SHS Student Wildcat Roar

Fundraiser: Class of 2029 - Wildcat Classic Shirt Sales

Monday, January 19

NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Tuesday, January 20

COURTWARMING SPIRIT DAY: INSTAGRAM v. REALITY (Business on top, PJs on bottom)
9:00 am - Admin Meeting

5:00 pm - JVG/VG/VB Basketball v. Glasgow (Gate: Brayman/Admin: J. Clements)

Wednesday, January 21

COURTWARMING SPIRIT DAY: CONSTRUCTION (Be ready for the worksite!)
3:30 pm - JH/HS Scholar Bowl v. Glasgow @TBA
6:00 pm - Senior Scholarship Night @Library

Thursday, January 22

COURTWARMING SPIRIT DAY: TOURIST IN THE CITY (Sightseeing)
6:00 pm - VG/VB Basketball @Windsor (Bus leaves @TBA/Admin: TBA)

Friday, January 23

COURTWARMING SPIRIT DAY: BLACKOUT (Wear your Courtwarming Shirt for a NIGHT IN THE CITY)
2:15 pm - Courtwarming Pep Assembly, Student of the Month Assembly
5:00 pm - JVB/VG/VB Basketball v. Madison (Gate: Bowling /Admin: J. Clements)
Post-Game: Coronation @Gym
Post-Coronation: HS Courtwarming Dance @Cafeteria (Supervision: Key, R. Wilburn/Admin: J. Clements)

Food is still not allowed in classrooms after 8:oo am.

Don't bring it in. You'll be written up.

Looking to part with any of these items during pre-Spring cleanouts? The chapter will gladly take gently used attire for the Corduroy Closet.

Contact Advisor Zach Crews (zcrews@slaterschools.net) with questions.

Thank you!

Do people really dress up for Spirit Days?
Yes.

Does the Dress Code still apply for Spirit Days?

Absolutely.

What is Coronation?

That's when last year's Courtwarming King and Queen crown this year's King and Queen. Candidates are selected by the Winter Sports Teams and the HS Student Body votes on the King and Queen by voting (you'll be emailed a Google Form).

When is Coronation?

AFTER the Boys Varsity Game on Friday, January 23. The Dance follows Coronation. (Keep on reading!)

It is time to announce our 2026 King and Queen candidates. Your 2026 Queen candidates are: Keylee Jackson, Libby Smith, and Mika Bellamy. Your 2026 King candidates are: Maddox Tyler, Tristen Klasing, and Nixon Sanders. Congratulations to all of our candidates, and good luck!

• Courtwarming is January 23. Coronation will follow the game, and the dance will follow Coronation (approximately 9 pm - 11 pm).

When is the Dance?

Friday, January 23

When does the Dance start?
30(ish) minutes after the basketball game is over. The game usually ends between 8:30-9:00. I will send a text alert out at the end of the game. It will read something like this: 'Happy Courtwarming, Wildcats! Your SHS Wildcats just won their basketball game against Madison! The HS Dance will begin at XX:XX in the cafeteria and will end in two hours, at XX:XX. Students should enter through the Breezeway doors.'

Is there food at the Dance?
Yes! We will have snacks and drinks (water) at the dance. Don't bring in outside drinks - you'll have to throw them away.

When is the Dance over?

Two hours after it starts.

Who can go to the Dance?
Any SHS student who is in good standing (attendance above 90% and no failing grades as of the 1/12 Eligibility Check, and no unserved detentions) may attend the dance. A Slater student may invite an out of District guest. They just have to fill out an Out-of-District Guest form (emailed to students on 1/13) and turn it in to the HS Office on or before noon on Wednesday, 1/21. Guests must be at least in HS and no older than 20 years old. They must be in good standing at their school of attendance and/or approved by J Clem.

What does it cost to get into the Dance?
$3 one person/$5 two people

What do people wear to the Dance?

Whatever they love! (Dress code is still in effect - you need to be covered armpit to armpit and to mid-leg.) In previous years, I've seen the majority of our male students wear jeans and a clean shirt - everything from a t-shirt to a button up. Our ladies have worn everything from jeans to sequins and everything in between! Hats are ok, and phones are allowed.

Is anyone taking pictures at the Dance?
There is usually a photo backdrop in the cafeteria hallway. Someone from the Yearbook usually takes pictures and students take each others' pics with their phones.

✨🏙️ Court Warming T-Shirt/Hoodies Are Here! 🏙️✨
Step into the vibe of A Night in the City Our official Court Warming shirts/hoodies are BLACK with a sleek, city-night aesthetic—perfect for showing school spirit in style. Whether you’re hitting the game, or just repping the theme, this shirt or hoodie is a must-have!
Color: Black

Theme: Night in the City

Below is the link to conveniently order online.

https://www.slaterdesignsmo.com/shop See image for QR Code Sales end January 19th.

Students will distribute on Thursday the 22nd after school.

Wildcat Classic shirts with a Nickelodeon theme, Hoops, Slime, and Showtime, go on sale today! Please see a member of the Freshman class or check out the online option HERE.

You can also contact Freshman Class Sponsors Leah Bowling (lbowling@slaterschools.net) or Sara Gochenour (sgochenour@slaterschools.net) to order shirts.

The Wildcat Classic is almost here!

The Slater Booster Club sponsors the Hospitality Room, and we need your help to make it another great success! If you can donate food, drinks, or time, please sign up today.

Let’s show everyone that Wildcat Pride is alive and strong!

Heads up: I have directed teachers to keep HS students in their assigned classrooms during class time. This applies to Traditional Students, Aides, and Dual Credit students.

If you need to use the restroom, do so between classes, or after checking in with your classroom teacher and getting permission before class.

To recap:

Students should not be out of the classrooms. Students should not be in classrooms that they are not rostered to. They are not to leave their aiding/dual credit room early.

Our streaming services with Hudl will can be accessed at:

https://fan.hudl.com/usa/mo/slater/organization/14160/slater-high-school

Fans can download the "Hudl Fan" app on their smartphones, search Slater High School, and watch the game that way as well.

Check out our new BSN basketball team shop! Support our 2025–26 basketball teams by grabbing some fresh Wildcat gear! Every purchase directly benefits our basketball program.

Thank you for supporting our teams!

https://bsnteamsports.com/shop/SLt256acrb

WE ARE BACK! The Wildcat Sideline Scoop returns after a well-deserved Christmas break. We begin by introducing our brand-new members, Nevaeh Evans and Jasmine Saing, as our lead anchors for this week. This week, we recap the last couple of weeks of Slater Basketball, preview our conference matchup against Sturgeon, and interview two seniors from the Class of 2026. Stay tuned next week, as we get ready for A Night in the City, for our Courtwarming Edition!!

https://youtu.be/-A8cqNovCG4

If there is a Late Start called for weather or road conditions, please refer to the graphic above for times that the doors will unlock and classes will start. In the event of a Late Start (not already on the calendar), Saline County Career Center students will not travel to SCCC.

The weight room will be open for all HS students on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:15 to 4:00.

See Mrs. Campbell if you have questions.

In compliance with Missouri Senate Bill 68 (1481), cell phone use for students is prohibited during regular school hours. Students violating the policy will be subject to disciplinary action.

Electronic Devices (excluding calculators)
Students who are using electronic devices will be escorted to the office by a staff member.
1. Device may be picked up by the student at the end of the day in the office.
2. Parents will be required to pick up the device.
3. Parents will be required to pick up the device and a 60 minute student detention will be assigned.
4. Parents will be required to pick up the device and a 3 hour detention will be assigned.

*Any additional offenses may require confiscation of the device by administration.

Check out this month' s HS Counseling Corner Newsletter! More information for January can be found on the Slater HS Counseling Facebook page.

The Handbook Highlight is a recap of a handbook policy or entry that our Students/Adults need to be aware of.

If I'm taking the time to include it, it's something to pay attention to - either because I'm seeing that people aren't clear on it, people aren't complying with it, or I'm about to crack down on it.

DANCES AND SOCIAL EVENTS

1. All Slater High School students and their dates are invited to attend high school dances.
2. Dates must be in the ninth grade or above. Dates that are not members of Slater High School must be registered in advance and must be approved by the Building Principal.
3. All dance attendees must be under the age of 21.
4. Junior – Senior Prom is open to members of the Junior and Senior classes and their dates. Dates that are not members of Slater High School Junior – Senior classes will be charged an admission fee and must be registered in advance.
5. To attend Homecoming/Courtwarming dances, students must have a 90% or better attendance rate two weeks prior to the event. Students attending Prom must have a 90% or better attendance rate by February 1 of the current school year to be eligible. Students achieving this prior to the event may be eligible to attend.

ATTENDANCE MEASURES
The following measures may be utilized throughout the school year: reminder letters/emails, hotline call(s) may be placed, outside agencies (law enforcement, juvenile office) may be contacted.

1. Students whose cumulative attendance falls between 80-90% as of May 1st will be required to attend one week of summer school. Students who fail to attend will serve this time in transition at the beginning of the following school year.

2. Students whose cumulative attendance falls below 80% as of May 1st will be required to attend two weeks of summer school. Students who fail to attend will serve this time in transition at the beginning of the following school year.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
Students must meet all district graduation requirements per BOE policy IKF to graduate. Graduation requirements and grading scales for a student with a disability(ies) may be determined according to the student's Individualized Education Plan (IEP).

Participation in the commencement ceremony is a privilege and not a right. Students must be in good standing and have no outstanding balance on school accounts to participate in graduation or promotion ceremonies.

What staff member deserves a shout out?

Take a minute to let me know all about it by filling out THIS FORM.

Students, Parents, and Staff can give a shout out to any Slater Schools employee! We'll make sure they receive a copy of it and will look for ways to share them with you throughout the year as well.

Let's get to bragging about all the good people around here!

Check out the Handbook Highlight for full details about the Dress Code, but let's be clear and on the same page about a few things:

• You have to wear shoes to school. Shoes have HARD SOLES. Soft-soled slippers are not shoes.
• Don't wear clothing to school that has beer or tobacco logos or references on it.
• You are to be covered arm-pit to arm-pit and half-way down your leg. No exposed stomachs or sternums.

Recap from 10/30 Assembly:

• EVERY HS student qualifies for FREE Breakfast & Lunch. Breakfast is served from 7:30 am - 7:54 am. Pick up your tray in the Kitchen and give your PIN to Mrs. Gregg in the Cafeteria. While you're welcome to eat it in the Cafeteria, most HS students take their food to the First Hour class.
• All Breakfast food (from the Cafeteria or something you bring in from outside) needs to be cleaned up and put away by 8:00 am.
• Everyone who wants to eat will be fed - breakfast or lunch - but we've been having some issues with our Lunch numbers...If you know that you're going to eat School Lunch that day, please let your First Hour Teacher know when they take attendance each day. If your plans changed or you changed your mind and you'll be eating school lunch, hang back in the line and let those who put their name on this list go through the line first.

New information:

• I recently learned that several HS students are carrying their Lunch Cards around in their mouth. (Ewww!) Mrs. Gregg usually has to hold the cards to scan them, and she's having to handle them straight out of your mouth. (Ewww!) DO NOT PUT YOUR LUNCH CARDS IN YOUR MOUTH, and ABSOLUTELY DO NOT ASK MRS. GREGG TO HANDLE A SLOBBERY CARD.
• If your lunch card has to be replaced because you've chewed on it, you will have to pay for the replacement cost. Other reasons you'd have to pay for your own replacement: Lost cards, damaged cards due to inappropriate use, and shenanigans.

Let's revisit the Universal Rules I outlined on the first day of school:

Universal Rules

1. Read your emails

2. Read the newsletters

3. Compliance with Cell phone law

4. No hats/hoods in the building

5. No students sitting/laying on the floor

6. Don’t go into a classroom that you're not assigned to

7. No food in the classrooms after breakfast

8. Drinks need leak-proof (screw-on) lids

1. Teachers can say no drinks in their classroom

9. Students don’t line up at the door before the bell. They are dismissed by teachers

These rules apply in EVERY classroom. EVERY hour. EVERY day.

Highlights from Friday morning's Rules Recap:

• No food in the classrooms after 8:00 am.
• Drinks must have a screw-top/spill-proof lid.
• Teachers can say no drinks in their rooms.
• If you're leaving the classroom during class, your phone stays in the room with the teacher
• Open Lunch is a privilege, not a right. Recklessness in the parking lot, street, etc. will result in revoking of Open Lunch.
• Do not go into a classroom that you're not assigned to.

If you know that you won't be at school on a certain day for an appointment, meeting, etc. - besides telling your teachers (which is great!) - please let Ms. Mindy know.

You can do so by emailing her at mwiseman@slaterschools.net.

Parents can call Ms. Mindy at 660-529-2278, ext. 107.

Please note the policy for Unsportsmanlike Actions at an extra-curricular activity:

1. Administrator Warning

2. Minimum of 1 week, up to and including 365 day suspension from all District extracurricular events

3. 365 day suspension from all District extracurricular activities

Due to liability concerns from our insurance company, pets are not permitted on school property, including the Sports Complex.

This excludes service animals and classroom/curricular animals, pre approved by a Building Principal.

Students must be in good standing to participate in extracurricular events/activities. (This includes attending those events as a spectator.)

Students must be in attendance at school for four consecutive hours on the day of the event to be able to play in or attend an extracurricular event/activity.

HS students aren't to watch Netflix - or other video platforms - in classrooms, even if you're done with your work. You should have enough to do in each hour that you don't have time to pull it up, and if you do complete something early, you can utilize our Library and check out a book or work on a curricular assignment for another class.

HS students, remember that you can get FREE breakfast AND lunch every day (see menus below)!

To get free breakfast, just go through the kitchen to get your tray (you can put what you don't want in the share bins for other students), then enter your PIN with the adult past the salad bar station in the cafeteria.

To get free lunch, go through the kitchen for the hot lunch option or the salad bar line in the cafeteria. Make sure to get a drink from the cooler and give your PIN number to the adult at the counter.

You can get extras, grab & go snacks, or food from the warmer as well, but you have to have money on your lunch account for that. You can add money to account in several ways:

• On the TeacherEase app (Parent Portal side)
• Bring Ms. Mindy money/check in the HS office
• Bring a credit/debit card for Ms. Mindy to run for the specified amount in the HS office

Bon Appetit, Wildcats!

Reminder for Saline County Career Center (SCCC) students:

• The van leaves at 7:25 am
• If the temperature/weather results in a school cancelation or late start for Slater HS, SCCC students will NOT travel, even if Marshall is in session.
• If Slater is in session, but Marshall is not, SCCC students will report to Slater HS at or before 10:45 am.

Email: jclements@slaterschools.net
Website: slaterschools.net
Location: 515 Elm Street, Slater, MO, United States
Phone: 660-631-5298