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District Communications Policy

 2013 Sno-Ball Dance

• Saturday, Dec.7th
• 8 - 11pm
• Tickets are $10 per person
• Semi-Formal
• Door Prizes will be given the evening of the dance, so buy your tickets before November 26...(Last day before Thanksgiving Break) to be eligible for all drawings at the dance.
• Dance Team members will sell tickets during Lunch periods starting: Monday, November 11
• Sponsored by MSHS Dance Team

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Yearbook Info

Wish you had purchased a yearbook for 2012-2013? There are LIMITED quantities left, and they're available for $50. Bring cash or check to E110 before supplies run out.

Now's your chance to make sure you've ordered your child's 2013-2014 yearbook. You may purchase online or  bring cash or check to E110. The cost of the yearbook is $40 now through April 2014. But don't wait! The Maverick yearbook is a nationally-recognized publication, having won honors with the Kansas Scholastic Press and the National Scholastic Press for the last two years.

SENIOR PARENTS! Placing a recognition ad in the yearbook is a long-lasting opportunity for you to show your child you care, and his or her memories will be preserved, longer than any season or school year, far into the future. Click Here to get your senior ad recognition order form. The priority deadline is Nov. 19. If you have questions, please contact yearbook adviser Shelly Walston.

Driver Education

USD 266 Maize offers driver education year round. The driver education programs strive to prepare students to become knowledgeable and respectful of the law; to learn basic driving skills; and to develop a responsible attitude toward driving. The instructors will provide critical experience to students; involve parents in the process, and foster cooperative interaction with others in the driving environment. More detailed information on driver education can be found on the high school web site under the counselor's corner.

Online Driver Education: 2013-2014 Enrollment (enrollment packets may be picked up in the counselor's office or online under the Counselor's Corner)

Term 3:       

December 6, 2013 (last day to enroll)

*Student/Parent Orientation Meeting Dec. 11th; 6:00 pm; MHS Lecture Hall

Term 4:       

February 19, 2014 (last day to enroll)

*Student/Parent Orientation Meeting Feb. 27th; 6:00 pm; MHS Lecture Hall

Summer 2014:

April 18th, 2014 (last day to enroll)

*Student/Parent Orientation Meeting April 23rd; 6:00 pm; MHS Lecture Hall  

**Please bring a writing pen and any type of Kansas Permit or License you already have to the Student/Parent Orientation Meeting. If you do not attend the Student/Parent Orientation Meeting, you will be dropped from the program. **

The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

-Bertrand Russell

The Maverick Career Lecture Series (MCLS)- the MCLS has two speakers lined-up for the next two months. November 7, Sharise Phelps will be discussing careers in personal finance. In December, Connie Dietz, the Director of Cooperative Education and Work-Based Learning will speak to juniors and seniors about the changes in colleges and what employers are really wanting out of their employees. Sign-up can be done in two ways: 1) follow this link or 2) fill out the digital form on the student computer in the counseling office. The December MCLS will not be available until late November.

ACT- The ACT will be offered at Maize South High School three more times this school year. Students typically score higher when in a comfortable, familiar setting. Sign-up here.

               Test Dates                      Registration Deadlines

               December 14th                November 8th

               February 8th                    January 10th

               April 12th                          March 7th

MSHS School Code: 173-197

MSHS Test Center Code: 231680

Want more ACT test prep material? Try the Learning Express Library. Follow the instruction on this PDF to sign-up.

Twitter- The counseling department is utilizing Twitter for one purpose only, academic opportunities. These opportunities (scholarships, seminars, junior/senior days, reminders) are presented daily. Follow us @MavCounseling.

Seniors:

• Stay up-to-date on all of the available scholarships.
• Need a transcript sent off? Use Parchment.com.
• Parents: File your taxes as soon as possible after January 1st. The priority deadline for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is typically (set by college) March 1st. You can sign-up for your PIN for the FAFSA today. The PIN is used each year to electronically apply. It serves as your electronic signature.

Juniors:

• Start planning for your senior year.
• Visit colleges (attend Junior Days where available)
• Look at scholarship opportunities and work towards bolstering your high school resume
• Take the ACT 

Sophomores:

• Work on maintaining 4 year plans. There are a number of dual credit (college and high school credit) opportunities junior and senior year, but only if GPA is high enough.
• Newman University: 3.00 gpa
• WSU: 3.00 gpa
• WATC: 2.75 gpa
• Hutchinson CC: 2.5 gpa
• Cowley College: 2.5 gpa

Freshmen:

• Work on maintaining 4 year plans. There are a number of dual credit (college and high school credit) opportunities junior and senior year, but only if GPA is high enough.
• Newman University: 3.00 gpa
• WSU: 3.00 gpa
• WATC: 2.75 gpa
• Hutchinson CC: 2.5 gpa
• Cowley College: 2.5 gpa

Being a teenager is an adventure. From driving to dating, sports to activities, homework to your first job, teenagers face big challenges. Teens who have epilepsy (also known as seizure disorders) face other big challenges too--such as explaining seizures to other people; wondering how their friends are going to react; and never knowing when the next seizure's going to happen.

A big challenge is the fact that other teens may not know much about epilepsy. Nobody wants to be different, but sometimes there are differences that affect people's lives.

Please click here, take a few minutes and read some facts about seizures (epilepsy) and first aid actions to take if a person has a seizure in your presence. This information is from the National Epilepsy Foundation website at www.epilepsyfoundation.org. The website is full of information for people with epilepsy, their friends, family, co-workers, and school staff.

Have a safe and healthy day~,

Katy Carter, BSN, RN, NCSN, School Nurse

316-462-8085

The next two pictures are from a project  Mr. Simmon's class  did following a unit about quadrilaterals (4 sided shapes).  There are 6 specific kinds that  they  explored:  parallelograms, rhombi, rectangles, squares, isosceles trapezoids and kites.  Each of these shapes can be identified by their diagonal properties (ex, whether the diagonals are congruent, bisecting, perpendicular). 

The students used the spaghetti as diagonals, marshmallows as intersection points, and frosting to fasten the diagonals to a piece of paper.  They then had to measure the side lengths after the shapes dried to verify if the shapes they created were indeed what they intended to create.  Each of those 6 specific kinds of shapes have side length properties also.  They then had to reflect on why they may have had errors either small or large. 

This was very challenging for the students to make a shape that wasn't any others.  For example, a parallelogram's diagonals bisect each other, but students were using to lengths of spaghetti that were the same length.  So because their side lengths are congruent, they actually made a rectangle.  So then they had to realize that to make JUST A PARALLELOGRAM, they had to shorten one diagonal but still make sure they intersected at the midpoint of both.  They had to do this kind of deductive reasoning and comparisons for each of the six shapes to make sure they made a rhombus that wasn't a square, a rectangle that wasn't a rhombus, and so on.

It was fun.  And tasty!