The J-Hawk Experience
Info you need to know for weeks of August 23-24 & Aug 27-31
Kicking off the school year at Urbandale High School!
UHS STAFF - IF YOU ARE READING THIS, GO BACK TO MY SECOND EMAIL I SENT ON AUGUST 18, 2019, TO CLICK ON THE CORRECT LINK. Both the 2018 first newsletter and 2019 first newsletter links were included in my email. Sorry for the confusion.
As we come off of an awesome summer where we celebrated the state championship for our baseball team and end of a school year where we set out in our new vision to change the world, we look forward with great excitement to our upcoming year here at Urbandale High School!
As we come out of a terrific summer where our students worked in jobs, participated in activities, and volunteered in and around our city, I hope all of you had a fantastic time! I wanted to first of all welcome our incoming freshmen and other students who are new to UHS as well as our new staff! For those who are returning, I welcome you back to UHS this year. For all, I am sending out this newsletter to welcome everyone and to provide some important logistical information as we start our new year together. We had good feedback regarding our newsletter last year so plan to continue it in a similar fashion this year. I look forward to seeing you and to another great year at UHS!
Sincerely,
Tim Carver
Principal
#UHSpride
#UHSwillChangeTheWorld!
Attendance
UHS attendance- 100%
Schedule for Thursday - First day of school
Schedule for Thursday, August 23rd
Connections: 8:00 - 8:15
Period 1: 8:20 - 8:55
Period 2: 9:00 - 9:35
Period 3: 9:40 - 10:15
Period 4: 10:20 - 10:55
Period 6: 11:00 - 11:33 (note 6th period will come before 5th period)
Period 5: 11:38 - 12:49 (5th lunch period A and B lunch)
Period 7: 12:54 - 1:32
Period 8: 1:37 - 2:15
Lunch Schedule 5th period (6th period on Wednesdays)
5A Lunch - 11:38 - 12:03
5A Class - 12:08 - 12:49
5B Class - 11:38 - 12:19
5B Lunch - 12:24 12:49Daily Schedule - Same 8-period, Modified-Block Schedule but new I.E.S. period
We will continue to have an 8-period, Modified-Block Schedule. On Mondays, Tuesday, and Fridays, we will have an 8-period day where students have eight traditional courses. On Wednesdays, just the four even periods will meet (periods 2, 4, 6, & 8) and on Thursdays, the four odd periods will meet (periods 1, 3, 5, & 7).
We will continue to have Connections for 25 minutes on Wednesday's and Thursday's between the first two periods of the days. Connections is our advisory period where students get connected with other students and learn about school culture, traditions, and most importantly, each other. During Connections, students are in a mixed group of 16 students (freshmen, sophomores, juniors, & seniors) with one staff member. Students have the same Connections teacher for all four years at UHS.
New this year...I.E.S.: To help ensure learning for all students during the school day, we will be adding a 25-minute period between 3rd and 4th period on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, for Intervention, Extension, or Study table. All students will attend one of these offerings and will have choice on where they attend unless they are in need of additional support for learning through intervention. These will change on a weekly basis with students. We will have additional information and learning about our time for I.E.S. in the first few days of school. We are excited about having this time as part of our school day where students will be able get intervention support when needed, extend learning around standards and topics they are interested in, and/or have time to study, make up assessments, work on assignments/projects in a study table! Time for I.E.S. came from the elimination of Connections from the Monday, Tuesday, Friday schedule and from modifying 5th period.
Link to our schedule
New lunch time traffic flow and School Cafe App
To improve our traffic flow and accommodate for additional students in our lunch periods, we will have a new traffic flow during lunch. Refer to this link with a diagram of this flow (not all tables are listed in this diagram). Students eating hot lunch or a la cart items will line up along the south wall then enter the main servery as in years past. NEW THIS YEAR: we will have an "a la cart" only line where students only wanting a la cart items like drinks or bagged items can go to this line. The a la cart only line will be on the north side of the lunchroom.
We also have additional large tables and bar-top tables to provide for additional seating.
New School Cafe App: Students with smart phones can download the new School Cafe app and input their student information (directions for downloading linked here) can then use their phone with School Cafe app to scan their account instead of using their school ID card to pay for lunch. That said, a student's school ID card will continue to also work to scan and pay for their lunch.
Jaywalkers offering UHS Spirit...Driveway U's and Homecoming Apparel
Driveway U's -
Let's see if we can paint all Urbandale driveways! Show off your J-Hawk Pride and support your Varsity Jaywalkers Dance Team by having the split U painted on your driveway! More information and order form found at https://www.j-hawks.com/sports/jwalk/Driveway_Painting
Homecoming Apparel -
Are you ready for Urbandale's Homecoming (Friday, Sept. 21)? Make sure to order your homecoming t-shirt and sweatshirt by using the following links (Adult and Youth sizes are available)! **All orders due by 9:00AM on Tuesday, September 11th
UHS Parent Survey 2017-18 - Results Rollout at 5:30pm, Tuesday, Aug 21st, in UHS Library
Shout Outs
J-Hawks bring home State Baseball Championship!
State champions!
UHS staff show up to support our team!
UHS won 3-0 over Cedar Rapids Washington in the title game!
Hooper's B-Ball Game a success!
Members of the UHS Best Buddies group as well as a host of other supporters turned out on Friday, August 17th, to the UHS South Gym to cheer on our students at the Hooper's B-Ball Game. The event was organized by UHS senior, April Czarnecki, as a camp and game for members of the UHS Best Buddies and other members of area Special Olympics teams. Players from Grandview University, UHS girls basketball, and UGRA, participated as well. UHS Cheer Team and Jaywalkers were on hand to cheer on our players! Community members as well as UHS students were on hand to provide great crowd support!
Great job to our participants and to April for organizing this event!
Sports teams off and running and competing...and some already competing!
Band, choirs, many more getting ready for an awesome year!
Band preps for the parade!
Urbandale Singers, Lauryn Fraaken and Sydney Showman, sing the national anthem at the Hoopers B-Ball Game on Aug.17
Marching band members hydrate after the parade.
Counselors and office staff...some changes ahead for the start of the year
A big "thank you" goes out to our counselors, Mrs. Wilson, and office staff for getting schedules, IDs, parking passes, and pretty much everything else, ready for the start of the new school year. They've done an amazing job again this year getting things ready!
One slight change in personnel to start of the year comes as our associate principal, Mrs. Wilson, is out through the first quarter on maternity leave (congratulations on the birth of her new daughter!). While she is out, Dr. Kristi Powers, our Student Support Specialist for students last names L-Z, will be serving in her role and performing her duties. At the same time, Mr. Moreno, a teacher and coach in our Physical Education staff, will be performing Dr. Powers' role as Student Support Specialist. We will have a substitute teacher in Mr. Moreno's PE role during this time.
We are grateful for their flexibility and support during this time!
Welcome to our new teachers!
We welcome the following teachers to UHS this fall!
Katherine Carman - Science
Jon Edgeton - Vocal Music
Louis DuPuis - Instrumental Music
Karin Hansen - English
Dana Moore - English
Betty Padilla - SpanishJeff Sand - Social Studies
Sharon Koeling - Long-term sub in Business for Mrs. Perrizo out on maternity leave
Welcome to other new staff at UHS!
Associates:
Sierra Goodson
Robin Butterfield
Markell Colemon
Kelsey Walker
Sierra Duncan
Burchette Regins
UHS senior shines in off Broadway production!
UHS senior, Matt Moran, had an incredible experience performing Off-Broadway in New York City last month! He starred in the NYC debut of the musical “Loserville”, a new rock musical that recently found popularity on London’s West End. He played the lead role, Michael Dork, an aspiring computer programmer in the 1970’s!
The musical was produced by the National Theatre for Student Artists. NTSA is a company of elite high school students from around the country eligible to audition after winning statewide awards in their home states. Approximately 750 actors auditioned and only 25-30 actors and technicians were selected to be a part of the 2018 company. After just three weeks of intense training and rehearsing, they performed at the York Theatre in Midtown Manhattan.
It was an incredible experience to work with directors, choreographers and producers who have been a part of Tony Award winning Broadway productions over the last few seasons.
Great job, Matt! You represented UHS in a great way!
UHS GAPP students and Frau Lubbers travel Germany!
UHS Head Football Coach leads South All-Stars to Iowa Shrine All-Star Game victory!
UHS Freshman & New Student Orientation
Tuesday, Aug 21, 2018, 03:30 PM
UHS PAC at Urbandale High School
UHS Open House
Students should bring a copy of their schedule.
Tuesday, Aug 21, 2018, 04:30 PM
Urbandale High School, Aurora Avenue, Urbandale, IA, United States
Urbandale High School
Website: http://www.urbandaleschools.com/schools/urbandale-high-school/
Location: 7111 Aurora Avenue, Urbandale, IA, United States
Phone: (515) 457-6800