HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE: June 7, 2010
As we head into the last week of school we look back over the year while also looking ahead to summer and a new school year beyond. This past week students were asked to pick up their 2010-2011 schedule of classes from their counselor and talk to the counselor if there are any difficulties. Most schools of our size are able to schedule about 80% of their students, particularly at the 11th and 12th grade levels, with their first choices. We have began our process with about 87% correctly scheduled; other students may have to change an elective, put off taking a course for another year, or make some other adjustment. In the end, just about everyone ends up with a challenging schedule of classes that meets their educational needs. We should not be experiencing some of the real challenges we faced last August. If you have any questions about your child’s courses for next year as illustrated on their schedule, please contact your child’s current counselor.
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THIS WEEK looks like this:
MONDAY, June 7: Final Exams continue
TUESDAY, June 8: Final Make-up/Conflict Exams
WEDNESDAY, June 9: All students attend school; all eight classes will meet. On Wednesday all students must complete a checkout form before leaving for the summer, getting a signature from each teacher that all books and supplies have been returned, as was requested during final exams. Students must complete the procedure in order to be sent grades. If for some reason your child will be leaving before June 9 they will have to sign out as well, and should come to the office for a signout form and return it before leaving.
THURSDAY, JUNE 10: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL. Following an extended homeroom period to take care of last minute obligations and clean out lockers, there will be an all school assembly wrapping up the year and having some fun! Following that grade levels will meet to say good-bye and sign yearbooks. Dismissal will be at 11:20, and busses will leave at 11:30. Teachers will line the Links Road and wave goodbye in our traditional sendoff to students.
REPORT CARDS: In the past at Pudong HS, due to the relatively small enrollment, we have been able to process and distribute report cards on the last day of school. However, last year this proved to be very difficult to do on a short timeline. Thus, we will be following the same procedure that SAS-Puxi HS has followed for some years; we will be mailing report cards during the summer. As always, however, PowerSchool will be open for you to see your child’s grades beginning at 3:00pm on June 11. If you will be leaving SAS, please provide us with a self-addressed envelope so that we can send you your child’s report card in a timely manner.
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REQUIRED RE-ENROLLMENT for 2010/2011: All parents have received via email a notice from our Registrar’s Office regarding re-enrollment, which is necessary for all students returning for the 2010-2011 school year.
Each year all students have been required to “re-enroll” for the following school year. In the past, this has been done on paper, requiring many, many people-days of data collection and re-keying into our database. This year parents are asked to check or input data directly into our database, PowerSchool, through the Parent Portal. This will include updating contact information, health information/immunization records, and signing the re-enrollment agreement. For some students a physical exam will be necessary. The Portal is now open; please don’t wait until August! Completing this will take more than a few minutes, so set some time apart some quiet morning to complete it. Once you hit “send” though, it will all be done for the summer!
Please read the information and follow the directions carefully. The first step is to log in to the Parent Portal – the same place that you have been able to check your child’s grades from time to time. If you do not know your user name and password, which has been sent to you previously, please call HS secretary Sylvia Shen (ext. 3351), who can provide that information. Sylvia is not authorized to give parents user names and passwords to students, as this is also where parents can update contacts and other personal information. Please contact Sylvia directly for this information.
GRADE 9 AND 10 PARENTS: CHINA ALIVE REFUND. On Friday we sent out from the Finance Office notice that due to a discrepancy between the way China Alive expenses were calculated at Pudong HS and Puxi HS, Pudong parents would receive some refund, the amount depending on the trip taken. On Monday June 7 all 9th and 10th graders will receive a note giving the amount of refund. Please sign the form; your child can pick up the refund from the Pudong Cashier. Alternatively, you can pick up the refund before September 15. All questions should be directed to the Finance Office.
EAGLE MAGAZINE CORRECTION from the Activities Office. The regular column from last Friday’s EAGLE was a misprint. The corrected information is found below:
Athlete of the Year Award Winners:
Male Junior Athlete of the Year Nominees: Erik Barnes, Derek Schwung, Evan Knox, and Graham Thompson WINNER – Derek Schwung
Female Junior Athlete of the Year Nominees: Zara Mahmood, Audrey Goettl, Lydia Oldham, and Alex Sotiropoulos WINNER – Zara Mahmood
Male Senior Athlete of the Year Nominees: Chris Germain, David Huang, Evan Herdrich,
Phil Chun, and Benedict Wong WINNER – Evan Herdrich
Female Senior Athlete of the Year Nominees: Jessie Liu, Anna Harder, Amy Parsons,
and Anika Miller WINNER – Jessie Liu
Scholar Athlete Award Winners:
All scholar athlete award winners had to have competed in at least two varsity sports or two season of varsity swimming and have a minimum GPA of 3.5 to earn Scholar Athlete Status.
Mary Ann Carey, Katie Chang, Karissa Huang, Anna Tora, Jae A Park, Annice Chen, Emily Barns, Felicia Emma Bengtsson, Vivian Zhang, Emily Yang, Annika Miller Cooper, Audrey Goettl, Kim Chen, Alexandra Tuppe Bennett, Jessie Liu, Alicia Chen, Cynthia Sun, Brenda Lee, Erika Lu, Jessica Meng JiHao, Lily Feng, Scott Shi, Kyle Bennett, Spencer Gould, Arvind Selvakesari, Evan Knox, Tim Suh, Victor Pan, Eric Du, Justin Wang, Johnny Tan, Sean Feng, Callum Voge, Chris Germain, Kyle Bennett, and Howard Chen
Upcoming High School Activities:
Season One HS Sports Try-outs start on Thursday the 19th of August @ 3:00pm
- Baseball – Baseball Field
- Volleyball – Boys MS Gym – Girls HS Gym
- Rugby – Main Rugby Field
- Swimming – Pool
- Tennis – TBA
- Cross Country – Track
Additional (Golf & Table Tennis) Season One Sports Starting Dates TBA
COMING UP ON THE CALENDAR:
June 9: Full day for all current 9th through 11th graders; all students must complete checkout procedure in order to receive report cards
June 10: Last Day of School; 11:30 dismissal
June 11: Semester Grades available on PowerSchool; 3:00pm
By July 1: Report cards mailed out to China address or via your self-addressed envelope to a foreign address.
Have a great week!
Jonathan Borden