Principal's Page

Dates to Remember:

3/8/19-Half day of School

3/11/19 Preschool Enrollment
3/13-3/14 Parent-Teacher Conferences
3/22 - 4/1 Spring Break
4/2 School Resumes

4/16 Spring Pictures

4/19 Half day of School

Supporting Our Fighters

Hockey Event To Benefit Community Members Battling Cancer

On February, 13, the Petoskey Northmen Hockey Team will host a benefit for four local women battling cancer during their scheduled game against Traverse City West. Two of the women, Dore Fursterberg and Tamara Piper live in Harbor Springs and are part of our school community.

Dore, an employee of Harbor Springs Public Schools, is the director of the Community Schools programs, oversees the Performing Arts Center, coordinates The Young Americans Summer Camps, directs the elementary and high school musicals. She is also very involved in the First Presbyterian Church of Harbor Springs. Her husband Karl works at the high school as the lead custodian. She has breast cancer that has metastasized into her bone. They have four children, two at the middle school and two in their 20s.


Tamara Piper of Harbor Springs is a nurse and mother of 12-year-old twin boys who attend HSMS and a daughter. Tamara owns Piper's Mighty Good Pizza along with her husband Doug. She was diagnosed with a rare and very aggressive form of inflammatory breast cancer. She is being treated in Grand Rapids and has mounting insurance bills and travel costs.

Brenda Lightfoot, a single mom of two boys and resident of Petoseky, and 15-year-old Petoskey student Evelyn Schwartz are the other two women being honored at the benefit. Brenda is battling stage 4 appendix cancer and Evelyn is fighting rhabdomyosarcoma. Evie has endured 78 weeks of chemo. Please click HERE for more information about all of these amazing women.

The Northmen Hockey Team is a combined team with HSHS high school students Brendan Baker, Kyle Hebner, Derek Hebner, and Tyler LaFaive.

Doors open at 6 pm.
The puck drops at 7 pm.

Admisison is $5.

All proceeds will benefit these four families and other local cancer patients in need. The benefit includes a silent auction, bake sale, raffles and apparel for sale.

Varsity Hockey Players will wear purple jerseys sponsored by donors in honor or memory of a loved one. Everyone is encouraged to wear purple to the game.



Click HERE to see the complete flyer.

If you're interested in sponsoring a purple game jersey to be given in honor or memory of a loved one, please click HERE.

In mid-February, we will email the link to sign-up for the parent/teacher conferences scheduled on March 13th and 14th, 2019. Please keep an eye out for the link and directions to be sent to your email address.

Hoops for Troops
Join us
Friday, February 15, 2019

Join us for a fun evening on February 15, 2019 when we will be honoring our local veterans, Active military and high school students who have enlisted in the armed services.

Our Boys and Girls varsity basketball teams will be playing against Traverse City St. Francis. Varsity Girls game starts at 5:30pm and the honoring of our Veteran's, enlisted students and the presentation of the color at 6:45 before the varisity Boys game.

Native Drummers, bake sale and 50/50 raffle will be held during the events with 100% of ALL proceeds going to Brave Heart Estates.

Show you Military Id and get into the game for free!

Sponsored by:
Harbor Springs Ram Boosters
GO RAMS!

Aanii,

The Indian Education Program, which is designed to provide educational and culturally related academic needs, is a grant funded program based on the number of students who have self-identified with the 506 Form.

The simple one-page form is the only requirement to participate in the program. Indian means an individual who is (1) A member of an Indian tribe or band, as membership is defined by the Indian tribe or band, including any tribe or band terminated since 1940, and any tribe or band recognized by the State in which the tribe or band resides; (2) A descendent of a parent or guardian who meets the requirements, described in paragraph (1) of this definition; (3) Considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; (4) An Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska Native; or (5) A member of an organized Indian group that received a grant under the Indian Education Act of 1988 as it was in effect on October 19, 1994. This definition is taken from the Instructions for the ED 506 form.

If you feel that you qualify under this definition, please fill out this 506 form and return to your student's school. If you have any questions, you can contact me at 231-526-4835 or tkiogima@harborps.org.

Tamara Kiogima
Title VI Technician

Camp dates are June 25 - 29, July 1 - 6,
July 23 - 27, and July 30 - August 3.

The cast of 30+ Young Americans bring high-energy, comprehensive performing arts instruction in vocal techniques, dance, comedy improvisation, performance technique, sound, lighting and more to Harbor Springs and surrounding communities every year during four week-long summer camps. Students spend the first four days learning an hour variety show and taking classes. Camp culminates in three amazing 2-hour performances at the end of the week on Friday and Saturday. The camps are open to students grades 3rd to college and participants are divided into three groups to learn age appropriate material.

Interested in housing 2 or more Young Americans for a week?

The Young Americans travel in pairs and host families are asked to provide meals as well as transportation to and from the workshop. The Young Americans are used to staying in all types of living situations. Ideally, we would love for each cast member to sleep in a bed, but we are very flexible and can sleep on air mattresses, couches, etc. Staying with local families is just one of the many rewarding aspects of the camps for these college students.

As a token of gratitude, each host family will receive a $50 discount off registration as well as two free VIP tickets to one of the performances. If you are interested in hosting for one week or all four, please contact Tina Haas at thaas@harborps.org or 231-526-4858.

Register now at youngamericans.org.

It’s time for a reminder concerning computer use agreements and computer repair. Recently, there has been an increase in computers submitted for repair with obvious neglect or misuse issues such as missing keys, defaced and broken screens, missing or broken cases, screens broken away from the keyboards, smashed track pads, and changes in administrative passwords allowing students to download games and inappropriate apps. The computer repair professionals on our staff are very aware of the difference between normal wear and tear and negligent or purposeful damage. Damages assessed as beyond normal levels of wear and tear are charged to the student account and will be invoiced to parents when misuse is discovered. Every summer computers are assessed as well and charges are also assessed for misuse. It is much more cost effective to have the computers repaired at the district than to replace or repair them at a commercial site.

I would like to take an opportunity to request that you check your students’ computer regularly and discuss with them appropriate treatment. It is easy for students to forget the cost of the technology that has been provided for them.

Computers will be assessed for damages throughout the school year as well as during the summer updates. Repair costs will be billed at the following updated rates:

MacBook Air Replacement Costs Jan 28, 2019

Note: pricing is for parts only, we are not including time spent as that is part of the duties assigned to the techs during working hours.

Full computer replacement: $350.00 (used)

Uppercase / screen: $150.00

Lower case / keyboard: $50.00

Trackpad: $50.00

I/O (charging) Board: $30.00

Fan: $5.00

Wifi Card: $15.00

Motherboard: $200.00

Speaker: $5.00

SSD (hard drive): $100.00

Bottom Cover: $20.00

Case: $12.00 Top: $6.00 Bottom: $6.00