Scot Nation: NEWSletter
February 2018
SPIRIT WEEK!
Monday-Hippie Day- Dress as a hippie
Tuesday-Dynamic Duo Day- Dress like an iconic pair
Wednesday-We Wear Pink - Wear your best pink
Thursday-Neon Day - Wear your best neon shirt
Friday- Circle of Life - Dress as a baby or elderly person
Parent Teacher Conferences: February 21st & 22nd
Wednesday, February 21st 4:00-8:00pm
We will distribute Quarterly Progress Reports and ask that parents update their Demographics Page.
Please make plans to attend!
399 of our students were represented by one or more parents during the October Parent Teacher Conferences. We would like to reach and exceed that number at have 450 students represented at the February Conferences.
You can make that happen! This will be the end of the third quarter, so I highly recommend you double check Power School for grades and attendance so that there are no surprises, and there is still time to make corrections and get missing/late work in, and retakes or redo's for tests can be handled prior to the end of the grading period.
We look forward to seeing you there!
WHY ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT ATTENDANCE?
Attendance is one of the best indicators of future success, reliability, and responsibility. If there is a habit of missing school and/or skipping classes, that habit has to be replaced with a new one. Please discuss this with your student and keep an eye on their daily attendance. We know you get the calls, but when you do, hold your student accountable.
D's & F's FIRST SEMESTER
There were 300 fewer F's Fall of 2017 than the first semester 2016 a year ago.
Discipline Referrals
COLLEGE & CAREER CORNER
Total Number in Attendance:
Students Represented by at least one Parent or Guardian:
FAFSA's Completed to Date:
FAFSA's Still Needing Verification:
Class of 2018 Statistics
Number of Seniors Accepted to 2yr Colleges:
Number of Seniors Accepted to 4 yr Universities:
Number of Students Attending Vocational &/or Technical Schools:
Number of Students Joining the Military:
Number of Students Joining the Workforce:
Number of Students Needing Summer School to Graduate 1 credit or less:
Number of Students Needing Fall Semester to Graduate:
Number of Students Needing 5th year of High School to Graduate:
Number of Students Considered Dropouts:
SCHOLARSHIP MONEY IS STILL AVAILABLE!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
STUCO BLOOD DRIVE
Our spring Blood Drive is in exactly 2 weeks! This email is your first dibs to reserve an appointment. Like in the fall, the drive will run from 8am-noon. The 21st is the first day of Parent Teacher Conferences, so plan to save a life before you chat with parents that evening! Please see below for more details.
Date: 02/21/2018
End Time: 8:00 AM
End Time: 12:00 PM
Where: Teacher Work Room
Address: 2424 California Ave Topeka KS 66605
Make an appointment: Click Here
Why Give Blood?
Community Blood Center must collect almost 600 units of blood daily to meet the needs of area hospital patients. As there is no substitute for blood, we rely on volunteer donors like you to supply the life-saving blood and blood components to hospitals in Kansas and Missouri.
Directions and Notes:
Making an appointment is easy! Simply click here and follow the steps below.
Step 1:
Click the link above or visit https://www.esavealifenow.org/PublicScheduler/, enter highlandparkhs in the Sponsor Code Box and press "Go." You will be presented with a list of available blood drives that we sponsor. Select the drive that is most convenient for you and choose your preferred time to donate.
Step 2:
CBC has a new online Donor Portal. If you have already registered in our former system, you will still need to create a user account for this new system.
If you have not yet created a login in this new system, enter your Email Address, Date of Birth (mm/dd/yyyy) and check "No, I'd like to create an account." You will then be prompted to choose your password and enter your name and contact information. Once you press "Finish" you will have the option to confirm your appointment and select a reminder method. Press the "Finish" button here again.
To donate blood you must be at least 16 years old, weigh 110 lbs and be in good health. Donors age 16-18 are also subject to additional height/weight restrictions. For questions regarding medical eligibility to donate blood, please call 1-800-688-0900.
You can donate blood every 56 days. If you have recently made a blood donation, or if you have already scheduled an appointment to donate blood, please accept our thanks on behalf of the patients whose lives you may have touched. Please note that if you have been previously told by Community Blood Center or another blood center that you should never donate blood, you would not be eligible to donate at this time.
Feel free to chat with me or a StuCo officer if you have any questions!
HPHS Site Goals 2018
By the end of the 2017-2018 school year, each student will demonstrate growth on the state assessment resulting in a school-wide increase of ten percent growth. Math proficiency will be at or above twenty percent.
By the end of the 2017-2018 school year, each student will demonstrate growth on the state assessment resulting in a school-wide increase of ten percent growth. Reading proficiency will be at or above twenty-four percent.
The overall attendance rate for Highland Park will reach ninety-two percent for the 2017-2018 school year by reducing chronic attendance issues by fifty percent.
As Administrators, Mr. Ackerman, Ms. Johnston, Ms. Watson, and myself (Mrs. Perry), we have added the following goals as the Instructional Leaders at HPHS as our commitment to our students, families, and stakeholders. These goals will not be reached overnight, and we can't do it without the assistance and support of the faculty and staff at HP, the district office and BOE Members, community, families, and especially our students who must put forth a real effort each day:
- Increase the 2017-2018 Graduation Rate based on the current students enrolled to 93% of the 11R's and Seniors and those who finish will be going to college, vocational school, the military, or secured full-time employment.
- Increase school-wide communication with a weekly staff newsletter, monthly newsletter to parents and community, updated marquee, high traffic on Facebook, and visibility in the building and at school and community activities.
- Inspect what we expect and increase teaching and learning with teachers submitting weekly lesson plans, posting power standards, evidence of Building Academic Vocabulary, increased usage of Webb's DOK Questions, common formative assessments, and bell-to-bell teaching.
- It is our goal to help make Highland Park a school we would gladly send our own children to while creating high expectations, producing results, increasing rigor in the classroom, and creating a school culture worth bragging about; where students are safe, challenged, and ready. We (Administrators, Faculty & Staff) will build ladders for students while keeping the standards and expectations high!
Highland Park High School
Email: steve.berklund@tps501.org
Website: https://www.topekapublicschools.net/hphs
Location: 2424 Southeast California Avenue, Topeka, KS, United States
Phone: (785) 274-6000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Highland-Park-High-School-1406126639644202/