February 9th Update

Dear Erie High School families,

I hope that you all had a great week - we enjoyed another outstanding week of learning for our students. It is great to see students, faculty, and staff settling into their routines and accelerate learning and achievement as we proceed towards the middle of the 2nd semester. Thank you for your continued partnership in support of the success of your child(ren).

Wednesday, February 14th is a big day at Erie High School. Our 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students will be completing practice SAT tests during the morning. This is an important opportunity for our students to gain experience with the new digital SAT format and to practice SAT test-taking. I encourage all of our students completing the practice test to put their best foot forward and give maximum effort to this practice test session. We are only about two months away from the official statewide SAT / PSAT testing day for our students, so this practice opportunity is very timely. 12th grade students will have a day of asynchronous, remote learning on February 14th.

In the afternoon/evening of February 14th, we are hosting our annual 2nd semester parent-teacher conferences from 3:45 - 6:45 pm. This is an important opportunity for parents/guardians and teachers to collaborate in support of student academic success. Teachers will be stationed in the main and auxiliary gymnasiums for arena-style conferences. There are no appointments needed - parents/families should just plan to arrive within our conference timeframe and meet with their child’s teachers in the gym. We ask all teachers and families to work together to keep individual conferences to no more than 5 minutes in length.

I appreciate the Erie High School Boosters support of our teachers for Parent-Teacher Conferences. The Boosters have organized to provide dinner for the teachers during this event. Erie High School families can support this faculty dinner by providing drinks and desserts. Please sign up here if you can contribute to this dinner for our dedicated teachers. Thank you EHS Boosters for your incredible support of Erie High School students, faculty, and staff!

I hope you all enjoy a restful, relaxing weekend. Thank you for your support of our great school!

Sincerely,

Josh Griffin

Erie High School Principal

February 14th Erie High School will be administering the practice PSAT/SAT for all Freshman, Sophomores and Juniors. Testing will begin at 8:00 on the Bluebook App.

7:45 - Students check in to their room for Testing - Test Prep

8:00 - Teachers begin testing Reading and Writing - 64 Minutes

9:05 Break

9:15 Testing begins for Math - 70 Minutes

10:30 Collect scores

(Transportation will be available at 10:45 and 12:30 after the test)

*The rest of the day will be an asynchronous day.

In preparation for the Practice Test on February 14th, please be sure your student has completed the following: URGENT!!!

• Update iPad to IOS 17.2

• It is recommended that your iPad is plugged in and that this is completed at home as the update may take some time.

• College Board Account

• All students need a college board account. If you’ve run into issues accessing your account or you have duplicate accounts, please call College Board at 866-630-9305 or 888-225-5427 prior to February 14th.

• Have your account login information accessible on February 14th (written down or on your iPad as cell phones or other devices will not be accessible on this date)

• On February 14th:

• Arrive on time (7:45am) to check in. Bring your charged ipad, a pencil, calculator, water, snack & a book to read.

• Be sure your iPad is FULLY CHARGED

On April 10th, Juniors will be taking the actual SAT.

On April 11th, Freshman and Sophomores will be taking the actual PSAT on the Bluebook App.

This is a great opportunity for our students to get better acquainted with the new Digital testing platform and to build their knowledge for success in the future.

There are two opportunities!!

1.) Help Erie High School Administration award a Teacher of the Month! Use this Google Form.

2.) St. Vrain Valley Schools Education Foundation 2024 Teacher of the Year Nomination

Here is a link to our website with tons of pictures and ways you can get involved.

*** We really need business sponsors to help provide activities, food and prizes for the event***

Here is a video from After Prom 2023 and check out our amazing sponsors at this link!!

If you have an idea for a prize high school students would love or know a business who may donate a cool prize, please reach out to eriehsafterprom@gmail.com.

This special event is completely free for our juniors and seniors!! We have been fortunate in past years to have the support from organizations and community members like you, and we are hopeful this year will be no exception. Please donate on our website or reach out to eriehsafterprom@gmail.com for more information.

2024 SPRING PARENT EMAIL

Don't Forget: Unified vs. EHS Admin/SRO Team Basketball Showdown is Thursday February 15 from 3pm to 4pm in the large gym.

Career Week for GIRLS - Transportation and Construction

2024 SVVSD Local Scholarships screencast for the instructions (7 min long) and scholarship packet.

1. 2024 Community Foundation Scholarship Application (Due Date: Feb 15th) website / link.
2. Gold Star Financial Award (Due Date: March 1st) https://www.peointernational.org/
3. Elevations Foundation Scholarship Link (Due Date: March 1st)
4. Healthcare Careers Scholarship by Union Colony Exchange Club (Due Date: March 15th)
5. Dave Stone Scholarship (Due Date: March 20th)
6. Bright Futures (Must live in Weld County) link (Due Date: May 15th)

Athletics Calendar of Events

Saturday, February 10th

• Boys Regional Wrestling @ Greeley West 10:00
• All State Choir @ Buell Theater Denver 4:00
• Boys D/C/JV/V Basketball @ Mountain Range 12:00/1:00/12:00/1:30
• Girls C/JV/V Basketball vs Mountain Range HOME 11:30/11:30/1:00

Monday, February 12th

• Creative Writing Club Aux 92B 3:00

Tuesday, February 13th

• Navy in-person visit
• Musical Valentine's Delivery
• Art Club T111 2:45
• Spanish Tutoring T101 2:45
• Unified Basketball HOME 3:00
• Girls C/JV/V Basketball vs Broomfield HOME 5:00/5:00/6:30
• Boys D/C/JV/V Basketball @ Broomfield 5:00/6:30/5:00/6:30

Wednesday, February 14th

• PSAT/SAT Testing Day
• NAHS Meeting 3:00
• Parent-Teacher Conferences 3:30-6:30
• Dean's List Award Ceremony

Thursday, February 15th

• Tiger Christian Fellowship Club C200 2:45
• FCCLA Meeting T103 7:15
• Marine in-person visit
• Tigers Together Valentine's Day Party 2:45
• Smart Club S212 3:00
• Boys State Wrestling @ Ball Arena TBD
• Unified Basketball vs Admin Game 3:00
• Girls JV/V Basketball vs Prairie View HOME 5:00/6:30
• Boys C/JV/V Basketball @ Prairie View 7:00/5:30/7:00

Friday, February 16th

• No School for Students
• Boys State Wrestling @ Ball Arena TBD