SHS Weekly Newsletter

We hope that you are had a good week! Things are very busy here with our fantastic play, "You Can't Take It With You," wrapping up this weekend, winter sports seasons coming to a close over the next few weeks, our Incoming Freshmen Night happening on Monday, Feb. 26, and many other events going on at Sherwood High School. Congratulations to our students who facilitated our blood drive on Tuesday...it was the most successful school event in the Portland metro area this year!

As we move into the later half of trimester two, we highly encourage you to be actively involved in monitoring and supporting your students academic progress. Talking directly to your student about their grades and assignments, checking ParentVue, and exploring Canvas (if used in the class) are just a few of the ways you can work along side your student. If there are issues, we strongly suggest the student make the first contact with their teacher, and advocate on their own behalf. If there are still questions, contacting the teacher is always an option, and including your student in that conversation is a great way to help them build skills that will help them when they have their own job in the future.

Have a great weekend and Go Bowmen!

Mr. Mitchell

• 2/19 - Regular School Day (Weather Makeup Day)
  
• 2/24 - Bowmen Pageant
  
• 2/26 - Incoming Freshmen Night, 6:30pm @ SHS
• 3/13-3/14 - Trimester 2 Finals ~ New dates!
• 3/15 - NO SCHOOL, Teacher Work Day~ New date!
• 3/18 - Trimester 3 Begins

Sherwood High School would like to invite the Class of 2028 and their parents/guardians to our annual Incoming Freshman Information Night on Monday, February 26, 2024 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. This is an opportunity for students and parents to meet some of our amazing staff members, learn more about Sherwood High School, receive more information regarding Course Selection, and tour our beautiful campus. Sherwood High School has two parking lots - one directly in front of the building and another upper lot above the main campus entrance. If you park in the upper lot, please walk down to the main front entrance located closest to Haide Road. We look forward to meeting everyone and helping to start on the road to high school success!

Beginning in March 2024, the Sherwood School District will provide families with electronic report cards for all students, starting with the report cards for Trimester 2. As we move to this paperless option, report card delivery to all families will default to "paperless-only," and paper report cards will no longer be mailed home.

If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of your child’s report card, you can opt out of the electronic-only option in your ParentVUE account. For opt-out instructions, please visit our website at https://sherwood.k12.or.us/electronic-report-cards/ or contact your school office for assistance.

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!

What motivates you? There are three general elements to motivation: Choice, Effort and Outcome. How do the choices students make and the amount of effort associated with those choices affect the desired outcome? These are great topics to address with your student during conversations about their high school experience, what they hope to gain from it and how their actions impact the results.

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

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:
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.

Here are some of our upcoming speakers:
February 20th: FBI's Northwest Regional Computer Forensic Lab Representative (Sign up with Mrs. Dewees)
February 20th: Electrician-NECA IBEW Training Center
February 21st: Plumbers & Steamfitters Info Session at 2:30pm (after school, no sign up required)
February 22nd: National Guard
February 27th: Information Technology (IT)

Sign up for Flex with Ms. Barrett in order to attend!


Local Scholarships:
Local scholarship applications have begun to open! These scholarships are sponsored by local organizations and companies and are open only to Sherwood High School seniors. Take advantage of these great opportunities! More scholarships will be added to this list as they are opened.

Deadlines:
Sherwood Chamber of Commerce & Pride Disposal Scholarship: April 12th

Sherwood Saturday Market Scholarship: May 3rd


*Complete scholarship information can be found in Naviance*


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

Spring Sports are coming fast! If you are planning on participating in a spring sport (track & field, lacrosse, baseball, softball, tennis, or golf), please register HERE. Spring sports registration ends Feb. 23, 2024.

Athletes must have a current cleared physical on file in order to participate. Physicals must be on the OSAA form linked HERE.

Questions? Email Connie at cpollock@sherwood.k12.or.us

Interested boys golf players please attend a player and parent meeting on February 21st at 7:00pm in the SHS library.

Tickets on sale now for Bowmen Theatre's production of You Can't Take It With You! Tickets can be purchased at http://bowmentheatre.com/tickets

One of the most popular and successful plays of modern times, You Can't Take It With You is a hilarious, delightful portrait of a charmingly eccentric family. Their hobbies include collecting snakes, building fireworks in the basement, writing a myriad of plays that never get published, and taking ballet lessons. But when practical young Alice Sycamore becomes engaged to her company’s Vice President Tony Kirby, the Vanderhof/Sycamore clan must straighten up to meet the new in-laws.

Show Dates & Times:
Friday 2/16 @ 7pm
Saturday 2/17 @ 7pm

Below you can find a variety of events to volunteer at on different dates. The tracker will be updated monthly with new opportunities:

Volunteering at the Senior Center
Contact: Tammy Steffens: SteffensT@sherwoodoregon.gov
Description: The Sherwood Senior Center needs volunteers to serve lunches, fill water or coffee cups, and wipe down tables. The shifts are from 11:30 to 1:30 on weekends. You will need to email Tammy Steffens directly if interested and fill out the parental consent form below if you are under 18.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=f7bf03e9a5&attid=0.1&permmsgid=msg-f:1787906921373955006&th=18cfebdf4bf4f3be&view=att&disp=inline

Making Valentine's Day cards in flex
Sign up for Mrs. Rarick's flex on Tuesday, February 13th. We will be making cards to hand out as students walk in the morning of Valentine's Day. You can earn 30 minutes of service.

Volunteer at Tree Plantings
Find a tree planting event nearest you and get service hours!
https://friendsoftrees.org/event-calendar/

Freshmen night
Come volunteer at Incoming Freshman Night on February 26th from 6:30-8:30 p.m. You can earn 2 service hours by representing a club, sport, and/or answering parent and student questions.

For additional information or questions feel free to contact:
Leadership Advisor: Katie Rarick (krarick@sherwood.k12.or.us.)
ASB Service Director: Ella Traina (ellact25@sherwoodsd.com)

The Sherwood High School Bowmen Pageant will be held Saturday Feb. 24 @ 6pm in the SHS auditorium. Please enter from the top lot. Tickets are $10 online purchased in advance. Ticket sales will close Thursday Feb. 22 and tickets sold at the door will be $15 cash or check only. Please purchase tickets in advance here: https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Bowmen-Pageant-Ticket-2024/SZ2soH

Please support Sherwood Bands and Color Guard by attending our Annual Findraiser Swingin' the Green at the Oregon Golf Club. Enjoy live Jazz music, plated dinner and desert all hosted by our auctioneer Patrick!

Key Dates: February 21st, Parent Planning Meeting @Generations 7pm

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The lunch menu for February has been updated to reflect the weather makeup day on February 19. To view or print the updated menu, please click the link below.