@cooper--December 3 2017

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Flu & Illness Information

PSAT Scores

Senior Dinner Dance

Parent Tips

Ugly Holiday Sweater

Winter Choir Concert

Immunization Changes-Update

Upcoming Events

Congratulations to our swim team on the following 1st place finishes in the first meet of the season: Sarah Harkrader in 200 IM and 100 Breast and Marcus Cole 200 Free.

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Congrats to our swim team and the following swimmers on placing 1st in the first meet of the season in the following categories: Josh Mihaljevic in 100 back and Anthony Lugar in the 100 Breast.

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Pictured above is our women's varsity basketball team in their season home opener this past Friday, Dec. 1 vs. Campbell County.

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Pictured above is our men's basketball team in their season home opener last Thursday, Nov. 28th vs. Campbell County.

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Pictured above our senior and sophomore student sections in our winter pep rally last Friday, Dec. 1st. Seniors pep rally theme was Polar Express and Sophomores pep rally theme was Swinter (Beach wear in winter).

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Flu & Illness Info

With the flu season upon us, please take the following precautions to limit the spread of illness:

1. Free of fever for 24 hours before returning to school (without the use of fever-reducing medicine).

2. Cover your coughs and sneezes.

3. Do not share drinks, food, pencils, etc.

4. Wash/sanitize hands frequently and thoroughly.

5. Stay from others as much as possible.

Flu & Illness Information Sheet

PSAT Scores

On December 13, students who provided their email address on their PSAT/NMSQT answer sheet will receive an email reminder explaining where and how to view their scores. Students can set up a free College Board account at any time.

Senior Dinner Dance

Our Senior Dinner Dance (Seniors Night on the Red Carpet) is set for Saturday, January 27th at The Madison Event Center in Covington from 7:00-11:00 p.m.

Tickets will be going on sale Monday, Dec. 11th through Friday, December 15th for seniors taking seniors from Cooper during all lunch periods.

Ticket sales will open for seniors taking outside dates and underclassmen after Winter Break, Jan. 8-16th.

Tickets are $40 and includes dinner.

All attendees will need a behavior contract completed in order to buy the tickets. These will be available in the office, library and outside senior sponsor, Ms. Tracy Moore's classroom, 703.

A reminder if students have 6 unexcused absences or more, they are unable to attend a school-sponsored dance.

Parent Tips

Fifteen minutes may not seem like much. But research shows spending that amount of time
each day talking with your teen can keep your lines of communication open. Try these four ways to make the minutes count. Read more...

Ugly Holiday Sweater

This Wednesday, Dec. 6th is our official Ugly Holiday Sweater day! We encourage our students to participate with our faculty and staff and wearing the ugliest holiday sweater they can find!

We will consider this a good practice run for the upcoming National Ugly Holiday Sweater Day on Friday, December 15th.

Winter Choir Concert

On Friday, Dec. 8th come out to the community, "Old KY Christmas" and hear the Cooper Choirs perform their winter concert. The Cooper choir performs at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium of First Church of Christ. This is a free community event.

Immunization Changes

Hepatitis A Immunization Requirements:

For the 2018-2019 school year, all students in Kentucky schools will be required to have the Hepatitis A vaccination series .

Please note that this is a 2-dose vaccine, that must be given 6 months apart.
Your student will NOT be able to attend school in the fall without documented proof of this Hepatitis A SERIES on a valid KY Immunization Certificate. (Again, the series consists of 2 doses!)

Additional information that was not included in the previous e-newsletter is in bold:

Meningococcal ACWY Vaccine

Students aged 16 or older must show proof of having received two doses of Meningococcal ACWY vacine (MenACWY) to attend school. If the first dose of MenACWY was received at age sixteen (16) years of older, the second dose is not required for school entry.

Tips and suggestions:

Call your doctor's office to verify if your student has already received the Hepatitis A vaccine

If you find out from the doctor's office that your child HAS HAD the vaccine, you will then need to contact the school to confirm that the immunization form on file documents/reflects the same information. If not, you will need to secure an updated form from your doctor and resubmit it to the school

If you find out that your child DOES NOT have the vaccine, you will want to make arrangements to begin this series right away. Because the vaccine is a series - you will have to start shot #1 no later than the end of January, in order to get the second vaccine in enough time to start the school year. The school will have to have an updated certificate after the Hepatitis A series is complete.

Regulation Requirement for High School

For further information, clarification or questions contact our first aid room staff: Nurse Carol Dwyer & Staff Support Michelle Jackson.

Upcoming Events

Dec. 4 Special SBDM Mtg., 2:45p

Dec. 6 Ugly Holiday Sweater Day

Dec. 8 Winter Choral Concert, 7p

Dec. 9 National ACT Test, 8:00 a.m.

Dec. 11 Senior Dinner Dance Tickets

Dec. 13 SBDM Council Mtg, 4:15p

Dec. 14 Winter Band Concert, 7p

Dec. 15 National Ugly Sweater Day

Dec. 15 Picture Retake @ LifeTouch
Dec. 18 Semester Exams, Per 1, 3, 5
Dec. 19 Semester Exams, Per 2, 4, 6
Dec. 19 2nd Qtr Grading Period Ends
Dec. 20-Jan 2 Winter Break
Dec. 20 GSE Application Due
Jan. 5 Senior Grad Items mtg.
Jan. 12 2nd Qtr Grades go home
Jan. 12 GSA Application Due
Jan. 12 Reg. Ends for Feb. ACT
Jan. 12 Hoxworth Blood Drive
Jan. 15 No School-MLK Jr. Day
Jan. 17 SBDM Council Mtg., 4:15 p
Jan. 19-23 Grad Items Order Due
Jan. 27 Senior Dinner Dance
March 15 Community Service Hrs due
April 21 Prom 2018

Academic Team Schedule

Archery
Basketball--Men's JV/Varsity
Basketball-Men's Freshman
Basketball-Women's Fresh/JV/Varsity
Bowling--Men & Women
Swimming--Men's & Women's
Wrestling