Eastview Back to School

On behalf of the faculty and staff at Eastview High School, I am excited to welcome you to a new school year. Our Eastview Scholars will return to school on Wednesday, August 28. Please note the special schedule and accommodated bus transportation for our first day of school.

Please take time to familiarize yourself with the information provided here. The start of each new school year is filled with excitement and anticipation and we are excited for all of our students to be here at Eastview. The information included with this message will help you and your child prepare for the new school year. We are here to partner with you! Our dedicated teachers want to work with you as a team to ensure your children, our students, have all the necessary supports to make their learning experience a successful one.

Bruce Miller

Principal

The purpose of these days is to welcome students back to Eastview High School, create classroom connections, introduce course information and establish Eastview expectations.

Our first day of school is Wednesday, August 28.

• On Wednesday, August 28, 9th grade students will attend school all day, from 7:40am-2:30pm. All students will attend from 11:05am-2:30pm (10-12th grade students will begin their day at 11:05am).

• On Thursday, August 29, all students will attend school for a normal school day.

Bus transportation will be available for a later, second pick up time on Wednesday, August 28 to accommodate the late start time for 10-12 grade students needing transportation to school. Bus routes will return to normal at the end of the day for all students.

9th grade students will have a normal bus pickup time on Wednesday, August 28.

For 10th-12th grade students needing bus transportation, bus pick up locations will remain the same with a later pick up time available 3.5 hours later than the normal pick up time, for example, for a normal pick up time of 7:07, the pick up time will be adjusted to 10:37am.

All students will have normal bus routes returning home from Eastview on August 28.

If you have questions, please call 952-431-8900.

Students enrolled in Career Development courses will attend school at EVHS and report to the Performing Arts Center during their Career Development periods on August 28 for an orientation. Career Development students will begin attending their Career Development classes at their specific locations on Thursday, August 29.

Classes will resume on Tuesday, September 3. The daily class and bell schedule is below. We will follow the Wednesday schedule on September 4.

• Wednesday, July 24: Online Athletic Registration Opens on Edutrak Connect.
• Monday, July 29: Parking Permits Available for purchase on EduTrak Connect .
• Monday, August 12: Course Schedule Review Begins on Infinite Campus at 12:00pm
• Monday, August 12: Fall Athletic Practices Begin
• Friday, August 16: Course Schedule Review Ends at 5:00pm
• Thursday, August 22: Parking Permit Pickup in Learning Commons @ 12:30-2:00pm
• Monday, August 26: 9th Grade and New Student Orientation @ 6:30pm
• Monday, August 26: Parking Permit Pickup in Learning Commons @ 12:30-2:00pm
• Wednesday, August 28 — First Day of School
  
• Friday, August 30 — No School
• Monday, September 2 — No School
• Tuesday, September 3 — School resumes
• Monday, September 9 — Student Pictures (Grades 9-11) during the School Day
• Monday, September 9 — Open House
• Week of September 23-28— Homecoming Week
• Week of September 30-October 3— Quarter 1 Mid-Term Week
• Friday, October 4 — No School for Students
• Thursday, October 10— Drop-In Teacher Conferences-In Person: 5:30pm-8:30pm
• Friday, October 11 — No School for Students & Scheduled Teacher Conferences-Zoom: 7:30am-9:30am
• Thursday & Friday, October 17 & 18 — No School for students
• Tuesday, October 22 — Student Pictures Make Up Day (Grades 9-11) during the School Day
• Friday, November 1 — Final day of Quarter

• Permits for Q1/Q2 (August 28-January ) are available for purchase beginning Monday, July 29.
• Permits may be picked up in the EVHS Learning Commons between 12:30pm-2:00pm on Thursday, August 22 and Monday, August 26.

PARKING PERMITS ARE OPTIONAL. THERE IS FREE PARKING AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS IN THE LOT NEAR OUR TENNIS COURTS SOUTH OF EVHS.

Parking permits may be purchase with EduTrack Connect (see link below).

Beginning Friday, August 9 and ending Friday, August 16, students (grade 10-12) and parents will review class schedules. The purpose of this schedule review is to check for accuracy based upon requests gmade during the registration process in January and February. 9th Grade and new students will receive their schedules at our Orientation on Monday, August 26 at 6:30pm.

Students participating in fall athletics may register with the EduTrack Connect link on the Eastview webpage. Fall Sports begin on Monday, August 12 and each student-athlete must have a current physical on file in order to be able to register.

All learning spaces will have a phone caddy for students who bring a cell phone to class to place their phones during each class period.

Students have a school-issued iPad which provides them access and communication (school email) to resources to support learning. Personal phones are not needed during instructional time.

In addition, students will have the flexibility to access their cell phone during passing time between each class, during lunch, and before and after school.

Relationships Matter

Creating meaningful relationships with others is a continued focus of our purpose and guiding principles at Eastview High School. Relationships in school are important factors in maximizing a student's learning and social and emotional development. Research indicates that cell phones create significant challenges, barriers, and distractions that deter from building these important relationships.

A Focused Learning Environment Matters

Maintaining a focused and engaged learning environment in our classrooms is essential in helping students learn. Cell phones distract students during valuable learning activities that take place in the classroom both with teachers and peers. Learning can be difficult and distractions only make these opportunities more challenging.

Proximity Matters

Proximity to the cell phone in the classroom can have an effect on learning, brain development and academic focus. Research indicates that quick accessibility to a cell phone in a pocket, on a desk or in a backpack, can still cause distractions for students by diverting their attention away from learning and other important tasks. Again, this diverts our focus during valuable learning activities that take place in the classroom both with the teacher and peers.

NOTE: We understand there may be circumstances when students will need access to their phones.

• Students who use their cell phone to monitor a medical condition (i.e. diabetes, epilepsy) may have their cell phone with them at all times.
• Depending on a student’s unique personal situation, students may access their phones during class with teacher permission.

• If your student does not have a cell phone, please have your student inform their teacher.

• Please contact Rob Franchino (rob.franchino@district196) if there is a different essential reason that your student needs their phone in class during academic time.

Our district and school districts across the country are looking at the relationship between chronic absenteeism and student academic success. We know that attendance and engagement in school are important factors in a student's learning and social/emotional development. Students who are absent from school miss out on the valuable learning activities that take place in the classroom, both with the teacher and with peers. Even strong students with good grades can fall off course in school if they miss too many classes; lessons build on one another and move more quickly in the upper grades. While students may complete some or even all of the work missed, the learning experience is significantly altered. When students miss a class, it is difficult to simulate the missed teacher instruction, peer discussions and classroom experiences.

Every student will receive one free breakfast and lunch each school day. And, all families are encouraged to complete an Educational Benefits Application.

If a household meets the State/Federal guidelines and is approved this provides students with support for academic test fees (ACT, AP exams), athletics and activities, technology and community education programming. Your approved application provides critical funding to our school and district. This compensatory aid helps increase funding for teachers, paraprofessionals and social workers to include math and reading support. An approval for educational benefits also allows families to receive discounted Activities/Community Education fees.

After waiving the fee the last two years, District 196 is once again offering an optional iPad Protection Plan for the 2024-25 school year to help protect against unexpected costs for accidental damage to or loss of a district-issued iPad. Families may opt into the protection plan for $20 per iPad for the entire school year. There is a reduced fee for students eligible for the Educational Benefits Program, so it is recommended that parents and guardians complete that application first. Go to https://www.district196.org and select Services/Food and Nutrition Services.

All families are asked to accept or decline the optional iPad Protection Plan by Monday, September 16, at which time a non-response will be considered declining the offer. To make their choice, parents and guardians log into their EduTrak Connect account, do a search for “iPad” and select one of only two options presented: to accept the protection plan or to decline it. Both options include the Student User Agreement for review and acknowledgement. For directions on using EduTrak Connect

or creating an account, go to https://www.district196.org and select Community/Family Resources. For assistance, families should contact their child’s school.

For more information, click the link below.

Safety and security of our students is important. In a continued effort to enhance student and facility security the West-Lower/Main Entrance (door #1) is the single point of entry while school is in session (between 7:40am – 2:30pm). Individuals may use both the West and North (door #8) entrance before school until 7:40am. Visitor parking will also be available in the West/Main Parking Lot for convenient parent access.

Eastview is very appreciative of our many volunteers. Family involvement is at the heart of the quality of the Eastview Learning Community. There are numerous options and opportunities for engagement. Click below to learn more and indicate your desire to volunteer.

To enroll in child care, early childhood programs and school in Minnesota, parents or guardians must show that their child has received the required immunizations for their age or file a legal exemption. Parents may file a medical exemption signed by a health care provider or a conscientious objection signed by a parent or guardian and notarized. This information must be on file with the school nurse before the first day of school.

All required school vaccinations will be available at these events. More information is available the links below.

District 196 has partnered with Homeland Health to offer free vaccine clinics for students beginning Tuesday, August 22. Participation in these clinics is voluntary, with the purpose to bring students up-to-date with their vaccines.

• Thursday, August 22, 2024, 4:30-7:30pm at Apple Valley High School
• Monday, August 26, 2024, 3:30-6:30pm at Valley Middle School
• Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 12:30-2:30pm at Echo Park Elementary School
• Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 4-7pm at Cedar Park Elementary School
• Thursday, August 29, 2024, 1-3pm at Oak Ridge Elementary School
• Thursday, August 29, 2024, 4-7pm at Echo Park Elementary School

Through the current email which we have in your Campus Parent portal, you will receive weekly and timely school information. If necessary, you may update your email in your Campus Parent portal account.

You may also choose to receive less frequent text messages for more urgent information or timely reminders from District 196 and Eastview High School by texting “Y” to 67587. You may text “N” to 67587 to stop the messages.

Use this list to check off important items as you prepare for the new school year.

• Schedule Review: Beginning Friday, August 9th and ending Friday, August 16th, students (grades 10-12) and parents will review class schedules. The purpose of this schedule review is to check for accuracy based upon requests made during the registration process in January and February. 9th grade and new students will receive their schedules at our Orientation on Monday, August 28th at 6:30pm in the Main Gym.

• Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook for 2024-25: Review the handbook at the link below.

• Athletic/Activities Registration: Students participating in fall athletics may register with the EduTrak Connect. Fall sports practices begin on Monday, August 14th and each student-athlete must have a current physical on file in order to be able to register.

• Parking Permits: Optional parking permits are available on EduTrak Connect beginning on Monday, July 31st and available for pick up on Thursday, August 22th and Monday, August 26th from 12:30pm-2:00pm in the Learning Commons.

• Campus Parent/Schoology/EduTrak Connect/PayPams: Review the information in this update to learn more about the purpose and description of each of these important online tools.

• Emergency Contact Information Update: An online digital emergency information card must be updated annually and is available to you when you login to your Campus Parent Portal. This must be completed on your web browser; the mobile app will not work for this update.

• Email & Text Communication: Through the current email which we have in your Campus Parent portal, you will receive weekly and timely school information. If necessary, you may update your email in your Campus Parent portal account. You may also choose to receive text messages from District 196 and Eastview High School by texting “Y” to 67587. You may text “N” to 67587 to stop the messages.

• First days of school: Wednesday, August 28 and Thursday, August 29. There is no school Friday, August 30 and Monday, September 2. School resumes on Tuesday, September 3.

• Attendance Information: Review the attendance information in this update. This information describes and explains the Eastview attendance protocol created to support student learning and reduce chronic absenteeism.

• Educational Benefits: Support Eastview High School by completing an Application for Educational benefits. Applications are required for each school year. If your household qualifies, each approved application provides additional funding to programs in our school district. This directly provides funding support to students and families with reduced fees for cocurricular activities, Behind the Wheel, AP and ACT test fees, etc. These benefits also supports Eastview High School with aid for additional teachers and instructional materials, math and reading support, and additional paraprofessionals and social workers. All families are encouraged to apply.

• Food Service: All students will have access to one breakfast and one lunch each school day at no charge. Milk is included with all meals and is $0.40 when purchased ala carte. Menus can be found in the link above.

• 1:1 iPad: Families may purchase an optional Protection Plan for district-issued iPads. Students should be sure their iPad is charged and updated with the most current iOS before Wednesday, August 28th.

• School Supply List: Each classroom teacher will have different, though limited, supply expectations. Simple notebooks, pens and pencils are the general expectation. See the Back to School link on our EVHS home page for specific information.
• A scientific calculator is required for Intermediate Algebra, Geometry, and Honors Geometry.
• NOTE: Students in Intermediate Algebra and Geometry may choose to purchase and use a graphing calculator immediately, which can be used in all subsequent math courses.
• A graphing calculator is required for Algebra 2, Honors Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus, all AP math classes, LA/DE, and Multivariable Calculus.

• School Pictures: School pictures will be taken by Lifetouch on Monday, September 9th. Students will be photographed during their English class. Order your pictures early and save time on Picture Day by going to www.mylifetouch.com and entering Eastview's picture ID: EVTHDRRM3

• Immunizations: Confirm your student's immunization status prior to the first day of school.

• School Safety and Security: Safety and security of our students is important! In a continued effort to enhance student and facility security, the West-Lower/Main Entrance (door #1) is the single point of entry while school is in session (between 7:40am – 2:30pm). Individuals may use both the West and North (door #8) entrance before school until 7:40am. Visitor parking will also be available in the West/Main Parking Lot for convenient parent access.

Bruce Miller

Principal

952-431-8909

bruce.miller@district.196.org

Email: Eastview@district196.org
Website: evhs.district196.org
Location: 6200 140th Street West, Apple Valley, MN 55124
Phone: 952-431-8900
Facebook: facebook.com/EastviewHighSchool
Twitter: @EVHSLightning