DAVIES HIGH SCHOOL EAGLES REPORT Honor - Integrity – Pursuit of Excellence Volume 11, Issue 1 Web Site: www.fargo.k12.nd.us August 2020-21 Davies High School Administrators To our entire Davies HS Community: Let me begin by thanking each family for your patience and support as our school district has responded to the total impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The past few months have been interesting to say the very least. With your continued patience, positive support, and partnership I am confident that together we can kick off this school year in a successful manner where we all can look back on this time with confidence in how we were able to Troy Cody, Principal SMART Restart our 2020-21 school year. With that being said, the First day of school is Wednesday, September 2nd beginning at 8:45 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 changes where needed for our future. The excitement and energy students will bring as they Dr. Dale Miller walk into our building for another year can also be found in all of our staff here at Davies. Assistant Principal We will continue to work within the guidelines provided in the Fargo Public Schools SMART Restart plan approved from our School Board. 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 Sean Safranski encourage our students to “Work Hard, Be yourself, and Do the right thing!” Our academic standards will be challenging. We will continue to motivate our students to reach for Assistant Principal excellence as they prepare for their individual future endeavors. Our school will focus on preparing our students for their future and not our past. This coming fall our building will be home to a little over 1300 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 and do it in a safe manner that fits within our SMART Restart Guidelines. When they become involved at school, it gets them connected, builds their confidence, and gives them the ability to grow in their individual development Lenny Ohlhauser Assistant Principal Please be sure to complete the necessary forms, pay any fees, and register your child for the DaviesActivities High Director School 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 Davies High School is a requirement of ALL students, not just our new families. 7150 25th St. S Fargo, ND 58104 Continued on next page . 701-446-5600 701-446-5910 FAX 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-C) Sean Safranski, Asst. Principal (K-Z) ........ 446-5606 Counselor – Jennifer Toso-Kenna (D - Ha) Lenny Ohlhauser, Activities Coordinator .. 446-5608 Counselor – Beth Weiler (He – L) Debbie Clapp, Admin. Asst........................ 446-5605 Attendance – Kim Martin (A-J) Cathy Pauly, Activities Sec. ....................... 446-5609 Lana Steffen, Bookkeeper .......................... 446-5619 ALPHABET K-Z Assistant Principal – Sean Safranski STUDENT SERVICES Counselor – Beth Weiler (He-L) Joshua Andres, Counselor (A-C) ............... 446-5612 Counselor – Sarah Nereson (M-Sa) Jennifer Toso-Kenna, Counselor (D-Ha) ... 446-5614 Counselor – Anita Mahnke (Sc-Z) Beth Weiler (He-L) .................................... 446-5626 Attendance – Tabitha Jahnke (K-Z) Sarah Nereson (M-Sa) ................................ 446-5613 Anita Mahnke (R-Z) ................................... 446-5615 Dona Sabby, Registrar ............................... 446-5616 Kathryn (Katie) Query ............................... 446-5617 Sylvia Gonzalez, Career Center ................. 446-5625 ATTENDANCE Kim Martin (A-J) ....................................... 446-5611 Tabitha Jahnke (K-Z) ........................... 446-5610 Principal’s message cont. This will be the only newsletter that will be mailed to your home. Any and 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 still like a hard copy. 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: • Darin Baltezore – Social Studies • Nicole (Nikki) Black - FACS • Mercedes Doblado-Hanson – World Languages (Spanish) • Carly Grandner – Music, Choir • Brad Heidlebaugh – Math • Tabitha Jahnke - Attendance • Alexandra (Allie) Kollman – Science • Jake Leingang – P.E. • Sarah Nereson – Counselor • Wendy Phillips – Language Arts • Kathryn (Katie) Query – Registrar • Rebecca Snell – Art • Amanda Soeder – World Languages (French) • Beth Weiler – Counselor 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 ONLINE REGISTRATION Starting August 1, parents/guardians of all Fargo Public Schools students have been able to 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. ORIENTATION Orientation: Due to COVID-19, we will be doing things differently than in past years. Remember the first day of school is September 2. All forms can be completed online as well as all payments. Freshman Orientation: We would like to invite you and your student to attend an orientation session August 27th and 28th. Due to COVID-19, we will have the following guidelines put in place: • Masks will be REQUIRED • You MUST attend your assigned session if you would like to attend Orientation. • Only ONE parent/guardian will be allowed to attend with their student; no additional family members will be allowed. During your assigned orientation session, you should first report to the assigned orientation space for a brief information session with an administrator and counselor. After that, you will be able to pick up your student’s PLD, have your picture taken, and take a self-guided tour. A letter is included in your packet for your freshman student with your assigned times. Grades 10-12 Orientation: In the past we have held orientation for grades 10-12 to pick up their PLD’s, take student pictures, and get their schedules. Due to COVID-19, we will be doing things differently. • Schedules are being mailed out with this newsletter. There is link to an online schedule change form. Please see the packet for details. • Pictures: We will not be doing pictures for upper classmen at this time. When the time comes during the school year where we can safely have students back in class everyday (Level 4 or 5), we will arrange with Scherlings photography to come and allow upper classmen to take their school picture.