This Week s Announcements

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1 Steven Pfannes, Principal Dodge Park Road Attendance Office Alison Hildebrand, Associate Principal Sterling Heights, MI Counseling Office Tim Youngblood, Associate Principal Main Office Bob Enne, Associate Principal Fax Website: Vision Statement: Stevenson High School will encourage and empower all students to acquire the necessary skills to be successful, contributing members of a diverse community and global society. Mission Statement: Our mission is to create a positive and challenging learning environment that encourages all students to achieve their greatest potential as responsible, productive members of a diverse society. This Week s Announcements February 6, 2018 MAIN MENU * This Week s Announcements * Stevenson News and Information * Junior News and Information * This Week s Events * Teacher Talk * Sophomore News and Information * Senior News and Information * District News and Information Lunchtime use of Media Center Students must get a pass from one of their teachers to use the Media Center during lunchtime. If there are two classes in the Media Center during lunch, a limited number of students from the lunchroom will be admitted. Math and Science Tutoring Available After School Tuesday/Thursdays Biology in room C-33 Chemistry in room C-39 Algebra I, II, and PreCalc in room C-38 Accelerated Algebra II, Foundations of Calc, and AP Calc in room C-42 Science Lunch Tutoring: Math Lunch Tutoring A lunch in C-41 A Lunch in C-38 B lunch in C-46 B Lunch in B-25 C lunch in C-45 C Lunch in C-36 Students interested in playing baseball There will be a short informational meeting for all interested JV and Varsity baseball players in the Cafeteria, Thursday, February 8, immediately after school. If you are unable to attend, please see Mr Emanuele in the Athletic Director s office.

2 Academic Blitz You are invited to the 11th annual UCS Academic Blitz on Thursday, February 8th. This event is an opportunity for parents and students to explore the unique options available to you in our district. The Blitz will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on February 8th, with informational booths opening an hour earlier at 6 p.m. The event will be at Henry Ford II High School. For more information, visit uticak12.org/academic blitz. We hope to see you there. Key Club News and Fundraiser Over the past few weeks, Key Club has been involved in various activities. We completed the canned food drive before winter break with well over a thousand cans. We had our first restaurant fundraiser at the well-known pizza place, Mod Pizza. We also have ordered and passed out our T-shirts to the majority of the members of the club, earned a prime tent placement at the major Key Club event known as Relay for Life, and we have just received the name of the December/January member of the month. Things that we have upcoming would be the Valentines carnation sale where we are charging $2 per carnation or plush animal or $3.50 for both as well as many more fundraisers for Relay for Life. The fundraiser will last all week this week Scholastic Arts Awards & Exhibition Every year Stevenson art students work very hard to produce their very best artwork to submit to the prestigious Scholastic Art Competition. This is a very competitive show featuring art works by students from Macomb, Huron, Sanilac, Lapeer and St. Clair counties. Artists and writers such as Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andy Warhol were once Scholastic Arts winners. The artwork is on display January 30 to February 13, Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with extended hours on Thursday to 8 p.m. at the Lorenzo Cultural Center at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts Garfield Road, Clinton Township at Center Campus of Macomb Community College. The Stevenson winners for this year are: Jessica Culverhouse Gold Key, Silver Key Photography Hailey Kasper Honorable Mention Photography Hayli Szych Gold Key Photography Sarah Tieman Gold Key Photography Kristina Webb Honorable Mention, Silver Key Photography Joslyn Yabut Honorable Mention, Silver Key Photography Madalyn Czarski 2 Honorable Mentions, Silver Key Drawing, Painting Andrew Schwesinger 3 silver Keys Drawing Cheyene Wagner Honorable Mention Digital Art Racquel Williams Silver Key Drawing

3 Bowling Team Weekly Recap Submitted for the January 29 Voice This past weekend we closed out the Varsity portion of the Macomb County Championships at Sterling Lanes. In the Boys Varsity Singles division, Sophomore Matthew Kinnaird made the cut in qualifying finishing in 30th place. Kinnaird then went on to matchplay but unfortunately was knocked out in the Round of 32 in a gripping defeat. After a hard fought effort, Kinnaird left a solid 9-pin in the 9th frame which cost him the chance to advance into the next round. In the Girls Varsity Singles division, Sophomore Ann Osinski made the cut in qualifying finishing in 15th place as well as Senior Lindsey Williams finishing in 11th place. Both girls went on to defeat their opponents in the Round of 32 however, Williams was eliminated in the Round of 16 with a loss and Osinski went out one round later, in the Round of 8, with a heartbreaking loss of In the Team qualifying event on Sunday, the Girls Varsity Team bounced around near the top spots and easily made the cut into match play. The Girls came out firing strong in both the Round of 32 and the Round of 16 but fell a bit short in the Round of 8. After some intense back and forth action, the Girls were unable to overcome the 3rd game deficit and were thus eliminated from the competition. More Bowling News On Saturday our Varsity Teams competed in the Tri-County Invitational Tournament at 5 Star Lanes. Our Boys Varsity Team, consisting of Tyler Amato, Matthew Czarski, Jaden DeFillippo, Matthew Kinnaird, Ryan Neumann and Domencik Redmond, qualified in 9th place easily making the match play cut. After some exciting first round action, the Boys Team was sadly eliminated in the Round of 8. On the Girls side, our Varsity Team which consisted of Madalyn Czarski, Jade Maliszewski, Ann Osinski, Marykate Pardington, Veronica Pardington and Lindsey Williams also qualified in 9th place and much like their male counterparts, were unfortunately eliminated in the Round of 8. Our next tournament will be the Utica Ford Bowl Swamii Tournament this Saturday 2/3/2018 at Imperial Lanes. We will be notifying our bowlers this week on which teams will be competing on Saturday. Hope to see you there to cheer them on! Congratulations Marching Band This past weekend, the Stevenson High School Instrumental Music Department students participated in the MSBOA Solo and Ensemble Festival held at Rochester High School. Each student performed a solo and or an ensemble selection for a professional adjudicator. This is done in a performance room setting but is open to the public to listen. The Following students received a 1 st Division and have qualified for State Solo and Ensemble at Chippewa Valley H.S. on March 17 th! Congratulations to ALL students who attended! This was an outstanding medal day by the TITANS! *-Students are eligible to audition for the Louis Gonda Memorial Scholarship to win over $500.00

4 1 st Divisions 2 nd Divisions *Seth Pelkey-Solo Autumn Brown-Trio Kate Okalski-Solo-Previous winner Frankie Coleman-Trio *Rhiannon Belot-Solo Hannah Tamasko-Trio Julie Daniel-Duet Seth Pelkey-Duet *Tony Warren-Solo Tatianna Benka-Duet *Josh Zaharof-Solo Gina Kozlowski-Duet Keyshawn Spinks-Solo Heather Hare-Duet *Daniel Fredricks-Solo Gina Kozlowski-Solo Julia Daniel-Duet Jessica Wehing-Solo *Julie Daniel-Solo Lina Diaz-Solo *Jessica Hubbard-Solo Sajil Watts-Flute Choir *Kole Micakaj-Solo Abby Gumienny- Flute Choir Jeremy Schultz- Duet Rhiannon Belot- Flute Choir Alyssa Carnes-Duet Jessica Wehing- Flute Choir *Elena Schultz-Solo Julie Daniel- Flute Choir *Cynthia Chan-Solo Elena Schultz- Flute Choir Jessica Wehing-Solo Cynthia Chan- Flute Choir Josh Morris-Solo-Previous Winner Kate Okalski- Flute Choir Jeremy Schultz-Solo-Previous Winner Keyshawn Spinks-Quintet Ryan Foley-Quintet Tony Warren-Quintet Jacob Hammah-Quintet Justin Littleton-Quintet Alyssa Carnes-Solo-Previous Winner Cynthia Chan-Solo *Ryan Verbrugge-Solo Jessica Wehing-Duet Keyshawn Spinks-Perc Ensemble Ryan Foley- Perc Ensemble Danny Creech- Perc Ensemble Brooklyn Belhorn- Perc Ensemble Jessica Hubbard- Perc Ensemble Justin Littleton- Perc Ensemble Jacob Hammaeh- Perc Ensemble Tony Warren- Perc Ensemble Ryan Verbrugge- Perc Ensemble Jenna Weihs-Perc Ensemble Josh Morris- Perc Ensemble MaryKate Pardington- Perc Ensemble Seth Pelkey- Perc Ensemble Jackie Wilson- Perc Ensemble Seth Pelkey-Quartet Mac Fleisher-Duet Science Olympiad News The Science Olympiad Team narrowly missed a first place finish at the Plymouth- Canton Invitational last weekend. How close was it? Despite having nine first place finishes verse the first place team three first place finishes, we missed first place by two points. Congratulations to all of the team members for a job well done!

5 ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS: Please join the All Night Party Committee for the next Senior All Night Party meeting on Tuesday, February 7:00 in the ECC. Also - DON'T FORGET the PARTY EXPO is taking place Tuesday, February 13th in the cafeteria! Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Come out for tasty treats and amazing ideas! PowerSchool has just become more powerful Beginning Monday, February 5, PowerSchool has new resources for parents that are accessible through the Unified Classroom, which is replacing the traditional Parent Portal. Please see the attached flyer for information. Not too Late for a Senior Message in the Yearbook It is not too late to surprise your graduating son or daughter with a senior message ad (baby ad) in the 2018 Ambassador yearbook. This is a chance to share your pride by congratulating your graduating senior with a message from you and/or the entire family. See the attached for ad sizes and fees. Questions? Contact Ms. Pantano, yearbook adviser, at or paula.pantano@uticak12.org Purchase a Yearbook The 2018 Ambassador yearbook is on sale now. Capture the memories of the school year in this 250-page all-color yearbook. The link to the order form is attached. The yearbook can be purchased through pay school or a $95 check, made out Stevenson High School. ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS! Join us for Party Expo 2018 on Tuesday February 13th in the Cafeteria. Come sample tasty treats and see the latest trends in grad party ideas. Secure your vendors for all your party and prom essentials. NOT JUST FOR SENIOR PARENTS! This is a fun event with great food to sample and ideas galore. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Click here for details! Wrestling Calendar Correction The Wrestling Team is not wrestling on Wednesday at Stevenson, they are wrestling at Team Districts on Thursday at Dakota, and Individual Districts on Saturday at Chippewa Valley High School.

6 This Week s Events Monday, February 5 Girls Who Code Club, A-1, 2:15-3:15 p.m. Girls Freshman Basketball home vs Warren Woods Tower HS, 4 p.m. Key Club Valentine Sale during all lunches in cafeteria: Carnations and stuffed puppies - $2 each or $3.50 for both Tuesday, February 6 Key Club Valentine Sale during all lunches in cafeteria: Carnations and stuffed puppies - $2 each or $3.50 for both Blood Donor sigh ups, F107, before/after school, during all lunches Boys Freshman Chippewa Valley HS, 4 p.m. Boys JV Chippewa Valley HS, 5:30 p.m. Boys Varsity Warren Woods Tower HS, 6 p.m. Boys Varsity Chippewa Valley HS, 7 p.m. All Night Party Meeting in ECC, 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 7 Key Club Valentine Sale during all lunches in cafeteria: Carnations and stuffed puppies - $2 each or $3.50 for both Boys Varsity home, 5 p.m. Girls Varsity/JV Competitive Cheer home, 6 p.m. Athletic Booster Club Meeting, ECC, 7 p.m. Thursday, February 8 Key Club Valentine Sale during all lunches in cafeteria: Carnations and stuffed puppies - $2 each or $3.50 for both Academic Henry Ford II HS, 6-9 p.m. Dessert Theater: "And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson", PAC, 7 p.m. The 45 minute PG- 13 show is followed by dessert in the cafeteria. Friday, February 9 Key Club Valentine Sale during all lunches in cafeteria: Carnations and stuffed puppies - $2 each or $3.50 for both Girls Freshman Basketball 4:30 p.m. Boys JV Country Day, 5:30 p.m. Boys Freshman Basketball home vs Port Huron HS, 5:30 p.m. Girls JV home, 6 p.m. Boys Varsity Country Day, 7 p.m. Girls Varsity home, 7:30 p.m. Please visit the athletic website for updates on game times and locations.

7 Stevenson s News and Information Back Main Menu SHS BLOOD DRIVE Announcements from Past Editions of the Titan Voice You May Have Missed Student Council and the SHS HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) Club are teaming up to host a blood drive on Tuesday, February 13th. The blood drive is being run by Michigan Blood and our student volunteers. It is a great opportunity for both of our clubs and our student body to connect with the community and take part in supplying our local hospitals with much needed donor blood. Students must be 16 years old or older by February 13th in order to sign up to donate. Students that are 16 will need to pick up a permission slip and return it to the donor table during lunch to secure an appointment time. Students 17 or older do not need permission slips. Sign up days will take place on January 31, February 2, and February 6th in the cafeteria. Please encourage your students to take part in this great community event. Help save 3 lives! The Annual Utica Community Schools K~12 District Art Show March 19 through March 21, 2018 Rose Kidd Elementary Building Gladstone Drive, MI Sterling Heights Free Admission ~ GALLERY HOURS ~ MONDAY, MARCH 19 ~ 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Opening night shuttle busses available at Stevenson High School No More Parking Permits Available TUESDAY, MARCH 20 ~ 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 ~ 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. We have issued more permits than we have spots in the parking lot for students. We are at our max limit and thus we will not be accepting any more applications. Not too Late for a Senior Message in the Yearbook It is not too late to surprise your graduating son or daughter with a senior message ad (baby ad) in the 2018 Ambassador yearbook. This is a chance to share your pride by congratulating your graduating senior with a message from you and/or the entire family. See the attached link for ad sizes and fees. Questions? Contact Ms. Pantano, yearbook adviser, at or paula.pantano@uticak12.org

8 Purchase a Yearbook The 2018 Ambassador yearbook is on sale now. Capture the memories of the school year in this 250-page all-color yearbook. The link to the order form is attached. The yearbook can be purchased through pay school or a $95 check, made out Stevenson High School. ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS! Join us for Party Expo 2018 on Tuesday February 13th in the Cafeteria. Come sample tasty treats and see the latest trends in grad party ideas. Secure your vendors for all your party and prom essentials. NOT JUST FOR SENIOR PARENTS! This is a fun event with great food to sample and ideas galore. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Click here for details! Important Senior Dates April 18-Mandatory Parent Meeting at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Seniors meet during the school day. May 29-Senior Honors Night-By Invitation May 31-Senior Exams 4 th, 5 th, and 6 th hour. June 1-Seniors Last Day. Exams 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd hour. Senior Picnic June 4-Prom Graduation Practice, Practice is Mandatory. Do not schedule college visits June 7 or 8. June 9-Graduation at 12:30 p.m. at DTE Energy Music Theatre. SENIOR SECTION ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS! Join us for Party Expo 2018 on Tuesday February 13th in the Cafeteria. Come sample tasty treats and see the latest trends in grad party ideas. Secure your vendors for all your party and prom essentials. NOT JUST FOR SENIOR PARENTS! This is a fun event with great food to sample and ideas galore. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Click here for details! INFORMATION FROM COUNSELING FOR PARENTS OF SENIORS... SCHOLARSHIPS - the State of Michigan has a new tool to help students search for Michigan scholarships. Go to or MICHIGAN.GOV/STUDENTAID then the SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS tab then MI Scholarship Search. This is an easy tool for students to enter basic information. The State of Michigan will do a scholarship search for the student based on this information. Other scholarships will come directly from the university that the student is accepted at. Additionally, at the bottom of the COLLEGES tab on Naviance, students can view many scholarships by going to either Scholarship List or Scholarship Match. National scholarship searches can also be done on

9 many internet search sites such as These searches are all free of charge. FAFSA The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is open and ready to be completed. Go to to begin the process. The first step is for both the student and one parent to complete a FSA ID in order to electronically sign the FAFSA. There is a tab to do this at the top of the FAFSA.ed.gov web page. In order to complete the FAFSA, parents and students will need to have their tax information handy. The family information may be sent, for free, to as many schools as indicated on the FAFSA form. Universities use this information as the main tool to determine the financial aid package that will be awarded to the student. Completing the FAFSA early provides the best chances of receiving the most aid. Some programs and scholarships require a FAFSA to be completed in order to receive money so it is important that all families complete the FAFSA process. Important Senior Picture Information If you have a senior this year, please read this important document about senior pictures by clicking here. ATTENTION SENIOR PARENTS: Senior All Night Party ticket permission slips are now available in the front office at school. Have your child bring one home and return it to the marked box in the office to buy your SANP ticket. REMEMBER: Ticket prices go up soon get your today! Important Senior Dates April 18-Mandatory Parent Meeting at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Seniors meet during the school day. May 29-Senior Honors Night-By Invitation May 31-Senior Exams 4 th, 5 th, and 6 th hour. June 1-Seniors Last Day. Exams 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd hour. Senior Picnic June 4-Prom June 9 Graduation at DTE Energy Theater, 12:30 p.m. JUNIOR SECTION s SOPHOMORE SECTION

10 UCS DISTRICT NEWS AND INFORMATION Nondiscrimination in Education In compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act and the Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act. It is the policy of Utica Community Schools that no person shall, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, disability, height, weight, or marital status be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination during any instructional opportunities, programs services, job placement assistance, employment or in policies governing student conduct and attendance. Any person suspecting a discriminatory practice should contact the Executive Director of Human Resources at Utica Community Schools, Greendale, Sterling Heights, MI or call (586)

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