23-24 FHS Weekly Update #37

Monday (4/22/24)

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.

Tuesday (4/23/24) - Bus Driver Appreciation Day

• Make-up M-Step at 8:30 a.m.
• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.
• Band Concert - 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday (4/24/24) - Administrative Assistants' Day

• Make-up SAT, PSAT 9 & PSAT-10 at 8:30 a.m.
• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -

Thursday 4/25/24) -

• Make-up Work Keys at 8:30 a.m.
• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -

Friday (4/26/24)

• NHS Blood Drive #3
• Fenton Community Orchestra - 7:30 p.m. in FHS Auditorium

Saturday (4/27/24)

• Fenton Community Orchestra - 7:30 p.m. in FHS Auditorium

State Bank Athlete of the Week nominations continue, and congratulations to this week's winners from Fenton:

1. Laila Blackwell: Track & Field: Laila Blackwell helped the varsity team defeat Linden last Wednesday by earning a victory in the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles and also leading off the first place team in 4x200 relay.

Each year, School Bus Driver Appreciation Day falls on the fourth Tuesday in April, which is April 23 in 2024.

FHS would like to recognize our FAPS school bus drivers for getting our students to & from school safely during the school year.

FHS is dropping off a "thank you" gift to the Bus Garage next week.

Wednesday, April 24th is Administrative Professionals' Day and FHS would like to thank these hard-working individuals and recognize them for all they do to keep the high school running smoothly. They will also be getting a "thank you" gift on the 24th as well.

They are:

1. Denise Bakker

2. Renee Dailey

3. Beth Denicolo

4. Cathy Ebert

5. LuAnn Hall

6. Kim Stapp

7. Krys Tatus

Monday (4/29/24) - NO School/PD Day for Staff

Tuesday (4/30/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.
• NHS Induction - 6:30 p.m. - Main Gym

Wednesday (5/1/24) - College Decision Day!!! Wear your swag!

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -

Thursday 5/2/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -

Friday (5/3/24)

Saturday (5/4/24)

Seniors are invited to wear t-shirts, hoodies, hats, lanyards, etc. to the college, trade school, or branch of the military to whom they have committed for the 2023-24 school year.

This is FHS Senior's last full Day of School, and we want to celebrate their accomplishments in a visual way!!!

Seniors who have 10+ absences (or the equivalent of ten or more absences) for the second semester will receive an Attendance Appeal during SRT on 4/25.

Seniors will have until Thursday, May 2nd, to complete and turn his/her Attendance Appeal to the basket in the Main Office.

Underclassmen Appeals will be distributed during SRT on Thursday, May 16th and will be due to the basket in the Main Office on Friday, May 31st.

Did you know that SLPR offers drivers training, right here at Fenton High School? SLPR Drivers Training is taught by Fenton teachers, conveniently meeting here and at AGS right after school. Students are eligible at 14 years + 8 months old.

We still have room in May and June sessions! See link for registration.

https://secure.rec1.com/MI/southern-lakes-parks--recreation/catalog

Monday (5/6/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.
• Board of Education Meeting - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday (5/7/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.

Wednesday (5/8/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -
• Last FULL Class Day for Seniors (not including exams & graduation practice)

Thursday 5/9/24

• Senior Exams (5th & 6th Hours)
• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -

Friday (5/10/24)

• Senior Exams (3rd & 4th Hours)
• Ambassador's Finale Concert - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday (5/11/24)

• Ambassador's Finale Concert - 7:30 a.m.

Monday (5/13/24) - Summer School Early Registration begins

• Senior Exams (1st & 2nd hours)
• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.

Tuesday (5/14/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.
• Local Scholarship Night (by invite only) - 7:00 p.m. FHS Auditorium

Wednesday (5/15/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -
• School Improvement Mtg. - 2:50 p.m.

Thursday 5/16/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -
• FHS Choir Concert - 7:30 p.m.

Friday (5/17/24)

Saturday (5/18/24)

Monday (5/20/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.

Tuesday (5/21/24) -

• Senior Breakfast - 8:00 a.m.
• Senior Cap & Gown Pick-Up 8:30 a.m.
• Senior Class Photo - 9:00 a.m.
• Senior Graduation Practices 9:00 - 12:00 p.m.
• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.

Wednesday (5/22/24) -

• Senior Graduation Practice - 7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
• Senior Walk - 8:45 a.m.
• Senior Honors Assembly 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -

Thursday 5/23/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -
• Graduation - 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
• Project Graduation - 9:30 to 4:00 a.m.

Friday (5/24/24) - - No School/Memorial Day Weekend

Monday (5/27/24) - No School/Memorial Day

Tuesday (5/28/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m.

Wednesday (5/29/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -

Thursday 5/30/24) -

• AST from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. -

Friday (5/31/24) -

• Exams - 5th & 6th Hours

Monday (6/3/24) - Half Day/Exams - 3rd & 4th Hours

Tuesday (6/4/24) - Last Day of School/Half Day/Exams - 1st and 2nd Hours

FHS Robitics Team is headed to Worlds in Houston, Texas this week. There will be teams from Quebec, Canada, Mexico, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, China, Israel, and all over the United States at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

Fenton is on the Galileo Field (see link below)

Link: https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2024/GALILEO

Here is the link to FIRST Robotics to access the twitch tv streaming for each field.

Link to Access Twitch TV: https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2024/CMPTX

Members of the ECO Club and Mr. Jeffrey conducted a campus clean-up on Thursday, April 18th as part of their Earth Day activities. Students picked up trash, raked leaves, and carried away broken branches and other miscellaneous items as part of their help to improve the FHS campus.

Members of Mr. Burwitz' Finance class, who won the Michigan LifeSmarts State Championship back in February, have left Michigan for the 30th National LifeSmarts Championship competition in San Diego, California being held April 18 - 21st.

Members of the Team making the trip are:

1. Vaughn Clark

2. Talon Howe

3. Anthony Maini

4. Rowan Maynard

5. Jeremy McDonald

In additon to demonstrating knowledge of great consumer smart, the team will also be competing in a T-shirt contest as well. Fenton High School's own, Tigers Ink, took the design students came up with and made shirts for them to wear while at competition in California.

Good luck to them!!!

Students in Mr. Santo's Literature and Composition 9 classes created a "one pager" after reading the novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.

Students were asked to include the following on their one pager:

1. visual interpretations of major characters, symbols, and motifs

2. descriptions of characters, plot, author's word choice and dialogue

3. any other aspect(s) of the novel which stood out to the reader

Additionally, the students participated in a Virtual Escape Room and wrote a literary analysis essay to gain a deeper analytical understanding of how To Kill A Mockingbird's themes continue to be relevant to today's readers and society as a whole.

Check out some of their work below.

Due to a grant through the State of Michigan, all Michigan schools have access to the Varsity Tutors platform at no cost through 2027. As a district, our students now have access to these resources through the Clever icon on his/her school issued chrome book. Access includes:

• 24/7 On-Demand Chat Tutoring
• On-Demand Essay Review
• Live Group Classes
• SAT and ACT Test Prep Classes
• Celebrity-Led StarCourses
• Self-Study Resources
• College & Career Readiness Resources
• Adaptive Diagnostic Assessments
• Recorded Enrichment Classes

This week our school community will be focusing on the character strength of Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence. Appreciation of beauty and excellence means you notice and value the world’s beauty and people’s skills. You don’t take things for granted.

Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence is the ability to identify and enjoy that which is admirable in the world. There are three types of goodness in which positive psychology focuses: physical beauty (e.g. a sunset, a song, or building); an exceptional skill or talent; and moral goodness (e.g. a character strength). Appreciation of beauty can generate awe; appreciation of a skill can generate admiration; and appreciation of moral goodness can generate moral elevation. All of these feelings (awe, admiration, and moral elevation) help us forget ourselves and find increased joy and meaning in the world.

Appreciating excellence and beauty helps an individual experience positive emotions and connect to the world around them. It’s an outward facing strength, meaning the individual is focused on the world outside their head. And, not only is the individual outwardly focused, but often deeply absorbed in a sense of awe or admiration, freeing them to forget anxieties and troubles. And it is associated with other strengths, such as gratitude, curiosity, love of learning, and purpose.

Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/zachary_betz_the_benefits_of_autism/transcript?language=en

Google Takeout Information for Graduating Seniors - IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR

@fentonschools.org GOOGLE ACCOUNT

This is to provide all of you with directions on how to download any and all of your work from your Google Workspace (@fentonschools.org) account. The process is very easy, and takes only a few minutes to get going. This is an optional process for all of you. With that in mind, please be aware that your @fentonschools account will be deleted on August 1, 2024.

Your data will not be saved or archived by Fenton Area Public Schools. If you want data in your Google account for post-secondary, it is up to you to go through the steps below.

I appreciate your attention to this matter. If you have any trouble with this process, please email Matt Garner, Director of Technology at mgarner@fentonschools.org.

High school students and families interested in learning more about the Michigan Achievement Scholarship are encouraged to register for an informational webinar provided by MI Student Aid.

Participants will be able to gather the following information:

• Michigan Achievement Scholarship eligibility requirements
• Michigan Achievement Scholarship award amounts
• Important action items for students and families
• Additional resources and program information

All sessions are free of charge and open to the public.

May 1, 2024 at 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Are you not able to attend one of our upcoming sessions? You can view a recording of the presentation.

Yearbooks can be purchased online only. More information and a link to order can be found on our site here: https://thefentonian.weebly.com/order-your-book.html

or

contact Mrs. Hoover @bhoover@fentonschools.org

This is a reminder that we have a "Community Bulletin Board" on our district website where we post digital flyers related to community events, local clubs or activities, community sports programs, etc... Please visit the link to see what's happening throughout our community! #WeAreFenton

https://www.fentonschools.org/page/community-bulletin-board

Need To Email or call a Teacher?

Students/Parents needing to reach a teacher/staff member during can:

1. Go to www.fentonschools.org website
2. Click on "Our Schools" and locate Fenton High School from the drop down menu.
3. Go to the heading "Our Team" and find the sub-heading "Staff Directory"
4. Names are listed alphabetically with a "Send Message" link under the name as well as the phone number to that staff member.

Are your children safe while online? Michigan families, especially minors, are becoming inundated with advertisements from alcohol, tobacco, pornography, illegal drugs and gambling marketers through different internet and cell phone inboxes. To reduce these influences on youth, the State of Michigan offers a free program to stop adult advertisements from reaching e-mails, text messages, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter. The Michigan Child Protection Registry, like the federal Do Not Call List, is a free do-not-contact service for Michigan’s families and can be located at www.ProtectMIChild.com."

• Call by NOON the day after an absence to excuse it.
• Use Parent Drop Off - Do not drop students in other lots.
• Door Dash, or any other food delivery, is NOT permitted.
• Call early for a dismissals, so passes can be issued early in the day to your student.
• All students should CHECK OUT in the Main Office.
• Students are NOT allowed to go to vehicles during the school day, without administrator permission.
• Closed Campus - students are NOT to leave campus without administrative permission.
• Math Lab - Every 4th hour & lunch for any student.
• After School Tutoring - Mon - Thursday from 2:40 to 3:40 p.m. Permission slip needed
• Read the Weekly Update (sent every Friday) for important updates & deadlines!!!

Does your student/child strain to read a screen? Do you have a student/child with a chronic health condition that keeps them from being on time to school or causes them to miss days? Does your student/child lack health care coverage or have an untreated health condition. Did you know that health conditions are the leading cause of school truancy?

For more information on coverage and/or enrollment assistance, call or text

Connecting Kids to Coverage at 810-853-6458.

OR

Free or low-cost healthcare coverage for children under the age of 19, or pregnant women of any age. Apply online at www.michigan.gov/mibridges.

Help share the news with families!

Medicaid is re-starting eligibility renewals!

Remind Families to:

1.Check/update contact info for each family member in MiBridges

2.Check their mail or text messages for a letter

3.Complete their renewal form if they get one

To receive the Summer EBT benefit, every family must have an approved student eligibility benefit (free or reduced) through their school. Households may need to complete and submit the School Meals and Summer EBT Application.

Make sure all families are aware they will need to turn in this form ahead of count day to receive benefits over the summer. Count day will be in early February 2024. https://fenton.familyportal.cloud/

FHS has partnered with Easterseals of Michigan. Easterseals offers school-based therapy with an onsite clinician 5 days per week including:

• Individual, family & group therapy utilizing evidence-based interventions.
• Specialized training & support services for parents & teachers
• Connections to numerous community resources
• Less time missed at work/school
• Fewer transportation conflicts
• Students can make appointments when convenient (avoiding test days, etc.)

Please contact the Counseling Department for more information at (810) 591-2612.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the United States. We're committed to improving crisis services and advancing suicide prevention by empowering individuals, advancing professional best practices, and building awareness.

ABOUT THE LIFELINE

https://988lifeline.org/

Kinship care is the full-time care, nurturing and protection of children by family members, close family friends or other important adults in the child’s life. This could include grandparents, aunts, uncles, older siblings, family friends or members of their tribes or clans.

Contact: 800-535-1218 (Monday - Friday, 9-4 PM).

WEBSITE: kinship.msu.edu EMAIL: kinship@msu.edu

If you need assistance, and are in the Fenton, Lake Fenton, or Linden school districts, Fenton Area Resources & Referral Network (aka FARR) can help with emergency assistance and resources. See contact info below.

​

FARR

P.O. Box 529

Fenton, MI 48430

​Phone - (810) 750-6244

Fax - (810) 885-0286

​Email - FARRNetworkHelp@gmail.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fentonhs48430

Instagram: @fenton_hs

Twitter: @Fenton_HS

Website: www.fentonschools.org

Office Hours: Monday through Friday - 7:00 am to 3:30 pm.

FHS Administration:

Michael Bakker, Principal

mbakker@fentonschools.org

Zachary Bradley, Assistant Principal:

zbradley@fentonschools.org

Laura Lemke, Assistant Principal:

llemke@fentonschools.org

Edward Uhrik, Athletic Director/Assistant Principal:

euhrik@fentonschools.org

Counselors:

Brian Halas - Last Names A - F:

bhalas@fentonschools.org

Michelle Pietraszkiewicz - Last Names G - N:

mpietraszkiewicz@fentonschools.org

Craig Golembiewski - Last Names O - Z:

cgolembiewski@fentonschools.org

Career & College Readiness Coordinator:

Lindsay Grady:

lgrady@fentonschools.org

Email: mbakker@fentonschools.org
Website: www.fentonschools.org
Location: 3200 West Shiawassee Avenue, Fenton, MI, USA
Phone: (810) 591-2600