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
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FHSD Online Backpack – eFlyers Postings Check out the latest flyers on the FHSD Online Backpack – eFlyers site. Simply click the links below to access the latest flyers:
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:
Snow Make-Up Day 1 May 23
Snow Make-Up Day 2 March 10
Snow Make-Up Day 3 March 11
Snow Make-Up Day 4 March 12
Snow Make-Up Day 5 May 27
Snow Make-Up Day 6 May 28
Snow Make-Up Day 7 May 29
Snow Make-Up Day 8 May 30
Snow Make-Up Day 9 June 2
Snow Make-Up Day 10 June 3
New dates and times for ring ordering: Herff Jones will be here during lunches today. If you have any questions, contact Mrs. Fingers in Rm. 135. 2/12 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 Sign Up for District Automated Messages
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
Tomorrow 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 Sign Language Club will be meeting tomorrow from 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. In Room 132. Make sure you get your pass from your principals secretary before you come to the meeting. 2/13 Smith
Attention Art Club members – There will be a meeting after school tomorrow 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 SpringsMonday, 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 Keep Your Car Sparkling!
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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
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
10th grade: Shannon Atkinson
11th grade:Marissa Kohlman
12th grade:Ashley Smith
CONGRATULATIONS
*Please Congratulate Matthew Schneider! He is a National Merit Finalist! Matt was one of the 15,000 semifinalist in the National Meritt Scholarship Competition and now has advanced to a finalist. This scholarship is based on the highest Preliminary SAT/National Scholarship Qualifying Test scores of those who enter the competition. He will be notified in March if he is a scholarship winner. Great job Matt! 2/13 Woodrum
Activities & Clubs
Activities for the week of Feb 9:
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 Var Ritenour 6:00 p.m.
Drumline Competition Var Indianapolis
PD Day No School
Pommer Practice Old Gym 8:00-Noon
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 Var Ritenour 10:00 a.m.
Drumline Competition Var Indianapolis
Girls Basketball GAC Tournament FTZN JV 4:00 p.m.
Boys Basketball GAC JV Troy 4:00 p.m. *Girls Soccer will be meeting tomorrow at 2:25 in room 114 for all interested ladies in playing soccer this spring. 2/13 Olwig
This year’s 6th Annual FHN Pink Ribbon Basketball game will be held on Friday, February 14th. This year’s game pits the Knights against the Jaguars of Fort Zumwalt West. Both JV and Varsity girls and boys will play throughout the evening, with the JV girls starting off the games.
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
*Spring Sports practices/tryouts begin on Monday, March 3rd. All students need a current physical dated after February, 1 2013. All necessary tryout paperwork is available outside of the activities office. Paperwork can be turned into the coach on the first day of practice. Concussion testing (ImPact) is mandatory for baseball, girls’ soccer and Track (pole vaulters and jumpers). All freshmen, juniors and new students to a sport need the ImPact test. ImPact testing from the fall or winter sports season will be accepted. Dates for the ImPact test are available in the FHN Enews. Spring Sports include: Baseball, Girls’ Soccer, Boys’ Volleyball, Boys’ & Girls’ Track, Boys’ Golf & Boys’ Tennis 3/3 BRAIN INJURIES/CONCUSSIONS
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.
March 6th 5 pm- 6pm (For cheerleading Try-outs) 3/6 Janes
PARENT NEWS
MATH TUTORING
Available BEFORE School
Monday through Friday 6:30-7:15 Room 205
Available AFTER School 2:30-3:00
Monday & Thursday Room 203
Tuesday & Friday Room 208
After-school Tutoring Schedule
DAY
ROOM
TEACHER
MONDAY
129-comp. lab
Laura Kayser
Learning Commons
Becky Just
Room 136
Mike Parker
TUESDAY
129-comp. lab
Courtney Freeman
Learning Commons
Donna Malkmus
Room 136
Tim Besse
WEDNESDAY
129-comp. lab
Angie Winship
Learning Commons
Kathy Chostner
Room 136
Dawn Gano
THURSDAY
129-comp. lab
Jordan Steffens
Learning Commons
Linda Lott
Room 136
Paul Just
FRIDAY
129-comp. lab
Sue Clark
Learning Commons
Diane Fingers
Room 136
Colleen Songer
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
6:45 am
Room #
2:30 pm
Room #
Monday
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Steffen
229
Tuesday
Johnson
202
Mossinghoff
222
Wednesday
Heaton
213
Santos(homeroom)
227
Thursday
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