Happy Monday morning!
We hope you all had a great weekend. We are excited to start another week here at Alta High School!
Here are several useful pieces of information. There is a lot. Please skim entire newsletter so you do not miss out on important information.
Parent-Teacher Conferences: conferences for both nights will be by appointment only. You will schedule these appointments through Skyward Family Access. Follow the instructions found at this link.
- Conference will be open to schedule a time between Friday, February 14 at 3:00pm through Sunday, February 23 at midnight.
- Conferences for Monday, February 24 will be in-person. Appointment times can be scheduled between 3:30-7:30pm.
- Conferences for Tuesday, February 25 will be virtual. Appointment times can be scheduled between 3:30-7:00pm.
2nd Semester Course fees: 2nd semester course fees have been added to your students Skyward accounts. Please log in and pay any outstanding class fees.
Please reference the attached instruction page for directions on how to pay a fee online.
February Hawk Hero Awards: Congratulations to our February Hawk Heroes! These students were nominated by faculty members, fellow students and other community members for being responsible with their schoolwork, being kind, helping others, and showing respect. We are grateful to these students for contributing to our community in positive ways. They were all awarded with a gift bag, and our juniors and seniors received a special parking place in the student lot for the month of February. We wish to recognize Robeks, Crumbl, Einstein Bagels, Arctic Circle, and Menchie’s for their support of our students. Please reference this online documentfor a list of students and a description on why these students were nominated. We encourage students and parents to nominate others as Hawk Heroes if you have noticed them making a difference for good. You may nominate with the QR code on the online form.
Student Body Officers Elections: Current Juniors, are you interested in being a Student Body Officer for the 2025 – 2026 school year? There will be an informational meeting about SBO elections on Tuesday, February 18th in the library during Advisory.
Applications are due on Thursday, March 6th by 3:00pm. Students will apply at schoolelections.canyonsdistrict.org . For more information, you can contact Shaley Louder at shaley.louder@canyonsdistrict.org
Valentine’s Day Surprises!: Do you want to send your student a Valentine surprise at school? Alta’s Peer Leadership Team is selling lip suckers for only $1.25. These will be sent to your student during their Advisory class period on Thursday, Feb 13th. Please add a separate candy gram to your cart per student. Go to the following website to purchase: bit.ly/candygramsalta
Monthly Digital Citizenship Message:
Inspire conversations as a family about safe and positive tech use with Family Tech Planners.
Screen time has become an important issue for families. Entertainment and tech have the potential to spark meaningful conversations about how we use technology and how much technology we use on a day-to-day basis.
Utilizing family tech planners are a great way to help your kids manage their screen time and come up with a shared understanding with your kids of how your family makes the most out of entertainment and tech time.
To find tech planners for children of all ages, visit https://tinyurl.com/csdtechplan. Spanish versions of tech plans are also available on this website.
“Attention Juniors!: The ACT will be administered at Alta High School on Wednesday, March 12th 2025. The ACT is provided free to Juniors and all Juniors are pre-registered.
Sycamore Learning will conduct an informative seminar on March 1st, 2025, to help students prepare for the exam. Details on how to register and pay for the seminar are enclosed and can be found in the Counseling Center.
Please contact Jodene Jensen at jodene.jensen@canyonsdistrict.org if you have any further questions”.
Parents of Juniors: It is now time for our junior girls to apply for Utah Girls State. Utah Girls State is a week-long program created with the purpose of educating Utah’s youth about their duties, privileges, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship. Participants graduating from Girls State will receive 3 Political Science 2920 credits from Weber State University.
· Important information:
June 1-6, 2025
Weber State University campus
$475.00 if paid prior to April 1st
3 university political science credits
WSU offered over $1M in scholarships to attendees
· More information can be found at https://www.alautahgirlsstate.org/
Selected girls will be emailed a link to do an on-line registration.
· If your junior daughter is interested in requesting an interview for this program, please email Jennifer Scheffner in the counseling office at Jennifer.scheffner@canyonsdistrict.org.
U of U Engineering Summer 2025 Internship: The application is open and will close on February 15th . This is an 8-week program that will run from June 9th until August 1st . Interns will be matched with a current faculty member to work in their lab on research projects throughout the summer. This is an unpaid internship, interns are expected to work up to 30 hours per week. Students who will be graduating in 2026 or 2027 may apply.
- What students will need to apply:
- Copy of unofficial transcripts
- 1 Letter of Recommendation from Science, Math, Technology, or Engineering Teacher
- Write a 2-page essay response to a prompt on the application
- Here is the website for students to register: https://www.price.utah.edu/k12/high-school-summer-research-internship
- Should you or your students have any questions regarding this program, please contact Ben Harpster – benjamin.harpster@utah.edu
- Please reference the attached flier for further information.
Work-Based Learning Opportunities for Career Exploration
- SheTech Explorer Day – February 25th 9:00am-1:00pm – Career exploration field trip with dozens of hands-on experiences with leading tech companies and STEM experiences.
- Open to all girls grades 9-12
- Bus will be provided
- Registration and Lunch are Free
- Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5HoshVxSX3Hjtg5PygLlFSRo9SQyg8UAA7p4Egmd2Jeq_qA/viewform
School athletics and activities are underway. Please visit our school’s calendar for school/sports events. Here are a few highlights of upcoming events:
Monday Feb 10th
- WIDA Testing 8:00am – 12:00pm
Tuesday Feb 11th
- WIDA Testing 8:00am – 12:00pm
- Boys Wrestling 5A State Tournament @ UVU/UCCU Center 8:00am
- FCCLA Region Event @ Summit Center Springville 8:00am – 3:30pm
- UNIFIED BASKETBALL ASSEMBLY Gym 9:00am
- Girls Basketball @ Brighton 7pm
- Boys Basketball vs Brighton 7:00pm
Wednesday Feb 12th
- Boys Wrestling 5A State Tournament @ UVU/UCCU Center 8:00am
- College Day 8:15am – 12:00pm
Thursday Feb 13th
- Cheer Nationals All Day
Friday Feb 14th (Valentine’s Day)
- Cheer Nationals All Day
- State Swim @ BYU 8:00am Richards Building
- Girls 5A State Wrestling @ UVU/UCCU Center 10:00am
Saturday Feb 15th
- Cheer Nationals All Day
- State Swim @ BYU 8:00am Richards Building
- Winter Guard Pleasant Grove High School 8:00am – 2:15pm
- Girls 5A State Wrestling @ UVU 9:00am
- Drumline @ Provo High School 5:00pm
***No School on Monday, Feb. 17 Due to President’s Day
