Good evening, Green Devil Families!

Here is your April 28^th weekly update for school events and information:

*Our Spring testing season is upon us.  Important tests for this week are listed below. 

              This week’s state test is the US History EOC, Tuesday, May 6th.  Please see below for some important reminders for students.  We ask that you please read through these and help us reinforce them with your students so that they are prepared for testing this week.

Parents- we also need your help in reminding your students to bring their district issued laptops with them (fully charged) on test day as we do NOT have enough extras to cover all students who will be testing.  Please see below for important testing tips when taking the FAST PM3 test.

PLEASE remind your child to:     

• Take their time- they have until the end of the school day to complete the test
• Use their scratch paper and make sure to check and double check their work
• Read all questions/passages carefully and DO NOT randomly guess!  The test is adaptive, which means it changes as they answer questions.  If the questions are getting harder, they are getting them correct and doing well!
• DO NOT flag questions to come back to them, answer them in order.  The system will NOT allow them to skip questions. 
• Make sure to pay attending to titles, labels, images and graphs in passages as they are important

 

*SENIOR parents- there are only 17 school days left until graduation on May 29^th.  Please make sure your senior is on track to graduate.  This means earning the required credits, GPA and meeting state testing requirements.  If you have any questions, please reach out to your child’s guidance counselor or Mr. Bryant (bryantan@pcsb.org) for assistance.  Students who do not meet the credit and/or GPA requirements are NOT permitted to WALK at graduation.

*GRADUATION-  Please make sure to check out school website for all of the updates relating to our Class of 2025 Graduation.  We will update these as we receive them from the district

*Yearbooks have arrived!  If you pre-ordered a yearbook you can pick it up from Mrs. Flanigan in 01-201D.  There are also a handful of yearbooks that will be on sale for $100, starting on Monday, May 5^th.  These are first come, first served until they sell out.

*Our 2024-2025 Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, May 19^th at 6PM in our St. Pete HS auditorium.  Invitations for students being recognized should have been provided to students this past week.  Please reach out to Michelle Saez (saezm@pcsb.org) with any questions.

*Attention SOPHOMORE parents, if your child took the PM3 Reading test this week and did NOT score LEVEL 3, 4 or 5 then they have not met the state testing requirement for READING.  We will be hosting a wonderful opportunity for all of these students to sit for the CLT (Classic Learning Test) on Saturday, May 10^th.  Students will be able to take this test to earn a concordant score which will satisfy the state testing requirement (provided they score high enough).  More information will be coming for students this next week. 

*SUMMER Driver’s Ed registration is now open.  To register click here:  https://www.pcsb.org/Page/43586

*Students interested in Dual Enrollment for next school year, please be sure and provide your counselor the SPC ID number you received after you applied.  See your School Counselor if you need any assistance.

*Please save the date for our GRADUATION ceremony for the Class of 2025, Thursday, May 29^th @7:30PM at the BayCare Sound in Clearwater.  This is a new venue for us so, please stay tuned for more information.  There will NOT be any tickets for this event as there is NOT a limit on guests per graduate and NO tickets are needed to attend.

*Senior families, please make sure you are part of a remind group if you are not already receiving the information updates via text.  You can also check out the senior class webpage via the SPHS Website at https://www.pcsb.org/domain/5079 .  If you haven’t paid your Senior Dues, you can do so on that webpage as well. 

*Our campus is open from 6:30AM-2:30PM each day.  No student should be dropped off before 6:30AM and all students (unless they are in a school sponsored event and with an adult sponsor) should be OFF campus no later than 2:30PM.

Our office hours are 7:00AM to 3:00PM.  If you need to sign your child out early from school, please make sure to do so prior to 1:30 PM.  NO PTLs will be permitted after 1:30, students cannot be released during the last 25 minutes of the day.

 

*Reminder to SENIORS, there will be a MANDATORY senior class meeting on Thursday, May 22^nd at 9:45AM in the auditorium.

Additional notes for this week:

*Please save the dates for our Summer Bridge programs.

              -Algebra 1 Credit Recovery (for students who have failed Algebra 1)                                                          June 16-26

              -Algebra 1 EOC Prep (for students who have not passed the Alg 1 End of Course Exam)                    June 30-July 10

              -ACT Prep (Both for English and Math, with a Saturday ACT on 7/13)                                                June 30-July 10

              -Core Course Credit Recovery (English, Math, Science and Social Studies)                                                         June 2-July 17

Hours for Summer Bridge are 8AM to 12PM.  Grab and go lunch will be available for all students.  There is NO transportation available.

 

*It is the time for the Florida Department of Education’s annual Exceptional student Education Parent Survey.  If your child receives special education services, please make your voice heard by submitting this survey. Please click the link at https://www.pcsb.org/ese 

 

* It's not too late to join the SPHS PTSA!    https://stpetehigh.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true

 

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*All students are eligible for FREE breakfast and FREE lunch every day.  We do still encourage all families to fill out the free/reduced lunch application if you think you are eligible as this will qualify you for free testing waivers and additional scholarship opportunities.  Please fill out the free and reduced lunch form at:  www.myschoolapps.com

 

FINAL Exam Schedule 2024-2025

SENIORS ONLY

Seniors ONLY will take their 7^th period exams on Thursday, May 22^nd.  Absolutely NO OTHER students are to take EXAMS on this date!  All teachers with SENIORS in their 7^th period classes will coordinate with their 7^th period seniors as to a time for them to take their 7^th period exams on Thursday, May 22^nd.

 

Friday, May 23^rd – ALL current 9^th, 10^th, 11^th and 12^th graders

 

 

Tuesday, May 27^th – ALL current 9^th, 10^th, 11^th and 12^th graders

 

 

Wednesday, May 28^th – ALL current 9^th, 10^th, 11^th and 12^th graders

 

 

Thursday, May 29^th -– ALL current 9^th, 10^th, and 11^th graders- SENIORS will take 7^th period on 5/22

 

 

 

EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS:

An exam period is scheduled for at least 90 minutes in length.  All teachers giving exams shall be expected to plan for review time prior to the exam day. Review must not be scheduled on a major religious holiday.

 

EARLY EXAMS

Per school board policy (5420.03) early exams are available to students who MUST MOVE OUT of the school district prior to the official exam dates.  This must have principal approval. Once approved early exams may not be given prior to the conclusion of the school day, Tuesday, May 13^th, 2025.  PLEASE DO NOT TELL STUDENTS they can take early exams.  We must follow School Board Policy.

 

That is all for this week’s update.

Have a great Green Devil night!

 

 

Semester 2 Testing Calendar
2024-2025
TEST	Who will test	Dates
CLT- Classic Learning Test	All juniors and seniors who have not yet passed the READING and/or ALGEBRA test requirement for graduation.  All freshmen and sophomores who have taken Algebra 1 and passed the class but, who have not yet met the ALGEBRA test requirement for graduation.	Saturday, May 10th
PM3	Students enrolled in Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology and US History	US History EOC- 5/6 Alg1/Geo EOC - 5/12 Biology EOC - 5/13
AP Courses	Students enrolled in AP Courses	May 5th - May 16th
IB Senior Exams	All IB Seniors	April 29th – May 17th