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Semester Grades are now posted on parent portal. *Any student who applied for Lewis & Clark but missed the Oasis testing on February 6th, needs to come to the Learning Commons at 7:30am on February 13th for Oasis testing. This will be the last opportunity to test at Francis Howell North. Please contact Mrs. Faulkner in Guidance with any questions. 2/13 Faulkner |
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ANNOUNCEMENTS |
FHSD Online Backpack – eFlyers Postings
Click here to check out all flyers on the Online Backpack – eFlyers site. 2/27 Hayes
Snow Days With the weather turning cooler, we are reminded that winter will be here before long, including the frozen white stuff (snow) that is both looked forward to and dreaded. This is a reminder that we have snow days built into our school calendar, and we request that vacations not be scheduled on these days when we may have school to make up for missed days due to snow or other inclement weather. Make up dates are listed below:
New dates and times for ring ordering: Herff Jones will be here during lunches today and tomorrow. The parent days will be tonight from 3:30-6:30. If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Fingers in Rm. 135. 2/11 Fingers Happy Valentine’s Day! FCCLA will be selling heart-o-grams again this year during all lunch shifts beginning Monday February 10th-Wednesday February 12th. The cost is $0.50 each and includes a sweet Valentine treat and personal greeting for those special people in your life. Don’t miss out on showing your friends, teachers, students….how special they are and buy your heart-o-gram today! If you miss buying one during lunch, stop by Mrs. Just’s room (o2) to purchase yours ! Spread some love this Valentine’s day!!! 2/12 Just Francis Howell School District utilizes the SchoolMessenger Notification System to provide timely communication to parents on matters such as attendance, weather related closures, and school or district-wide emergencies. In order to enhance our ability to accurately deliver that information we request that you create your own contact preference profile using SchoolMessenger’s Contact Manager website. The Contact Manager feature allows you to control ways in which you prefer to be contacted. It also works like a mailbox, giving you a place to review messages you may have missed. In order to utilize this feature, click here and follow the steps to activate your account. If you have already activated your account and want to change your contact preferences, click herefor directions. 2/13 Henry *On Thursday February 13, the Varsity Lady Knights basketball team will be stopping by each 1st period class to collect donations for the Pink Ribbon Game on Friday February 14. Please support the American Cancer Society by donating. Come out and the support the girls and boys JV and Varsity basketball teams on Friday February 14 in our 6th annual Pink Ribbon game. Paint it pink on Valentine’s day to show your support. 2/13 Watson Attention Art Club members – There will be a meeting after school on Thurs. in Mr. Leistner’s Rm.160. Bring your ideas for a wall mural and I still have some of your photos of the orphans to distribute. 2/13 M.Leistner
Attention all Volunteer Knights and KOE members who have signed up to work the blood drive: Please follow @FHNVolKnights for information regarding the blood drive. 2/14 Louis-Bauer FHN All Knighter fundraiser at Culver’s in Cave Springs Monday, February 17 from 5 pm to 10 pm. Location address 2750 Muegge Rd, St. Charles, MO. Thank you for your support! 2/17 Stack
2014 Howell of Fame Nominations Now Being Accepted The Howell of Fame Award recognizes excellence of character, performance and service of those who serve the Francis Howell School District as employees, volunteers and patrons. Read more… 2/21 Henry
Parent Night: Digital Self-Defense for Parents – Tues., 2/25, 6:30-8pm at FHN. Jennifer Schiffman from Internet Crimes Against Children will be presenting on helping navigate the dilemmas presented by the digital world our kids inhabit. An overview of current digital threats to children (cyberbullying, online predators, oversharing, sexting, and sextortion) will be discussed. 2/25 Henry Fraufest 2014 has been moved to March 7th! Be sure to ask off work and mark your calendars for a great rock show featuring Minus Me and Capitol Drive and many other awesome performers. Tickets will be $5.00 and will be sold starting next week. Show starts at 6pm. Danke! 3/7 McPartland *FHSD to Host Realtors’ Luncheon on March 13 Local realtors are invited to join the Francis Howell School District (FHSD) for a complimentary luncheon on Thursday, March 13, 2014, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. The luncheon will be held in the Commons of Francis Howell High School, located at 7001 Highway 94 South in St. Charles. Networking will begin at 11:00 a.m., with the luncheon and presentation at 11:30 a.m., followed by a brief school tour. Click here for additional details and registration information. 3/13 Henry
Abnegation? Amity? Candor? Dauntless? Erudite? Which faction are you? Read Divergent and join us in the learning commons 7th hour on March 28th for the book discussion! 3/28 Willen On Wednesday, April 23rdall juniors will be taking the ACT. This is part of the district’s new assessment plan and aligns with the Department of Education in Missouri. There is no cost to students. Contact Dr. Chris Birch if you have any questions. 4/23 Birch
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Help our school earn extra money: Walter Knoll Florist will donate $2.00 each time you order flowers or gifts from them on line at no cost to you. Go to www.wkf.com each time you order and on the payment information page, bottom left, check the box that says “This is a Lend a Hand Order” then select Francis Howell North High School. 5/30 Baur
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STUDENTS OF THE WEEK |
Congratulations to the following students as they have been selected students of the week for the week of Feb 10:
9th grade: Lily Young |
CONGRATULATIONS
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Activities & Clubs |
Activities for the week of Feb 9:
Feb 11-Girls Swimming GAC Tournament Var Rec-Plex 2:00 p.m. Girls Basketball Timberland JV Timberland 4:00 p.m. Girls Basketball Timberland Var Timberland 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Timberland JV Timberland 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Timberland Var Timberland 7:00 p.m. Boys Volleyball Open Gym Home 7:00-9:00 p.m. Feb 12-Girls Basketball GAC FTZN JV FTZN 5:15 p.m. Boys Basketball GAC Troy JV Troy 5:15 p.m. Football Parent Meeting Com 5 Home 6:30 p.m. Feb 13-Girls Swimming GAC Var Rec Plex 3:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Troy Fr Troy 5:00 p.m. Girls Basketball FTZN Var FTZN 6:00 p.m. Boys Basketball Troy FR Troy 6:15 p.m. Girls Basketball Feeder New Gym 6:00-7:30 p.m. Cambridge Review Various Rooms 6:00-9:00 p.m. Feb 14-Wrestling Districts Drumline Competition Var Indianapolis PD Day No School Pommer Practice Girls Basketball FTZW JV Home 4:00 p.m. Girls Basketball FTZW Var Home 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball FTZW JV Home 5:30 p.m. Boys Basketball FTZW Var Home 7:00 p.m. Feb 15-Wrestling Districts Drumline Competition Var Indianapolis Girls Basketball GAC Tournament FTZN JV Boys Basketball GAC JV Troy 4:00 p.m. Between the varsity girls and boys games, the teams will take time to honor someone special to them who has been affected by cancer. Each player will present a replica jersey poster to their honoree. This will be followed by the varsity boys contest. T-shirts are for sale the the evenings games, and can be ordered up until today. All money raised from this event will be donated to The American Cancer Society. Last year was our largest ever, donating $1,400.00; which puts us over five thousand dollars throughout our history of the FHN Pink Ribbon Game. Please come and support the teams, as they support those in our lives who are the REAL HEROES. 2/14 Hahn There will be a boys Tennis meeting in the Commons Area at 6:00PM on the 18th of February. This meeting will be to gather required papers that players must provide before practicing tennis (physical, 4 in One Form, Emergency Card, and Activities Handbook Form). 2/18 Klieber The Francis Howell School District is committed to ensuring that student participants are properly treated for brain injuries/concussions. Students participating in the following sports and activities will complete ImPACT testing: color guard, football, cheerleading,soccer, softball, basketball, winter guard, wrestling, track and field (vaulters and high jumpers only) and baseball. Student athletes will receive the ImPACT neurocognitive assessment prior to initial participation in the aforementioned sports and post-brain injury, if necessary. After a brain injury (concussion), students must be within an acceptable range of their baseline score to return to play. The post-injury score will be reviewed by the District’s contracted sports medicine physician. The student athlete must receive clearance from the sports medicine physician prior to returning to practice and/or competition.
Testing will be on the following dates in room 49.
Feb. 24th, 25th & 26th 3 pm-5:30 pm (Soccer, Track & baseball)
March 6th 5 pm- 6pm (For cheerleading Try-outs) 3/6 Janes
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MATH TUTORING Available AFTER School After-school Tutoring Schedule
Do you need help in Spanish?
Are you looking for ways to improve
your “nota” or your “destrezas locas”?
Then come to Spanish tutoring before or after school. SPANISH TUTORING SCHEDULE for 2013 – 2014 school year
(Wednesdays will be in homeroom instead of after school) Sr. Steffen is in the computer lab until 5:30 pm. FHN All Knighter fundraiser at Culver’s in Cave Springs Monday, February 17 from 5 pm to 10 pm. Location address 2750 Muegge Rd, St. Charles, MO. Thank you for your support! 2/17 Stack |