Warrior Weekly News

This week was a whirlwind of energy, with amazing things happening in many spaces. This week brought a burger creation competition in our new Advanced Culinary class as students competed (with judges) to earn the privilege of having their burger creation selected to be on the lunch menu for a day. How cool is that? Another exciting event this week was the Division 1 sports signing event. Exciting, for sure. However, for me, the exciting part of this event was hearing our great student-athletes talk about the impact that their teachers and families have had on their lives. These athletes recognize how important it is to be a good student and to demonstrate gratitude for those who support them. Finally, there was additional excitement in the air today as our girls' swim team was sent off to state by our amazing drumline at the end of the day, and our football team is off to play its level 4 game.

On a slightly more serious note, we ask that if you have a student driver in your house, speak with them about driving safely and responsibly. Safety is our number one priority, and we had a few driving situations involving unsafe student driving in our school lots and on our roads. Students engaging in unsafe driving run the risk of having their parking privileges suspended at school and/or being ticketed by the Muskego Police Department. Thank you for the partnership.

Have an amazing weekend!

Go, Warriors!

Andy Bavlnka

Principal

262-971-1790 EXT 4500

Email: mhs-admin-office@muskegonorway.org
Website: https://www.muskegonorway.org/schools/high/
Phone: 262-971-1790

Twitter: @MHSBavlnka

• November 27, 28 and 29: NO SCHOOL
  
• December 2: NO SCHOOL
• December 3: School Resumes, ACP (Academic Career Planning) Day
• December 10: Career Fair 7:25-11:15am, ALL Students Attend 1/2 day for students

Looking forward to the holidays? Well, why not represent your High School during the festive times? The Warriors Warehouse would like to introduce the holiday season to the best sales and promotions you have ever seen! These promotions include the following:

• For the months of November and December, we have a BOGO 50% sale on the three long-sleeve shirts found in the Warriors Warehouse.
• To make your Christmas tree look ten times better, purchase a Muskego Warriors ornament.
• Who doesn't like a good discount? All clearance items are an additional 10% off the already discounted price, what a deal!

Muskego FBLA greatly appreciates every community member's contribution! On behalf of the Muskego FBLA chapter we would like to wish everyone an early Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, we hope you enjoy!

As part of our Academic and Career Planning (ACP) process, our school counselors have been working diligently to meet individually with juniors out of English 11 and AP Language and Composition course sections.

During these junior planning meetings, our counselors reviewed students’ academic progress toward graduation and asked about each student’s post high school career plans. Our approach includes equipping students with knowledge as well as guiding them with resources that will help in their planning. These conversations provided time for our counselors to answer questions that students may have about the process and provided recommendations for next steps in each student’s individual planning process. One of our priorities is for students to feel confident selecting courses for senior year that align with individual interests and plans.

Students took notes during the meeting. When you talk with your student, we encourage you to ask them to show you their Junior Planning Document. Counselors will be meeting with students again after Winter Break to help continue the planning and solidify senior year course selections. If you have any questions or require additional information regarding these meetings, please do not hesitate to reach out to your student's assigned counselor.

Our Muskego FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) officer team is looking to raise money for the Alzheimer Association. Our chapter has set a goal to raise $5000 district-wide for the Alzheimer's Association. This money will help to find a cure for Alzheimer's, a deadly condition that affects millions. If you are willing to donate to the cause, please stop in the Warriors Warehouse to make an in-person donation or you can donate virtually through the link below.

Link to donate virtually

Muskego FBLA thanks you for your time and support!

MHS is excited to host our annual Financial Aid Information Night presentation. We are pleased to welcome a Carroll University representative who will speak about the FAFSA in great detail and why it can benefit everyone to complete the FAFSA application! This opportunity will take place on November 20th at 6pm in the MHS Performing Arts Center. Please reach out to School Counselor, Mrs. Christine Knapp (christine.knapp@muskegonorway.org) with any questions!

What: ASAP is a tutoring program for Freshman students which monitors student progress, reduces student failures, and increases communication among teachers, parents, administrators, guidance Counselors and support staff.

Where: Room 288

When: Tuesdays After School (2:30-3:30)

***Dates are subject to change

November: 19

December: 3, 17

January: 7, 14

February: 11, 18

March: 4, 18

April: 22, 29

May: 13, 27

June: 3

Why: We want students to be successful. A referral to the program is not necessary in order to attend the After School Academic Program but a referral form can be found on the School Website under the Parents & Students Tab under Academic Resources. Students are welcome to get help any week it works in their schedule.

To view current support staff job vacancies, click HERE

• Join WRTP/BIG STEP in celebrating National Apprenticeship Week and jumpstart your career into the skilled trades. Monday, November 18 from 4:00-6:00pm. See flyer here for more information.

• Take a tour of the Carpenters Training Institute facility and learn about their apprenticeship opportunities on Monday, November 18 or Wednesday, November 20 from 7:00am-4:30pm. Apprentice Appreciation Night will be held on November 21st from 4:00-7:00pm. Click here for more information.

• Events at Lakepoint Church for November. See more info here.
• Muskego Warriors Shooting Team informational meeting 11/18. Info here
  
• Love and Logic 5 week class starting in January. See flyer here.
• Dairyland Bus Company is hiring, see flyer here.

Please click here to let us know what you think of school lunch.

Stephanie Walloch

*pictured with Mr. Wanner

Mirjana Todorovic, Izzy Mount, Makenna Huckstorf and Ryan Miicke

**not pictured: Megan Schweitzer

**pictured with Principal Bavlnka

Please take a minute to reinforce the need to be careful in school parking lots in terms of speed, honoring stop signs, and being extra attentive. We have lots of traffic and new drivers. We want to keep everyone safe. :)

For parking information, click here (map included).

Taher is now offering catering services for your events. Also, Taher is hiring. See the attached flyers for more information.

• Taher Catering Services
• Taher Hiring Flyer

We will be allowing students to enter MHS through Door 16 (Athletic Doors) during morning passing periods to help students get to class on time:

• Door 16 will be open during passing periods between 1st and 2nd, 2nd and 3rd, and 3rd and 4th hours.

• The doors will ONLY be open during the five minute passing period window. A staff member will be monitoring students entering the building during this time.

• Report absences before 8:30 am.

• Report absences by logging into Infinite Campus, either through the Campus Parent App or from a computer.

• Once logged in, click More, then Absence Requests.

• Select your student(s).

• Select the reason from the drop-down.

• Select the absence type.

• Select the date(s).

• Add Comments.

• Click Submit

We will now be sending out the weekly parent/guardian/student newsletter via email AND by text going forward. To make sure that you receive communication either way, double-check your settings in IC. Here is a form to follow along to make sure your settings are correct.

Our Weekly Parent Newsletter is a great way to keep up on the happenings of MHS. Additionally, our webpage and social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are used to help celebrate the awesome things our students are doing.

Please consider following us on Twitter @MHSBavlnka or Muskego-Norway Schools on Facebook.

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