Hello Cougar Families and Happy Sunday,
Welcome to the year’s first Messenger. This weekly communication serves as the main source of all things EHS, attempting to both capture the events and highlights of the week as well as need-to-know announcements and information for the future. New this year is the inclusion of our EHS Family Calendar, embedded at the bottom of the email.
Regarding communication and accessing information all things EHS, don’t forget to bookmark our regularly updated school website. You can also follow us on social media – just click the links below and on our homepage.
Thank you to all our students and families for a very positive first week back.
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TWITTER- @EHS_Cougars , INSTAGRAM- @ehs__cougars AND ON FACEBOOK!
Brandon Brekke and EHS School Leadership
Scheduling: Level Change Policy
Click here to view and understand the Level Change Policy and request form. If you have questions please contact your student's Guidance Counselor, per information below.
Merrie Wrinn: 10th and 12th A-K
Keith Wall: 10th and 12th L-Z
Dan Borkovec: 9th and 11th A-K
Amy Wells: 9th and 11th L-Z
Picture Day
If you would still like to order pictures from our Picture Day this past Wednesday, please see ordering details below.
2019-2020 Changes to AP
If your student is taking an AP class this year, we want to make you aware of some changes to the weighted grading policy, registration deadlines and pricing. This is a LINKED document detailing all of those changes.
Exchange Student Host Family Needed
Tabea is a wonderful 16 year old student from Zurich, Switzerland. She is a good student and athlete and has been approved to attend the spring semester at Evergreen High School as a Junior and experience what life is like in the USA. Tabea’s mother language is Swiss German and she speaks German, French and English. Tabea is an avid Handball player and loves sports. She is hoping to join one of the EHS sports teams during her exchange.
Tabea is looking for a family that lets her experience what the life of an American teenager is like with school, studies, sports and friends. Tabea’s family is paying for all school fees, health insurance and they pay to the host family a monthly stipend for food and board.
Benefits of hosting a foreign exchange student:
- Encourage connection in your home, community and the wider world.
- Broaden your Horizons.
- Liven up your daily routine.
- Enhance your Communication skills.
- Develop Understanding.
- Cultivate life-long friendships.
Please contact Amy Flynn at [email protected] if you are interested in hosting Tabea for the 2019-2020 Spring Semester. Thank you.
Senior Class Meeting and College Night
Seniors: Students will attend a mandatory meeting during their advisement period on August 21. Students are expected to report to their Advisement class for attendance and release to the Auditorium at 8:00am. They will hear from Counselors about: college admissions, how to request letters of recommendation, and official transcripts to ensure their college applications are processed correctly. They will also be meeting with Josten’s to learn how to order Cap/Gown & Graduation Announcements.
Seniors - Counselors will be hosting a Parent/Student Senior College Night which will cover the college admission process for seniors. This is Thursday, August 22 in the EHS Auditorium at 6pm. Come get all your questions answered.
Mr. Poynter's Summer Physics Field Trip
In addition to teaching Chemistry at Evergreen High School, Mr. Poynter serves as a Lieutenant Commander in the Air Craft Maintenance Group at Buckley Air Force Base. Over the summer, Mr. Poynter invited staff to tour the base. Guests were able to stand next to a F-16 Cougar and observed the operational testing of a rebuilt F-16 engine in the "Hush House", standing next to a functioning F-16 motor. Thanks for a wonderful opportunity, Mr. Poynter!
Activities and Club Fair
The Activities Fair will be this Wednesday, August 21st, during Advise. Get involved! Join a Club!
Club Leaders and Sponsors: Fill out this FORM to register your club for the Fair.
EVERGREEN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION – NEWS AND UPDATES
As our faculty prepares for EDforTECH, Jeffco’s initiative to touchscreen Chromebooks to all student, the Foundation will be instrumental in helping to provide resources and funding for training and professional development.
Without the efforts of this group, EHS would simply not be as successful as we are. Please consider financially supporting the Evergreen High School Education Foundation by donating HERE.
Happy first few days of school and a big thank you to all of the parents that attended the New Parent Breakfast! We hope that you had a good time and were able to make some good connections with other parents. We sure enjoyed hosting you and getting the chance to meet you.
For those that were not able to attend, we would like to invite you to join the EHS PTSA. As you may or may not know, our membership drive is our main fundraiser for the year and we would love to have you join us. The fee is only $25 and your donation will go a long way to help the PTSA support our school and it's needs for the upcoming year. Join today! PTSA LINK
Athletics and Activities
Fall Athletic Fees have been posted to your students’ Jeffco Connect account. Please pay by the end of this week (8/23/19) so there is no disruption in participation.
Weekly eligibility notice:
Grade checks will begin the first Tuesday of September. If your student has a D or F in one or more classes you will be notified by automated messenger. A second report is run on Friday for Athletes. Weekly Academic Eligibility is determined by Friday’s grades. If a student athlete has an F on Friday they will be ineligible the following Monday through Saturday.