Cavalier Clippings

We will have a half-day of school on Thursday, April 10. Students in grade 11 will be completing the ACT WorkKeys, a requirement for graduation from South Lake High School and component of the Michigan Merit Exam (MME). Students in grades 9, 10, and 12 will follow the half-day schedule listed at the button below and will be dismissed at 11:15 am.

Students taking the ACT WorkKeys will be dismissed slightly later than our normal half-day dismissal. Testing should be completed around 12:00 pm. These students will be released as soon as the test is completed. The district will provide a bus to students who live within the South Lake boundaries to their bus stops at 12:45 pm. Students that have transportation will be allowed to leave the building once testing has been completed. Those that need to wait for the bus will be allowed to do so. Please see the ACT WorkKeys Testing button below for further information.

Testing Dates

Wednesday, April 9 - PSAT9 - All 9th grade students

Thursday, April 10 - ACT WorkKeys - All 11th grade students

Tuesday, April 15 - PSAT10 - All 10th grade students

Wednesday, April 16 - SAT - All 11th grade students

Tuesday, April 22 - MSTEP - All 11th grade students

Please be sure your student is present on their scheduled test date.

Please find the Spring Testing Calendar at the button below.

For more information regarding the testing dates and times. See the below buttons for each grade level.

Grade 9 - PSAT 9

Grade 10 - PSAT 10

Grade 11 - SAT

Friday, April 4, is the last day of the 3rd card marking. Be sure to have your student get all necessary work done and submitted before the teacher's deadline for the quarter.

After school detentions are a great way to make-up lost instructional time per the attendance policy.

Regular after school detentions are generally available on Tuesday and Wednesday from 2:50 pm to 3:50 pm each week.

Friday detentions (3 hour) will begin this week on April 4. Friday detentions are from 2:50 pm to 5:50 pm as another option for students to make-up lost instructional time. Students should plan accordingly, bringing an after-school snack is recommended. When the concession stand is open after school, students may purchase a snack before reporting to detention. (No Deliveries will be accepted)

Students must be present for the duration of the detention to earn the make-up time. Students will not be allowed to enter after the starting time.

Expectation for students during detentions:

1. No Talking

2. No Sleeping

3. No Cell Phones or Personal iPads

Students should work on their school issued iPad to complete school work.

If at any time a student is not able to follow the above expectations, they will be asked to leave with no make-up time earned for that day.

See the South Lake Student Handbook button below for more information on the attendance policy and how make-up instructional time reduces the impact of the policy.

Summary of New Attendance Policy

The following is a summary of the updated attendance policy for South Lake High School. Please be sure to read the student/parent handbook for further details. The handbook can be found on the district website or the button below.

Types of Attendance

Students will be marked one of the following attendance codes for each class period throughout the school day.

T = Tardy – Late to class, less than 10 minutes.

TU10 = Tardy more than 10-minutes – More than 10-minutes late to class, this code will count as an unverified absence towards the attendance policy.

DOC = Documented Absence – Parent/guardian has provided proper documentation which may include a note from a doctor, court paperwork, etc. All dates are clearly marked on documents. Parent/guardian will still need to call within 48 hours of the absence and produce documentation when the student returns to school. Documented absences do not count towards the attendance policy.

VER = Verified Absence – Parent/guardian has contacted the main office within 48 hours of the absence, this code will count towards the attendance policy. The student can make up the missed work.

UNV = Unverified Absence – Parent/guardian does not contact the main office within 48 hours of the absence, this code will count towards the attendance policy. The student cannot make up the missed work.

Attendance Policy

Students may have the opportunity to be exempt from their semester exam if they have 5 verified absences or less, zero unverified absences, and 5 tardies or less each semester and if their academic performance each quarter indicates mastery. The student cannot have any unverified absences for the semester exam exemption.

Once a student accumulates 7 absences in any class, the student will be placed on an attendance contract. Once a student accumulated more than 14 absences in any class, the student will have a reduction of 7% of their overall semester grade for each absence above the 14th absence.

Once a student accumulates 7 tardies in any class, the student will be placed on an attendance contract. Once a student accumulated more than 14 tardies in any class, the student will have a reduction of one letter grade (C- becomes D+) from their overall semester grade for each tardy above the 14th tardy.

Attendance Contract

An attendance contract will provide the student and parent/guardian with further information regarding the attendance policy. At a minimum the student and principal will meet to establish the contract. The contract will include opportunities for students to make-up lost instructional time.

Please be sure arrangements are made to have your child picked up promptly when school is dismissed. Students are expected to leave the building immediately unless they have detention or other authorized assignments which are supervised by South Lake staff members or coaches.

Now that the weather has improved, students will be made to wait outside for their ride or practice to begin. Students are not permitted to loiter in the building after dismissal.

Habitual loitering may result in suspension from school.

For security reasons, students are not allowed to call for lunch delivery, nor are deliveries from 3rd parties allowed to be accepted at school. The school will not be held responsible for the cost or reimbursement of ordered and delivered lunches.

Please remind your student that they will not receive food deliveries via Door Dash, Uber Eats, etc. Continued violations may result in disciplinary action.

The safety of you and your children is of the utmost importance to South Lake High School. Before and after school can be very dangerous with the amount of traffic coming and going. In our efforts to keep your children safe, we will be strictly enforcing Michigan Law and the City of St. Clair Shores ordinances. The following items are such laws and ordinances that must be followed. Violations of these laws or ordinances may result in a civil infraction citation from the St. Clair Shores Police Department.

1. Vehicles must park in a designated parking space, except for the immediate unloading of students. The red zones on the attached map are for the immediate unloading of students, not to be confused with a parking area.

2. Parking is prohibited in all designated driveways and areas provided for ingress and egress. You must park in a parking space. You may not wait for your student in the exit lanes or in the passageway lanes of legally parked cars.

3. Parking is prohibited in all entrance and exit areas of the school building. Obstructing an entrance or exit with a motor vehicle is prohibited.

4. While picking up students, vehicles must:

• Park in a designated parking space in the parking lot.
• Once your student is in your vehicle, proceed to the exit lanes either out onto Nine Mile Road or out back to Cavalier Drive. Exits from the parking lot shall be in accordance with any directional signs posted.

Exits to Nine Mile Road

Left Two Lanes (West Lanes) – Turn Left Only

Right Two Lanes (East Lanes) – Turn Right Only

5. Do not exit the parking lot to the far west, closest to Harper, as it is an entrance only during drop off and pick up.

6. Do not pick up your child in any other area other than a parking spot in the parking lot.

If you have any questions, please contact South Lake Schools’ liaison officer: Detective Munger at (586) 435-1413 or rmunger@solake.org.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

Anytime your student is going to be out of school, please call the attendance hotline to report. Also, if your student is going to be leaving early, call the attendance hotline and we can be prepared for your exiting student.

(586) 435-1450

• Students must present their 2024-2025 Student ID and a purchased ticket to enter all home sporting events this year.
• New students to South Lake High School, may present a copy of their high school schedule until their ID has arrived.
• Only students from South Lake High School and the visiting team will be allowed to enter. Students from other local high schools will not be allowed to enter.
• There is a no re-entry policy for all home events. Please plan accordingly to have your items with you at time of entry.
• We have a strict No Ski Mask policy at all home events. No one may enter wearing a Ski Mask and will be asked to leave if later found to be wearing a Ski Mask.
• No refunds will be issued to those individuals that are not following these policies.