SEAHOLM ENEWS April 30 –May 7, 2015 Volume 1, Issue 18 Seaholm High School seaholm.birmingham.k12.mi.us Week At A Glance AP Exams May 4 thru May 15 For Schedule check out the Seaholm Website Thank you! Just wanted to express a note of gratitude to all parent volunteers. Members of the PTA, Prom Volunteers, ANP Volunteers, Booster Parents, Book Room Volunteers, Treats for Meetings, and Food Preparation for Conference Dinner are just a few of the Seaholm Community that make Seaholm special! Thank you! Monday, May 4 PTA Meeting Attention Juniors and Junior Parents 9 AM Career Day 2015 Sign Up Information Tuesday, May 5 Polls open SIGN UP Starts: April 29th Sign up go LIVE at 7:15am To sign up: 7 AM -8 PM Election Day Upcoming Events Go to www.signupgenius.com Login to your account *** Go to the Home Page Click ‘Find a Sign Up’ in the upper right-handed corner Click ‘Find a Sign Up’ Enter seaholmcareerday@gmail.com Sign up for the career of your choosing ***You must have a Sign-up Genius*** account to sign up Suggestion: Create your account before sign up time Tuesday, May 12 Seaholm Band Concert Career Day 2015 is Wednesday, May 27th. Wednesday, May 13 Seaholm Orchestra Concert Bond 2015 Thursday, May 14 Senior Awards NIght Your Board of Education and administration have spent years preparing for this bond proposal through strong fiscal stewardship and a dedication to our students. The results of those efforts are a bond proposal that keeps our current millage rate at 3.9 mills while providing our district with $66 million in needed funding for instruction spaces, safety and security improvements, building and site work and technology upgrades. There will be no increase to the district’s debt millage with this bond proposal. Please access additional details regarding the bond on the BPS website. http://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us AP REVIEW SESSIONS SCHEDULE Upcoming Athletic Events Seaholm Athletics for the Week of May 4 Schedule is available on the Seaholm Homepage. Please make sure you student is aware of the review sessions that are available and take advantage of these review sessions to help them prepare for their tests. All tests are schedule the first two weeks of May. NEWS FROM THE COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER How do you get information from my office? Try the following: Twitter (@SeaholmCollege) Remind 101 (text “sea-stahl” to 248-255-4644) Principal’s eblast College and Career website (from Seaholm home page) Junior Workshop Series has concluded. Any information from the various presentations is available for viewing on my website including the power points from the University of Michigan (Common App and Michigan admissions), MSU (Essay writing and MSU admissions), and information from our Junior Junior Parent Evening last Tuesday, April 21st. Juniors: April ACT scores are expected to be posted online on April 28, 2015. Scholarships deadlines are fast approaching. Read your financial aid packages and contact your institution with questions. Don’t miss out on additional monies. Also visit the "scholarships" link for more opportunities. SOS Scholarship honoring students who have demonstrated community service has extended it’s deadline to April 30, 2015. Pick up information from the office and submit it to either myself or Mr. Flatter. Exploring College Options including Duke, Georgetown, Penn, Stanford and Harvard offer a collaborative information session on May 10, 2015 at 7 pm at the Troy Marriott, 200 W. Big Beaver Road, Troy. Visit www.exploringcollegeoptions.org to find more information and to register. Judi Stahl, MA College and Career Advisor Seaholm HS Jstahl@birmingham.k12.mi.us PROM 2015 – Photos to Share Thanks to a parent volunteer, we can share some great photos from PROM 2015. Looks like a good time was had by all! Enjoy! Click here to link to photos! Attention all Dog Owners! The weather will be fantastic on Saturday morning. Come with your dog to Beverly Hills Village Park for the 5th annual Tails and Trails Dog Walk. Registration starts at 9:30am; event at 10am. The Groves Amnesty/Animal Rights Club is hosting this walk which will include an adoption event, competitions, raffles, and a bake sale. Beverly Hills Village Park, 18801 Beverly Road, Beverly Hills, MI 48025. May 2, 2015 . All proceeds will go to Paws-n-Claws Animal Shelter. For more information click here Seaholm Seniors Who Attended Quarton School Quarton will be hosting its first alumni reunion on Wednesday, May 27, at 7:45am. If you are a Quarton Graduate, please join us for this celebration! We will provide a light breakfast and ask that you wear something reflecting the college you plan to attend. You may RSVP directly at www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C094AAAAB2BA3F49quarton/27270354 or contact Robin Fenberg at robin13@comcast.net Deadline Extension for SOS Scholarship SOS is extending their scholarship application for one week to April 30. Get your essays in ASAP for a chance to win $1000 towards your college expenses. One or more graduating seniors will be awarded $1,000 in this scholarship offering. Students must write an essay describing their service activities throughout their high school years. The focus will be on the quality of the service and not the number of hours. Applications details are available in the College and Career office and must be returned to either Mr. Flatter or Mrs. Stahl by no later than April 30! Senior Parent Volunteers Needed 2015 Senior All Night Party The All Night Party is coming up quickly and a really fun event for the seniors. Please come support this last big event for the seniors and volunteer for a shift at the All Night Party! There are lots of opportunities to help - just go to Signup Genius and add your name!! Please sign up by May 1st. We need help for set up of the event on Saturday May 30th and help the night of the event. The All Night Party is May 31, 2015 10 PM - 4 AM at Derby Middle School. www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e4daca92ba46-allnight Book Drive for Harp Elementary School Freshman Whitney Hockman is organizing a book drive to help students at Harp Elementary School in Detroit. The drive runs from April 23rd to May 20th. Any new or gently used books can be placed in a collection box outside the main office at Seaholm. Thank you for your help! Little Dresses for Africa Junior Annie Dankovich is collecting supplies to make dresses for the Little Dresses for Africa charity. Donations of new or gently used pillowcases, large pieces of cotton fabric, shoelaces, and spools of colored ribbon can be placed in the collection box in the Community Service Office. Your support is greatly appreciated! 2015 Graduating Seniors/Former Pierce Students Tour on May 27 Pierce would love to invite all of the 2015 graduating high school seniors that attended Pierce at any time back to visit on May 27 so that we can celebrate your Graduation! There will be a light breakfast starting at 8:20 am in the multipurpose room so that you can catch up with your former Pierce teachers and Mr. Lalik (Principal) and Mrs. LaBurn (Assistant Principal). Bagels, juice and coffee will be served. After breakfast, you will take a tour of Pierce and visit some of your old classrooms. We will finish around 9:30 by taking a group picture with some current Pierce Kindergartners at the Pierce School sign on Pierce Street. If possible, please wear a t-shirt, hat or sweatshirt from the college you plan on attending. We hope you will join us on May 27! We are really looking forward to seeing you again! To sign up, you can go to the main Pierce School website and click on the Alumni Visit and Tour link or you can use the signupgenius link below. Please sign up so that we can get an idea of how many of you can attend. Thanks! Signupgenius link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4eada728a3ff2-2015 Pierce website: pierce.birmingham.k12.mi.us If you have any questions about the event, please contact: Jeni Beckeman jbeckeman28@gmail.com Come join us for an All-You-Can Eat Pancake Dinner to support Trevor and the Sullivan Family! Seaholm High School Greenfield Elementary School Friday, May 1 6-9 p.m. $8 per adult, $5 per child, or $20 per family. There will be a 50/50 Raffle, Bake Sale & Silent Auction 2436 W. Lincoln Street Birmingham MI 48009 PHONE: (248)203-3700 FAX: (248) 203-3706 TO REPORT ABSENCE: 248-203-3700 Press 2 For more information See us at: seaholm.birmingham.k12.mi.us NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION: The Board of Education is committed to maintaining a learning/working environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect, free from discrimination and harassment. There will be no tolerance for discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, disability or age. The District prohibits harassment and other forms of discrimination whether occurring at school, on District property, in a District vehicle, or at any District related activity or event. The Superintendent will designate compliance officers and develop and implement regulations for the reporting, investigation and resolution of complaints of discrimination or harassment. The following people have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies: Students Inquiries related to discrimination on the basis of disability should be directed to: Executive Director of Special Education, 31301 Evergreen Road, Beverly Hills, MI 48025, 248.203.3000. Direct all other inquiries related to discrimination to: Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, 31301 Evergreen Road, Beverly Hills, MI 48025, 248.203.3000.