W ELCOME T O BEAR C OUNTRY ! Senior Parent Night 2013

WELCOME TO BEAR COUNTRY!

Senior Parent Night 2013

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Senior Sweatshirt

Grad Nite @ Six Flags MAGIC

MOUNTAIN

4 Buses, 200 seats Monday, March 4th tickets go on saleOne payment of approximately $190

per studentNO REFUNDS after May 1st, 2013Proper attire requiredSearches before loading busesBuses leave @ 1:00pm May 30th and

return approximately 1:00pm May 31st. More cost effective & better security

PROM NIGHT 2013

Saturday, May 18th, 2013In-Town Location, TBACost (Approximate $65 per ticket)Price includes: transportation, hors

d’oeuvers, and dance venueTickets available starting

beginning of March.Formal attire

Senior Activities During the STAR testing dates: April

23rd, 25th and 30th. Seniors need to be in attendance!

Students are required to be at school during testing week (90% attendance!)

Fun activities might include:Movies, Motivational speakers, Senior Talent Show, Karaoke, Games and other events

Graduation Caps and Gowns Delivered May 22nd !

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4 Extra Graduation Tickets

Yearbook Senior Parents: Celebrate your Senior Student’s Live by

giving the gift of memories with their own page in the yearbook.  There is a limited amount of senior ads available. If you are interested please see Mrs. Rivard at the yearbook table tonight. The senior ads are:◦ $300 Full Page, $200 Half Page, $150 Quarter Page◦ THE LAST DAY TO BUY A SENIOR AD IS TOMORROW

Yearbooks: The price of the yearbook is currently $85 with ASB and $95 without ASB.  We will only be ordering a limited quantity of yearbooks, so if you want to ensure that your student gets a yearbook buy their copy now. The last two yearbooks have sold completely out. 

Yearbook Special tonight only: Buy a yearbook and get a free Merced High School T-shirt (limited sizes and quantities available)

Did your son or daughter not get a yearbook from their freshman year? We have a limited number of 2010 yearbooks available.

Special pricing tonight only: 2010 Yearbook for $10

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Yearbook

90% ATTENDANCE POLICY

180 days, 108 periods

District attendance requirements with NO Exceptions!

Consequences of NOT meeting requirements: NO Senior activities NO Graduation Ceremony

If you receive a notification letter home, your child is in JEOPARDY!

Number of Classes Attended Daily Maximum Periods of Absence

4 72

5 90

6 108

7 126

OBLIGATIONS Students must have all academic, financial and

discipline obligations cleared before they will be allowed to participate in Senior Activities (senior grad night, prom, etc.)

Students must remit payment for their financial obligations in the Student Body Office (Room 101) no later than May 23rd or risk not being eligible to participate in Graduation Ceremonies.

(More Info. Located with Leadership Students at the Back Table)

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4 Extra Graduation Tickets

GUIDANCE

Yellow Danger Notices- April 1-May 10

Red Failure Notices- May 13-May 29

Minimum of 250 hours of Community Service required for “Purple Cord”

Final deadline to submit Community Service Hours:

May 1st

CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION INFORMATION

White robe at Graduation Ceremony for Life-time CSF Members- 10th, 11th, and 12th= 4 semesters(1 in Senior year)

Gold Stole- qualifying and joining for all 8 semesters which is called 100% membership

Seniors who qualify for a 100% membership will be notified by Cindy Davis.

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Prom Ticket

Philosophy of Graduation:

REPRESENTATION OF MHS COMMUNITY EVENTMEN: SLACKS, DRESS SHIRTS, NECKTIES AND APPROPRIATE DRESS SHOESWOMEN: DRESSES/SKIRTS OR SLACKS AND APPROPRIATE DRESS SHOES (BEWARE OF STILETTO HEELS)INAPPROPRIATE DRESS: WORN-OUT TENNIS SHOES, FLIP FLOPS, ADDITIONS TO THE ACADEMIC REGALIA NOT PROVIDED BY THE SCHOOL

Graduation Honors• Gold Cord: 3.5 overall GPA by grad.• White Cap & Gown: 4 of last 6 semesters in CSF• Purple Cord: 250 hrs. of comm. service• Orange Cord: Link Crew• Speaker-at-large: Chosen by competition• Valedictorian Medals: 4.24 GPA• Salutatorian: Next Highest GPA

Sign-ups/Try-outs:

•Performance/Speakers

•Draft due May 10th to Mr. Smoot

•Tryouts – May 15th

•Flag Ceremony – Sign-up in SBO

Graduation Practice:

June 4th, 5th, 6th •Time- 8:30 AM

•Parking in either Tri-college area or stadium side

•Attendance required

Parents:•Seating/ Parking

•Handicapped Individuals

•Balloons and signs not allowed

•No parents allowed on field

•Gates open 5:00 PM

•No access to graduates

Tennis CourtsPool

Graduate ParkingHandicap and Staff

Parking

Tri College

Staging Area

Locker Rooms

Check in Gate

Graduate

Seating

Check in Gate

Graduation Ceremony: June 6,2013

• Students Report 5:45 PM, Flag Ceremony 6:45, Ceremony 7:00

• Parking-Tri-College Center or behind college pool

• No cameras, purses, flowers, balloons

• No cell phone use

• Have Name Card with you

Tickets

• June 6th distributed

• 6 tickets per senior

• 2 additional for attending parent night

• 2 additional for incentive TBA March 15th

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4 Extra Graduation Tickets

SOBER GRAD

Thank You!

Parents, thank you for all that you have done in helping Merced High School be the:

“Home of Scholars and Champions”.

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Grad Nite Ticket