Wildcat Roar

FBLA students are headed to State to compete & attend Convention! Thank you to the Fire Department for sending them off from Morgan Street at 9:00 am Sunday (4/16).

Good luck to Christian, Kadence, Deliza, Kendyl, Wylee, & Grayson!

S-L-A

Do you have pictures that the yearbook could use?

Mrs. Shaw and the yearbook staff are looking for pictures of staff and students at school and school events. If you have pictures to share, please send them to rshaw@slaterschools.net.

Thank you!

Mrs. Crumbaugh is looking for help hanging art work for Fine Arts Night Monday (4/17) after school.

If you're able to stay after school to help, please let her know. We'll have pizza for lunch for those students one day this week.

Please join us for a wonderful evening of music and artwork at our Spring Fine Arts Night. The event is on Monday, April 17th, at 6pm in the high school gym. Students who are in band need to report to the band room at 5:30. Elementary students need to report to their teachers in the gym at 5:45 and 5th-12th choir students report to the bleachers on the far side of the gym at 5:45 also.

This is Prom Week.

The gym will be OFF LIMITS for EVERYONE from 3:15 Tuesday until Prom is packed up on Sunday. Doors will be locked. Students should get anything they need from the locker rooms before the end of the day on Tuesday.

The following email was sent to 11th and 12 grade students and their adults on Tuesday, April 11:

I've attached the Out of District form for Prom dates. Please note: the top half of the form is to be filled out by the Slater student and turned in to Ms. Wiseman by noon on Wednesday, April 19. We will send it to your date's school and/or approve students who aren't currently attending school.

Remember what the handbook says about Prom:
ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL ATHLETICS & ACTIVITIES
All students are encouraged to attend school events. Students must be in attendance on the day of an activity for at least 4 consecutive periods. Students placed in OSS or students who have failed to serve detention may not attend or participate in a school sponsored event.

CLASS PARTICIPATION: Prom Participation
Prom Tickets may only be purchased by Juniors and Seniors. They may bring a Freshman, Sophomore, out of district, or non SHS student as their guest if they purchase a ticket for them. Slater Juniors or Seniors may purchase 1 ticket for an invited guest.

Prom Tickets should be purchased one month prior to prom, to allow the Junior class to budget for expenses.

1. Standard tickets for Slater students are $50.

2. Prom tickets for out of district or non SHS students are $10.

3. Any student moving into the district will be exempt from participation in previous years provided the student participates in the current school year.

4. The ticket monies will be payable to the Junior class for that year.

5. All class fees (agriculture, art, or industrial arts) must be paid.

6. Junior High Students CANNOT attend prom.

7. Tickets are NON-REFUNDABLE.


DANCES AND SOCIAL EVENTS
1. All Slater High School students and their dates are invited to attend high school dances.

2. Dates must be in the ninth grade or above. Dates that are not members of Slater High School must be registered in advance.

3. All dance attendees must be under the age of 21.

4. Junior – Senior Prom is open to members of the Junior and Senior classes and their dates. Dates that are not members of Slater High School Junior – Senior classes will be charged an admission fee and must be registered in advance.

5. To attend Homecoming/Courtwarming dances, students must have a 90% or better attendance rate two weeks prior to the event. Students attending Prom must have a 90% or better attendance rate by February 1 of the current school year to be eligible. Students achieving this prior to the event may be eligible to attend.

Each week, I'll highlight a Student/Parent Handbook policy. What makes it into the WILDCAT ROAR is usually something that I've been dealing with and/or I'm hoping to NOT have to deal with because all of our students and adults are aware of the policy. This week's Handbook Highlight is...

Open Lunch – Grades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
HS Students may eat lunch in the cafeteria. Open and/or Off Campus Lunch is a privilege granted to Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors who are in good standing with the school. In order for a student to leave campus at lunch, the following criteria must be met:

1. The student must be in good standing.

2. A signed permission form on file is required in order for students to leave campus for open lunch.

3. Students not returning to school after open lunch will lose open lunch privileges.

4. The campus can be closed by the principal for safety and security reasons as necessary.

5. Violations of the automobile rule may result in the loss of open lunch privileges.

Due to liability concerns from MUSIC, our insurance company, pets are not permitted on school property.

This excludes service animals and classroom/curricular animals, pre approved by a Building Principal.

What staff member deserves a shout out?

Take a minute to let me know all about it by filling out THIS FORM.

Students, Parents, and Staff can give a shout out to any Slater Schools employee! We'll make sure they receive a copy of it and will look for ways to share them with you throughout the year as well.

Let's get to bragging about all the good people around here!

End of Course (EOC) testing will take place April 24-May 5.

It is very important for students to be in attendance during this time. Please make arrangements for appointments to be made outside of this time frame to allow for uninterrupted testing time.

Seniors - watch your email for information about Senior Trip and Graduation!

We will ask Seniors to stop by the HS Office at the beginning of the week to confirm the spelling of their name for their Diploma so we can get them ordered.

Speaking of Graduation...remember:

• Your attendance must be at least 90% to walk at the Graduation ceremony.
• Your Diploma must contain your legal name. At the ceremony, I can call your name as whatever you request - full name, first and last only, Andy instead of Andrew...

Every student has been issued his or her own Chromebook.

The loaner Chromebooks are to be used by students whose machines are being repaired.

If you have lost or forgotten your machine, you are on your own. You are still responsible for completing the work that was assigned - you just may get to do it on paper. Welcome to 1994. It was a good year. :)

Students, please don't park on the West side of the gravel lot (facing Morgan Street/Greenhouse, Weight Room, Maintenance Shed).

We need that area for District vehicles and staff members.

Thank you!

Students, if you're not coming back from lunch, please let Ms. Wiseman know - either before you leave for lunch, or call from where you are. Failure to do so could result in a Truancy Referral...

Please note the revised policy for Unsportsmanlike Actions at an extra-curricular activity (Board of Education approved 9.27.22).

Unsportsmanlike Actions at an Extra-Curricular Activity

Step 1- Administrator Warning

Step 2- Minimum of 1 week, up to and including 365-day suspension from all District extra-curricular events.

Step 3- 365-day suspension from all District extra-curricular events

Congratulations to the following Class Officers:

Class of 2026

President: Ben Gochenour

Vice President: RJ Pannell

Secretary: Tytan Wiseman

Representatives: Kendall Guthrie & Libby Smith

Class of 2025

President: Madison Prysock

Vice President: Mya White

Secretary: Baliegh Goff

Representatives: Hannah Meyer & Skylar Wolfe

Class of 2024

President: Kenna Lemmon

Vice President: Kadence Campbell

Secretary: McCartney Butler

Representatives: Mackenzie Palmer & Grayson Zdybel

Class of 2023

President: Kendyl Drummond

Vice President: Wylee Goff

Secretary: Aubry Meyer

Representatives: Deliza Cortez & Maria McCabe

Sunday, April 16
8:30 am - FBLA State Convention/Competition Bag Checks @Gym
9:00 am - FBLA Fire Truck Send Off @Morgan Street

Monday, April 17

FBLA State Contest @Missouri State University
8:00 am - F/Attendance List Runs

9:00 am - Golf @Sacred Heart (Bus leaves @TBA)
9:00 am - Admin Meeting
3:00 pm - Prom Ticket money DUE in HS Office

6:00 pm - K-12 Fine Arts Night @Gym (K-5 teachers, C. Audsley, Pointer, Dillon Yung)

Tuesday, April 18
FBLA State Contest @Missouri State University
4:30 pm - Board of Education Meeting
5:00 pm - V/JV Baseball v. Sturgeon (Gate: Heilman / Admin: Yung?)

Wednesday, April 19

9:00 am - Missouri Valley Rep (Seniors Only)
3:00 pm - HS Track @Harrisburg (Bus leaves @TBA)
5:00 pm - V/JV Baseball v. Harrisburg (Gate: Reeter / Admin: Clements)

Thursday, April 20
TBA - FFA Contest Teams to State @Columbia

11:00 am - Burrell/Admins/Counselors Check In

2:00 pm - JH Track @Salisbury (Bus leaves @TBA)

Friday, April 21
TBA - FFA Contest Teams to State @Columbia

Saturday, April 22
7:30 pm - Prom Walk-In @Circle Drive
8:00 - 11:00 pm - Prom

** For HS Bus times during school hours, student participants will be dismissed 15 minutes prior to departure time. They should have all gear/equipment with them, as they are not dismissed to go home at this time. **

Email: jclements@slaterschools.net
Website: slaterschools.net
Location: 515 Elm Street, Slater, MO, United States
Phone: 660-631-5298
Twitter: @SlaterPrincipal