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General Number: (715) 852-6300 Attendance Office: (715) 852-6302 Partnership Coordinator: (715) 852-6307

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Memorial Highs School Calendar October 4 FFA/FMP Community Food Drive 8 Orchestra Parent Booster Meeting, 6:00pm 9 Picture Retake Day 10 ASVAB Test, grades 10, 11, 12 optional 14 Indoor Marching Band Concert 15 Author in the Schools Presentations Meet the School Authors, 6:30pm 16 PSAT Test, grade 11 optional Authors in the Schools presentation 19 Monster Bash UWEC Honors Choir 21 Fall Choir Concert, 7pm 24 High School in session (No School Elementary or MS) 25 No School, Fall Break 28 No School, Staff Development Day

November 1 Senior Pictures Due to Yearbook 4 Fall Band Jazz Concert 5 Parent – Teacher Conferences, 3:30-7:30pm 8-10 High School Musical “Shrek” 9 Joel Raney Prize for Fiction essay due date 11 Veteran’s Day Program 12 Orchestra Parent Mtg, 6pm

Important Links

Memorial High School Website

The Memorial High School Website has answers to many of your questions. Be sure

to check it out.

Old Abe Athletic Calendar

Find Out Where the Action is Every Week. The MHS Athletics Calendar is updated with

the most recent game day information.

ECASD 2019-2020 School Year Calendar

Community Events & Resources Page

October Lunch Menu

Find us on

Facebook HERE

Message from Principal, Dave Oldenberg

Old Abe News and Announcements

The 2019 Chippewa Valley Book Festival is coming to Memorial! On October 15 and 16, authors Susan Latta, Tanya Lee Stone, and Kelly Jensen will speak to students in English

classes about their writing and research processes. These authors also have additional visits open to the

community:

• Tuesday, October 15 is “Meet the School Authors: Book Sale & Signing” from 6:00-7:30 PM at the Pablo Center – all the visiting school authors will talk for a bit, then sell and autograph books. (free – no book purchase necessary)

• Tanya Lee Stone will present “Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time” Wednesday, October 16 from 7:00-8:00 PM in Centennial Hall (Room 1614) at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. (free)

• Kelly Jensen will present “Don’t Call Me Crazy: Navigating Mental Health with Compassion, Understanding, and Honesty” on Thursday, October 17 from 5:00-6:00 PM in Schofield Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. (free)

School Picture Retake Day – Wednesday, October 9 Picture retakes will be held Wednesday, October 9 from 7:15-12pm in the New Gym Commons/Lobby. Picture order forms are in the Attendance Office, Student Services or online HERE.

ASVAB On October 10, 2019 the ASVAB, Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, will be offered through Student Services for all sophomores through seniors interested in taking it. The ASVAB is a great career research tool, along with the military entrance exam. Students need to sign up for the exam by October 4th in Student Services. Contact Ms. Moss with any questions.

Memorial Families,

Hoping that your student is off to a great start of the school year! Reminder that mid-

quarter grades are already upon us. Your student should have an updated score in

Skyward as of Monday, October 7th. Please encourage your learner to communicate

with their instructors to ensure all their assessments are completed.

When visiting Memorial, you will find my office in room 1214, in the Student Services

area. My door is open, and guests are welcome to stop by and chat about all things

Memorial.

Thanks and Go Abes!

Dave Oldenberg

Principal

Joel Raney Prize for Fiction The 3rd annual Prize for Fiction Contest is open to all Memorial students. Submission deadline is Saturday, November 9. For more information, check out the Contest Flyer.

Odyssey of the Mind – Looking for the Creative, the Dramatic, the Mechanic and Artistic This year the ECASD Gifted Education Department will once again provide students the opportunity to participate in programming to help develop their creative, dramatic, mechanic and artistic talents. Students in all grade levels have the option to participate in an after-school program called Odyssey of the Mind.

Odyssey of the Mind is the original creative problem-solving program and one of the largest and most successful worldwide! It was

founded 37 years ago and has been active in Wisconsin for over 30 years. Odyssey of the Mind in the Eau Claire Area School District relies heavily on parent volunteers to provide coaching for elementary teams. If you are interested in forming and/or coaching a team at your elementary school, contact me for more information. I can coordinate a parent night to help recruit more coaches and students for teams.

All teams attend the state competition in Madison on Saturday, March 21, 2020. Transportation is provided and the celebration is awesome. We have a Parent Interest meeting on Thursday, October 17th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the District Office. There will be training for Odyssey of the Mind coaches on Saturday, November 2nd from 9 – 11:30 a.m. at Northstar Middle School. Contact Michelle Kooiker, District Odyssey of the Mind Coordinator, for more information at 715-852-3110.

Buy a Yearbook Order early to take advantage of the lowest yearbook price of the school year. Yearbooks may be purchased online through Jostens' secure website by clicking HERE. Once at the Josten's site, in the "Get started now:" boxes, key in Eau Claire Memorial. Select Eau Claire Memorial High School in the list that appears. This will take you to Josten's Memorial website. Click on Yearbook to purchase.

Yearbook’s may also be purchased at school by bringing a check payable to Memorial High School or cash to room 1235, directly across from Student Services. The price of the Yearbook will increase as the school year progresses. Buy early to save money!

Are you a parent of a student

who attends North or

Memorial High School? Do

you want to share your career

path with young aspiring

people? Be a JA volunteer and

share your wisdom with your

child’s class. Call the JA office

today at 715-318-1460.

College Visits in Student Services October 4 UW- Madison, 9-9:30am Universal Technical Institute, 2,3 and 5 5 UW-Madison Bilingual Event, 9:30-11:30an America’s Best Motel / 809 W. Clairemont Ave 9 Navy, 12pm 15 UW-Platteville, 10-10:45am 16 Navy, 12pm 23 UW-Eau Claire, 9:30am Hamline, 11:30am Navy, 12pm 30 UM- Duluth, 9:30am Every Tuesday CVTC, 8-11am Army and Army Reserves, 11:15-1:15pm

The Eau Claire FFA will be hosting their 5th annual

Community Food Drive for Feed My People at the

Intercity football game on Friday October 4th. FFA will

be collecting nonperishable food items or cash

donation at the main and back gates. Donating food or

cash provides you an opportunity to win a gift card at

halftime.

Please help the food insecure in our community by

bringing food or cash. A cash donation is fabulous in

that every $1 donated, Feed My People can purchase

$10 worth of food to hand out.

For Parents and

Students: WISCONSIN STATUTE

115.28 (59) Authorizes DPI to create administrative rule with

requirements for Academic and Career Planning

(ACP) services for all students in grades 6-12 by

2017-18. Student attendance is required during

monthly Homeroom Academic and Career

Planning events.

We had a great time celebrating Homecoming last week. A BIG thank you to

all the students, staff, and families who put many hours into the planning for

this week and to everyone who participated in the festivities. Below are some

pictures from our Spirit Days, Varsity Show, Homecoming Parade and Game,

and the Homecoming Dance. It was a GREAT week to be an Old Abe!

Old Abe Homecoming Highlights

It’s a GREAT Day to be an Old Abe!

Homecoming Court

from left to right:

Maddy Logan,

Bethany Widhom,

Sabrina Hagstrom,

Brooke Wallo,

Anna Hansen,

Denny Ritsch,

Roj Cosiquien,

Gabe Durkee