Davies High School Eagles Report
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DAVIES HIGH SCHOOL EAGLES REPORT Honor - Integrity – Pursuit of Excellence Volume 10, Issue 1 Web Site: www.fargo.k12.nd.us August 2019-20 Davies High School TO OUR ENTIRE DAVIES COMMUNITY, Administrators I trust that each one of you have spent time this summer re-energizing yourselves and building memories with family and friends. Believe it or not, school registration dates and beginnings are just around the corner. THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS THURSDAY, AUGUST 22 BEGINNING AT 8:05 AM. Our office staff is working hard in preparation for another successful school year. Each year we get the opportunity to build upon the prior year’s successes and make the appropriate Troy Cody, Principal changes where we have reflected on or received feedback on needed for our successful future. The excitement and energy students will bring as they walk into our building for another year can also be found in our staff here at Davies. Davies High School’s motto of “Honor, Integrity, and the Pursuit of Excellence” will continue to be at the forefront as we build upon the existing foundation that has been created by our students, faculty, and staff. Our school environment and culture will continue to be positive and one that our community, students, and staff can be very proud of. We will Dr. Dale Miller encourage our students each and every day to “Work Hard, Be yourself, and Do the right Assistant Principal thing!” Our academic standards will be challenging. We will continue to motivate our students to reach for excellence as they prepare for their individual future endeavors. Our school will focus on preparing our students for their future and not our past. We will continue to help guide students toward their post-secondary, work force, or military futures. This coming fall, our building will be home to nearly 1,300 students, so together as a partnership, we have a large task in front of us. We need to encourage and support our young people to get involved in the many different school activities. When they become Sean Safranski Assistant Principal involved at school, it gets them connected, builds their confidence, provides them opportunities for friendships, and gives them the ability to grow in their individual development. Please be sure to complete the necessary forms, pay any fees, and register your child for the coming school year. A reminder that all of the Fargo Public Schools’ registrations are now on-line. If you haven’t done so, you will need to complete that on-line registration for your student(s). This is a requirement of ALL returning students, not just our new Lenny Ohlhauser families. Please visit the Fargo Public Schools homepage for directions to the registration DaviesActivities High Director School process or feel free to call our registrar, Dona Sabby at 446-5616 with any additional questions. You can help us out in our planning by completing this responsibility sooner than later. Thank you! ** Please note that all 9 Grade students should have received their date and time for their th Davies High School group scheduled orientation conference in a separate mailing. If you are a 9 grade 7150 25th St. S parent/guardian and need more information about your scheduled time, please call 446- Fargo, ND 58104 5616. The 10-12 grade registration dates and times are on a first come first serve basis for 701-446-5600 those individuals choosing to come to the school. Registration will be in the commons 701-446-5910 FAX area. Continued on next page . Fargo Public Schools Mission Statement Achieving excellence by educating and empowering all students to succeed. DAVIES MAIN OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR/COUNSELOR ASSIGNMENTS Office Number ........................................... 446-5600 ALPHABET A-J Troy Cody, Principal .................................. 446-5604 Assistant Principal – Dr. Dale Miller Dr. Dale Miller, Asst. Principal (A-J) ........ 446-5607 Counselor – Joshua Andres (A-D) Sean Safranski, Asst. Principal (K-Z) ........ 446-5606 Counselor – Jennifer Toso-Kenna (E-J) Lenny Ohlhauser, Activities Coordinator .. 446-5608 Attendance – Kim Martin (A-J) Debbie Clapp, Admin. Asst. ...................... 446-5605 Cathy Pauly, Activities Sec. ....................... 446-5609 ALPHABET K-Z Lana Steffen, Bookkeeper .......................... 446-5619 Assistant Principal – Sean Safranski Counselor – Debbi Osowski (K-Q) STUDENT SERVICES Counselor – Anita Mahnke (R-Z) Joshua Andres, Counselor (A-D) ............... 446-5612 Attendance – Toni Nelson (K-Z) Jennifer Toso-Kenna, Counselor (E-J) ....... 446-5614 Debbi Osowski, Counselor (K-Q) .............. 446-5613 Anita Mahnke (R-Z)................................... 446-5615 Dona Sabby, Registrar ............................... 446-5616 Sylvia Gonzalez, Career Center ................. 446-5617 ATTENDANCE Kim Martin (A-J) ....................................... 446-5611 Toni Nelson (K-Z) ............................... 446-5610 Principal’s message cont. Aug 12-Monday 10th-12th Grade OPEN registrations & Pictures 8am – 4pm Aug 13- Tuesday 10th-12th Grade OPEN registrations & Pictures 8am – Noon Aug 13- Tuesday 9th Grade SCHEDULED appointments & Pictures 11:30am – 2:30pm th Aug 14- Wednesday 9 Grade SCHEDULED appointments & Pictures 7:15 am – 2:30 pm Aug 15- Thursday Schedule Change Day - 8:00 am – 12:00 Noon Also, please note that this will be the only newsletter that will be mailed to your home. All future newsletters can be found online on our school’s homepage. If you would like to receive any future newsletter via U.S. mail, please call 446- 5605 and notify Debbie Clapp. She would be happy to add your name to the list of folks that would like to receive a hard copy each month. We look forward to serving you and your family this school year. Please do not hesitate to give us a call here at the school if we can assist you in anyway throughout the year. Strong communication with families is very important to us and is something we will continue to strive towards. If we have fallen short of your expectations, please give me a call personally at 446-5604 as I would welcome that conversation to use it for our improvement. Let’s have a great school year Davies High School. Warm regards, Troy A. Cody – Principal WELCOME TO DAVIES Davies has added several staff members and several people have taken new positions. We welcome the following people to our Davies family: • Kathrine Altendorf - SPED ID • Heather Bronaugh - Moving from Math to Instructional Tech. • Feltham Dempsy - Proctor • Jace Duffield - Math • Sarah Ellingson - Math • Chase Johnson - Language Arts • Courtney S. Johnson - Social Studies • Toby Kindem - World Languages - German • Heather Knight - SPED Strategist • Christa Lippert - SPED Strategist • Ashley Mikkelson - World Languages - Spanish • Carolyn Olson - Physical Education • Sean Richie - Social Studies • Anna Skamai - SPED SLP • Kurt Skari - Social Studies • Josh Stenhjem - Language Arts • Brandy Wegenke - SPED MI • Molly Werner - Science CLOSED/OPEN CAMPUS Sophomores, juniors and seniors will be allowed open campus. Freshmen have closed campus, periods 2-7, for the entire school year and will be assigned to a study hall during open periods (P2 through P7). Study halls will not be assigned for periods 1 and 8. ADDRESS CHANGES Address changes, like registration, can now be done ON-LINE. You will see the same format you used for registration in previous years by going into PowerSchool to access the forms, just follow the tutorial. You may change your address, telephone number, pay your student’s fees or update contact information etc. all ON-LINE ON LINE REGISTRATION Beginning August 1, parents/guardians of all Fargo Public Schools students will complete their children’s annual registration forms and make fee payments online. Access to these online forms and fee payments will be through the Fargo Schools PowerSchool site. In addition to online registration forms, PowerSchool gives parents access to their child’s attendance records and lunch account balance, and access to their middle and high school child’s daily assignments and current grades. Please complete this PowerSchool process NOW to ensure your student has the necessary forms completed to begin the school year. SchoolPay fee payments and verify all the family information for your child or children. Go to https://fargo.ps.state.nd.us/public/ PowerSchool link and follow the directions at the top. Families who do not have PowerSchool set up and registration forms completed prior to their child’s back-to-school orientation session in August will be asked to do so at the school during orientation. Middle and high school students will not receive their class schedule and/or school-issued laptop until a parent PowerSchool account is set up and registration forms have been completed. If you do not have access to the internet at home, you may access the internet via computer kiosks available at your child’s school during open summer hours. You are strongly encouraged to call the school office prior to stopping in to verify that the building is open. Davies office telephone # is 446-5600. LUNCH PROGRAM You may now pay for your school lunches on line, through School Pay, just as you paid for them at registration. Following the same procedure by clicking on this icon at the Davies website or the FPS website. Using this program, you can see the dollar amounts you have put into your student’s lunch account as well as how much is used each day, and there are NO transaction fees. Breakfast $1.55 Lunch $2.70 Breakfast will be served from 7:15 – 10:30 am. Students will be assigned to one of three lunch runs. Lunch 4A: 10:52-11:10 Lunch 5A: 11:47-12:0 Lunch 5B: 12:42 -1:00 REPORTING ABSENCES If your student is going to be absent because of an illness, out of town, appointment, etc., please call the Attendance Secretaries, Kim Martin (A-J) at 446-5611 or Toni Nelson (K-Z) at 446-5610.