IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNITY

November 14, 2022

Fall conferences will begin this evening Monday, November 14th through Thursday, November 17th, and all day on Friday, November 18th. Friday is an asynchronous day for students and they should access instructional content on Schoology. All conferences will be held virtually and you should have received an email on how to schedule them using the Student Support Time App.

Please reach out to Alyssa Gardner if you have any questions at gardner.alyssa@slpschools.org. We look forward to connecting with you about your student's progress.

Chicago: Teen Edition November 11-13 and 18-20

Kander and Ebb’s Chicago is a scathing social commentary on our national obsession with violence and fame. Based on the 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, the musical follows Roxie Hart, whose crime of passion lands her on Merry Murderesses Row, sharing the spotlight with vaudeville icon and fellow felon Velma Kelly. To keep their names in the headlines and themselves off death row, Roxie and Velma rely on lawyer Billy Flynn to “razzle dazzle” the jury and the press core. Please note that Chicago: Teen Edition represents adult situations and is not appropriate for a young audience.

Performances are November 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 7:00 pm and November 13 and 20 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for students and senior citizens, and free with student ID for all SLPHS students. Please purchase tickets at https://gopark.hometownticketing.com/embed/all. No cash will be accepted at the venue.

What is it?

The Youth Advisory Council (YAC) will be a group of young people who share their thoughts and ideas on preventing and stopping e-cigarette use.

What are the benefits?

● Earn $25 an hour per meeting for a total of five meetings between Jan 2023-Dec 2023.

● YAC members will decide other rewards and incentives for their participation.

● Develop skills such as: Leadership, Public Speaking, and Project Management.

● Be the face of change for your community.

Why?

More and more young people in Minnesota are using e-cigarettes than ever before.

● Young people in MN use e-cigarettes more than other forms of commercial tobacco.

● E-cigarette use by young people may negatively affect mental health development.

● Poor mental health in young people is associated with chronic commercial tobacco use in adulthood.

Where: YAC meetings will be held over Zoom and will last for at least one hour.

When: The first two meetings will occur in January and February. Members of the YouthAdvisory Council will determine the dates of the remaining 3 meetings to best fit their schedules.

Age Requirements: 12-17 years of age

Commitment: YAC members will serve on the board for the length of one calendar year: January 1st–December 31st. Members must attend at least 3 of the 5 required meetings.

Link to Application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MNYACApp

Application submissions are due no later than November 21, 2022

If you have any questions, or would like to refer a friend for a spot on the council, please reach out to Charles Rivers at mnyac@acetinc.com

ACET, Inc., along with the Minnesota Department of Health, is starting a statewide Youth Advisory Council as part of the Youth E-cigarette Prevention and Cessation Initiative. We invite you to participate in this group.

Masks are Highly Encouraged. Stay Home When Sick and Slow the Spread of Illness

We are seeing unusually high rates of illness in multiple SLP schools, in particular, influenza (flu) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). These viruses can be easily spread through close contact when people cough, sneeze, and talk. 

Please help partner with us in an effort to prevent the spread of illness by following our illness guidelines:

Situations when your child should stay home:

• Fever of 100 degrees or more. The student should stay home for 24 hours after their temperature returns to normal without the use of fever reducing medication.
• Vomiting or diarrhea. The student is to stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
• Any uncontrolled cough.
• Rashes with unknown causes. Check with your family physician/clinic before your student returns to school.
• If feeling ill/unwell and the student is unable to fully participate in school activities.

If your child displays symptoms of influenza or RSV, you can reach out to your child’s health care provider to see if testing for these illnesses is recommended. For information about influenza and RSV please refer to the Parent Fact Sheets from Hennepin County Public Health:

• Influenza information can be found HERE
• RSV Information can be found HERE

Thank you for helping to prevent the spread of illness.

Free at-home COVID-19 tests are available to SLP students. If you need one, an adult or student may pick it up in the health office. 

St. Louis Park Public Schools will continue to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) regarding COVID-19 during the 2022-23 school year. View the MDH Guidelines/Flowsheet and the CDC Isolation guidelines 

Students and staff will be required to wear a face covering if 5% or more of the students and/or staff who attend or work at their school site test positive for COVID-19. Students and staff can choose to wear a mask at any time. 

View the COVID-19 webpage for more information on COVID-19 guidance.

SLP High School will be offering an official administration of the ACT to all 11th grade students on Wednesday, March 8th 2023. The exam is free and no registration is necessary.

The ACT is beneficial to you because it offers a college admissions test, college course placement, and a career planning component. And you can make yourself visible to colleges and scholarship agencies across the country by taking the ACT.

The ACT is beneficial to SLP because it evaluates the effectiveness of instruction, informs changes and improvements in the curriculum, and it helps us meet the MN state requirement of a career and college readiness test.

Stay tuned for more information!

If you took the PSAT/NMSQT in October, you may be wondering when you’ll receive your scores.

Your scores are expected to be ready December 5, 2022.   They’ll  be posted on studentscores.collegeboard.org.



For more information on how to access and interpret your scores follow: 

PSAT College Board.

The Bird Feeder is a student-run food shelf FOR students BY students in the Business and Management class. We are currently seeking donations to stock our pantry. Donations can be dropped off in the main office inside door #1 - look for a bin labeled Bird Feeder Donations. 

You may also make a monetary donation or give gift cards (Target, Aldi, Cub) 

Questions? Email: kropelnicki_jaxson@apps.slpschools.org

Please help us stock our student-run clothing closet for our students! We are currently looking for 

• Winter Items
• Hats
• Coats
• Boots
• Gloves/mittens
• SLP clothing items

You can drop off any of these items in the main office inside Door #1 - look for the bin marked Clothing Closet Donations 

November is Native American Heritage Month. Check out the displays outside and in the Media Center. You can always put a book on hold in Destiny. Watch this video to learn how.

#notyourprincess       Code Talker        Firekeeper’s  Daughter     

Indian Voices: Listening to Native Americans    Strangers

Happy NaNoWriMo! NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. This is where writers attempt to write a whole novel (50,000 words) in one month! Check out the website here.

Have any books you are not reading anymore? Done with a book? Not interested in a book? Return it to the Media Center! We would love to have it available for other students to read.

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