SHS Weekly Newsletter

Happy New Year!!

We've had a great start to 2024 already at SHS! On Tuesday, we had an enjoyable professional development day for our teachers. We started the day celebrating the excellent work of our staff (please continue to send in your "Celebrate Sherwood Staff" experiences!), increased our learning of the best ways to collaborate with teachers who teach like courses, continued our implementation of standards based grading, begin to explore how to integrate Artificial Intelligence programs in a high school setting, and improved our overall teaching strategies. The high levels of engagement and implementation of our staff will result in higher levels of success for our students and school community!

Our winter activities and athletics continue to be busy and outstanding. Please come to the school and see a performance or game soon!

Have a great weekend and Go Bowmen!

Mr. Mitchell

• 1/15 - No School, MLK Jr. Day
  
• 1/16-1/19 - Better Bowmen Days
• 1/25 - Conferences
• 1/27 - Bowmen Pageant Staff vs. Student Basketball Game
• 2/5-2/9 - Staff Appreciation Week
• 2/19 - No School, President's Day
• 2/24 - Bowmen Pageant

It has been amazing to watch out students this week participate in Better Bowmen Days and the sharing of Random Acts of Kindness (RAK). I am continually impressed by our students and their connections to one another and to our staff.

I hope everyone is able to enjoy the extended weekend and I encourage everyone to do something kind for someone else.

Sherwood Unified Basketball team will face off against the SHS Varsity Basketball teams in a highly anticipated match on Tuesday, January 16th, at 6:00 p.m. The showdown will take place at Sherwood High School, and we invite you to join us for an unforgettable experience!

What: Unified vs. Varsity Basketball Game
When: Tuesday, January 16th, 2024
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Where: Sherwood High School

Admission Information: To support our Unified Sports Program, there will be a $5.00 admission fee for all attendees. This fee is applicable to everyone, with no ASB exceptions. Your contribution will go directly towards enhancing our Unified Sports Program, creating more opportunities for inclusivity and promoting a sense of belonging among all students.

Sherwood High School partnered with Tualatin Food Bank for the Canned Food Drive this year and as of Wednesday we already crushed our 400 pound donation goal. Thank you to the families of Sherwood High School for the incredible participation and support. Sherwood Leadership was able to help collect and load the final donations today!

Please come support the Bowmen Pageant by dining out at MOD Pizza this Wednesday January 10, 2024. All proceeds go to the Sherwood High School Bowmen Pageant. Please use the attached flyer or order online using the code: MODGIVES25

Visit yearbook’s new website! On it you will find information about ordering, dates, links to submit senior content, and more!

Buy A Yearbook Now!
Last day to preorder & guarantee a book is January 16, 2024.
Order AND pay for your students book in order to guarantee a copy at distribution in June. If extra books remain at distribution, they will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.

Two ways to order:
-On Parent Vue under Optional Fees --> Quiver Yearbook 2024 (card only).
-In person at the school bookkeeper (cash or check only).
Last day for preorders:
January 16, 2024.
Cost:
$60 August-December
$65 January-June.

Senior Portraits
All senior photos are due January 16, 2024.
Photos need to be submitted via Google Form on the Yearbook Website. If a photo is not submitted, the school photo will be used.

Senior Tributes
All senior tributes are due February 24, 2024.
Senior Tributes are a great way to commemorate your student’s high school experience. Just send in a photo and personalized message and we’ll print it in the yearbook. Pictures might include a baby photo, family photos, artwork, or other image that will commemorate your student. Space is limited, and will be sold on a first come, first serve basis until sold out. Tributes need to be submitted via Google Form on the Yearbook Website.

Career Talks:
Career Talks will start next week! Sign up for Flex in the Career Center to listen to guest speakers from a number of industries talk about their careers and how they got them.

Learn about:
Careers in Engineering, Business, Science
Careers in the Medical Field
Careers in the Trades
Careers in the Military

Here are some of our upcoming speakers:
January 9th: Marketing Team at Yakima Products
January 16th: HVAC
January 18th: Engineering/CNC
January 25th: Occupational Therapist
January 30th: Physical Therapist

New industries will continue to be added to the schedule. Look out for emails about each week’s offerings!

FAFSA Reminders:
The 2024-2025 FAFSA is now open! Visit StudentAid.gov to start your application. Contact the Career Center if you have questions or need assistance with your FAFSA.

Career Center Calendar

Winter sports are underway! Stay tuned for updates.

Oregon's Statewide Assessments in science, mathematics, and English language arts will begin in February 2024 for juniors.

Scheduled testing will take place during the school day. For additional information on the State Assessments from the Oregon Department of Education, please review the following link.

While no single test can give a complete picture of your child’s progress, statewide tests provide information to students and families, as well as to educators and administrators, about what educational approaches are working and where additional resources are needed. Your child’s participation is important to ensure schools and districts receive the targeted resources they need to help all students succeed. Districts are rated on their participation levels as well as student performance on this exam. In addition, some Oregon community colleges and universities waive placement testing for entering students who score a 3 or higher on OSAS tests and meet the college’s standards for continued academic rigor in 12th grade.

Oregon law (ORS 329.479) permits parents and adult students to annually opt-out of Oregon’s statewide summative tests in English Language Arts and Math by submitting a form to the school the student attends. If you decide to opt your child out of the math and/or ELA state assessments, please submit the following form to the high school front office by January 26, 2024 to best support our school with planning for this year's testing schedule:

• English combined 30-day notice and opt-out form​

• Spanish combined 30-day notice and opt-out form

• Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified)

• Vietnamese, Russian, German, French

• Tagalog, Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Chuukese, Somali

Stay tuned!

Thanks to our Sponsors and Donors!!

Sherwood Elks Lodge

La Sierra Mexican Grill

Generations Bar and Grill

Mortgage Express

Get in touch if you or your company would like to become a sponsor!

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As you may have heard, the Sherwood School District is engaged in many activities to Celebrate our schools, our students, our staff, and our community. At Sherwood High School, we would love your help in recognizing our staff members who are doing amazing things for our students and families. When you have any positive and exceptional experienced or interactions with our staff, please use the button below to share those with us! We will share that information with the staff member, as well as use any submissions to help identify a staff member of the month that we will recognize at our staff meetings! Bring on those great stories, thank you!