EHS Newsletter- April 27th-May 1st

Throughout the new instructional process, Erie High School has had many of our students step up to the plate and do what has been asked of them. Realizing the new format has been different and at times challenging, many of our students have persevered, going the distance, being disciplined, responsible and committed. Can you believe that we have even had students drive several miles to get internet access! Some of our students have even sat in their cars, using them as a mobile classroom/desk at remote hot spots! WOW, what a commitment! A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE WENT THE DISTANCE. #reddevilscommitted

Two months ago, none of us had any idea on what we were about to face. NoW here we are, educating students remotely. The successes that we have had could not happen without the tremendous support of our parents/guardians. Yes, we have great students, but it still takes our parents/guardians working with our students to ensure that they are getting done, what needs to get done. Many parents/guardians have spent tremendous amounts of time, supervising and helping students and communicating with the teachers, support staff and office staff. Thank you to each and every one of your for your patience, understanding, effort and support. This process would not be possible without each of you! WE HAVE GREAT PARENTS/GUARDIANS

Erie High School is blessed to have a great set of teachers and support staff that truly care about the students. Throughout the entire virtual learning process, our TEAM of educators have been working hard, creating lessons, working with students in zooms, google hangouts, small group sessions and spending many hours communicating with students and parents. Yes our educational team are working with students during the school day, but also, many of our staff are also busy working with students before school, in the evenings and even on the weekends. These incredible people have spent many many hours doing whatever it takes to get the job done. WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR ENTIRE EHS INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM- THEY ARE SUPER HEROES!

Congratulations to Tiffany Johnson. She recently completed her ServeSafe Food Handler Certification, as part of her virtual learning activities, in Family and Consumer Sciences! Also, thank you to Ms. Stierwalt for providing this wonderful opportunity for our students.

The Erie High School Scholarship Awards Program has went virtual. On Thursday, April 30th, Erie HIgh School's RDN (Red Devil Network) will be releasing our EHS Senior Scholarship Awards Program. Disclaimer in advance, this was our first project, so.... A special thank you to Mr. Jared Han for coming out and helping Mrs. DeGeer and Mr. Francis with the project. Looking forward to many more Red Devil Network Broadcasts.

As a special way to help recognize our EHS Senior Students, we are recognizing our seniors, throughout the next couple of weeks on our EHS Facebook Page and the USD 101 Facebook Page. Please check out our EHS Senior Spotlights! A special shout out to Mrs. Westhoff for preparing the EHS Senior Spotlights.

As a reminder, our EHS Students have a very special opportunity to "Lock In" their final semester grade for their high school courses on Monday, May 4th, if their cumulative grade in that course is a C or higher. The comprehensive curriculum plan is listed below:

Our current instructional format will continue through Friday, May 1st and grades will be calculated by Monday, May 4th.*

After the final calculations on May 4th, students that have a grade of C or higher in a specific course, may elect to end their semester of instruction, in that specific course. These students may accept their May 4th posted grade as their final semester grade or they may choose to continue with the educational process, until they are satisfied with their current grade, pending it is a C or higher or until May 13th, whichever comes first. Students who continue with the instructional plan, will earn their accumulated grade accordingly. The decision to opt out of future instruction must be approved by both the student and the parent/guardian.

Students with grades of a D or F will continue their academic instruction through May 13th, working on additional content and/or remedial academic work that will be determined by each classroom teacher, in an effort to provide additional academic support to our academic at-risk population. Once a student obtains a posted cumulative grade of a C or higher during that continued instructional time period, the student and custodial parent may make the decision to end their semester with that grade being accepted as final.

All decisions to opt out of future class instruction will be verified by direct two way communication with the student, parent/guardian and teacher of each given class.

*Note- All College Credit Courses are exempt from this proposal, since they must meet the requirements of the college, granting the academic credit.

*All final grades will be calculated into the student’s cumulative GPA and recorded on their permanent transcript.

*Future scholarships and other opportunities are often associated with a student’s cumulative GPA. (i.e. NCCC provides a $450 per semester scholarship to EHS students who have a 3.6 GPA or higher.)

Erie High School is sponsoring two zoom meetings to discuss enrollment with next year's 9th graders. The enrollment information zoom meetings will be on Monday, April 27th @ 1:00 PM for students (parents are welcome) and at 7:00 PM for parents and students. For more information, please contact Mrs. DeGeer or Mr. Francis.

Meals for Friday's May 1st will be sent home on Thursday, April 30th. Then starting the following week, there will only be 2 days of deliveries on Monday and Wednesday. Monday/Tuesday Meals will be sent home on Monday and Wednesday/Thursday/Friday Meals will be sent home on Wednesday. This will be the food service schedule through the end of May.

For the past two weeks, we have had a construction crew working on our auxiliary gym floor, replacing the water damaged areas. After the water damaged area was replaced, the entire floor was sanded and now the floor is being repainted and sealed. We are looking forward to having the gym ready for our Red Devil Athletes!

If you have seen a construction crew around our buildings or on top of our buildings, you have probably seen the workers that have been repairing our skylights and windows. Early this year, several of the exterior portions of our skylights and windows were damaged by hail. This company has been working very hard getting these damaged areas replaced.

To enhance our communication to our extended Red Devil Family, we are going to be expanding the use of twitter. You can follow the EHS Twitter Account @ErieRedDevils.

8th Grade Student Zoom- 1:00 PM (parents are welcome)

8th Grade Parent Zoom- 7:00 PM (parents and students are encouraged)

EHS Staff Meeting- 2:00 PM- 3:30 PM

EHS CTE Staff Meeting- 2:00 PM- 3:00 PM

EHS Virtual Scholarship Program- 9:00 AM