30 minutes per day, twice a week. There are many SAT prep resources available online or in bookstores. While your child is preparing for the SAT, please check with them to make sure they’ve set up their College Board account. They’ll need access to their account to view their score reports, to send scores to colleges/scholarships, and to access some of the practice materials. If your child does not yet have a College Board account, please have them visit www.collegeboard.org to create one. They need to set up their own account; please don’t create a new account for them. Students should keep their login and password where they can reference them as needed, both at home and at school. If your child has already set up an account and cannot remember their login and password information, please have them call College Board at 1-866-756-7346. Our staff does not have access to students’ information, and College Board will not give out a student’s account information to anyone but the student.
On our SAT day, Wednesday, April 10th, 11th grade students are the only high school students who attend school. This would be a great day for current 12th grade students to schedule college visits or for 9th, 10th, and 12th grade students to schedule appointments. Using this open day will help eliminate class time missed.
As difficult as it is to believe, the scheduling process for the 2024-2025 school year will be in full swing in the next month. It is crucial that students and parents thoroughly discuss course selections, including choosing appropriate alternate classes in case a primary choice is unavailable. If students and their parents plan accordingly when selecting courses, the odds are better that the student will not have schedule issues when school resumes in August. It is also very important that students consider their selections very carefully, as the number of sections that we run is based on the number of students who request a specific course. While some scheduling conflicts are unavoidable due to conflicts of hours in which classes are offered or because a lack of enrollment for a class causes a class to be canceled, careful and thorough completion of the course selection process makes most of these conflicts fairly easy to resolve.
The Flushing High School staff and I would like to extend a special welcome to the parents of 8th grade students who are receiving the Raider Reporter for the first time. Over the next 18 weeks, many important events will take place directly impacting your child as an incoming freshman at Flushing High School next year. Please take the time to read the Raider Reporter carefully. I am excited about the arrival of the Class of 2028, and I look forward to working with you and your child to provide the best high school experience possible.
Sincerely,
Kevin Foltz
Principal
Graduation 2024
Graduation Date:
Wednesday, May 22nd @ 6:30p.m. The Whiting
We will be posting a special Senior Raider Reporter in late April. This will have all of the vital information for graduation. There is a quick link on our Flushing High School website with information just for Seniors under "Class of 2024".
Cap & Gown Orders:
The final deadline to order a cap and gown is February 15th.
If you have not yet ordered, please visit www.jostens.com
Orders should be made immediately. Seniors MUST have a cap & gown from Jostens in order to participate in commencement. Orders placed after February 15th are not guaranteed to arrive on time.
Senior Slide Show:
Photographs of the Class of 2024 graduates are needed for the annual senior slide show, which is presented at Graduation. Each student will be creating their own slide - photos from elementary school, middle school, dances, sporting events, plays, concerts, assemblies, field trips, group pics, etc., are preferred. You may submit your slide beginning April 15th. Deadline for submission is April 30th. Refer to the Class of 2024 Google Classroom for more details. Any questions, please email Rebecca Fisher at rebecca.fisher@flushingschools.org
Prom Information
2024 Driver's Education
Parent meeting for those students registering for Drivers’ Education in the June of 2024 class will be held on Tuesday, February 6th, via Google Classroom (please check the FHS website for the link closer to the date). Attendance is highly recommended for at least one of the parent meetings so questions may be answered.
Registration forms will be available AFTER the February meeting in the Guidance Office. Registration deadline is Thursday, March 21, 2024. Any application turned in after the 96th student or the March 21st deadline will be waitlisted. We will do our best to honor class time requests. Check the Flushing High School website for additional information.
Since we are a non-profit high school program, we are able to keep our fees low and not raise our rates from last year. The fee last year and again this year is targeted to be $375 which includes BOTH segment 1 and segment 2.
Any questions, please email Steve Powers at steve.powers@flushingschools.org
Athletic Department
We need you: The Flushing Athletic Boosters need your involvement. Meetings are the first Monday of each month during the school year at 7:00 pm at Kathy's Restaurant (upstairs). The next meeting will be February 5th, 2024. For more information about Flushing Athletic Boosters happenings, please visit www.flushingathleticboosters.com
Spring Sports: Practice for all spring sports begins March 11, 2024. Please see the list below of all the spring sports offered and the current coaches. Student must have a current physical on file, dated after April 15, 2023, in order to try out. Students need to listen to the announcements for meetings and tryout schedules.
- Baseball - Steve Burdis steve.burdis@flushingschools.org
- Golf/Boys – Todd Lindstrom todd.lindstrom@flushingschools.org
- Lacrosse/Boys – Austin Cook austin.cook@flushingschools.org
- Lacrosse/Girls – Alyssa Dugas amd0903@gmail.com
- Soccer/Girls- Bob Peterson bobpeterson1742@gmail.com
- Softball – Chris Good gusgood@yahoo.com
- Tennis /Girls – Evan Pougnet epougnet09@gmail.com
- Track & Field – Brady Simons brady.simons@flushingschools.org
Students should join the Raider Nation Athletics google classroom using code qdlaj3 to print out and complete consent forms.
Important Dates to Remember
February 3 Snowcoming 7:00-10:00 p.m. HS Gym
February 16 1/2 Day-Mid Winter Break 11:14 a.m. Dismissal
February 19 No School-Mid Winter Break
February 20 Classes Resume
February 21 Early Dismissal Day 1:04 p.m.
March 6 Parent-Teacher Conferences 3:30- 7:15 Virtual
March 8 1/2 Day 11:14 a.m. Dismissal
March 20 Early Dismissal Day 1:04 p.m.
March 21 Driver's Education Registration Deadline Guidance Office
March 25-29 Spring Break (Classes Resume April 1st)
Art Department
The Art Department is looking for some items that you may be willing to donate. We are again looking for old wooden chairs to paint for our ART CHAIR AUCTION (5/6 & 5/7) during our annual All School Art Show. Stools and benches will also work. We love to repurpose items!
ADDITIONAL ITEMS WE NEED:
Glass jars with lids
Buttons and beads
Old keys
Old jewelry or small metal pieces
Old clocks or electronics
Yearbook Information
The 2023-2024 Yearbook is now on sale! The cost of the yearbook is currently $85 and will not change for the remainder of the year.
Seniors who have not submitted their senior pictures have missed the deadline. However, we have an extension through February, with a $20 processing fee, for those who need it. We will not accept senior photos after March 1st.
We still have spots available for Proud Parent Ads (Baby Ads). Sign up now through the link below.
All things can be done through the following link - go to: https://www.yearbooknerds.com/flushing-high-school
From the Music Department
The High School Band and Orchestra will be participating in the MSBOA District Band and Orchestra Festival in Swartz Creek the weekend of March 1st. Good luck to all groups.
Choir: On February 3rd, 30 members of the high school Choirs will participate in the Michigan School Vocal Music Associations solo and Ensemble at Mt. Morris High School. Wish them luck.
Three FHS choir students were selected to be members of the MSVMA State Honors Choir. They will perform a concert on January 26 in the Devos Hall in Grand Rapids. These students are Keri McClain-Senior, Jeron Blade, sophomore and Matthew Lee, Freshmen. Congratulations!