In This Edition
Maeser Robotics Team, Winterim Classes, MS Fall Festival TODAY, Halloween Costumes, Trunk Or Treat, HS Halloween Stomp, **Save the Date** Turkey Trot Fundraiser, 21-22 Maeser Yearbooks, Sports Announcements (Q2 Sports Academic Eligibility, Sports Physicals, Maeser Sports Guide, HS Girls Basketball Open Gyms & Tryouts), Counseling Announcements (ASVAB Scores, Senior CCR Meetings, Sophomore CCR Meetings, College Information Sessions, Miss Krystal’s Counseling Corner Podcast, Ms. Sorenson’s MS Podcast, Middle School Students Of The Week, New Scholarship Opportunities), Are You Missing Important School Communications? (Opt In For School Text Messages, Update Your Contact Information)
Front Office Hours This Week
7:30am-4:00pm Mon-Tues
7:30am-1:00pm Wed
**PARENTS: Please remember to check in at the front office when visiting the school during school hours, including Fridays. We appreciate your help in keeping our students safe!**
Upcoming Dates and Deadlines
Friday, October 22
1-2:30pm MS Fall Festival (middle school only)
Monday, October 25
Picture Retake Day
Friday, October 29
1-2pm Trunk-or-Treat
8-11pm HS Halloween Stomp (high school only)
Saturday, November 6
Turkey Trot Fundraiser
Maeser Robotics Team
High school students can still join the Maeser Robotics team! Contact Ms. Wagner or Mrs. Hansen for more information.
Winterim Classes
Students will find out their Winterim classes on Monday, November 1st.
Middle School Fall Festival TODAY
The middle school is hosting a Fall Festival for Maeser Middle School students TODAY (Friday, October 22) at Maeser from 1:00-2:30pm. There will be pumpkin bowling, corn hole, mummy races, pin the leaf on the tree, and other art activities. Students need to be in uniform, PE uniform is absolutely acceptable.
Halloween Costumes
Friday, October 29th (Advisory Friday) is the only day students will be allowed to come to school in costume (NOT on Thursday, October 28th). Students may wear a costume while they are at the school working with teachers if they would like. Please refrain from bringing weapons, wearing inappropriate or gory costumes, and wearing costume masks that cover the student’s whole face.
Trunk Or Treat
This year’s Trunk-or-Treat will take place on Friday, October 29th, from 1:00-2:00pm in the church parking lot right beside Maeser campus (near the light poles). Come decorate your car at noon! Click here to let us know you plan to decorate your car. (Please do not fill the form out if you do not have a car.)
HS Halloween Stomp
The Halloween Stomp is also happening on October 29th from 8pm-11pm in the gym. Stomps are for high school students only. Admission is $5 per person at the door.
**Save The Date** Turkey Trot Fundraiser on November 6th
On the morning of Saturday, November 6th, members of The National Honor Society will be hosting a service event to support the Utah Food Bank. You and your family members will have the opportunity to participate in Maeser’s first ever Turkey Trot 3-mile relay race. Teams of three will run/walk a 1 mile course; each teammate will complete a one-mile loop. The winning team will not only win eternal bragging rights, but will receive a Turkey Trophy to proudly display in their homes!
The entry fee for each team is $15 and all proceeds will be donated to the Utah Food Bank. We will have music and snacks during and after the event. Please watch for more details in the coming weeks on how to sign-up prior to the event…and the day of, for all those last minute deciders. We look forward to seeing you on November 6th. Let’s make this a successful event and hopefully an annual Maeser tradition! Please support this wonderful cause and Maeser’s members of the National Honor Society, who are working hard to make this a reality.
21-22 Yearbooks
Have you purchased your student’s yearbook yet? The 2021-22 Maeser Yearbook is available to purchase online through Jostens.com.
Yearbooks are currently $55 each (including tax). The price goes up in March — and we often sell out completely before the end of the school year. If you haven’t purchased your student’s yearbook yet, now is the perfect time! Email natalie.gerber@maeserprep.org with any questions.
Sports Announcements
Q2 Sports Academic Eligibility
Eligibility for participation in any sports/activities during the 2nd term will be based on 1st 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.
Sports Physicals
All students (middle school and high school) who will be playing sports this year need a physical in order to play. Here is a link to the UHSAA form which Maeser uses for ALL athletes: UHSAA Physical Form
Maeser Sports Guide
For a list of the sports that are available at Maeser for both MS and HS students, click here: 2021 Maeser Sports Guide. The Fall Sports Guide includes whether the team is boys, girls, or coed, when tryouts are, who the coach is, and the coach’s contact information, if it is available.
HS Girls Basketball Open Gym and Tryouts
There will be open gyms for all high school girls interested in basketball on October 23rd and October 30th from 8:30-10:00am. Tryouts will be on Monday, November 8th from 4:00-6:00pm.
Counseling Announcements
ASVAB Scores
Students who took the ASVAB exam will sign up to get their scores read on October 29th from 9-11am.
Senior College and Career Readiness (CCR) Meetings
Senior College and Career Readiness Appointments have started and will run through October. Sign up to meet with Mrs. Anderson at this link: Sign Up For Your Senior CCR Meeting
Sophomore College and Career Readiness (CCR) Meetings
Sophomore College and Career Readiness Appointments have started and will run through October. Sign up to meet with Mr. Peck at this link: Sign Up For Your Sophomore CCR Meeting
College Information Sessions
Colleges are starting to have information sessions. Check out this link on our website to join a virtual information session: College & University Info Sessions.
Miss Krystal’s Counseling Corner Podcast
College Week and University Teacher Tales
Ms. Sorenson’s Middle School Podcast
College Week and Teacher Trivia
Middle School Students Of The Week
Congratulations to this week’s Middle School Students of the Week:
Jackson Lee
Ella Howell
Taran Grover
Ivy Jensen
These students were diligent with doing and turning in their homework on time.
Scholarship Opportunities
The counselors get emailed many scholarship opportunities! We will post these here as we get them: New Scholarship Opportunities
Are You Missing Important School Communications?
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”.
Update Your Contact Information
If any of your contact information has changed – email address, mailing address, phone number – please let us know asap so we can be sure you’re getting school and teacher communications.
Thank you for helping us keep in contact with your family!