VIKING NATION NEWSLETTER November, 2016
A Message From Our Principal What a great time to be a Viking! Viking Nation now has our first cohort of students enrolled in the STEM&M program and these students have received their Chromebooks for the needed coursework. This is an exciting time for the students, school, district and OIT to be kicking off such an awesome adventure. Mazama is always undertaking something fun and interesting for the elementary students we serve and this fall is no different. Our Biology classes have been assisting second grade students from various schools with mini fieldtrips in our wetlands area here at Mazama. So far we have invited Shasta and Stearns students, but plan on other schools in the future. Mazama Advanced Visual Arts class is planning a visit with Stearns elementary to teach an art lesson with their 4th grade classes. The high school students will create the lesson, introduce the lesson with visuals and provide supplies. We have a class of advanced students and we will split them up into groups for the two, 4th grade classes. Another cool activity is our Advanced Visual Arts class is working with Crater Lake Zipline on a project. The students are creating two “photo face cut out boards” and three large Bigfoot cut outs for their business. They have been doing some background prep work and plan on starting the larger pieces by the end of next week. Nice job art class! Viking Nation recently hosted a College Night where almost 300 students and parents attended the event. It’s our chance to highlight the importance of college and education beyond high school. Mazama teachers and representatives from our local colleges gave short descriptions of life choice and managing the correct path to something beyond high school. I would like to emphasize this does not mean everyone needs to go to a university but just consider something beyond graduation. This idea is not limited to, but may include internships, vocational school, technical or trade school. The evening ended with Michael Christensen, Samantha Recino and Elizabeth Eck each winning a $500 scholarship. If you missed this event we are planning a repeat performance sometime in the spring so keep your eyes and ears open if you are interested. Congratulations to our girls’ soccer team and our boys’ football team making the playoffs! This is the third year in a row Viking football has been district champions, a difficult accomplishment, the athletes and coaches should be proud. Good luck to all of you in the upcoming contests. Steve Morosin
Mazama High School Phone Numbers Attendance Office Main Office Guidance Office Athletic Office Office Fax
(541)883-5027 (541)883-5024 (541)883-5031 (541)883-5032 (541)883-5044
Reminder to Parents…… In order to serve you better, please call the Attendance Office at least one half hour ahead of time when you need to pick up your student during the school day. Thank you for your help.
Mazama Counseling Mrs. Radmaker Reichardt works with the Class of 2017 and the Class of 2019. For notifications of upcoming college and career related events at Mazama, like the Mazama College Club Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MazamaCollegeClub/. For much more college and career related information, please visit Mrs. Radmaker Rechardt’s website at http://radmaker.weebly.com/. You may subscribe to Mrs. Radmaker Reichardt’s bi-monthly newsletter at http://radmaker.weebly.com/ or by sending an e-mail to radmakerj@kcsd.k12.or.us.
Homecoming 2016 Mazama High School’s annual homecoming events included spirit dress up days, a pep assembly, a bonfire, a dance and a great football win over Phoenix!
Your 2016 Homecoming Court
Military Appreciation Night On September 16th, Mazama Football and Viking Nation honored our past and present military members by hosting a Military Appreciation Night. A special program was held at half time to show our appreciation to all who have served.
Thank you to the class of 2016 for our new Viking Nation sign!!
MAZAMA FBLA
By:Brazil Cisneros & Rebeca Ramirez
Summer Planning Meeting September/October 2016
New year, new ideas for our chapter! Our officer team decided to meet at Sergio’s Mexican Restaurant in August to discuss this year’s game plan. First priority was to get to know each other and be able to work together as a family to make this a successful year. While enjoying each other’s company and some great food, we talked about ways we will achieve our goals. We aim to represent Mazama well at regionals, state and our top goal is to make it
FBLA
OFFICER TEAM 2016-17
Ireland Wynne/Trevor Arino, Co-Presidents
Favian Galvan/Jazmin Hall, Event Managers
Rebeca Ramirez/Brazil Cisneros, Publicity Directors
Daniela Garcia/Branae Sanchez/ Samantha Recino, Store Managers
Jordan Delorme, Accountant
SENIOR PHOTO DEADLINE: November 4, 2016
Dear Members of the Class of ’16, Parents, Guardians, and Photographers: This year, as in years past, Mazama High School’s yearbook will be distributed in late May or early June before graduation instead of the fall after seniors graduate. So, to meet our deadlines for the yearbook, we need all senior color photos by November 4, 2016. You and your senior have three options available for portraits: (1) During portrait day, Lifetouch Photography took school portraits for seniors and will upload the photographs into our yearbook program. These photographs will meet all the requirements listed below and will be taken in time to meet the deadline. These photographs are the default photo for your senior if a senior photo is not submitted or not suitable.
(2) You may choose a professional photographer of your own. However, if you do so, the photograph must meet the requirements listed below. Since we will accept only professional portraits that meet these requirements, please be sure your photographer understands and follows them. You should take this letter with you, in case the photography studio no longer has its copy. It is your responsibility to ensure that your photographer knows the deadline. The photographer can submit the photo to Miss Schmidt through email or by bringing in a disc with the image saved to it. (3) Professional photography is expensive. Have someone take a nice picture and have it put either on a CD or email it to Miss Schmidt as an attachment. Please do not print digital pictures on a home printer, even if it is a “photo printer.” Bring the photo disc to Miss Schmidt, and the yearbook staff will crop or scan to the correct specifications. Please see numbers 3-6 below to ensure a quality photograph in the yearbook. Professional Photo requirements: 1. The ONLY way to submit a photograph is through email or save the photo on a disc or a thumb drive. Please email the photograph to SchmidtL@kcsd.k12.or.us or bring in a disc with the senior’s first and last name printed clearly on the disc. 2. The top of the head must be ¼ inch from the top of the photograph. 3. Basic frontal or ¾ view—please no back shots. 4. Background: any style or color is fine. 5. Any suitable clothing: standard school dress is fine. 6. We will not accept props or other people or pets in the photo, soft focus, glamour drapes, low cut dresses, double images, silk matte, or pearl finishes.
Please remember, it is your responsibility to make sure that we receive a photo which meets the above requirements. If we do not have your photo, or it does not meet the requirements, we will use your Lifetouch photo. These specifications allow us to print the best possible photo of you. It is the studio’s responsibility to inform the Mazama yearbook adviser and its senior clientele if it cannot meet the above specifications. Given sufficient time, we will do our best to inform you and the studio of any problems regarding your senior color portrait for the yearbook.
We appreciate your cooperation and timeliness with respect to these matters. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Schmidt, yearbook adviser at 541-883-5024 or SchmidtL@kcsd.k12.or.us
Mazama SAT Test Dates 2016-2017 School Year Test Date
Register by
Late Regristration
Dec. 3rd Jan, 21st Mar. 11th June 3rd
Nov. 3rd Dec. 21st Feb. 10th May 9th
Nov. 22nd Jan. 10th Feb. 28th May 24th
Stop by the Guidance Office for more information!
ATTENTION SENIORS: JOSTENS WILL BE HERE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH TO TAKE GRADUATION ORDERS! The Weightlifting Club will begin meeting in November. Please listen for announcements if you would like to be part of the fun!
UPCOMING MUSIC EVENTS Nov. 5th Marching Band will perform at the football game Nov. 9th Band performing at the North Medford Jazz Festival Nov. 11th Marching Band at the Veterans’ Day Parade Dec. 8th Marching Band at the Snowflake Parade Dec 14th Band & Choir Winter Concert, 7 pm at the Ross Ragland, free admit
2017 Valhalla Yearbook
Senior Ads
A special way to look back on your high school memories and younger days! Parents: Why not put in a picture of your senior from when they were younger and attach a note of well wishes for the future! This makes a great graduation gift! Prices 1/8 Page $30 1/4 Page $50 Half Page $95 3/4 Page $140 Full Page $180 Submit by March 3, 2017 Contact Miss Schmidt for details: schmidtl@kcsd.k12.or.us (541)883-5024
2017 Yearbook $65.00 See the bookkeeper to purchase your copy!
KLAMATH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT Greg Thede, Superintendent 10501 Washburn Way Klamath Falls, OR 97603 October 3, 2016 Dear Parents: Occasionally weather conditions or other emergencies require us to take some special action regarding school closures and early dismissal. The following is our plan to let you know when school will not be held as regularly scheduled.
If we find it necessary to close school in the morning, announcements will be made over the radio and television stations listed below after 6:00 AM. We advise you to listen to your local stations in the mornings and/or visit our district website where a message will be posted. If it is necessary to dismiss school early due to bad weather or other emergencies, announcements will be made on the same radio and television stations periodically throughout the day and posted on our district website as soon as a decision is made. Our first line of communication will be through the One Call Now system. Please make sure that the school(s) your student(s) attend have your current contact information in the system. Please do not telephone the stations, the school, or the school district office. Arrangements have been made with the stations to broadcast the information to you. Thank you for your help. District Website:
www.kcsd.k12.or.us
Radio Stations: AM 960 KLAD Radio Stations: FM 92.5 KLAD 104.7 KFEG Television Stations:
KOBI/KOTI
1150 KAGO 96.5 KFLS (CD Country) 105.5 KKKJ (3KJ) KDRV/KDKF
1450 KFLS 99.5 KAGO 106.9 KKRB KTVL
DISTRITO ESCOLAR DEL CONDADO DE KLAMATH Greg Thede, Superintendente 10501 Washburn Way Klamath Falls, OR 97603 3 De octubre 2016 Estimados Padres: Ocasionalmente condiciones extremas del clima u otras emergencias requieren que tomemos acciones especiales con respeto a cerrar las escuelas o a salidas tempranas. El siguiente es nuestro plan para avisarles cuando las escuelas no tendrán el horario regular. Si creemos que es necesario de no abrir las escuelas por la mañana, se anunciará por las estaciones de radio y televisión listadas abajo un poco después de las seis de la mañana. Les aconsejamos que por las mañanas escuchen las estaciones locales y/o visiten la rama de correo electrónico del distrito escolar donde se pondrá un mensaje. Si es necesario de despedir temprano a los estudiantes dado al mal clima u otras emergencias, al igual se anunciará periódicamente por las mismas estaciones de radio y televisión, al igual se pondrá la información en nuestra rama de correo electrónico tan pronto y como se haga la decisión. Nuestra primera línea de comunicación será a través del sistema Una Llamada Ahora. Por favor, asegúrese de que la escuela donde su estudiante asiste tenga su información de contacto actualizada en el sistema. Por favor no llamen a las estaciones, escuelas, u a la oficina del distrito escolar. Ya se han hecho arreglos con las estaciones para que se le transmita la información. Gracias por su ayuda.
Rama del Distrito Escolar:
www.kcsd.k12.or.us
Estación de Radio: AM KFLS Estación de Radio: FM KAGO KKRBEstación de Radio:
960 KLAD
1150 KAGO
1450
92.5 KLAD 104.7 KFEG KOTI
96.5 KFLS (CD Country) 105.5 KKKJ (3KJ) KDRV/KDKF
99.5 106.9 KTVL