Solon High School

Good morning SHS families,

The next 8 weeks will no doubt, FLY by! Every season brings a unique component to the educational landscape, but this has always been one of my favorites. The warming temps, anticipation of summer break, and everything else in between makes for a fast quarter. Enjoy this month, and as always, please reach out with questions.

For ALL things Solon High School please remember to visit this page.

The statewide required testing started a few days ago......so far, so good! Please be sure your 9th, 10th or 11th grader reports each day for these tests. The schedule is below if you need it again.

Juniors and Senior Students and Parents,

Please fill out this form with one parent please by Wednesday, April 27, 2023

POST PROM PERMISSION FORMS-MUST BE FILLED OUT BY ALL ATTENDING

Parents if your child is attending and you haven't yet donated or signed up, please do so here:

Post Prom Parent Volunteers and Donations

Congratulations to our newly accepted members of Solon High School's chapter of the National Honor Society! This spring, we are inducting 14 seniors and 52 juniors whose names are listed below. The formal Induction Ceremony will be Wednesday, May 10th at 7:00 PM in the high school auditorium. The ceremony should last no more than an hour. Families and guests of honorees are most welcome! Refreshments will be provided by the Solon Optimist Club following the ceremony. Families of current members are also welcome as their senior leadership-service projects will be showcased in the lobby before and after the ceremony. For any questions, please contact Robert Taylor, NHS Advisor, at rtaylor@solon.k12.ia.us.

Reminder to Seniors that if they want to complete their silver cord requirements, all paperwork needs to be turned in to Ms. Matzdorff in the Media Center by May 1st. All students interested in silver cord can check out more information here. Questions? Students can contact Ms. Matzdorff by email or schedule an appointment.

Please congratulate Jamison Grimm and Ashley Hummel for qualifying for the National Leadership Conference (which is in Atlanta, GA this year). There were 750 in attendance at the State Leadership Conference this year and even after seeking shelter in a storage room for 45 minutes (half without power), their spirits remained high.

Jamison and Ashley (team event) - Entrepreneurship, 2nd place

Jamison and Ashley (team event) - Sales Presentation, 4th place

Jamison - Organizational Leadership, 4th place

Ashley - Business Law, 8th place

Please help us create the best yearbook possible! Any of you can upload photos at any time all year long. We are in need of lots of photos, so please upload as many as you'd like.

Here is the 22-23 Yearbook link: https://plicbooks.com/go/XJ2X41

You all are welcome to start uploading pictures into your book at any time. We encourage adding a tag to the photo uploads before uploading, so that pictures get categorized correctly in your yearbook.

To order a 2022-2023 yearbook, visit: www.inter-state.com/order and enter this code: 74879Y

Orders are due June 10th, 2023, and cost $40.

Senior Parents,

Please submit a senior photo to be used in the yearbook and the Solon Economist, if you have not already.

If you'd like to purchase a baby ad to be put in the yearbook, please send one baby photo and the wording you'd like, as well as what size ad you'd like.

⅛ page = $25.00

¼ page = $50.00

½ page = $75.00

Please submit payment via cash or checks made out to Solon Schools.

Both senior photos and baby ads can be emailed to adall@solon.k12.ia.us.

Senior Slideshow pictures-

It's that time of year to start preparing the senior slideshow to be shown on senior awards night. Please submit any pictures you would like included in the slideshow to Mrs. Leimkuehler by April 1. Group pictures, rather than individual shots, work best. Feel free to email them (jleimkuehler@solon.k12.ia.us) or if you only have hard copies, bring them in to be scanned. We also need a baby (or toddler) picture of you too!

We all know how calendars can get filled, so please add the following dates to your to school calendar!

April 6th, 7th (Good Friday), 14th, 21st and 28th: 1:30 Dismissal

April 1st: Empty Bowls

April 1st and 2nd: High School Play

April 27th: Final conference date for SHS

April 29th: Prom

May 2nd: Next ICAP day....details will be sent out in the next couple of weeks.

Summer will be here before we know it! Make sure you have the following dates down if you plan on taking a vacation when nothing is going on at SHS. Dead week this summer is July 23rd-July 29th, 2023. All district facilities will be closed and no practices/open gyms/anything will be allowed that week. Also, as a reminder the district calendars can be found HERE. The 2023/2024 school calendar is already published there as well.

For all things activity related, please use this link to find schedules, locations, dates and times. Any questions can be directed to Casey Hack, district Activities Director. chack@solon.k12.ia.us

Thanks!

Email: zwigle@solon.k12.ia.us
Location: 600 West 5th Street, Solon, IA, USA
Phone: 319-624-3401
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SolonHighSchool/
Twitter: @wiglezac