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David Mieuere, Activities Coordinator: He said that he was speaking for Scott Allen, Associate Principal and Athletic Director, who was unable to be there that evening. • He said that there will be a graduation planning meeting on Tuesday, October 13 at 6:30 p.m. He said that the graduation party will be held the night of June 4, 2010 and will go through the morning of June 5, 2010. At the October 13 meeting the theme of the graduation party will be discussed. • He discussed plans for Homecoming Week. He said that Homecoming Week will be shorter this year; it starts on Tuesday, October 6 because on Monday, October 5 there is no school. During Homecoming Week students will be selling raffle tickets for a Famous Dave’s Barbecue “Famous Dave’s Feast” that will be served at the Friday, October 9 Homecoming game. Ten percent of the money from these raffle tickets will go to RAHS. Wednesday, October 7 will be Pajama Day. On Pajama Day pancakes will be served in the cafeteria until 8:10 a.m. Parents are welcome to come and eat pancakes with their students. Thursday, October 8 will be “Dress Your Best” day. Friday, October 9 will be “Spirit Day.” On “Spirit Day” there will be a Pep Fest during the 5 th hour. On Thursday and Friday of Homecoming Week dance tickets and t-shirts will be sold during the lunch periods. On Friday, of course, there will be the Homecoming game with tailgating starting at 4:30 p.m. On Saturday, October 10 from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.there will be the Homecoming Dance in the Cafeteria. Tickets for the dance will not be sold at the door. This will be a “Blacklight” dance. Corey Knighton, Dean of Students for 10 th -12 th Grade Named A-LOP: Mr. Knighton said that this is his 15 th year working for the Roseville Area Schools. He works with the Roseville Area High School Advisory Committee. This Advisory Committee consists of students, staff, teachers and parents who make suggestions for improvements about RAHS. Topics for the Advisory Committee this year are: Making RAHS a “green” building, Homecoming, Cultural Awareness, the “Make a Difference” campaign that helps families in the Roseville Area School District, a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. session, registration procedures, test taking strategies for MCAs and all college entrance tests, and “Charity Week.” He invited parents to call him or e-mail him if they have any questions or concerns. Rena Jepma-Krohn, 10 th -12 th Grade Students named LOE-Z: She said that she works with the Special Education Program and the Link Program. The Link Program helps 9 th graders and new students in 10 th -12 th grades transition effectively into this large high school and helps these students from feeling terribly overwhelmed. The Link Program is hugely successful. There are now two advisors for the Link Program. About 100 juniors and seniors help the freshmen and new students through the Link Program. pg. 2
Ted Ihns, Associate Principal: He said that this is his 20 th year working in the education field, and his fifth year working for Roseville Area High School. He deals with curriculum issues and academic issues. He also works with the master schedule at RAHS. He discussed the Attendance Policy. He explained that four years ago, the policy was that if a student “cut class” or was tardy three times that student got a slight grade reduction. RAHS is now going away from this policy. The new Attendance Policy is that if a student is absent from a class and the teacher hasn’t been notified by the Attendance Office of an excused absence, the teacher will call parents. If attendance issues continue, the Dean of Students will check with the student to find out why he/she missed class. There will be “immediate consequences” if a student is truant. If the student continues to be truant, the Deans will work with the students on sanctions. The Ramsey County Attorney becomes involved if the student is repeatedly truant. A parent asked that if grade penalties are no longer linked in with truancy, is there enough “teeth” in this new Attendance Policy. Mr. Knighton answered that the new Attendance Policy is successful, partly because of the in school sanctions that students are given. Bruce Martin brought up the Physical Education Department absence policy of having a student do a written essay or other activity for having missed a class, even if the absence from the Physical Education class was an excused absence. Principal Jenny Loeck said that she will be working with the Physical Education Department about this issue. Shaween Lawrence, Testing and Volunteer Coordinator: Ms. Lawrence said that this is her first year working at RAHS. She said she has worked at E.D. Williams School in the past, and that she has extensive volunteer experience working for the Roseville Area Schools. She invited parents to come in and volunteer at the school and find out what RAHS is all about. Currently the Science Department, the English as a Second Language Department, and the Media Center are seeking parent volunteers. She made available flyers about volunteer opportunities for the parents to pick up. Jenny Loeck, Principal: Principal Loeck said that she started teaching and coaching at Roseville Area High School in 1997. She then worked at the Blake Schools for two years. Following her work at Blake Schools, she returned to work for RAHS. She discussed academics and academic testing at Roseville Area High School. She said that last year there were 50 A.P. scholars at RAHS, and this year there are 116 A.P. scholars at RAHS. She also said that last year there were eight National Merit Scholar semi-finalists at RAHS, and that there were more National Merit Scholar finalists at RAHS than at Mounds View High School, more than at Cretin Durham Hall High School, and more than at many prestigious Twin Cities High Schools. Last year the average ACT test score of RAHS students was 24.1. pg. 3
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