February 2010— 2010—Published OnOn-line Monthly Shawnee Mission Public Schools East Lancers 51 Years
Lancer Newsletter Shawnee Mission East High School www.smsd.org/schools/smeast
Key Dates:
ParentParent-Teacher Conferences— Conferences—Friday, February 12
2/2 2/6 2/8 2/9 2/11
SM East High School will be holding their Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences Thursday, February 11 and Friday, February 12. The Thursday night conferences will be an open-forum format. These conferences will be held from 5:30 – 7:30 .p.m. with the teachers available in their individual classrooms. You will not schedule appointments, but will just move from teacher to teacher as they become available.
PTA General Meeting, 7:30pm ACT Test Date AP Registration Begins EARLY DISMIISSAL, 1:10pm Parent Teacher Evening Conferences 2/12 NO SCHOOL, Conferences 2/15 NO SCHOOL, President’s Day 2/16 LATE START, 9:40am 2/17 Culver’s Night Fundraiser 6-8pm 2/17 Parent Principal Coffee, 7pm 2/20 Sweetheart Dance, 8-10pm 2/24 Junior College Planning Parent Meeting, 6:30pm 3/2 LATE START, 9:40am 3/2 PTA General Meeting, 11:30am 3/4 College Connection, 7-9pm 3/10 AP Registration Deadline 3/12 EARLY DISMISSAL, 1:10pm 3/15-3/19 NO SCHOOL, Spring Break 3/22 NO SCHOOL, Improvement Day 4/2-4/3 Used Book Sale 4/6 LATE START, 9:40am 4/6 PTA GeneralMeeting, 11:30am 4/10 ACT Test Date 4/17 Earth Fair 4/19 8th Grade Athletic Orientation Night, 7pm 4/20 EARLY DISMISSAL, 1:10pm 4/21 Parent-Principal Coffee, 9am 5/4 LATE START, 9:40am 5/4 PTA General Meeting, 11:30am 5/14 Senior Day 5/17 Graduation 5/24-5/27 Final Exams
If you feel that you need a more in-depth conference with a teacher, you can do this on the morning of Friday, February 12. To schedule a Friday appointment call the school at 913-993-6630 sometime before Friday, February 5or contact the teacher directly after February 5. Please note, teachers will not be available during lunchtime. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday or Friday.
Illness at School If a student becomes ill while at school, he/she must come to the nurse’s office and a parent must be contacted before he/she can leave the building. If a student leaves without checking out through the nurse’s office, the absence will be considered unexcused. Please review the Johnson County Health Department guidelines for keeping your student home found under the heading of HEALTH LINKS on the nurse’s web back pack page. Information about the H1N1 virus can be found at www.flu.gov
Student Citizen Police Academy Attention Parents of Juniors and Seniors: The Prairie Village Police Department is offering a Student Citizen Police Academy for all Shawnee Mission East High School Junior and Senior students. The Academy will cover various topics about Law Enforcement including, traffic enforcement, Kansas laws, crime scene investigations, Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) demonstration, weapons and equipment displays, shoot/don’t shoot scenarios, and day-to-day police operations. The Academy will meet on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for 6 weeks starting on March 23, 2010. Please contact Det. Brady Sullivan #131 at bsullivan@pvkansas.com or 913-993-6767 for more information or to register your student.
Library News The Friends of the Library Committee is ready to roll and plan the Book Drive among the English classes as one of our Read across America activities in March. We are also preparing for the Used Book Sale which will be held in conjunction with the SHARE Garage Sale on April 10. We are now ready to receive donations of books, CDs, videos/DVDs that you are no longer using. Please consider recycling these items to our Library as you’re