january 2011 lancer newsletter

Shawnee Mission Public Schools

Lancer Newsletter Shawnee Mission East High School

East Lancers 52 Years

Message from the Principal Bullying At School and Home Is Spreading At Epidemic Proportions

For the past several years, the topic of bullying has filled just about every form of media we have at our disposal. The information warns about the dangers of bullying and dis-cusses the physical and emotional impact on the victims. Unfortunately, in some cases students are unable to cope with the continuous pressure, forcing some to even with-draw from the school environment as a whole.

Please understand, SME is not immune to this issue. We continue to see increased bul-lying activity at school- both physical and verbal. The physical form of bullying is dealt with via discipline proceedings following school and Board of Education policy. Even though we attempt to change physical bullying behavior through these steps (and subse-quent consequences), we will bypass steps in the continuum if we believe the infraction is much more serious in nature. All physical cases of bullying are reviewed for legal action as well as school action. Parents are always involved with the process. If the be-havior is not corrected immediately, then more serious consequences could occur in-cluding long-term suspension or even expulsion.

Verbal bullying comes in a variety of forms. The most obvious are the words one shares with another person face-to-face which are derogatory, demeaning, intimidating, and/or threatening. The more recent trend of non-verbal bullying is taking place in cyberspace. Technology and social networking through Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging have opened up a whole new dimension of verbal harassment and bullying. Often times, par-ents are unaware of this form of personal attack. In some cases, the bullying has gone on for so long that when it does become noticeable (as a result of depression, change in friends, change in grades, or lack of participation in school activities) the victim needs serious intervention. Verbal bullying at school can result in consequences similar to physical bullying, especially if it is intimating or threatening in nature.

When it comes to non-verbal bullying through cyberspace, parents have to be the ones to get involved and monitor such activity with their student(s). Texting and communi-cating on social networks such as Facebook requires people to take responsibility in what they say but also in what they do as a follow-up. I think we could all agree not all of our children’s acquaintances have your son’s or daughter’s best interest at heart. Even though these forms of communication call for passwords or permission to allow people access, understand this hard and critical fact – “when you tell one (1) you have told eleven (11).” These last statements are not meant to cause you to mistrust your stu-dent(s) or their friends; just be aware negative things can happen with the best of inten-tions.

It is not unusual for us to see cyber-bullying raise its ugly head once students are back in school. In fact, many of the confrontations we see (physically or verbally) at SME started outside the school environment. We urge all parents to talk to their son(s) and daughter(s) about control and responsibility. The world of technology has broadened the scope of communication for everyone on earth, and it has helped make our lives a lot easier in many areas. However, just like anything else we have discovered, the key to using our discovery for the good of mankind will require all of us to be responsible people.

If you have a child who is being bullied at school, please give us a call. If you have texting messages or social network messages which can be saved, please do not hesitate to share this information with us. Our mission is for SME to be a school which is a safe place for all students, and we will do all we can to intervene in any bullying situation we have in our school.

January 2011—Published On-line Monthly www.smsd.org/schools/smeast

Key Dates: 12/16 Odd block (1st block, final exam; blocks 3,5, 7 review)

12/17 2nd block exam - 7:40-9:10 (passing 9:10-9:20)

3rd block exam - 9:20-10:50

(lunch 10:55-11:30; busses leave at 11:37)

12/20 4th block exam - 7:40-9:10 (passing 9:10-9:20)

5th block exam - 9:20-10:50


12/21 6th block exam - 7:40-9:10 (passing 9:10-9:20)

7th block exam - 9:20-10:50


12/22 Winter Break Begins

1/3 School Resumes

1/7 Last Day to Add a Class

1/12 9:00am Parent Principal Coffee

1/12 7:00pm Journalism Showcase

1/17 NO SCHOOL, Martin Luther King Jr Holiday

1/18 LATE START, 9:40am

1/19 10th Grade Enrollment

1/24 11th Grade Enrollment

2/1 7:00pm PTA Meeting

2/7 Spirit Week

2/8 EARLY RELEASE 1:10pm

2/10 Parent-Teacher Evening Conferences

2/11 NO SCHOOL, Conferences

2/12 8:00-10:30pm Sweetheart Dance

2/21 NO SCHOOL, Presidents Day

2/22 LATE START, 9:40am

2/28 Spring Sports Begin

Office Hours The main office at SME is open until 4:00 p.m. each day. The counseling office is open until 3:30 p.m.. Due to changes in staff hours and rotating sched-ules, not all support staff are here until those times, how-ever. Please call the office to verify if you have a question about hours and availability.

Library News This year SHARE, a student service organization at SM East, invited the library to hold their

used book sale in conjunction with the SHARE garage sale. It was held Saturday, October 23

from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. The sale raised approximately $2,500. to benefit the SM East Li-

brary! Plans are being made to purchase more technology for the library. We’ll keep you posted.

Thanks a million to the Friends of the Library who helped set up the sale on Friday and sold on

Saturday: Kevin Ash, Hanna Bautz, Andrew Beasley, Sam Bernard, Spencer Brown, Caro-

line Dodd, Emily Dodd, Kaiha Harris, Meghan Jackson, Perry Jackson, Jack Longan,

Mary Longan, Ben McBride, Taylor McCullough, Mary Newman, Atiyeh Samadi, David Stewart, Samuel

Stewart, Shannon Tuttle, and Katy Westhoff. We are also indebted to the following parents for their assistance:

Margaret Ash, Betsy Bautz, Janet Bates, Julie Bernard, Claire Brettell, Christine Braash, Keyna Chertoff,

Julie Cook, Molly Danciger, Sallie Gilmore, Cathi Halberstadt, Denise Jackson, Susan and Eric Johnson, Lois

Jonson, Paula and John Longan, Mary McBride, Ann Mcgillicuddy, Ellen Murphy, Neil Recker, Patty Soltys,

and to Nonie Newman who coordinated the volunteers. Thanks again to these great students and parents who were

willing to give back and help out their library with the big fundraiser of the year! We couldn’t have done it without

you! It’s great to be a Lancer!

In November the Spanish 6 class coordinated a celebration of the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos. The ad-

vanced students set up an altar to honor someone who had passed away, prepared a PowerPoint presentation about

the honoree, and organized salsa dancing in the library. All Spanish 1 classes came to the library to learn about the

holiday. A special day in the library!

In December the PTA hosted a holiday Open House in the library in conjunction with our Coffee and New Book

Display. Many thanks to Denise Clark and Mary Schrock for coordinating the goodies and to the PTA Exec Board

for providing many treats! One of the highlights of the day was the performance by the Chamber Singers under the

direction of Ken Foley!

Thanks ever so much to former East parent Joyce Burner! Joyce is a librarian who reviews new releases for School

Library Journal. She gets to keep the books she reviews and then donates them to East Library. In December she

donated over $2,000. worth of new young adult titles to our library. What a great holiday gift!

January begins a busy time in the library for the seniors as they start preparing for their research paper. All twelfth-

grade English classes come to the media center for a PowerPoint on all the resources available, both print and online.

Go to the following link for online journal, magazine and newspaper articles: http://www.kslib.info/ as well as book

titles available in Kansas libraries.

If your student has questions or wants a Kansas library card, please make sure they check with Mrs. Larson.

Happy new year and happy reading!

International Club Students interested in a study abroad program for this summer or next school year can pick up

information from Ms. Fishman in room 307.

Student Council Thanks to all families made monetary and food donations to the Johnson County Christmas Bureau. It was both

needed and appreciated.

SME Newsletter Publication Guidelines The SME Lancer Newsletter is published online at the end of each month during the school year.

Deadline for submissions is the 2nd Friday of each month.

Submissions in Word are preferable. You may also send articles in other word processing formats or graphically as a pdf or jpg. Hard copy material can be placed in the “Newsletter” folder located in the PTA mailbox.

Your submissions may be edited due to space considerations.

Questions? Contact Heather Royce, SME Associate Principal at 913-993-6600, [email protected]; or Joan Beahm, PTA Newsletter Editor at 913-341-3725, [email protected].

SME Newsletter - January 2011

School News

From the Nurse- a Reminder about Flu Season: The Johnson County Health Department Exclusion Recommendations and the SMSD exclusion states To protect

your student and prevent the spread of disease, please keep your student home when any of the following conditions

are present!

Temperature of 100 degrees or greater

Vomiting

Diarrhea

Severe sore throat or pain with swallowing

Severe headache

Severe cough

Undiagnosed rash or skin lesions or sores that are weeping or have

honey colored crusts

Eyes that are red and/or draining

Any suspected or doctor diagnosed contagious disease

Students may return to school when fever free (without medication), vomiting, and diarrhea for 24 hours.

Influenza usually starts suddenly and may include the following symptoms:

Fever ... usually high

Headache ... significant

Tiredness ... can be extreme

Cough ... can become severe

Sore throat ... sometimes

Runny or stuffy nose ... sometimes

Body aches ... often severe

Diarrhea and vomiting ... more common among children than adults

Having these symptoms does not always mean that you have the flu. Many different illnesses, including the common

cold, can have similar symptoms.

SHARE SHARE has a monthly on-line newsletter that comes out the first of every month to up-date you on what's happening

with SHARE that month. If you'd like to receive that newsletter please send a note to [email protected] and

we'll put you on our list.

One of SHARE's goals is to start our students on the lifelong path of giving back to their community. I want to share

a story with you from our Garage Sale. SHARE's annual October Garage Sale has multiple goals. First, it's a fund-

raiser, but also it's a recycling event and an opportunity for many, many families to shop for fall clothing and for our

kids to see the need in our own community. Because the Garage Sale lasts for only a few hours, prices are rock bot-

tom cheap. This year there was a Mom who bought several boxes of stuff (mostly clothing). I think she spent about

$30. As a service to our shoppers, the kids carry stuff to the shopper's cars. Several of our kids carried the boxes to

this lady's very beat up looking van and offered, of course, to put it in the van for her. At first, she was hesitant, but

finally she said "well, ok, I guess". When she opened the van, the kids understood her hesitancy. She and her kids

were homeless and living in the van.

When the kids came back in and told the story, some were tearful and all of them understood what a difference

they're making. We try to teach the kids gratitude for all that they have.

Thanks to all of you who helped with and donated to the Garage Sale. I wonder if some of your things are in that

van?

With much gratitude for living in and being a part of our wonderful, giving community!!

Pat Kaufman, Director, SHARE


School News

SME National Art Society Annual Fashion Show Mark it on your calendar! The SME National Art Honor Society’s annual Fashion Show is on Thursday., April 21 at

the Arts Incubator, 113 W. 18th Street, KCMO. This year’s show’s title is, Incubation. Students from all over the

district will compete for cash prizes. Students interested in entering should e-mail Adam Finkelston at

[email protected] by January 28.

JEA/NSPA Journalism Awards At the JEA/NSPA Fall KC Converge conference this past weekend, Shawnee Mission East's journalism program

was honored with 20+ awards for the staff and individuals. The Harbinger's **newspaper and online publications

were awarded with the following:*

The Harbinger's Awards:

First place Best of Show for Newspaper 17+

First place Best of Show for Publication Website Large School

Pacemaker Finalist

Pacemaker Award

Individual Awards:

Annie Sgroi - Honorable Mention - Newswriting

Katy Westhoff - Superior - Commentary Writing

Logan Heley - Superior - News Editing / Headline Writing

Kat Buchanan - Excellent - Newsmagazine: Layout

B Copy/Caption: Sports - Honorable Mention - Corbin Barnds

Computer Design: Advertising - Excellent - Emma Pennington

Sports Writing - Honorable Mention - Anne Willman

YB Copy/Caption: Academics - Honorable Mention - Alysabeth Albano

YB Copy/Caption: Clubs - Excellent - Chris Heady

Computer Design: Infographics - Superior - Evan Nichols

Newspaper Sports Photography - Superior - Dan Stewart

Photography Portfolio - Honorable Mention - Katie East

Podcast - Excellent - Bob Martin

Of the Year" Awards:

Environmental Portrait - Third Place - Mackenzie Wylie

Newspaper Page One - Honorable Mention - Michael Stolle

Infographic - Second Place - Phoebe Unterman

News Story of the Year - Third Place - Logan Heley

Congratulations to three of our computer programming teams who placed at the Kansas State University Program-

ming Contest. Out of 52 teams, our Beginners Team of Kyle Englelken, Duncan Gibbs, Ben McBride, and Ben

Garten took third place in the beginners division. Our Advanced Team of Tyler Cecil, Patrick McGannon, and

Russell White took top honors, placed number one overall in the advanced division! Our other Advanced Team of

Rob Kelly and Spencer Brown brought home fourth place in the advanced division. Way to go Lancers!

Theatre News Don’t miss the SME musical production, Beauty and the Beast, on February 3, 4, and 5 at 7 pm and February 5 at 2

pm in the Dan Zollars Auditorium. The cast is directed by Brian Cappello, with technical direction by Tom DeFeo

and musical direction by Ken Foley. Admission for the play is $7; $5 for students with ID. Tickets will be on sale

January 31 – February 4 on the south ramp during lunch.

Our next Theatre Boosters meeting will be January 11 at 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium. All families of students inter-

ested in theatre are encouraged to attend. At the meeting you will hear all about Beauty and the Beast, get your ques-

tions answered, and have the opportunity to volunteer.


School News

Enrollment for 2011-2012 January is busy with enrollment for all students attending Shawnee Mission East next year. Parents play a very im-

portant role in this process. Please encourage your student to take advantage of the variety of courses offered at SM

East. Students should keep an eye on prerequisites and pay attention to the courses they select as alternates. The

district is no longer providing each student their own copy of the High School Program Planning Guide. The guide

will be available on-line at the district website (www.smsd.org) under the “Student” tab and then “Program of Stud-

ies”. You can also access the Program Planning Guide on the home page of the SME Counselor Web Back Pack at:

http://www4.smsd.org/SMECounselors/. We will have hard copies of the booklets in the Library and the Counseling

Center. We are again requesting students get a math recommendation from their teacher before the counselors return

to finalize enrollment in 9th-12th Grade English and Social Studies classes. We also request that all parents sign

their student’s enrollment card. Please help your student to select his/her courses carefully. This will help avoid

schedule change requests in the future. For a variety of reasons it is sometimes impossible to change a schedule

once the courses have been selected. We hope that the enrollment process will provide families with an opportunity

to help their students to evaluate their strengths, interests, and goals. All In-district transfer paperwork must be

turned in to Dr. Chapman’s office by February 1, 2011.

Current Grade Level Enrollment Sessions Finalize Enrollment

&Materials Distribution with each student 8th Grade Mission Valley January 11, 2011 January 21, 2011

8th Grade Indian Hills January 11, 2011 January 20, 2011

Private School Students Materials due January 14, 2011 January 25-26, 2011

9th Grade January 10, 2011 January 27-28, 2011

10th Grade January 18-19, 2011 February 1-2, 2011

11th Grade January 24, 2011 February 3-4, 2011

2010 -2011 Concurrent Enrollment Options If your son/daughter is planning to take honors classes as a sophomore, junior, or senior this is a good time to con-

sider how your family can save some money. Some of the classes we offer are also available for college credit.

Concurrent enrollment means a student, grades 10 – 12, enrolled in a high level high school class has the option to

enroll and pay tuition at Johnson County Community College or Baker University and earn college credit.

The list of high school classes offered for concurrent enrollment is on page 63 of the Program of Studies. The guide

is available on line at SMSD.org. Click on the Students drop down box, and from that page click Program of Stud-

ies. From that page you can select Program of Studies 2011 - 2012.

The state schools in Kansas accept JCCC and Baker Credit earned through concurrent enrollment. Although many

colleges accept college credit earned through concurrent enrollment, some do not. It is wise to consider where the

student plans to attend college and contact the admissions office to see if they will accept college credits earned in

this manner. The good news is that college credit earned in this manner is an economical purchase when compared

to the cost of attending a four-year college. The limit of College Now hours that can be earned is 24, so students

should be judicious in their decision making.

College Now With the exception of American Government Honors, Physics Honors, and Psychology AP all the courses listed on

page 63 of the Program Planning Guide are offered for college credit through the College Now Program at Johnson

County Community College. All pertinent information about College Now can be accessed on line. Google JCCC.

On the home page search for College Now. The List of Shawnee Mission East courses can be accessed by selecting

College Now course – academic from the column on the left. Classroom instructors will talk to their students about

the College Now option when the class begins next fall. Enrollment materials are available in the counseling office.

Counseling Office News - http://www4.smsd.org/SMECounselors/


Quick Step Plus County Community College began offers College Algebra credit as a concurrent enrollment option for the Shawnee

Mission East course College Prep Math. Information about this concurrent enrollment option can be found on the

internet. On the JCCC homepage search for Quick Step Plus to access this information. The College Prep Math in-

structors will talk to their students about the Quick Step Plus program.

Concurrent Enrollment through Baker University Shawnee Mission will continue offering concurrent enrollment with Baker University. The three courses that will be

offered in this program are American Government Honors, Physics 1 Honors, and Psychology AP. Mrs. Laura

Carter, SME counselor, will talk to the students in these classes and distribute enrollment materials to interested stu-

dents. Questions? Call Mrs. Carter with any questions you have about these programs. Her phone # is 993.6633.

College Planning for Juniors

On February 15 during seminar A all juniors will attend a college planning meeting in the auditorium. A represen-

tative from the University of Kansas will give a general overview of the admission process for all colleges.

College Goal: Sunday

February 13, 2011—2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. No matter whether your child plans to attend a traditional college, community college, or vocational or trade school,

high school seniors and their parents receive free advice on filling out financial aid forms at College Goal Sunday.

Financial Aid Counselors will be available to help you apply for a Department of Education Pin and/or complete

your 2011-2012 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Attend for a chance to win a $500 scholarship.

College Goal Sunday will be held at the JCCC Success Center, 2nd Floor, Student Center Building, 12345 College

Boulevard. For more information, take a look at www.CollegeGoal.org.

Semester Grade Cards First semester grade cards will be mailed out on January 7, 2011. If your son/daughter is struggling in a class, please

encourage them to utilize their seminar time to work with their teachers. Teachers are available before and after

school as well. East also offers a couple of tutoring opportunities after school. Our East for Excellence provides

tutoring with staff members after school in Room 503 on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:45-3:45 p.m. A late

bus is available on Wednesday and Thursday. The National Honor Society provides peer tutoring after school in the

Library on Mondays, Wednesday, and Thursdays. The Counseling Office can also provide you a list of paid adult

tutors. The tutoring lists are posted on the SME Counseling Web Back Pack at: http://www4.smsd.org/

SMECounselors/html31723.htm. Or when you are on the SME Counselor home page, click on the “Tutoring” tab.

Registration for AP Exams Begins Monday February 7th, 2011 What is it?

The Advanced Placement Program includes college-level coursework taught within a high school.

Which colleges accept AP exam results for college credit?

Over 90% of 4-year colleges in the U.S. provide credit and/or advanced placement for qualifying scores. Go to

www.collegeboard.com to determine which colleges participate in the AP Program and the scores required for col-

lege credit or advanced standing. On the website, type a college name in the “College Quickfinder” box, click on

“AP” in the menu at the top and then scroll down until you have reached the section on AP.

Who may take the AP exams?

Students who have been preparing for the exam by taking the corresponding course may register for and take the

exam. Course enrollment is not required for testing but students who have prepared for the exam by taking the

course score much higher.



What is the cost and how does a student register for the exams?

Each exam costs $87.00. Registration starts Monday, February 7th and ends Wednesday, March 9th, 2011. Come to

the Counseling Center for the registration form. College Board and the State of Kansas provide a reduced exam fee

for families with acute financial need.

When are the exams? The exams are only given over a two-week period of time each year. Administration of each

exam is assigned a specific morning or afternoon during those ten days. These assignments are made by The College

Board and are followed nationwide. You can find the schedule on the SME Counselors Web Back Pack at http://

www4.smsd.org/SMECounselors/html27558.htm

How will students enrolled in AP courses know about the exams and registration procedures? The teachers of

the AP courses will be distributing copies of the AP Bulletin and discussing the exams before registration begins on

Monday, February 7th. Students may listen to daily announcements as well.

Questions? Additional information about the AP Program or exams may be found on www.collegeboard.com and/or

by contacting Deanna Griffey, Counselor, at 993-6635 or [email protected].



Parents mark your calendar

for the

SME JOURNALISM SHOWCASE - Celebration of Excellence

Wednesday January 12 7 - 8:30 pm

SME cafeteria

This event will showcase SME Journalism Student Work The Harbinger

Hauberk

www.smeharbinger.net


Jeremy Higgins, Athletic Director Lancer Athletics

Spring Sports Begin February 28 Spring Sports are just around the corner with tryouts beginning on Monday, February 28. Sports offered in

spring include boys and girls track, girls soccer, boys tennis, boys golf, baseball, softball, and girls swimming.

Please contact the head coaches with any questions.

Track & Field Brie Meschke 913-993-6690

Girls Soccer Jamie Kelly 913-993-6670

Boys Tennis Sue Chipman 913-993-6742

Boys Golf Ermanno Ritschl 913-993-6716

Baseball Jerrod Ryherd 913-993-2468

Softball Deon Slemp 913-302-9198

Girls Swimming Rob Cole 816-523-8811

Prepare Now for Spring Sports Now is the time to begin planning for the spring athletic season. Please keep the following in mind as you begin

preparations:

Before an athlete can practice or try out, we must have a physical exam on file. If you have already turned in a

physical exam for fall or winter sports, you have already met this requirement.

The exam must have taken place after May 1, 2010, and must be signed on page 2 by a physician and on the back

page by the athlete and the athlete’s parents. Specific forms (available at SME or at www.smesports.org) must be

used. This is a KSHSAA requirement.

Don’t wait until the last minute to turn in your paper work. As soon as the physical has been completed, make a

copy to keep at home and give the original to the AD Secretary.

Sports Physicals for 2011-2012 The annual Sports Physical Night is in the process of being scheduled. Once an official date has been set, infor-

mation will be distributed to the student athletes and their parents. This date will be sometime in early May and

will be held at 6:00PM in the Gym. During this event, physicals are done at very low cost and satisfy the require-

ments for sports physicals for the 2011-2012 school year.

Winter Banquet Dates Please note the following dates for our winter athletic banquets:

Boys Swim/Dive Sunday, February 27 (Cafeteria)

Wrestling Tuesday, March 8 (Cafeteria)

Girls Basketball Wednesday, March 23 (Location TBA)

Boys Basketball Wednesday, March 23 (Cafeteria)

Bowling TBA

Boys Tennis

All boys who are planning to try out for tennis this spring will need to turn in a physical form and the athletic

packet to Mrs. O’Grady in the office. If you have played another sport this year you are ok, but if tennis is your

first activity, this must be done before tryouts. Coach Sue Chipman will meet with all the interested boys prior to

Monday, February 28, the first day for all spring sports. If you have specific questions, please email Coach Chip-

man at [email protected] and she will address your concerns.

Parent Principal Coffees Please join the PTA for our Parent-Principal Coffees this year. More infor-

mal than PTA meetings, these gatherings are meant to give us more infor-

mation about Shawnee Mission East from our administration, as well as

spend time conversing about the ins and outs of high school life.

Wednesday January 12

9:00 a.m.

SM East Library

Program: "Tips for Parents on Helping your Student Sign up for the Right

Classes". Also Dr. Krawitz will talk and take questions on all the current

happenings at East.

Any question? Contact Dianne Ryan at [email protected]

PTA Website Check out the updated Shawnee Mission East PTA Website at www.smsd.org/custom/smeast/SME_PTA-Website.

You can find a current list of PTA Officers and Committee Chairs; information about PTA meetings; and important

PTA forms.

Nominating Committee The PTA general membership elected the following members to serve on this year’s nominating committee.

Kelley Colby, Shelle Jensen, Susanne Ogg, Elaine Rogers, Jenny Sernett, Jennifer Stratinger, and Keely Terry

The committee will present the slate of 2011 – 2012 officers at the March 1st General PTA meeting and the election

of officers will be held at the April 5th General PTA meeting. If you are interested in serving on the board for the

2011 – 2012 school year, please contact a nominating committee member.

THANK-YOU!!! Ellen Cray and committee for a great College Connection program

Dianne Ryan and committee for the informative Parent Principal coffee

Denise Clark and Mary Schrock for organizing the PTA Holiday Coffee

Nonie Newman for working with the Visual Arts teachers to organize a wonderful Art Showcase

PTA Funds Instructional Grants Your PTA membership fees and other activities help to fund small grant requests from staff throughout the year.

Grants approved in November will pay for:

A Web subscription to Stratfor Global Intelligence, a Web service that will be used by International Relations and

World Geography classes. (Steve Klein, Social Studies)

Molecules for Life and pigs to be used for dissection. This will aid Biology and Biochemistry students at all levels.

(Erica Jablonski, Science)

Water baths for all labs. (Kim VanNice & Jen Davis, Science)

SME PTA SME PTA SME PTA SME PTA SME


General Membership Meetings

February, 7:00 p.m.

Location to be announced

March 1, 11:30 a.m.

Village Presbyterian Church

April 5, 11:30 a.m.


May 3, 10:00 a.m.


mailto:[email protected]

http://www.smsd.org/custom/smeast/SME_PTA-Website

Support Shawnee Mission East Athletics!

There are TWO easy ways!

1. Become a member of the SM East All-Sports Booster Club

Multiple sponsorship levels available; Special recognition in the SM East Sports Program; and Receive two free season passes to all home SM East athletic events.

2. Buy an ad in the SM East Sports Program Guide

A cost-effective way to promote your business to the East community; Available in a variety of sizes and prices; East families and friends can also purchase ads; For one price, ads appear in all three – Fall, Winter and Spring – Sports Program Guides; and All ads include two FREE season passes to all home SM East athletic events.

About the SM East All-Sports Booster Club Founded in 1968, the All-Sports Booster Club has a rich tradition of supporting all Lancer sports teams and cheerleading on an equal basis. The Shawnee Mission School District provides approximately $50,000 in funds to support all of our sports programs. Funds raised by the Club provide significant additional support to student athletes and their coaches, helping pay for new equipment, travel, banners, uniforms, special training events, and more.

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2010-2011 SM East All-Sports Booster Club Check one or both of the following ways to support East Athletics

___ Advertise. A board member will contact you with more information.

___ Become an All-Sports Booster Club Member. Please check the level of your choice:

___ Gold, $300 and above ___ Silver, $225 to $299 ___ Bronze, $125 to $224

___ Lancer, $75 to $124 ___ Standard, $50 ___ Single, $30 (one pass only)

Name (as you want it to appear in the Guide) ____________________________________________________

Your student’s name/grade ___________________________________________________________________

Phone ( ) -- Email address _______________________________________

Address ____________________________________________________________________________________

City ______________________________________________ State _______ Zip __________________________

Return this form to: Kelley Colby, 4408 W. 66th Street, Prairie Village, KS 66208

Questions? [email protected] 913.432.6483

The Fall Book has already been printed, but ads may still be placed for the Winter and Springs editions.

For more information regarding classes, please contact the Parent Resource Center at 6601 Santa Fe Drive, 993-9315.

SMSD Parent Resource Center

CLASS NAME

DATE

PRESENTOR

LOCATION

ADHD/LD Seminar Series

10/18/10 11/15/10 1/24/11 2/28/11

*3/28/11* 4/18/11

Dr. Avner Stern Behavior Health Specialist

Indian Creek Classroom A 7:00-8:30 p.m.

*7:30-9:00 p.m.*

Autism

9/7/0

10/9/10

11/1/10 1/10/11

2/7/11

4/18/11

Meet & Greet – 7:00-8:00

p.m. Community Connections:

Working with First Respond-ers – 9:00-10:00 a.m.

Preparing for the Holidays – 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Navigating the World of Au-tism: Strategies and Inter-

ventions – 11:30-12:30 p.m. Community Connections:

Overland Park Police Dept – 7:00-8:00 p.m.

Summer 2011 – 11:30-12:30 p.m.

Indian Creek, A Arrowhead MPR

Indian Creek, A Indian Creek, A

Arrowhead MPR

Indian Creek, A

Becoming a Love and Logic

Parent

1/18, 25/11

2/1, 8, 15, 22/11

Gail Dery

Shawnee Mission School Nurse

(March 1 - weather related

make- up date)

Arrowhead

Conference Room 125 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Cognitive Discipline

Spring, 2011

Shawnee Mission Social Worker(s)

TBA

Explosive Child

October, 2010

LoLeeta Cordel,

Shawnee Mission Social Worker

Arrowhead

MPR 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.

Mean Girls

Spring, 2011

Emily Dorothy

Shawnee Mission Social Workers

Arrowhead

MPR 7:00- 8:30 p.m.

Planning For a Challenged Life: A planning guide for

parents with special needs children ages 3-21

11/4/10

Tim Gingles,

Financial Specialists

Arrowhead

Conference Room 125 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Reading To & With Your

Preschool to Kindergarten Age Child

11/2/10

Sherry Neal, SMSD Smart Start Teacher

and Laurie Stewart, SMSD

Speech/Language Patholo-gist

Arrowhead

Conference Room 125 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Helpful Study Skills and Strategies for Secondary

Students

11/1/10

and

1/24/11

Cindy Swarner Shawnee Mission Resource Teacher

Arrowhead Conference Room 125

6:30-8:00 p.m.

january 2011 lancer newsletter

Documents

physical form of bullying

physical cases of bullying

principal bullying

topic of bullying

dangers of bullying

physical bullying behavior

school action

school environment