Open House 2023-2024

PHS Staff and the Livingston Community are here to help you as a parent or guardian help your student navigate high school. This year Park High School will be offering Open House in a new and improved format.

This event will be a Parents/Guardians ONLY event.

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PHS Open House

Ranger Road Trip:

Don't Take the Journey Alone

September 14, 2023

4:45 pm to 8:00 pm

Park High School

102 View Vista Drive

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Presentations and Booth information from the following district and community organizations:

Presenters

PHS Academic Departments			Each department presents the incredible courses, curriculum, and expectations within their departments at Park High School. PHS Academic Departments include English, Social Studies, Math, Science, World Languages, Health/PE, Special Education, Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), and Career & Technical Ed (CTE).

"Hidden in Plain Sight" with Justin Matthews from Southwest Montana Prevention			Justin Matthews is a Prevention Specialist who will guide you through a "teenager's bedroom" and educate you on how to spot signs of possible substance use and risky behavior. Justin will also have other resources on how to help your teen navigate peer pressure around drugs and alcohol.

"Healthy Relationships with Technology" with Brenda Stephani from L'esprit			Brenda Stephani is a therapist with L'esprit who has expertise in healthy technology use, parenting with technology, and/or identifying problematic technology use in youth. She will be giving a short presentation on this topic and offer additional resources for parents.

Big Brothers Big Sisters with Lydia Islas			Lydia Islas is the Park County Program Manager of BBBS of Big Sky Country. She will be presenting ways that your high schooler could get involved with a positive experience through Big Brothers Big Sisters!

Infinite Campus & Canvas with LPS Staff			Our local experts, Sarah Dahl and Lisa Peterson, give a quick lesson on features to utilize in Infinite Campus and Canvas to monitor your student's progress and help them be their most successful in school.

Interquest Canine Agency			Beth Kendall and her partner, Storm, demonstrate the skills that detection canines are capable of and how we utilize their services here at Park High School

Ranger Clinic			Park High School partners with Livingston Health Care to run the Ranger Clinic out of the building. Dr. Chris Spromberg (clinical psychologist) and Paula Coleman (pediatric nurse practitioner) see students here in the building so that they can get the medical care they need and don't even have to leave school! Nurse Holly Sienkiewicz will be presenting the services offered through Ranger Clinic and taking guests on a tour.

Farm to School			Farm to School has had a long-standing relationship with Livingston Public Schools. Here at PHS they operate our Plant Growth Center and work closely with our food services! They will be providing tours of our Plant Growth Center and information about their partnership with PHS.

Livingston Police Department			A member of our very own Livingston Police Department will be joining us to inform parents of current risks and concerns they should be aware of in our community that is impacting our youth. They will also present ways to stay vigilant in keeping teens safe and out of harm's way.

Key Points of the Student Handbook with Becky Ayler			Mrs. Ayler, Vice Principal, will be leading a presentation and Q&A around Park High's student handbook. Curious about some of our policies – Mrs. Ayler will help you navigate them and answer any questions you have.

Dinner provided by LPS Food Services			We welcome everyone who attends to enjoy a beautiful and delicious meal prepared by our very own Livingston Public School Food Services department at Park High School!

Informational Booths

In addition to all the awesome Presentations that will be held throughout the evening, we will also have booths with other partnering organizations to provide you invaluable information for everything you need to have a student at Park High or support in raising your teenager!

Booths include:

PHS Activities & Athletics

PHS Boosters

PHS FFA Alumni

L'esprit

Big Brothers Big Sisters

LPS Nurses

PHS Work-Based Learning Coordinator

PHS Library and Media Specialist

LPS Tech Coaches

The Dugout

Mustang Catering

Community Health Partners Parent Liaison

LPS Food Services

Drawings for Prizes

If all the great information you will gain and dinner wasn't enough to entice you to join us for our Ranger Roadtrip Open House – we also have prizes from local businesses that we will have drawings for. At each presentation you attend, or booth you stop by – even if you have dinner – you will receive a ticket. With every ticket you receive, you can enter various drawings to win awesome prizes! Gifts/prizes include:

Gift Certificate to	Swag Gift Basket from	1 Free Month and Swag from
Gift Basket from	Coffee Mug and Gift Card from	Gift Basket from Kennedy Marshall
Pet Gift Basket from	Gift Basket from	3 Months Free to
Gift Certificate to	Gift Card to	Gift Certificate from
Seasonal Veggie Box from	Ranger Swag from	Gift Certificate to

Please join us for an informative and engaging night.