PHS Weekly Blast
Pirate Families,
A former colleague of mine would often state, “we are either getting better or getting worse, there is no staying the same.” As part of our pursuit of continuous improvement at PHS, we will be increasingly using the functions of our student management system, Skyward, to support communication with parents. In the next few weeks you can expect that our system will generate letters regarding student attendance, tardies, cell phone violations, and overdrawn lunch accounts. These letters will populate in the students Portfolio/Gradebook section of the Family Access account in Skyward. If you need assistance setting up your parent access to Skyward, you can contact our Student Services office to request support.
The automation of these letters is to improve our communication with the home, but these messages are not substitutes for our expectation that administrators and teachers will contact the home when a concern or need arises about a student. Automated letters are only one part of our effort to give a full view of a student’s experience at PHS.
In Pirate Pride,
Dr. Bogart
SENIOR ADS FOR YEARBOOK... REOPENED!
Did you miss the deadline? You're in luck!
The new deadline is February 7th.
Prices:
- 1/4 page $100
- 1/2 page $150
- Full Page $265
Go to yearbook forever.com to pay and submit information!
We need you! Professionals Needed!
We are looking for Industry Professionals to partner with Piper High School Students in the following career fields:
- Auto Mechanic
- Actuarial Science
- Nursing
- Pharmacy
- Finance
- Lab Sciences
- Paleontology
- Accounting
Email polly.vader@piperschools.us if interested
FREE DENTAL SCREENINGS FROM DR. EIKENBARY
We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Dr. Brad Eikenbary, DDS, Piper Family Dentistry, for generously offering free dental screenings to Piper students once again this year! His continued support helps ensure our students have access to essential dental care, contributing to their overall health and well-being. Thank you, Dr. Eikenbary, for making a difference in our school community!
- February 7: Piper High School
All students will be screened.
If you would like your child to OPT OUT of this screening, fill out the form below.
Email completed form to laura.arenas@piperschools.us
Submit Art for the Yearbook!
Piper High School Publications is including a First Edition Literary Magazine inside our upcoming 24-25 yearbook!This magazine will showcase superior works of art, photography, and writing submitted by our talented student body. ALL students are invited to submit art and/or writing of any kind.
Apply here: Literary Magazine Submission FormLinks to an external site.
If you'd like to see examples of literary magazines, look through Shawnee Mission South's online journal
Artificial Intelligence (AI), unoriginal, or plagiarized works will be disqualified.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 1, 2025
Questions?
Contact the Literary Magazine Student Editor: LillieBauer@PiperSchools.us
or stop by Ms. Pierce's classroom (1807).
Interested in Girl's Soccer?
Fill out this interest form for Girls Soccer!
See the flyer for tryouts dates.
Freshman and Juniors
KC Scholars Applications are now open. Go to www.greajobstks.org for more details.
Juniors if you are eligible you could win a $50,000 dollar scholarship for select schools in Kansas.
Free ACT Exam (There are no more slot available)
Juniors do not forget that you signed up for this exam in the Fall
Feb. 25th is the day we will take the exam
You will receive more information in the coming weeks
Test booklets should be filled out prior to the exam
These books should be here by Feb. 10th
Check your emails or listen to the announcements when the time gets close
Winter Sports Fee
$25 Pay to Participate fee for: Basketball, Wrestling, Boys Swim & Powerlifting ($20).
How to pay your athletes pay to play fee:
- log into family skyward
- click fee management
- click "add a fee"
- select the fee you wish to add: "Pay to Play-Girls Basketball"
- then click add on the right
- then hit back
- and click "make payment"
- and it takes you to RevTrak website to pay
Student Sports Physicals
The State of Kansas requires Kansas Schools to have athlete's physicals on certain document for all KSHSAA sanctioned sports.
Once the physical form is complete, you can send it to sports.physicals@piperschools.us.
There is a blank physical form below.
