Welcome to Harper PTO
Welcome back to school!
Back to school packet fall 2010
You can find registration information and forms here.
http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/harper/
Getting involved with Harper PTO:
It has been six years since the first day Harper opened its doors back in 2004, and we can truly say that Harper Junior High has become a great school with a committed staff, dedicated teachers, and a wonderful parent and student community. With your student in Jr. High, you might ask – why join the PTO? PTO offers a way for parents and guardians to get to know the place where your students will spend a major part of their day and the people with whom they will spend it.
There are several ways to get involved and become an integral part of our community:
Listserv: Please read your e-news messages from Harper & PTO. The school and the PTO have a combined listserv and each family that provides an email address to the front office will automatically be signed up to receive daily school bulletins (the list of announcements that your student will hear each day), PTO announcements and reminders of important school events. The listserv is provided to us at no cost by the Davis Community Network, and your email address will be kept private. This is a wonderful way to keep on top of what’s happening at Harper!
Membership: Join PTO! Many of you Joined PTO at the begining of the year - GREAT! If you haven't yet, you still can. Members are the backbone of any organization and ours is no different. Membership dues are one of our largest revenue sources and the cost is only $10 per parent/guardian member. Please return the enclosed blue membership form, along with your check made payable to “Frances Harper PTO”. We welcome and encourage any additional donations and your generosity is greatly appreciated.
Volunteers: Parent volunteers serve in many different capacities. Please review the orange PTO Volunteer Opportunities form and discover how you can contribute. Each volunteer opportunity will be discussed at our first PTO meeting on September 8, so feel free to bring this form with you to the meeting, learn more about your options, and complete it that evening. There are many ways to help – including in the classroom, career skills, translations, etc.
Painless Fundraising: There are two opportunities to donate to Harper PTO that cost you nothing! The first is eScrip, a program that generates donations from merchants like Safeway and Macy’s. Please go to www.escrip.com to sign up. Our group number is 500000213 and our school name is listed as Frances Harper Jh Pto. The second way is by using the Nugget Market scrip card. These reusable cards can be loaded with cash value at the store, and then all purchases made with that card will generate a 3% donation to us when you designate “Harper JHS PTO” as the beneficiary. The cards can be picked up at the PTO table on registration days, at PTO meetings, or at Nugget Markets.
If you have any questions or concerns about the Harper PTO, please contact Reem Awad-Rashmawi, PTO President, at harperpto@gmail.com.
Zangle Parent Connection
Once you have your username and password use this link to login
to Zangle Parent Connection:
https://parentconnect.sis.djusd.net/
You can get more information about Zangle Parent Connection on our resources page.
Davis Senior High School Fall 2010 Sports Tryout Information
Harper 2010-11 Freshman interested in Fall Sport Try-outs. You will find the information you need below. You must have a current Sports Physical Form filled out and signed prior to the first day of try-outs. The practices begin in August. Check below for the start date of your sport. You may pick up a Sports Physical Form in the Harper office from 8:30am-3:30pm until June 24th or after August 5th. They will be located in the kiosk in the front office. You can download Sports Physical Form from the Davis High School website at any time: http://dhs.djusd.k12.ca.us/documents/2010_dhs_sports_pack_000.pdf. Please read the cover page and follow the instructions carefully.
***Sports Physicals must be completed and all forms completed and signed prior to the first day of tryouts!!
Cross Country: www.dhscrosscountry.com
Coach: Bill Gregg williamjgregg@aol.com
Team practice will begin Mon-Fri, August 16-20 at 6:30pm at the Community Pool Solar Panels. Team training camp will be August 21-24 at Soda Springs. Beginning August 25, practice will be from 4-6pm every day after school.
Field Hockey www.dhsfieldhockey.com
Varsity Coach: Katy Loge katyloge@yahoo.com
JV Coach: Lindsay Smith lsmith13@gmail.com
Practice begins August 11-20, 8-10am and 5-7pm at Beaton Field (DHS).
Football: http://davishighfootball.org/
Varsity Coach: Steve Smyte ssmyte@djusd.k12.ca.us
JV Coach: Mike Satre masatre@ucdavis.edu
Aug. 9th, 5:00 pm- mandatory player meeting, paperwork turned in, player guidelines and expectations
Aug. 9th 7:00 pm mandatory fall parent meeting
Aug. 10th fall 2 a day practices begin. Players in chalk talk 8:00 am Rm. TBA. Practice from 8:45- 11:00
2nd practice chalk at 4:00, practice from 4:45- 6:30. Note we will not do a full 2nd practice on selected days.
Aug. 21st Blue- White Scrimmage- DSHS
Aug. 27th Jamboree Scrimmage at Rio Linda F/JV 5:30, Varsity 7 pm
Frosh Coach: Derek Brothers dbrothers@djusd.k12.ca.us
August 10 - August 24; M-F at 5:00 - 7:00pm
June 23 at 3-3:30 players meeting at the DHS Weight room
July 21 at 3-3:30 players meeting at the DHS Weight room
August 9 parents/ players meeting at the DHS MPR (Time is TBA)
Golf: http://www.dhsgirlsgolf.com
Coach: Rhonda Mohr yolojuniorgolf@aol.com
Practice begins August 9th, 8:00am at Wildhorse. All welcome—no tryouts! August 9–24:Morning practice (times still to be determined) and then tee times for 18 holes. August 25: Practice begins after school 4-5:30pm, Monday – Wednesdays; 4- 6:30pm Thursdays at Wildhorse Golf Club.
Boys Soccer:
Varsity Coach: Ashley Yudin aiyudin@ucdavis.edu
JV Coach: Alex Park aapark@ucdavis.edu
Tryouts run for four days, morning 8:00am and evening 4-6pm August 16-19. Team selection will be on Friday, August 20th. Bring cleats, shin guards and water.
Girls Tennis:
Coach: Sally Hosley sallyhosley@hotmail.com
Girls' tennis team tryouts will begin Friday, August 13, 3:00-5:00pm at the high school. Tryouts will then resume on Monday, August 16 to Friday, August 20 from 3:00-5:00pm.
Girls Volleyball: http://groups.dcn.org/dhsvolleyball
Varsity Coach: Leigh Whitmire lwhitmire@djusd.k12.ca.us
JV Coach: Julie Crawford jcrawford@djusd.k12.ca.us
Frosh Coach: Lyndsay Cantrall lyndsay@browardbuilders.com
Tryouts begin August 9-24. 8am-1pm daily.
Boys Waterpolo:
Coach: Tracy Stapleton tstapleton@djusd.k12.ca.us
Practice begins August 23rd at 9:00am at Arroyo Pool.
Girls Waterpolo:
Coach: Doug Wright dwright@djusd.k12.ca.us
August 23rd at 6pm will be the first practice and parent meeting at Arroyo Pool.
Prevent teen drinking and drug use
The PTAs and Parent Groups of the DJUSD secondary schools have joined together in a public information campaign to educate parents about the need to prevent teen drinking and drug use. Hundreds of parents from Davis High, Da Vinci Academy, Harper, Holmes, Emerson, DSIS and King have pledged:
· To host only alcohol-free,
tobacco-free and drug-free parties for teens
· To discourage teens from consuming
alcohol, tobacco or other drugs in their homes; and
· To discourage their teen(s) from
attending unsupervised parties.
Click here http://www.davisparentsdo.org/ to see the list of parents who have made this pledge, and to learn more about this parent/grass roots effort.