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Clay County Health Department is coming to Winnetonka on September 17, 2024, at 8:30-10:30 A.M. to administer the required 12th grade Meningococcal vaccine to our 11th and 12th graders, as well as the Flu and HPV immunizations. These are given for FREE!

If you have received a call that your 12th grader is still needing their required shot or if you want to get a jumpstart on getting your 11th grader ready for 12th grade, then this is a great opportunity for you.

Please see the attached flyer containing more information and the link that you will use to register your student for the clinic. Registration deadline is September 10th.

You may reach out to the school nurse, Lesley Waugh, RN, BSN, if you have any questions.

Lesley Waugh BSN, RN

Winnetonka High School Nurse

816-321-5343

Lesley.waugh@nkcschools.org

The late bus and after school tutoring run every Tuesday and Thursday through Thursday, December 4th unless otherwise noted. Students must sign up in the main office by 11:00 am the day of to receive a pass for the late bus.

Our early pick up procedures have changed. Parents/Guardians must pre-arrange any change to their scholar's daily dismissal prior to 2:00pm. If you have not called your scholar's attendance line or the main office prior to 2:00pm, your student will not be dismissed until the final bell at 2:40pm. At the end of the day, we have numerous things going on and it is unfeasible to accommodate requests after 2:00pm.

PURPOSE

At Winnetonka High School, our goal is to create a warm, welcoming, safe, academically focused environment for students. Student cell phone use at school has been identified as a tremendous distraction to meeting that goal. And, with the deployment of district issued MacBooks, cell phones are unnecessary for academics throughout the school day. The building practice outlined below has been developed in coordination with NKC Board Policy JG-R- Technology Misconduct.

Boundary

• From 7:43am-2:40pm, student cell phone use is prohibited during class time (Bell to Bell).
• Student cell phones may NOT be seen/heard/accessed for any reason during class time.
• If students bring cell phones to school, they must be concealed and secured in their locker or personal bag/backpack.
• Cell phones can only be used before school, after school, during passing period, and lunch.

What about Necessary Student/Family Communication?

• Our school has over 100 active landline phones that can be made available for necessary student communication.
• Families should NOT call, text, or video-conference students during class time. Families should contact the front office to communicate emergency messages to students during bell to bell or class time.
• In order to protect instructional time, please limit student contact/communication to only important/urgent messages
• Guardians should contact the front office to communicate messages to students or families may contact students through district email. Students have frequent access to district email through their district issued MacBook.
• Students will be able to check their messages in between classes, before and after school, and during their lunch period.

Consequences for Violations

Progressive consequences will accumulate per student, per year.

1st Offense: Confiscation. Parent Contact. Student Pickup

2nd Offense: Confiscation. Parent Contact. Parent Pickup

3rd Offense: Confiscation. Parent Contact. Detention. Parent Pickup

4th & Beyond: Confiscation. Parent Meeting. Suspension. Parent Pickup

*If a student refuses to turn in their cell phone for a policy violation the student will be subject to further disciplinary action.

Assistant Principal Mr. Corey McCune

Business and Communication BLE

Attendance 816-321-4226

Assistant Principal Dr. Shannon Calohan

Human Services PAH

Attendance 816-421-3746

Assistant Principal Dr. Marc Asquith

Health and Wellness HAW

Attendance 816-321-3844

Assistant Principal Dr. Olivia Stevenson

Design, Innovation, and Technology DIT

Attendance 816-321-5827

· The mission of Winnetonka High School is to educate responsively, embrace fully, and prepare holistically so students can fulfill their unique purpose as they navigate and change the world.

· Our vision for Winnetonka High School is a community where students explore their possibilities, where relationships are a priority, and where students are celebrated for their unique purpose.

Email: christina.liesveld@nkcschools.org
Website: https://www.nkcschools.org/WHS
Location: 5815 Northeast 48th Street, Kansas City, MO, USA
Phone: 816-321-5340
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