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SHS NEWS “Learning Today, Shaping Tomorrow!”

January 2019

Notes from the Principal & More

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students:

I hope everyone had a good break. One more day

to go! We will see everyone on Tuesday, Jan. 8,

2019.

Missed Finals: Make-up final exams will be

conducted this week. An absence must be excused

for a student to be given this option. I will be

meeting with students on Tuesday to let them

know when their finals must be taken.

Outstanding Winter Students at IVVC: Indian

Valley Vocational Center proudly announces its

Outstanding Winter Students. The criteria to be

recognized includes qualities such as outstanding

professional work, enthusiasm, attendance,

initiative and demonstrated work ethic.

Dillon Meyerholz Auto Body Repair

John Conrad Construction Trades

Hannah Kail Early Childhood Ed.

Jolene Ii Emergency Medical

Matyson Elder Health Occupations

Weather: I know it is hard to believe it is winter

with our warm weather, but it is. Please expect the

weather to change at any time. Be aware that the

doors at the school do not open until 7:00 a.m.

The doors that open are at the west side of the

school, closest to the gym. At 7:00 a.m., the

students can come in and hang out in the café until

7:15 a.m. If a student has a class in the portable

buildings, they are encouraged to wear their coat

when they are walking to class.

Attention All Juniors:

Immunization Requirements Have Changed!

The law now requires that all 12th-graders are

required to show proof of having received two (2)

doses of the meningococcal vaccine unless the

first dose was given on or after the student’s 16th

birthday.

All health requirements are required to be

completed and on file with the school nurse by

the first day of school. No student will be

allowed to attend school until this requirement

is met.

It is not too early to begin preparing for the next

school year. It is recommended that you get

vaccinated now in order to avoid any last-minute

rush during the summer. In addition to healthcare

providers, health departments and many

pharmacies offer this vaccine.

Please contact Mrs. Gonzalez, the school nurse, if

you have questions.

Lunch Menus

http://scusd.ss19.sharpschool.com/district_resourc

es/food_service/lunch_menus

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Go Indians!

Go Lady Indians!

Tom Sodaro,

SHS Principal

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Lady Indians

Our ladies did it. They are 19-0! This is the most wins ever for our Girls’ Basketball team in the

history of Sandwich High School. The season’s not over, so come and join us for our next home

game on Wednesday against HBR. Way to go, ladies!

The Annual Can Drive Pick-Up

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Follow Sandwich CUSD #430 on Twitter @SandwichCUSD430

Have a Twitter account? Follow Sandwich CUSD #430 for information regarding programs and

activities throughout our learning community.

District Dashboard

The Sandwich CUSD #430 district dashboard has been launched and is linked to the district

website. While the dashboard includes data the ISBE report card generally includes, the

dashboard highlights in greater depth the many types of positive programs and services offered

throughout the district.

The dashboard addresses five main indicators:

1) Overall School Achievements and Accomplishments: This indicator highlights success stories

from each attendance center such as learning environment activities, academic growth and extra-

curricular activities.

2) Student Success: This indicator highlights success stories such as AP coursework, Career &

Technical Education, student growth performance and academic achievement results.

3) Learning Environment: This indicator highlights success stories such as our AdvancED model

of school improvement, professional development experiences, our wellness, technology and

safety initiatives and extracurricular involvement.

4) Finance and Operations: This indicator highlights information such as Evidence Based

Funding revenue, expenditure costs and total fund balance.

5) District Characteristics: This indicator highlights information such as enrollment data,

attendance and mobility.

Spanish Club

Spanish Club members enjoyed trying tostones, a Puerto Rican snack made from plantains.

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Spanish IV students made a typical Spanish dish called pan con tomate

to cap off a unit on Pamplona, Spain.

Creative Writing

The co-presidents of the Creative Writing Club, Julia Kwiat and Caden Gudmunson, were recently

elected and immediately stepped up to assist the other members in thinking outside the box. The

group has been willing to share their ideas, their energy and their love for writing; it has created an

atmosphere that is infectious in which the members are always willing to write. So far, the group has

written poems, songs, short films and they are working on novels that are out of this world! Those

interested in seeing some of this work can look forward to the group’s display at the Spring Variety

Show.

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Art Classes

Senior Anna Fischer mixed media

Arts, Crafts and Culture class Australian Aboriginal

dot painting. Seniors Meg Etheridge and Kate Diaz

Art I paintings in the style of artist Keith Haring

Top CTE Students for the Semester

Keyboarding: Ivan Arreola, Elian Benitez, Alijah Campbell

Computer Applications: Maddie Card, Katie Deslitch, Amanda Reimer

Consumer Education: Katie Deslitch, Kayleigh White, Devin Carrera, Sierra Franklin

Accounting: Sierra Franklin

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Social Studies

This month the seniors in Government took the US Constitution exam for their final, which is a graduation

requirement. Here are Riley Stillmunkes, Kendra Miles and Megan Etheridge studying for the exam and

getting in the holiday mood, too.

Educators Rising

Educators Rising had the opportunity to read to the students at Prairie View Elementary School on

Wednesday, Dec. 12. Fourteen of our high school students teamed up in groups of two or three to read a

Christmas-themed story to the class and complete a related craft with the elementary students. Both the high

school students and the elementary students had a great time interacting with each other.

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Coming in January: National Drug Facts Week

National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) is a national health observance for teens to promote local

events that use NIDA science to shatter the myths about drugs. During the week of Jan. 22, SHS DCP/SAFE

will be conducting activities to increase knowledge on the dangers of drug use. More to come in the

February newsletter. For more information on National Drug Facts Week, please go to

https://teens.drugabuse.gov/national-drug-facts-week.

DCP/SAFE: Safe Driving Activities during December

December was National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. DCP/SAFE created an awareness

bulletin board to remind students of the risks of driving impaired. Then during lunch periods the last week of

December, we held an activity for students to participate in where they could see what impaired driving may

feel like. To do this simulation, DCP/SAFE set up a Mario cart game and students texted while playing the

game to see how it impacts the ability to focus on driving. We had drunk goggles for students to wear and

perform tasks to see how vision and coordination are impacted. Officer Fasnacht, the SHS resource officer,

put students through mock sobriety testing while wearing the drunk goggles. We also had a quiz board on

safe driving, which allowed students to test their knowledge on safe driving.

DCP/SAFE would like to remind everyone once again of the importance of safe driving. Below is a “Rate

Your Risk” quiz on distracted driving. Take a moment to rate yourself and, if needed, make the effort to

reduce your risk to keep yourself, your passengers and others on the road safe.

Never Sometimes Frequently

Turn to talk to a friend in the back seat?............................................ o…………..o…………….o

Check messages on your cell phone?............................................... o…………..o…………….o

Make a call on your cell phone?........................................................ o…………..o…………….o

Eat or drink?...................................................................................... o…………..o…………….o

Change the radio station or CD?....................................................... o…………..o…………….o

Shave, put on make-up or brush your hair?...................................... o…………..o…………….o

Do your homework or read?............................................................. o…………..o…………….o

Dig for items in a backpack, purse, glove compartment or pockets? o…………..o…………….o

Goof around with friends in a car next to or ahead of you in traffic?o…………..o…………….o

Add the number of checkmarks in each column and write the totals below.

Never: ____________ Sometimes: ___________ Frequently: ___________

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Madrigals

The Madrigals perform at December’s School Board meeting.

Madrigals’ Performance

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READ Club’s Forgotten

Books Upcycling Project READ Club created holiday trees from

weeded books to decorate the library.

Readers’ Choice Award

Update All of our Readers Choice Award

participants are doing great so far! Two

more participants have qualified for the

voting party! That makes it six students.

And it’s not too late to sign up. Four

books before the end of February is very

doable!

Good luck to everyone participating.

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SHS COUNSELORS’ CORNER

Ms. Martin vmartin@sandwich430.org Last Names A-K

Mrs. Docherty jdocherty@sandwich430.org Last Names L-Z

Mrs. Jordan djordan@sandwich430.org Registrar

Counselor Contact: The most efficient way to contact the counselors is via email. (See above for email

addresses.) Contact your student’s teachers with questions or concerns regarding specific classes.

Please allow at least 24 hours for a response to either an email or phone message.

Guidance Upcoming Events

Incoming Freshman Curriculum Night is Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 6:00 p.m. This is an event designed for

8th-grade students and parents to meet the high school teachers and sign up for a small group meeting with

their counselor.

Life in High School is Thursday, Jan. 17. Student “ambassadors” from SHS will present to the 8th-grade

students at SMS about what to expect in high school.

2019-2020 Course Selection

The majority of current freshmen, sophomores and juniors have completed their online course selection. If

you’d like to see or edit your student’s course choices, you can view them on the Tyler Student Portal under

the 2019-20 school year.

College Visits

Juniors and seniors should schedule a College Visit Day to tour a college or university of your choice. If you

pick up and complete a College Visit Day form from Guidance two to three days before your visit, you won’t

end up with an unexcused absence.

SAT

All juniors will take the SAT April 9 during the school day. Students do NOT need to register; SHS will take

care of that. Students can practice at www.khanacademy.org with the free account that they created.

Sending SAT or ACT scores with college applications: Many colleges will take SAT or ACT scores from

your transcript; however, if a college requires you to send your test scores directly from the testing company,

use the following links:

SAT – www.collegeboard.org and log in to your account.

ACT – www.actstudent.org and log in to your account.

It will cost $12 per score report you send.

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