April 20-Prom

April 25-Sophomores final ring payment due

April 26-Progress Reports Posted

April 26-Senior Graduation Practice

May 1-Early Release

May 1-Sophomore ring breakfast 
May 8-Early Release

June 1-Graduation-10:00 a.m.

2013-2014 School Year

Aug 1-Teacher 1/2 day work day

Aug 6-Transition Day for Freshmen

Aug 8-First Day of 2013-2014 School Year

Aug 30-No School-Teacher PDC

Sept 2-Labor Day-No School

Sept 20-No School-Teacher PDC

Oct 11-18-Fall break

Nov 1-No School-Teacher PDC

SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE OR IN THE MAIN OFFICE.

*Forms for Summer School are available in the guidance office.

Seniors!!!!!!! Herff Jones will here to distribute announcements to you during lunches on 28th. 3/28 Smith

Hey Seniors! It’s time to start thinking about the All-Knighter.  To ensure that we have reserved your gifts, please make sure you have paid in full by April.  There are also permission and medical forms to fill out.  Stop by the Attendance Office and talk to Mrs. Balch about it. 3/31 Gannon

2013 Prom: Prom is on Saturday, April 20^th at 6:00 p.m. at the St. Charles Convention Center. Prom tickets will be sold on the following dates before school 6:50 a.m.-7:10a.m., during all lunches, and after school from 2:20p.m.-2:45p.m.  Students who have fines will not be able to purchase tickets until the fines have been paid. A guest form must be filled out for any guest who does not attend FHN- forms will be available outside room 8 and in the main office.

April 2-5^th for $70

Please keep in mind Prom is a formal occasion. Denim is not appropriate for Prom. Appropriate attire for gentlemen: tuxedos, suits, or coats and ties. Appropriate attire for ladies: evening gowns, evening pant suits, dresses that do not have a plunging neckline, open on the sides, expose the midriff, or have backs that drop below the waistline. Please remember that the school dress code applies to school-sponsored events like Prom. 4/5 Cohen

Save the Date: FHSD to Host Appliance and Electronics Recycling Event on April 6-The Francis Howell School District, in partnership with the Midwest Recycling Center, will be hosting a free community-wide appliance and electronics recycling event on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the FHSD Burbes Service Center located at 4606 Central School Road in St. Charles. 4/6 Henry

Attention all Sophomores and Juniors interested in being a Freshman Mentor: please pick up a form from your homeroom teacher or the guidance office.  Applications are due to the guidance office by April 10^th at 2:30 p.m.  If you have any questions please feel free to stop by and see Dr. Greer or e-mail at[email protected] 4/10 Greer

Please support the All-Knighter fundraiser at Applebees on Wednesday April 10th.  You will need to bring a flyer to participate.  It can be found the the FHN website, All-Knighter information. 4/10 Gannon

The Francis Howell School District had snow days on Feb. 21, Feb. 22 and March 25. The make-up days will be May 23, May 24 and May 28. Please note that the early release days scheduled for May 21 and May 22 will now be held on May 24 (early release for secondary) and May 28 (early release for elementary and secondary), pending any additional snow days.  Click here to view the snow make-up schedule on the calendar. 5/24 Henry

Please make note that the State Testing Program, End-Of-Course (E.O.C.) Assessment will occur April 15 through May 3, 2013.  All students enrolled in Algebra I, Biology, English I, English II, Government, and American History classes will be taking part in the E.O.C. Assessment Program.  Marketing 2 students will also be testing during this time period.  The school day will be modified using a block schedule, but all academic classes will be offered sometime throughout the week.   The regular class schedule will take place on Fridays – April 19, April 26 and May 3. Students who are absent during testing days will be required to make up any portion of the E.O.C. Assessment that they missed on Friday, April 19, April 26 or May 3 during the school day. Any students that attend Lewis and Clark Technical School will be excused from attendance at tech school as they will be required to attend assigned classes at Francis Howell North.  Tech school will not count E.O.C. testing days as unexcused absences.  Students who are off campus due to Tech School, Work-Program, Dual Enrollment, etc., need not report to campus during their off campus class hours but MUST stay for the entire length of all their scheduled class hours.  Please remember that the E.O.C. Assessment Program is a State of Missouri requirement that all schools and designated students must participate in.  Copies of the class schedule during EOC testing are available in the main office.  All activity eligibility requirements related to school Attendance will be in full-effect during E.O.C. testing. 

~~ Due to E.O.C. testing throughout the school, classes WILL NOT be interrupted in order for students to be called out of class for any reason. Students will need to pick up deliveries from parents during passing periods.  Any student requiring release from school during any period in which testing is occurring must bring a written note from a parent to the Attendance Office before the start of the school day so that the student may receive an early release pass.  5/3 Wade

FHSD to Host Drugs and Your Family Town Hall

The Francis Howell School District, in partnership with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA), is holding a Drugs and Your Family town hall on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM at Saeger Middle School in Cottleville. Read more… 4/9 Henry

The Spring Musical High School Musical opens on Thursday April 4th.  Performances are April 4th, 5th, and 6th at 700 pm in the theatre.  Tickets will go on sale on Tuesday and are $6 in advance and $7 at the door.  We hope to see you there. 4/6 Tandler

*Attention Seniors:  The FACS Scholarship applications offered through Sodexo are due by the end of the school day on Friday April 5^th. Applications are available in the guidance office or outside room 2.   All parts must be completed and submitted together to be considered for this scholarship.  Recipients will be notified in May.  Please submit completed applications to the guidance office or to Mrs. Just in room 2. 4/5 Just

*Please congratulate the following students who placed at our State Competition and will be going to Internationals:

Andy Bartell

Corey Bruns

Joe Henke

Zach Ksiazek

Jordan Stobart

Victoria Mehlberg also placed 8th at State, but unfortunately only the top 6 attend Internationals — please congratulate her as well! 3/28 Moore

*The Francis Howell North Journalism Department learned of some recent honors over spring break from three different organizations.

The National Scholastic Press Association named their Pacemaker Finalists for Online News Sites. FHNtoday.com was named a finalist in the large school category. The Pacemaker is widely regarded as the top staff award for scholastic media. Pacemaker winners will be announced at the JEA/NSPA National Convention next month in San Francisco. You can find the full list of Pacemaker finalists here:http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/winners/opm13.html The 2012 Excalibur yearbook was named a Pacemaker finalist a few weeks ago as well and the staff will find out its status in San Francisco as well.

The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced its top staff awards as well, the Crown Awards. This year the Excalibur yearbook earned a Silver Crown and the North Star newsmagazine earned a Gold Crown. The full list of Crown recipients can be found here: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/crown-awards/recipients/2013-scholastic-crown.html The Crown awards are two other very coveted honors in scholastic journalism. In addition, senior Liz Leonard was awarded a Certificate of Merit through the CSPA Gold Circle Awards in the Sports Photography category for a volleyball photo she took last year.

Finally, the local St. Louis scholastic journalism group, the Sponsors of School Publications of St. Louis, held their annual conference at Webster University over break. The day was highlighted by keynote speaker Mary Beth Tinker of the landmark Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines. At the conference, numerous staffs and individuals were honored for their work. Awards included: In the publication critiques, FHNtoday,com, the North Star newsmagazine and the Excalibur yearbook all earned the highest critique honor of Superior. Individually, the following students won awards as well: Excellent – Christina Desalvo in Individual Broadcast News, Natalie Mueller in Yearbook Feature Copy, Drake Kruep in Sports Design, Andrew Cline in Sports Copy,  and Sophie Gordon in Feature Story. Superiors – Jon Doty in Individual Broadcast Sports, Liz Leonard in Yearbook Student Life Design, Amanda Stallings in News Story, Daniel Bodden in Feature Story, Dan Stewart in Newspaper Review, Matt Krieg in Newspaper Feature Photography, Maddie Hiatt in Newspaper Inside Page Design, Murphy Riley in Double Truck Design, Sophie Gordon in Double Truck Design, Morgan O’Neill in Double Truck Design, and Cameron McCarty in Double Truck Design. Highlighting the awards were two Best of Show finishes for Abby West in Sports Design and Tannyr Seddon and Nick Bussel in Opinions Design. 4/2 Manfull

 **Note to parents**- Fall practices start Monday, August 5, andall current 8^th grade students (fall 2013 freshman) and current sports persons must have a physical before they can practice. To save time, please go to MSHSAA.org, and under the Sports Medicine tab, print and complete the ‘Pre-Participation Physical Evaluation’ form, and bring with you on this day. All athletes will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Greiner

FHN Knightline Dance Team Try-Outs!

Mandatory informational meeting:

                    Try-out dates are as follows in the FHN large gym:
Tuesday, April 2nd 5pm-9pm
Wednesday, April 3rd 5pm-9pm
Friday, April 5th 4pm-?? 4/5 Rokita

Sign Language Club will be meeting Thursday, 03/28/13, from 02:30 p.m. to 03:15 p.m. In Room 132. 3/28 Smith

Math Tutoring:

Remember Math Tutoring is available before and after school!

Monday thru Friday 6:25 – 7:15 in Room 205
Monday, Friday 2:30 – 3:30 in Room 208

Tuesday, Thursday 2:30 – 3:30 in Room 203   5/17 Stratton

Spanish Tutoring:

 Monday-  AM Not available                2:30 PM-Room 229
Tuesday-6:45 AM-Room 202           2:30 PM-Room 229
Wednesday-6:45 AM-Room 213     Homeroom-Room 227
Thursday-6:45 AM-Room 202          2:30 PM-Room 222
Friday-6:45 AM-Room 227                2:30 PM-Room 222  12/21 Fritz

Senior parents:  The 2013 All-Knighter is beginning to work on the senior video which will be shown that night.  Please email  2 digital candid pictures of your student preferably at a FHN event/activity to Tammy Kirchhoff at  tammylistens@gmail.com  Please also include your name and phone number, the event and approximate time of year the picture was taken. 4/15 Gannon

Junior parents, Please join us for the first 2014 All-Knighter meeting on April 22nd at 8pm in room 160.  You are needed to begin planning and fundraising for the big event.  Even you only have a small amount of time to devote, please consider joining us. 4/22 Gannon
Parents-  The All-Knighter is sponsoring the 3rd Annual Used Book and Bake Sale on April 27th.  We are in need of used books and baked items to make this a success.  Please drop off your donations on April 26th from 4-9pm in the commons.  We are also in need of volunteers to work at the event.  Please consider giving a couple of hours to help us before or after you shop for some summer reading material. 4/27 Gannon

Snow Make-Up Days

The Francis Howell School District had snow days on Feb. 21, Feb. 22 and March 25. The make-up days will be May 24and May 28. Please note that the early release days scheduled for May 21 and May 22 will now be held on May 23 (early release for secondary),May 24 and May 28 (early release for elementary and secondary), pending any additional snow days.  Click here to view the snow make-up schedule on the calendar. 5/24 Henry

SENIOR PARENTS***SENIOR PARENTS***SENIOR PARENTS

The end of the year is almost here and we need your help!!!

We need 120 parent volunteers to put on the best ALL-KNIGHTER

ever!! If you can help with the actual party the night of graduation

for a few hours, or if you can help decorate during the week leading up to graduation, OR IF YOU CAN DO BOTH!!!!!!!!!!!!! contact Yvette

at [email protected]. She will send you a volunteer

registration form. This is the best way for us to keep our kids safe

on graduation night! Come be a part of it! 5/24 Pilkington

FHSD to Host Drugs and Your Family Town Hall

The Francis Howell School District, in partnership with the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (NCADA), is holding a Drugs and Your Family town hall on Tuesday, April 9 at 7:00 PM at Saeger Middle School in Cottleville. Read more… 4/9 Henry

Several scholarships are available in the guidance office. 

The applications for the FACS scholarships offered by Sodexo are available in the guidance office or you can get one from Mrs. Just in room 2.  Sodexo has made available five $1000 scholarships again for the 2012-2013 school year.  To be eligible for one of these scholarships you must have participated in the FACS department at some point throughout your high school career.  Completed applications are due back to the guidance department by April 5^th.  The 5 winners will be notified in May. 4/5 Just

The FHN Athletic Booster Club is providing $8,000 in Scholarships this year to senior student athletes. These scholarships are open to all senior children of FHN Athletic Booster Club Members. The applicant must have participated in at least one sport/activity sponsored by the FHN Athletic Booster Club. This includes Knightline, cheerleaders, and team managers. Applicants parents or legal guardians must be current members of the FHN Athletic Booster Club. Please see the FHN Guidance Office for complete criteria and application. Applications and essay MUST be submitted on or before April 2, 2013.www.FHNAthleticBoosters.com     @FHNBoosters  4/2 Braudis

High School Summer Credit Recovery @ Francis Howell High School

Session 1: June 3-June 14
8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
(Registration deadline May 17th) forms are available in the guidance office,   
Session 2: June 17-June 28
8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
(Registration deadline June 7th)

High School Credit Enrichment @ Francis Howell High School 

Dates: June 3-June 28
AM Session 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
PM Session 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
(Registration deadline May 17th)

Attention A+ Seniors…Do you have questions about A+???  Have all your questions answered at St. Charles Community College!  SCC is hosting an A+ Information Night on March 11^thand April 22^nd from 6:00-7:30 in the Auditorium of the Daniel J. Conoyer Social Sciences Building.  Visit stchas.edu/maps for directions.  Please arrive early, as space is limited! 4/22 Herman

*Attention Seniors:  The FACS Scholarship applications offered through Sodexo are due by the end of the school day on Friday April 5^th. Applications are available in the guidance office or outside room 2.   All parts must be completed and submitted together to be considered for this scholarship.  Recipients will be notified in May.  Please submit completed applications to the guidance office or to Mrs. Just in room 2. 4/5 Just