In This Edition of Maeser Updates
Spirit Week
Winterim News
Winterim Requests
Independent Study
Proposals
Middle School
Intensives
Important Meeting
for Greece/Italy Winterim
Make Up Your NGs in Attendance School
High School Math Team
After-School Chess Class
Summer Programs for Chinese Language
Music Students: Utah Symphony/Utah Opera Field Trips
Driver Education Class
Sports Schedules
Counselors’ Corner
Current Volunteer Needs
PowerSchool Updates
Notification
Emails
PowerSchool
Access
Upcoming Events
Monday, September 14
Spirit Week: Crazy Hair Day
No hair dyes or spray paint
HS Boys’ Golf vs. Providence Hall
9:30am @ Riverbend, Riverton
HS Girls’ Tennis vs. St. Joseph
4:00pm @ Mt. Ogden Park
Tuesday, September 15
Spirit Week: Decades Day
Seniors: 1920s, Juniors: 1950s, Sophomores:
1960s,
Freshmen: 1970s, 8th Grade: 1980s, 9th Grade:
1990s
HS Girls’ Soccer vs. Summit Academy
4:00pm Varsity, 5:30pm JV @ Summit Academy
Wednesday, September 16
Spirit Week: Crazy Legs Day
HS Cross Country Pre-Region Meet
4:00pm @ North Summit
MS Volleyball
4:30pm @ Maeser
Thursday, September 17
Spirit Week: Obsession Day
HS Girls’ Tennis vs. Providence Hall
4:00pm @ Vista Heights Middle School
HS Girls’ Soccer vs. Providence Hall
4:00pm Varsity, 5:30pm JV @ Providence Hall
Friday, September 18
Spirit Week: Blue & Gold Day
Spirit Bowl: Assembly
Schedule
HS Girls’ Volleyball: Wendover Tournament
Time TBD @ Wendover
Saturday, September 19
HS Girls’ Volleyball: Wendover Tournament
Time TBD @ Wendover
HS Cross Country: Wahsatch Rendezvous
8:30am @ Cottonwood Park
Homecoming Dance 2015: “The Homecoming Games”
8:00-11:00pm @ Maeser
Open to HS students only
Tickets: $25/couple or $15/person, sold during
lunch in the main hallway
Dress: Formal/Capitol Style (Hunger Games)
Spirit Week
Spirit Week is next week and we want to see your
Maeser Spirit! Each day of the week will have a different dress theme. This is
our dry run to determine whether we can have costumes for Halloween, so please
stick to the guidelines below -- students whose clothing or accessories do not
fit with the guidelines will be asked to call home for parents to bring
appropriate uniform clothing.
Monday: Crazy Hair Day
Crazy hair accessories and styles. No hair dyes,
spray paint, or bandanas.
Tuesday: Decades Day
Costumes in your grade’s assigned time period
must be appropriate, modest, and in good taste. Seniors: 1920s, Juniors: 1950s,
Sophomores: 1960s, Freshmen: 1970s, 8th Grade: 1980s, 9th Grade: 1990s.
Wednesday: Crazy Legs Day
Crazy socks and shoes.
Thursday: Obsession Day
Accessories that show off the hobbies or
interests you’re obsessed with.
Friday: Spirit Shirts/Blue
& Gold polos
Wear our school colors for the Spirit
Bowl Assembly!
Saturday: Homecoming Dance
High school only; dress is Formal/”Capitol
Style”.
Winterim News
Winterim Requests
The 2016 Winterim Catalog is now available on our website! Please take some time this weekend to
read through the catalog and decide on your first-choice Winterim and at
least one alternate choice.
Winterim course requests will open in
PowerSchool at 4:00pm on Monday,
September 14. Instructions on requesting classes for Winterim were included
in this week’s R-News broadcast.
Requests will be open in PowerSchool until 12:00pm
on Friday, September 25.
STUDENTS: you will need your
PowerSchool login information to request Winterim classes! If
you have forgotten your PowerSchool login information, please visit the front
desk before or after school or during lunch.
REMEMBER: These are course requests, not
registration. It does not matter when you select your requests, as long as it’s
during the open request window. Seniors will be given priority in all Winterim
classes except Greece/Italy,
Railroading, and Independent Study.
Independent Study Proposals
Are
you planning to do an Independent Study Winterim? Start
working on your proposal THIS WEEKEND and get it turned in to Mr. Simmons ASAP!
We find that most proposals need revisions or additions before they are
final, so please build in time to make those before the final deadline. Final,
revised proposals for Independent Study Winterims are due by Monday,
September 21, to give our Winterim team time to review the proposals and unlock
the class in PowerSchool for students whose proposals are approved.
Middle School Intensives
All middle school students will be enrolled in Middle
School Intensives during the Winterim term. During these weeks students take a
break from their normal schedules and participate in specialized courses
created by our middle school faculty. Students will earn grades and credits for
these courses.
Important Meeting for Greece/Italy
Winterim
There is an important meeting on Monday, September 14th at 5:00pm in the
cafeteria for all students and parents who will be going on the Greece/Italy
Winterim. We will be discussing logistics, requirements, preparation, money,
and other necessary info. Please plan on being there! If you have questions,
contact Mr. Simmons (dustin.simmons@maeserprep.org).
Make Up Your NGs in Attendance School
Does your student have an
attendance-based NG (No Grade) in a class? Students can make up attendance points at
Attendance School every Monday through
Thursday during lunch in room 151. The cost for Attendance
School is $2 per attendance point
and each lunch session makes up one point. Each tardy is one point, tardies of
more than 10 minutes are two points, and absences are three points; students
accrue an NG in each class that have five or more points. **Fees for Attendance School are due at the time of checking in for Attendance School. We can no
longer accept IOUs for Attendance School.**
Attendance Reminders
- Parents: Absences must be excused before the end of the term when the absence occurred. To excuse an absence, you can send a note with your student, call the front desk during school hours, or email attendance@maeserprep.org.
- Students: You only have until the end of the semester to make up your NGs. Once the semester is completed and grades are submitted, all NGs will convert to NCs (No Credit) and become permanent, and the credit must be recovered through other means (i.e, retaking the class or completing an external, online option).
Don’t know if your student has an NG? You can check your student’s most
up-to-date grades and attendance in PowerSchool. If you
have forgotten your PowerSchool username or password, please contact info@maeserprep.org so we can get you that information.
High School Math Team
The high school math team will
be starting its season on Thursday, September 17th during lunch. We will
meet in Mrs. Plott’s room #302. Our first competition is in October. We
will be discussing competition dates, meeting schedules, and fees due. We
will have pizza. This meeting is only for the high school. Middle
School Math Team will start in a few weeks.
After-School Chess Class
Maeser will be starting an after-school chess class on
Wednesday, September 23rd from 3:15-4:25. Cost is $35 and there will be classes
for all levels. Contact Mr. Norris (jared.norris@maeserprep.org) if you have questions. A sign-up sheet will be at the
front desk.
Summer Programs for Chinese Language
Want to get out of the house next summer and
study Chinese language and culture for cheap or free? Locations include Hawaii,
China, BYU and more!! You don’t have to currently be taking Chinese to sign up.
Please come to an information meeting about summer programs for studying
Chinese, Wednesday September 30 at 6:00pm in room 205 at Maeser. Grades 9-12
are all welcome.
Music Students: Utah Symphony/Utah Opera Field Trips
Travel to Salt Lake to see professional operas
and/or symphony concerts -- a fabulous opportunity to see for about $3 per
performance what generally costs $60-300. The deadline to join has been
extended to Monday, September 14. Students must pay by that date in the
front office, and either 1) return the form to Mrs. Vincent or 2) email Mrs.
Vincent at janice.vincent@maeserprep.org.
Please specify which group you are joining.
Driver Education Class
There will be a driver education class starting on November
2nd after school. The cost is $230. A sign-up sheet will be at the front desk. Contact
Mr. Norris (jared.norris@maeserprep.org)
for questions.
Sports Schedules
Copies of our Fall sports schedules can be found at: Maeser Fall 2015 Sports Schedules.
Counselors’ Corner
Counselors:
Krystal Anderson (krystal.anderson@maeserprep.org): A-J
Sandra Sorenson (sandra.sorenson@maeserprep.org): K-Z
Liz Swanson (liz.swanson@maeserprep.org): College counseling, applications, and scholarships
Utah College Fair
The Utah College Fair, sponsored by the Rocky Mountain
Association for College Admission Counseling (RMACAC), is SEPT 26. Please
register beforehand
to save time at each college table. The event is free to both students and parents
and ample on-site parking will be available.
This year's Utah College Fair will be held at Corner Canyon High School (12943 South 700
East in Draper, Utah) on Saturday, September 26, from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, with workshops from 11:30 am - 12:30 pm.
Scholarship Center
Scholarship Search
Looking for scholarships? Follow this link for a list
of current scholarships available: http://www.ucacscholarships.blogspot.com/.
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Upcoming Scholarship
Deadlines
October 2nd: WendysHeisman.com
PowerSchool Updates
Notification Emails
As many of you have noticed this morning, we've been working
on our email server connection through PowerSchool. The good news is: it's now
working! The slightly less great news: all of the emails from last few school
years that were stuck in the queue got sent out to parents today. Please go
ahead and delete the emails you've received for prior school years.
Here's how to set up and edit notifications through
PowerSchool:
- Log into your PowerSchool parent account.
- Click "Email Notifications" in the left frame.
- Select the types of information you'd like to receive from PowerSchool (grades and attendance, assignment scores, etc).
- Choose how often you'd like to receive these emails.
- Check to be sure your email address is listed correctly; add any additional email addresses you'd like to have receive PowerSchool notifications.
- If you'd like to apply these settings to all of your students, check the box for that.
- Check the box if you'd like to force-send the updates now.
- Click Submit.
Thanks for your patience as we've worked through this issue!
We're happy to be able to provide this additional level of communication for
your students.
PowerSchool Access
Can’t remember your
username or password? Contact us at info@maeserprep.org to request a password
reset or username reminder.
