SHS Student Wildcat Roar

Fundraiser: Music Chocolate Bars

Monday, November 10
8:30 am - Admin Meeting, CSIP Work Session

3:10 pm - Literacy Team Meeting @Coaching Corner
6:00 pm - CTA Monthly Event
6:00 pm - JH Basketball v. Orearville (Gate: C. Anderson/Admin: B. Drummond)

Tuesday, November 11

5:00 pm - JH Basketball v. Lafayette Co. (Gate: Z. Crews /Admin: B. Drummond)
5:30 pm - NHS Monthly Activity

Wednesday, November 12
7:30 - FBLA Meeting @Mrs. Shaw's room

3:10 pm - Elementary/JH Building Level Meeting @TBA

3:15 pm - JH Basketball & Cheer pics @Gym
6:00 pm - HS Fall Sports Banquet @Gym (see flyer below)

Thursday, November 13
5:00 pm - JH Basketball v. Glasgow (Gate: Hahn / Admin: B. Drummond)

Friday, November 14
9:00 am - Veterans Day Assembly @Gym
5:00 -7:00 pm - Free Will Donation Dinner @Cafeteria
6:30 pm - Meet the HS Girls/HS Boys Basketball Wildcats @Gym

7:00 pm - Auction @Gym, Dedication of Floor, Slater Legends Alumni Induction @Gym

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.

The evening will start with a free will donation dinner in the cafeteria from 5-7 pm.

At 6:30 we will meet the current Wildcats, both boys and girls basketball teams in the gym.

At 7 pm. we will start the auction with all proceeds going toward the gym floor replacement. The list of items up for auction can be found at https://www.slaterschools.net click on the Gym Floor Dedication tab at the top of the page. After the auction, there will be recognition for all the individual and business donors who helped raise the money for the new Joe Kleine Roscoe White gym floor.

The newly formed Slater Legends Alumni will recognize Joe Kleine and Roscoe White as the

first two inductees into the newly formed Slater Legends Alumni (SLA). The evening will

conclude with Joe Kleine and members of the White family saying a few words of thanks and

appreciation. Although the first two members inducted into the Slater Legends Alumni are

basketball players, the committee has plans to widen member nominations and inductees to any

Slater alumni who has made a significant contribution in any walk of life from military and first

responders to business leaders and educators. All areas will be considered for future nomination

and induction.

Applications are now open!! Please click the links below to apply.

Families residing in Saline County may submit one application per family unit for assistance. Children listed on the application must reside with the applicant. Application help is available at MVCAA (660-886-7476) or Marshall Housing Authority (660-886-9664). Call ahead for appt.

Chuukese- https://www.cognitoforms.com/SalineCountyHolidayProject/ChuukeseSalineCountyInterAgencyCouncilHolidayProject2025Application

English- https://www.cognitoforms.com/SalineCountyHolidayProject/SalineCountyInterAgencyCouncilHolidayProject2025Application

Spanish- https://www.cognitoforms.com/SalineCountyHolidayProject/SpanishSalineCountyInterAgencyCouncilHolidayProject2025Application

The music department chocolate fundraiser is here! Get it while you can, we have variety boxes AND caramel boxes.

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.

That's a wrap on the 2025 fall sports season! In this edition of the scoop, we recapped the football and softball seasons and their incredible performance throughout the year. Also, catch a quick glimpse of the 98th National FFA Convention!

https://youtu.be/RVdsOcusqbA

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.

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

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 October 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.

SCHOOL TRIP
All participants will ride to and from the school activity on the transportation provided by the school. Parents wishing to sign their students out after the event may do so or a request by the parent/guardian in person or phone call and in writing before noon of the activity for which the student to ride home with another adult. This adult must sign the student out and assume responsibility of the student.

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!

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.

• 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.

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!

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