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25 THINGS about St. Louis Park High School
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It's hard to believe we are nearly at the end of 1st semester. I appreciate the signs of "E"xcellence as I visit classes like Mr. Joe Weber's English class. The students were preparing their final projects by continuing to draft their thoughts and ideas into language.
I also had the pleasure to visit Mr. Kou Lee's Orchestra class. "D"ependability was present as the teacher and students worked on individual details to produce a beautiful sound.
Last but definitely not least, Ms. Maggie Arends' English class was analyzing a section from their current novel. "R"elationships were evident in the small groups sharing what they had read and the relationships between characters.
Thank you to all of our students, teachers, and families as we prepare for the end of the semester!
Scott Meyers
Principal
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1st Semester Finals Schedule (1/22 & 1/23)
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Period 1 8:20 - 9:45
Period 3 9:55 - 11:20
Lunch 11:20 - 12:05
Period 5 12:05 - 1:30
Period 6 1:40 - 3:10
Thursday, January 23, 2020 (Please note 8:20 start time)
Period 2 8:20- 9:45
Period 4 9:55 - 11:20
Lunch 11:20 - 12:05
Period 7 12:05 - 1:30
1:30- Dismissal for students who don't have make-up testing
** Busses will pick up students at the 1:30 dismissal time
Make-up 1:35 - 3:10
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PowerSchool Public Portal
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The PowerSchool public portal and mobile apps will remain open during the semester 1 grading period for students to view their semester 2 schedules. Grades and attendance will be disabled during the grading period. Semester 1 grades will be available to view by 3:30 p.m., Friday, January 31st.
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Semester 2 Schedule Information
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The following is a message from the Counseling office regarding your Semester 2 class schedule:
The Schedule Change Request Form (online google form) will be available starting Jan. 13 for students to request a schedule change. Counselors will continually review the requests and be in touch with students via email regarding any changes.
Schedule changes will be made for the following reason:
- A wrong course appears
- A course has been failed
- A class is missing
- There is a class conflict.
Please be advised there are no changes for teacher or time of day preference for classes
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Students wanting to talk to a counselor regarding S2 schedules can do so January 27-29 on a walk-in basis.
Classes are still being balanced through January 27th, thus there may still be some changes to student schedules.
All students should access Powerschool to see their updated schedule on Monday, January 27th. If students need a paper copy of their schedule, they can stop in the Student Services Office.
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2nd Semester Parking Permit Sales
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Starting Friday, January 24 at 8:00 a.m. 2nd Semester Student Parking Permits will be available for sale ONLINE.
You will need to create an account prior to purchasing your parking permit. Click here to create an account.
Once purchased, please print your receipt and have your student bring it to the Main Office to pick up their parking permit. Students will need to have all obligations cleared up and present a valid driver's license when picking up their permit.
Student parking is allowed only in the student parking lot, which is located on the west side of the high school off 33rd street.
Vehicles parked on school grounds must display a valid current parking tag that should be hung from the rearview mirror and visible through the front windshield. Vehicles without a parking permit or parked in an unauthorized parking spot will be given two warnings and then towed at the owner's expense.
If you have any questions please call Kiki Christensen at 952-928-6103.
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High School Theater Presents
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John Cariani's Love/Sick tracks nine couples through the pleasures and pitfalls of falling in love. The collection of short plays highlights the life cycle of a relationship: the meeting, the breaking up, the wedding, the realities of married life, the affair, the contemplation of divorce, the strains of parenthood, and the realization of failing and starting anew.
Performances of Love/Sick are January 17 and 18 at 7:00p.m. and January 19 at 2:00p.m.
All performances will be held in the High School auditorium, located along the West 33rd Street entrance. Tickets will be available at the door: free with SLPHS student ID, $5 for all other students and senior citizens, and $7 for adults. Purchase advance tickets online at
https://slphslovesick.eventbrite.com
or at the box office 30 minutes prior to the performance.
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Yearbook Sales
Yearbook sales will close in four weeks on 1/30.
This will be the last chance to guarantee a yearbook for your child. Yearbooks are available for $70 at slpechowan.com or in room B229 (cash or check, made out to Balfour).
Last Chance: Class of 2020 Senior Baby Ads
The Echowan has 10 remaining senior baby ad spots! Families who would like to purchase a 1/8-page ad should submit a photo of your student as a baby, a message of at most 140 characters, and payment of $35 cash or check made out to
SLP Echowan
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Photos should be able to fit into a vertical-formatted space.
Submissions must be turned in AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, and your submissions will be featured on a first-come, first-served basis
. All three components (message, photo, and payment) must be received by this date in order for your student to be featured.
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The Echowan has been raising money this month to sponsor yearbooks for senior students.
As yearbook distribution day approaches, seniors will have the opportunity to apply for a sponsored yearbook, and the yearbooks purchased through donations will be randomly distributed among these applicants. This opportunity is for seniors only and is based upon financial hardship.
Last Sunday, January 12th, Echowan staff raised money to purchase yearbooks by bagging groceries at Cub Foods Knollwood. We will be at Cub Foods Knollwood from 11am-5pm on Sunday, 1/19, and Sunday, 1/26, if you would like to stop by. We will also be accepting donations in envelopes labelled for room B229 & "Echowan", dropped off at the Main Office by 1/30/20. Thank you for your generosity!
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Registration for the 2020-21 School Year
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| Please see the attached letter regarding details about the registration process for the 2020-21 school year. |
The World Drumming class did an outstanding job on a brand new project this week. Each small group researched a social justice issue in the music world. Topics ranged from cultural appropriation in music to inequities in school music program funding to commonalities found in the civil rights music. After researching many low-bias, reliable sources, students formed an opinion on the issue and recommended an action step for positive change. Finally, they presented their findings to their peers. There was genuine passion and pride in the topics and presentations and organic conversations ensued about racial identity of rap artists, school funding and the role of "intent" in appropriation.
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Park Band at MN State Mankato
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On Saturday, January 11th, four outstanding Park band students chose to drive almost an hour and give up a whole Saturday rehearsing music. Dr. Amy Roissum Foley, Director of Bands at Minnesota State-Mankato, did a wonderful job of unifying over 80 of the top musicians from central Minnesota.
Around Halloween, band teacher Steve Schmitz, was asked to nominate several ninth graders who could handle more challenge. After submitting names and strengths of several students, we learned that four students from SLPHS had been accepted to the Central Minnesota Band Directors' Association (CMBDA) Honor Band. The four students representing Park were Fiona Schaack on trumpet, Cole Nowak on baritone, Sebastian Tangelson on baritone saxophone and Axel Abrahamson on tenor saxophone (as pictured from left to right). Students were given the honor band music a few weeks before the event, but they had under six hours of rehearsal to put together an excellent concert. The concert-preparation process usually takes 6-10 weeks.
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Many staff recently participated in a training that in part showed the connections between the IB Mission and the SLP Mission. Here is a word-cloud of the connections that stood out to them.
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German Club met this week to practice our cake flipping skills auf Deutsch.
We used a simple German recipe for Apfelpfannkuchen. Super lecker!
German Club meets once monthly around the first or second week. Watch for signs and contact Frau Fox in B241 if you would like to participate.
Since German Club typically cooks or does crafts, advanced notice of participation is requested in order to assure enough supplies are on hand.
Frau will collect 2$ to help defray costs for supplies.
Frau Fox
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The official start of the YDSC Drone League was this last weekend! The St. Louis Park Team consisting of Will Schwietering(captain), Rafe Covin, Clayton Horstman Olson, Marcos Tapia, Cory Kleve, Johnny Falzone, Nick Perszyk, and Jude Wickberg hosted Apple Valley, Hill-Murray, and St. Thomas Academy on Saturday, January 11 from about noon to 2 p.m. in the St. Louis Park High School Cafeteria.
SLP Drone Team Opens Official Season with a Win!
The SLP Drone Team was dominant in the 1
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official race of the Youth Drone Sport Championships(YDSC) season. The event consisted of 4 individual races(4 pilots at
a time seeded by time trials into 4 groups -- each group of four raced three time
s to determine the fastest pilot in that heat) and a team relay race. The team currently has 4 pilots in the top 7 in the league of 25+ pilots. Will Schwietering currently holds the top pilot spot in overall points! Rafe Covin finished the match with 3/3 race wins, Marcos Tapia Vizcarra finished the day with 3/3 wins and Cory Kleve finished the event with 2/3 wins. Clayton Horstman Olson finished 1st in the line of sight race and Johnny Falzone finishing 2nd adding to the team score. The team ended the day with a dominant performance in the team relay, they finished the fifteen laps before the closest team was done with 10 laps and ended the race with 94 points and continue to be the team to beat!
If you are a 9
th
grader and are interested in joining the team, please stop by and talk to Mr. Mark Miller in B136.
Our next race will be sometime in February.
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SLP Technovation Team
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Do you want to fix something, change something, invent something? Come join our Technovation Girls Team at St. Louis Park HS. The Challenge consists of a community of over 80 teams of girls in a 12-week long program that teaches girls how to build a mobile app that solves a real problem in your community. We will partner with business professionals in this process and make great connections with companies right here in the twin cities. We are hoping to have at least two teams at the high school and a couple at the middle school.
We will start our official meetings next week (January 13-17). We are still working on determining the day of the week we will meet. Please stop by Mr. Mark Miller's engineering room (B136) if you have any questions or send an email to
miller.mark@slpschools.org
. If you have already talked to me and plan on being on the team, you can set up your account at
https://technovationmn.org/get-involved/teen-girls/.
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Volunteer Judges Needed for Business Competition/DECA
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St. Louis Park High School DECA is looking for 25 judges for Sunday, January 26th at Wayzata High School. No experience necessary. If you are interested please sign up with this link: Sign up to Judge DECA Competition Here or see attached flyer for more information.
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If your college has contacted you & requested your 1st semester grades. Please let Cheryl Broady in Student Services know.
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Seniors Order Your Cap & Gown
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| Graduation is just around the corner! If you have not already done so, go to gradsmn.org to order your cap and gown. |
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for ELL- February 3 - 28 - ELL Monitors on February 11 and 13.
ACT
- February 25 (Grade 11)
MCA Science and MAP Reading
- March 10-12 - Science MCA (Biology and Life Science) and MAP Reading (Grades 9 and 10) will take place using block scheduling. March 10 & 11(block days) March 12 - Make-up testing.
ACT Make-up
- March 10 (Grade 11) Students who test with accommodations have their make-up day on March 4.
MCA and MAP Math
- March 17-18 using block scheduling. March 17 & 18 (block days) with make-up on March 19 (MAP - Grades 9 and 10, MCA Grade 11)
MCA Reading
- Wednesday March 25 (Grade 10) Make-up testing April 9 - There will be a special schedule for 10th graders March 25.
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All Juniors Will Take ACT (Free)
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All JUNIORS-Class of 2021 will take the ACT with Writing (FREE)
February 25, 2020 (8:20 a.m. start)
On site at St. Louis Park High School Field House
- All Juniors have been registered (DO NOT REGISTER ON LINE).
- Accommodations for identified students have been made.
- Students with accommodations will be given a letter with their testing day and venue during the 1/19/2020 CCR
- Students will prepare their answer sheet (pre-administration) during 2/19/20 CCR Advisory.
- Students can access FREE ACT Prep Course & Practice Tests online at: Career & College Center/MNCIS/ACT PREP.
What is the ACT? The ACT is an entrance exam used by most colleges and universities to make admissions decisions. It is a multiple-choice, pencil-and-paper test.
If you have any questions, contact Jami LaPray, Assessment Coordinator or Kara Mueller, Career & College Coordinator
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Mindfulness Challenge
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"More than academic achievers, the world needs people who are balanced intellectually, socially, physically and emotionally."
International Baccalaureate Programme 2017
We are about a week into the pre-finals Mindfulness Challenge! Please follow the Instagram account: "slp_ib_dp" for the daily activity to improve your well-being.
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The Civics in the Park youth program
is an opportunity for St. Louis Park High School students, grades 9-12, to learn more about what a city does! Together we will explore topics in public life through a lens of equity and inclusion.
Participating in this program is a great resume booster and opportunity to learn something new. Each student will receive a certificate of participation from the city after attending at least three meetings.
You can sign up with Ms. Mueller in Student Services, or simply show up to one of our upcoming meetings. If you want text reminders and e-mails, please use the online signup form.
Upcoming meetings:
Food and drinks will be served at every meeting.
Sessions will be surrounding issues that involve civic engagement. There will also be guest speakers, opportunities to visit government offices and the opportunity for participants to engage in a project of their choosing.
All meetings will be held at the St. Louis Park High School in Room C379.
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| Jan. 29, 2020 |
3 - 4:15 p.m. |
Teambuilding
Intro to civics and 2020 elections
How to become an election judge
Intro to YPE and choosing a civic engagement project |
| Feb. 26, 2020 |
3 - 4:15 p.m. |
What is the presidential nomination primary?
What is a caucus?
How does political climate affect civic processes?
YPE project |
| March 25, 2020 |
3 - 4:15 p.m. |
Election decompression
Community organizing 101
YPE project |
| April 29, 2020 |
3 - 4:15 p.m. |
Guest speakers
YPE project - possible presentation |
| May 27, 2020 |
3 - 4:15 p.m. |
Tour of city (time permitting) |
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Student Election Judges
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Gain Valuable Experience, Serve Your Community and earn MONEY!
The City of St Louis Park provides high school students the opportunity to serve as student election judges in the general election alongside election judges. Serving as a student election judge is a great way to serve your community and gain valuable experience while earning money. It also looks great on college applications and resumes!
Requirements
- High school student, age 16 or older
- U.S. citizen
- In good academic standing
- Available to work a minimum of eight hours on Election Day - Tuesday, March 3
- Complete St. Louis Park payroll forms (direct deposit it required)
- Successfully complete required training sessions
To learn more and apply click this link:
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Have a study hall or study hall release 1st or 7th hour?
Students must have a pass from their study hall teacher or have a study hall release.
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College Rep Visits - Link on HS Website
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Representatives from college admission offices visit high schools around the country to present informational programs to prospective students, parents and counselors. We at St. Louis Park High School have made it easy to secure a spot!
SIGN UP for College Representative Visits - ONLINE at
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Driver's Ed Course Sections
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SLPHS offers Driver's Education classes after school and during the summer. Sections do fill up! For more information, click here.
Section 3 | Feb. 24 - Mar. 12 : FULL
Section 4 | April 27 - May 14 : 10 seats available
Section 5 | June 8-19 AM : 15 seats available
Section 6 | June 8-19 PM : 27 seats available
Section 7 | July 20-31 AM : 26 seats available
Section 8 | July 20-31 PM : 30 seats available
Driver's Ed Parent Meeting - St. Louis Park High School
Thursday, April 30, 2020, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Location: St. Louis Park High School Room B112, located across from the gym on the 1st floor
- Attendance at this meeting will reduce your son/daughter's required supervised driving hours from 50 hours to 40 hours
- Students do not need to attend the meeting
- Parent/guardian will receive a certificate of attendance for attending the meeting
RSVP to Bill Wodarski, Driver's Ed, Inc. Program Coordinator
651-621-5649
Space is limited to 25 seats
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Cold and influenza ("flu") season is upon us and we are beginning to see increasing numbers of students with influenza symptoms. These include fever, cough, sore throat, headache, body aches, fatigue, and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.
Keep your student at home and consider seeking medical attention if they have typical flu symptoms as listed above or any of the following:
- Fever of 100 degrees or more. Students need to stay home for 24 hours after their temperature returns to normal without the use of fever-reducing medicine.
- Vomiting or diarrhea. Students need to stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
- Any uncontrolled cough.
- Any rash for which you do not know the cause. Check with your family physician/clinic before sending the student to school.
- Strep Throat. May return 12 hours following the first dose of antibiotics, if fever free and well enough to fully participate in school.
If you would like to speak to the school nurse about your student's illness please call Susanne Otos at 952-928-6108
Susanne Otos, BSN,RN,PHN
Licensed School Nurse
St. Louis Park Public Schools
612-750-7172
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Go to
gopark.org
for athletic event information and sports registration.
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January 17 & 18 - HS One-Act Plays 7:00 p.m., Auditorium
January 19 - HS One-Act Plays 2:00 p.m., Auditorium
January 20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, No School
January 22 & 23 - First Semester Finals
January 23 - 1:30 p.m. Release
January 24 - No School |
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St. Louis Park
High School
6425 West 33rd St., St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Phone: 952-928-6100 *
Fax: 952-928-6113
www.gopark.org (
Go Park - SLP Athletics Website)
Click here for the Districtwide Calendar
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