Independence Update

JANUARY 6, 2017

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INSIDE THIS Welcome Back! ISSUE:

Important Looking forward to a 2 Dates

From 3 great 2nd semester! Counseling

Announcements 4

Senior Page 6

Lil’ Knights 7 Cheer Clinic

FISD College 8 Fair

Upcoming Dates

FISD “Last Chance” Swim Meet End of 3rd Six Weeks 10:00 @ Eubanks Nat. Varsity Girls Soccer Tournament Varsity Girls Soccer Tournament vs. Mesquite Horn vs. Alamo Heights 9:00 @ N. Forney HS 5:00 @ Ford Center vs. Skyline 12:10 @ N. Forney HS Varsity Girls Soccer vs. Reedy 5:00 @ Ford Center Girls vs. LSHS JV/4:45, V/6:00 @ LSHS

Boys Basketball vs. LSHS Senior Booster Mtg JV/4:45, 9/6:00, V/7:15 @ LSHS 7:00 @ IHS Cafeteria Big Fish The Musical 2:00/7:00 @ IHS Auditorium

Girls Basketball vs. CHS JV/4:45 @ Nelson MS V/6:00 @ IHS Boys Cougar Classic Boys Basketball vs. CHS JV/V/9:00 @ The Colony JV/4:45, 9/6:00, V/7:15 @ IHS DECA District Competition Girls Soccer vs. Creekview TBD @ Haltom City JV/5:30 @ IHS BPA Regionals 8:00 @ Plano West

Varsity Girls Soccer Tournament Big Fish The Musical vs. North Mesquite 2:00/7:00 @ IHS Auditorium 9:00 @ N. Forney HS vs. Mt. Pleasant 12:10 @ N. Forney HS

Varsity Boys Soccer Tournament 6:00 p.m. @ Denton Guyer

Boys Wrestling vs. LSHS JV/V/6:00 @ IHS

Big Fish The Musical 2:00/7:00 @ IHS Auditorium

P A G E 3 From Counseling 2nd Semester Schedule Information

2nd semester at IHS begins Jan. 17th 2017. Student should view their 2nd semester schedule in Home Access under the “Class” icon, then the “Schedule” tab. There will be no paper schedules printed out for 2nd semester!

2nd Semester Schedule Changes:

Students should review 2nd semester schedules on Home Access Center. The elective change deadline was April 15, 2016. The classes listed on your original schedule card will not be changed unless they meet the following criteria:

• There is a hole in your schedule (you are short a class and have nowhere to go that period). • You have been placed into a class you did not request (first choice or alternate). • You are scheduled in a class in which you already have credit. • You have 2 or more of the same periods (2 classes 4th period, etc.). • You have decided not to participate in football, band, color guard, or another program, or you have decided to participate in one of these programs. Requires coach and parent approval. • You are currently not doing well in a Pre-AP/AP class and would like to be changed to on-level.

If there is an adjustment that needs to be made to your schedule, please pick up a schedule change form from the IHS counseling of- fice. All completed schedule change forms are due back to the coun- seling office by Wednesday, January 11th at 4:30 pm.

No late forms will be accepted! P A G E 4 Announcements

Jan 12-14 P A G E 5 Announcements

GT Spring Referral Window is Open! P A G E 6 Seniors

Next Senior Parent Booster Club Meeting: Monday, Jan. 9th 7:00 @ IHS Cafe

Senior Class Bonfire January 21st, 2017 7-10 p.m. Storybook Ranch 3701 S. Custer Rd., McKinney

Live DJ, hot dog/hamburger bar, s’mores Cost is included in Senior dues or pay $15 for one time event

Class of 2017 Facebook Page

Lil’ Knights Cheer Clinic 2017

January 21st from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Registration begins at 8:30 am **Please Enter Via the Gymnasium doors at the back of the building** Independence High School Cafeteria 10555 Independence Pkwy. Frisco TX 75035 Grades k-5 welcome!

$35 ahead of time through www.mypaymentsplus.com $45 cash at the door Participants will:  Learn cheers and chants taught by the IHS Cheerleaders  Perform at the IHS Basketball Game January 24th at 6:30  Receive a shirt and snack at the clinic  Take pictures with the mascots and ihs cheerleaders Forms can be mailed or dropped off at the school, scanned and emailed to Coach Hamilton, [email protected], or turned in the day of camp. Check out independencecheer.weebly.com for more information. Child Name Parent Name

Child School Parent Phone Number

Child Age/Grade/T-shirt size Parent Email

I give my child, ______, permission to participate in the Lil’ Knights Cheer Clinic on Saturday, 1/21/2017 In case of emergency, contact: ______Wednesday Reedy High School January 25, 2017 3003 Stonebrook Pkwy 6 - 8 PM Frisco, 75034

Open to all Frisco ISD students in grades 9-12.

No registration required. Meet face-to-face with admissions representatives and learn about available majors, programs of study, the application process, financial aid and more.