*Wednesday Janurary 25th is a full day of school, and Friday January 27 there is no school.

*Sophomores and Juniors who are not in National Honor Society, but have a 3.75 cummulative GPA will be getting an NHS application this week through the guidance office. 1/27 Malkmus

Prom is quickly approaching – this year, Prom is on Saturday, April 14^that 6:00 pm at the St. Charles Convention Center.  Prom Tickets will be sold on the following dates before school from 6:45-7:10, during all lunches, and after school from 2:15 – 2:45.

$50 Early Bird Tickets – Monday, January 30^th – Friday February 3^rd

$60 Early Bird Tickets – Monday, March 5^th – Friday, March 9^th

$70 Prom Tickets – Monday, April 2^nd – Thursday, April 5^th

Students will not be able to purchase tickets if they have any  fines, so please check with the main office and library to see if you have any fines. Guest forms must be filled out for students who wish to bring a guest that does not attend FHN – guest forms will be available starting January 17^th outside room 22. 1/30 Moore

Herff Jones will be here taking orders for class ringsduring lunches: Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 30 & 31 and Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 1 and 2. Parent order dates: Saturday, Jan. 28th 9:00 a.m.-11:30  a.m. and Tuesday, Jan. 31st 4:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. 1/31 Fingers

Winter dance is coming up fast February 4th from 7-10, Guest forms will be due no later then January 31th tickets are $10 sold during lunches. Guest forms are available in the main office. So you’re bringing a Guest… NO GUEST TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AFTER TUESDAY, JANUARY 31^ST AT 4PM!  PLAN AHEAD!

The form should be filled out by both you and your guest

• You may only bring one guest
• If your guest is not in high school, but is 20 or younger, then you will need to attach a note from your parent or guardian vouching for the character of your guest. No junior high students are allowed.
• Your form is due at the time you buy your guest’s ticket Monday, JANUARY 30^TH and Tuesday JANUARY 31^ST, for $10 dollars.
• Guest tickets can only be purchased from Mrs. Wilkens in room 133 BEFORE or AFTER school on the above dates. 
• You may also buy your ticket at that time.
• Guest tickets will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.
• If tickets sell out before the dates to FHN students,no guests will be allowedto attend (this has never happened before, but we must let you know).
• If you have questions or concerns, please contact Mrs. Wilkens BEFORE or AFTER school in room 133.1/31 Wilkens

Yearbooks are still $50. The price goes to $65 on Feb. 1. You can see if you’ve bought a book on FHNtoday.com. You can purchase a book in the main office, room 026 or online at FHNtoday.com. Don’t miss out on getting yours before the price goes. 2/1 Manfull

Winter dance tickets will be on sale from tomorrow during lunches until Feb. 2nd. In order to purchase a ticket, all fines must be paid.  2/2 Parks

Get Excited – the Prom Fashion Show is coming up! The show will be held Tuesday, February 28^th at 7:00 pm in the auditorium. Model applications are available outside room 22 and are due Friday, January 13^th! You must sell 5 tickets to the show in order to be a model. Please see Mrs. Moore in room 22 with any questions. 2/28 Moore

                                                Math Tutoring for 2011-2012

• Tutoring is held before school Monday through Friday from 6:25 to 7:10 in room 205.
• Tutoring is held after school Monday from 2:30 to 3:30 in room 205.
• Tutoring is held after school Tuesday and Friday from 2:30 to 3:30 in room 207.
• Tutoring is held after school Thursday from 2:30-3:30 in room 224
• Math tutoring is also available during Wednesday Homroom time as well– see your math teacher.
• Volunteer peer tutors and paid tutors can be located by contacting the Guidance office at 851-5099.

*Spanish Tutoring is now available!  Come in for some extra help today!
Day / time / teacher/ room number
Monday 2:30pm:  Mossinghoff Rm. 203
Tuesday 6:45am:  Heaton Rm. 222,
Tuesday 2:30pm:  Johnson Rm. 202
Wednesday 6:45am:  Berberich Rm. 213
Wednesday Homeroom:  Santos Rm. 227
Thursday 6:45am:  Berberich Rm. 227
Thursday 2:30 pm:  Johnson Rm. 202
Friday 6:45am:  Santos Rm. 227
Friday 2:30pm:  Mossinghoff Rm. 203

DETENTION STUDY HALL

ROOM 218

Detention study hall may be assigned by teachers or principals.  Parents are responsible for transportation.

Detention Schedule

Failure to Serve Detentions

1^st instance       Saturday 9-10:30 detention assigned

Loss of parking privilege warning

2^nd instance      Full Saturday 9-noon detention assigned

Loss of parking privilege for 10 days

Subsequent      2 days In-School-Suspension and

Loss of parking privilege for 20 days

1/23 Johnson

*These activities have qualified for the MSHSAA Scholastic Achievement Awards.  The award is based on the teams GPA for the Semester in which participation took place (Semester 1 – 2011).

Distinguished (3.00-3.24 GPA)

Varsity Boys Soccer         3.06

Varsity Football                 3.03

Outstanding (3.25-4.0 GPA)

Marching Band                  3.69

Varsity Dance                    3.74

JV Dance                              3.4

Varsity Cheerleading      3.43

JV Cheerleading               3.3

9^th Boys Soccer                  3.49

JV Boys Soccer                  3.28

9^th Softball                           3.59

JV Softball                           3.8

Varsity Softball                  3.41

9^th Girls Volleyball            3.65

JV Girls Volleyball             3.33

Varsity Volleyball             3.76

Girls Cross Country          3.66

Boys Cross Country         3.47

Boys Swimming                3.53

Girls Tennis                         3.81

Congratulations to the members of these groups. This is a great showing for FHN! 1/27 Janes

KOE will have a officer team leader meeting on Tuesday, January 31^st at 6:55 am in room 201. 1/31 Holmes

KOE will have a meeting on Wednesday, February 1^st at 6:55 a.m. in the auditorium.  Please attend if you want to remain a member of KOE 2^nd semester. 2/1 Holmes

*Track uniform order forms are due to Dr. Hennenfent by Feb 1^st.  This is a one time order.  Please do not be late. 2/1 Hennenfent

KOE members can check their hours from 1^st semester with Mrs. Johnson in room #233. 2/1 Holmes

The ImPACT test is a computer based test for brain injuries.  All athletes participating in baseball and girls soccer must take the test prior to their tryouts which begin on February 27^th.  The consent form needs to be completed and turned in the day of testing.  The following dates will be available for testing.
Tuesday, February 21                     3pm-5pm
Wednesday, February 22             3pm-5pm
Thursday, February 23                   3pm-5pm
Friday, February 24                         3pm-5pm

Testing will be in room 49 and administrated by Joe Bommarito,C.A.T. Forms are available in the main office or the activities office.  2/24 Janes

*Attention all GSA members-if you would like to order a Day of Silence t-shirt, orders are due to Coach Louis no later than March 15^th. 3/15 Louis-Bauer

St. Louis University is offering free Financial Aid and FAFSA completion workshops to any college bound senior (attending any college or university, not just SLU) on the SLU campus.  Members of the SLU Financial Aid Office will help students complete the FAFSA question by question.  No reservations are required.  Participants should bring a copy of both the parent’s and student’s most recent federal tax returns (2011 or 2010).  Upcoming workshop dates are Jan. 22, Jan. 29 and Feb. 12.  All workshops are located at the Busch Student Center, 20 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO  63103.  Parking in the Laclede Garage, located at the southwest corner of Grand Blvd. and Laclede Ave.  Enter the garage from Laclede Ave.  The Busch Student Center is 1/2 block east.  In addition, SLU will conduct open chats online Jan. 25 and Feb. 9, between 5 and 8 pm to answer questions regarding completion of the FAFSA.  For more information contact the SLU Office of Student Financial Services at (314) 977-2350. 2/12 Vargas

FHN Registration Information Night

January 24th

6:30 PM Meeting in Large Gym

Registration Presentation

Francis Howell North High School, 2549 Hackmann Road, is hosting a Registration Information Night

Attendees are encouraged to park in the lower lot behind the school near the football field. There will be a general meeting for 8th grade parents and students in the large gym starting at 6:30pm. Following the general meeting parents and students from parochial and private schools will be asked to move to the auditorium for a PowerPoint presentation on high school requirements and curriculum. A question and answer session will follow the PowerPoint presentation. Eighth grade students from private and parochial schools can return registration packet if all forms are completed or bring them to the guidance office at a later date.

Current Francis Howell North freshman, sophomore, and junior students along with their parents are also invited to meet with department chairpersons, counselors, and extracurricular activity sponsors from 7:00 to 8:30 pm in the small gym to obtain information about courses and programs. The Online Registration Portal is open from 1/13/12 to 1/25/12. Current FHN students must register online for the 2012-2013 school year.The Computer Lab in the Library will be open from 7:00 to 8:30 if families do not have internet/printing capabilities. The district website has a registration video that can be found on the home page at www.fhsdschools.org.

For additional information contact the guidance office at 636-851-5099. Online Registration Help Line 636-851-HELP (4357) 1/24 Woodrum

*Online registration

A clarification on several points for your students’ online registration process for next year’s classes.  Over the last week, we presented this new, district-wide process to all students (through language arts classes).  In addition to the following points, please consult with your students about the information they received, along with the helpful handouts that were issued to them to assist them in this process.

All students should complete the following process:

1. Review their newly-issued enrollment guide and consult with their honors letters (issued this week) and current teachers to select the courses most appropriate for them.
2. Complete their Course Request Worksheet (OPTIONAL), as a “rough draft”/outline, to ensure they have selected enough courses to fulfill a COMPLETE seven-period day, along with four alternates.  Alternates are important, in the event that students do not receive their first elective choices.
3. Log in to Infinite Campus and input their course selections.  Print course selections and have a parent sign the bottom of the print-out.  The deadline to register online through Infinite Campus is midnight, January 25th.
4. Return signed Infinite Campus handout to language arts teacher (with honors letter attached, if applicable) on January 26th.

To log in to Infinite Campus, students need to do one of the following:

1. If your student (or you) already has an Infinite Campus log-in and checks his/her grades regularly, he/she can access Infinite Campus at https://campus.fhsdschools.org/campus/portal/francis.jsp. Your student will need to use his/her (or your) username and password that you use to log in to Infinite Campus on a regular basis.
2. If your student (or you) has never logged in to Infinite Campus, he/she can access Infinite Campus athttps://campus.fhsdschools.org/campus/portal/francis.jsp. Your student’s username is his/her student ID number, and his/her password is his/her first initial, last initial and six-digit birth date (i.e. kv101296). During our presentations this past week, we shared a tutorial video with your students that visually highlighted to them how to input their courses in to Infinite Campus.  You, as parents, can access this video as well at the following link:http://fhsd.sharpschool.net/parents/online_registration/

When registering their courses online, here are a few pointers that we shared with the students:

1. Any REQUIRED classes (i.e. History, Math, Science, English) will already be entered into Infinite Campus.  They will be listed under a “required courses” column in Infinite Campus.  Students will NOT be able to revise/adjust these classes.  If a student is placed in these required classes in error (i.e. wrong class, not placed in honors but should have been placed in honors, etc.), they will be able to remove/revise these classes when they meet with their counselors during individual advisement (see information about individual advisement below).
2. Students will be adding their elective courses (i.e. Band, World Language, Practical Arts classes, etc.) under a “requested courses” column in Infinite Campus.
3. Students will be adding their alternate courses (four total) under an “alternate courses” column in Infinite Campus.
4. Students were informed that they need to have a total of 14 course numbers(PLUS 4 alternates) entered in to Infinite Campus before they print their printout and have it signed by a parent.  14 courses numbers (one course number for each course, each semester) indicates that students have registered for a full, seven-period day.  NOTE:  the 14 course numbers INCLUDES the REQUIRED courses that are already loaded in to the students’ schedules.
5. Students have the capability to add courses to their schedules on Infinite Campus by searching for courses by name OR by searching for courses by course number.  We highly recommend students search and add courses by course number.  This will ensure they are selecting the proper courses, as each and every course has its own unique course number.

Starting January 31, we counselors will be meeting all students individually, to review their Infinite Campus printouts, to review graduation requirements, to ensure they have signed up for a full schedule and appropriate classes, and to answer any questions/make any necessary changes.  The individual advisement process will last through February 17th.

1. Department chairs, coaches, club sponsors, and counselors will be available in the small gym on Registration Information Night (1/24, 7-8:30pm), to answer general questions.  Additionally, if you are in need of a computer and/or a printer to finalize the Infinite Campus course registration process, the computer lab in the library will be open on this night.  Counselors will be available to assist with this process. Please note: Have your student’s Infinite Campus log-in information ready for the computer lab assistance. Please refer to point #2 above.

In the event that students do NOT log in to Infinite Campus and register for their courses online , they are at risk of not getting the courses they need/want for the next school year.  We strongly encourage your students to take ownership of this process.  Please remember that we counselors will be available to support their efforts during individual advisement before midnight on January 25th

We sincerely appreciate your patience throughout this new process and hope that you find these guidelines helpful.

Please remember to go online and complete your registration for the 2012-2013 school year.  Online registration closes at midnight on January 25th! 1/25 Faulkner

*FHN will be hosting an ACT Cambridge Review Program for the April 14th ACT date.  This program is intended for any sophomore, junior or senior student who desires to improve his/her ACT score for college admission and scholarship opportunities (completion of at least one semester of Algebra II is recommended).  The program meets every Thursday from 6-9 pm, for seven weeks leading up to the April ACT date.  Cost is $125, and seats are limited.  Applications/informational brochures are available in the guidance office; the deadline to register is Wednesday, January 25th.  Scholarship applications to assist with the cost are also available in the guidance office.  Please see/contact Mrs. Vargas in guidance with any questions.  1/25 Vargas