Principal's Blog for the Week of January 20th - 23rd

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Updates:

The Midterm Exam process concluded today. With the close of exams we will begin the third quarter and Semester II on Monday.  Teachers will be submitting grades for Quarter II, Midterms, and Semester I by Tuesday the 27th.  Report cards will be posted into IPASS on Friday the 30th. Please also know that along with the report card, our teachers will be providing information on student performance on the school's 21st Century Learning Expectations.  The rubrics for each of these academic Learning Expectations will be provided to you as an additional document posted in IPASS along with the student's report card. Please take some time to also review this important assessment information when reviewing report cards. 

With the start of the second semester, we begin the course selection process for the 2015-2016 school year.  We have opened the portal for teacher recommendations on each of their students.  They will complete this process on February 4th.  This will be followed by the Guidance Department engaging all of our students in grades 9-11 in the formal course selection process.  They will have access to their teacher's recommendations when making their course selections.  Parents will also have access to this information through the parent portal and we encourage you to review both these recommendations as well as the course selections of your student.  Upon completion of this review, parents will have the opportunity to complete their verification of these selections in IPASS.  

Parents can access the Program of Studies on-line by going to the school's web page and clicking the guidance icon in the quick link section.  We are in the process of finalizing the 2015-2016 document with any changes within each academic department and when completed it will posted in this location.  The present Program of Studies is posted there at this time should you want to begin reviewing the content in advance.  

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The January Newsletter is posted on the 

High School Webpage. It will provide 
additional details on events, activities, 

photos and calendar reminders.
http://www.douglasps.net/files/filesystem/January%202015%20Newsletter.pdf

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Indoor Track

Saturday the 24th's Indoor Track meet has been cancelled due to impending bad weather.

The Indoor Track season is winding down league play with post-season tournament's to follow the end of the season  The Boys team is presently 4-3 and they are getting many strong performances from a number of players.  The Girls team is doing well also and they have a 5-2 record at this time.  Like the boys team the girls are also getting some excellent performances from their athletes.  During the season, quite a number of the student-athletes on both teams have already qualified for the District and State Tournaments.

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IMPORTANT DATES

January 26th 

Start of term III and the Second Semester

January 29th

School Council meeting

February 2nd 

Term II and Semester I grades posted and available in IPASS

February 7th

Snowball Dance

The annual winter semi-formal will take place in the school cafeteria/foyer from 6:30-10:00 PM.  

February 14 - 22 

Winter Break

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

The next Student Advisory Council meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday January 28^th at 7:20 am.

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The next School Council meeting will be held on Thursday January 29^th at 3:15 in the Main Office Conference room.

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There are community service opportunities available at the Assessor’s Office at the Town Hall. If you are interested and would like to find out more, please come to the Main Office.

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Next Tuesday, the 27^th, the Peer Leaders will have a very important meeting regarding the Valentine’s Day Fundraiser. Hope to see you there!!

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