Winters Mill High School Counseling Newsletter May, 2016 · Winters Mill High School Counseling...

Winters Mill High School

Counseling Newsletter – May, 2016

Counselor Assignments

L-R - Ms. Christina Krone,

Department Chair

A-D - Ms. Kristin Cavey

E-K – Ms. Kathryn Castle

S-Z - Ms. Heidi Kohls

Ms. Kathy Barrett, Pupil Personnel Worker

Ms. Sharon Helwig, Registrar

Ms. Connie Swartzbaugh, Secretary


Mr. Eric King, Principal

560 Gorsuch Road

Westminster, MD 21157

410-386-1500

410-386-1501 (Counseling)

410-386-1513 (Fax)

http://www.carrollk12.org/wmh

Calendar Dates for May/June, 2016

5/2/16 PARCC Testing - Revised Schedule - No Advisory

5/3/16 National Teacher Day





5/6/16 Senior Service Hours Due to Ms. Hobson

5/7/16 Senior Prom

5/9/16 AP Testing - Biology - A.M.

5/10/16 AP Testing - French - A.M., Government - P.M.

5/11/16 AP Testing - AP Lang.-A.M.

5/12/16 AP Testing - World History - A.M.

5/14/16 State String Solo and Ensemble Festival




5/21/16 Wind and Percussion State Solo and Ensemble Festival



5/24/16 Spring Instrumental Concert I, 7:00 p.m., W.M.H.S., Auditorium

5/25/16 High School Assessment - Biology - Revised Schedule

5/25/16 Spring Instrumental Concert II, 7:00 p.m., W.M.H.S. Auditorium

5/26/16 High School Assessment - Government - Revised Schedule

5/26/16 Spring Choral Concert, 7:00 p.m., W.M.H.S. Auditorium

5/27/16 High School Assessment - Government - Revised Schedule

5/30/16 Schools/Offices Closed for Memorial Day

5/31/16 Senior Final Exams, Mods 2, 2B, 4B

6/1/16 Senior Final Exams, Mods 2A, 4, 4A

6/2/16 Senior Final Exams, Mods 1, 3

6/2/16 Last School Day for Seniors

6/6/16 Community Awards Ceremony, 7:00 p.m., W.M.H.S. Auditorium

6/8/16 School Awards Ceremony, 9:00 a.m., W.M.H.S. Gymnasium

6/10/16 Graduation, Winters Mill High School Class of 2016

6/16/16 Last Day for Students

6/16/16 Marking Period 4 Ends

6/24/16 Deadline to Register for Summer School

http://www.carrollk12.org/wmh

Music –

Chorus

May is a very busy month for chorus students. We are putting the finishing touches on our spring concert pieces.

The Spring Choral Concert is Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium. Students will need to be

ready for warmups by 6:20 p.m. in the chorus room. This is one of the 2 concerts where admission is charged:

$3.00 for adults, $2.00 for senior citizens, and $1.00 for students. If you can’t afford the admission, please

contact Ms. Bezanson and arrangements can be made.

We are also preparing for all of the senior events. Festival Choir and Vocal Ensemble will perform at graduation

on June 10th at McDaniel College beginning at 7:30. (Students will be given field trip forms for this activity at a

later date.) Festival Choir and Vocal Ensemble will also participate at the school awards assembly on June 8th at

Winters Mill in the morning.

We are going to Toby’s Dinner Theatre to see Peter Pan on Wednesday, May 4th during the school day. June 1st

will be our music awards and reception. More information to come.

Service

Learning

Hours

Seniors, All service hour reflection forms must be turned into Ms. Hobson no later than May 6, 2016. Seniors

must have 75 hours completed to be eligible to graduate. This date is also important for students who have

earned over 300 service hours as they will receive an Exemplary Award at the school awards ceremony.

Juniors, please be aware that the county guidelines mandate you have 55 service hours to acquire senior status

for the 2016-2017 school year. Seniors who do not have 55 service hours will be retained in 11th grade. Winters

Mill policy strongly encourages seniors to have all 75 required hours completed before the start of the senior year

as it is a rigorous year of college and career preparation. Seniors who do not have 75 hours will not be eligible to

participate in concurrent enrollment, hold court for homecoming or board status for clubs, and will not receive the

privilege of parking on school property.

There are many non-profit organizations in the Westminster area where students can complete service hours.

Please see the website for more information.

https://www.carrollk12.org/instruction/curriculum/servicelearning/Pages/default.aspx

Cranberry

Station

Elementary

Carnival

Sign up for 1-hour increments. You may sign up for more than one hour.

When: Saturday, May 14th, set-up at 9 a.m., staying at our table from

10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., clean-up ending at 3:00 p.m.

You can get service learning hours!!!

Contact: Ms. Carter ([email protected]) or Ms. Zavandro ([email protected])

Music –

Instrumental

May 10: Music Booster Meeting 7:30 p.m., W.M.H.S. media center

May 11: Wind Ensemble involved in E.M.S. Concert

May 14: State String Solo and Ensemble Festival

May 21: Winds and Percussion State Solo and Ensemble Festival

May 23: Evening rehearsal (CB, WE, perc)

May 24: Spring Concert I (Perc, CB, WE) 7:00 p.m.

May 25: Spring Concert II (Chamber Groups, Orchestra, Jazz) 7:00 p.m.

June 1: Music Banquet

June 10: Graduation (Selected Percussionists, CB, WE) 6:00-10:00 p.m.

Prom Dresses

Your Happily Ever After prom dress event was a success last month with over 40 prom dresses given away to

girls in need. If you have prom or homecoming dresses, shoes, and or accessories, please consider donating them

for future events. Contact W.M.H.S. staff: Mrs. Heidi Kohls, in the counseling office or Mrs. Kellie Hurst in

room A227.

Model United Nations and

International Club :

Cranberry Station Elementary CARNIVAL

mailto:[email protected]


Ten W.M.H.S. art students had work on display as part of Spotlight on Youth at Manchester Valley High

School. Andrew Dixon won first place in the photography division. Brianna Fleischmann earned third prize in

both the drawing and the mixed media division.

Senior Kayla Shipley’s poster won first prize in our school’s Drug Awareness Poster Contest. All of the entries

were displayed at the 11th and 12th grade school drug awareness assembly in April.

Senior CaSandra Green had a painting juried into the Congressional Art Competition for High School Students

hosted by Congressman Chris Van Hollen. Her painting was on display at the Washington Art Works gallery in

Rockville, MD.

Five senior art students earned their W.M.H.S. Visual Arts Letter. Brianna Fleischmann, Analisa Gaskins,

Laura Heilig, Allison Lamb and Kayla Shipley earned a minimum of 20 points. These points are given for extra

time, effort, and service to the school and community in the area of visual arts. The students’ names are engraved

on the W.M.H.S. Visual Arts plaque which is hung in the G hallway at Winters Mill. The plaque includes the

names of all recipients of a W.M.H.S. Visual Art letter from 2005 to the present.

The W.M.H.S. National Art Honor Society inducted eleven new members into their chapter in April. Welcome

to Keely Barkell, Kelsey Barry, Isabel Bendel-Simso, Lacey Bonner, Julia Carvalho, Anna Lienhard, Hunter

Lowe, Faith Schroers, Hope Schroers, Kate Tye, and Amaya Wells. The ten graduating N.A.H.S. seniors

received their rainbow tassel to wear at graduation. Congratulations to Katie Clemons, Sydney Deutsch, Emily

Dowling, Brianna Fleischmann, Analisa Gaskins, Laura Heilig, Jillian Kinn, Allison Lamb, and Karly Livermore.

Falcon Cards

of Kindness

Falcon Cards of Kindness (formerly known as Random Cards of Kindness) is a club whose purpose is to send

positive, encouraging thoughts to members of our community. We prepare cards for the veterans and guests

during our Veterans’ Day Assembly. We prepare cards for the annual Thanksgiving meal distributed by our food

bank. We organize cards to be sent to Big Mill students who are ill. We send cards to nursing home residents to

brighten their day. We send cards to military people serving abroad.

Falcon Cards of Kindness needs your help. We are looking for cards (thinking of you, blank cards, sympathy,

etc.). The ones you get free in the mail from various charities are great. We cannot use birthday cards, get well

cards, or anything with glitter. (Glitter can get into medical equipment or stick to a military person’s clothing.) If

you are a crafter, we would love any handmade cards. Donations can be sent to the school to the attention of Ms.

Celeste Jordan. Questions?? Email [email protected]

Hosted by C.C.P.S. Counselors and Carroll Community College

October 10, 2016 on the campus of Carroll Community College

Each fall, Carroll County Public Schools and Carroll Community College hosts a large college fair that attracts

over 130 colleges, universities and trade schools. This fall, and for the second year in a row, the fair will be held

on the campus of Carroll Community College from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. This college fair is an excellent opportunity

to peruse the huge variety of schools available to our students; schools that students might otherwise overlook

during their frenzied search for the perfect college. A local college fair is an exceptional opportunity for students

to speak to the very representatives recruiting in this region; a chance to ask specific questions and collect

information from the people who know.

Please mark this date on your calendar. We hope to see you there.

Service

Learning

Hours

Opportunity

SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY

Common Ground on the Hill

Common Ground on the Hill is a multicultural community of musicians, artists, writers, lecturers, actors, and

dancers sharing skills with students of all ages and with one another. In this way, we believe that we can improve

ourselves, our communities and our world as we meet, share, and celebrate our arts and cultures on "common

ground."

Common Ground on the Hill offers two consecutive, but separate, weeks of workshops in music and visual arts,

concerts, dances, dramatic performances, lectures, art shows and more on the campus of McDaniel College.


Service

Learning

Hours,

Continued

These workshops and other events feature professional musicians, artists, dancers, actors, writers and thinkers

from a wide variety of disciplines who hail from all over the United States and beyond, and who come to

Common Ground on the Hill as instructors to teach and perform. Students come to participate in workshops,

attend concerts, play music, dance, paint, weave, make pottery, write, engage in dialogue, learn, share, and much,

much more. Adults and teenagers can take workshops. Children ages 5 to 12 can participate in World Village, our

activities camp. In addition, Common Ground hosts a festival at the end of the two weeks.

A variety of jobs are available, from working in the Hospitality room or World Village and helping at registration,

to assisting with tent set-up and tear-down at the festival. In addition to service learning hours, students also have

the opportunity to earn a free class by volunteering 12.5 hours during the week, or free admission to the festival

by volunteering for a three-hour shift.

This year, the Traditions weeks are June 26-July 1 & July 3-8. The festival is July 9 & 10.

For more information go to: [email protected]. You can also go to Common Grounds’ website,

www.commongroundonthehill.org and complete the online volunteer application. *Click on Festivals to get to the

application.

Graduation

Statement

In order for a senior to be eligible to participate in graduation exercises they must complete the Maryland

State Graduation Requirements by the end of the fourth marking period of their senior year. Seniors who

are required to attend summer school after the date of graduation to make-up or meet requirements will

not be able to participate in graduation exercises until the following year. Check with your senior to be

certain the requirements have been or are scheduled to be met and that course work is being completed

satisfactorily.

Career

Connections

Planning your senior year helps prepare you for further education, career exploration and job skill readiness. An

internship is an effective way to do all of the above. This process should begin early to make sure you are taking

courses that will allow the most options during your senior year.

If there are any rising seniors that are interested in internships for the upcoming fall semester or spring, please

make an appointment to see Ms. Totten immediately so that an internship can be arranged.

Thank you juniors for making the mock interviews a great success! Many positive comments were given about

the professionalism and intelligence shown by our students. Appreciation is in order for all that participated in

this real life experience on April 28th, and the work and preparation that was involved. This is a reflection of what

will continue throughout your adult life in this very competitive world.

Students interested in dual enrollment need to contact counselors to see if they qualify to take courses at Carroll

Community College. The requirements include a 3.0 G.P.A., 94% attendance, and service learning requirement

completed. Students will need to take the Accuplacer test at Carroll Community College. Students can call the

college for testing times. If you have a disability, request special accommodations prior to scheduling your tests

from the Office of Support Services at 410-386-8329. After taking the placement test and receiving your

scores, make a counseling appointment at W.M.H.S. Counselors will help determine your schedule, map out

your course work, and get administrative approval no later than August 19th. Remember the courses that you

take at W.M.H.S. are free, and the courses you enroll in at Carroll Community College require payment. Make

sure you are dedicated to college level coursework!


http://www.commongroundonthehill.org/

http://www.carrollcc.edu/services/disability/default.asp


Craft Show

November 12, 2016 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Right now, we are looking for people who sell

handmade items.

Most of our vendors are part of the C.C.P.S. community

(employees, parents, or relatives).

Our show is growing every year. Come be part of it.

ALL money collected from table fees, food, and door

prizes goes to the Falcon Fund, which helps needy

students in our community.

Contact Celeste Jordan ([email protected]) for more

information or fill out the form on the next page.

Find us on Facebook: Winters Mill HS Craft Show


Falcons Helping Falcons Craft Show

Saturday, November 12, 2016 8 am to 1 pm


Name: Signature:

Phone: Email (primary way of communicating):

Name of Business (optional):

Description of what you make or are selling (please be specific—is it handmade by you, someone else, or another type of product)

Do you have a relationship with a CCPS school (staff, retired, alumni, parent/relative, friend, etc.)? If so, which school?

Total

Vendor Space $50 per space. Spaces are approximately 8’ by 8’. You must supply your own table. Chairs are available.

Table (optional) $10 per table. Tables are approximately 3’ by 9’. We are a school, so table size can vary.

Electrical outlet access Do you need to be near an electrical outlet? We do not supply extension cords.

Y or N

Subtotal

Please make your check out to WMHS with Falcon Fund noted in the memo. NON Refundable

Every vendor is asked to donate a “door prize” worth at least $10. Door prizes will be drawn at the end of the craft show. Winners

are called and they pick up the prize at the school.

Every vendor is expected to set up by 8 am and stay set up until 1 pm. We will have students and carts available before and after

the show to assist you transporting your things. Students will also be available to deliver food or drinks to your table throughout the

show.

Money raised through vendor fees, door prize tickets, and food sales goes to helping WMHS students. Some money will be used to

advertise the event.

Please mail this paper and check to WMHS—Celeste Jordan, 560 Gorsuch Rd, Westminster, MD 21157

You will receive an email confirming that paperwork AND payment have been received.

Your space is not guaranteed until we have received PAYMENT & PAPERWORK. For more information, email

[email protected]

NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION

The Carroll County Public Schools (CCPS) does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry or national origin, religion, sex, disability,

or age in its programs and activities. The CCPS provides nondiscriminatory access to school facilities in accordance with its policies and

regulations regarding the community use of schools (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts). The following person has been designated

to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

Gregory J. Bricca

Director of Research and Accountability

125 North Court Street

Westminster, Maryland 21157

410.751.3068

ADA ACCESSIBILITY STATEMENT The Carroll County Public Schools (CCPS) does not discriminate on the basis of disability in employment or the provision of services,

programs or activities. Persons needing auxiliary aids and services for communication should contact the Office of Community and Media

Relations at 410-751-3020 or [email protected], or write to Carroll County Public Schools, 125 North Court Street, Westminster,

Maryland 21157. Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability, may use Relay or 7-1-1. Please contact the school

system at least one (1) week in advance of the date the special accommodation is needed.

Information concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act is available from the Director of Facilities or the Supervisor of Community and

Media Relations.

Raymond Prokop Carey Gaddis

Director of Facilities Management Supervisor of Community & Media Relations

125 North Court Street 125 North Court Street

Westminster, Maryland 21157 Westminster, Maryland 21157

(410) 751-3177 (410) 751-3020

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