Weekly Announcements for Skyline High School
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Virtual Concert Links:
Here are links to some of the concerts we have had at Skyline.
- Bands Holiday Concert: https://youtu.be/pMiSQCWPCLQ
- Choir Concert: https://www.ksl.com/watchit/event/47444
Coming soon – Dance Concert and Orchestra Concert.
Updated Calendar Changes for January
The Granite School District Board of Education made additional changes to the 2020-2021 Granite School District Calendar at the December 1, 2020 Board meeting.
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING CHANGES:
- January 13th and 14th are now Teacher Contract Days (student recess days) The end of term will still be January 14th.
- March 25th is now a Teacher Contract Day (student recess day).
- This may change the A/B calendar after March 25th. We will send out the new A/B calendar as soon as it is available.
NHS Tutoring Online
Skyline National Honor Society is offering FREE tutoring virtually! Tutoring takes place on Zoom from 3:00-4:00 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. To access tutoring sessions, go to the website https://sites.google.com/tward.net/skylinetutors/home. Hope to see you there! Flyer is attached.
Construction Update:
There is a website that shows plans and updates: https://gsdfuture.org/skyline-high-school/
Calendar of Events:
You are welcome to go to the Skyline website to see all calendaring events. The website is: https://schools.graniteschools.org/skylinehigh/calendar/
Due to Covid-19 guidelines and the need for contact tracing – all school events will require a ticket to enter and only Parents of the players will be able to purchase tickets. Coaches should keep you informed if you have a player on the team, and how to get tickets to home and away games.
Students may watch games live – the current games links can be found on our webpage at https://schools.graniteschools.org/skylinehigh/. They should be updated the day of the game.
Dec 19th
10:00 a.m. Girls Wrestling @ Hunter
Dec 28th
8:30 a.m. Boys Basketball Tournament @ Oly vs Woods Cross (S 8:30 a.m. JV 10 a.m. V 1:00 p.m.)
Dec 29th
8:30 a.m. Boys Basketball Tournament @ Oly vs Park City (S 8:30 a.m. JV 10 a.m.)
Dec 30th
11:00 a.m. Girls Basketball vs Riverton (V 11:00 a.m. Fresh 12:45)
4:00 p.m. Boys Basketball Tournament @ Oly vs Mt. Ridge (S 4:00 p.m. V 7:00 p.m. JV 8:30 pm.)
Dec 31st
2:30 p.m. Boys Basketball Tournament @ Oly vs Bountiful (S 2:30 p.m. JV 4:00 pm V 5:30 p.m.)
Jan 5th
Community of Caring Blood Drive
3:30 p.m. Girls Basketball vs Murray (S 3:30, JV 5:15 V: 7:00)
3:30 p.m. Boys Basketball @ Murray (S 3:30, JV/Fr 5:15 V: 7:00)
Jan 6th
5:30 p.m. Girls Wrestling @ Hunter
Jan 7th
3:30 p.m. Swimming @ Olympus
5:00 p.m. Wrestling @ Cottonwood (JV 5:00 V 6:00)
Jan 8th
3:30 p.m. Girls Basketball @ Hillcrest (S 3:30, JV 5:15 V: 7:00)
3:30 p.m. Boys Basketball vs Hillcrest (S 3:30, JV/Fr 5:15 V: 7:00)
Jan 9th
9:00 a.m. Wrestling Tri Duals @ Highland
Looking Ahead:
- December 18th Winter Recess begins at the end of school December 18th (which is a distance learning day).
- January 4th Students return from Winter Recess
- January 13th and 14th are now Student Non-Attendance Days (NO SCHOOL in person or online)
- January 14 End of Term
- January 18th NO School – Martin Luther King Day
- January 19th 2nd Semester begins PTSA Section
- Participate in PTSA’s Thankful Thursday –
Each week from now until winter break, let’s pass some thanks around. For the next six weeks,
here are six ways to be thankful.
- Week 1 – Thank your current teacher
- Week 2 – Thank someone who supports you (Principal, Aide, Lunch Lady, Bus Driver, Neighbor, Friends, etc.)
- Week 3– Thank your raisin’ (the person raising you, or supporting you)
- Week 4 – Thank a past teacher
- Week 5 – Thank a student (Teachers, staff, and students – recognize a student who could really use a lift)
- Week 6 – Thank it forward (sincerely thank a stranger, or anyone who could use a smile)
Membership Drive – Join PTSA Today!
Just a reminder it is not too late to join PTSA. Go to https://webstores.activenetwork.com/school-software/skyline_high_scho63u/and find the PSTA Membership Link.
If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to help please feel free to email me, Ashli Storheim, the PTSA President. ashlistorheim@gmail.com
Counseling Center Section
Regent’s Scholarship ACT Update
The Regent’s Scholarship has removed the ACT requirement for the class of 2021 ONLY. When in the ACT section of the scholarship application students will need to enter a 22 for all the blanks and pick a random ACT date. For more information please see the following links:
Here is a link to the checklist for the class of 2021: https://ushe.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/scholarship/RS/2021_app-checklist-FAQ.pdf
Here is the link to the information for all other grade levels: https://ushe.edu/state-scholarships-aid/regents-scholarship/regents-future-applicants/. The Planning Guide on this link is extremely useful.
Granite Online Classes
Granite Online classes are available for interested students. These classes are held online and are IN ADDITION to the classes on your Skyline schedule. Enrollment is now open through April 6, 2021, with classes beginning September 4, 2020. All coursework and tests must be completed no later than May 4, 2021. Students can enroll in one quarter of a class at a time but may complete multiple quarters over the course of the school year. The cost is FREE and students can start at any time. Enrollment forms can be found in Counseling Center or on the Skyline Counseling Center website. Return completed enrollment forms to your counselor.
***Driver’s Ed through Granite Online is full for 1st semester. Enrollment is still open for other classes. ***
SENIORS
Seniors, if you need a letter of recommendation for your Common App college applications, be sure to personally request a letter from your teacher, counselor, or mentor. You will want to fill out the Letter of Recommendation Request Form to give to your recommenders so that they have more information about you and can write you a more detailed letter. You can find the request form in the Counseling Center or ask your counselor to email you an electronic copy. Good practice is to give your recommenders two weeks’ notice prior to the application deadline. The general University of Utah application DOES NOT require letters of recommendation. If you have already submitted your Common App applications and require a counselor recommendation for any of your choice schools, please reach out to your counselor.
Career Center Section
Upcoming Events
Seniors
If any of you need help with your Parchment Account or College Applications, please come to the Career Center. We have a College Access Advisor this year, Nicole Alley.
FAFSA If you are needing help completing your FAFSA application, contact the Career Center at this time to get help from counselors and college advisors. There is another virtual FAFSA night scheduled on Friday, January 8th from 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Meeting ID: 835 7810 6917 passcode: 679728
See Miss Alley in the Career Center for the required documents that you will need to complete the FAFSA.
Scholarships:
The scholarship deadline for Utah State University is January 10th. Please make sure you submit your scholarship applications before then. Please remember, for some scholarships you have to have applied and been admitted before you submit the applications. If you have any questions about these scholarships contact Ms. Alley in the Career Center.
For the University of Utah Merit Based Scholarships, you need to have applied for admission by February 1, 2021. For Freshman Needs Based Scholarships, you need to have applied to the university by February 1, 2021 and have completed the FAFSA by then.
National ACT
The next National ACT offered at Skyline will be February 6, 2021 .
Our State ACT for Juniors will be offered on March 23rd free of charge.
Concurrent Enrollment If your student is taking a concurrent enrollment class 2nd semester, please make sure you have applied to SLCC Concurrent Enrollment. Some classes has a prerequisite to get into the class. If you are in Math 1050 you need to have a score on your ACT of 23 for Math and 18 for Reading. If you do not have a score high enough or you have not taken the ACT, you can take a remote placement test and test into the class. You need to sign up for this test at: testingservices@slcc.edu
You must already be admitted to SLCC to take the placement test.
Class Presentations
These last few weeks we have been visiting social studies classes. We have been giving students the opportunity to take the YouScience Appitude Test. An email was sent to each student with the access code for this assessment. This test is a great way for the students to find their strengths and look at careers that play to those strengths. We hope your students will take this test and explore their results and see what opportunities are out there.
Community of Caring
Have you heard of our class here at Skyline? We are a service-based class and last quarter our students logged over 7,200 service hours!!! That is incredible considering the times we are living in. Even more so than in years past, there is a great need for compassion and service and our students are finding ways to get out and serve! Our class is based on the 5 values of Community, Trust, Service, Honesty and Respect. The students in these classes are amazing and their excitement for helping lift others is astounding. This is truly a happy feel-good class!
We will be starting 2 donation drives next week and these will run through January 7th. First, we will be working with the Utah Refugee Connection gathering NEW warm gloves and hats for the refugees in our community. Second, we will be gathering donations of feminine hygiene products to give to the women’s shelters of Salt Lake. If you would like to donate, we will have boxes set up near the entrance doors of Skyline and in the office as well. We are also happy to collect monetary donations. These can be paid to the office. We would appreciate you and your student’s help to make our donation drives a success! If you have questions, you can contact, Amy Brindley – ambrindley@graniteschools.org.
GO EAGLES!!!!!
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