NORTH NEWS May 28, 2024

Office Hours 7AM - 3:30PM

913-993-6900

Attendance Hotline (24 hours)

913-993-6945

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

North Community,

We only have a couple of days left before we send off for the summer! Let’s have a great finals week, and finish the year strong!

Dear Families,

As we conclude the school year, I am excited to introduce myself as the new Attendance Specialist for the North feeder track. My name is Anika Jones, and I am looking forward to working with you and your children to promote regular attendance and ensure every student has the opportunity to succeed.

Over the past three months, I have had the pleasure of working with several families and am proud of the progress we have already made in improving attendance. Your cooperation and commitment have been invaluable, and I am eager to build on this foundation as we move into the next school year.

In my role, I will be monitoring attendance for the nine schools that feed into Shawnee Mission North High School, including eight elementary schools and one middle school. My goal is to collaborate with families and school staff to achieve great attendance for every student throughout the school year.

I understand that life can bring unexpected challenges, and I am here to support you in navigating any attendance-related concerns. If your student has a long-term health-related issue, please be sure to involve your school's nurse and principals. Our nurse will work closely with you to ensure your student receives all the necessary accommodations recommended by their primary physician.

Each school also has a licensed nurse available to assist with health-related matters and provide guidance if your child needs to be absent for an extended period.

I am eager to get to know more families and work together to make the next school year a successful one for all our students.

Thank you for your support, and I wish you a safe and enjoyable summer break!

Best regards,

Anika Jones

Parents, Guardians, and Students,

Please be aware that your student needs to turn in their MacBook AND charger for the summer on the last day of school. The charge for a missing/lost MacBook is $1117.95. The charge for a missing charger is $58.00.

If your student is taking summer school classes or has a special circumstance in which they need to keep their MacBook, they are able to come to the front office to get a special summer school sticker or notify us of the special circumstance.

Lastly, last year we had over 200 missing/lost/stolen chargers not turned back into us. Please remind your student to look now for their charger to avoid a $58 replacement charger fee.

Students and Parents – it’s not too late to order school photos from this year’s picture day.

If your student is in grade 9-11, use this link to purchase their portrait photos. https://bit.ly/2ndSMN23

If your student is a senior, use this link to purchase their portrait photos. https://bit.ly/Senphoto

If you have any questions, please contact Rolland Studios here: https://www.rollandkc.com/contact

We would like to provide the opportunity for families and students to nominate a staff member for Staff Member of the Week. Please use this form to nominate someone and we will try to honor as many nominations as we can!

• The Parent/Teacher/Student Association (PTSA) and the All-School Booster Club are great ways for parents and guardians to get involved with our school!

• Join PTSA by clicking on this link!

• Join Booster Club by clicking on this link!

• All proceeds raised by both organizations directly benefit SMN students!

https://shawnee-mission-north-booster-club.square.site/

Are you interested in working at the Brickhouse? SMN has a number of para-educator positions. If you are interested, please apply online at www.smsd.org or contact Mr. Dustin Jamison for more information. 913-993-6900.

If you are interested in food services positions in the SMSD, please see the image below.

See you next year!

Need a summer job? Mr. Moyer (facility manager) at Hope Lutheran Church and School in Shawnee (6308 Quivira Road) is looking for individuals to work on summer projects during June and July at the school. Hours are 8 am - noon or 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm. Please contact Mr. Moyer at moyer@hopelutheran.org or call 913-631-6940.

5/28/24

Congratulations to our Track and Field athletes who competed at the KSHSAA Track and Field 6A Championships; the following athletes distinguished themselves:

Rosjaie Curtis - KSHSAA State Champion Long Jump (19’6”) and Triple Jump (39’11.5”)

Josiah Blomker - KSHSAA Runner up - Shot put (54’.75” and 7th place (154’4”) in the Discus

Alexis Philips - KSHSAA State Champion Pole Vault with a jump of 11’6”

Congratulations to the following student-athletes who are members of the 2024-2025 dance team:

• Gabreal Clary

• Jazlyn Fernandez

• Juliany Franco

• Catalina Gutierrez

• Akira Haynes

• Emma Lemus

• Alexus Moss

• Kylee Olson

• Emma Potter

• Ava Rynerson

• Maci Swob

• Cydnee Wallace

• Gionni Young
  

On Friday, May 10th, SM North, and SM West competed in a varsity baseball game. Prior to the game the team celebrated 50 years of baseball in Shawnee Mission. Neal Jones featured the event on KCTV5. Please check out the link

Shawnee Mission North High School takes pride in connecting our community to a wide variety of camps and summer programs for the student-athletes within our North community. Please find information about summer camps and programs.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4BAFAF28A7FD0-49460505-kick

Come on down to Johnny's Tavern at 13131 Shawnee Mission Parkway May 29th for dinner and help our SM N Football Booster Club! 20% of funds will be provided back to our club for our team.

Just mention you are with SMN Football Bison :)

Join us on August 4th for only $15 per person!

This is a great opportunity for students to make this a team building activity or have a fun night out as a family all while supporting our SM North Football Booster Club!

Any student/person can attend. This is NOT just for the football players but it does benefit the football teams.

For only $15 per person, you can come to Top Golf and guests will enjoy 2 hours of unlimited game play and unlimited fountain sodas, lemonade and water. Plus, every Guest receives a Free Lifetime Membership to Topgolf.

Normally it would cost $58 per hour with NO free soft drinks + you would pay $5 additional, if you didn't already have a lifetime membership.

You're easily saving 50%

This event will be hosted on a Sunday early evening on August 4th at 3 PM.

You must make a payment no later than July 1st or until we have reached a maximum of 200 people.

Every person that goes, $5 goes directly back to our football club for our teams.

Click here to purchase:

https://www.smnfootballboosterclub.org/footballbisonstore/p/top-golf-experience