Avanti's Order Forms for Hoops For Hope Night! Let us help out with dinner on December 12th!
#4 Volleyball Program in the State (1974-2024)!
https://www.ihsa.org/top50volleyball
Math Problem of the Week Winner Week #11- Congratulations to Conner French
On November 11, 2024, MPHS held its annual Veterans Day assembly to honor our veterans. The attached video was created by Rob Siebert and was shown during our assembly this year.
Thank you to all of our veterans! And, thank you to the families of our veterans for the many sacrifices they make in order for their family member(s) to serve. We are blessed by the freedoms their service affords.
https://youtu.be/7Rf-kC_UgsY
Parents & Students! Check out this video! We will be doing a Brain Break Trial Week next week - November 18 through November 22 ! This will allow our students to take a brain break immediately following 2nd period. It requires our start time adjust to 8:05 a.m., so students need to be preparing in advance to be in their classrooms five minutes early.
We will get feedback from our students and staff to determine if it's a great thing to add permanently next semester. This trial week has been approved by the Board of Education.
Please check out the video and reach out to me at the office if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Fricke, Principal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPE0P3zhlls
Gracie and Nathan both received responses from their Formal Business Letter assignment in Computer Concepts. Students wrote to companies that they admire and asked for a response. Great job, kids!
Spanish 3 & 4 were back in the kitchen last week making their last dishes from Spain: everything bread and canned fish🤔
Some things were a hit and others...well, we tried 🤗
Meet The Toppers Night - Saturday, November 16th
Weekly Mt. Pulaski High School Events - November 11 through November 17th:
Pep Band Performance Schedule for Winter Basketball Games!
The MPHS art students painted rainforest pictures after viewing the famous Henri Rousseau jungle painting at the Chicago Art Institute last Friday. They had the opportunity to see in person the famous art we had studied in class.
Reminder!
Mount Pulaski High School has an opening for an Administrative Assistant with a Bookkeeping focus. The starting rate of pay is $20/hour, non-negotiable, with health/life/dental/flex available. There will be pro-rated sick/personal leave for the remainder of the school year. Preferred start date is November 18, 2024, (to allow for adequate training).
Application deadline: Sunday, November 10, 2024
Only qualified candidates will be considered based on the job description below. If interested, please email a cover letter and resume to Principal, Heather Fricke, at hfricke@mtpulaski.k12.il.us. Please include the names of at least 2 professional references on the resume. Attention to detail is required in this position!
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QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Education: High School diploma
Experience: Bookkeeping experience is required.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: Reports to Building Principal
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
All days school is in session (176) plus three weeks prior to the beginning of school and two weeks after the end of school (for a total of 210 days). Work day is 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. with a 30 minute duty free lunch.
FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt
POSITION SUMMARY:
The high school administrative assistant (bookkeeper) provides a wide range of clerical duties, including working with varying computer programs (TeacherEase, Google, SDS, QuickBooks) & answering phones. This position is very public facing and greeting visitors, students, and staff to the office is an important aspect of the job.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Greets and assists all students, staff, and members of the community.
Maintains a positive and productive relationship with staff, students, and community.
Answers and directs calls to appropriate personnel.
Provides clerical assistance to the administrator as needed.
Assists principal with typing and distribution of reports and correspondence.
Orders and maintains inventory of office supplies.
Assists with contacting substitute teachers on behalf of the building principal.
Updates and maintains records and files for building principal.
Updates and maintains student records via TeacherEase.
Acts as custodian of all activity funds and accounts for the building.
Prepares cash boxes for all school events and deposits profits from all school events.
Enters purchase orders into the SDS system and assists staff with entering purchase orders, when needed.
Monitors staff attendance and submits monthly staff attendance report to the building principal.
Processes requisitions and purchase orders.
Assigns and programs key swipe cards for staff, board members, coaches and activity sponsors.
Acts as an administrator of the security camera software system (iVMS4200).
Capability of performing additional tasks in the event of the absence of the other administrative assistant.
Identify & report risks.
Analyze identified risks.
Select techniques to minimize risks.
Monitor and, when necessary, modify selected techniques designed to mitigate risk.
Must be in good health.
All other duties as assigned by Administrators.
Math Problem of the Week Winner Week #10- Congratulations to Wesley Bobell
Congratulations to our October Casey's Gift Card Winner - Johnny Skeen
Art and Spanish students visited Little Village, Pilsen and Chicago last week for an adventure in all things art and culture! It was a beauty day to explore the Hispanic villages, their food and mural art. A quick bus ride to the city allowed them to then explore the incredibly world renowned works in the Art Institute. The trip ended with a stop at Cloud Gate (aka the bean)and of course a stop at Wally's famous truck stop!
Spanish Club hosted a Mexican Day of the Dead food tasting event last week with traditional bread, skull cookies and agua frescas with unique fruit flavors.
In honor of Mexico's celebration called Day of the Dead, students in Spanish classes grouped up to honor fictional characters with the making of traditional ofrendas (altars). They did a wonderful job of including traditional details along with their own personal flares to create a colorful collection this year!
Spanish 3 & 4 classes have been learning how to prepare authentic Spanish dishes this semester.
First was paella: the National dish of Spain.
Our second day of cooking highlighted Spanish tapas: small dishes!
Tuesday, 11/05 - No School
Friday, 11/08 - 11:30 Dismissal
Special thanks to the Boosters for another great fundraising event to support MPCUSD 23 activities and athletics!
