High School Weekly Update

From Co-Principals Ruby Bode & Chuck Scott

April 16, 2021

Dear EPHS Family,

Dear EPHS Family,

We hope you are staying warm this week as we welcome winter again this April. We are grateful for the moisture, but we are also looking forward to the sunny days ahead!


This week we have a lot to communicate about some important changes to events as we wrap up the last 6 weeks of school and prepare for graduation, prom, and homecoming. Communication is one of our treasured Global Outcomes that we value in our EPSD community, and we feel we have certainly been challenged in this area this year. We want to thank you all for being patient and showing us grace as we try to communicate the frequent changes throughout this challenging school year. This is an area in which we ourselves are always striving to improve.


Sincerely,

Ruby Bode & Chuck Scott

Dear EPHS Family,
Prom is Postponed

Prom is Postponed

This week, administration and the prom committee decided to postpone prom until the end of the year. We feel we can do a better job of mitigating the spread of Covid-19 in our school if we postpone the event until the end of the school year. Prom has been postponed to the evening of Friday, May 28. Juniors and Seniors attending prom will be able to bring a guest of their choice to the event. We will have the capacity to provide a covid-19 test for every student before attending prom so we can prevent anyone with a positive case from attending.
Prom is Postponed
Update on Graduation Information

Update on Graduation Information

Our EPHS Graduation Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 28 at 10:00am in Bobcat Stadium.


The ceremony will not be open to the public. Only relatives of the graduates will be in attendance. This includes relatives outside of the household to include grandparents, aunts/uncles, etc. We will provide more information as our plans develop and are approved. Since it will not be open to the public, we will be live-streaming it for everyone in our community to watch who is unable to attend.

Update on Graduation Information
Homecoming Week is Next Week!

Homecoming Week is Next Week!

We will maintain some of our traditional events for homecoming this year. Thank you to the Student Council for organizing these events!


Homecoming Themed Days:

Monday - 4/19 - Sports Day

Tuesday - 4/20 - Twin Day

Wednesday - 4/21 - Country vs. Country Club

Thursday - 4/22 - Beach Day

Friday - 4/23 - Spirit Day


Friday, March 23, we will have our traditional bonfire at Stanley Park at 8:00pm. Anyone in attendance must wear masks and practice physical distancing.


Our Homecoming Football game will take place on Saturday, April 24, at 12:00PM at Bobcat Stadium versus Buena Vista. All spectators in attendance must wear a mask and practice physical distancing. Best Wishes to our Football Team!

Homecoming Week is Next Week!
Reminder about Mask Wearing

Reminder about Mask Wearing

We want to remind all parents, students, and staff members of the continued expectation to wear your mask properly when at school. This means that the mask must cover your nose and mouth at school at all times, except when eating and drinking.
Reminder about Mask Wearing

Academic Letter Award Ceremony

Every fall, we hold an academic award assembly to honor all our students receiving academic letters. This year, we postponed our award ceremony to this spring in hopes to provide academic awards in person. In order to receive an Academic Letter, a student must hold a 3.75 GPA or higher both 1st and 2nd semester during the school year. We will be honoring these students with an in-person assembly in the auditorium on Thursday, April 22, at 12:30pm. We are so proud of our Bobcats achieving academic excellence!


Only students receiving awards will be in attendance for the ceremony, but we will live-stream the event on our Estes Park High School Facebook page for spectators to watch the students receive their awards. A list of students receiving academic letters for the 2019-20 school year are pictured below.

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Summer jobs, Internships, and Apprenticeships!

Estes Park High School, the Estes Chamber, the Estes EDC, and Larimer County Workforce, are partnering to host a virtual hiring event to support the Estes Valley in some seasonal talent acquisition. If your student is looking for a summer job, internship, or apprenticeship, this is right up their alley!


Starting on Monday, April 19th, students can browse open positions with local employers through our virtual hiring platform. The following week beginning Monday, April 26th, we'll be hosting Employer Spotlight events to make local opportunities available directly to our High School students. Students will hear from business partners like the Town of Estes Park, Bird & Jim, and Estes Valley Recreation and Parks (to name a few) about the roles they're hiring, pay, benefits, and workplace culture. Keep an eye out for our platform launch link and Employer Spotlight event schedule coming soon!

Job Opportunities for Students at EPSD!

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PSAT and SAT Make-ups

PSAT and SAT Make-ups

If you were unable to participate in our SAT and PSAT testing days this week due to a mandatory quarantine or other excused reasons you will have a chance to take the assessment on one of our make-up days scheduled with the College Board.


State testing make up days are as follows:

  • April 27 for the SAT
  • April 28 for the PSAT9 and PSAT10


If you missed state testing and want to opt our of taking the assessment. Parents have the option to opt their students out of the required state testing by making this request in writing and in accordance with a Statement of Exemption. This must be returned to the high school office.

PSAT and SAT Make-ups
Athletics

Athletics

Our Season D athletics begin April 26 with the first official practices for Track & Field, girls soccer, baseball, boys swimming, and girls golf. First games are the 29th, and this season will finish at the end of June. If you haven't signed up for Season D sports yet, you must do so this week. Please see Chuck Scott for details, or email chuck_scott@psdr3.k12.co.us

Athletics
If you missed past newsletters or want to look back on past newsletters you can find them on our school webpage under Programs & Services > EPHS Parent Connections.
Contact Your Principals

Contact Your Principals

If you have questions, please ask. Contact your principals.


Chuck Scott, chuck_scott@psdr3.k12.co.us, 970-586-5321 x.3301

Ruby Bode, ruby_bode@psdr3.k12.co.us, 970-586-5321 x.3302


Habla Español?

Rodrigo Santana, Enlace Cultural de la escuela

jonathan_santana@psdr3.k12.co.us

970-586-5321, x.3353

Contact Your Principals
Estes Park High School

Estes Park High School

Estes Park High School

1600 Manford Avenue, Estes Park, CO, USA HSPrincipal@pdsr3.k12.co.us (970)586-5321 estesschools.org/ephs