Families, Students and Staff can all vote for the Salinas High Cowboys to WIN Best Football Student Section in Salinas.

Email your favorite photos and selfies from your school's student section to ewoomer@gannett.com. The Californian will build a gallery with reader-submitted photos when we post the winner.

PS. You can vote more than once!

CLICK HERE to vote.

The Counseling Department is currently meeting one on one with every senior for evaluation appointments. Counselors will be assisting all seniors with the application for community college in their English classes.

At our last prize day, 97 students redeemed their Cowboy Way Cards for a prize. This year we have all new prizes. Students seemed really eager to get cards for the future prize days.

Students can earn cards by being Safe, Honorable & Sensible. All teachers and staff are provided the cards and encouraged to give them out to students.

13 Teachers/Staff Members (a student redeemed a card with the teachers/staff members name on it) received this gift from the PBIS Team as a thank you for passing out Cowboy Way Cards and promoting The Cowboy Way.

THANK YOU to the following SHS Staff who passed out Cowboy Way Cards: Mrs. Angie Martinez, Ms. Rachel Alfaro, Mrs. Oneto, Ms. Milward, Ms. Bravo, Mr. Bledsaw, Ms. Hutchinson, Mrs. Kile, Mrs. Perry, Ms. Martinez, Ms. Ortiz, Ms. Kern and Ms. Trayford.

Our next prize day is Wednesday, October 4th.

It is important for everyone on campus to do their part to keep our campus safe. Students are a big part of this effort. In order to help students understand their part in this process, our school developed an easy-to-remember system called The Cowboy Way. Below is a video, that was shared with staff and students, that describes the Cowboy Way.

Congratulations to the 2023 livestock exhibitors

Early Saturday morning a large group of riders from Salinas High School left Levi Plaza in San Francisco, rode across the scenic Golden Gate Bridge 102 miles north to Rohnert Park. Sunday's route was 40-57 miles through the countryside north of Rohnert Park; all to support Multiple Sclerosis research.

Cowboys who attended:

Evan Silacci, Nate Crandall, Nick Weidemann, Ian Weidemann, Asher Banks, Seth Agan, J.D. Harwayne, Deme Crandall, Nathan Wasson, Rishi Thakkar

Coloring is a healthy way to relieve stress. It can improve sleep and fatigue while decreasing body aches, heart rate, respiration and feelings of depression and anxiety.

The Wellness Center hosted a lunch time activity where students and staff could come and color together.

Thank you to all that came out, we look forward to more lunch time activities in the future.

Students and staff are welcome to join the Wellness Center team on October 18th during lunch to paint a haunted bird house.

Jaslyne Coronado, Taylor Ramirez and Alissa Escutia all scored touchdowns in Salinas' 18-14 win over Aptos in Flag Football's first official game. Emily Aguilar throws for over 100 years, while Ramirez has three interceptions. Alicia Rosales and Escutia each had one interception. GREAT JOB COWBOYS!!!

To go along with our school theme this year, "What Good Will I Do Today?", Huge SHOUT OUT to EVERYONE who submitted a shout-out. Keep them coming to be added in future newsletters! The google form will be open all year!

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CLICK HERE for the google form for any future shout outs.

Mr. Dover to Colby V. Jasmine C. Ivo F. and Janelle C. - Thank you ASB Executives for organizing and working before school to put on Herd-Round Up, First Day Rally, Welcome Back Dance, and Back to School Night for the entire campus. Student leadership at its finest.

Mrs. Kile to Zoe P. in my 9th grade English class who has been working so hard to complete all of her assignments/quizzes with nearly perfect accuracy!

Ms. Ortiz to Uriel R. - I would like to send a shout out to Uriel. He has been a great help to one of my student. Uriel shows that he can be very supportive of the needs of my student. He is very polite towards all of his peers and gives a helping hand to those that need it. I'm very proud of Uriel. Glad to have him in class.

Ms. Valeria Medina to Melinda V - Melinda Villasenor, for being an outstanding TA for the main office! We appreciate everything she does.

Ms. Reyes to Isaac R. - Isaac Rodriguez put a lot of effort in his Hispanic countries presentation to the class.

Ms. Moises to ASB - I would like to shout out to ASB. They have been doing a fantastic job with promoting school spirit!

Ms. Dalton to Austin B. - Awesome job leading our chapter as the new FFA president

Ms. Almond to Gilbert A.- Gilbert was wanting to help another student by paying for their PE clothing at the beginning of the year, I noticed this and had him keep his money and I gave the girl clothes. But I appreciate his offering to help her!

Ms. Perry to Dayana R. - Dayana has been an amazing student. She is extremely helpful to her teachers and a devoted friend as well. I had the honor of having Dayana in my 10th grade English class last year, as well as during summer school P.E. In both instances, she went above and beyond to make my life easier. Dayana is extremely mature and realizes when her teachers need help. She is a warm and considerate young woman.

Ms. Hutchinson to Mitchel K. - Mitchell always comes to our AP Language and Composition class prepared and fully engaged in class work and activities. He asks questions often and contributes to the positive learning environment greatly.

Ms. Power to Isaac G. is a positive force in my classroom. He is a great student willing to help anyone and always brings a smile to my face when he comes in the room.

Jacqueline R. to Mr. Cnudde - Mr. Cnudde, for being encouraging and being a well rounded teacher and idol for me.

Annyssa L to Ms. Ramirez - Ms. Ramirez because she takes into consideration her student mental health as well as giving out resources that could potentially help them. Ms. Ramirez also realizes mental and physical health comes before school work and turning things in on time. She is overall an amazing teacher and never turns down giving a helping hand.

Samantha P. to Mr. Santos - he worried for my mental health and trys to help everyone understand spanish more than my other spanish teachers

Bethany B. to Mr. Felice. - I am giving him a shout out because he makes X period so much fun, and always puts the class in a great mood for the rest of the day.

Andrea G. to Sylvia Garcia

Forrest J. to Mr. Stevens - Mr. Stevens. You are the bestest teacher in the world.

Isabel A. to Luci - luci the one in the cafeteria she is always really nice and always have a positive actitud. she always make my day perfect because she always have something positive to say.

Melanie G to Ms. Lupisan - Lupisan-sensei has been great this year with encouraging students to continue learning Japanese. The way she teaches is really fun, making it so learning Japanese is not a chore but rather entertaining. She always answers any questions I have and is really funny.

Giada B. to Mr. Terry - Mr. Terry for being awesome

Dulce C. to Ms. Fuerbringer- Because she is very helpful and is very patient with the students and explains the work very well and in general is a very kind teacher to have, she helped me feel comfortable since I switched periods.

Shiv P. to Mr. Andersen- Mr. Andersen. is a very dedicated teacher and it's his last year of teaching, he sincerely cares about his students.

Giada T. to Ms. Patty & Ms. Tan - I would like to shout out Ms. Patty, and Ms. Tan! They are the best teachers and are so fun! Whenever in there class I am never bored.

Amerie V. to Ms. Hermann - I would love to write a shoutout to Mrs. Hermann because she is such a genuine, sweet, and kind person. I love having her company. And I'm so very glad and thankful to have had her as my teacher.

Tyler S. to Ms. Gunter - Lynn Gunter because she lets me and my friends help her in her classroom after school and teaches us lots of other metalworking and trade skills.

Jocelyn A. to Ms. Garcia - Ms. Garcia was always helpful and there to listen when you most needed someone.

Ana F. to Ms. Perry - She is an amazing wonderful teacher. She really cares for us and makes sure that we have fun in her class but she also makes sure we learn something. She is very kind and she is just wonderful towards her student. Iv'e never had a teacher this caring who is willing to help those who are struggling. Shes the most amazing teacher and I want her to know that I appreciate her. She also helped us find who we are and I am really grateful for her. Thank you Mrs. Perry.

Joseph G to Ms. H. Stewart- was the best english teacher i ever had so thats my reason

Mr. Mariscal to Classified Staff - I would like to thank our entire classified staff for a wonderful start to the school year. Our staff has really poured their hearts out to ensure our campus looks beautiful, feels safe, and operates smoothly.

Mrs. Kile to Ms. Shay Casteneda, my student teacher, how has stepped into teaching the warm up with energy and enthusiasm.

Mr. Zenk to Mrs. Zenk - Stefanie because of the million things she does for football and any other kid that needs help. She supports all of our kids.

Mr. Zenk to Mr. Gordon - Jens for stepping up as Girls' basketball coach to make sure our girls get the best experience possible.

Mr. Perry to Ms. Villarreal - As a woman in STEM and our new site tech coach, Brenda Villarreal is fielding questions and reaching out to many of our SHS cowboys in need. It's a rough gig she manages with both humor and humility.

Mr. Perry to Ms. Alfaro - Rachel Alfaro is a rockstar! Despite her busy and sometimes intense responsibilities in the Wellness Center, she carved out time to help with a side project.

Ms. Valeria Medina to Ms. Grace Torres - Grace Torres for being so amazing and positive! Always going above & beyond!

Ms. Moises to Ms. Zenk - Stefanie Zenk goes above and beyond to assist her husband in supporting the football teams. True team spirit! Stefanie assists in feeding all the football players after games. Thank you for all that you do!

Ms. Moises to Staff - Amazing support for all students. SHS counselors, intervention specialist, School Social Workers, School Psychologists, RJ Facilitators, Krista Wilson, & Andi Rossi. All these individuals are always supporting our students and staff.

Ms. Moises to Staff - Secretaries and clerks keeping our school running. Without our wonderful staff, we would not be able to keep our school running. Our SHS staff are incredible!!

Ms. Moises to Victor Perez - Mr. Victor Perez is always willing to assist with whatever is needed. He is a huge support for our school and me. Thank you for all your hard work!

Ms. Fowler to Ms. Boulware - Michelle Boulware has already done an amazing job getting the choirs out and performing beautifully!

Ms. Power to Andy Mandon is the best co-PLC lead I could have. He supports our vision for seniors and he supports me in my craziness. Thanks Andy for making my days brighter every day at SHS.

Mr. Zenk to Life Skills Class and Functional Academic Class - Our life skills class and our functional academics classes are outstanding and great for kids. They are in modified PE with Stef and it's the best thing I have ever seen for those kids as well as my football kids that are in the class. One class is Kathy Bravo's life skills class. Aides are Cyndi Barnes, Lupe Lugo, Connie Ruiz and Cecilia Rotharmal that come to PE with me. The other class is Kim Milward Byerly's functional academics class and the aides are Jaci and Daisy that come to PE.

Ms. Gonzalez to Mr. Causey and Ms. Villarreal - who both are celebrating a happy birthday on Friday, September 29. If you see them today, please wish them a happy birthday!!

October 2nd-6th - Homecoming Week

October 5th - Homecoming Parade at 3:00

October 6th - Homecoming Dance 7:00-10:30 in the Inner Court

October 6th - Quarter 1 ends

October 9th - NO SCHOOL

October 11th - Senior Class Meeting

October 12th - Senior Parent Night

October 31st - November 3rd - Red Ribbon Week

TBA - Fall Theater Show

Salinas High School

726 S. Main St.

Salinas, Ca 93901

(831) 796-7400

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