#RoyalFam Newsletter

Mark Your Calendar

9/18 - State of the School 5-6pm in HHS Auditorium

9/19 - Principal Tea 7:30-8:30am in HHS College and Career Center

9/19 - Digital Learning Day (Scholars access learning online)

9/28 - Homecoming Dance

10/3 - Rosh Hashanah - No School

10/4 - Conferences - No School

10/17 & 10/18 - MEA - No School

10/24 - Digital Learning Day (Scholars access learning online)

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Maia Learning is our new college and career platform at HHS. For an overview of the platform you can watch this video. We will begin our weekly training lessons on how to use it for all students 9-12 grade this week in our Royals Connect. Please help us by having your scholar open their MaiaLearning app through Classlink and complete their trainings and assignments. For seniors, we will be doing weekly lessons on all things college application related.

Have a 10th or 11th grader who needs to explore colleges or a 12th grader applying to college? Have them sign up to meet with the many college reps that are coming to HHS. They will get to meet the people who will actually be reading their college applications and get to know the campuses better. To sign up, have your scholar use MaiaLearning (under the events tab). If you want to see what schools are coming, you can view it here ​.

The application deadlines are already starting. If you want your student to begin exploring national and local scholarships, please have them log into MaiaLearning and click on the financial plan tab. Both types of scholarships can be found there.

Scholars may qualify for free tuition (college classes) at any Minnesota Public College/University. Please click here to learn more about the North Star Promise Scholarship.

Maya Sullivan organizes this event, which is in its third year. If you have scholars interested in attending an HBCU, we strongly encourage them to sign up via the Google Form linked below. There will be a fair, virtual admissions presentations, and a student panel: https://forms.gle/XK4SPG3iCYhEZ76J6

As scholars are embarking on the college application process, they may have identified that their GPA would be higher if we included their 9th-grade IB scores in the high school GPA calculation. If scholars wish for a supplementary letter to be sent explaining their GPA would be higher if we included their IB grades, please fill out this form to make that request from Dr. Kuhl. Please note, she will not send the letter if your grade point average is not higher when including your IB grades.

HHS Seniors–Did you know that you can still join the Royal chapter of the National Honor Society? You must meet the standards of NHS–scholarship, service, leadership, and character. You need a 3.67 or higher GPA, 30 or more hours of documented community service, and a recommendation from a teacher. Here is a link to the Application. Applications are due by September 16th. Please contact Jennifer Heimlich with any questions at jennifer.heimlich@hopkinsschools.org

A parking permit fee is $160 for the school year and is reduced by $40 at the start of each term.

Scholars with documented eligibility for educational benefits will receive a separate email containing discount code that can be used to purchase permits online. Discounted permits are $80 and reduced by $20 at the start of each term.

Both cash and credit card payments are accepted. Credit card payments are made using the link on the registration document below.

To receive a parking permit, scholar must meet the following requirements:

• Possess a valid driver's license

• Completed 2024-25 Parking Application Form

Parking permits can be picked up in the main office.

More details about parking passes and the registration form can be found here.

DECA will be hosting its first meeting on September 18 at 3:30pm in room W230. DECA is a competitive business club that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. Come to this informational meeting to learn more and join. The meeting will be done by 4:00 pm. For more information contact Hopkins, DECA advisor Jesse Theirl or learn more at www.deca.org.

Spirit Week. Each day scholars are encouraged to dress according to the theme. The theme for each day will be shared in a future newsletter.

Movie Night. Monday, September 21, we will kick off Spirit Week with a movie on the Football Field. More details will follow.

Club Fair. The club fair will be held on September 25 during lunches. Clubs and activities are encouraged to table at this event and engage with new potential members.

Powderpuff. The annual Powderpuff football game will take place on Wednesday, September 25 after school. Each year we cheer for the junior and senior class at this event. In the last 2 years, the class of 2024 won. We look forward to celebrating the winners this year.

Pep Fest. Our pepfest will take place Friday, September 27 in the RAC each. On this day we will run a Royals Connect schedule. Scholars should first report to their RC for attendance at the walk to the RAC with their class.

HOCO Game. The HOCO game will take place Friday, September 27 at the HHS Football Stadium. Scholars who continue to not meet school expectations will not be permitted to attend.

HOCO Dance. The dance will take place in the HHS mall on September 28. Tickets will go on sale next week. Scholars who continue to not meet school expectations will not be permitted to attend.

Please click the following link for the Student Council Monthly News for more details on all of the upcoming events: https://secure.smore.com/n/7mzbe

We are taking an amazing trip over spring break in 2025 to Croatia, Slovenia, and Venice! You can watch a brief video overview by clicking on this link (here is the presentation).

Current Juniors who are taking AP Euro or AP World during the 24-25 school year and current Seniors who took AP Euro or AP World for the 23-24 school year as a Junior are eligible to register. (This is not available for incoming 9th graders at this time.) We currently have 25 students signed up and the trip is capped at 40.

If you have signed up and registered, there will be a meeting in the Fall (around Term 1 conferences, which is the first week of October) for everyone who is registered to begin discussing logistics and other items to be ready for the trip in the Spring of 2025!

Students and families, you can email me with any questions at michael.babinedinnen@hopkinsschools.org You can also check out our detailed tour itinerary at www.explorica.com, select Register for a Tour, and enter the tour ID: Babine-Dinnen-2359.

Please review this bulletin from the Minnesota Department of Revenue to learn how you may qualify for numerous tax benefits on your 2024 income tax returns. Important Tax Guide

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