Big thanks to our Dining Services Department for making sure our students have meals to eat while we are out of school due to the inclement weather! Here they are passing out meals to students before the students went home today! #makeitcount #yjnation
SSD Families: Due to inclement weather in the forecast, all Sheridan School District campuses will be closed tomorrow, Feb. 11, 2021. Students will pivot to virtual learning and access their assignments through Canvas. If you have a power outage or don't have internet access, just contact your teacher through email or Canvas when you are able. Our teachers will allow time for your student to make up the work. Please stay safe!
SSD Families:
There is a potential for inclement weather in the forecast for tomorrow. If in-person instruction is canceled due to weather conditions, we will notify you as soon as the decision is made. We will send you a text message, post it on our website and social media, and we’ll notify our local news stations. If onsite classes are canceled, we will pivot to virtual work on Canvas.
As a precautionary measure, we will be sending home frozen weekend meals with students today instead of tomorrow. These free meals will go home with students who have already signed up to receive them each week. Please understand this does not mean we are canceling school tomorrow. We have not yet made that decision. We just want to be sure these students have food to eat over the weekend in the event we must cancel.
Reminder for SSD Families:
Feb 15
We will have EARLY DISMISSAL at 1:30 PM on Feb 15 for all students. P/T Conferences will be held virtually for Grades 6 - 12. For the high school, this time will incorporate CAPS conferences as well.
Feb 22
We will also have EARLY DISMISSAL at 1:30 PM on Feb 22 for all students. P/T Conferences will be held virtually for Grades PK - 5.
Would you like to recognize a teacher or staff member for their hard work, dedication & positive impact? Submit your words of gratitude/encouragement at https://bit.ly/36v0kjS, and we'll send them a card on your behalf. Yellowjacket Cheers Video: https://youtu.be/8A6cTnG4tOA
SSD Families: Please tap on the link read a message regarding COVID-19 Safety Protocols. http://bit.ly/3aFGhQu
We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for the School-Based Health Center Program Coordinator position. The health center will be open to our students and staff next fall!
Apply online at http://bit.ly/3pSg7QV.
This week we are recognizing our school counselors for #NationalSchoolCounselingWeek. These two counselors serve our intermediate schools, Sheridan Intermediate School and East End Intermediate. Thank you, Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. Hargrave, for all you do to support emotional, social and academic needs of our students!
This week we are recognizing our school counselors for #NationalSchoolCounselingWeek. These two counselors serve our two elementary schools, Sheridan Elementary School and East End Elementary. Please join us in recognizing them for all they do to support our students and staff!
It's National School Counseling Week! The nation is recognizing the unique contribution of school counselors! #NSCW highlights the tremendous impact school counselors have in helping students achieve success and prepare for the future. Please join us in thanking our counselors for all they do to support our students!
Today, a group of Mrs. Summit’s Alternative Learning students showed their appreciation for our transportation staff by giving each one a goody bag! #makeitcount #yjnation
Congratulations to these students who placed in the 2021 Grant County Spelling Bee !
1st Place: Avery Williams, SMS
2nd Place: Kelvin Yin, SMS
3rd Place: Jayden Harris, EEI
Yesterday, Sheridan High School was one of 1,119 schools to receive the College Board’s AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award. Recipients of this award have achieved high female representation in #APCSP and/or #APCSA at their school, helping close the gender gap in the field of computer science. http://spr.ly/6181HbKZ9 #YJNation #makeitcount Photo 1: KARK interviews computer science students in April of 2019 about the app they developed called the Arkansas College Calculator. It helps students find specific colleges and scholarships they’re eligible for in Arkansas based on their GPA and ACT score. Photo 2: SHS students attending the 2019 Girls of Promise Coding Summit.
Please tap on the link for information regarding Valentine's Day deliveries and parties. https://bit.ly/3pi00Mj
We are so grateful for our local pharmacies, MCCoy-Tygart Drug and East End Pharmacy! These kind people worked hard today administering COVID-19 vaccines at our faculty and staff COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics. #yjnation #inthistogether
To wrap up a great week for the GT/AP Program, DESE announced today that it will fund another grant for AP Art Teacher LeAnn Whitmire! The grant will be used to purchase updated resources that allow Mrs. Whitmire to teach her students high-demand graphic design skills. This final award means that all 3 of the district's submitted grant applications were fully funded.
It's another good day for our GT/AP Program! SHS AP teachers, Jeanne Gartman (AP Statistics) and John Hart (AP Chemistry), have been awarded AP Equipment and Materials Grants from DESE's Office of Gifted & Talented/Advanced Placement. Both grants will fund instructional resources up to $1,000 per teacher.
Pictured left to right: John Hart (AP Chemistry), Summer Williams (GT/AP Coordinator), Jeanne Gartman (AP Statistics)
SSD Families: REMINDER We will have no school tomorrow, Jan. 18. We hope you are enjoying your 3-day weekend!
Sherri DeSoto and Angie Walters (GT facilitators) and Summer Williams (GT Coordinator) were recently awarded the annual Arkansas Securities Department Grant that will be used to support 5th grade GT classes' Stock Market Game endeavors. The grant, which totaled almost $900 for our schools, is intended to support investment education for Arkansas students.
Upcoming Juniors and Seniors!
It's time to be thinking about which courses you want to take next year. As a student at SHS, you will have access to 10 Programs of Study through the Saline Co Career & Technical Campus, which opens next fall. These Programs of Study will help prepare you for high-demand high-paying careers! Learn more at bit.ly/SalineCTE.
