Maeser Updates: 5 March 2021

In This Edition

2021-22 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan (Feedback Due TODAY), 11th Grade ACT This Tuesday (March 9), Volunteer Opportunities (ACT Testing Day Brain Fuel, Senior Activity Night, Senior Speed Mentoring Activity, Maeser Team St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon, Robotics Team for Next School Year Needs Coaches, Don’t Forget to Report Your Hours), Sports Announcements (Sports/Academic Eligibility, MS Girls Soccer Tryouts), Counseling Announcements (Miss Krystal’s Counseling Corner Podcast, Ms. Sorenson’s Middle School Podcast, Monthly Scholarship Roundup), Help Us Stay In Touch + Opt In For School Text Messages

Front Office Hours This Week

>>Procedures for Front Office Visits<<

7:30am-4:00pm Mon
7:30am-1:30pm Tues (ACT Day)
7:30am-4:00pm Wed-Thurs
8:30am-1:00pm Fri

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

Friday, March 5
Deadline for parent feedback on 2021-22 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan

Monday & Tuesday, March 8 & 9
3:30pm MS Girls Soccer Tryouts

Tuesday, March 9
11th Grade ACT – Juniors ONLY on campus on this day

Thursday, March 25
Last Day of Quarter 3

2021-22 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan — Parent Feedback Due Today

If you have feedback regarding the 2021-22 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan please stop by or email the Finance Office at finance@maeserprep.org TODAY — Friday, March 5, 2021. The Board will approve the 2021-22 Fee Schedule & Spend Plan at their next board meeting.

The Fee Schedule is a summary list of every fee that Maeser Prep may charge (enrollment, class fees, extracurriculars, fines, etc). The Spend Plan shows more detail regarding how Maeser intends to utilize those funds.

Maeser Mock Trial Competition

Our High School Mock Trial Team completed 4 rounds of competition against other schools in the State and succeeded in winning 2 of the 4. Great accomplishment for our first year! Congratulations to all team members and we look forward to competing again next year. Our Middle School Mock Trial Team begins their competition trials this month and anticipates a great learning experience for their first year as well. MOCK ON!

11th Grade ACT: THIS Tuesday, March 9

On Tuesday, March 9, 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 9 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 March 9 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!

Volunteer Opportunities

ACT Testing Day Brain Fuel

PARENTS OF JUNIORS: Many students forget to eat or run out of brain power right before the science section. We would love to provide a nutritious boost to their ACT testing day. Can you help? For more information and to sign up, please visit our SignUpGenius: ACT Testing Day Brain Fuel

Senior Activity Night

Our Senior Activity Night needs volunteers to help make this a success on March 19th. For more information and to sign up, please visit our SignUpGenius: Senior Activity Night

Senior Speed Mentoring Activity

The Senior Speed Mentoring Activity sponsored by the Counseling department on March 12th and April 2nd has a few more needs. For more information and to sign up, please visit our SignUpGenius: Senior Speed Mentoring Activity

Maeser Team St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon

Parent sponsored- Maeser Team appreciation luncheon needs your help for March 17th. The theme this month is St. Patrick’s day celebration so bring your favorite leprechaun items and add to the fun! For more information and to sign up, please visit our SignUpGenius: Maeser Team St. Patrick’s Day Luncheon

Robotics Team for Next School Year Needs Coaches

We are looking at starting a robotics team at Maeser. We are looking for coaches. If you are an engineer (electrical, computer or mechanical) or computer programmer, and are interested in coaching a robotics team, please email Mrs. Hansen at angie.hansen@maeserprep.org for more information.

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

Eligibility for winter sports (basketball, wrestling, swimming) and activities will now be based on 2nd term grades for all grade levels. If you are planning on playing a spring sport (boys soccer, boys tennis, track & field, middle school girls soccer, middle school boys volleyball) your eligibility will also be based on your 2nd 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.

MS Girls Soccer Tryouts

7th and 8th grade girls soccer tryouts will be held on March 8th and 9th from 3:30-4:30 at Maeser.

Counseling Announcements

Miss Krystal’s Counseling Corner Podcast

THIS WEEK! Special episode featuring Braylee Peterson and her experience with MTech (Mountainland Technical College): Attitude Adjustments

Students can listen and email Mrs. Anderson a main point from the podcast to be entered into a weekly drawing. Drawings will take place on Mondays or Tuesdays.

Ms. Sorenson’s Middle School Podcast

THIS WEEK! Find out what Ms. Sorenson’s favorite scent is and why flying kites reminds her of finishing the year strong in this week’s episode of In the Lion’s Den with Ms. Sorenson: Let’s Go Fly A Kite

Also, take on the challenge by Ms. Sorenson as we all get to know each other and get candy in the process!

Monthly Scholarship Roundup

Scholarships.com offers quick, easy and FREE college scholarship searches to save you hours sorting through the millions of scholarships in their database! Check it out here: Scholarship Directory

Scholarships with March Deadlines: https://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarship-directory/deadline/deadline-in-march

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.