Hello Cougar Families and Happy Sunday,
On behalf of all of us here at EHS, we wish our families a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving Break. We are certainly very thankful for the opportunity to serve this community and our students every day.
Some photos from this week’s DECA After Dark event. 35 students and 12 volunteer judges collaborated to prepare for Jeffco’s district DECA competition, coming up on 12/3. Special thanks to program lead Bob Newkirk and fellow sponsor Dayna Sherill. For those who may not know, DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) is a non-profit career and technical student organization with a mission to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. EHS is proud of our traditionally successful DECA program, with students competing every year in the national competition.
Thanksgiving Break
Next week is Thanksgiving Break. There will be no school Monday, November 25th thru Friday, November 29th. We are thankful for all of the amazing students that attend Evergreen High School, and hope that you all have a safe and joyful week off.
Madrigal Fair
Come join the Evergreen High School's Performing Arts Department for the 33rd Annual Madrigal Faire on Saturday, December 7. Doors open at 1pm!
The Madrigal Faire transforms EHS into a magical, medieval, happening Marketplace. The festive Marketplace opens at 1PM & again at 5PM with many activities for your enjoyment; simultaneous live stage performances by our Performing Arts students, food, vendors, a silent auction, book nook, boutique, and more! Enjoy a Medieval Marketplace, Silent Auction with Concert and Ensemble Performances at 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. The finale features combined holiday music selections performed by our EHS Orchestra, Symphonic Band, and Choir Ensembles. Don’t miss it.
Buy your tickets now!
$10 Advanced Purchase, $12 at the door!
Freshman Chromebooks
The TechForEd 1:1 Chromebooks and chargers for 9th grade were delivered to students during study hall last week! We went over expectations and responsibilities with the students and have posted our slideshow and documents to the EHS Website.
Detailed information went out to all of our 9th grade families via email last week. Click HERE to learn more.
To read more about digital citizenship from Jeffco TechFor Ed, click HERE. This month discusses Media Balance and Well-Being.
Due to recent changes made by Google, Jeffco is no longer able to allow students to have access to their personal accounts on district-managed Chromebooks. This letter provides additional information.
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.
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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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 an upcoming appreciation event - our Holiday Gift Card Drive.
Wednesday, November 20th was National Education Support Professionals Day.
From all of the Support Staff at EHS, THANK YOU!! That was a beautiful spread, and everyone was able to not only enjoy breakfast, but lunch as well. Thank you for spoiling us!
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.
Community Support
Athletics and Activities
A Message from the Athletic Department
Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful to have a community that supports athletics and the EHS athletic department. Thanks to all of you that have donated your resources to ensure that Evergreen High School athletics is at the top of its game!
We are so excited to start our winter sports competition when we return from Thanksgiving break, with home openers the week of December 2nd for our boys and girls basketball teams, girls swim and dive team, and wrestling team! Come one come all to support your Cougars!!
Weekly Highlight- Football Shout Outs!
The football program continues to build from season to season. Offensive system was changed this year to a pass oriented offense and the results showed with record setting performances with passing yards and touchdowns. We will continue to refine that system. The defense was hard nosed this year and continued to build over the season. Best performance of the year was in our home game against Palisade. Entire team showed up ready to go and beat Palisade for the first time ever. Thank you to the seniors for all of their effort and hard work over the past four seasons – Phil, Adam, Jake, Cade, Cam, Jakob, Beck, Keagan, and Peyton. If you have interest in playing next season stop in and see Oly.
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.
Volunteerism: Stop by and say hello to our EHS Cougar Baseball players who will be Ringing Bells for the Salvation Army this season of giving. (11/23 @ Safeway and 12/21 @ Safeway & King Soopers)
To All Spring 2020 Interested Baseball Players:
- Make sure you have completed or updated your Player Information Sheet or PIS. You can access a new PIS off of our Baseball website. Once completed, please give to Coach Lipka.
- Make sure you have ordered your gear (equipment & apparel) via our online stores. New this season, Home and Away uniforms and caps. Required and optional items are listed. Be familiar with this list (also on our website).
- Voluntary workouts start 12/2/202. Enjoy the holidays. Focus on academics, family and nutrition.
- If you want to be added to our new group text service advise a member of the coaching staff. This group is “Spring 2020 Interested Players.”
- Our V and JV 2020 schedules are posted to our MaxPreps site. The “rosters” listed on MaxPreps are not roster but placeholders for player information to help us with projected uniform inventory and the aforementioned pre-season group text service. Rosters are not set until 3/3/2020 (late evening).
Upcoming Home Varsity Events:
Monday, December 2nd- Boys Basketball vs. Conifer- 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday, December 4th- Girls Basketball vs. Berthoud- 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 5th- Wrestling vs. Battle Mountain- 6:00 p.m.
Friday, December 6th- Girls Swim and Dive vs. Conifer/Pomona- Wulf Pool- 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 7th- Girls Basketball vs. Overland- 1:00 p.m.
Join us for Chess Club!
We meet Wednesdays during A Lunch in G-309 (Mr. Harrison's Room)
Learn to play or improve your game - Open to all skill levels.