NORTH NEWS January 30th

Website: https://smnorth.smsd.org/
Location: 7401 Johnson Drive, Overland Park, KS, USA
Phone: 913-993-6900
Twitter: @SM_NORTH_HS

North Community,

We had a great week last week as we move into February! Our students are working hard to start the second semester well. Please read all of the important information below, as we have some big school-wide events coming up in the next few weeks! Let's have a great week and Go Bison!

Parents,

Spring Parent/Teacher Conferences are on Wednesday, February 8th from 5 to 8pm. These conferences are in-person and will take place at SMN in teacher’s classrooms. Parent sign up through Skyward will begin this Friday. (Directions will be emailed out on Friday morning) Thank you and have a great week!

SMN Administration

Buy your yearbooks now for $65 from www.yearbookforever.com. There are only a limited number of books and are available on a first come first served basis. Contact yearbook adviser Becky Tate with any questions.

ACT Prep class in Overland Park at the Blue Valley School District's Hilltop Conference Center on Wednesday, February 15th and Thursday, February 16th from 6:30pm to 8:55pm. This class is open to students from any high school.

The early-bird price for this two-night workshop is $85.

ACT Test Prep Class - Greater Kansas City Area — Power Prep (powerprepinc.com)

Seniors,

Are you fluent in two or more languages? If so, sign up on the link below to gain more information on taking the AAPPL test later in the spring. The AAPPL test will give you the opportunity to prove your language skills in order to earn the Kansas Seal of Biliteracy.

The Seal of Biliteracy has many benefits including the potential to earn more money, college credit at some state universities, and a special recognition at graduation.

Sign up on the following link below if interested. We will check your eligibility and get back to you with next steps soon!

The Seal of Biliteracy has many benefits including the potential to earn more money, college credit at some state universities, and a special recognition at graduation.

Sign up on the following link below if interested. We will check your eligibility and get back to you with next steps soon!

https://forms.gle/E5pY6kdcd7KCadwi9

Keeping our Students Healthy

You may have recently heard news reports about increases of illness this fall, as is typical with this time of year. In SMSD, we have begun to see increases in absence due to illness; with a few physician diagnosed illnesses and many generalized symptoms.

One of the most important things to help decrease the spread of illness is for those who are not feeling well to stay home. If your child has a temperature of over 100.0 or has vomited or has had diarrhea, they must stay home. Students may return to school when they have been free from fever (without medication), vomiting, or diarrhea for 24 hours.

Your child may also be ill, but without these symptoms. They may have a sore throat, headache, cough, or generally not feel well. If you suspect illness, please keep your child home. If in doubt about sending your child to school, contact the school nurse or your child’s doctor.

Please always check the school calendar for the most up to date schedule SMN Calendar

https://smnorth.smsd.org/students/counseling

Enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year will begin in January 2023. Academic Counselors will meet with students by grade level in seminar starting January 10th. Each student will receive an Enrollment Card and a Course Listing Sheet and will be encouraged to take them home and talk with their parent/guardian about classes for next year. Counselors will then collect Students’ enrollment cards the following week during their English class. Please make sure your student’s enrollment card is in their backpack.

Counselors are providing a presentation during parent-teacher conferences on Wednesday, February 8 for any parents and students who would like to start preparing for post-secondary plans.

We will meet at 6pm in the Learning Commons.

LOOKING FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT:

Advance Auto Parts - Click here to apply

Charlie's Car Wash - Two Overland Park locations - stop by or go to charlies.com

Creative Carnivals & Events part time help. Email kevin@carnivallady.com

Crown Center Ice Terrace - click here to apply

Freddy's - freddys.com/careers

Jefferson's - Hiring Kitchen staff - call 1-785-727-3000

Overland Park, City of - apply at recruit.opkansas.org

Papa Murphy's on Shawnee Mission Parkway - 913-638-4552

Stretch Lab - Leawood and Overland Park locations hiring - Click here

Stanley Steamer - Career opportunies - Email: dfry@steemer.com

UPS - Lenexa, KS email - sford@ups.com

Tidal Wave Auto Spa - Click Here

Go to student services for more information.

1/30/23

The Shawnee Mission North Bison Swim and Dive team continued its excellent week with a convincing win Friday night as they scored 131 points to defeat Olathe West (88) and Olathe North (73) at Summit Trail in Olathe. North won 8 of the 12 events, including all three of the relays. Individual event winners included Jonathan Guild, who won both the 200 IM and the 100 Backstroke. His backstroke was a personal record as well as the top backstroke of the season for North. Junior Lopez also won both of his events (100 Butterfly and 100 Breaststroke) in dominant fashion. Zak Kohoutek rounded out the wins with a big victory in the 50 Freestyle, his only individual race. North had 4 events where we placed three swimmers in the top 5. In the 100 Backstroke, Guild, Charlie Brooks, Jack Nely and Porter Lee took 4 of the top 5 spots. A few other “super swimmers” included Vince Gutierrez, Gage Chapman, Sebastian Menendez, Ami Vazquez, Troy Wymer, Max Dillon, David Herrera Rosario and Sahid Anzures. The divers also had another solid performance as the prep for the Shawnee Mission Dive Invitational on Saturday. The next swim action is Junior Varsity League on Tuesday and then Varsity Sunflower League next weekend.

The Bison took care of business during Senior Night on Tuesday as they defeated the Raiders of Shawnee Mission South 104 - 73. North had victories in 2 of the 3 relays as well as individual wins by Charlie Brooks (200 IM - 2:23.47), Jack Eaton in diving (228.15), and Jack Nely doubled up with wins in the 100 Butterfly (1:01.59) and the 100 Back (1:02.26). North placed 2nd in 8 of the 12 events, and 3rd in 9 of the events. We also swept the top three spots in the 200 IM, Diving, 100 Fly and 100 Back. We honored three managers and the following seniors: Adam Baker, Ethan Blood, Hudson Boldt, Gage Chapman, Jack Harbert, David Herrera-Rosario, Jack Kremer, Junior Lopez, Jack Nely and Jakob Rooney. With a total team effort, the Bison won our second straight dual of the season, the only two of the year for us. Our next meet is Friday (Jan. 27th) against Olathe North and Olathe West.

Varsity Boys Wrestling falls to KC Turner 48-24 in a dual on Thursday evening. Jonny Scavuzzo wins by Forfeit at 138 lbs, Ethan Steele falls by pin at 150 lbs. Julian Quijas falls by pin at 157 lbs, Gerardo Ladezma falls by pin at 165 lbs, Lincoln Bell wins by Forfeit at 175 lbs, Jack Taylor wins by pin at 190 lbs, Ke’Juan Blake wins by Forfeit at 215 lbs & Josiah Blomker falls by pin at 285 lbs.

Varsity Girls wrestling team beat KC turner 30-6; Alyssa Briner wins by Forfeit, Josephine Rathsam wins by Forfeit, Aniah Grady wins by Pin, Genessa Gillespie wins by Pin & Marley Escareno wins by Forfeit.

The Lady Bison girls basketball team was defeated by Hutchinson in the first round of the Thunderbird Classic Thursday evening. The Bison were led in scoring by Baylee Doolin (11pts) and Lidia Mojica (7pts). Maya Wallace added 4 steals. The Lady Bison are back in action today at Shawnee Heights. Tip-off is at 4pm for the second round action.The team played Shawnee Heights tough for a half but lost to SH, 50-34.

Shawnee Mission North High School Boys Varsity Basketball falls to Lawrence Free State High School 61-38; turnovers doom the Bison against Lawrence Free State. Aziz Jagne scores 12 and grabs 5 rebounds to lead the Bison.

Both the boys and girls team are in action at home on Tuesday, Jan 31 vs Olathe East. SMN will be accepting donations for the McFall family of SM South. The spouse of Brett Mcfall, long-time boys varsity coach and his father, have both been diagnosed with breast cancer. The Theme is ESPN Coaches vs Cancer Night. Wear pink to support this worthy cause.

A busy three meet week ended with a highly entertaining Baker tournament at Mission Bowl in Olathe. Baker bowling pits teams of five with each member bowling two frames a game. Pool play saw the JV girls finish with the number three seed in the finals bracket, but lost in the first round to SM West. The JV boys entered the bracket in sixth and were unable to overcome the number three seed SMW. The varsity boys finished pool play with the fourth seed, but lost a close three game match to SM South. The varsity girls were the fourth seed in the bracket and won in the first round versus SM East and advanced to the semifinals to face SM West. After a close first game that came down to the 10th frame the lady Bison couldn’t pull out the final game and were eliminated from the bracket.

The Girls Softball team is looking to expand their roster this spring. We're looking for coachable players with positive attitudes. Please join us Wednesday, February 1st at 6pm for a cornhole tournament in the aux gym. There will be food and prizes.A great opportunity to meet the coaches and current players and learn what SMN softball is all about. There are two ways you can RSVP for the event.

1) Find a softball player and they will give you the link to sign up.

2) Send an email to smnbisonsoftball@gmail.com

Save the Date: Hall-of-Fame Induction ceremony is set for Friday, February 17 at half-time of the boys varsity game vs SMNW.

If you need to reach out to one of our varsity winter coaches please contact:

Varsity Boys Basketball Coach:

Email: patrickdenney@smsd.org

Twitter: @SMNBoysBB

Varsity Girls Basketball Coach:

Email: MatthewJacobsen@smsd.org

Twitter: @SMNLadyHoops

Varsity Bowling Coach:

Email: annamonteer@smsd.org

Varsity Swimming Coach:

Email: codyfothergill@smsd.org

Twitter: @smnboysswimdive

Varsity Wrestling Coach:

Email: ConanMccormack@smsd.org

Twitter: @SMNwrestling

Varsity Dance Coach

Email: victoriahilger24@gmail.com

Varsity Cheerleading Coach

Email: asteele1219@gmail.com

Please check the school calendar so you can continue to support students participating in our athletics and activities programs.

JOIN OUR 3&2 BASEBALL UMPIRE ACADEMY

3 & 2 Baseball Program / JOCO Recreation is recruiting baseball umpires: REGISTER HERE https://bit.ly/3FSVn2U or call 913-401-6000 &/or email 3and2UIC@gmail.com

Live Eligibility

• Reports will be provided to coaches daily from skyward. We use the canvas platform which must be synchronized with Skyward; due to syn issues;

• Eligibility reports are Bi-weekly process

• 1st and 3rd Monday of the month

• If a student shows the AD between reports, he/she improved their grade then he/she is immediately reinstated.

• If a student does not improve and is on the next report they become ineligible for contests until they can show they are passing 5. They regain eligibility as soon as they can show proof and the process starts all over again.

SM North subscribes to Core Course GPA. If your student is interested in participating in collegiate athletics please visit the website and begin the registration process. SMSD will host a college eligibility informational session in late fall. It’s never too early to begin this process.

CoreCourseGPA.com now makes it easier than ever to educate your student-athletes and families on various aspects of NCAA/NAIA initial-eligibility and recruiting. Just click on the 1-Minute Recruiting Webinars below:

NCAA Core Course GPA vs Cumulative GPA

What are the NCAA D1 Initial-Eligibility Requirements?

• KSHSAA Physical Packet- PPE (Rev. 3-20), Concussion Info Release Form, Transportation Release Form- HS - English [Required Athletic Forms for High School Students]

• KSHSAA Physical Packet- PPE (Rev. 3-20), Concussion Info Release Form, Transportation Release Form- HS - Spanish [Required Athletic Forms for High School Students

• 2022-2023 SMSD Concussion & Head Injury Information Release Form

• 2022-2023 SMSD Concussion & Head Injury Information Release Form - Spanish

• 2022-2023 SMSD Student Transportation Consent and Release Form

• 2022-2023 SMSD Student Transportation Consent and Release Form - Spanish

• Parent Information and Consent Form- Cross Country Guidelines-Distance Training Off Campus for MS and HS Athletes (English)

• Parent Information and Consent Form- Cross Country Guidelines-Distance Training Off Campus for MS and HS Athletes (Spanish)

• Voluntary Student Accident Insurance (Managed by K&K Insurance)
  Our school district has selected the Student Insurance Plan from K&K Insurance Group to make reliable coverage available to parents. If you don’t have other insurance, this plan may be a resource to consider. Additionally, even if you have other coverage, this plan can help fill expensive “gaps' ' caused by deductibles and copays. Coverage may be purchased at any time during the school year.

High School Sports Information

• High School Sports - Athletic Schedules

• SMSD Athletic Stadium and Athletic Complex Locations

• Kansas State High School Activities Association

• SMSD one page calendar

• SMSD HS Activity Handbook

• SMSD Athletic and Activities Webpage

Principal's Honor Roll

Honor Roll

Fall Semester All As

If you have questions about honor roll, please email the registrar at noregistrar@smsd.org.

NEWS AND UPDATES FROM SM STUCO

Tickets will be on sale 2/6-2/10 in the cafeteria, and out of school guest forms can be found in the front office. Ticket prices go up at the door, so make sure to plan ahead and we hope to see you there!

The week will culminate with the coronation of Northman in between the Girls Varsity and Boys Varsity games on Friday, February 17th. That is also the Hall of Fame Night, so we hope to have a good crowd to celebrate all the good this year!

Class fundraisers will be put on during lunch February 13-17th.

Due to a scheduling conflict, the February SMN Booster Club meeting is being moved to Monday, February 13 at 7:00pm on Zoom. The meeting link will be shared soon.

Thank you to everyone that volunteered, donated, and participated in the 9th Annual SMN Trivia Night to help raise money for student groups, PTSA, and the Booster Club at Shawnee Mission North!!

Congratulations to our Top 3 Trivia Teams and to the 3 teams that were recognized for Best Team Theme! 🏆🏆🏆

Congrats also goes out to Nancy Hesse for winning the autographed JuJu Smith-Schuster Chiefs jersey raffle!!

• Join PTSA (optional, but highly encouraged): Parents, grandparents, teachers, and community members: You can now become a PTSA member. Your membership helps support our students and their school!

Check PTSA out on Twitter @SMNorthPTSA or https://twitter.com/SMNorthPTSA

Check PTSA out on Facebook @SMNorthPTSA or https://www.facebook.com/SMNorthPTSA/

Check the PTSA Website http://smnorth.smsd.org/Pages/parent-involvement/PTSA.aspx

Join the PTSA Here - https://smnorthptsa.memberhub.com/store?limit=21&live=true&category=Memberships

Click here for the SMSD Website

As the winter months approach, it is especially important for our community members to be aware of inclement weather procedures and how they can be alerted if plans for building closures are announced.

Procedures

If conditions make it necessary for the SMSD to close schools, the district will implement one of three plans: A, B, or C.

Click here to view the plans.

Inclement Weather Announcements

If plan A, B, or C is announced, this information will be shared broadly.

Staff and families can receive direct emails, texts, and voice messages.

Families can sign up to receive alerts in the manner that works best for them.

Click here for details on how to sign up for alerts.

Additional Resources:

The main page of the district website

Facebook

Twitter

Instagram

Local radio and television stations

24-hour information line at (913) 993-7380

No announcement will be made when schools are to remain open.

• ** Please Note- If you have an account from previous years (even Hocker Grove), there is no need to create another account.
  
• New users: Download the Canvas Parent App from the App Store or Google Play store.
• Follow the prompts to create your account. Create a username and password.
• Search SMSD (Shawnee Mission School District) > Shawnee Mission North > Eventually it will ask you for a “Pairing Code”
• To find your student’s “Pairing Code”
1. In your student’s Canvas account have your student click on “Account” (Top Left)
2. Click on “Settings” > then click on “Pair with Observer” (Right side)
3. Enter this “Pairing code” when prompted in your Canvas Parent App.
• Note that each parent needs a different code, therefore repeating this process to generate a different code. If more than one student, you will be prompted to “add student” on the app. Repeat the process to generate their observer code.
• If your student will not provide the code to you, please reach out to the school to get the Pairing Code. 😊
• Additional Canvas gradebook information can be found here.
• Canvas has the most up-to-date grade information for your student, if you have questions about missing assignments, please contact your student’s teacher.

Skyward

To get information about your login information for your Skyward parent account please contact Student Services at 913-993-6930. Skyward helps parents keep track of attendance, pay school fees, view national and state test scores, complete the online verification process and much, much more.