1 Sabre NEWS UPDATE For the families of South Mecklenburg High School December 8. 2017 South Mecklenburg High School 8900 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210 Main Office: 980-343-3600 Fax: 980-343-3607 Inside this issue: School is in session from 7:10-2:15 Enjoy the Winter Break December 20th-January 2nd! The office is closed during this time. Mid - Year Graduation January 25th at 4:00PM at Bojangles’ Coliseum Download the bus App! Here comes the bus - Welcome On Board! See page 10-11 Check out South Meck Bright Stars featured in this months Ballantyne Magazine. See p. 5 for details Upcoming Events And Recognions 8 Tesng 11 South Meck Foundaon 16 PTSA 17 Sports 18 CIS 19 Student Services 20 Important Links 23
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Sabre NEWS UPDATE
For the families of South Mecklenburg High School December 8. 2017
South Mecklenburg High School
8900 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28210
Main Office: 980-343-3600
Fax: 980-343-3607
Inside this issue:
School is in session from 7:10-2:15
Enjoy the Winter Break December
20th-January 2nd! The office is closed during
this time.
Mid - Year Graduation January 25th at
4:00PM at Bojangles’ Coliseum
Download the bus App! Here comes the
bus - Welcome On Board! See page 10-11
Check out South Meck Bright Stars featured
in this months Ballantyne Magazine. See p. 5
for details
Upcoming Events
And Recognitions
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Testing
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South Meck
Foundation
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PTSA
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Sports
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CIS
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Student Services
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Important Links 23
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Report An Absence at the click of a button!!
Now reporting an absence is easy as a click of a button. Go to the South Meck High School website and click on the Resources tab. Then click on Report and Absence to send your child’s absence directly to the Attendance Secretary.
SABRE SPIRIT WEAR Visit the sabre spirit wear website to
buy your sabre wear! The website link is www.southmeckspiritwear.com
We at Duke Summer Session invite you to help us spread the word about our incredible summer programs. Please share the information below with your students for a once-in-a-lifetime experience: We are happy to announce that our website has been updated and now contains information about our 2018 programs. At Duke Summer Session, we’re in the business of creating life-changing experiences. With our world-class instructors, breathtaking campus, and downright fun residential program, our students leave our program not only equipped for a future of collegiate success, but with a lifetime of memories and friendships.
Career and College Promise (CCP) Career and College Promise (CCP) gives high school juniors and seniors the opportunity to get a "jump start" and earn college credit toward a two-year or four-year degree while still in high school. Students are dually enrolled in their high school and at Central Piedmont Community College, allowing them to receive both high school and college credit for courses taken through the program. Best of all, CCP classes are tuition-free during the fall, spring and summer semesters. We also give $50 to assist with purchasing your books for your class(es).
Summer Ventures - Sophomores and Juniors with excellent grades and an interest in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics should consider applying to the FREE North Carolina Summer Ventures program. Spend four weeks this summer living on a UNC campus conducting research on STEM topics. Students who attended Summer Ventures last summer say it is an exciting opportunity that they highly recommend. For more information, see your high school counselor or visit:
www.summerventures.org.
Application deadline is January
15th
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Commercial Food on Campus
In order to provide support for the Federally Funded Food Program and to minimize issues at our school caused by food deliveries, which requires students
to pick them up, we ask that any food items you wish to include in your student’s lunch be packed and brought with them at the beginning of the day. Microwaves are available in the lunch room for stu-
dents to heat food and a nutritious lunch can be purchased. Students will not be permitted to pick
up food from any location (office or direct delivery). Items dropped off for students will be kept in the office and made available for pick up at the end of
Congratulations to Anna Berkey – Recipient of an Academic Scholarship to
Clemson University!!
Seniors, did you know that your counselors give out Scholarship
Sweets?? Please let your counselor know if you have received a scholarship of any kind, even if you are not planning to accept it. We are very proud of
our students and we want to recognize everyone for their accomplish-ments. This information is also used to establish a total scholarship earn-ings report for the class of 2018. Please give a copy of your award letter to
your counselor, or they can make a copy for you, to receive your scholarship sweet!!
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Congratulations to Kyle Rojas and Claudia Barnett for being
featured in the Ballantyne Winter 2017-2018 edition Vol. 17 No. 4
Last summer· Kyle Rojas won a Rufus M. Dalton Leadership Scholarship for the North Carolina Outward Bound School. He is a peer mentor for AFS-USA (formerly the American Field Service) and works part-time at Autobell car wash. Kyle belongs to the Marine Corps’ poolee program, which enables him to go directly into the Marines upon graduation I’ve grown up seeing the military as heroes." he says. "and this country has given me and my family everything, so I want to give back.·· His parents. Graciela Gonzalez and Irineo Rojas. moved here from Mexico.
classes by graduation. She also specializes in freestyle and breaststroke-on the school swim team and with SwimMAC promoting the school to nominate her for the Lowell L. Bryan Scholarship to Davidson College an award for top scholar athletes. Daughter of Eleonora Barnett. Claudia wants to major in biology and become an occupational therapist.
Kyle
Rojas
Claudia
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Our yearbook needs your help!!! We are looking for pictures
of students out and about within our community. If your
scholar, or someone you know, participates in any volunteer
program or has a part time job, we want to see it! Please
As a Student Leader, you will participate in an eight-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization where you will learn first-hand about the needs of your community and the critical role nonprofits play. In addition, you will learn valuable civic, social and business leadership skills. Each Student Leader will attend the Student Leaders Summit held in Washington, D.C. where you will learn how government, business and the nonprofit sector work together to address critical community needs.
Eligibility criteria:
To become a Student Leader, you must: Currently be a junior or senior in high school
Be able to participate in an 8-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization and work 35 hours a week
Be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship through the end of September 2018
Be able to participate in a week-long Student Leaders Summit in Washington, DC (July 8-July 13, 2018) (All expenses paid. This week will be part of your 8-week experience.)
Be a student in good standing at your school Obtain a letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or school administrator
Please Note, Bank of America employees or members of their family are not eligible for nomination. Family members include: spouse or domestic partner, child (including by adoption), parent, grandparent, grandchild, cousin, aunt, uncle, sibling, niece, nephew, parent-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law of the employee or the employee's spouse or domestic partner, as well as all step relationships.
On October 11th, all South Meck 10th and 11th graders were given the PSAT/NMSQT. College Board will begin to release the scores electronically next week.
During December 11-13, students who provided their email address on their PSAT/NMSQT
answer sheet will receive an email reminder from College Board explaining where and how to
view their scores.
If your student does not see their score when they login, they may need to enter an access code. Students can get their Access Code from our Test Coordinator, Elaine Miller. Codes will not be given out on the phone or via email. Due to score security, a student will need to come to the Testing Office - A107 - to receive their access code.
Paper score reports and the test books will be returned in mid-January.
If you have any questions, please contact Elaine Miller at 980-343-3600
The South Meck Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit founded in 2015 whose primary mission is to promote student success by supporting our teachers in a variety of educational endeavors, professional development and team building.
During the 2016-17 school year we provided teacher grants for:
Online Math tutorial site licenses for Math I classes;
Annual subscription to Upfront, a New York Times teen magazine for Civics classes;
Role playing and reproducible activity books for US History classes;
Full classroom sets of AP German & AP Human Geography review books and more!
In 2017-18 we hope to reach even more students with our grants.
Here’s how you can help:
Register to be a member on our website so that you may know when Foundation events are taking place. Watch for the fun South Meck parent social and silent auction this spring!
• Spread the word to any and all South Meck alumni – get them to register and to consider a donation.
• Notify our board chair with any alumni or businesses interested in supporting our teachers with a donation to the Foundation.
• And PLEASE let us know if you’d like to help out with a committee such as teacher grants or silent auction. We welcome all!
JV WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 12/8 OLYMPIC HOME 3:30PM JV MEN’S BASKETBALL 12/8 OLYMPIC AWAY 4:30PM V WOMEN’S BASKETBALL 12/8 OLYMPIC HOME 6:00PM WRESTLING 12/9 SM COUNTY MATCH AWAY 9:00AM
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Communities in Schools Site Coordinator & Education Career Coach
Hello, Welcome back CIS students and parents to the 2017-2018 school year. Your site coordinators here at South Mecklenburg High School are Ebony Wilson and Marta Falcon. Site coordinator Ebony Wilson will serve as a traditional site coordinator and the requirements are below as it pertains to being enrolled in the traditional model for CIS. Furthermore, Ms. Falcon’s role as the Education Career Coach is also listed below and the requirements that are needed to be enrolled in the ECC program. Please view requirements below and follow up with email if you have any questions. · Ms. Wilson’s Role: o Supports 90-100 Students (Grades 9-12) o Ensures that students have no more than 10 absences o Monitors Attendance, Academics and Behavior o Provide services and programming as needed o Checks in with students on a monthly basis o Helps parents understand the College & Financial Aid process o Refers students to outside services as needed o Works closely with counselors to ensure student success · Mrs. Falcon’s Role: o Attend school regularly o Maintain a 2.5 or better GPA o Need additional support to succeed in school o Lack of extra-curricular activities, exposure to college & career opportunities o Are motivated to participate and take advantage of the workshops & services provided o Are in grades 9-12 o Helps parents understand the College & Financial Aid process Thanks, Marta Falcon, Educational Career Coach [email protected] Ebony Wilson, Site Coordinator [email protected]
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Counselors 2017-2018 Ms. Kilgo A – Cru [email protected] Ms. Naples Cu – He [email protected] Ms. Lewis Hi –Moo [email protected] Ms. Preacher Mor – Sam [email protected] Ms. Jurusik San – Z [email protected] Ms. Strickland 9th Grade Academy Counselor [email protected] Ms. Thompson 9th Grade Academy Counslor [email protected] Mr. Gordon Academic Enrichment [email protected] Please join the Student Services Newsletter email distribution list to learn about scholarships, college visits, testing dates and other important information that the department has to share. To sign up, please visit the South Meck Student Services website
North Carolina School of Math and Science – Residential applications opens Oct. 15th, 2017- Jan. 15th, 2018. Applicants must currently be in the 10th grade. It is the policy of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics to enroll only students who are legal residents of the State of North Carolina, as defined by G. S. 116.235, or whose parent or legal guardian is an active duty member of the armed services who is abiding in North Carolina incident to active military duty, provided the student shares the abode of that parent, by December 1 of the school year in which the student applies for admission (the 10th grade year) and who otherwise meet the admissions criteria of the School. All applicants must take the SAT as a sophomore as part of the application process. Applicants do not have to take the SAT before creating an application account. NCSSM does not require the Essay portion of the new SAT. See website for additional information: https://www.ncssm.edu/residential-admissions Naviance – We are excited to offer our students the opportunity to use Naviance, an important tool that all students at South Meck will use for college and career planning and college applications. Naviance is a great research tool, with links to useful websites relating to colleges, financial aid, NCAA eligibility, and a resume-building tool. In addition, students will use Naviance to order official transcripts for colleges, prepare for requesting a letter of recommendation from your counselor and teachers, and enter your plans for after high school. If your student is a SENIOR and did not receive their username and/or password when we had our Junior Meetings in the Spring, please have them contact their assigned counselor to receive this information. We’ve also added a Naviance page to our SM Student Services page. Please visit - http://smhsstudentservices.weebly.com/ for more information!! Attention Mid-Year Graduates – The time for the mid-year graduation has been set! The ceremony will take place on January 25th at 4:00 pm at Bojangles’ Coliseum. End-of-Year Graduation will be Monday, June 11th at 3:30 pm at Bojangles' Coliseum. Transcript Information Seniors – The transcript request form is available on the South Meck Student Services Website and on Naviance. A transcript request form must be submitted to Ms. Percent in the main office prior to the transcript being released. College Transcript Fees:
1. TWO transcripts will be provided for FREE - SENIORS ONLY!! 2. Additional transcripts are $5.00 per college (exact cash only or pay online). 3. No charge for your midyear transcript or for your final transcript to be sent. 4. Attach your ONLINE SCHOOL PAYMENT receipt to the completed form if
payment was made online and return to Ms. Percent in the main office. If paying cash, please see Ms. Percent in the main office with completed form. Payment is due upon request.
5. If you are requesting a fee waiver, please return the form to your assigned Counselor.
1. Transcripts are $5.00 each for ALL underclassmen (exact cash only). 2. No charge for first 2 transcripts for scholarships or other reason – SENIORS
ONLY Steps for Sending Transcripts via Naviance:
1. Add colleges/universities to your Naviance account. 2. Link Common Application (if necessary) to your Naviance account. 3. Request transcripts - complete transcript request form and return it to
Ms. Percent in the main office. 4. If this symbol appears beside the school name in Naviance, the college/university
does not accept transcripts electronically. If this is the case, you must complete the form and return back to Ms. Percent in the main office. A hard copy will be
available in the main office within 1 – 2 school days for you to mail in. **REMINDER – ALL TRANSCRIPTS and COUNSELOR/TEACHER RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLLEGES MUST BE REQUESTED THROUGH NAVIANCE.** If you are a strong academic student and interested in any of these Scholarship opportunities, come to the Media Center either of these times to learn more about these scholarships and their application processes!! South Meck College Visits – Upcoming college visits will be posted and updated in Naviance. Please see Ms. Snipes in the Media Center for more information.
2018 Catalyst Conference at UNC-Chapel Hill – The annual Catalyst Conference brings a select group of 100 North Carolina high school students (grades 9-12) to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus to explore social justice issues affecting both America and the world. Through leadership and personal development sessions, participants are empowered to serve as catalysts for positive change in their own communities. When: Friday, February 16 - Sunday, February 18 Where: UNC campus in Chapel Hill, NC Cost: $50 registration fee to help with some of the costs of food and housing for the weekend. Apply by: Interested students should apply online by 11:59 pm on Friday, December 1, 2017. There is no cost to apply. Online Application: Please visit https://unccatalyst.wordpress.com/. Attention Sophomores and Juniors – Do you have excellent grades and an interest in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics? If so, then you should consider applying to the FREE North Carolina Summer Ventures program. Spend four weeks this summer living on a UNC campus conducting research on STEM topics. Students who attended Summer Ventures last summer say it is an exciting opportunity that they high recommend. For more information, visit www.summerventures.org. Application deadline is January 15th. Attention Seniors – New scholarships have been added in Naviance and in the student services newsletter! Please make sure that you adhere to all deadlines and requirements. Junior Jumpstart Meeting!! – All current Junior parents and students are invited to join the South Meck Student Services Department for an informational meeting on Tuesday, February 6 at 6:00 pm in the SM Auditorium. Although this meeting is designed for current Juniors and parents, it is open to all grade levels. Mr. Evan Sprinkle, Director of Traditional Undergraduate Admissions at Queens University, will cover topics that will be of interest to you as your student prepares for his/her senior year and beyond.
