In This Edition
Summer Office Hours, Have Your 2021-22 Plans Changed?, Maeser Updates Summer Posting Schedule, PowerSchool Summer Availability, Fall Schedule Update (New School Schedule, Advisory Friday Expectations, Masks, Class Schedules), 2021 Summer Reading, Volunteer Opportunities (Back to School Teacher Training, Maeser Appreciation Birthday Celebrations, Don’t Forget to Report Your Hours), Sports Announcements (Sports Academic Eligibility, Fall Sports Guide, MS Volleyball Summer Open Gym, HS Boys Volleyball Summer Open Gym, HS Baseball Open Summer Practices, HS Tennis Summer Practice, HS Girls Soccer Tryouts), Lands’ End 30% Off School Uniforms Sale, Help Us Stay In Touch + Opt In For School Text Messages
Front Office Summer Hours
Friday, June 25
8:30am-12:30pm
June 28-August 6
CLOSED for Summer Break
August 9-13
8:30am-12:30pm Monday-Friday
Beginning August 16 (first day of school)
7:30am-4:00pm Mon-Thurs
7:30am-1:00pm Fri
Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
July 2-23
Maeser Updates On Hiatus For Summer Break
Monday, July 26
9-11am HS Girls Soccer Tryouts at Maeser
Monday, August 9
Student Class Schedules Available
Monday, August 16
First Day of School!
Summer Office Hours
The office and our school buildings will be CLOSED June 28-August 6 for the summer.
Have a safe and happy summer break!
Have Your 2021-22 Plans Changed? Please Let Us Know ASAP!
If your plans for 2021-22 enrollment have changed and your student will not be attending Maeser Prep, please contact us ASAP to let us know by emailing us at registrar@maeserprep.org — please include your student’s name, their 2021-22 grade, and the school they will be attending next year. We are sending out record requests for our new students and want to help you avoid having your student’s school file sent to the wrong school. We are also creating schedules for next year and want to make sure students can get into the classes they’ve requested.
Thanks so much for your help in keeping our records up to date!
Maeser Updates Summer Posting Schedule
Maeser Updates will be on hiatus for the summer break from July 2-23. Weekly Updates posts will resume on Friday, July 30.
PowerSchool Summer Availability
The PowerSchool parent and student portal will be taken offline on Thursday, July 1 to allow us to perform summer updates and maintenance, and to create student schedules for 2021-2022.
The parent and student portals will reopen on Monday, August 9 with 2021-22 schedule information. Schedule change information will be given at that time.
If your student is new to Maeser this year, you will receive an email during the week of August 2-6 with your parent login information for PowerSchool.
Fall Schedule Update
We hope you are enjoying your summer break! We are well underway for our preparations for the upcoming school year, and want to let you know about some important changes and expectations. This information will hopefully help you to prepare for school in the fall.
New School Schedule
We experimented and learned a lot this past year, and we’re excited to implement some of those positive experiences. This year we will be continuing Advisory Fridays. Regular, in-person classes will be held Monday-Thursday, from 8:00am-3:30pm for all students. Advisory Fridays will run from 9:00am-1:00pm.
Advisory Friday Expectations
Fridays will continue to be treated as an official school day for students to take tests, get individualized help from teachers, work in small groups, participate in mentoring activities, and do make-up work. Teachers may assign specific times for students to come to campus to take tests, quizzes, and labs. Additionally, teachers may use Google Classroom to assign and collect homework on Fridays. As much as possible, families should treat Fridays as they would any other school day.
Masks
This coming school year students will not be required to wear masks. Students who are sick are encouraged to stay home to avoid making others sick. If a student misses school, it is the student’s and parent’s responsibility to proactively communicate with the student’s teachers to make sure that all work is received, understood, and completed in accordance with Maeser’s homework policy. We are still waiting from direction from the state about testing and mask policies for sports and other extracurriculars.
Class Schedules
Students will be able to see their class schedules in PowerSchool beginning August 9th. This allows administration, the counseling department, and teachers time to thoroughly review student schedules beforehand, which will minimize the number of schedule changes that need to occur.
Please DO NOT contact the counselors about schedules prior to August 9th. Student schedules aren’t created until late summer, so the counselors do not have this information to give out prior to August 9th.
We will be sending out additional information as the school year gets closer.
2021 Summer Reading
Click here to access the 2021 Summer Reading lists.
Volunteer Opportunities
Back to School Teacher Training
BACK TO SCHOOL Teacher Training Catering help needed August 9-13th (also posted on Facebook). For more information and to sign up, please visit our SignUpGenius: BACK TO SCHOOL Teacher Training Catering. Thank you in advance as we prepare for a GREAT year!
Maeser Appreciation Birthday Celebrations
Signups are now available for 21-22 school year Maeser Appreciation Birthday Celebrations: Maeser Appreciation Birthday Celebrations. Thank you for helping our team feel special in their birthday month!
Don’t Forget to Report Your Hours!
Report your volunteer hours once you’ve dropped off your donation: Report Parent Service Hours. Each $5 spent for donations counts as one hour of volunteer service!
Sports Announcements
Sports Academic Eligibility for FALL Sports
Eligibility for participation in any sports/activities during the 1st term of the 2021-2022 school year will be based on 4th term grades. Students (7th-12th) must earn a 2.7 GPA with no Fs/NGs. In addition, high school students cannot have any Fs/NGs/Incompletes from previous high school terms. If the F/NG/Incomplete is made up by the beginning of the sports season they will be able to participate.
Fall Sports Guide
For a list of the fall sports that are available at Maeser for both MS and HS students, click here: 2021 Maeser Fall Sports Guide. The Fall Sports Guide includes whether the team is boys, girls, or coed, if there is summer training, when tryouts are, who the coach is, and the coach’s contact information, if it is available.
Middle School Volleyball Summer Open Gym
Middle school boys and girls who are interested in volleyball are invited to open gyms on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning June 22nd, from 9:00-11:00am. If you would like to receive email updates please contact Coach Call at darci.call@maeserprep.org with a parent email and your Maeser email, if you have one.
High School Boys Volleyball Summer Open Gym
Open gyms are being held through the summer on Thursday evenings from 7:00-9:00pm. Beginning June 21st they will also be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:00-11:00am. If you would like to receive email updates please contact Coach Call at darci.call@maeserprep.org with a parent email and your Maeser email, if you have one.
High School Baseball Open Summer Practices (co-ed)
Open summer practices are Mondays-Fridays from 8:00-10:00am at Rotary Park (400 S 200 E, American Fork). Any student who will be in high school in the fall is invited. No previous experience required. Contact Coach Gilbert (ted.gilbert@maeserprep.org) if you have any questions.
High School Tennis Summer Practice (Girls and Boys)
If you are interested in playing high school tennis next school year (girls or boys), please reach out to Coach Smith for tryout information and optional summer practice schedules: timothy.smith@maeserprep.org.
High School Girls Soccer Tryouts
Summer workouts are at Aspen Elementary (945 W 2000 N, Orem, UT) are on Wednesdays from 9-11. Tryouts will be on Monday, July 26th, from 9-11 at Maeser. Students can enroll in the Soccer Google Classroom with the code: dtpqxdi or contact Coach Simmons (dustin.simmons@maeserprep.org).
Lands’ End 30% Off School Uniforms Sale
Lands’ End will be holding a 30% off sale on school uniforms June 24-30 at Landsend.com/school! Use code STARS and PIN 1776 to take advantage of 30% savings on your student’s school uniform items!
Help Us Stay In Touch!
Not getting our emails, phone or text messages? Here’s how to make sure you’re getting all of our important announcements and information:
Opt In For School Text Messages
Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts, student fees, and more. We will only use text messaging for urgent and important information.
You can participate in this service by sending a text message of “Y” or “Yes” to our school’s short code number, 67587. You can also opt out of text messages at any time by simply replying to one of our messages with “Stop”.
Thank you for helping us keep in contact with your family!
Update Your Contact Information
If any of your contact information has changed – email address, mailing address, phone number – please let us know so we can stay in touch with your family.