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Davison High School

January 13, 2021

Announcements

I am the parent of a senior, how can I celebrate my student?

Answer:

We will be highlighting several students in the DHS Insider each month.

Parents are encouraged to highlight their senior by sending pictures along with a 250 words or less paragraph of accomplishments,

future life plans, current goals, hobbies and a personal message from the family, if desired.

See page 6 of these announcements for specific information regarding this fun way you can celebrate your 2021 Senior.

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Senior Yearbook Quotes

Shared with you below is the link to submit a Senior Yearbook quote. The deadline is January 20, 2021, at 11:59 PM. Please make sure to read the directions.

https://forms.gle/6XSCovdfs4ZQDNke6

“Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.”

Anonymous

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Seniors—have you started your check list for college?

Do you need some help with….

Here’s your answer!!

LOCAL Scholarship applications are ready for you to fill out! This is your chance to win FREE money for college. These are LOCAL

scholarships that are awarded on your senior honors night. Follow these easy directions to start the process:

1. Go to google classroom. 2. Click the plus sign (+) 3. Enter the class code: z4ffurr 4. “2021 Scholarships” will appear 5. Read and follow directions carefully. Scroll down through the many scholarship

opportunities and start filling them out. Someone has to win and it may be YOU!

GOOD LUCK! And remember, DUE DATE for ALL scholarships is March 5, 2021!

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ATTENTION SOPHOMORES!!

Are you interested in getting a head start on earning college credits? Are you a sophomore and want to learn more about Davison Early College?

Please review the smores link below and be sure to click on the

Davison Early College Presentation link provided in the smores newsletter.

The Davison Early College application is now open for interested 10th grade students.

DEADLINE for application submission is Friday, February 26th, 2021!

https://www.smore.com/9twuy

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ATTENTION PARENTS!

If you need to update contact information, phone numbers, or email addresses, you must go to “ParentVue”, select “student info”, then select “edit info”, and make

your changes or corrections. Do NOT go to the registration portal to do this.

You must come in or email the school to:

Student Photo Packages from The Photo Factory

The student photos from The Photo Factory were distributed to face to face

students on Thursday, January 7th, during 3rd hour. If you were absent, you can pick yours up at the main office at the High School.

If you are an ONLINE ONLY student and did not pick your photos up

at the Photo Factory, they can be picked up in the main office at the High School between the hours of 9:40am and 3:00pm.

If you took a Senior Headshot, those were sent digitally by the Photo Factory

directly to the yearbook staff.

Below is information and a link to access virtual tutoring. Parents, please be aware that there must be a third person in the meeting (parent, sibling, another student being tutored) for transparency reasons.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SkR0HWa9iLhSZPxCpd5aCvMEeR09s1J4ABUdMka773Y/edit?usp=sharing

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ATTENTION PARENTS: Senior Highlights

To celebrate our seniors during this historic time, we will be highlighting several students in each month’s DHS Insider. If you would like to get your senior involved,

please email Jane Morrison at jmorrison@davisonschools.org with the subject line: Senior Highlights—(Student’s Name).

The parameters of this project include the following: Less than 250 words, 1-3 pictures of the student, student’s high school

accomplishments, future life plans, current goals, hobbies, and a little message from your family, if desired.

All entries may be edited for space and appropriateness. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Morrison, or call DHS at 810-591-3531.

We would love to get as much participation as possible to celebrate all of the hard work these seniors have put in during the past four years.

ATTENTION PARENTS—Senior Yearbook Recognition Ads

Click the following link for a brief video message regarding how to place an ad for your Senior in our Davison High School yearbook.

https://view.vidreach.io/viewer/reach/f3d87411-c84f-4106-b6a1-fa58357b9b44/2aa069d9-bc23-480c-91c7-7637057a74cf/8bc522a2-63a2-47f8-8f47-

a8c77a8d6f3b?pk_campaign=2aa069d9-bc23-480c-91c7-7637057a74cf

Click on this link to create your ad: https://www.jostens.com/apps/jcom/router.mvc?affiliateId=1064793

Yearbook Ad Deadline: Friday, January 29th

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BOY’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION: See pg. 7 for tryout details. BOY’S SWIM Boy’s Swim will begin on Monday, January 18th, from 2:30—4:30pm at the Kearsley pool. Anyone planning to participate MUST have a yellow all clear card from the athletic office. Yellow cards must be given to Coach Q on the first day of practice. If you don’t have a yel-low card, you cannot participate, NO EXCEPTIONS! Please see Mrs. Bruce in the athletic office to get your yellow card.

WRESTLING This is an update on wrestling practice times. The first day of wrestling practice will be on Saturday, January 16th, at 1:00pm in the wrestling room. Then Monday - Friday at 2:30. Anyone planning to participate MUST have their yellow all clear card from the athletic office. If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Bruce in the

athletic office.

ATTENTION FALL ATHLETES!

Any fall athlete who has not picked up their team pictures,

please do so in the Athletic Office before or after school.

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ATTENTION BOY’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS!! We are excited and hopeful that winter sports are about to begin! This year basketball tryouts will be held on Saturday, January 16th and Sunday, January 17th, in the DHS gymnasium. Please enter through entrance #14 on the west side of Davison High School. All 9th graders will attend from 4:00—6:00pm each day. 10th, 11th, and 12th graders will try out from 6:00—8:00pm each day. There will be an optional “knock off the rust” workout available for anyone trying out for any of the basketball teams from 8:30am—9:30am on both days, Saturday, January 16th and Sunday, January 17th. ALL students must have their gold card prior to January 15th in order to try out. This includes paperwork that must be completed in the athletic office with Mrs. Bruce.

NO GOLD CARD, NO TRY OUT! NO EXCEPTIONS!!

**Every student-athlete must wear a mask the entire time and bring their own bottle of water.**

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If you are interested in qualifying for the National Merit Scholarship Award, you MUST

sign-up to take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT) by January 19th. The test will be given on January 26th at the High School.

This test will be administered much like the SAT. You may only take the test once. If you score high enough, you may qualify to be chosen as a National Merit Scholar.

This honor is looked highly upon by colleges and future employers, plus it could earn you scholarship money for college.

Sign up in the office with Mrs. Sullivan if you are interested in taking the exam.

Picture Retakes!!

Picture retakes will be on Wednesday, January 20, 2021,

at 10:00am. This is for both face to face and Virtual Students.

ALL Senior Headshots MUST be submitted

by Monday, February 1st to be in the yearbook!!

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Monday, January 18 MLK Day—NO SCHOOL Wednesday, January 20 Picture Retakes 10:00am Thursday, January 21 Virtual Band Concert 6:30pm Tuesday, January 26 Virtual Band Concert 6:30pm

There will be NO SCHOOL on the following dates:

Monday, January 18 MLK Day Monday, February 15 Presidents Day

DEADLINES

Tuesday, January 19th Sign up for NMSQT by today with Mrs. Sullivan. Wednesday, Jan. 20th Last day for Senior Quotes. Friday, January 29th Last day for Senior Yearbook Ads Monday, February 1 Senior Headshots for the Yearbook are due on this date! Friday, February 26 Sign up for Davison Early College by this date!

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Genesee County Prevention Coalition Youth Advisory Board

This is in regards to a new youth engagement collaboration forming as part of the Drug

Free Communities grant with the Genesee County Prevention Coalition. As a substance abuse prevention coalition, they focus on reducing risk factors as well as

promoting protective factors in our area youth. The GCPC has developed an initiative that works to bring together a diverse group of high school aged leaders ages 14-19 years from across Genesee County as consultants for promoting substance abuse

prevention in the county.

The Youth Advisory Board (YAB) is a body of young people that will convene on behalf of the Genesee County Prevention Coalition (GCPC) to inform and advise communication strategies that directly impact their peers around substance use. YAB members will be recruited from a wide variety of organizations and schools

throughout Genesee County. The diverse perspectives provided by YAB members will prove invaluable for GCPC’s understanding on how to promote healthy

choices among Genesee County youth.

If you are interested in being a part of this group, please visit this link for more information and the application.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=goxIehnq-0eJ-2gIkP_pEnmrCY715L5Cj1cIXNEPT7BUNVo0NUNOSlM4OTJUSzQ2TVJJNE0yVkpZRSQlQCN0P

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Order your yearbook NOW before the prices go up!

Order online by going to the Jostens yearbook website at jostensyearbooks.com or call 1-877-767-5217 or fill out an order form

and return to the main office at the high school. Order forms can be picked up in the

front office at the high school.

Student Support & Tutoring

DHS is offering student help time every school day, Monday through Friday, from 2:11pm to 2:41pm.

During this help time, DHS teachers will be supporting and tutoring our students in either Google Meet/Zoom meeting, or in a face to face meeting.

Please contact your teacher(s) for support or tutoring.

ATTENTION SOPHOMORES!

Any 10th grade student in good standing attending school in Genesee County may apply for the Judge Marable Student of the Month/Year Award.

The purpose of the award is to encourage Flint area high school students to focus on

academic achievement and career goals. Each month a student is recognized and awarded a certificate and $75 cash. The award is based on completion of an

application and essay. Awardees will be invited to visit the 67th District Court and shadow Judge Marable for a day.

Please visit the attached link for application and details.

http://judgemarable.net/Students%20Of%20the%20Month%20Year.htm

NHS Tutoring Tuesday & Thursday

Volunteers from NHS will be offering tutoring after school every

Tuesday and Thursday in the Library from 2:15—2:45

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Care Team Hospice Opportunities

The Care Team Hospice is currently looking for volunteers for two programs. The first is a pen-pal program with current patients in hospice care.

This opportunity requires student consent agreeing to not share any patient information as well as a parent consent if they are under 18.

The second opportunity is for in-person volunteering with hospice patients providing companionship/caregiver respite. To volunteer for this position, you must be 16 years

old and have a valid state ID/driver’s license for a background check. You will also need to have a negative TB test and to attending training. This oppor-

tunity is mainly on hold due to COVID restrictions, however, we are still contacting interested volunteers to create their file with the intent to continue

onboarding them as restrictions are lifted.

For any questions, please contact Ashley Gordon, Volunteer Coordinator at The Care Team Hospice at 833-483-2272 or 810-407-4001.

For any questions about current Community Service opportunities or your hours,

please contact Mrs. V. in the Career Center.

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Athletic Signing Ceremony Dates 2020-2021

The athletic signing ceremonies for the 2020-2021 school year are planned for the following dates:

Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Wednesday, April 14, 20-21

These ceremonies will be held in the auditorium at 5:00pm.

If you are signing a letter of intent to play your sport at the collegiate level, please

stop by the athletic office to sign up for one of these signing ceremony dates. If you have any questions, please see Mrs. Bruce in the Athletic Office.