SCHS Student & Parent Weekly Update

Good afternoon,

Happy Mother's Day! I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend. Two more weeks of school to go. You have each class 4 more times before Final Exams begin on Wednesday, May 22nd. This is your last full week of class so be sure to follow-up with all of your teachers to ensure you know where you stand with your grades. Seniors, this is especially important for you as we want to do everything we can to help to make sure you are able to walk across the stage at Graduation.

A/B Schedule:

Monday, May 13th - B Day

Tuesday, May 14th - A Day

Wednesday, May 15th - B Day and Early-Out

Thursday, May 16th - A Day

Friday, May 17th - B Day

"Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.”- Roy T. Bennett

We have reached our final week of EOC testing. Thank you to our students who took the Government and Biology assessments last week and gave your best effort. This week, students who are in Algebra 1 will be taking the EOC. Please take these exams seriously and understand that your performance is a representation not only of you, but also of your time here at SCHS. This is a great time to demonstrate your Pirate P.R.I.D.E.

Please see the attached letter with information from Dr. Closson.

5/13-5/20: Algebra 1 EOC

Students, below you will find our EOC Incentive flyer. If you are taking an EOC this semester, you have the opportunity to receives some incentives for being in attendance as well as for your performance on these assessments. It starts with the Silver level incentive, in which you will earn a frozen treat coupon for each day you are in attendance to test. To earn this incentive, you must be here on the day your class is scheduled to take the EOC. Next, you have the possibility to earn additional incentives for your performance. If you score Proficient on an EOC, you enter the Platinum level and gain entry into a drawing for Homecoming or Snowcoming tickets. If you score Advanced on the EOC, you enter the Blue level entry into a drawing for Prom tickets, an A-club t-shirt, or donut breakfast).

AP Testing continues this week. Please see the schedule below:

5/14: English Language and Composition (AM)

5/15: World History: Modern (AM) and Computer Science and Principles (PM)

5/16: Biology (AM)

Final Exam Exemption Policy

• Students can exempt semester final exam(s) IF
• Student has an A (90% or greater) in the course AND
• Teacher is giving a final exam AND
• Teacher is participating in the exemption incentive AND
• Student has no major discipline for the semester (i.e. no more than 4 detentions, no Saturday Campus detentions, and no ISS or OSS during the semester of the requested exemption). This includes discipline issued from another building.
• Students need to communicate with their classroom teachers to determine if they are eligible and to have the teacher add the student to the shared Google Exemptions document if eligibility has been met.
• Students must be in attendance the day of their exemption. During that particular final exam, the student may:
• Remain in the classroom to study for any other final exam
• Go to the final exam exemption activity location
• SAMS students may attend their SAMS location if additional hours are needed. This must be approved by both their SAMS teacher and the SAMS coordinator for the building ahead of time.

Due to current attendance policies and procedures, students will not be required to maintain a 96% attendance rate in order to qualify for the final exam exemption incentive at this time. Because of state attendance requirements for public schools, however, students will be required to be in attendance at the time of the exempted final in order to use the exemption.

Seniors and Parents,

We are starting to prepare for our Senior Awards Night. It will be on Thursday, May 30th at 6:30 pm in the Auditorium. Students will be getting invites if they will being receiving an award (only students who are receiving something will be invited). The invites should be going out to the students in the next couple of weeks. We will also send parents an email if your student is invited so you will know as well. Please save the date if you believe your student will be receiving an award or scholarship.

Please see the information below from our great Boosters Organization regarding Project Graduation. Also, the link below will allow you to sign-up for the event. This is always a wonderful event for our graduates to attend the evening of Graduation with tons of food and prizes.

Project Graduation Sign-Up Link

Yearbooks will be arriving at school before you know it, and guess what? We have reopened online sales, until May 17 ONLY. You can still get your book for $60 at yearbookordercenter.com using the code 10951, or you can bring cash or check to Mrs. O'Keefe. We have a VERY limited quantity of books remaining, so don't wait - get yours now!

Below are the students who were nominated for a positive referral for April. Thanks for continuing show your Pirate P.R.I.D.E.!

• P (Perseverance ) - Rocco Barbier, Merari Carpenter, Holly Harders, Hannah Little, Melanie Little, Segundo Lopez, Talan Mathus, Melanie Mota-Luis, Nathan Priester, Mackenzie Spurgeon
• R ( Respect ) - Brody Adams, Grant Bauer, Owen Cross, Kurtis Harris, Emma Jefferson, Maddie Kratzer, Isaiah Uelk, Maggie Weil
• I ( Integrity ) - Logan Brown, Ellie Gibbs, Rudy Kroeger, Melanie Little, Donovin Palmer, Thomas Riley
• D ( Determination ) - Jack Blanke, Zachary Everett, Ashlie Amelie Gagliuffi-Coronado, Cossette Gustafson, Christopher Harper, Kayleigh Hart, Kayla Johnson, Rudy Lemuz, Violet Lewis, Kareena McGlown-Olivares, Dylen Mills, Kylee Mize, Will Moore, Alizon Mota-Luis, Sean Ogle

• E ( Equity )

In addition, the following Pirate P.R.I.D.E. Positive Referral names were drawn at random and they have also won a $10 gift card to the Galley! Congratulations!

• Brody Adams, Grant Bauer, Jack Blanke, Merari Carpenter, Owen Cross, Ellie Gibbs, Christopher Harper, Emma Jefferson, Maddie Kratzer, Melanie Little, Segundo Lopez, Alizon Mota-Luis, Melanie Mota-Luis, Sean Ogle, Isaiah Uelk

Also, this month, 4 names were drawn from students who have been nominated more than once this year for demonstrating their Pirate P.R.I.D.E. and they have won a pair of tickets to an upcoming Cardinals game. Congratulations and way to continually show what it means to be a Pirate!

• Zach Everett, Skylar Karnes, Matthew Robertson, and Chase Schnaible

A Google form was emailed home on Thursday, April 4th to gauge interest in summer school. If you would like your student to participate in summer school because they failed a course and need credit recovery or they are interested in other options, please complete the Google form (https://forms.gle/32XtiuhhTaqU6AL19) and let your student's counselor know how you would like to be contacted with the information.

Students, if you drive to SCHS, please be aware of where you are parking. We have had several complaints from residents who live around SCHS about students parking in places that are designated for residents. In some cases, these residents' driveways are being partially blocked. Please only park in areas which are not designated for residential parking. Officer Love will be randomly checking these areas. Also, you must have paid for a spot in the student parking lot to park there. Students are assigned these spots. We will be randomly checking the lot to ensure a parking pass is displayed. Thanks for you help.

During lunches, please stay in the cafeteria. You are welcome to come up to the Commons to visit the Galley or use the restroom. After you do so, return to the cafeteria. Your lunch period is NOT time to roam around the building. There are classes going on and it is disrupting when there are people in the hallways. PLEASE stay in the cafeteria. If you are found roaming the hallways, you may receive consequences.

Please see the message below from Chartwells:

If your PowerSchool portal is not currently linked to your MySchoolBucks account, accurate lunch balance information will not be reflected. Directions to access and link MySchoolBucks with Power School can be found by clicking HERE.

Check Spam Folder for emails from FoodServiceStCharlessd.org@e-hps.com , this will include Negative Balance Letters, Student Status Updates, Reminders for annual documentation needed, and Senior Balance Information.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has facilitated comprehensive access to Varsity Tutors for all districts within the state. This invaluable educational resource is available to students throughout the 2024-25 school year. Access is seamlessly provided through individual student accounts linked to Clever (https://clever.com/in/stcharlessd), ensuring a streamlined and secure authentication process.

It is important to note that this resource is intended exclusively for student use, and the district does not have the capability to monitor individual progress. Nonetheless, in an effort to enhance user experience, we have implemented a user-friendly single sign-on feature through Clever, simplifying the login process for students.

Parents are encouraged to actively participate in their child's education by assisting them in selecting lessons that cater to their specific needs for additional support. This collaborative approach empowers parents to contribute to their child's academic success, particularly when engaging with the platform from the comfort of home.

We have created a new X (Twitter) account for you to follow to see some of the great academic and Pirate P.R.I.D.E. things happening at SCHS. Please follow us @schspiratepride.

The Pirate P.R.I.D.E Line continues to be an anonymous resource for students to help or seek help with an issue at school. If you would like to report something that has occurred at school the link is below. We appreciate your help keeping SCHS a safe place for everyone.

Pirate P.R.I.D.E Line Link: https://forms.gle/ZXjXBnZU9xGUeLYq5

Let's have a spectacular week and have a good rest of your day! It's a great time to be a Pirate.

Thank you,

Dr. Happel