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Weekly Announcements May 11-15, 2020

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

(NEW) CATCH UP ON THE FLASH and 4CAST

Watch the latest episodes of our school broadcast journalism programs:

The 4Cast 5.12.2020: Click Here

The Flash 5.7.2020: Click Here

 

 

(NEW) PARENTS/GUARDIANS OF CURRENT JUNIORS 

Valley Images, our official school photographer, is offering current juniors a FREE senior yearbook photo for next year.  The special offer is valid until June 30th, 2020.  This package includes a two-pose sitting and delivery of the selected photo to the Eastview Yearbook staff at no charge.   You can contact Valley Images at 952-423-1200.  Please go here for more information about next year’s senior yearbook photos and purchasing a Grad Ad for your student as well as the Valley Images offer.

 

(NEW) REGISTER FOR SUMMER ONLINE WRITING WORKSHOPS TODAY

Registration is now open for the Minnesota Writing Project's online writing workshops for kids entering grades 7–12 as well as families with kids entering grades 4–6. As part of the University of Minnesota's Center for Writing, theirsummer camps debuted to much success two summers ago, but because of the pandemic, they’re moving to an online workshop format this summer.

These June writing workshops feature small student/teacher ratios and are led by practicing licensed K–12 teachers who are leaders in their field. Participants will have the opportunity to explore the following writing topics and genres of their interest in a fun and supportive environment:

·  Family Writing Workshop (for families with kids entering grades 4–6)

·  Flash Fiction (grades 7 & 8 and 9 & 10)

·  Harry Potter Fanfiction (grades 7 & 8)

·  Interactive Fiction (grades 7 & 8)

·  Nonlinear Storytelling (grades 9–12)

·  Rhymes, Rhythm, & Poetry (grades 9–12)

·  Scary Stories (grades 7 & 8 and 9–12)

·  Superhero Stories (grades 7 & 8)

·  Young People Destroy Science Fiction and Fantasy! (grades 7 & 8 and 9–12)

These week-long workshops include five hour-long group sessions with a licensed teacher and daily emails with at least two hours of activities as well as reading or writing extension options. The cost of each workshop has been reduced to $125. Only one registration per household is needed for the Family Writing Workshop. Sibling discounts and need-based scholarships are also available! 

More information and registration information can be found on the  Summer Camps webpage. Check out the downloadable flyer or contact Lee Fisher (lcf@umn.edu) with questions.  

 

DISTANCE LEARNING EXTENDED THROUGH END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR

On April 23, Governor Walz announced that distance learning will be extended through the end of the 2019-20 school year. While the decision was expected, it was still disappointing to hear, knowing what it means for our students, families and staff, and how it will impact the important traditions, activities and milestones that mark the end of each school year. We wish we could see students in our schools again this spring, but we recognize the importance of continuing to do our part to combat this public health crisis.   

 

ON-SITE ACTIVITIES CANCELED, GRADUATIONS TO BE DETERMINED

With the governor’s decision comes the cancellation of all cocurricular activities, games, performances, clubs and any on-site events that were scheduled through the end of the school year. Options for graduations are already being discussed, but no decisions have been made. We are exploring options for a modified on-site graduation while maintaining proper social distancing. We know this is what most students and parents would like, but whether it can happen remains to be seen. Many special programs and recognition events that are held at the end of each school year will be canceled, postponed or conducted virtually. 

  • Prom- previously scheduled for May 23rd, has been cancelled.
  • Graduation- Eastview is currently working with our district and our four other high schools to develop an acceptable framework to honor the graduation of our district seniors.  Our goal is to provide the best celebration possible while honoring our Governor’s recommendations for social distancing.  We will keep families informed as more information becomes available. 
  • Senior Party- The Senior Party Parent Committee is working to determine a method to honor seniors in lieu of the traditional party on June 6.   At this time, they are not refunding tickets until they determine a future plan.  However, if there is a financial need to be refunded, please contact: melanie.vincent@medtronic.com. More information will be provided as the parent committee determines how they are going to proceed. 

 

PICKING UP ITEMS FROM SCHOOL/TURNING IN ITEMS TO SCHOOL

We know that many students still have things at school that will need to be picked up before the end of the school year, and they may also have items to turn back into school.   Eastview is still making plans for this and will communicate with families as soon as plans become available. 

 

FEEPAY REFUNDS

All school district fees for spring activities through FeePay will be refunded and processed by the end of the school year.  Student parking passes will receive a two-thirds refund based on the unused days for semester two.  

 

IPAD MAINTENANCE: 

Now that we’re into the 7th week of Distance Learning, it’s time for a little routine iPad maintenance to help you be successful in completing your coursework.

  1. Make sure your iPad is updated to OS13.4.1. If your iPad is not updated, you need to Download and Install the update. (Remember it’s a 2-step process.) 
  2. After you’ve updated your OS, you’ll need to update your apps. Go to Self-Service, tap Reinstall under the apps you have downloaded to update them.

a.    While you’re at home reinstalling/updating your apps one at a time is a good idea to not overload your wifi.

    3.  You need 10-15GB of available space on your iPad to avoid a lot of problems. To free up space:

a.    Delete ALL personal photos/videos and those not needed for Q3/Q4 coursework.

b.    Delete apps not needed for current Q4 coursework.

    4.  Start your day with your iPad charged to 100%.

    5.  Make sure Notability is backing up to Google Drive.

Here are more helpful tips for iPads and apps.

 

LIGHTING FOOTBALL FUNDRAISER & FLOWERS, FLOWERS, FLOWERS!

As we continue to live in these uncertain times, many of us are looking for ways to return to some semblance of “normal”.  Many look to do this by getting outside and working in our gardens.  Eisele Greenhouse has been a tremendous supporter of Eastview and Eastview Football.  They have asked to continue this support and hope that you can support them as well.  During the month of May, they will give back 15% of all sales by Eastview supporters to the Lightning Football Program.  

People can order in store, over the phone, by email, or via their website at: https://www.eiselegreenhouse.com/

Eisele Greenhouse:

8350 160th St W

Lakeville, MN  55044

952-432-7435

pray@eiselegreenhouse.com

**For your convenience, all orders are available curbside pickup THE NEXT DAY between 12-6pm! **

Whether you place an order via email, on their website, in store, or call them directly, we need you to mention Eastview Football or Eastview High School!  Again, 15% of all sales support the Lightning Football program.

We understand that many of you may be struggling with your own financial issues.  Please do not hesitate to reach out if Lightning Football can somehow provide assistance.

We thank Eisele Greenhouse and the Eastview community, families and friends for their continued support.

RISE AS ONE,

EASTVIEW FOOTBALL 2020

 

VIRTUAL CALMING ROOM

Sometimes life can be overwhelming and it can be hard to work through difficult times. One resource that District 196 is making available for families is a virtual calming room, a site with various tools for calming and relaxation, like Sounds & Music, Guided Practice, Smartphone Apps, and more.  This Virtual Calming Room was designed to assist in identifying different strategies for managing emotions. We hope these tools will provide helpful outlets and practices for when life gets tough.

https://www.district196.org/about/calm-room

 

 

PARENT SECTION

SENIOR YARD SIGNS

Attention senior parents!  Looking for a way to visibly honor our Class of 2020 seniors?  Weather resistant 18x24” yard signs are available through a collaboration with the Senior Party Committee and several senior parents, with all proceeds going toward the Class of 2020 Senior Party fund.  Click here to purchase one for your graduate.  Pick-up instructions are on the site and confirmed upon purchase.  #inthistogether

 

COLLEGE AND SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION

(NEW) ATTENTION, SENIORS 

If your post-graduation plans include the Military, please contact molly.wellik@district196.org in the Counseling Office.  

 

(NEW) ACT UPDATE

The ACT is rescheduled for Tuesday, October 6, 2020 for the class of 2021 as a makeup from April 7th. Students will be automatically signed up for this free option and most colleges have assured flexibility with admissions timelines. 

Students have the option to take a national ACT on the weekend before or after this date. Students need to register (www.act.org), pay on their own (or request a fee waiver), and work with ACT should the test date be cancelled or postponed. 

The district 196 schools will not host the June or July national ACT exams due to the coronavirus pandemic. Our schools have not been given permission from the Governor and are unable to follow all safety guidelines per the CDC for these testing environments. Students can try and register at another site for a summer ACT, but if it is cancelled ACT may give you the option to move your registration to a later test date or different location. You will want to work with ACT on any questions related to the national weekend ACT exams and potential cancellations. If a student takes a summer ACT and decides not to take the October 6th in school ACT, they can still request a reimbursement. 

An email was sent last  week to all junior families with additional information and specifics.

Free ACT prep resources are available to all students in their Naviance Student Account, under Resources to Get Ready. Students can learn more about using Naviance Test Prep in this video

 

(NEW) PreACT UPDATE

The Pre-ACT is rescheduled for Tuesday, October 6, 2020. This means that this year’s sophomores ( class of 2022) will take the Pre-ACT at the start of their junior year and will take the ACT on March 30, 2021, as currently scheduled. 

 

(NEW) ASVAB CAREER EXPLORATION WEBINARS

These workshops are for students interested in college, work based learning and the military. Attendees will receive tools to map out post-secondary planning including college and scholarship search, military options and more. 

Drop in hours – every Wednesday at 12 PM CST in May - Register

 

BILINGUAL SEALS AND CERTIFICATE TEST-TAKERS 

You should have received a very important survey in your Collab (.apps) account from Michelle DeMers last week. PLEASE COMPLETE THE SURVEY!  We need this information so that we know what technology you have or might need in order to take the test via distance learning methods. If you did NOT receive this survey or if you have further questions or concerns, please contact me or Janel Hengel, EVHS Administrator.

Thank you!

Liz Perona

EVHS Spanish teacher and World Language Department Coordinator

elizabeth.perona@district196.org

 

ATTENTION ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) STUDENTS - IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING PREPARATION FOR AP EXAMS TO TAKE PLACE MAY 11-22:

Students will need access to their email or College Board account to take the 2020 AP Exams. You can help ensure that you have access in the following ways:

1.  Check the email address you used to create your account on myap.collegeboard.org; students should regularly check this email address for the most recent information about their AP exams.

2.  Students should verify their College Board account at myap.collegeboard.org by clicking on their profile at the top right-hand corner of the page, and going to Account Settings. Students should scroll down to verify their information and confirm that their email address is the one to which they'd like to receive the e-ticket to take their AP Exams. If it's not the correct email, they can update it to an email they check regularly by clicking Update.   For additional help with your College Board account, go to https://pages.collegeboard.org/account-help or call 866-315-6068.

3.  Use of school-issued iPad: If students plan to use their school-issued iPad to take their AP exam(s), make sure that they are fully updated and have 10-15GB of space available.  The iPad Critical Updates document has the steps to update and create more available space: 

iPad Critical Updates

4.  For the most up-to-date information about changes to the 2020 AP exams, go to the College Board website:  https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/coronavirus-updates

 

ATTENTION JUNIORS

  • Use Naviance as a great resource for you right now and utilize the 11th Grade Checklist of items you should be working on.
  • Credit Check- It is critical for your progress towards graduation that you each complete a credit check to insure you have all the necessary courses needed to meet the graduation requirements.  In order to do this accurately, you will need to open up your transcript by going on Infinite Campus (Open EVHS Homepage→ Families→ Infinite Campus→ Use student # as Username & Password→ Reports→ Transcript), and then complete the Credit Checklist that is included here. If you are short on credits or have questions, please notify your Counselor ASAP.  

 

FROM THE EVHS COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

(NEW) MANAGING YOUR CHILD'S WORRIES IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 

Thursday, May 14, 2020 - 6:30-8:30 PM

In this workshop, you will learn:

  • How worry works and what mistakes to avoid when dealing with it
  • How to best respond when your child shares their worries
  • Learn why reassuring your child too much may make things worse
  • What you can put in place at home to help them feel more secure

Register online at NexusFacts.eventbrite.com

 

DAKOTA COUNTY LIBRARY RESOURCES 

-Curbside pick-up is available for items in our branches--see the web page for more info. The basics: 1) Place a hold on our catalog. 2) When you are notified that the hold is available, call to schedule a pickup. 3) Pick up items at your appointment time.

-Ebooks and audiobooks from cloud Library, Hoopla, and RB Digital. 1) Install the app on your iPad. 2) Create an account. 3) Check out materials. 

-Homework help online through HelpNow. Live tutoring via IM, and feedback on essays.

-LearningExpressLibrary for AP and ACT practice tests and study guides.

-Student Cards All Eastview students have a library card that they can use to access any of the above items. Card number is 196###### where ###### is the student's school ID number. PIN can be reset here if student does not know it.

 

Food Scarcity 

According to the school closure guidance received from Minnesota Department of Education, all children 18 and under are eligible to receive free meals. Beginning March 30, breakfast and lunch bags can be picked up at Cedar Park Elementary, Dakota Ridge, Echo Park Elementary, Oak Ridge Elementary and Thomas Lake Elementary from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday-Friday. 

·We will also have five-day meal kits available for drop-off on Monday mornings at convenient neighborhood locations. These kits contain five breakfasts and five lunches. View the list of neighborhood sites.

 

Crisis help - If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please contact Dakota County Crisis Line 952-891-7171, 800-274-TALK, or call 911.

  

No Wifi/Technology Issues

· Free Internet Access at Home - Some internet service providers are offering free Internet access to families for 60 days to help during this time of remote learning.  

· Comcast – Making their Internet Essentials offering for low-income families free for 60 days

· Use the info below to apply:

· https://www.internetessentials.com/covid19 - online application

· Call 1-855-846-8376 for English and 1-855-765-6995 for Spanish

· Includes 25Mbps download/3Mbps upload speeds

· Waiving data limits for existing customers (unlimited data at no additional cost)

 

Transcripts/College or PSEO related questions - Please contact your counselor directly for any transcript, college, or PSEO related questions. Please note the required forms are found on the PSEO schoology group.

 

Distance Learning Questions - We encourage students to set a schedule, be sure to log into Schoology everyday between 9:00-1:00pm, and if you have questions relating to an assignment, please contact your teacher directly. 

We are here to support you and we look forward to seeing you back at Eastview High School soon. Stay healthy and take care of each other!

 

 

ATHLETICS

(NEW) VIRTUAL SENIOR ATHLETIC AWARDS CEREMONY

Be sure to mark your calendars for next Wednesday, May 20th at 7:00 p.m. as we host a virtual Senior Athletic Awards Ceremony!  We will honor our Class of 2020 Seniors who participated in Athletics.  We will recognize all of our Senior Letter Award Winners, Lightning Award Winners, 3 Sport Athletes, all of our Class of 2020 members who will be going on to compete collegiately, as well as our Athletic Department End of Year Award Winners, including our Student-Athlete and Scholar Athlete of the Year Award Winners.  We will post the link at www.eastviewathletics.comas well as on @EVHSAthletics on Twitter.  If you can’t join us next Wednesday, the link will be available for later viewing as well.  Please join us for this first-ever event to honor the Class of 2020 Senior Athletes……there is a lot to celebrate!    

 

(NEW) SPRING SUPER GROUP

Eastview’s spring strength coaches (Shannon Rainey, Troy Swanson, Kurt Habeck) are creating optional weekly workouts for all student athletes to participate in.  Each week there will be Zoom meetings to discuss the workouts for the week, instruction and motivational mindset training.  There will be a balanced approach with focus on strength, speed, and conditioning.  IT’S FREE! 

Below is information on how student athletes can sign-up and a link to our weekly Zoom meetings: 

Super Group – Mondays @ 4:00pm   

Sign-Up Link –  Spring Super Group 2020          

Join Zoom Meeting –   Zoom Link

 

 

EASTVIEW DANCE TEAM TRYOUTS

Due to the cancellation of Spring sports and the extension of distance learning through the end of the 2019-2020 school year, The Eastview Dance Team will not be holding Spring tryouts for the Fall and Winter teams. Tryouts for the Fall Team are tentatively set for the week of August 10. Tryouts for the Winter Team will take place on October 19-20, the first 2 days of the winter competitive season.

If you have not yet registered for auditions, please register now to receive communication about summer training, camps and workshops. Only those registered will be sent information about these opportunities.

Register at lightningdanceteam.com/auditions

Please contact Head Coach, Jenny Raiche (jenny.raiche@district196.org) with any additional questions.

 

EASTVIEW CHEERLEADING INFORMATION

2020-21 Eastview Cheerleading Tryouts for the Varsity Football Sideline and Varsity Competition Team are to be determined at a later date.  Tryouts are open to incoming Freshman and all existing students coming back next year.  If you are interested in cheering at Eastview or if you have any questions, please send us an email to:  eastviewcheerteam@gmail.com.  

In the meantime, feel free to visit the links below to familiarize yourself with cheerleading.  They include our cheer motions for the school song and some material from the Universal Cheerleading Association. It is all optional, but the material might help better prepare yourself for our future tryouts.  Just have FUN with it and see how well you do! 

Cheer Fight Song Link

UCA Tryout Kit Link

Click on the link. Scroll down.  Click on each to get to the material.

Click on Sideline and Cheer.  

Click on Dances

Click on Music

We look forward to seeing you soon.  

Good luck, best wishes and be safe!

The Eastview Cheer Program  -  eastviewcheerteam@gmail.com 

 

ARTS & ACTIVITIES

(NEW) SPRING CHORAL CONCERT AND AWARDS

There will be Virtual Spring Concert & Awards at 7:00pm on Thursday, May 28. More details to follow.

 

EVHS BOOK CLUB

You're invited to read Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger, a Minnesota author.

Barnes & Noble Book Summary

Our discussion will take place the week of May 25th (exact date TBD). Students and/or parents are welcome! Would love to see you there! Here's a portion of the B&N book summary if you don't want to click on the link:

"New Bremen, Minnesota, 1961. The Twins were playing their debut season, ice-cold root beers were selling out at the soda counter of Halderson’s Drugstore, and Hot Stuff comic books were a mainstay on every barbershop magazine rack. It was a time of innocence and hope for a country with a new, young president. But for thirteen-year-old Frank Drum it was a grim summer in which death visited frequently and assumed many forms. Accident. Nature. Suicide. Murder."

 

FCA ANNOUNCEMENT

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is meeting every Monday night at 7 PM in a digital format! We are still getting together and having a blast doing games complete with prizes (we delivered pizzas and jimmy johns to your door last Monday!), music, question and answer time, and great messages delivered by our speakers!  For more information you can join the REMIND app by texting the number 81010 with the message @FCAisfun or joining us on instagram at FCA.evhs.rhs  We are on Instagram live every Monday at 7 PM. Can’t wait to see you there!