In
This Edition of Maeser Updates
PowerSchool Offline This Weekend
2015-16 Class Schedules and Schedule Changes
Please Update Your 2015-16 Enrollment Information
SOAR Binder Supply List for Students in 7th-9th Grades
SAVE THE DATE: Back to School Night
School Uniforms Updates
Classy
Uniforms Ending School Uniform Service
Lands’
End SALE: 30% Off School Uniforms
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
Fall
Sports Eligibility
Sports
Eligibility for NEW Maeser Students
MS
Volleyball Tryouts
MS
Cross Country
HS
Cross Country
HS
Girls’ Soccer Tryouts
HS
Girls’ Tennis
Host a Foreign Exchange Student in 2015-16
¢ents and $ensibility: Women and
Money (UVU Conference)
Upcoming
Events
June 27-August 2
School and Front Office CLOSED for Summer Maintenance
Front office re-opens at 9am on Monday, August 3rd
Monday-Friday,
August 3-7
Front Office Hours
Monday-Friday
from 9:00am-12:00pm
Schedule Changes with
Counselors
Monday:
Seniors
Tuesday:
Juniors
Wednesday:
Sophomores
Thursday:
Freshmen
Friday:
counselors out of the office
Monday, August 3
HS Girls’ Soccer Tryouts Begin
10:00am-12:00pm at Maeser
Contact: Coach Simmons
HS
Girls’ Tennis Practice Begins
8:00-9:30am @ Canyon View JHS
Bring water and a tennis
racket.
Contact: Coach Nugent
Monday-Friday, August 10-14
Front Office Hours
Monday-Thursday
from 8:00am to 2:00pm
Friday
from 8:00am to 1:00pm
Schedule Changes with Counselors
Monday:
7th/8th grades (1:00-3:30pm)
Tues-Fri:
all grades
Monday-Tuesday, August 10-11
HS Girls’ Volleyball Tryouts
10:00am-1:00pm in the Maeser
gym
Wednesday, August 12
Back to
School Night
6:00-8:00pm at Maeser
Wednesday-Thursday, August 12-13
MS
Volleyball Tryouts
2:00pm in the Maeser gym
Monday, August 17
In-Session Front Office Hours
Resume
Monday-Thursday
from 7:00am to 3:45pm
Friday
from 7:00am to 1:00pm
First Day of School for 7th
Graders and NEW 8th Graders ONLY
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
PowerSchool
Offline This Weekend (August 1-2)
PowerSchool will be offline this weekend (Saturday-Sunday,
August 1st-2nd) while we upgrade our system. 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 the coming school year – stay tuned!
2015-16
Class Schedules and Schedule Changes
Preliminary student schedules for 2015-16 are now live
in PowerSchool!
If you need assistance logging in or resetting
your PowerSchool password… please email info@maeserprep.org.
If you are a new Maeser family… you should have
received an email this week with your login information for PowerSchool. If you
did not receive an email, please contact us at info@maeserprep.org.
If your student is missing classes in his or
her schedule…
this EITHER means that PowerSchool was not able to accommodate all of your
student’s requests, OR that your student did not request enough classes to fill
a complete schedule. Please plan to visit your student’s counselor on Schedule
Change Day for your student’s grade (see below).
If your student has no classes at all in
PowerSchool…
this means we did not receive a Course Request Worksheet for your student.
Please plan to visit your student’s counselor on Schedule Change Day for your
student’s grade (see below).
If your student needs to make schedule changes…
our
Counselors will be back in the office on
Monday, August 3rd. Please see the schedule below for the day and time for
schedule changes for your student’s grade.
Counselors
Krystal Anderson (A-J): krystal.anderson@maeserprep.org
Sandra Sorenson (K-Z): sandra.sorenson@maeserprep.org
Please use the Master Schedule found on the Maeser Prep website to help you figure out the
changes you would like before you meet with a counselor. Families with children
in multiple grades may do all schedule changes on the same day.
PLEASE NOTE that if
classes are full, your student’s first choices may not be accommodated. It’s a
good idea to have several options in mind when you come to meet with the
counselors.
Counselors are not making appointments
but will see students on a first come first served basis -- be sure to check
the dates below, as the date for middle school has changed since these were
last posted!
August 3: Seniors
August 4: Juniors
August 5: Sophomores
August 6: Freshmen
August 7: Counselors out of the office
August 10: Middle school (1-3:30 pm
only)
August 11-14: Everyone
You can access the Master Schedule from the Maeser website by
hovering over the About Us tab and choosing Course Catalogs, then scrolling
down and clicking on the icon next to Class Schedule.
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!
SOAR Binder Supply List for Students in 7th-9th Grades
Contact: Mrs. Goodrich (marlene.goodrich@maeserprep.org)
The SOAR Binder System is required for all 7th and 8th grade students and highly recommended for all 9th
grade students. It will help you stay organized and keep your school work in
order.
You will need the following supplies for the first day of school:
- One 1½ inch binder with pockets on the inside covers and a clear plastic window on the outside. Get a high-quality binder so it will last longer.
- One package of transparent plastic dividers with pockets and 8 tabs.
- A zippered pencil pouch that contains pencils, pens, a red pen, an eraser, a small pencil sharpener, and a single hole-punch. Some students also like to have a small stapler. A heavy duty pouch made of fabric will last longer.
- Loose-leaf notebook paper: 50 pages will get you started. Get loose-leaf paper, not a spiral-bound notebook.
- A file folder for each individual class (for your home file).
- A box or other container to hold file folders (for your home file – cereal boxes work great).
You will receive instructions on assembling and using the binder
in the SOAR class. The supplies are readily available at
any office supply store or Wal-Mart.
Mrs. Goodrich, SOAR Teacher
SAVE THE DATE: Back to School Night
Back to School Night will be held at the school on
Wednesday, August 12 from 6:00-8:00pm. Please
bring a copy of your student’s schedule, as there will not be time to print
schedules before the class rotation begins. In order to give you a
chance to meet all of your student’s teachers, we will begin the bell schedule
at 6:05pm. After the bell schedule rotation (10 minutes per class), there will
be some free time for you to meet those teachers you may have missed during the
rotation. School supply lists should be distributed during Back to School Night
by your individual teachers.
Our Fall Uniform
Exchange, sponsored by our parent volunteers, will be held
during our Back to School
event in the cafeteria starting at 6:00pm. Please mark your clothes clearly
with a pinned on envelope stating name and price.
If you plan to sell items at the
uniform exchange, we ask for your cooperation in picking up your items and
money at the end of Back to School Night.
- Un-sold uniform items MUST be picked up either that night or by noon on Thursday, August 13th. This is a parent volunteer sponsored event and Maeser cannot be responsible for any uniform items left in the cafeteria. All uniform items remaining at the school after noon on Thursday, August 13th, will be considered to be donations to the school.
- Money envelopes can be picked up that evening from the volunteer in charge. Money envelopes left at the school at the end of Back to School Night will be taken to the front office and MUST be picked up by noon on Thursday, August 13th. The front desk cannot be responsible for these items after this time.
School
Uniforms Updates
Classy
Uniforms Ending School Uniform ServiceClassy 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.
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.
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Grade
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Book
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7th
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Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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8th
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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
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9th
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Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
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10th
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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11th
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
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12th
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How Will You Measure Your Life, Christensen
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China
Winterim 2017
Sign up ASAP for the Winterim China
experience in January 2017!! Trip will visit Beijing and Chengdu to help care
for giant pandas at a conservation center. We only have 11 spots left, and August 31 is the last day for
registration. No money is due upfront to sign up. To register and see the
costs and itinerary, go to www.rusticpathways.com/groups/trips/maeserchina/
! Parents are
welcome to register as well. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Woods
at anna.woods@maeserprep.org, or our rep at Rustic Pathways, Dustin Aschenbeck at daschenbeck@rusticpathways.com.
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
Upcoming Volunteer Needs
Teacher Week
Our teachers will be hard at work during the week of August 10-14
to get ready to welcome your students back to their classrooms. We need parent
volunteers to help provide a few breakfast items,
lunches, snacks, and gift cards for class supplies or drawings, to help welcome our teachers back to school. Sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/
Uniform Exchange at Back to School Night
We are in need of some parent volunteers to run our uniform
exchange at Back to School Night on August
12th from 5:30-9:00pm.
We need parents to help with set-up, staffing the sale
tables, and clean-up. Sign up here: http://www.signupgenius.com/
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
All prospective athletes must
register online at www.registermyathlete.com BEFORE
they are allowed to try out!
Fall Sports Eligibility
Academic eligibility for fall sports is based on your 4th term grades from 2014-15.
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.
Middle School Volleyball Tryouts
Tryouts: Wednesday-Thursday, August 12-13 @ 2:00pm in the
Maeser gym
MS Volleyball Class Fee: $135
Contact: Coach Winkler (jessica.winkler@maeserprep.org) or Mr. Norris (jared.norris@maeserprep.org)
Are you registered for 4th period MS Volleyball? Would
you like to be on the MS Volleyball Team?
Tryouts for middle school volleyball team (7th and 8th
graders) will be on Wednesday, August 12th and Thursday, August 13th at 2pm in
the school gym. Students who make the team will be enrolled in the 4th period
sports class. Even if you are already registered for the class, you MUST
attend tryouts in order to stay in the class! Students who do not make the
team will be dropped from the class. If you are not already registered for the
4th period class and you make the team, you will need to meet with your
counselor to be added to the class.
The class fee for MS Volleyball is $135.
Questions? Contact Coach Winkler (jessica.winkler@maeserprep.org) or Mr. Norris (jared.norris@maeserprep.org).
Middle School Cross Country
MS Cross Country Class Fee: $100
Contact: Coach Cattelain (chelsey.cattelain@maeserprep.org) or Mr. Norris (jared.norris@maeserprep.org)
Are you registered for 4th period MS Cross Country? Would
you like to be on the MS Cross Country team?
Any 7th and 8th graders interested in running cross
country please contact Chelsey Cattelain (chelsey.cattelain@maeserprep.org). The team will
practice during 4th period. Even if you are already registered for the
class, you MUST contact Coach Cattelain in order to stay in the class! If
you are not already registered for the 4th period class, please plan to meet
with your counselor during Schedule Changes to be added to the class.
The class fee for MS Cross Country is $100.
Questions? Contact Coach Cattelain (chelsea.cattelain@maeserprep.org) or Mr. Norris (jared.norris@maeserprep.org).
HS Cross Country
Team Participation Fee: $200
Contact: Coach Benson (rachel.benson@maeserprep.org)
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 ASAP (rachel.benson@maeserprep.org). Conditioning for
fall HS Cross Country has already begun! We will have conditioning every
Monday, Wednesday, and most Fridays until school starts, from 8:00-9:30am. Meet
on school front steps and bring water and running shoes.
The team participation fee for HS Cross Country is
$200.
Questions? Contact Coach Benson (rachel.benson@maeserprep.org).
HS Girls’ Soccer Tryouts
Tryouts: Monday, August 3rd at 10:00am
Team Participation Fee: $250
Contact: Coach Simmons (dustin.simmons@maeserprep.org)
Tryouts for the girls’ high school soccer team will
begin on August 3rd at 10:00am. In order to tryout, 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).
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 not a
current Maeser student, please email Coach Simmons (dustin.simmons@maeserprep.org) as soon as
possible.
The team participation fee for HS Girls’ Soccer is
$250.
Questions? Contact Coach Simmons (dustin.simmons@maeserprep.org).
HS Girls’ Tennis
Official Practice Begins: Monday, August 3 @
8:00am
HS Girls’ Tennis Team Participation Fee: $250
Contact: Coach Nugent (kathleen.nugent@maeserprep.org)
Any eligible girl (grades 9-12) interested in
participating on the girls’ tennis team should email Coach Nugent ASAP at kathleen.nugent@maeserprep.org. You can also sign
up for text alerts by texting @mpatennis to 81010. We will be starting
official practice at Canyon View Jr. High School on August 3rd from 8-9:30 am.
More details and paperwork will be emailed to the MPA Tennis group. Optional
conditioning practices prior to August 3rd are announced via email and text.
The team participation fee for HS Girls’ Tennis is
$250.
Questions? Contact Coach Nugent (kathleen.nugent@maeserprep.org).
Host a Foreign Exchange Student in 2015-16
NACEL is currently
accepting applications for volunteer families who are
interested in hosting an exchange student in their home
for the upcoming school year. Foreign exchange students make a great
contribution to our school, our community, and to your family.
Students are carefully selected and screened, and they come with their own
health insurance and spending money — all that is required
from you is a bed, board and welcome. If your family is
interested in hosting an exchange student next year,
please call Wendy Waldes (NACEL Coordinator) for more information: wendywaldes@gmail.com or 801-709-3583.
¢ents and $ensibility: Women and Money (UVU Conference)
On September 9, the Utah Women &
Leadership Project will present the first of four “Utah Women’s Leadership
Speaker & Dialogue Series” events for the 2015-2016 academic year. Women
strengthen confidence, voice, and leadership abilities when they understand
money. This free event has been
designed for high school women and older, so bring your daughters,
sisters, mothers, neighbors, co-workers, employees, friends, and colleagues.
For more information and to register online, visit the Utah Women & Leadership Project
website.
