Como Park Senior High Newsletter

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May

9- Senior Prom @ Landmark Center 7:00-11:00

12- Keystone Community Services Field Trip 9:00-1:30

13- Booster Club Meeting 6:30-8:00

14- Minneapolis Institute of Art Field Trip 9:50-1:15

14- Spring Instrumental Concert 7:00-8:00

18- Jazz Band plays at Minneapolis Art-a-Whirl 12:00

19- YMCA Camp Field Trip 8:30-2:30

21- 3DE Culminating Event Field Trip 9:30-2:30

23- Giants Art Exhibit @MIA 10:00-2:00

26- No School (Memorial Day)

27- Senior Honors Night 6:30-8:30

30- Regions Hospital Simulation Unit with Dr. Norton Bower's class 9:30-11:45

June

3- Senior Graduation @ Roy Wilkins 5:30-7:30

9- ELL EOY Picnic at Como Pavilion 9:00-2:00

10- Last Day of School/End of Quarter 4

Please check out our upcoming athletic events: https://sppscomoparkhighschool.rschoolteams.com/

-Spring Band/Orchestra Concert - Wednesday, 05/14/25 at 7pm in the Como Auditorium

- ‎Jazz band plays at the Minneapolis Art-A-Whirl - Sunday, 05/18/25 at 12pm (address: Old General Mills Laboratories, located at 2010 E Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55413)

Both concerts are free admission.

AP exams are coming up in May!! Remember...

• arrive on time

• no leaving early

• NO PHONES OR YOUR SCORE WILL BE CANCELLED

direct any questions you have to your student's AP teacher or the AP coordinator (amelia.feest@spps.org)

Parents/Guardians: Please help remind students to attend the Senior class Meeting during second hour 5/16 at 11:15am. Students will need to attend their second hour first.

Agenda:

Counselors presentation

Information:

Last Day of School

Senior Picnic

Valley Fair registration / permission slip

Grad Rehearsal

Graduation attire rules

Hey Como Parents!

We need volunteers to help with our Senior Picnic on May 30th from 11:00-2:00!

Our Como Park Booster Club and Como staff want to send off our seniors with a wonderful day devoted to them. Please sign up if you are able to help out.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4EACA822AB9-56498867-como#/

Help provide great memories for our seniors!

Link also provided: https://www.givemn.org/story/Comoseniors

If you have any questions or need support, please contact your student’s counselor:

9th-12th (Alphabetical by last name):

A-Fr Holly Moser, holly.moser@spps.org, 651-744-4664, (https://calendly.com/holly-moser)

Fu-Ma Kia Thao, kia.thao@spps.org, 651-744-8170 (https://calendly.com/msthao)

Mc-Reh Farah Abuqalbeen, farah.abuqalbeen@spps.org, 651-744-1141 (https://calendly.com/farah1)

Rei-Z Choua Vang, choua2.vang@spps.org, (https://calendly.com/choua2-vang)

The CPC is Open! The Career Pathway Center (CPC) at Como is open Monday-Thursday from 9:00am-4:00pm in room 1304 (across from the Counselor’s Office). Students can email Ms. Aisha (amohamed.ach@spps.org), check out the Career Pathway Center website, drop into the CPC, or sign up for an appointment! for information on student career opportunities, college planning, and scholarships and check out the Como Park page under “Student” and then “Career Pathway Center”.

For the latest updates from the counseling department and the Como Career Pathway Center, click here.

Metro Transit Code of Conduct

The Learning Jet takes place at the Downtown St. Paul Airport. For more information, click here.

Tracks to the Future (T2F) is a Summer Youth Program Engineering Pathway on rail and intermodal transportation.

Come and learn why railroads remain the most energy-efficient mode of transportation. Uncover what forms modern railroad track, explore equipment from around the globe and analyze communications/control systems.

Program Details

• Open to all high school students (completing grades 9-11 in the 2024-25 academic year)
• Full week on-campus exploration
• Field visits to rail facilities
• Build your own piece of railroad track
• Full Scholarships available

T2F 2025 will be a fully in-person experience on the campus of Michigan Tech June 22-27, 2025

APPLY NOW

NEW Sandbox/Operating Engineering Pathway for SPPS 12th Grade Students Beginning Fall 2025

Check out this video

For more information visit SPPS.org/careerpathways and

https://local49.org/pathway-mn/#courses or contact Jennifer Vigil.

MCJROTC News

Mission Accomplished. The year-end MCJROTC Warriors Night Cinco de Mayo theme was filled with mud fun, good food, Obstacle Course, pinata's, grog, and finally the billet announcements. Planned and orchestrated in detail by all our Cadet Juniors. Congratulations to all Juniors on your selection to specific billets. You'll be great and can now steer the ship!!! Nally See-Commanding Officer. Johavani Weni Maloba-Executive Officer. Montez Adams-Sergeant Major. Ooh Rah.

This evening's event in the backyard holds much anxiety for our Juniors and relief on our Seniors as they pass the baton. An event rich in fun, games, and traditions in MCJROTC history as the staff billets for next year will be announced at the end of the night and we shall see the leadership that will steer the ship next school year. OOH RAH!

Another great event. A very busy weekend for the cadets. On Sunday, 27 April several cadets gathered at the Txuj Ci Hmong Cultural and Language Lower Campus Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota to setup, teardown, food preparation, and special support towards their community. Led by Sophomore Cadet Corporal Noreah Chatman-Hurley. Great job.

Loaves & Fishes Food Drive. Today more than sixty Como Park MCJROTC cadets gave up their time to volunteer in making a tangible contribution to the Twin Cities community by providing free meals to families, friends, and neighbors. The cadets were able to work together as a team today by distributing goods to more than two-hundred cars and impacting approximately four hundred families in need. Superb example of unselfishness. OOH RAH!

Cadets performed admirably their Armed Exhibition Drill Team, Color Guard Team, and Patron Children Knockout for a large crowd gathered for the annual Wheels, Tracks, and Wings Family Fun event hosted by the Ashby American Legion and Elbow Lake, Minnesota Airport. Afterwards cadets posed with several pieces of equipment on display. Great job! Ooh Rah!

The MCJROTC annual support the Feed My Starving Children program took place Friday afternoon led by Cadet Sergeant Nally See. By packing hundreds of meals for families in need in other countries shows their sincere unselfishness. Great job all of you. 🤠

HOSA student La Ku Shine has spearheaded a community service project to knit and crochet hats for newborns. HOSA will donate the hats to Saint Paul Children's Hospital for babies in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit). A great amount of work and care has gone into each little hat. We are excited to deliver the hats once we have thirty completed. If you would like to donate soft yarn for this service project, we greatly appreciate all donations.