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BULLDOG
NEWSLETTER A publication of the Edmond Memorial High School Parent Organization
April 2019 Edition
There is a feeling that occurs around a school building once spring break has come and gone; where
students and faculty look toward the end of the school year with a sense of both urgency and excitement for
what lies ahead. With graduation just around the corner, one chapter ends and another begins as we say
“goodbye” to the class of 2019 and “hello” to our future Bulldogs who will be joining us next school year. On
a personal note, it has been the greatest honor of my career in serving as the principal of Edmond Memorial.
I have enjoyed collaborating with the best faculty and staff in the state, and I have equally enjoyed getting to
know and work with your students you have shared with us. I look forward to the future as we continue to
work together to provide the best opportunities for your child and continue to follow our mission for “high
levels of learning for all”.
We had another great year for Swine Week! Our hard working students helped raise over $587,000 for Boys
and Girls Club of Oklahoma County and their plans for a new teen center to help serve the needs of their
kids. Swine Week is such an important time for our Bulldog Family when we are all able to come together to
support a very deserving cause. Thank you to all of our students, staff, families, and community partners for
supporting one of Edmond Memorial’s most important traditions. It really does take us all working together
each year to continue this important effort.
The Edmond Memorial Team would like to thank everyone for their patience as we continue to improve our
parking situation and navigate our construction projects. Although we are all excited about our new football
and track stadiums, we will need to deal with the reality of construction interference around the campus until
completion. We will be getting information out soon concerning parking for next school year.
Please continue to partner with us as we help your students stay focused and goal oriented as this school
year comes to an end. Infinite Campus is an excellent way to keep up-to-date on your child’s progress in
classes. Please feel free to contact us if you need help getting logged on to the system. The testing season
begins this month for juniors and AP students. We ask that you pay close attention to communication
through your email of testing dates. Thank you for your assistance in making sure our students remain
motivated to achieve to the best of their abilities.
Thank you again for a great year at EMHS. This school is a special
place for so many. We wish all of our Bulldog families a great end of the
school year and an exciting summer. August is just around the corner
and we look forward to the future in the 2019-2020 school year!
Sincerely,
Anthony Rose, Principal
EMHS Calendar of Events for 2018-2019 Check out these important dates for the upcoming school year. Please note that these dates are TENTATIVE and are
subject to change. Visit our school website clendar for updates.
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April 2 - 11 ACT (All Juniors)
April 5 End of 5th 6 weeks/ STUCO Officer Elections
April 8 - 12 Pom Tryouts
April 12 OPUS Spring Banquet
April 13 ACT
April 15 - May 3 OSTP Science & US History (All Juniors)
April 16 ACTII / Take Note Concert
April 16 OSSAA State Solo/Ensemble (Stillwater)
April 19 April Day - No School
April 23 Underclassmen/Senior Awards
April 23 OPUS Meeting 6pm
April 24 Boys Basketball Banquet
April 27 Prom
May 2 - 4 Follies Performances
May 6 - 17 AP Exams
May 7 Spring Jazz Concert
May 9 Swine Week Check Presentation/ Spring Choir Concert
May 13 - 14 & 16 ACTII / Take Note Auditions
May 16 Yearbook Distribution / Orchestra Spring Concert
May 17 Graduation Practice / Senior Picnic
May 18 Class of 2019 Graduation 2pm
May 22 - 23 2nd Semester Finals
May 23 Last day of school
In This Issue
April 2019
Important Dates 2
Administrative Notes 3 - 5
Swine Week 6
Counselor’s Corner 7
Senior Class 8 - 9
Clubs and Activities 10 - 12
MPO 13 - 14
Join Remind 101 for important information.
Subscribe once and receive text reminders from
now until graduation for important events.
Class of 2020 - Juniors
Text @emhs2020 to 81010.
Class of 2021 - Sophomores
Text @emhs2021 to 81010.
Class of 2022 - Freshmen
Text @2022emhs to 81010.
If you haven't already ordered
yours, Yearbooks are currently
available. (follow link to site) https://
www.yearbookordercenter.com/?
event=general.displayLanding&jobnumber=
17386
Saturday, April 27 @ UCO
from 8 p.m.-midnight.
Tickets $35 / person or $70 / couple.
Additional information at a later date.
EMHS Orchestra Banquet
Friday, April 12th
6:00 pm | FBC Edmond
$15 per ticket to Koehn or online
at bulldogorch.com
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From the Textbook Room: Remind your students to turn in their textbooks before the end of school. The books need to be cleaned of paper and all pencil marks erased. Have your students check with their teachers to find out when they will turn in their books as a group. Financial holds will be placed on students’ records that have not turned in all books. All Chromebooks, protective cases and chargers must be turned in (dates to
be announced). The Chromebooks must be cleaned, cleared of user
profile . Any damage will be assessed at the time they are turned in.
ACT/state testing information
As part of state requirements, all juniors will take the ACT along with a science and U.S. History
test. All tests are free and require no registration. We will take the tests during the school day on
the following dates:
ACT dates
April 2 -- Ms. Liu's and Mrs. Olson's classes
April 3 -- Mrs. Reichert's classes
April 4 -- Mr. McDonald's classes
April 9 -- Mr. Killackey's classes
Science test dates
April 11 -- all students take section one
April 12 -- all students take section two
U.S. History test dates
April 15 - April 30 -- teachers will assign test dates to each class
All students will test on their own Chromebook. Students will need to make sure they have their
Chromebook charged on testing day. On their ACT day, they will also need to bring their charging
cord since the length of the test may exceed battery life.
Below you will find testing resources that will help prepare your student. If you have any questions,
please contact Brandon Kysar at 726-6802 or [email protected]
ACT short tests
http://www.act.org/content/act/en/products-and-services/the-act/test-preparation/english-practice-test-
questions.html?page=1&chapter=0
Oklahoma science and US history practice tests
username: practice
password: oklahoma
https://okpracticetest.measuredprogress.org/student/login
https://oklahoma.onlinehelp.measuredprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/03/CCR_2018-19_PSTG-
G11_web.pdf
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Some pictures courtesy of STUCO
Counselors’ Corner
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9th Grade - Dawnetta Russell - [email protected] 10th, 11th, 12th Grades A-Go - Stacey Tate - [email protected] 10th, 11th, 12th Grades Gr-O - Tiffany Elerick - [email protected] 10th, 11th, 12th Grades P-Z - Kelley Rampey - [email protected] Student Assistance Counselor - Kassi Sharp - [email protected] Career Counselor - Herkisha Hardy - [email protected] Mieke’ Price - School Psychologist - mieke’[email protected] Linda Keller - Registrar Laura Burris - Administrative Assistant Rebecca Moore - Administrative Assistant
UPDATED TRANSCRIPTS are available in the Counseling Office for Juniors and Seniors ONLY. Please visit our Counseling Office websites: Scholarships can be found at: http://memorial.edmondschools.net/counseling-center/money-for-college/. College and Careers & College visit information can be found at: http://memorial.edmondschools.net/counseling-center/colleges-careers/ Edmond Women's Club is offering two different scholarships for Edmond Public School's high school senior women. One is for candidates demonstrating a clear financial need. And, the second scholarship is for applicants with a verified Individualized Education Plan. Applications are in the Counselor's Office. If your student is enrolled in an AP course, please become familiar with the dates and
details supplied in this resource: 2018 AP Guide for Parents & Students
Each year A Chance to Change comes to Memorial and runs their educational small group, called A Chance to SUCCEED. This group addresses topics such as strengthening communication skills, building positive relationships, and more. If your student is interested in participating in this group, please pick up a permission slip in the main counseling office and return it to Ms. Sharp, the Student Assistance Counselor.
If your child participates in the food pantry backpack program, please send any of the backpacks you may still have at home back to the counseling office, as we are currently out of backpacks to refill for weekly delivery. If your student does not currently receive a bag each week, but your family could benefit from the aide this program provides, please let Ms. Sharp in the counseling office know, so she may get your student on the list for weekly deliveries. We only ask that the bags we delivery get returned each Monday so we continue to have bags to pass out to students in need. NEED TO KNOW- SENIOR GRADE: College Prep Senior Year Checklist NEED TO KNOW- JUNIOR GRADE: College Prep Junior Year Checklist NEED TO KNOW- SOPHOMORE GRADE: College Prep Sophomore Year Checklist NEED TO KNOW- FRESHMAN GRADE: College Prep Freshman Year Checklist
Senior Parents
Senior announcements are for sale for $2.00 each in room 213. Cash or check accepted.
Have your senior stop by the bulletin board in the senior hallway and fill out a short slip letting us
know where they are going next year.
Senior parents, please click on the link below to sign up to help with the senior picnic. https://
www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4daba62daaf58-senior3
Make sure you have joined Remind 101 for important info. Text @19emhs to 81010
The final calendar is attached to this email. Please let me know if you cannot open it.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XocUCIrU8utnHFAtBO1Hh1AYlirHJRpv1YLX-g9t4H8/edit?
usp=sharing
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seniorclass
Over spring break, members of Memorial's awarding winning newspaper traveled to Washington D.C. to take a class at the Newseum and tour the sights. Places visited included the Library of Congress, Arlington National Cemetery, The Kennedy Center, The Capitol, and many more. Favorites of the staff's included the Newseum where they learned about fake news and the importance of the press in history and the laying of the wreath and hearing Taps played at Arlington National Cemetery.
Congratulations to our honorable mention StudentCam winners! They were honored by C-SPAN!!
Hope Suttles, Alyvea Sloan and Grace Fox received $250 as honorable mention winners for their documentary, "Has America Changed? Obergefell v. Hodges."
Ford Burgess and Kaylynn Warren received $250 as honorable mention winners for their documentary, "Guns and America."
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The EMHS Bands are knee-deep in contest season, but stopped to enjoy Spring Break at Disney! They were able to participate in an incredible evening of live movie scoring as part of the Disney Performing Arts program, and received the Mouse Ears to prove it. A good time was had by all! All three concert bands will be performing for OSSAA State Contest during the week of April 8th and the EMHS Jazz Collective and the JV Jazz Band will be performing at OSSAA Jazz Band Contest on April 24th. The students have worked hard all semester and we look forward to great performances all around. OSSAA State Solo & Ensemble Contest will be held at OSU on April 17th. 36 of our band students/ensembles earned a Superior or Excellent rating at the District contest level in March and 22 will advance to the State Contest. Reaching this performance level takes commitment and perseverance. We are very proud of all these students! The year will wrap with the Spring Jazz Bands in concert on May 7th, the Band Banquet on May 11th, and the Spring Concert Bands performing on May 14th. Oh, and the Annual Mattress Sale fundraiser will be on May 4th! It’s been another year of flexibility as our entire program has had to adapt yet again to the major construction challenges around the campus. But thanks to the tireless leadership and creativity of Director Jeff Jahnke and the rest of the band staff we will finish the year strong as we FINALLY MOVE INTO our new Bulldog Band facility! Great year, Bulldog Band!!
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Congrats to our Girls Golf Team on
winning their tournament at John Conrad!
Way to go, Dogs!! We are proud of you!!!!
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Congrats to Megan Cobb
for receiving 2nd Place in
Fashion Construction at the
FCCLA State Competition!
Way to go, Megan!!!!
It was a Beautiful day for the 2019 Edmond Bulldog
Invitational. Congrats to the Boys Golf Team for all
of their success!!!! Keep up the great work, Dogs!!!
Congrats to our Boys Tennis Team on winning the Union tournament!
Go Dogs!
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Quickly looming ahead are the last days of school for our 2018-2019 school year. We appreciate and thank
everyone who donated to our iCARE Matching Challenge. $6,348.00 went directly to Teacher/Staff Grants and
to the Principal's Fund (which helps pay for Professional Development).
We are so excited that we were able to give back to our school and it was only possible through the
generosity of our Bulldog Community - Thank you for caring and giving! We are currently raising funds for next
school year with our 2019 iCARE Challenge, (formerly the “Bulldog Campaign”) and our goal is $10,000.
Please see the last page of this newsletter for more information and details on how you can give and make a
difference today!
On Administrative Professionals’ Day, we treated our fabulous EMHS administrative assistants to lunch at
Charleston’s while MPO volunteers covered their positions. We want to recognize these wonderful ladies who
welcome you as you walk in our school and make sure that the school runs efficiently behind the
scenes. They also support the MPO in so many ways - we are grateful for all they do for us! To round out the
year, we will have our last Staff Appreciation lunch during Teacher Appreciation Week in May. We love being
able to boost the morale of our staff and bring smiles to their faces. They give so much of themselves to our
students and our school and it's a privilege to support them and let them know how much they are valued and
appreciated.
In July, we will begin recruiting volunteers for SPUD, which is scheduled for the second week of August, 9am -
1pm. What is SPUD? It's short for Schedule Pick Up Days and it is the biggest, most labor intensive activity that
the MPO does. SPUD stretches over 4 days and consists of 64 volunteer slots (8 volunteers/shift, 2 shifts/day, 4
days). In order for SPUD to run smoothly for the 2300+ students who will come to pick up their schedules, it is
essential to have all volunteer slots filled. Please make a note on your calendar and consider volunteering and
making a difference! The MPO will also provide a Back-to-School Lunch for teachers and staff just before the
first day of school.
Thank you again for supporting the efforts of the Memorial Parent
Organization. We are proud to be a partner with our school and
we appreciate the administration for their ongoing encouragement
and involvement in the MPO. We love that we can work together to
achieve more for our school!
The next and last MPO meeting for the year is on Thursday, April
11th at 12:30 p.m. in Counselor’s Conference room. Please come be
part of our very active parent organization and make a difference for
our school and kids!
Have a great summer!
2018 – 2019
MPO Co-Presidents,
Shana Myers & Jackie Phillips
Contact the MPO
Co-President Shana Myers
Co-President Jackie Phillips
Secretary Kay Hurley
Treasurer Terri Bowles
Newsletter Pam Tennial
Teacher Appreciation Miriam Teifke
Stacy Peck
Senior Rep Amber Loberg
Junior Rep Susan Leibrock
Sophomore Rep Karen Flores
Freshman Rep Heather Selby
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