| 2016-17 MSHS ADMINISTRATION |
| Dave Hickerson Principal |
| Alison Klock Assistant Principal A - L Dave Nash Assistant Principal M - Z Curtis Klein MSHS Athletic/Activities Director Administrative Office Staff Brenda Block Attendance Secretary Cassie Tholen Secretary Jayne Young Accounting Secretary If you would like to speak with someone in the main office during the school day, you may call 316-462-8000. |
| 2016-17 MSHS COUNSELING
DEPARTMENT |
| Diane Close M - Z Counselor |
| Adam Melichar A - L Counselor Tiffany Riedel Registrar Tamara Luce Counseling Secretary If you would like to speak with someone in the counseling office during the school day, you may call 316-462-8003. |
| 2016-17 MSHS ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Curtis Klein
MSHS Athletic/Activities Director Jayne Young
Athletic/Activities Secretary |
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| If you would like to speak with someone in the athletic office during the school day, you may call 316-729-4191. |
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DATES TO REMEMBER
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April 8-
Prom
April 14-
No School
May 5-
No School
May 9-
Last Day for Seniors
May 11-
MSHS Graduation
May 18-
Last Day of School |
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District Communications Policy
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Please visit
www.usd266.com/ bulletinboard to access the Maize USD 266 Online Bulletin Board for complete and timely information about upcoming events and activities sponsored by Maize Schools and partner agencies. |
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Wanted:
Substitute teachers!
Maize USD 266 is looking for substitute teachers. If you are available for occasional work during the school day and enjoy working with students and being in schools, please consider joining us as a sub! We are especially in need of subs for our elementary schools. Please share this information and encourage qualified candidates you know to apply.
Our subs:
* are paid $95 a day.
* have the option of indicating specific schools, grade levels, etc. they would like to work with.
* always have the option to pass on subbing opportunities that may not meet their interest and/or schedule.
* must have either their current teaching license or a Kansas
State Department of Education-issued Emergency Substitute License, available to those who have at least 60 hours of college credit or a degree (that does not have to be in education).
Interested? Please contact
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Yearbook Purchases
Have you purchased the 2016-2017 yearbook?
It's not too late to purchase a copy of the 2016-2017 yearbook; it's a book full of memories from this school year. If you'd like to purchase a yearbook, you can order online by clicking
HERE or by bringing $40 check or cash to Shelly. Walston in E110. Checks should be made out to MSHS and should have your child's name on the memo line.
SENIOR PARENTS:
It's time to order senior recognition ads.
Want to give your child a lasting memory for years to come? Submit a senior recognition ad to be placed in the 2016-2017 yearbook. Ads can include heartfelt messages and adorable photos from your child's best memories. You can order online by clicking
HERE
or by filling out this form and submitting it to Shelly Walston in E110.
Would you like to advertise in MSHS Bullseye newsmagazine?
If you or a business you frequent would like to advertise in the MSHS Bullseye newsmagazine, please click
HERE for our ad sales booklet. Ads are cheap and easy to submit; we'll even design them for you! We also have online advertisement available. With over 700 views daily and more than 800 readers of the print issue, advertising in the Bullseye is a great way to let the Maize South community know about your business.
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Honor Roll & Principal's Honor Roll
Term 3 Honor Roll & Principal's Honor Roll are now available. Congratulations!
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|  MAVERICK BULLHORN Parent Newsletter April 2017 |
From Mr. Hickerson
Hello Maize South, it's hard to believe we are planning for our seventh graduation. The commencement exercises will be May 11 at Hartman Arena at 6:30pm. We will be graduating 174 seniors this year. I hope you join us for the ceremony.
Juniors and sophomores completed state assessments last week. Unfortunately the state site had technical issues but we were able to complete almost all of our state assessments. A small number of sophomores still need to finish and the make-up process is almost complete. Thank you for your cooperation with our modified schedule during state assessment testing.
On April 19 MSHS freshmen and sophomores will be taking the ACT Aspire test. We will use a modified schedule for testing with only 3
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block meeting that day. The rest of the time will be utilized for Aspire testing. Freshmen and sophomores will be in school all day.
Juniors and seniors will not have school on April 19 and we are encouraging students and families to use the day as a college visit day.
We are beginning our new MavTime initiative this week during what used to be our EnCor time. We look forward to continuing to provide academic support, social and emotional support, and college and career readiness exposure for our students.
Spring sports have started and our coaches and students athletes are preparing for their events. Several teams are off to fast starts. The MSHS girls' soccer team won the McPherson Tournament last week with a 3-0 victory over Newton HS in the championship game. The girls' swim team won the Andover meet and finished 2
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at the Heights Invitational. The boys' golf team won the Bishop Carroll Invitational at Auburn Hills.
The MSHS Science Olympiad team competed at WSU and finished in 3rd place at the state competition in the small school division. Congratulations to all participants. Coaches are Rob Archibald and Sheena Jensen.
The MSHS forensics team is busy with competitions as well. We wish them the best of luck this spring. The MSHS band, orchestra, and vocal music departments are busy preparing for spring concerts and state competition. State competitions for large groups are April 12 and 13.
We had a great turnout for prom Saturday at the Wichita Boathouse. After-prom was a huge success at MSHS later that evening. Thank you to all of the parents and the community for supporting the MSHS after-prom initiative.
You can access
www.avctl.org
for athletic and activities schedules. Please feel free to contact MSHS with any questions or concerns you may have. I look forward to seeing you at a concert, athletic event, or activity that involves the Mavericks of Maize South HS.
Go Mavs!
Dave Hickerson
Principal
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From the Counselor
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
~Winston Churchill
For Timely Information
Upcoming College Visits to MSHS
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April 11th: University of Nebraska at Lincoln, MavTime
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April 18th: University of Central Missouri at Warrensburg, MavTime and all lunch periods
Upcoming Events
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April 6th: Maverick Career Lecture Series- Kansas Boys State participants from Maize South, MavTime, Lecture Hall
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April 8th: ACT test, 7:30a - 12:00p, C Hall
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April 11th: Balfour- Senior cap and gown delivery, 10:30a - 1:30p, commons area
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April 14th: No School, FREE college prep workshop for sophomores and Juniors offered at MSHS. See below for details, 10:00a - 12:00p in the commons area
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April 24th: Senior Awards Program, 6:30p - 7:30p, Auditorium
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May 1st: AP Testing- Chemistry, 8:00a - 12:00p, MSHS Lecture Hall
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May 1st: Summer Face to Face Driver's Ed enrollment meeting, 6:00p, Maize High Lecture Hall
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May 2nd: Senior Class Meeting, MavTime, Auditorium
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May 3rd: AP Testing- English Literature, 8:00a - 12:00p, MSHS Lecture Hall
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May 3rd: Summer Face to Face Driver's Ed enrollment meeting, 6:00p, MSHS commons area
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May 4th: AP Testing- U.S. Government, 8:00a - 12:00p, MSHS Lecture Hall
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May 5th: AP Testing- U.S. History, 8:00a - 12:00p, Maize High Lecture Hall
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May 5th: Last day to register for the June 10th ACT (this ACT is NOT offered at MSHS), Online at
www.actstudent.org
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May 8th: AP Testing- Biology, 8:00a - 12:00p, MSHS Lecture Hall
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May 8th: AP Testing- Physics, 11:30a - 3:00p, Maize High Lecture Hall
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May 9th: AP Testing- Calculus, 8:00a - 12:00p, MSHS Lecture Hall
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May 9th: Last day for seniors
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May 11th: AP Testing- Statistics, 11:30a - 3:00p, MSHS Lecture Hall
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May 11th: Graduation Breakfast, 8:45a - 9:30a, MSHS commons area
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May 11th: Graduation Practice, 10:00a - 12:00p, Hartman Arena
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May 11th: Graduation, 6:30p, Hartman Arena
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May 15th: Academic Letter Reception, MavTime, MSHS commons area
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May 15th: Junior Class Announcement Design meeting, Block 3- 12:00p, MSHS large conference room
Food Pantry Information
The Maverick Mentors, a school leadership group, in coordination with several staff members and community groups, have established a food pantry that is open for business. The pantry, located in the high school, will provide a limited selection of food and hygiene products to any Maize South High School student in need. The pantry is supplied through and contingent upon student and community donations. Non-perishable food items as well as new personal hygiene items are always accepted. For a student to utilize the pantry, they need to talk with a counselor or an administrator; there is no vetting. The whole process is discreet, with the goal of providing essentials without calling attention to the student.
Please feel free to share this information out so that all families in the building are aware of the opportunity.
Seniors
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The Senior Academic Awards Ceremony will be held on April 24th at 6:30p in the MSHS Auditorium. Please join us in honoring our out-going senior class in this hour long ceremony.
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Need a transcript sent to a college? The Maize school district uses the digital service
www.parchment.com. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our registrar at 462.8008 or refer to our website,
the
Counselor's Corner, where you can find PDF instructions.
Juniors
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NO SCHOOL THIS DAY: Jennifer Fry of College Matters will be teaching a FREE college prep workshop on April 14th for sophomore and junior students. The seminar will be in the MSHS commons from 10:00a - 12:00p and will include FREE food. Students wanting to attend must sign-up for the opportunity using the following link:
College Matters: College Prep Workshop
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MCLS: Kansas Boys State- On Thursday, April 6th during MavTime, students are invited to listen to a handful of our Senior Mav gentlemen who attended the American Legion's Kansas Boys State 2016, held at Kansas State University. Kansas Boys State is an annual week-long leadership camp for junior boys to learn how the American system of democracy works by putting on a mock government through holding elections and then creating public policy. Kansas Girls State is also available to junior girls of Kansas and is a similar experience, held at the University of Kansas. Applications for both of these opportunities are available in the MSHS Counseling office and should be turned in soon.
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Counselors are currently working on enrollment for the 2017-18 school year. Students should still be spending time working on their
Academic Portfolio. The Academic Portfolio has a number of parts, but students should be diligent in focusing on and updating their
Individual Plans of Study (IPS) and working on their
High School Resumes. All documents should be saved in the student's Google Drive in a folder titled "Academic Portfolio." If the student can't find their IPS, one can always be downloaded from the
Counselor's Corner. All modifications to the IPS can be done in the Google extension program, DocHub. Just make sure to save it and share it with your counselor when you are done modifying.
Sophomores
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NO SCHOOL THIS DAY: Jennifer Fry of College Matters will be teaching a FREE college prep workshop on April 14th for sophomore and junior students. The seminar will be in the MSHS commons from 10:00a - 12:00p and will include FREE food. Students wanting to attend must sign-up for the opportunity using the following link:
College Matters: College Prep Workshop
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MCLS: Kansas Boys State- On Thursday, April 6th during MavTime, students are invited to listen to a handful of our Senior Mav gentlemen who attended the American Legion's Kansas Boys State 2016, held at Kansas State University. Kansas Boys State is an annual week-long leadership camp for junior boys to learn how the American system of democracy works by putting on a mock government through holding elections and then creating public policy. Kansas Girls State is also available to junior girls of Kansas and is a similar experience, held at the University of Kansas. Applications for both of these opportunities are available in the MSHS Counseling office and should be turned in soon.
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Counselors are currently working on enrollment for the 2017-18 school year. Students should still be spending time working on their
Academic Portfolio. The Academic Portfolio has a number of parts, but students should be diligent in focusing on and updating their
Individual Plans of Study (IPS) and working on their
High School Resumes. All documents should be saved in the student's Google Drive in a folder titled "Academic Portfolio." If the student can't find their IPS, one can always be downloaded from the
Counselor's Corner. All modifications to the IPS can be done in the Google extension program, DocHub. Just make sure to save it and share it with your counselor when you are done modifying.
Freshmen
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Counselors are currently working on enrollment for the 2017-18 school year. Students should still be spending time working on their
Academic Portfolio. The Academic Portfolio has a number of parts, but students should be diligent in focusing on and updating their
Individual Plans of Study (IPS) and working on their
High School Resumes. All documents should be saved in the student's Google Drive in a folder titled "Academic Portfolio." If the student can't find their IPS, one can always be downloaded from the
Counselor's Corner
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All modifications to the IPS can be done in the Google extension program, DocHub. Just make sure to save it and share it with your counselor when you are done modifying.
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Important 2017-18 Enrollment Info
Please click here to access important information about enrollment. Maize USD 266 will process current student enrollment in May this year, a change from previous years. We look forward to great things in the 2017-18 school year at OneMa1ze!
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Summer Face to Face Driver Education
2017 SUMMER FACE TO FACE DRIVER EDUCATION Mandatory Parent/Student Meetings and Enrollment Documentation
USD 266 Maize Schools will once again offer summer face to face driver education. Any student who turns 14 on or before June 1, 2017 and has or will graduate 8th grade by June 1st will be eligible to enroll in summer driver education. Students will attend two weeks of classes starting Thursday, June 1st and ending on Tuesday, June 13th from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Students will also complete at least five, one hour driving sessions (schedule to be determined after class begins). We prefer that students get an instructional permit at the DMV in advance of the class and spend as much time as possible driving in safe locations with their parents. Practicing with parents before class starts is a plus considering that driver education is only five hours of driving.
Two
mandatory enrollment meetings will be held in May. Parents and students must attend one of the two meetings. The first meeting will be on Monday, May 1st at 6:00 pm in the Maize High School Lecture Hall. The second meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 3rd at 6:00 pm in the Maize South High School Commons Area. Eye tests will be given at both of these meetings. Enrollment forms will be email out to parents during the month of April. Students will need to bring any type of license or permit they might already have. The cost of summer driver education is $200 with payment due in full on the date of the meetings.
No registrations or late payments will be accepted after the last parent meeting on Wednesday, May 3rd.
Students and parents with questions are encouraged to contact Steve Martling at 316-462-8000 or by email at
smartling@usd266.com or Curtis Klein at 316-462-8048 or by email at
cklein@usd266.com.
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Technology
The first project is student work from Graphic Design Fundamentals in which they created car magnets. These are the same type of magnets that a person would find on vehicles to display company logos or services that are being offered such as lawn mowing.
The second project was student designs using the NXT Mindstorms robots for the Sumo challenge. Students had to design a robot that would be able to "fight" in a sumo arena. They had to be able to push their opponent out of the Octagon of Doom without themselves being pushed out.
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Musical
The Maize South choirs had three successful performances of All Shook Up on March 2, 3 and 4. This was the first main-stage musical that the vocal department has independently produced, and many actors were new to the stage. Our core cast demonstrated an amazing amount of talent and growth through the process. But what impressed me the most was the way the chorus rallied around themselves and supported everyone involved. They made this an amazing experience and one that will not be forgotten.
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Soccer- Girls 
Maize South Girls Varsity team wins McPherson tournament.
They beat Newton 3-0 in the championship game.
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