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ကျိာ်ဂုၤဂၤတခါလၢနအဲၣ်ဒိးအီၤ လၢအတမ့ၢ် အဲကလံးကျိာ်န့ၣ်အိၣ်ဧါ. နအိးထီၣ်ကွၢ်လံာ်တၢ်ကစီၣ်ပှာ်ဘျးစဲ ဒီး စံၢ်လီၤဖဲစုထွဲပှာ်ဘျးစဲတခါအဖီခိၣ် ဒ်သိး တၢ်ကကွဲးကျိာ်ထံအီၤလၢကျိာ်အဂုၤအဂၤအဂီၢ်သ့ဝဲဒၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ. ဝံသးစူၤသ့ၣ်ညါလၢ လံာ်လၢ တၢ်ကွဲးကျိာ်ထံအီၤန့ၣ် ကအိၣ်ဝဲဒီး တၢ်တလီၤတံၢ်လီၤဆဲး မ့တမ့ၢ် တၢ်တလၢ တပှဲၤသ့ဝဲဒၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ. နမ့ၢ်အိၣ်ဒီး တၢ်သံကွၢ်တဖၣ်န့ၣ်, ဝံသးစူၤကိးပှၤဖဲ 651-793-4700 န့ၣ်တက့ၢ်.

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We are changing the date of our November Meeting to Friday, November 15th at 4:30. We will combine our meeting with our Hmong New Year Celebration. Please join us for this wonderful celebration and to learn about Harding.

Other meeting dates

January 22nd

February 19th

March 19th

April 23rd

May 21st

The next conferences are on December 12th. It will be in the same hybrid formate as the previous conferences. There will be the option to have an online meeting with a teacher and then time to meet with teachers in-person at Harding. The links to sign up for the online conferences will come through an email closer to December 12th.

ENGLISH: Describe a time when you felt welcomed by our school.

HMONG: Qhia txog ib lub sij hawm uas koj mloog tau li uas peb lub tsev kawm ntawv tos txais koj zoo.

KAREN : တဲပာ်ဖျါထီၣ်တၢ်ဆၢ ကတီၢ်တခါဖဲနတူၢ်ဘၣ်လၢ န ဘၣ်တၢ်တူၢ်လိာ်မုာ်နၤလၢကၠိန့ၣ် တက့ၢ်.

SOMALI: Inoo sharrax wakhti aad dareentay in iskoolkeennu ku soo dhaweeyay.

SPANISH: Describa un momento cuando usted se sintió acogido o bienvenido en nuestra escuela

If a loved one left you $10 million in their will, what would you do with the money? Would you share it with your family, or would you give it away to complete strangers? Join us as we explore these questions and more in Harding Theatre Department's fall play A Curious Savage by John Patrick. Show dates are Thursday, November 21, Friday, November 22 and Saturday, November 23 in the Harding Auditorium. All shows start at 7pm. Tickets are available for preorder ($8 for adults, $5 for students) or at the door ($10 for adults, $6 for students). See a member of the cast or email Tim Coleman (timothy.coleman@spps.org) for presale orders.

Harding's Knight Crew visited Hazel Park Preparatory Academy on October 30th to present what Harding has to offer. They also played a few community building activities to connect with the 8th graders. Knight Crew is on a mission to build a better connection with their feeder schools.

Ms. Zielske and Ms. Vue's students spent the quarter learning about how the sun and stars work. Students are trying to figure out through collaboration and research: Does an exoplanet have a star like ours? What does an exoplanet need to sustain life?

Three Harding Senior High School students from Emily Lockhart's Street Law class were invited to go to the grand opening of St. Paul's Justice and Democracy Center at the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse on October 21. This was a special event with honored guest, Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Pictured to the right of her are Harding students Lanah Nguyen, Aidan Moua and Cadence Lee. The students got to participate in an exclusive interactive Q&A session with her and learn about her background and judicial philosophy.

Harding Education Pathway students, along with students from Como Park Sr, Humboldt, and Central, attending the Future Teachers Day event at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Friday, November 1st. They got to participate in lessons put on by current pre-service teachers, hear all about the life of an education major in college, and see the sights of the campus.

In October, Harding’s College and Career Center participated in two college fairs. We took 40 seniors to the National College Fair at the Minneapolis Convention Center and then hosted the regional MnACC College Fair at Harding on Halloween! These were great opportunities for juniors and seniors to meet college representatives, ask questions, and think about planning for life after high school.

If you or your student ever has questions about college, jobs, financial aid, or anything related to preparing for after graduation, please reach out to our College and Career Center Staff! If your student is planning to go to college, know that this year the FAFSA will open on December 1st and both students and parents will need to complete this.

Jamie Shady, CCC Counselor: jamie.shady@spps.org | 651-744-3599

Katie Kovacovich, CCC Coordinator: kkovacovich.ach@spps.org | 651-744-3599

Start Dates

*Nov. 11

Basketball (Girls’)

Gymnastics (co-op with Johnson)

Cheerleading (Basketball)

*Nov. 18

Basketball (Boys’)

Wrestling (Boys’ and Girls’)

*Dec. 2

Swimming & Diving (Boys’)

Registration for SPPS Athletics is completed online. The SPPS athletics registration website can be accessed here: https://sports.spps.org

Registrations are completed under a family account, which needs to get created for the first-time registrants. The same account will be used for all future seasons and future family members.

Four things are needed for registration:

1) Sports Physical

2) MSHSL Eligibility Brochure

3) Emergency Contact Form

4) Registration Fee

Please reach out to AD Kraus with any questions: otto.kraus@spps.org

When: Thursday November 21, 2024 from 7:15 pm - 8:45 pm

Where: 990 Lone Oak Road, Suite 136, Eagan, MN 55121

Click here for more information: Course Descriptions and Schedule: SPPS Districtwide Career Pathways Program

Are you an SPPS student interested in taking college courses that match your interests and career goals? We invite you to review the course offerings and signup during your high school's course registration process. Students enrolled in this program are exploring high demand, high wage careers. They will spend mornings at their home high school and afternoons at the Districtwide Career Pathway Center, located on the campus of Saint Paul College, completing career-related college courses. Students need to meet the college eligibility requirement for the PSEO course(s) of interest. *Note - Counselor's approval is needed for final enrollment into the program to ensure students can stay on-track to graduate.

Dear SENIORS & families for the Class of 2025,
The Harding High School Yearbook students and staff have been busy making the 2025 Yearbook. We would like to take this opportunity to communicate the process for submitting some important dates and information.

Senior Portrait Requirements for 2024-2025 Yearbook: Find a friend or family member you trust to take that awesome photo of you to submit to the yearbook. ALL students will have to submit their own photo meeting the requirements below to be in the yearbook this year OR have their picture taken by Lifetouch.
You should share the following information with whomever takes your photo for the yearbook:

• The yearbooks will only accept portrait style shots only ( Google senior portraits, for example, if needed).
• No landscape style images accepted
• Images Minimum 2.5 horizontally X 3.5 Vertically
• Image resolution: 300 dpi.
• JPEG file ONLY (NO PNG, HECI, or Tiff's)
• Portraits need to be chest up
• No full body portraits excepted
• The Senior is the ONLY one in the image.
• Seniors' faces must be a full-faced shot (no side or partial profile).
• Must be able to see BOTH eyes
• Hijabs are allowed and acceptable
• Traditional cultural headwear is allowed (ie: Rooster's Comb Hat, Headdresses, Warbonnets, Turban, tudungs, and Kufi)
• No stocking caps, baseball hats or headbands, bandanas, sports bands or sweat bands
• No sunglasses
• No props
• No hands near the face
• No snapchat filters or other filters added to the image.
• No selfies
• No friends, children, significant others in the photo
• No candid pictures; pictures taken in the Harding school hallways or in the bathroom
• Must be a NEWER picture (taken over the summer to present)

WHAT SENIORS NEED TO TURN IN ON OR BEFORE November 24th 2024
Future Goal: What’s next for you after high school? What do you want for your future life? Max 2 sentences (Brief)

Baby Pictures:

• (1) One image: Between birth to age 5 (If older please see yearbook staff)
• Please photograph the image and then email the image to yearbook staff. teresa.holmes@spps.org

Important Adult:

• Please just list the name(s) of the person(s) Max 6 (No Explanation)
• Senior Portraits, Baby Pictures, Future Goal, & Important Adult Due: SUNDAY, November 24th, 2024 MIDNIGHT! NO EXCEPTIONS!!

Important things you need to know:

• The HHS Yearbook reserves the right to edit, censor or omit without notice. If you aren’t sure whether what you are submitting will pass this review or if you have a question, contact us before the due date. Since the yearbook reflects our community, submissions MUST be school and community appropriate according to Harding Senior High & Saint Paul Public Schools policies. No Additional Time Extensions will be given. Suggested submitting your items earlier to guarantee approval and save on last minute rejection of image or information.
• Seniors are given ONE opportunity to submit acceptable submissions! NO SECOND CHANCES! NO REVISIONS!
• Failure to submit your Senior Portrait, baby picture, future goal, and important adult will NOT be accepted after November 24th 2024 at midnight, will result in rejection of any information, late photos, and no photo in the yearbook.

MUST SUBMIT everything by YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL: everything you would like in the yearbook to teresa.holmes@spps.org. Please include FIRST and LAST NAME of student & student number

Please remember to email our Attendance Clerk at Gertraud.Kussmaul@spps.org or call the attendance hotline each day your student is absent from school. If your child is absent from school, it is necessary for a parent/guardian to call the Attendance Hotline at 651-744-3063. Please leave the following information:

-Student name

-Student number

-Day and date(s) of absences

-Reason for the absence

If you need to pick up your student early, before the end of the school day, please call the office at least 2 hours in advance of the departure time.

The Harding office phone number is 651-793-4700. School office hours are 8:00-3:30. If you need to reach a teacher or staff member directly, please contact them through email.

All staff email addresses are: firstname.lastname@spps.org and can be found on Harding’s online staff directory.

Shanie Xiong (A-Ha) shanie.xiong@spps.org or 651-744-1428

Teresa Savage (Hb-K & P-S) teresa.savage@spps.org or 651-744-3506

Edward Xiong (L-O) edward.xiong@spps.org or 651-744-5656

Mana Vue (T-V) mana.vue@spps.org or 651-744-3152

James Lo (W-Z) james.lo@spps.org or 651-744-3664

Dan Kennedy (American Indian Counselor) daniel.kennedy@spps.org or 651-744-1160

Jamie Shady (CCC) james.shady@spps.org or 651-744-3599

Katie Kovacovich (CCC) kkovacovich.ach@spps.org or 651-744-3599

Lisa Mills (Counseling Clerk) lisa.mills@spps.org or 651-744-3067

Anthony Chlebecek, Principal anthony.chlebecek@spps.org

Evelyn Nordquist, Assistant Principal (9th Grade) Evelyn.Nordquist@spps.org

Craig Guidry, Assistant Principal (10th Grade) Craig.Guidry@spps.org

Xong Moua, Assistant Principal (11th Grade) Xong.Moua@spps.org

Jayson Spence, Assistant Principal (12th Grade) Jayson.Spence@spps.org

Kelly Brown, Behavioral Intervention Specialist (9th Grade) kelly.brown@spps.org

Phoenix Cobb, Behavioral Intervention Specialist (10th Grade) phoenix.cobb@spps.org

Essa Adam, Behavioral Intervention Specialist (11th grade) essa.adam@spps.org

Steve Solaja, Behavioral Intervention Specialist (12th Grade) stephan.solaja@spps.org