BULLDOG NEWSLETTER A publication of the Edmond Memorial High School Parent Organization December 2017 Edition Dear Bulldog Families, It is hard to believe we are already in the month of December and the first semester is coming to an end. Our teachers and staff are hard at work making sure your students are successful as we reach the final stretch of the semester. We ask your help in keeping our Bulldogs focused in making sure projects, assignments, and finals are taken seriously. Final exams are scheduled for December 19th and 20th. (Exam dates and times are posted on page 5 of the newsletter.) We want all of our Bulldogs to be successful and focused. Though Winter Break is close, students have several opportunities for learning while preparing for first semester assessments before grades are final and posted. On a personal note, I would like to thank our Edmond Memorial families and community for the support you have given to the school. Overwhelming support is evident through our community partnerships, booster clubs, parent groups and the Memorial Parent Organization. The Edmond Memorial Bulldog tradition of support each year is one of the many reasons Edmond Memorial remains outstanding! Despite funding issues in our state, Edmond Memorial continues to provide our students with excellent learning and extracurricular opportunities due to the tremendous support you give. We especially would like to thank you for your generous nature in providing the MPO with over $14,000 to devote toward teacher and staff grants. These funds are already being put to use in making an impact on learning for your students in the classroom. What we do here at Edmond Memorial High School is a team effort. Your support is invaluable as we strive to provide your child with the best learning opportunities possible. Before Winter Break, we would like to invite each of you to come and experience some of the exciting extracurricular activities Edmond Memorial has to offer. Our Bulldog Athletes are already hard at work for the winter sport season with wrestling, swimming, and basketball in full swing. We also have opportunities to hear our fantastic band, orchestra, and vocal music groups perform at their winter concerts this month. Please see the calendar on our website to support your Edmond Memorial Bulldogs family. Finally, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a great New Year. Enjoy your family time and we look forward to working together again next semester. Sincerely, Anthony Rose Principal, Edmond Memorial High School Your support is invaluable as we strive to provide your child with the best learning opportunies possible.
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BULLDOG
NEWSLETTER A publication of the Edmond Memorial High School Parent Organization
December 2017 Edition
Dear Bulldog Families, It is hard to believe we are already in the month of December and the first semester is coming to an end. Our teachers and staff are hard at work making sure your students are successful as we reach the final stretch of the semester. We ask your help in keeping our Bulldogs focused in making sure projects, assignments, and finals are taken seriously. Final exams are scheduled for December 19th and 20th. (Exam dates and times are posted on page 5 of the newsletter.) We want all of our Bulldogs to be successful and focused. Though Winter Break is close, students have several opportunities for learning while preparing for first semester assessments before grades are final and posted. On a personal note, I would like to thank our Edmond Memorial families and community for the support you have given to the school. Overwhelming support is evident through our community partnerships, booster clubs, parent groups and the Memorial Parent Organization. The Edmond Memorial Bulldog tradition of support each year is one of the many reasons Edmond Memorial remains outstanding! Despite funding issues in our state, Edmond Memorial continues to provide our students with excellent learning and extracurricular opportunities due to the tremendous support you give. We especially would like to thank you for your generous nature in providing the MPO with over $14,000 to devote toward teacher and staff grants. These funds are already being put to use in making an impact on learning for your students in the classroom. What we do here at Edmond Memorial High School is a team effort. Your support is invaluable as we strive to provide your child with the best learning opportunities possible. Before Winter Break, we would like to invite each of you to come and experience some of the exciting extracurricular activities Edmond Memorial has to offer. Our Bulldog Athletes are already hard at work for the winter sport season with wrestling, swimming, and basketball in full swing. We also have opportunities to hear our fantastic band, orchestra, and vocal music groups perform at their winter concerts this month. Please see the calendar on our website to support your Edmond Memorial Bulldogs family. Finally, we would like to wish everyone a Happy Holidays and a great New Year. Enjoy your family time and we look forward to working together again next semester. Sincerely, Anthony Rose Principal, Edmond Memorial High School
Your support is
invaluable as we
strive to provide
your child with
the best learning
opportunities
possible.
December 7 Senior Ring Delivery
December 7 Jazz Ensemble Winter Concert
December 9 ACT
December 9 POM State
December 12 Orchestra Winter Concert
December 14 Band Winter Concert
December 15 Cap and Gown Order Deadline
December 16 Holiday Daycare
December 16 Charlie Brown Performance
December 16 Robotics Club Wrapping Fundraiser
December 19 - 20 Semester Tests
December 20 End of 1st Semester
December 21 - January 3 Winter Break
January 4 Classes Resume
January 7 Old Bulldog Band - Jazz Lab, 7pm
January 15 No School - Martin Luther King Holiday
January 16 “Dog Show”
January 22 To-be-Seniors Enrollment Assembly
January 29 To-be-Juniors Enrollment Assembly
February 2 Last day to add class for credit
February 5 To-be-Sophomores Enrollment Assembly
February 10 ACT
February 16 End of 4th 6 Weeks
February 19 President’s Day – No School
February 20 or 26 Mandatory Cheer/Pom Parent Meeting
March 1 Senior Announcement Delivery
March 1 - 3 Musical Evening Performances
March 5 and 7 Incoming Freshman Enrollment
March 12 -16 Swine Week
March 19 - 23 Spring Break
April 2 - 20 State Testing
April 2-6 Pom Clinic and Tryouts
April 6 End of 5th 6 weeks
April 10 - 13 Cheer Clinic and Tryouts
April 13 Senior Meeting, Gown Delivery and Group Picture
April 14 ACT
April 19 - 21 Follies Evening Performances
May 7 - May 18 AP Exams
April 23 NHS Induction
April 24 Underclassmen/Senior Awards
April 27 April Day - No School
April 28 Prom – 8pm to Midnight
May 3 Vocal Music Spring Concert
May 8 Jazz Band Spring Concert
May 10 Band Spring Concert
May 11 Yearbook Distribution
May 12 Graduation 10am
May 15 Orchestra Spring Concert
May 22 - 23 2nd Semester Tests
May 23 Last day of school
May 28 Memorial Day
EMHS Calendar of Events for 2017-2018 Check out these important dates for the upcoming school year. Please note that these dates are
TENTATIVE and are subject to change. Visit our school website calendar for updates.
Sarah Saxton is currently involved in an Edmond Memorial High School Business Professionals of American (BPA) project by collecting donated items for cats and dogs housed at the Free To Live Animal Sanctuary. Cat and dog food, blankets, collars, and leashes as well as treats, toys, shampoo, and soap are being collected. A cash donation in the form of a check will be accepted. If interested in donating, please drop off your donated items and/or monetary gift at Peace Lutheran Church. Sarah has a display and collection bucket located in the Narthex (lobby area) of Peace Lutheran Church, 2600 East Danforth in Edmond.
Checks are to be made payable to: Edmond Memorial High School Business Professionals. Please notate: “Free to Live” in the subject area. Thank you!
Guided Study
Students needing extra help, needing to take a test or complete missing work can
volunteer to attend or go under suggestion of a teacher to Guided Study.
Available Monday - Thursday from 2:35 pm - 3:30 pm in the following classrooms
for the following subjects:
English -- Melissa Huston -- Room 404
Math -- Jennifer Hall -- Room 240
Science -- Amy Wilhoite -- Room 422
The Key Club put up “The Giving Tree” December 1 - Go by and pick an
ornament off the tree located in the cafeteria and give a Bulldog a
Christmas gift! Wrapped gifts are due to: Mrs. Willhoite (Room 422) or
The first, called A Chance to Change, helps improve
communication skills, strengthen self-esteem, promote positive
relationships, enhance decision-making skills and encourage
responsibility.
The second, Calm Waters, helps students
deal with grief or loss.
More information can be found in the Counseling Office along with permission forms.
We also have a Backpack Program for students and families who need food for the
weekend. Parents can contact: Sara Kim at (405) 726-6808 for further information. Your
student can also visit the Counseling Office each Friday afternoon after school to pick up a
backpack. In order to qualify, your student must receive free or reduced lunch.
If you are in need of help and are short on food, we hope you will take advantage of this program.
A NOTE FROM THE FRESHMAN PRINCIPAL:
I want to encourage the Freshman Class to finish this semester strong. Rather than coasting into Winter Break, please buckle down and keep your head up. Keep pursuing extra guidance and help you need in your classes. Access Guided Study, if needed. Start studying now for your final semester exams. Keep making good choices. Stay positive! Make a new friend. Come to school when you do not feel like going. All of your hard work will pay off!
Respectfully,
Jeff Nemcok, Freshman Assistant Principal
Dawnetta Russell, Freshman Counselor
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seniorclass seniorparents
IMPORTANT:
December 15th is the last day to order your cap and gown, reserve your Edmond Legacy Cowls,
and apply for a scholarship to cover cap and gown for graduation.
NO SCHOLARSHIPS WILL BE AWARDED AFTER DECEMBER 15th.
Orders for cap and gown are to be made at www.jostens.com or call (800) 567-8367.
Please visit the Class of 2018 Calendar of Events to view the most up-to-date information
on events for the Senior class.
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December 7th Last day to place cap/gown orders to avoid late fee 9:30am - 12:30pm (Upper Commons) Ring orders can also be placed during this time.
December 15th LAST DAY to reserve Edmond Legacy Cowls (Seniors who have had parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc. who graduated from Memorial)
December 15th LAST DAY to apply for scholarship to cover cap and gown for graduation
March 1st & 2nd
Graduation announcement delivery 9:30am -12:30pm (Upper Commons) Any balance due must be paid at this time. Orders not picked up, but paid for, will be available in Room 213
April 13th
FINAL SENIOR ASSEMBLY: Pick up cap/gown Senior class picture Review plans for graduation
April 24th Senior Awards Night - Auditorium
May 6th Baccalaureate Sponsored by Edmond Ministerial Alliance, includes all three high schools Wear your gown (4pm to 5pm, Place: TBA)
May 11th Yearbook Distribution
May 11th Graduation practice and picnic (all day - Place: TBA)
May 12th Class of 2018 Graduation, 10am at Cox Convention Center
Have you ever looked up the definition of “THANK YOU"? Thank you means to "express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to and it also means a grateful feeling or acknowledgment of a benefit, favor, or the like, expressed by words or otherwise". So, when we say THANK YOU for donating to our iCARE Matching Challenge, it is more than just words to us - it is honestly difficult to fully express our gratitude! We had an original goal of $8,000 for this matching challenge - modest, but enough to meet our budget and double the $5,000 Teacher Grants budgeted amount. Because of your generosity, we raised $14,814.30 - Far exceeding our expectations! Your generosity allowed us to give every penny of that back to the school in the form of Teacher and Staff Grants. It is very exciting to be part of a school that supports its teachers and staff - We love our Bulldog Community! The MPO also provided pies to every faculty member at EMHS on November 21st - thanks to our Bulldog Families stepping up and donating pies. Happy faces abounded that day and once again, we thank you for lifting morale and bringing joy to our school. We will be doing a Christmas Staff Appreciation before school lets out for Winter Break - stay tuned!
The next MPO meeting is January 11 @ 12:30 p.m. - we don't meet in December. We invite you to join us! We sincerely hope that your holiday season is full of warmth, laughter, friends and family and we encourage you to reach out and touch another family who may be in need this season. Your generosity will allow their cups to overflow with holiday blessings.
