PARMA HIGH SCHOOL
137 Panther Way
Parma, ID 83660
March 29, 2019
PHS Parents and Guardians,
The last two months of this school year are upon us! April proves itself to be an extremely busy month, from SAT testing, ISAT testing, FFA State Leadership Conference, and all the spring athletic events. This month we will also see construction begin around campus. This has been a long awaited day since our community voted to approve the bond last August. You will see “staging areas” around campus starting just after spring break. These areas are completely off limits to everyone. These areas will be restricted work areas for construction crews. Work is expected to begin first on the Ag building expansion, the band room expansion, and the removal of the old football bleachers and berm. Some areas of campus that will be affected in this first stage will be the following:
- Students will not be walking to and from the Ag building through the Commons for the remainder of the spring. They will be asked to go out through the back door of the gym and walk alongside the gym building to the back of the Ag shop to enter the building. Students are not allowed to drive from the high school to the Ag building. This area in the front of the Ag room on McConnell Ave. will be where trucks will be entering these work areas.
- Students will now have band class in the wrestling room. The Commons stage will be off limits to all.
- Students going out to the track/football field for PE or athletic events will be limited to a walk path next to the baseball field and down the fence to enter behind the black rail-car through the maintenance gate. Anyone who wishes to use the track/football field facility will need to abide by this same entrance path.
- There will be one small section of the high school parking lot that will not be available for parking. This section will be the parking stalls that go from the main entrance to the Bruce Mitchell entrance closest to the baseball field.
Teachers were able to spend Friday, March 15th grading and preparing the mid-semester grades. Updated grades were posted on the Tyler SIS Parent Portal Thursday, March 21st. If you have trouble viewing your student’s grades, please be sure you are looking at Semester 2 grades or Term 3 grades.
Some important dates to remember for this month are:
SAT testing for juniors is April 9th
Incoming Freshmen Orientation will be April 16th
ISAT testing for sophomores will occur the week of April 22nd-26th
ASB Officer Elections will occur mid- April
Class Officer Elections will be mid-April
There is a District In-service Day on April 19th
The FFA Banquet will be April 22nd
Junior/Senior Banquet will be Wednesday, April 24th and Prom will be April 27th
BPA National Conference will be April 30th through May 6th
As you can see from this partial list above, we have a number of different events happening in April. Attendance is vital during the next two months with all these very important activities on our school calendar.
The March Madness event was postponed due to the amount of class time our PHS students had missed the end of February and beginning of March. The ASB officers and Leadership class will be working on a new date, event details, and will share that information the first week of April.
One final reminder, please take some time to review with your student the student handbook. The policies that need our review from both school staff and parents are: the electronic device policy on page 18, the student responsibilities policy on page 24, and the dress code policy on page 25. Warmer weather is on its way, so please help all students remember appropriate clothing choices for this spring. Teachers will be reviewing these with students, but I always find that if parents are reminding students at home, we have better success here at school. Thank you for helping in this matter.
As always, if you have any questions regarding any of this information please feel free to contact me at the high school office at 208-779-4069 option #4.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Monique Jensen
Parma High School Principal