Maeser Updates: 11 July 2015

In This Edition of Maeser Updates

IMPORTANT: School Uniforms Update

Please Update Your 2015-16 Enrollment Information

Summer Reading Program

China Winterim 2017

Students Entering Chinese Classes in 2015-16: Survey

Maeser Prep 5K Back to School Chase

Volunteer Needs

Sports Announcements

   HS Cross Country Boys/Girls
   Important HS Girls’ Soccer Info

   Fall Sports Eligibility

   Sports Eligibility for NEW Maeser Students

Counselors’ Corner: Schedule Changes for the 2015-16 School Year

PowerSchool Access

Upcoming Events

June 27-August 2

School and Front Office CLOSED for Summer Maintenance

The front office will re-open at 9:00am on Monday, August 3rd.

Monday, July 20

HS Girls’ Volleyball Richfield Tournament

Bus will depart Maeser at 7:00am

Tuesday, July 21

HS Girls’ Volleyball Richfield Tournament

Bus will depart Maeser at 6:30am

Monday-Thursday, July 27-30

HS Boys’ Basketball Open Gym

9:30am-12:00pm in the Maeser gym

Monday, August 3

HS Girls’ Soccer Tryouts Begin

Contact: Coach Simmons

Monday-Tuesday, August 10-11

HS Girls’ Volleyball Tryouts

10:00am-1:00pm in the Maeser gym

Monday, August 17

First Day of School for 7th Graders and NEW 8th Graders

Regular Uniforms

Tuesday, August 18

First Day of School for ALL Students

Full Dress Uniforms

Friday, August 28

Summer Reading Program Book Club Night

Time TBD @ Maeser

Saturday, September 5

Maeser Prep 5K Back to School Chase

8:00am in the parking lot of the school

Register:  https://www.raceentry.com/races/maeser-prep-5k-fun-run/2015/register or https://www.facebook.com/maeser5k

Contact:  Coach Benson rachel.benson@maeserprep.org

IMPORTANT: School Uniforms Update

Classy Uniforms has been serving Utah Valley charter schools by providing school uniforms over the last six years. They have decided to focus on their core business of embroidery and screen printing, so this will be their last year selling school uniforms. They will do their best to provide Maeser parents and students with polos with our embroidered logo, but they recommend that parents shop early this year, as supplies will be limited. They are bringing in new inventory that should be ready by July 20th. We are grateful to Classy Uniforms for the service they have provided for our parents and students over the last six years and will miss working with them as our local school uniform vendor, but we wish them well as they refocus their business model. 

Our Maeser uniform items will continue to be available online through Lands’ End School Uniforms and at Dennis School Uniforms in Salt Lake City. We are in the process of looking for another vendor who can supply our uniforms locally.

 

Please Update Your 2015-16 Enrollment Information

If your plans for next year have changed and you will not be enrolling your student at Maeser, please contact us ASAP (registrar@maeserprep.org) to let us know. We have many wait-listed students who are anxiously waiting for a spot to become available!

Summer Reading Program

Each summer, Maeser asks students to read a book that connects to their next grade. This year, we have six exciting books for students to read. Then, when we get back to the new school year, we'll invite them and their parents to come to an evening book club where we'll discuss the book we've all read. Come Friday, 28 August 2015 for an evening of food, conversation, and a great way to kick off the new school year! You can find out which editions we’re using and more on our website.

Grade	Book
7th	Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
8th	Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
9th	Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
10th	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
11th	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
12th	How Will You Measure Your Life, Christensen

China Winterim 2017

Are you interested in a Winterim experience in China in January 2017? Exciting destinations include: Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and the Giant Panda Conservation Center. Specific information for the current itinerary (subject to change,) including cost can be found here; use the password: “Maeser”. This will be an UNFORGETTABLE, one-of-a-kind Winterim, so please fill out this online interest form if you are interested in Maeser offering a Winterim experience in China. We are looking for at least 15 people to show interest as soon as possible. January is a very exciting time in China because of Chinese New Year approaching, so the trip needs to be booked well in advance. Email Mrs. Woods at anna.woods@maeserprep.org with any questions.

Students Entering Chinese Classes in 2015-16: Survey

If you have a student signed up for any level of Chinese class for the coming year, and they HAVE NOT taken Chinese from Mrs. Woods in the past, please fill out the following survey to help Mrs. Woods prepare for the coming year. Thanks! 谢谢！

Maeser Prep 5K Back to School Chase

Show your Maeser Pride by running with the Cross Country team on Saturday, September 5 at 8:00am!

Maeser’s HS Cross Country team is hosting a 5K race this fall. Registration is $10. Proceeds will benefit the Cross Country team and charities Operation Smile and students in Zambia. Register at https://www.raceentry.com/races/maeser-prep-5k-fun-run/2015/register or https://www.facebook.com/maeser5k. Questions? Email Coach Benson at: rachel.benson@maeserprep.org.

Volunteer Needs

Current Volunteer Needs

Upcoming volunteer opportunities are posted online through Sign Up Genius. Please visit to sign up!

Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer at the Food and Care Coalition

Join us the first Tuesday of each month throughout the summer to serve dinner at the homeless shelter in Provo. Meet at the school at 3:30pm and return by 6:30pm. To sign up, email Mrs. Cannon at: shannon.cannon@maeserprep.org.

Get a head start on your 40 hours of volunteer service for 2014-15! Our current volunteer needs are posted online through Sign-Up Genius, which can be accessed by clicking the Volunteer box on our website (http://www.maeserprep.org) or directly by clicking here: Sign Up Genius. (The Sign Up Genius list is only available when we have active current volunteer opportunities.)

Interested in serving on a Volunteer Committee?

Please fill out our Volunteer Committee Interest Form online: Maeser Volunteer Committees: Sign Up/Update Info.

Sports Announcements

HS Cross Country Boys/Girls Conditioning

All boys and girls in high school next year (grades 9-12) interested in participating in Cross Country for the Fall 2015 season should contact Coach Benson (rachel.benson@maeserprep.org). Conditioning for Cross Country will begin Wednesday, June 24th at 8:00am at the school. Meet on school front steps. We will have conditioning every Monday, Wednesday, and most Fridays until school starts, from 8:00-9:30am. Bring water and running shoes. Oh, and a friend! Email Coach Benson with any questions: rachel.benson@maeserprep.org.

Important HS Girls’ Soccer Info

Preseason Conditioning

Preseason conditioning is already underway! If you’re serious about making the team, you should plan on coming. The schedule is as follows through the month of July:

Mondays and Wednesdays: 8:00-10:00am at the school. Bring running shoes and cleats.

Thursdays: 8:00-9:00am at CrossFit Lehi (map). Bring workout shoes.

Communication

The girls’ soccer team has a Google Classroom set up. If you are a current Maeser student, log into your school Google account on classroom and enter the class code: mmjuel8 -- this is how we’ll be communicating during the summer. We also have a Maeser Prep Soccer Facebook page (accessible here) where information will be shared. If you are a new Maeser student who plans to try out for the high school girls’ soccer team this fall, please email Coach Simmons (dustin.simmons@maeserprep.org) as soon as possible.

Tryouts

Tryouts for the girls’ high school soccer team will begin on August 3rd. In order to try out, you must go to www.registermyathlete.com to fill out the registration forms, and get a physical. Please note that tryouts are before school even starts. Please make your vacation plans accordingly. If you have questions, contact Coach Simmons (dustin.simmons@maeserprep.org).

Fall Sports Eligibility

Academic eligibility for fall sports is based on your 4th term grades. Students must earn a 2.0 or higher with no more than 1 failing grade to be eligible. No grades (NGs) count as failing grades. This policy also applies to 8th graders and new students to Maeser Prep.

Sports Eligibility for NEW Maeser Students

If you will be a new 10th, 11th, or 12th grader at Maeser Prep for the 2015-2016 school year and are interested in playing sports please contact Jared Norris (jared.norris@maeserprep.org) about eligibility. You will need to get a transfer approved by UHSAA and the earlier the paperwork is submitted the better. This applies even if you never played a sport at another school. Once a student attends a high school their eligibility is established at that high school. New 9th graders will establish their eligibility at Maeser Prep and should not have to get a transfer approved unless they tried out for a sport at a different high school.

Counselors’ Corner

Schedule Changes for the 2015-16 School Year

Student schedules for the 2015-16 school year will be available in PowerSchool in late July – we will send out a notification by email when schedules are available to view. (Parents of new students will be contacted by email later this month with instructions on how to access their students’ information in PowerSchool.)

Counselors will be available to help students make schedule changes for next school year beginning Monday, August 3, from 8am-3pm, as follows:

    Seniors: August 3

    Juniors: August 4

    Sophomores: August 5

    Freshmen: August 6

    Middle school: August 7

PowerSchool Access

Please Update Your Bookmarks!

PowerSchool is up and running at its new home: http://maeserprep.powerschool.com. You will want to update your PowerSchool bookmarks in your browser (and/or create a new desktop shortcut, if you access PowerSchool that way) to point to the new web address. Your username and password has not changed.

If you are a new Maeser family, we will be sending you login information for your PowerSchool parent and student accounts later this month.

New Look for PowerSchool

We will be upgrading PowerSchool to a new version in the next two weeks. The new version of PowerSchool has a new look and some great new features to help enhance your user experience. The upgrade includes improvements to the PowerSchool Mobile app: the parent and student mobile apps have been combined into a single app with this new release, and you will have the ability to sign up for push notifications whenever there are grade changes or impacts to your student’s attendance record. We are also preparing several Maeser-specific enhancements that will be rolled out over the course of this school year – stay tuned!

We do expect a short period of downtime during the upgrade, so if you have difficulty logging in, please wait for a day and then try again. If you continue to have trouble accessing PowerSchool, please contact us at info@maeserprep.org for assistance.