Clark MS/HS Newsletter

Hi everyone,

This past week our juniors participated in fall planning days and we also had students attend the Huron Scrubs camp. We believe opportunities such as this help our students to plan for their future. It has been exciting to see our students come back from activities such as this motivated about the career options available to them. We believe in our mission to "engage and educate each student academically and socially in order that he or she may reach their potential as a productive member of society." There is no doubt that our kids are impacting our community in a positive way. Many of the opportunities they have available to them are because we as a community invest in them in big ways. We are thankful for the partnerships formed along the way.

Next week will be the last full week of quarter one. The last official day is Monday, October 21st. Parent- teacher conferences are scheduled for Thursday, October 24th. We will not mail out report cards until after parent-teacher conferences. Our hope is to give report cards to parents when they attend parent/teacher conferences, but if a parent is not able to attend, we will send a copy home on Monday, October 28th. Also, please stay tuned on a possible adjustment to our parent/teacher conference start time and end time. Much is dependent on if we do end up hosting a football playoff game. If we do host this event, we will adjust and get this correspondence out as soon as possible.

As mentioned in last week's newsletter, we are striving to improve our overall attendance and tardies for our students. We has seen a slight increase in the last few weeks. Thank you for visiting with your child about the importance of getting to school and to class on time. I am hopeful that our tardies across both the MS and HS will continue to decrease.

Ms. Heggelund

MS/HS Principal

MS/HS Calendar of Events

The Week of October 14th - October 20th, 2024

October 14th - School Board Meeting 6:30 P.M. in MS/HS Library, Pre-ACT Meeting during Lunch

October 15th - Senior Night Volleyball, Varsity Volleyball vs. Flandreau 7:00 P.M. @ Willow Lake, District ACT Test

October 16th - Pre-ACT Test, Varsity Cross Country Regions @ Webster 2:00 P.M., ECC Oral Interp @ Marvin, Math Counts 6th Grade 10:00 A.M.

October 17th - Varsity Volleyball @ Sisseton 4:00 P.M.

October 18th - No School, Teacher Inservice

October 19th - Varsity Football @ Webster 2:00 P.M.

A Look Ahead

October 21st - End of Quarter 1

October 22nd - Flu Shot Clinic at Clark MS/HS, Varsity Volleyball vs. Tiospa Zina @ Clark

October 23rd - Bus Assembly in Gym - H.S. 1:27 - 2:12 during Period 7, M.S. 2:15 - 3:10 Period 8A/8B

October 24th - 1st Round Playoff for Varsity Football, 1:30 P.M. Early out with Parent/Teacher Conferences beginning at 3:00 P.M. for MS & HS in the Main Gym (The start and end time for conferences may be adjusted if we host a playoff game for football. Please stay tuned. We will update as we know more.)

October 25th - No School, Varsity Volleyball vs. Britton-Hecla at 7:00 P.M.

October 26th - State Cross Country Meet @ Rapid City

October 28th - Oral Interp NEC at Webster 1:30 P.M.

October 29th - Varsity Volleyball vs. Hamlin at Willow Lake

October 31st - Quarter Finals Varsity Football

November 1st & 2nd - All State Chorus

November 5th - Regions Volleyball

November 6th - Oral Interp at Aberdeen

November 7th - Regions Volleyball

November 8th - ASVAB Test for Juniors, Semi-Final's Football

November 11th - Veteran's Day Program at 9:00 A.M. in Gym (Community is welcome to attend. Rolls and coffee for our veterans will be served beginning at 8:00 A.M. in lunchroom), Board Meeting at 6:30 P.M. in Library

November 12th - Varsity Volleyball SODAK 16

November 14-16th - State Football Championship

DISTRICT CALENDAR LINK

Flu Shot Clinic on Tuesday, October 22nd - South Dakota Department of Health

Below are the consents for the upcoming flu shot clinic on Tuesday October 22nd. The consent form must be turned into the MS/HS office by the end of the school day on Thursday, October 17th. We will have some hard copies available in our main office upon request. Our community health nurse, Liza Linneman, RN, needs them by this time to ensure we have enough requested shot available for this clinic offering. If you do have any questions at all about the shot clinic please contact Liza.

Liza Linneman, RN

Community Health Nurse/Office of Child and Family Services

South Dakota Department of Health

doh.sd.gov
PH: 605-910-5501

200 N Commercial Clark, SD 57225

210 E 7th Ave Redfield, SD 57469

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DID YOU KNOW?

1. Students should miss no more than 9 days of school each year to stay engaged, successful and on track to graduation.

2. Frequent absences can be a sign that a student is losing interest in school, struggling with school work, dealing with a bully or facing some other difficulty.

3. By 6th grade, absenteeism is one of three signs that a student may drop out of high school.

4. By 9th grade, attendance is a better predictor of graduation rates than 8th grade test scores. Missing 10%, or 2 days a month, over the course of the school year, can affect a student’s academic success.

Retrieved from https://www.attendanceworks.org/

10-4-2024

* See attachment for more information on attendance.

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STATS TO KNOW

Tardy Policy

If a student is not in the classroom they are assigned to when the bell rings, they are considered tardy. A tardy will be given if the student arrives after the bell rings but within the first fifteen minutes of class. If they arrive after fifteen minutes of class, the student will be considered absent for the class period. A student with 6 cumulative tardies in a quarter will earn 1 detention. Additional detentions will be assigned for every 3 detentions earned thereafter at increments of 9 and 12. A parent meeting will be held if a student has 12 cumulative tardies in a quarter with the option to develop a student intervention plan. Tardies will start over at the beginning of each quarter.

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