This Week @ SR - September 18, 2023

9/15/2023

Hello students and families!

We had a great week at SR! A few items from me this week:

One last plea to parents: If you have not done so yet, please make sure to complete your data confirmation in your Aeries account. This important step is required yearly to ensure we receive appropriate funding resources, emergency contact information and more. 

• Parent Guide (English) (Spanish)

• Video Tutorial (English) (Spanish)

• FAQs (English) (Spanish)

If you’d like help with this process, we are hosting  an event in our Student Commons tomorrow, September 16th from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm.

New After School Space: I had the pleasure of visiting the Karma Club (link), a new after school space for teens located in Northgate Mall. If you are looking for a safe & supervised space to hang out with fun activities, this is a great option! It is open Monday-Friday from 2:00-6:00 pm.

School Calendars: Add our calendar to your devices to stay up to date on upcoming events at SR! For example, we have a College Information Night for Seniors coming up next week, Club Rush and more!

• SRHS Events Calendar

• SRHS Athletic Events

Focus Data Check:

*Tuesday, 9/12 was an outlier this week with 238 morning tardies and 304 total due to a traffic incident in the area. Without the outlier, the average morning tardiness for week 3 is closer to 67 and 139 average daily tardiness.

We are seeing significant improvement in tardies and students staying in class. I am proud of everyone’s effort and specifically the students for following our new procedures. Let's keep it up!

Thank you and have a great weekend!

• Returning Aeries Parent Portal Users: If you accessed Aeries Parent Portal last year, login with the same email and password through this link: Grades 9-12 Aeries Parent Portal
• Password Reset: If your child is a returning SRCS student, but you do not remember your password, use this link: Grades 9-12 Reset Password
  
• New Student Parent Portal Accounts: If you are newly enrolled to SRCS for the 2023-24 year, Parent Portal accounts are automatically generated after a parent/guardian’s email(s) has been entered into Aeries and an email is sent from donotreply@aeries.com to the parent/guardian email(s). Please check your inbox or SPAM for this email and complete the steps. If your child is newly enrolled and you have not received an email from donotreply@aeries.com, contact your school’s front office to provide your email address.  Grades 9-12 Aeries Parent Portal 
  

• Back-to-School forms / Data Confirmation Process Parent Guide (English) (Spanish)
• Video tutorial on Data Confirmation Process (English) (Spanish)
• Aeries Parent Portal FAQs (English) (Spanish) 

Context: In 2021, laws were passed that banned the use of “single feed” pesticides for rodent control. This means that rodent eradication efforts were much safer to other animal populations (like owls), but made it more difficult to mitigate the rodent population. The representative of Hydrex (our contracted extermination service) said that, in Marin, they have seen a major increase in rodent activity for this reason. Our proximity to hillsides and natural areas is also a factor. 

The Plan: In order to keep everyone informed about the rodent mitigation efforts, we are providing this bulleted communication that includes our next steps. 

• Principal Dominguez, Dave Pedroli & Tracy Brawdy from M&O, and Assistant Superintendent Bob Marcucci met with a representative from Hydrex, the district’s pest control management contractor on 9/13/23. At this meeting, we discussed the options to increase efforts to bring the rodent issue under control. 
  
  

• Beginning on Thursday, 9/21/23 Hydrex will be placing increased traps around the entire campus, focusing on problem areas. These traps will be monitored twice a week and numbers of trapped rodents will be reported to M&O and SRHS administration. We are hoping to see an increase in numbers at first and then a drop off which will signal that we are reducing the rodent population. 
  
  

• Should we not see this drop off, we can schedule the use of a rodenticide over the Dec/Jan holiday. Using this level of chemical in a public school requires posting notices around the campus prior to use and notifying the school community. Using rodenticide also creates dead rodents in walls and other places where they can smell and cause other pests to accumulate. For this reason, it is best to do this over a break when staff and students are not present.
  
  

• The M&O team will be working over the next few weeks to locate areas where rodents can enter facilities and sealing those areas. 
  
  

• The success of these efforts is also highly dependent on the SRHS staff, students and community. It is important to support this effort by doing the following:
  
  

  • Reduce the amount of food in classrooms and offices and try our best to keep food contained to staff rooms and in sealed containers

  • Ensure that places where food is eaten are kept clean. Try to leave no trace, especially when eating inside the building

  • Help by messaging this to our colleagues and students 

  • Notify the SRHS administration when you see any evidence of rodents so they can work with M&O to pinpoint efforts

Working together, we can bring this issue under control.

What is CSF?

C.S.F. provided numerous benefits. Members are working with students who have similar interests and participate in club and volunteer activities that give back to the San Rafael community. They will be a part of a 95 year old, respected, non-profit organization, which is older than the National Honor Society and the Southern Academic Fraternities. College admissions officers note a student’s membership in C.S.F. Students who maintain membership for a minimum of four terms in the last three years of high school (one of which must be using grades from their SENIOR year) are awarded Life Time Membership.

How to Apply

California Scholarship Federation application is now open.  10-12th grade students with strong grades in their academic classes should apply to SRHS's honor society.  Applications are available on the SRHS website under: Programs/CSF.  Freshmen will apply in January using their fall semester grades.  Applications CLOSE September 22, 2023.

Link to CSF Website

• Mr. Nemiroff Out: Mr. Nemiroff is currently out on paternity leave and will not return until Monday October 2nd. Students who have Mr. Nemiroff as their counselor (Last Names Gp-O) can check in with counseling if you require support.

• Senior Conferences: The counseling team will begin senior conferences on Monday, Sept. 18th. During this time you will meet with a counselor to discuss graduation and post-secondary plans. Counselor's are hoping to complete senior conferences in three weeks, however working with a new e-pass and advisory system, scheduling will be different this year. Please remind your senior student that attendance is extremely important. Not only to remain on track for graduation and post secondary plans, but also so they don't miss any key information and meetings to help them get the support they need.

• Senior ‘About Me’: Seniors, if you are planning to apply to a private or out of state 4 year college or university, you will likely be required to submit a letter of recommendation from your counselor. Counselors will only write letters of recommendations for students who complete an About Me. The deadline to submit your About Me is September 30th, 2023.         If you do not meet this deadline, your counselor may not be able to submit a letter of recommendation.

• Senior College Night: Students and families of seniors, we invite you to attend our ‘Senior College Night’ on Tuesday, September 19th from 6-7pm. The English presentation will be held in the Theater and the Spanish presentation will be held in the Library. For more information regarding college events please visit the CCC Calendar

College Night for Seniors

Tuesday, Sept. 19 

6:00 pm- 7:00 pm

English Presentation in the commons

Spanish presentation in the library

The Counseling and CCC staff will discuss:

the admissions process & timelines for applying to the UCs, CSUs, private, out-of-state, and community colleges

& will answer all your questions! 

Students and families are welcome.

5. 09/18/2023 - 09/23/2023 Games of the Week

*Schedule is subject to change*

Monday 09/18 - Traditional (3:50pm)

Girls Golf vs San Marin @ SRHS, 3:30pm

Varsity Boys Water Polo vs SanDomenico @ SRHS, 4:00pm

Varsity Girls Water Polo vs San Domenico @ SRHS, 5:00pm

Tuesday 09/19 - B Day (3:45pm)

Girls Tennis vs Novato @ SRHS, 4:00pm,

JV Boys Water Polo @ Terra Linda, 5:00pm

Varsity Boys Water Polo @ Terra Linda, 4:00pm 

Varsity Girls Water Polo @ Terra Linda, 6:00pm

Wednesday 09/20 - A Day (3:10pm)

Freshman Girls Volleyball @ Tamalpais, 4:30pm

JV Girls Volleyball @ Tamalpais, 5:30pm

Varsity Girls Volleyball @ Tamalpais, 6:30pm

Thursday 09/21 - B Day (3:45pm)

Girls Golf @ Branson, 3:30pm

Girls Tennis vs Branson @ SRHS, 4:00pm

Friday 09/22 - A Day (3:10pm)

Freshman Girls Volleyball vs Archie Williams @ SRHS, 4:30

JV Girls Volleyball vs Archie Williams @ SRHS, 5:30pm

Varsity Girls Volleyball vs Archie Williams @ SRHS, 6:30pm

Varsity Boys Water Polo vs Vintage Valley Tournament @ Napa Valley College, All Day

Varsity Girls Water Polo @ Woodcreek Tournament, All Day

Saturday 09/23

Frosh-Soph Football @ Tamalpais, 11:30am

Varsity Football @ Tamalpais, 2:00pm

Varsity Boys Water Polo vs Vintage Valley Tournament @ Napa Valley College, All Day

Varsity Girls Water Polo @ Woodcreek Tournament, All Day

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