In This Edition
Mock Trial Awards, 11th Grade ACT on Tuesday, Time-Sensitive Graduation Information for the Class of 2024, 2024-25 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan: Public Comment Period Open, Lands’ End Penny Logo Sale, Volunteer Help Needed (Breakfast & Snacks for 11th Grade ACT Day, Gift Cards for Teachers, Lunch Volunteers, Teacher Appreciation Donations, Report Your Volunteer Hours, Questions About Volunteer Hours), Sports Announcements (Spring Sports Academic Eligibility, Sports Physicals), Counseling Announcements (Counseling Donations), 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
7:30am-2:30pm Tues (ACT Day)
7:30am-4:00pm Wed-Fri
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
Tuesday, March 12
11th Grade ACT Day – Juniors ONLY on campus
NO SCHOOL for students in grades 7-10 and 12
Friday, March 22
Last Day of Quarter 3
Friday, March 29
Required On-Campus Advisory Friday
April 1-5
Spring Break – NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, April 10
Utah Aspire Plus – Freshmen & Sophomores ONLY on campus
NO SCHOOL for students in grades 7, 8, 11, 12
April 15-May 2
RISE Testing in 7th & 8th Grade Classes
Lunch Options This Week
On days that the school uses the preorder forms, please let your child know they will have 10 minutes to get their lunch and after 10 minutes we will start selling the extras to students who did not preorder.
Tuesday:
No lunch options available (ACT Day)
Wednesday: Pizza – $2/slice
No pre-order is required for pizza.
Thursday Yummy’s Korean Barbecue – $6
Use the link to pre-order for this day. The link will close at 12pm on Wednesday.
Yummy’s Korean Barbecue Pre-Orders
Microwaves are available in the lunchroom for students who bring lunch from home. Please note: we do NOT have refrigerator facilities for student use.
Mock Trial Awards
At the State Mock Trial Awards meeting this week, our four Seniors who have been with Mock Trial for at least three years were honored. Congrats to Cuen, Ellie, Josh and Abram. We will miss them!
Maeser Blue also received the Professionalism and Civility Award and the MS Team received both the Professionalism and Sportsmanship awards! Congratulations!
Your coaches are so proud of your efforts this year. The recognitions for Professionalism and Sportsmanship are particularly satisfying and exemplifies our Maeser moto of Truth, Honor and Virtue!
MOCK ON!!
11th Grade ACT: Tuesday, March 12
This Tuesday, March 12, all of our 11th-grade students will be taking the ACT. This is a FREE opportunity for all juniors to take the ACT! Administration of this test will follow all ACT standards, so in order to create the required testing environment for our juniors, we have set aside this day for ACT testing only. **Your junior is already registered; you do not need to do anything to sign them up for this ACT administration.**
Tuesday, March 12 will be an ACT-testing-only day for our school. There will be NO SCHOOL that day for students who are not in 11th grade.
Due to the need for an undisturbed testing environment, ACT does not allow us to have any students on campus who are not part of the ACT administration. Please make other arrangements for your students in grades 7, 8, 9, 10, and 12 on Tuesday, March 12 as we will not have space or supervision available for them on our campus that day. As this is an official ACT administration, we will be unable to interrupt testing to check students out. We appreciate your help in ensuring a good testing environment for our juniors!
We encourage all juniors to take advantage of this free opportunity to take the ACT with their classmates on Tuesday. However, parents who prefer not to send their students to campus for testing can choose to opt their students out of this test by submitting a signed Parental Exclusion Form by Thursday, March 7 (to give us time to excuse your student’s absence and adjust our testing room assignments).
Volunteer Help Needed
We are in need of parent volunteers to help provide breakfast and snacks on ACT Day. Please help our juniors perform at their peak by volunteering here: ACT Day Fuel Up for Students
Time-Sensitive Graduation Information for the Class of 2024
Caps & Gowns
Is your student a senior? Have they ordered their cap and gown? Time is running out! If you haven’t ordered yet, go to www.jostens.comto order in time to receive the cap and gown before graduation. Deadline to order without rush fees is April 10.
Graduation Clearance
If your student has an NG in any class, even past terms and years, they need to make it up before April 15 in order for Ms. Sorenson to clear them for graduation.
Is your senior missing credit, whether from an F grade or a class they are taking online? These need to be made up by April 15 as well or they will not be cleared for graduation.
2024-25 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan: Public Comment Period Open
The 2024-25 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan is now available for review and public comment. This document details any and all fees that can be charged to students next school year. If you would like to share any feedback with the board before their final approval of the 2024-25 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan on April 9, you may either:
- Email finance@maeseprep.org before Tuesday, April 2, OR
- Request to speak during the public comment period of the March 12 or April 9 board meetings. These meetings are held online. Please contact samantha.stonely@maeserprep.org if you would like instructions for joining the meeting.
Lands’ End Penny Logo Sale
Lands’ End will be holding a Penny Logo sale March 8-15 — this is a great time to pick up polos for your student and have our school logo added for only a penny! Shop the sale March 8-15 at landsend.com/school using Promo Code PENNYLOGO (no PIN required this time).
Volunteer Opportunities
Breakfast & Snacks for 11th Grade ACT Day
We are in need of parent volunteers to help provide breakfast and snacks on ACT Day. Please help our juniors perform at their peak by volunteering here: ACT Day Fuel Up for Students
Gift Cards for Teachers
Thank you for your support this year. Your generosity with bringing in food and helping with various needs has been overwhelming. Thank you!
At this time, we are asking for gift cards to give to teachers when they want to purchase items (including food) for various class activities, and for the administration to give to teachers for a pat on the back and a token of appreciation. If you’re inclined please review the available slots and click on the button to sign up: Gift Cards for Teachers.
Lunch Volunteers
Do you need to get your volunteer hours? We need help selling and serving lunch every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 11:15-12:00pm. To sign up to help please email Jared Norris at jared.norris@maeserprep.org
Teacher Appreciation Donations
Thank you to those who have donated treats and goodies the past few months. We would like to resupply the faculty lounge with a variety of treats/drinks. The following link has an updated signupgenius that has a variety of items listed that are popular with the staff, but is not limited to those items only. If you can help, please visit the following link to sign up (can be used for volunteer hours!): Help Provide Teacher Treats. Thank you for your generosity!
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
Spring Sports Academic Eligibility
Eligibility for participation in Quarter 3 sports/activities will be determined by 2nd 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 (2023-24) need a physical in order to play. Physicals completed on or after March 10, 2023 are good until July 15, 2024. Any physicals completed before March 10 of this year will not be accepted (per UHSAA policy) for the upcoming school year.
Here is a link to the UHSAA form which Maeser uses for ALL athletes: UHSAA Physical Form
Counseling Announcements
Counseling Donations
The 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 Needed: 4-5 bags/month
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!