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Welcome Back!!! Welcome back to a changing Humboldt Senior High. This fall, as students return, they will notice a few changes as we move to Smaller Learning Communities. All incoming 9 th graders will be entering the 9th Grade Academy. This Academy will be housed primarily on 3rd floor with orange banners designating their location.Last spring during registration, 10 th grade students chose an academy for the year. The three Academies for the 10-12 grades are: Community Leadership Academy (CLA), Humanities, and Science, Engineering and Technology (SETA). The students will remain in these for the year with the option of moving at the end of the year. As with the 9th grade academy, each Academy is also housed in a different area of the building designated with colored banners. CLA has green banners, Humanities has blue, and SETA has red. There are still common areas such as Science labs, library space, Family and Consumer Science, and the Physical Education areas. Teachers have moved rooms from department locations to their Academy areas according to which academy they belong to. Because of this, all students should look carefully at the room numbers for their classes on their schedules. Teachers are not where they use to be!!!The other major change all students will find this fall is the change from HAWK Connection to Advisories. All students, 9-12, are now assigned to an Academy Advisory. More on this will be coming in the future. Teachers have been working very hard this summer changing curriculum to meet the focus areas of their academies, developing academy specific courses, and working on the Academy Advisories. We are looking forward to an exciting year! If anyone has any questions on the small learning communities or would like to participate on a community advisory board for any of the Academies, please contact Diane Schroepfer, SLC Program Manager at 651.293.8600, ext. 1263. Calendar of Events · Labor Day September 1· First Day of School September 2· PTO Meeting September 8 @ 6PM· Ninth Grade Parent Night September 23 @ 6PM· Early Release Day September 24 @ Noon· Progress Reports Mailed September 29· Conferences October 9, 4:30-7:30 & October 14, 4:30-7:30· Homecoming Game & Dance October 10, 4PM & 7PM· Teacher Workshops No School October 16 & 17· Progress Reports Mailed October 28Parent Teacher Organization Meeting The first meeting for PTO is Monday September 8th at 6:00 PM and following that meeting is the Senior All Night Party Planning Meeting. These meetings are held on the second floor, in the GEAR UP!/ETS room, next to the Guidance Office. Xcel Energy Center Helps Our School Have fun with your family AND help our schools. Raise money for Humboldt Senior High by attending the Royal Hanneford Circus at Xcel Energy Center! The Royal Hanneford Circus, a Hanneford family tradition for 300 years, is coming to Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul October 3-5, 2003. Long considered the "royal family of the circus," the Royal Hanneford Circus features bareback horsemanship, animal acts, aerial acrobatics, magic, juggling, high-wire walks, and many more exciting acts that will delight the entire family. The circus is a great opportunity to spend time with your family — and an excellent way to benefit Humboldt Senior High. For every circus ticket you, your family, friends, and neighbors purchase using the Humboldt Senior High code, $4 will be contributed to Humboldt Senior High through the Help Our Schools Xcel program — $2 from Xcel Energy Center and a matching contribution from its program partner, the Minnesota Wild. Just visit the Xcel Energy Center box office or any Ticketmaster outlet, call 651/989-5151, or go to www.ticketmaster.com and mention the Humboldt Senior High code when you purchase your tickets. Humboldt Senior High code: T62530 Royal Hanneford Circus at Xcel Energy Center Friday, October 3 at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Saturday, October 4 at 11 a.m., 3:30 p.m., and 7 p.m.; Sunday, October 5 at noon and 4:30 p.m. This offer is not valid with any other discount or coupon program for the Royal Hanneford Circus. Offer only valid on $11.50 or $16.50 ticket rate. Children under age two admitted free. From Steve Lindberg Greetings and Welcome from Humboldt Sr. High, the best high school in the city of St. Paul! We have done our planning! Teachers and staff have been busy this summer writing curriculum, and each of the new academies are set to go. As you are aware, the Ninth Grade Academy had their pilot year last year with great success. They will be continuing their work this year with a focus on the students reading. This year the ninth grade is split into core teams. Each student is associated with one of the teams. The other three academies, SETA (Science, Engineering and Technology 10-12), CLA (Community Leadership Academy 10-12) and Humanities Academy (10-12) will be in their first year and are fired up to work with our upperclassmen to support the students in their educational focus for the future. This will support the new 3 R’s of Small Learning Academies: Rigor, a strong academic program for each student, Relationship, each student will have an adult in the building whom they can work with and who will provide a strong role model, and Relevance, education for today’s students, that has to be tied to the future and the interest of the students. All of the planning and time spent by our staff has been supported by the two "Small Learning Community" grants (Federal and Gates) which Humboldt received last year. Each grant will run for another two years to support the activities of our students. We are continuing our relationship with "High Schools that Work," our comprehensive school reform model. HSTW staff continues to provide staff development and support as we move farther into the great opportunities that small learning communities will provide to our students. The work over the past two years has been difficult and tiring at times, but it is starting to pay off for our students with better scores. As we move forward, our students continue to do better and better. We are looking forward to continued significant growth at Humboldt Senior High this school year and in the future. News for Incoming Ninth Graders We are delighted that you have decided to send your child to Humboldt. The teachers in the 9 th Grade Academy will make every effort this year to prepare your child for academic and social success in their remaining years in high school and beyond. This success will depend on yourself, your child and on us. We must work as a team and communication will be critical. To begin this communication we invite you to a parents’ night at school on September 23rd. Complimentary dinner will be served at 6:00 pm and this will be followed by an informational session. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. Our phone numbers and extensions are listed below along with our email addresses. We will be contacting you every two weeks or so, particularly if your child is having problems in one of his/her classes.It has been shown through research that attendance is critical to academic success. We ask that you schedule health and dental appointments, and vacations outside of school hours whenever possible. Homework help is available in the library on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. This is staffed with teachers from various subject areas and provides students with an opportunity for one-on-one help with their schoolwork. If necessary, there is assistance in covering the bus cost to get home. The following is a list of supplies that students should have for each grade class: * notebooks * folders * pencils * pens School Phone Number: 651.293.8600 (Contacts for 9th Grade Academy – Humboldt HS) Science History Annelies Brown Ext. 3231 Kita Her Ext. 3224 John Perry Ext. 3232 Lisa Griffin Ext. 3202 annelies.brown@spps.org kita.her@spps.org john.perry@spps.org lisa.griffin@spps.org English Math Elisabeth Lund Ext. 3203 Timothy Larson Ext. 3226 Theresa Behnke Ext. 3215 Nicholas Morales Ext. 3206 elizabeth.lund@spps.org timothy.larson@spps.org theresa.behnke@spps.org nicholas.morales@spps.org 9th Grade Counselor Assistant Principal Jason Schlukebier Ext. 2262 Mike Sodomka Ext. 1020 jason.schlukebier@spps.org michael.sodomka@spps.org 9th Grade Academy Chair Steven Aeilts Ext. 3216 Invitation to Play with the Humboldt Band The Humboldt High School Band will once again provide Music and entertainment during the Humboldt High School Homecoming on October 10. The Band would like to invite anyone who has participated in band before to help us at Homecoming. For more information please contact Levi Lundak at Humboldt High School. 651-293-8600
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