Maeser Updates: 5 May 2023

In This Edition

Welcome Back, Mr. Cahoon!, Maeser Music: Concert Week, Maeser Robotics Fundraiser, Senior Prom, MS Shakespeare Auditions, Class of 2023 Graduation Activities, NG Make-up, Summer School Credit Recovery, Volunteer Help Needed (Help with Senior Graduation Breakfast, Counseling Donations, Report Your Volunteer Hours, Questions About Volunteer Hours), Sports Announcements (Fall 23-24 Sports Academic Eligibility, Sports Physicals, Maeser Sports Guide), Can We Reach You In Case Of Emergency? (Opt In For School Text Messages, Update Your Contact Information)

Front Office Hours This Week

7:30am-4:00pm Mon-Thurs
8:30am-12:30pm Fri

**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

May 8-17
AP Exams continue

Monday, May 8
7pm Chamber Orchestra & Symphonic Strings Concert in the Maeser Gym

Wednesday, May 10
7pm Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Concert in the Maeser Gym

Friday, May 12
7pm Show Choir in the Maeser Gym

Saturday, May 13
8-11pm Senior Prom @ The Manor in Riverwoods

Monday-Tuesday, May 15-16
MS Fall Shakespeare Competition Auditions

Tuesday, May 16
Last Lecture Assembly

Thursday, May 25
Class of 2023 Cap & Gown Photo and Senior Breakfast (seniors)
Advisory & Awards Day Assembly (all students)

Friday, May 26
9am Graduation Rehearsal
1pm Graduation Ceremony

Welcome Back, Mr. Cahoon!

WELCOME back to Cam Cahoon who has rejoined the Maeser team! Mr. Cahoon will be our Drama Director and teacher.

Maeser Music: It’s Concert Week!

Maeser’s Music Department presents its spring concert series this week. Admission is free and all concerts start at 7:00pm in the Maeser gym.

  • Monday, May 8: Chamber Orchestra & Symphonic Strings
  • Wednesday, May 10: Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir
  • Friday, May 12: Show Choir

Mark your calendars and join us as our students end this school year on a high note!

Maeser Robotics Fundraiser

The Robotics Team will be selling Wiley Wallaby Licorice next week during lunch to raise funds for next year. They are selling for $4 a bag, if you want to have your student pick some up for you. The team is currently the #1 ranked team in Utah, and hopes to continue to improve next season.

Senior Prom

This year’s Senior Prom theme is A Night Under the Stars and it will be a night to remember!

Date: Saturday, May 13
Time: 8-11pm
Location: The Manor in Riverwoods
Tickets: $45/couple or $25/stag

MS Shakespeare Auditions

Middle School Shakespeare auditions for next year are Monday, May 15 and Tuesday, May 16 after school. Please come prepared with a 1-minute monologue. Come to Gerber or Harmon with questions.

Class of 2023 Graduation Activities

Seniors and parents: mark your calendars for these important graduation activities!

Thursday, May 25: Class Cap & Gown photo; Senior breakfast at Maeser
Friday, May 26: Graduation Rehearsal & Ceremony at Thanksgiving Point Show Barn

  • 9:00am: Graduation Rehearsal (mandatory for all graduates!)
  • 1:00pm: Graduation Ceremony — each graduate may invite up to 8 guests to attend

NG Make-up

All NG make-up should be completed by Review Day, especially for seniors who will be participating in graduation activities. There will be service opportunities the week of June 1st as teachers clean up their classrooms for summer. After this, NGs become NCs (essentially Fs) and coursework will need to be remediated.

Summer School Credit Recovery

Summer school offerings are intended to assist students in remediating (making up) failed or missing credits for graduation.

Maeser Summer Session

This summer Maeser will host two sessions on campus:

  • Session 1: June 5-23 from 9am-12pm at Maeser. Cost: $200 ($75 will be refunded if student completes coursework by Friday, June 16)
  • Session 2: June 12-23 from 9am-12pm at Maeser. Cost: $125

Registration

Registration is open now via Google Form. Please complete the Summer School Form and follow the payment options.

**Please note that payments take 2-3 business days to process electronically. You may also pay for summer school in the front office during normal business hours M-F in May.

Questions?

Contact your student’s counselor:

Mrs. Chapman: kathryn.chapman@maeserprep.org
Ms. Sorenson: sandra.sorenson@maeserprep.org
Mr. Peck: mckay.peck@maeserprep.org

Volunteer Help Needed

Help with Senior Graduation Breakfast

The Senior Class Presidency would love some help with their Graduation Breakfast. Please help make their pre-graduation activity super special. For more information and to sign up, please visit our SignUpGenius: Senior Graduation Breakfast.

Counseling Donations

The Middle School Counseling team is in need of large bags of individual sized candy. You can use this towards your volunteer hours!

  • Kind: an assortment- chocolate, hard candy like jolly ranchers, tootsie pops or rolls, whatever comes in the assorted bags is fine. We would like some non-chocolate as well.
  • Amount: 4-5 bags/month

Report Your Volunteer Hours

DON’T FORGET! 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!

Questions About Volunteer Hours?

Contact us at volunteer@maeserprep.org.

Sports Announcements

Fall 23-24 Sports Academic Eligibility

Eligibility for participation in fall sports/activities will be determined by 4th term grades. All students (middle and high school) must have earned a 2.7 GPA with no Fs. In addition, high school students cannot have any Fs/NGs/Incompletes from previous high school terms. All Fs/NGs must be made up by the last day of term.

Sports Physicals

All students, middle school and high school, who will be playing sports this year (2022-23) need a physical in order to play. Physicals completed on or after March 10, 2022 are good until July 15, 2023. Any physicals completed before March 10, 2022 will not be accepted (per UHSAA policy) for this school year.

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: Maeser Sports Guide. The 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.

Can We Reach You In Case Of Emergency?

It’s important to keep your contact information up to date and opt-in to receive text messages from Maeser — in case of an emergency, this is how we notify parents! In addition, we use your contact information to notify you about important school events and school fees deadlines.

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!