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February 2015

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The Bulldog Growl

Douglass Unified School District No. 396, 921 East First Douglass, KS 67039

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Douglass USD 396 does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, handicap, or age in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in, its programs or activities. For any questions regarding the district’s compliance, please contact: USD 396 Superintendent of Schools, 921 East First, Douglass, KS 67039. (316)747-3300.

An Equal Employment/Educational Opportunity Agency

USD 396 BOARD OF EDUCAtiON

Brent Nispel .........................................PresidentDavid Zaldivar.............................Vice-PresidentLes Braddy ............................................MemberChuck Cody .......................................... MemberGarland Moore.......................................MemberKaLyn Nethercot ...................................Membertroy Starr...............................................MemberRob Reynolds ............................ Supt. of Schools

BOE BRiEFS The Douglass Board of Education met in regular session Monday, January 12, 2015 in the District Administrative Office

*approved donations: Projection Screen - Elementary School - $85.95, Library Books - $481.45, South Central Kansas Library System – Librarian Workshops - $828.00

*approved grants: South Central Kansas Library System – iPads & Cabinet – Elementary School - $2,395.00 DCCCA – Seatbelts Are For Everyone (SAFE) - $370.00

*accepted the resignations from Vicky Watkins-Middle School Volleyball Coach, Melinda Woody–Middle School Assistant Volleyball Coach, Leanna Braddy–Middle School Girls Basketball Coach and Keri Parmele–Bus Driver, to accept the request for leave of absence for Mike Clay and to offer employment to Mary Lou Mauk - Van Driver.

*approved to extend Superintendent Rob Reynolds’ contract through the 2016-17 school year.

*approved to open a high school physical education position.

Policy on School Closings Due to Bad Weather

It is that time of the year again to remind everyone of our school closing policy:

If adverse weather conditions exist which threaten student transportation safety before school begins, the announcement will be sent out on the districts automated SCHOOL MESSENGER SYSTEM. School Messenger allows us to make an actual recorded phone call to every parent phone number in our school data base. We also make calls to several radio and television stations who will announce the closing information on the air.

Every effort will be made to finalize the decision no later than 5:30 a.m. of school closing due to adverse weather conditions. On mornings when icing is a concern, and forecasts suggest clearing, school may be delayed with a late start time of 10:00 a.m.

Decisions on school closings are made at the district level based on National Weather Service Data, county-wide school weather hotline, and early morning observations by the superintendent and transportation director. Please do not call before 5:30 a.m., as we will be analyzing data, making observations and preparing to make the decision.

School will not be dismissed due to storm conditions that arise during the day as long as it is feasible for students and staff to remain at school safely. The district is extremely reluctant to dismiss school early if the weather is severe.

Listed below are the radio and television stations that will be notified:

KFDI (101.3 FM) KAKE 10KSNW - 3KWCH - 12

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ELEMENtARY SCHOOL NEWS

Pint-Sized Blood Drive a Success!

Seal Elementary held their annual Pint-Size Blood Drive for the American Red Cross on January 12th. During our drive students are encouraged to recruit adults to come to our school and give blood. As part of the annual drive students also learn about the life saving effects of blood and how blood is “medicine.” Nurse Diane Marteney visited third through fifth grade classes to teach about the parts of blood and blood types. This year’s goal for the drive was to collect 31 pints of blood. We were able to exceed our goal by collecting 34 pints of blood. Way to go Seal Elementary students and families!

Mr. Reynolds’ PE Class Awarded Healthy Habits for Life Grant

Mr. Brad Reynolds was recently awarded a $1,000 Healthy Habits for Life grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas to use with his PE classes. His grant was a portion of the $150,000 in Healthy Habits for Life grants that were awarded to schools across Kansas this year. The grant dollars will be used during 2015 for a variety of programs. Some schools will use their grants to organize walking programs, health fairs and other activities, while others intend to purchase nutrition curriculum, heart monitors, exercise equipment or healthy snacks. Completing its ninth giving cycle, the BCBSKS Foundation has now distributed 923 Healthy Habits for Life grants in excess of $820,000. Mr. Reynolds’ grant will be used to purchase obstacle course equipment and other items to support building students’ agility.

Seal Elementary Causal/Class Picturestuesday, February 10th

Elementary Gym

Valentine’s Day PartiesPreK – thursday, Feb. 12th @ 10:30

AM & 2:40 PMK-5 – Friday, Feb. 13th @ 2:30 PM

Seal Elementary Hat DayFriday, February 20th

Proceeds will benefit the City Park Project

thursday, February 26th @ 7:30 AM

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ELEMENtARY SCHOOL NEWS

Second Graders wrote their thoughts on why love is important

The important thing about love is that it shows you care about people. – Madison Valentine

The important thing about love is my family, my future, and God. – Teddy Livengood

The important thing about love is that it is the key to everything. – Emily Black

The important thing about love is that it keeps families together. – Wyatt Laver

The important thing about love is that you have someone by your side. You are comfortable and are not scared. – Riley Belt

The important thing about love is that you have someone with you. It makes you feel happy and not lonely. – Lane Schamahorn

PtO Update

It’s been a busy last few months. I’m super excited about all that we’ve accomplished and the things we have planned for rest of the year.

So far this year we’ve:

- Had 4 meetings. It’s been great to see some new and old faces. - Had a successful fundraiser that raised a profit exceeding $8800!- Used fundraiser profits to:1.Assist in the purchase of a smartboard for music class!2. Buy every student and staff member a t-shirt!3. Help sponsor the Arts Partners 3 Legged Stool residency for the 5th graders4. Help purchase Ipad gadgets to make them listening centers for some of the classes.

5. Purchase supplies for class Christmas projects- Organized volunteers to work at the Goodwill tournament concession stand. We raised approximately $275 for the PTO. We will work another event in February.- Created 3 committees to do some research/extra work on spring/fall fundraiser and teacher appreciation. - Ramped up our box tops/labels collection with classroom incentives and bins distributed around town! - Had 2 social events: Ice Cream Social and Donuts with Dad. Both went well!- Had a booth at the annual Trunk or Treat.- Benefited from Santa Pictures at Christmas Around Town – Thanks to Reagan’s Unique Boutique!- Found new ways to involve new people in PTO activities. Some who’ve volunteered were people who are not able to attend meetings but have found other ways to support PTO by volunteering time at events and with committees!

Upcoming info:

* Next PTO meeting on Monday, February 2, 6:00-7:00pm,ES Library, babysitting provided

* Muffins with Mom on Thursday, February 26, 7:30am* Bulldog Bingo & BBQ night on Saturday, March 28, 5:30-9:00, Douglass Community Building(This is a first ever event that we are very excited about. We are hoping to make this a COMMUNITY WIDE event! Please plan to attend! More info will be posted as the date gets closer.)

Lastly, I just want to give a huge THANK YOU to everyone for your support of our PTO and elementary school. We live in a great community!

-Becky Mitchell, PTO President

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MiDDLE SCHOOL NEWS

treats for testing

Each year during State Testing we encourage our students to do their very best. The middle school students will be taking a variety of state tests during the months of March and April. To help and encourage our young students, we have offered a variety of snacks that can be eaten between sections of the test. For the past several years parents have come to our rescue by supplying healthy or easy to eat treats and snacks for our students to eat such as crackers, pretzels, dried fruit and string cheese. If you are able to help our students, we will be collecting the snacks during February and March. You or your child can bring the treats for the student’s grade level to the middle school office. If you have questions regarding what type of snack to bring, amount/number of snacks please do not hesitate to call or email the middle school counselor, Sydney Zaldivar. szaldivar@usd396.net or 747-3331.

2014-2015 Boys Basketball

The basketball season was one of growth and goal reaching. We learned that what we did in the off season helped the regular season. The 8th graders came back this year and won more games and got into the tourney, but mostly learned how to play as a team. They will be very successful in high school. The 7th graders came in having only 4 of the 7 ever play basketball. This made for a year of heavy learning and realizing they will put in gym time this summer. Coach Hancock and Coach Gardner could not ask for a better group of kids to do what was asked of them. We appreciate the support of parents, the MS office staff, those that volunteered to do books and clock, the MS kitchen staff that washed the water bottles, Mr. Price and Mr. Lockhart that took care of the gym, and the bus drivers that got us where we needed to go. We want to give a special thanks to Mrs. Kiekel for providing lunches for the boys this season. Way to go Dawgs!

thank You!

The OPAA! Food Management Team at the Douglass Schools would like to say “THANK YOU” to New Attitudes and Yoder Meats for the gift baskets that were donated to the Sisk Middle School prize drawing. And to Fastrip Douglass LLC for the 10 King Size Candy bar gift certificates donated to Douglass High School. The drawings will be held on January 22, 2015. Names of winners will be published in the March edition of the Bulldog Growl.

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MiDDLE SCHOOL NEWSHonor Roll 1st Semester

6th Grade StudentsPrincipal’s Honor RollDavid Arevalo, Guthrie Burch, Kendall Coombes, Savannah Edmonds, Alyna Elder, Hannah Grimmett,Nathan Joseph, Jeanette Lehrmann, Cole Martin, Myra Megli, Brody Mertz, Emily Norton, Malissa Taylor

Honor RollRebecca Alvarez, Emmett Anderson, Pearl Biurques, Kiyla Davis, Wylie Downer, Claytol Elliott, Holly, Ein Espinoza, Harry Goehring, Jacob Hartley, Briana Lewis, Dylan Lockwood, Camden Lovell, Brandon Parker, Ethan Satkowski, Jonathan Shores, James Triplett, Anna Walton

7th Grade StudentsPrincipal’s Honor RollLindsey Hajdukovich, Claire Hilyard, Shelby Little, Lainie Metsker, Dakota Tireman

Honor RollNove Brockman, Jenna Etter, Heather Foltz, Jayden High, Maranda Mitchell, Gratya Swigart, Isaiah Wasson

8th Grade StudentsPrincipal’s Honor RollGordon Bannon, Reece Bourisaw, Lillianne Braungardt, Lukas Dierks, Sage Dierks, Zachary Dressler, Gretchen Grimmett, Ryan Kiekel, Darby Talia, Jaysi Mertz, Katelyn Moore, Cody Niblack, Amber Scharff, Jacob Woody

Honor RollKolby Caster, Brayden Daly, Hunter Damron, Kayla Engle, Bailey Fulghum, Triston Gilpin,Cheyenne Hancock, Kaleb Hurb, Kieran Hurd, Kyle Hurd, Kaylee Koeppen, Sabian Lovell, Madison MacKay, Cara Martin, Talia McGuire, Kaden Pichler, Owen Porter, Hannah Reynolds, Logan Satkowski, Jansyn Schamahorn, Gauge Small, Zachary Viramontez, Easton Westover

Honor Roll 2nd Nine Weeks

6th Grade StudentsPrincipal’s Honor RollDavid Arevalo, Guthrie Burch, Kendall Coombes, Savannah Edmonds, Alyna Elder, Hannah Grimmett, Jeanette Lehrmann, Cole Martin, Myra Megli, Brody Mertz, Emily Norton, Malissa Taylor

Honor RollRebecca Alvarez, Emmett Anderson, Kiyla Davis, Claytol Elliott, Ein Espinoza, Harry Goehring, Nathan Joseph, Briana Lewis, Camden Lovell, Brandon Parker, Ethan Satkowski, James Triplett, Anna Walton

7th Grade StudentsPrincipal’s Honor RollLindsey Hajdukovich, Dakota Tireman,

Honor RollNove Brockman, Jenna Etter, Heather Foltz, Jayden High, Claire Hilyard, Shelby Little, Lainie Metsker, Gratya Swigart, Isaiah Wasson

8th Grade StudentsPrincipal’s Honor RollGordon Bannon, Reece Bourisaw, Lillianne Braungardt, Lukas Dierks, Sage Dierks, Ryan Kiekel, Jaysi Mertz, Katelyn Moore, Amber Scharff, Jacob Woody

Honor RollKolby Caster, Brayden Daly, Hunter Damron, Zachary Dressler, Kayla Engle, Bailey Fulghum, Triston Gilpin, Gretchen Grimmett, Kaleb Hurb, Kieran Hurd, Kyle Hurd, Kaylee Koeppen, Madison MacKay, Darby McGuire, Talia McGuire, Cody Niblack, Kaden Pichler, Hannah Reynolds, Logan Satkowski, Jansyn Schamahorn, Zachary Viramontez, Easton Westover

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MiDDLE SCHOOL NEWSScholars’ Bowl

By the time you read this, our scholars’ bowl season will be well underway. Even though you’ve missed some great meets, there is still a chance to hear our scholars answer questions from the categories of math, science, social studies, language arts, fine arts, and current events. Here is a schedule of the remaining meets, including our home meeting on February 22.2/5/15 at Bluestem2/22/15 at Douglass2/19/15 League at Cheney

8th Grade Scholars 7th Grade ScholarsGordon Bannon Zach BergoshAustin Bonilla Reece Bourisaw Trevor GashLillianne Braumgardt Lindsey HajdukovichLuke Dierks Samuel HeadrickSage Dierks Chance LoweFallon Gatliff Lainie MetskerGretchen Grimmett Gratya SwigartKaleb Hurd Dakota TiremanZakk Kalp Isaiah WassonMadison MacKay Cody NiblackLogan SatkowskiJacob Woody

HiGH SCHOOL NEWSPurple Pride Night 2015

tuesday, February 10th, 2015 Douglass Bulldogs versus Bluestem

Lions

Douglass High School Girls’ and Boys’ Basketball Coaches and Players are inviting all of the Douglass Youth Basketball Players and Seal Elementary Students to come out and support the Bulldogs on “Purple Pride Night 2015.” All Seal Elementary students who show up to the game will receive a water bottle and foam finger until the items run out. The basketball programs would like to also invite all of the former DHS Alumni to attend “Purple Pride Night 2015.”

At halftime of the girls’ game all youth basketball girls’ teams will be introduced. After the introductions the 5th/6th grade girls’ will scrimmage for six minutes. At halftime of the boys’ game all the youth basketball boys’ teams will be introduced. After the introductions the 5th/6th grade boys’ will scrimmage on the main floor for six minutes.

The coaches and high school girls’ and boys’ basketball players will be coming over to Seal Elementary in the next few days to begin preparing all of the Future Bulldogs about the event.

There will also be a class competition for the most Bulldogs spirit. This will be awarded to the class with the highest percentage of Bulldogs spirit wear and Bulldogs colors on Tuesday February 10th. The winning classroom will have the distinction of earning the trophy for the week and being recognized at the game on February 10th for winning “Most Spirited Bulldog Classroom.”

If you have questions please email Coach Wilson @ jwilson@usd396.net. We are looking forward to having the gym packed that night for “Purple Pride Night 2015.”Girls’ game @ 6:00 PMBoys’ game @ 7:30 PMAll youth basketball players who attend the game with their parents will receive free admission into the game that night. Please make sure you sit behind the girls’ and boys’ varsity benches during the games.

Kansas Communities that Care Survey - February 18th

Students will soon be taking the Kansas Communities that Care Survey along with students statewide. This survey is a valuable tool to help understand how students perceive things like substance abuse, and bullying. It gives Kansas schools insight into the problems students face and shows what we can do to help them succeed. The information is essential to local and state grant funding and to planning effective prevention programs. All students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12 will be taking this survey unless the school is notified of non-participation from a parent or guardian by February 9th. If you have additional questions please do not hesitate to call the school counselors.

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HiGH SCHOOL NEWS

2nd 9 weeks Honor RollPrincipal's Honor Roll

Seniors: Stormie Collins, Alicia Dunagan, Nellie Green, Dallas Mahlandt, Hannah Short.

Juniors: Sienna Biggs, Mkailalyn Boyd, Katie Cox, Sara Dressler, Klair Gibson, Jared McDaniel, Mackenzie Monteith, Cassidy O’Neill, Sierra Tireman, Sarah Veesart, Jonathan Vore.

Sophomores: Vaughn Anderson, Aaron Sigwing, Emily Valentine, Gabriel Wasson, Nakotah Watkins, Madison Woody, Allison Zalusky.

Freshmen: Angela Allen, Kayleigh Boyd, Collier Coombes, Brooklynne Davis, Jennifer Dunagan, Kaden Dunham, Brittany Farmer, Madison Mabie, Ethan Maddy, Kenlee Martin, Cheyenne Niblack, Emilia Potts, Miranda Veesart.

High Honor’s Honor Roll

Seniors: Naomi Bader, Dylan Bible, Hailey Braddy, Brody Caster, Alex Curless, Elizabeth Dombeck, Ripken Fraley, Sarah Hajdukovich, Kayla Hawkins, Rusty Inkelaar, Tyler Mabie, Molly McCune, Elizabeth McVey, Hannah Nuzum, Gunnar Smith, Mariah Taylor, Dakotah Weese, Jake Wright, Suzannah Wright.

Juniors: Alicia Anderson, Ben Basham, Michael Chastain, Michael Cochran, Riley Cochran, Megan Demel, Kourtnee Engle, Hannah Foltz, Adrienne Guardiola, Kylee McDonald, Cashlyn Munroe, Daleigh Reed, Dalton Roberts, Faith Rollings, Cassidy Schouten, Aimee Schwintz, Hailey Titus, Marilyn Weide, Jennifer Wilson, Kye Wright.

Sophomores: Logan Bannon, Sarah Beauchamp, Shayna Bergley, Logan Bergosh, Leonard Carr, Hailey Engle, Jesse Fronning-Ritter, Kailey Hamilton, Kiona Hunsucker, Mercedez Kalp, Mason Runyan, Laekin Starr.

Freshmen: Devon Anderson, Marriah Biggs, Reece Cochran, Alessia Cokeley, Ashten Dodson, Caleb Eck, Natasha Edmonds, Austen Hallacy, Kryslyn Henderson, Samantha Henning, William Landis, Emily Lowe, John Swigart, Donald Titus.

Honor’s Honor Roll

Seniors: Lucas Alvarez, Shelby Bergley, Nicole Crum, Mathias Eck, Faith McNelly, Jeanne Noullet, Heather Payton, Taylor Smith, Christian Strother, Austin Titus, Hannah Titus, Zac White.

Juniors: Chase Banos, Katherine Banos, Janna Benson, Karee Britt, Nicole Bryan, Dawson Cox, Katelyn Estes, Benjamin Fulghum, Mikayla Kurt, Abigail Powell.

Sophomores: Elisa Adams, DaShon Arnold, Hunter Chadic, Chelsea Draper, Joshua Foster, Starla Goodman, Madison Hartley, Payton Henke, Cambry McGuire, Spencer Nethercot, Lexi Sanborn, Hailey Sterling, Lauren Stirewalt, Joshua Turner, Justin Turner.

Freshmen: Haley Basham, Kian Brown, August Farmer, Brianna Fenno, Hayley Foltz, Taylor Gilpin, Jacob Gray, Tyresse Hardiman, Alicia Laffitte, Hunter Miller, Taylor Miller, Dawson Reed.

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1st Semester Honor Roll

Principal's Honor Roll

Seniors: Stormie Collins, Tyler Mabie, Dallas Mahlandt, Hannah Short.

Juniors: Sienna Biggs, Mkailalyn Boyd, Katie Cox, Klair Gibson, Jared McDaniel, Mackenzie Monteith, Cassidy O’Neill, Sierra Tireman, Sarah Veesart, Jonathan Vore.

Sophomores: Vaughn Anderson, Aaron Sigwing, Emily Valentine, Gabriel Wasson, Nakotah Watkins, Madison Woody, Allison Zalusky.

Freshmen: Angela Allen, Kayleigh Boyd, Collier Coombes, Brooklynne Davis, Jennifer Dunagan, Kaden Dunham, Brittany Farmer, Madison Mabie, Ethan Maddy, Kenlee Martin, Cheyenne Niblack, Miranda Veesart.

High Honor’s Honor Roll

Seniors: Naomi Bader, Dylan Bible, Hailey Braddy, Brody Caster, Alex Curless, Elizabeth Dombeck, Alicia Dunagan, Ripken Fraley, Nellie Green, Sarah Hajdukovich, Kayla Hawkins, Faith McNelly, Elizabeth McVey, Hannah Nuzum, Heather Payton, Gunnar Smith, Mariah Taylor, Dakotah Weese, Jake Wright, Suzannah Wright.

Juniors: Alicia Anderson, Michael Chastain, Michael Cochran, Riley Cochran, Megan Demel, Sara Dressler, Kourtnee Engle, Hannah Foltz, Adrienne Guardiola, Cashlyn Munroe, Abigail Powell, Dalton Roberts, Faith Rollings, Aimee Schwintz, Hailey Titus, Marilyn Weide, Jennifer Wilson, Kye Wright.

Sophomores: Elisa Adams, Logan Bannon, Sar-ah Beauchamp, Shayna Bergley, Logan Bergosh, Leonard Carr, Hailey Engle, Jesse Fronning-Rit-ter, Starla Goodman, Kailey Hamilton, Kiona Hunsucker, Laekin Starr.

Freshmen: Devon Anderson, Haley Basham, Marriah Biggs, Reece Cochran, Alessia Cokeley, Ashten Dodson, Caleb Eck, Natasha Edmonds, Kryslyn Henderson, Samantha Henning, Alicia Laffitte, William Landis, Emily Lowe, Taylor Miller, Emilia Potts, John Swigart, Donald Ti-tus.

Honor’s Honor Roll

Seniors: Lucas Alvarez, Nicole Crum, Mathias Eck, Rusty Inkelaar, Clayton Naegele, Jeanne Noullet, Ethan Savoy, Taylor Smith, Christian Strother, Zac White.

Juniors: Marissa Aaron, Chase Banos, Katherine Banos, Ben Basham, Janna Benson, Karee Britt, Nicole Bryan, Michael Byrd, Katelyn Estes, Joshua Farmer, Benjamin Fulghum, Dezirae Houser, Mikayla Kurt, Benjamin Laffitte, Kylee McDonald, Daleigh Reed, Dylan Rippey, Cassidy Schouten.

Sophomores: DaShon Arnold, Chelsea Draper, Cylie Draper, Joshua Foster, Payton Henke, Cambry McGuire, Spencer Nethercot, Taylor Price, Lexi Sanborn, Lauren Stirewalt, Joshua Turner, Justin Turner.

Freshmen: Caitlin Bozman, Kian Brown, James Ewertz, August Farmer, Brianna Fenno, Hayley Foltz, Taylor Gilpin, Jacob Gray, Austen Hallacy, Tyresse Hardiman, Hunter Miller, Dawson Reed, Matthew Warren, Arden Yarnell.

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LAUNCH YOUR StUDENtS DAY OFF WitH A WELL BALANCED, WHOLESOME BREAKFASt EACH MORNiNG! EACH CAFEtERiA SERVES BREAKFASt EVERY MORNiNG FROM 7:30-7:50 AND EACH MORNiNG tHE StUDENtS HAVE 3-4 OPtiONS tO CHOOSE FROM WHiCH iNCLUDE FRUit, GRAiNS, PROtiEN AND MiLK tO HELP YOUR StUDENt WAKE UP AND FUEL UP tO HELP tHEiR DAY tAKE OFF!

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HiGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR important Dates

February* Senior Parents and Students Complete the FAFSA (See Financial Aid Checklist)4- Cowley Community College Rep Here @ Lunch7-Butler Community College Audition/Interview Scholarship Day7-ACT @ DHS 8:00 a.m.9- 8th, 9th, & 10th grade Parent Enrollment Meeting/Career & Technical Education Showcase6:30- 8:30 p.m. DHS Auditorium (see article)11-Sophomore Intro to Health Academy Class-Leave DHS @ 7:45 a.m.17- Winter Homecoming18- KSU Rep Here @ Lunch18- Cowley Community College Fine Arts Audition Day www.cowley.edu/fineart22- College Goal Sunday – (see article) http://www.collegegoal.org/

8th, 9th, 10th GRADE Parent Enrollment Meeting 6:30

Career technical Education Showcase Night

On February 9th DHS will answer all your high school enrollment questions, review graduation requirements and showcase our Career Pathways. Parents and students are invited to visit with the Human Services, Manufacturing, Transportation, Business/Finance and Web and Digital Communications instructors to learn more about post secondary opportunities. Students that complete the introductory, technical and application courses in a pathway become a concentrator. DHS articulates with Butler Community College to ensure that concentrators will have a systematic, seamless, student transition process from secondary to postsecondary education.

Butler Community College will give information on their Health, Information Technology and Public Safety Academy’s that students can enroll in their Junior and Senior year.

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COLLEGE GOAL SUNDAY

College Goal Sunday is a free program that helps parents get assistance filling out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). Go to www.collegegoal.org for more information and locations.

Senior Financial Aid Check List

1. Apply for Federal Student Aid PIN. (Student and Parent must EACH have a PIN)

2. Submit Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on or after Jan. 1, 2015. Go to www.fafsaed.gov

3. Contact the Admissions Office of the school(s) to which you have applied to make sure you application and transcript has been received, and that they have everything they need from you.

4. In February if you completed the FAFSA you should receive your Student Aid Report (SAR). If corrections are needed, correct and return to the FAFSA processor promptly.

5. Complete your scholarship applications

6. Visit the school in which you plan on attending. Make sure to meet with the Admissions Rep. and Financial Aid.

7. Final high school transcripts will be sent by Dana Houser to the school you have applied after the completion of second semester.

WE ARE FAMiLY

DHS StAFF AND StUDENtS HELP tHE DOUGLASS COMMUNitY

We are so PROUD of the DHS students for helping those in need. They brought over 3,098 pounds of food and over 100 toys for the DHS Christmas Food & Toy Drive. DHS staff raised $1,281 at the January 9th Chili Feed. All money, food and toys collected were donated to the Douglass Ministerial Alliance. We would like to say a big thank you to all parents and community members that supported this great cause.

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Attention all PreschoolersThe Douglass High School Human Growth and Development Class is hosting a FREE

Preschool for children ages 2 - 5 years old. The classes will be held in the DHS FACS Classroom. Please make sure your child is potty trained or has a pull-up that

they can wear – we cannot change diapers.

The Preschool will be in sessions on the following dates from 12:40 – 1:30 pm: Monday, February 23rd Wednesday, March 25th Wednesday, February 25th Thursday, March 26th Thursday, February 26th Monday, March 30th Monday, March 2nd Wednesday, April 1st Wednesday, March 4th Thursday, April 2nd Thursday, March 5th Monday, April 6th Monday, March 9th Wednesday, April 8th Wednesday, March 11th Thursday, April 9th Thursday, March 12th Monday, April 13th Monday, March 23rd Wednesday, April 15th Thursday, April 16th YOU CAN START ANY TIME AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO COME EVERYDAY!

To start, just show up at the DHS FACS Classroom at 12:40. For more information, please call:

Michelle Nispel Family and Consumer Science teacher

DHS - 747-3310 Cell – 218-3303

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United States Department of Agriculture

MILK

MILK

MILK

Wake up and fuel up to help your day take off!U.S. Department of Agriculture • Food and Nutrition Service • March 2014

FNS-467-A • USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.http://teamnutrition.usda.gov

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BE MY VALENTINE

Would you like to have a special valentine delivered to someone at the Elementary, Middle School or High School? Well, DHS Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) can help.

We will be selling the following items:• A bag of candy with a message attached for $2.50 each.

OR• Carnations for $2.50 each with a message attached.

Red Carnations= Love Pink Carnations= Crush

White Carnations= Friendship

All orders will be delivered on Friday, Feb.13th, to the Elementary, Middle School and High School.

We will be taking orders for Valentines gifts until Wednesday, February 11th, the order forms can be turned into the elementary, middle school, or high school offices. Money needs to be attached to the order form. PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO

DHSIf you have any questions or need more order forms, you can call Michelle Nispel (Teacher/Sponsor) at 747-3310.

Please fill out a separate order form and write a message for each person that you are sending a

Valentine Gift to:

TO: (first and last name please) ____________________________________________DELIVER T0 (CIRCLE ONE) HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY Grade:_________ Teacher – 1st Hour: ______________________________________ RED (LOVE) NUMBER ORDERED: ________ X $2.50 EACH = __________ PINK (CRUSH) NUMBER ORDERED: ________ X $2.50 EACH = __________ WHITE (FRIENDSHIP) NUMBER ORDERED: ________ X $2.50 EACH = __________ CANDY BAGS NUMBER ORDERED: ________ X $2.50 EACH = __________

tOtAL NUMBER ORDERED _______total Cost: __________

Name: _________________________ Message:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ ___Signed: ___________________________

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