VIKING NATION NEWSLETTER August, 2017
Viking Nation, Welcome to another year! I’m sure your student finds this letter arriving in the mail to be the passing of summer fun and you might see it as future relaxing moments. We are off and running here in the building getting prepared for another year. Mazama has added several new faces this upcoming school year and I would like to let you know who is joining our team. Please stop by and introduce yourself if you are in the building. Justin Davidson, Health and PE Amanda Hewitt, Science Paige Denson, GOALS Sarah Bandfield, Language Arts and Yearbook Benji Henslee, Business and Sr. Seminar Caresse Robertson, Choir Brent Hakanson, Orchestra One new program the district is requiring of all seniors is coming on line this school year. It will be required at all buildings and might be named different things, but Mazama has called it Sr. Seminar. It will include a variety of topics that will prepare our graduating students for their next steps, whether this might be college, armed service or the workplace. This program has been designed and will be taught by Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Penrod and Ms. Henslee. We are pleased to offer this information for you, whether you are a student. Parent, community member or a potential community member looking to include your student in Viking Nation. You will find a wealth of important information, registration materials, activities calendars, links to staff email addresses and phone numbers. We also hope you will find our school and district website useful and informative. The Mazama High School community has been a longtime supporter of all the programs we offer here at MHS and we want to continue this partnership with the community and parents of our students for many years to come. Once again, I would like to welcome all students, new and old, to Mazama High School. Steve Morosin, Principal MAZAMA HIGH SCHOOL PHONE NUMBERS Main Office Guidance Office Athletic Office Attendance Office
(541)883-5024 (541)883-5031 (541)883-5032 (541)883-5027
Fax (541)883-5044
Fall 2017/2018
Business Day! Tuesday, August 29th We are already looking forward to next year! Our business day for next year will be on Tuesday, August 29th. This will be a day to update your student’s registration information, pick up first semester schedules, pay fees, get your student’s locker assignment, take care of parking registration and have your fall picture taken and receive your student body card.
9th Graders
8:00 am
10th Graders
9:30 am
11th Graders
12:30 pm
12th Graders
2:00 pm
Get your Fall Picture Taken
Get your Student Body Card
Update Your Registration Information
Pick up Your First Semester Schedules
Pay Your Fees
Get Your Locker Assignment
Get Your Parking Permit
Find Your Bus Information
Welcome back! The fall registration procedures for both new and returning Mazama High School students are outlined in the following material. ALL RETURNING MAZAMA STUDENTS SHOULD ATTEND BUSINESS DAY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 29TH. District wide registration for new (not incoming freshmen from Brixner) students is scheduled for August 21st. The office at Mazama is open and available for you to register every day from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Students registering in August must meet with a counselor or an administrator before receiving a schedule. Counselors will be available by appointment for scheduling students beginning Wednesday, August 23rd from 8:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.—3:30 p.m. The first day of school for freshmen will be Tuesday, September 5th. This is a mandatory orientation day for freshmen only. For all other students, the first of school will be Wednesday, September 6th. Picture Day. Pictures will be taken at Business day on August 29th. Retakes are scheduled for October 27th. Lifetouch Photography will be mailing flyers to your home with picture information. All students will have their pictures taken. This picture generates their student body card and will also be their picture in the yearbook. You do not have to purchase pictures. Fall Athletic Practices. Practices for football, soccer, cross-country and volleyball begin on Monday, August 14th. All students need to have a physical examination and Parental Permission forms on file before participating. Call Mazama Athletic Office at (541)883-5032 for specific details. You can print these forms from the Klamath County District Office web site, www.kcsd.k12.or.us. School Insurance. An insurance brochure will be available providing information regarding the cost of insurance, how to obtain it, the coverage, and how to establish a claim. The brochure may be picked up in the Athletic Office and will also be passed out to students the first week of school. Private insurance or school insurance is required for any student participating in athletics. Automotive Privileges. A parking lot is provided for the students who drive. The students may purchase a parking registration tag for $5.00. Students will need to fill out a form regarding registration information and will have to show proof of insurance. After the registration tag has been purchased, it should be placed on the vehicle’s rear view mirror or on the dash above the steering wheel. Students will be ticketed for parking without a registration tag. Mazama Nurse. We do not have a full time nurse. We are not allowed to give out any medication (including over the counter medication) without a Medical Permission Form filled out by the parent. If your student has a prescription, we will keep that in the nurse’s office and dispense as directed. We do not supply cough drops, Tylenol, ibuprofen, etc. Inhalers and a daily dose of an over the counter medicine (in the original bottle) may be kept with your student with a Self Medication Form signed by the parent and Principal. PE Uniforms. Mazama High School charges $20.00 for a PE uniform, which will consist of a high quality t -shirt and shorts. These uniforms are required for all PE and weights classes and can be used multiple years. Student Lockers. All students will be required to purchase new locks for their lockers if they do not have the lock they used at Mazama the previous year. Lockers are issued at the beginning of the year. Each student will be assigned a locker and all changes will be handled through the Attendance Office. The student is responsible for the care and contents of the locker. There are periodic locker checks to check the condition of the locker. Students will be responsible for the expense of repairs. Students are cautioned against giving their locker combination to anyone. Locks will be sold to the students at a cost of $7.00. Only locks sold by the school may be used on school lockers. Any lock that is not approved will be removed immediately. Report any locker problems to the Attendance Office. We advise against bringing valuables to school. Supplies. We do not send out a supply list. Each classroom teacher will inform their students of needed items. Students should bring basic items such as a pencil, pen and paper the first day of school. ASPIRE Program. The ASPIRE program assists high school students in the process of accessing training and education beyond high school and is manned by adult volunteers.
Tutorial Program. Mazama High School will continue with one of its most innovative and data supported programs that supports and enhances student learning and overall student success. The tutorial period for the 2017/2018 school year will be offered Wednesdays as an extension of 4th period. The tutorial period allows students to access individualized help in subject areas in which they need additional help, or need to complete make-up work. Most tutorial days are not mandatory, but students may be called in by a teacher if the student is needing help. We urge you to make sure your student is using this valuable time if needed. Klamath County School District’s policy regarding tobacco, controlled substances and alcohol. We do not expect that the policies regarding alcohol, drugs, and tobacco will be relevant to most of you; however, we want all Mazama parents and patrons to know we take these things very seriously and we are doing our best to provide a good learning environment for your student. Therefore, we do all we can to insure that our students are in school as much as possible and that, while they are here, they are not subject to substances that are harmful to them. Possession, sale, or use of tobacco, alcohol, or drugs on the Mazama campus is strictly prohibited at all times. VIOLATION OF OUR ALCOHOL AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE POLICY WILL RESULT IN SUSPENSION AND/OR EXPULSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH DUE PROCESS HEARING PROCEDURES OF THE KLAMATH COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Affirmative Action Policy. It is the policy of Mazama High School and the State Board of Education that there will be no discrimination or harassment on the grounds of race, color, sex, marital status, religion, national origin, age or handicap in any educational program, activity or employment. Persons having questions about equal opportunity and nondiscrimination should contact the Principal of Mazama High School, Mr. Steve Morosin (541)883-5024 or the Superintendent of County Schools, Mr. Greg Thede (541)883-5000. Free or Reduced School Meals. Applications for free or reduced lunches are located on online or can be picked up at the Mazama office. Forms filled out at the school can be immediately processed. A new form is required at the beginning of each school year. We do not allow students to “charge” their breakfast or lunch. Breakfast at the high school level is $1.90 and lunch is $3.05.
Student Fees You may pay fees in the Mazama High School Main Office. We do not have an ATM/debit/credit card machine. You may pay by cash, check or money order. We encourage students to buy a student activity card which entitles them to free admission to all of our home athletic games (excluding play off games) and other discounts throughout the school year. Student fees are non-refundable. We do not allow any charging, this includes the cafeteria.
Student Activity Sticker
$15.00
Yearbook
55.00
Foreign Language Spanish Class
10.00
Foreign Language German Class I & II
15.00
Anatomy Class
25.00
Art/Sculpture/Design
15.00
Foods Class
10.00
Manufacturing/Drafting
10.00
Engineering Design
15.00
Auto Class
10.00
Forensics
15.00
Physics/Psychology/Robotics
10.00
Sports Medicine
10.00
Advanced Chemistry
20.00
Parking Tag Senior customized parking (additional)
5.00 15.00
Hall/PE Combination Lock (each)
7.00
P.E. Uniform
20.00
FBLA Dues
30.00
Health Occupations Dues
35.00
Band/Choir/Orchestra Participation
50.00
Athletic Participation Fee ($400 max per family per year)
100.00 per sport per year
MAZAMA BELL SCHEDULE 2017/2018 Bell Schedule Monday-Tuesday-Friday Period 1 Period 2 Break Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Lunch Period 6 Period 7
8:15 9:10 10:00 10:15 11:10 12:05 12:55 1:35 2:30
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9:05 10:00 10:10 11:05 12:00 12:55 1:30 2:25 3:20
THURSDAY Period 1 Break Period 3 Period 5 Lunch Period 7
8:15 9:45 10:00 11:35 1:05 1:50
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Wednesday Professional Development Period 2 9:15 Break 10:45 Period 4 11:00 Tutorial 12:35 Lunch 1:15 Period 6 1:50 -
7:45 10:45 10:55 12:30 1:15 1:45 3:20
ADVISORY/ASSEMBLY 9:45 9:55 11:30 1:05 1:45 3:20
Period 1 Period 2 Break Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Assembly/Advisory
Lunch Period 6 Period 7
8:15 9:05 9:55 10:05 10:55 11:45 12:35 1:05 1:45 2:35
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9:00 9:50 10:00 10:50 11:40 12:30 1:05 1:40 2:30 3:20
Mazama High School Administration and Staff 2017/2018 Administrative Staff Steve Morosin Vic Lease Randy Rose Joanie Rote Counseling Jessica Radmaker Reichardt Mike Rooney Armando Ojeda Secretaries Sheri Kinnan Julie Larman Joy Lease Patty Rajnus Karen Wynne Para Professionals Cindy Beeson Wendy Crowell Deanna Edwards Lana Gober Candace Horton Mike Lauer Mike Long Sherry Markus Lauryn McCroskey Ruby McGinnis Garreth Morrow Kim Nutter Hannah Owens Christine Palmer Leah Reynolds Becky Stier Elena Trujillo Terri Wagner Bonnie Wickersham Cooks Vicky Stork Sherri Cox McKenzie Gonzalez Dyanna Phetteplace
Principal Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Assistant Principal/Curriculum Director Teen Parent Services Coordinator Counselor 11th & 12th Grades Counselor 9th & 10th Grades Pathways Advisor Registrar Secretary to the Principal Attendance Secretary Bookkeeper Athletic Secretary GOALS Viking Babies Viking Babies GOALS Bridges GOALS GOALS Library Band Viking Babies Bridges GOALS Resource Resource Office/Student Resource GOALS ELL Bridges GOALS Cook’s Manager Assistant Cook Assistant Cook Assistant Cook
Custodian Polo Flores Russell Dean Brandon Mancebo Dave Weitnauer Jim Yoder Faculty Sarah Bandfield Sergio Cisneros Linda Cooper Justin Davidson Jennifer DeForrest Paige Denson Laura Estes Beau Fullerton Brent Hakanson Stephanie Harris Sharon Henry Benji Henslee Amanda Hewitt Rob Izzett Emma Milstead Kaci Mitchell Crystal Murphy Ivan Murphy Cathy Nevala Laura Nickerson Todd Nickerson Jennifer Ojeda Kelly Patzke Matt Penrod Clint Radford Caresse Robertson Dan Solyst Lisa Stringer Jeff Sturgeon Kristi Sturgeon Sally Taylor Jeremy Throne Kathy Todd Steve Walker Barb Whalen Mike Whalen Sean Wilcox Steve Woodwick
Head Custodian Custodian Custodian Custodian Custodian Assignment English/Yearbook Business English PE/Health English/Drama GOALS Social Studies/Horticulture PE/Health Orchestra Special Education Bridges Business/Sr. Seminar Science Band English Special Ed/Service Learning Special Education Math Art Science/Robotics Psychology/Econ/History Spanish Social Studies Social Studies/Sr. Seminar Science Choir Math English/Video Production Manufacturing Health/Student Govt. Math Science German/English Automotive Foods Math/ROTC ELL Science/Health
Christie Cahill Jim Kochenderfer Jaime Zakour
District Nurse ASPIRE Speech
Room # 46 53 33 Gym/44 51 29 9 Gym/57 66 35 54 55 32 66 48 52 12 47 19 23 11 31 5 7 38 68 56 55 18/26 45 58 27 43 24 17 49 42 34
Mazama Counseling Office: Sheri Kinnan – Registrar kinnans@kcsd.k12.or.us 541-883-5031 Armando Ojeda – College and Career Pathway Advisor ojeada@kcsd.k12.or.us 541-851-8839 Mike Rooney – 9th and 10th Grade School Counselor rooneym@kcsd.k12.or.us 541-851-8835 Jessica Radmaker Reichardt – 11th and 12th Grade School Counselor radmakerj@kcsd.k12.or.us 541-851-8834 The Mazama Counseling Office will be open daily starting on August 23, 2017. You may contact Sheri Kinnan throughout the summer to register for school or request transcripts. 2017-2018 Class Schedules: All students were able to view and edit their schedules for the 2017-2018 school year before they left for summer break. Students were reminded to take care of scheduling needs via in class announcements, intercom announcements, TV announcements, e-mails, and on the Mazama Vikings Facebook page and the Mazama Counseling Facebook page.
If you feel like you still need to edit your schedule, please make sure you see your counselor before classes begin on September 5th. Please note that your class choices will be limited since most students took care of their scheduling needs before they left for break. There should be absolutely NO schedule changes once school beings on September 5 th. Senior Seminar: Starting this school year, all seniors will be enrolled in Senior Seminar. Senior Seminar is a yearlong class divided into four main sections: Senior Project, Personal Finance, Career Readiness, and College Readiness. In this class students will: work on their Senior Project with weekly guidance from their teacher, learn Personal Finance curriculum, explore careers using Oregon CIS, complete professional resumes and cover letters, practice job interviewing skills, and walk through the steps to prepare for college (choosing a college, applications, financial aid, scholarships, award letters, etc). Senior Seminar teachers will be: Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Penrod, and Mrs. Henslee. Senior Seminar is a graded class and students will receive high school credit for successfully completing the class. Like us on Facebook: Like Mazama Counseling on Facebook for all school counseling announcements and events!
SENIOR PHOTO DEADLINE: November 3rd, 2017 Dear Members of the Class of ’18, Parents, Guardians, and Photographers: This year, as in years past, Mazama High School’s yearbook will be distributed in late May or early June before graduation instead of the fall after seniors graduate. So, to meet our deadlines for the yearbook, we need all senior color photos by November 3, 2017. You and your senior have three options available for portraits: (1) During portrait day, Lifetouch Photography took school portraits for seniors and will upload the photographs into our yearbook program. These photographs will meet all the requirements listed below and will be taken in time to meet the deadline. These photographs are the default photo for your senior if a senior photo is not submitted or not suitable. (2) You may choose a professional photographer of your own. However, if you do so, the photograph must meet the requirements listed below. Since we will accept only professional portraits that meet these requirements, please be sure your photographer understands and follows them. You should take this letter with you, in case the photography studio no longer has its copy. It is your responsibility to ensure that your photographer knows the deadline. The photographer can submit the photo to Ms. Bandfield through email or by bringing in a disc with the image saved to it. (3) Professional photography is expensive. Have someone take a nice picture and have it put either on a CD or email it to Ms. Bandfield as an attachment. Bring the photo disc to Ms. Bandfield, and the yearbook staff will crop or scan to the correct specifications. Please see numbers 3-6 below to ensure a quality photograph in the yearbook. Professional Photo requirements: 1. The ONLY way to submit a photograph is through email or save the photo on a disc or a thumb drive. Please email the photograph to bandfields@kcsd.k12.or.us or bring in a disc with the senior’s first and last name printed clearly on the disc. 2. The top of the head must be ¼ inch from the top of the photograph. 3. Basic frontal or ¾ view—please no back shots. 4. Background: any style or color is fine. 5. Any suitable clothing: standard school dress is fine. 6. We will not accept props or other people or pets in the photo, soft focus, glamour drapes, low cut dresses, double images, silk matte, or pearl finishes.
Please remember, it is your responsibility to make sure that we receive a photo which meets the above requirements. If we do not have your photo, or it does not meet the requirements, we will use your Lifetouch photo. These specifications allow us to print the best possible photo of you. It is the studio’s responsibility to inform the Mazama yearbook adviser if it cannot meet the above specifications. Given sufficient time, we will do our best to inform you and the studio of any problems regarding your senior color portrait for the yearbook. We appreciate your cooperation and timeliness with respect to these matters. If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Bandfield, yearbook adviser at 541-883-5024 or bandfields@kcsd.k12.or.us.
TARDY POLICY DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED BY MAZAMA STAFF & ADMINISTRATION The Mazama Staff and Administration believe that it is our duty to prepare and educate our students to become the most productive citizens as educationally possible. Our student body is our number one priority. Punctuality and reliability are characteristics that must be in place before a student’s graduation. Our goal is to prepare all students and achieve a 100% graduation rate. Numerous educational studies have shown and proven the direct correlation between school tardiness and future work tardiness. Thousands of hours of instruction at Mazama are lost each year due to student tardiness; not only is this an individual issue, but also a class issue that affects each and every student. This is not acceptable. On February 1, 2010, Mazama High School adopted a new Tardy Policy that enhances the educational environment and incorporates immediate consequences for student tardiness. PRODUCTIVE-POSITIVE SWEEP TEAMS Teachers at Mazama that have a prep period (no class) will be in an assigned area prior to class beginning. When the tardy bell rings (class start time) these instructors will immediately converse with any student that is tardy. A “Detention-Admit Slip” will be filled out, a copy given to the student, and the student allowed to enter his or her class. NO student will be allowed into class at any time, while class is in session, without some form of an “admit slip.” All Detention Admit Slips will be turned into the Attendance Office during that class period. If the student receives a detention he or she must serve the 30 minute detention that day unless the tardy occurs during period 6 or 7 and then the tardy will be served the following day. Any detention not served on the assigned day will be forwarded to the Dean of Students and progressive discipline consequences will be issued.
If a student is asked to leave class because he or she is tardy and tried to enter class without an “admit slip” that student needs to find a teacher of the Productive Positive Sweep Team to get an admit slip. If no member is available, the student will report to the Attendance Office to receive an admit slip.
Students who choose not to go to class because they are tardy will be considered truant and be subject to stiffer discipline and possibly be cited for truancy.
Admit slips accepted after class begins will include the following: Detention Slip given by Sweep Team member or Attendance Office,
IF I’M TARDY TO CLASS, WHAT SHOULD I DO AND WHAT HAPPENS? Mazama High School allows plenty of time for students to get to class on time, each day, every period. It is your responsibility to go to class prepared, every period. There are numerous students who attend Mazama over a four-year period and never accumulate one tardy. However, if you are tardy, you must do the following to be allowed to enter class: I. II.
You must have an “admit slip” to class. Find a member of the Productive Sweep Team to get a “Detention Admit Slip.” If no member is present in your area, report to the Attendance Office to receive one and immediately proceed to your assigned class. III. If you receive any type of discipline, take care of it immediately. Discipline not taken care of immediately doesn’t go away, it increases. IV. Always give your correct name and where you are heading to the Sweep Team or Attendance Office. Giving a false or fake name
1st PERIOD TARDIES First period tardies, excused or unexcused, account for over 33% of all tardies at Mazama High School over the entire school day. It is extremely important that each student arrives at Mazama every school morning prepared to learn and be on time. A productive start each day is essential to a student’s growth and learning. According to Oregon State Law (O.R.S. 339.010, 339.030, 339.065) Oregon High Schools and their designated administrators excuse absences and tardies. Excessive tardies, excused or unexcused, during first period place students in a position that inhibits their educational growth. Parents may excuse their child late to first period up to, but no more, than 4 times per semester. All other and future tardies (unless accompanied by a doctor’s note or pre approved) will be considered unexcused. We, Mazama administration and staff, believe that parents, instructors, and administrators seek the same goal for our youth--that is to become the most productive and capable citizens that we can develop.
DRESS CODE POLICY DRESS CODE GUIDELINES: Dress codes are enforced to provide a safe, productive school environment. This provides a model of expectations for most employers and schools in this country. 1. Shoes or sandals must be worn at all times. 2. No hats/head coverings, head bands or doo-rags are to be worn in the buildings or carried to class or in the halls during the regularly scheduled school day. They are to be kept in the student’s locker. 3. No gloves are allowed to be worn in the buildings. 4. Tops that are too large or open on the sides will not be allowed (greater than one hand width from armpit). Tops must have two shoulder straps with 1 inch wide shoulder straps. 5. No excessive cleavage or midriff showing. 6. Top and bottom garments must meet or overlap at all times. 7. Long overcoats/trench coats will not be allowed. 8. All pants must be worn with the waistband at or above the top of the hip bone. Sagging pants must be cinched at the waistband or top of the hip bone. 9. Undergarments are required and must not be visible. 10. Shorts, skirts, or bottoms must be long enough to reach the tip of your fingers when standing straight. 11. Pants with holes: the holes must be below the tip of your fingers when standing straight. 12. Clothing, jewelry, emblems, badges, symbols, signs, hand signs or other items or actions that are evidence of membership, affiliation or promotion of any gang or gang activity shall not be worn, given or displayed. 13. All sharp studded or spiked wrist bands, to include spiked piercings, earrings, necklaces, chains or any other items that might be used as a weapon are not allowed. Such items will be confiscated. 14. Clothing, jewelry, emblems, badges, accessories, or other items promoting or depicting tobacco, drugs, drug paraphernalia, weapons, alcohol, hate violence, profanity, nudity or sexual references, or anything demeaning to others will not be permitted. This includes brand names. NOTE: The School Principal and/or his/her designee reserves the right to determine if dress is inappropriate or disruptive and action is warranted at anytime on school grounds and at all on or offcampus school-related activities/events.