Hello Cougar Families and Happy Sunday,
Mr. Speyer
expounding on the
vicissitudes of life (a vocab lesson).
We are proud to announce that Evergreen High School has
7 students that were selected to be a part of the 2020 Colorado All State Choir!
Justin Arndt
Bella Gumucio
Katherine Hood
Geri Ikelheimer
Zane Larson
Rachel Malpass
Max McCord
Please congratulate these students when you see them! Over 2000 Colorado HS students audition for All State choir, our EHS choir juniors and seniors worked very hard preparing for their auditions and it is a major accomplishment to be selected. Congratulations!
We had 5 EHS students attend a Foosball competition last week and represent us well. Holding the trophies are sophomores Erich van der Berg (left) and Lewis Nelson (right). They took 2nd in the junior doubles. Their opponents attend many tour stops and represented Club USA in Spain over the summer at the junior worlds. It was a great experience for all!
TWITTER- @EHS_Cougars , INSTAGRAM- @ehs__cougars AND ON FACEBOOK!
We hope everybody had a wonderful weekend,
Brandon Brekke and EHS School Leadership
Musical Auditions
All students interested in trying out for the Spring Musical, "Curtains", please see the audition schedule below.
Monday 11/18-After school, singing and dancing
Tuesday 11/19-After school, monologues and cold reads
Wednesday 11/20-Callbacks
Please prepare 1-minute of a musical theater song and a 1-minute monologue if you want to be considered for a lead role. The callback list will be posted after auditions on Tuesday.
Lost and Found
It is that time of year. Our lost and found items are overflowing. We will be clearing them out this week, so please take a look if you are missing an item. All Lost and Found items not claimed by 3 pm on Tuesday, November 19th will be donated to charity. Please stop by the Campus Security office in room D302 to claim your items.
Freshman Chromebooks
The TechForEd 1:1 Chromebooks for 9th grade have arrived!
They will be distributed in study hall during this week’s block days. We will go over expectations and responsibilities with the students and post our slideshow and documents to the EHS Website.
Detailed information went out to all of our 9th grade families via email on Friday. Click HERE to learn more.
Eagle Scout Project
EHS student Tristan Williams is partnering with The Morgan Adams Foundation along with Ferrari of Denver to provide gifts for patients and their family being treated at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children. As part of his Eagle Scout project he will placing Holiday Collection Boxes in the office. Please consider donating new unwrapped toys and gifts to this wonderful cause.
Click HERE to view a wish list.
Colorado Gives Day
As you may know, EHS IMB supports the instrumental music programs at EHS including marching band, concert band, symphonic band, orchestra, jazz band, indoor percussion, and winter guard. Support Evergreen High School IMB thru Colorado Gives Day on Tuesday, December 10th 2019. Click HERE to read more.
Moot Court
Moot Court is an integral part of our Government and Politics curriculum at Evergreen High School, and an intense project satisfying the College Board's Civic Connection requirement. Essentially, it is an exhaustive research assignment where student teams tackle a live constitutional question and explore the myriad of complicating elements - e.g. case law, legislation, media bias, polling, special interests etc. - objective research with a conservative or liberal argument perspective. After a semester of intense preparation, the teams then face one another in a public adversarial debate with a faculty or administrative panel. It's really remarkable what these students are able to do!
Join us for the festivities if you're available during the week of December 9-13. Click HERE to view the scheduled topics and their times.
Congratulations, you made it to your senior year! The Yearbook staff wants your senior picture.
The deadline for senior pictures is this Friday, November 22, 2019. This is a hard deadline. Here is the link to upload your picture, (this is the preferred method): https://images.jostens.com/upload.jsp
The link is live on my website under the Yearbook tab OR email them to [email protected]
For your photo to be used in the book, please be sure:
- The image is at least a 4 x 5 jpg between 200 and 300 dpi.
- The image must be titled with the student’s name – Last name, First name
We will use this to double check spelling.
You can get current information about the yearbook all year long at my webpage via EHS website/Staff/ English/Amy Graham. Click on the yearbook tab.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions! For the quickest response, please choose email over voicemail.
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Calling all Cougars!!
Do you have an interesting hobby or sport that isn't school related? Do you dance? Fly fish? Hunt? Rock climb? Sail? Surf? Ride horses?
Whatever it is, we want you in the yearbook! Send your pictures to Mrs. Graham, [email protected], or directly upload to the Jostens' site, (see Mrs. Graham’s website).
Also, don’t forget to purchase your 2020 yearbook! Contact our financial secretary, Mrs. Stephens to make sure you don’t miss out!
Counselors' Corner
Jeffco Virtual Academy
Second semester registration will begin December 2, the Monday we return from Thanksgiving Break. They anticipate both full-time and part-time applications to open, but not for all grade levels. Applications and course offerings will be updated daily. Open spots will fill quickly, so please register ASAP starting on December 2.
The applications available on December 2nd are for semester 2 only; not for enrollment at JVA for the 2020-2021 year.
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JVA Credit Recovery
Jeffco Virtual Academy semester 2 Credit Recovery Program applications also open on December 2.
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JVA Schedule Changes
If you have a student that is currently enrolled at JVA and they need a schedule change, please direct them to their JVA counselor now to make adjustments for semester 2. They should not complete the new student application that opens on Dec 2.
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Software Development
The Institute for American Apprenticeships, in collaboration with Lockheed Martin and Hypertherm, is offering an opportunity to High School junior and senior students who are at least 16 years of age. The attached FLYER provides program and application details.
They are very excited to have partnered with the Lockheed Martin Foundation to create their second, no-cost virtual STEM education and work-based mentored experience for high school junior and senior students in software development. They are recruiting the second cohort (15 students) with an application deadline of November 20, 2019.
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Sincerely
EHS Counseling
Free Confidential Counseling
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGES 12-20
IN THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES
WEST OF DENVER, COLORADO
Individual Counseling and Group Counseling
Services Provided by Licensed Therapists
www.resilience1220.org
EHS-PTSA November & December Appreciation Sign Up Events
Families,
We have two upcoming appreciation events - Support Staff Appreciation Day and our Holiday Gift Card Drive.
Wednesday, November 20th is National Education Support Professionals Day. This day we thank the professionals who support our students both in and out of the classroom. EHS has 28 Education Support Professionals including our secretaries, aides, counselors, assistants, security team, food services, and facilities team. Please use the link below to sign up for a brunch item to show our EHS support staff how much we appreciate them! Brunch items can be dropped off at the front desk before 1st period on 11/20.
Wednesday, December 18th is our annual gift card drive. Our goal is to collect one $25 gift card (merchant of your choice) for every EHS faculty and staff member. This year we have 90 faculty and staff at EHS to celebrate. Gift cards can be addressed to Carly and dropped off at the front desk anytime before Friday 12/13. Please use the link below for additional information and to sign up. Thank you for your support!
Please visit this link to join PTSA.
Athletics and Activities
Weekly Highlight
NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING DAY - Congratulations to EHS student athletes who were celebrated at the signing ceremony on November 13th, 2019 - Evan Begner, Lacrosse (Cornell College), Hayley Dillon, Volleyball (University of Tampa), Logan Dorsey, Soccer (Gonzaga University), Nick Graziano, Soccer (Butler University), and Remi Gucker, Swimming (Northeastern University). We will have two more signing days this school year. If your student plans to play college sports and they missed participating in this signing ceremony, know they will have other opportunities to be recognized.
Volleyball Shout Outs!
Congratulations to the Evergreen Varsity Volleyball team on another successful season! The Cougars, led by Senior captains Hayley Dillon and Gillian Hoerman, had an overall record of 17-7 and 10-2 in Jeffco League matches. Out of the ten league matches won, nine of those were clean sweeps with the dominating Cougars taking the game in three quick sets!
Jeffco League recognized six athletes for their hard work and contributions to the sport with All-Conference awards:
Hayley Dillon, First Team All-Conference
Gillian Hoerman, First Team All-Conference
Gabby Clark, First Team All-Conference
Cami Haluza, Second Team All-Conference
Emma Seliskar, Second Team All-Conference
Alexa Weakley, All-Conference Honorable Mention
This year's team showed tremendous heart and worked to come together in so many ways. Overcoming illnesses and injuries, the Cougars showed their commitment to each other and their love for the game by showing up every day and putting in the time and effort to improve. Anne Barwell, Ruairi Brown, Charlotte Burchfield, Gabrielle Clark, Hayley Dillon, Camryn Haluza, Gillian Hoerman, Ella Howell, Sarah Jermano, Delaney Keener, Emma Mardosz, Emma Seliskar, Lila Staebell, and Alexa Weakley…..thank you for your dedication to our team. Seniors, it has been an honor watching you compete with the heart and high quality of character you have displayed over the last four years and you will not be forgotten. For those players coming back next year, we can’t wait to see you next year!!!
CONGRATULATIONS to our EHS Cougars JV volleyball team! Led by captains Sarah Jermano, Maddie Schmid and Mia DiNorcia, these girls had a very successful season, beating all other JV teams in JeffCo 4A to end in an UNDEFEATED season!! Rounding out the rest of the JV roster are Lauren LeClair, Sejal Gordon, Kira Semmens, Emma Young, Cassie Speyer, Maddy Billups, Anna McGrath, Emma Seliskar, and Ella Howell. Way to go, girls!
Congratulations to our EHS Level 3 volleyball team! These girls created a fun, hard-working and winning dynamic that helped them finish the season UNDEFEATED in JeffCo 4A league! Congratulations girls!!
Captains: Lydia Burchfield, Jorie Bachus, Sami Gempler
Along with teammates:
Rianna Sjostrom
Regina Sjostrom
Kate Guest
Anna Guastella
Maren Kingery
Kaitlyn Kuhr
Sam Swenby
Myah Salazar
Jessie Stiller
Natalie Johnson
CONGRATULATIONS to our EHS Cougars L4 volleyball team. L4 was led by captains Anna Smith and Molly Kacprowicz.All the girls individually as well as the team had a great season of growth in Jeffco 4A and had fun in the process. Rounding out the remainder of the L4 roster are: Haley Paluck, Natasha Arzt, Amelia Saylor, Addison Carroll, Dylan Long, Miah Metzinger, and Lucy Lauritano. What a great season! We are so proud of each and every one of you!
Important Announcements
Coach Evaluation Survey- After Thanksgiving break the EHS Athletic Department will be sending out an end of season coach survey to all players and parents that participated in fall sports. We will use this data to give feedback to our coaching staff and provide opportunities to continue what is going well and improve areas where we can grow! We are excited about this 360 degree feedback opportunity. It will only be valuable though if each and every student athlete and parent that was involved in a fall sport, fills out a survey.
EHS Cheer: Co-Ed Tryouts
Clinic Tuesday 11/19, 3:30-5:30 p.m.- Cafeteria
Tryouts Wednesday 11/20, 3:30-5:30 p.m.- Poms Room
Wear black shorts, navy top, tennis shoes, hair up
For more info, contact Coach Schiro at [email protected]
Athletic Registration is NOW OPEN and must be submitted and clearance received in order to try-out.
EHS Winter Sports officially start tomorrow, Monday 11/18/19.
Registration must be complete and clearance received in order to participate.
Results
For details on Fall sports results:
CHSAA website - Fall Sports
Max Preps website - Evergreen