SHS Weekly Newsletter

As we've talked about at length, a school focus of ours is to raise our attendance rate this school year. This Oregon Live article discusses the chronic absenteeism problem across our state and is being addressed by almost every school and school district in Oregon. In the article, you will find that while our district is doing well relative to other districts in the state, Sherwood's attendance rate is both below what the state, our district, and our school consider successful.

The goal for all schools is to have 90% of students attending 90% of the school year. After last week., 73.4% of our students are attending school more than 90% of time. On one hand, that rate is higher than it was at this time last year, which is certainly something to be celebrated, and we need to continue to strive to have our kids at school every day that they are healthy. Thank you for your continued effort and support in helping to raise our attendance rate!

Have a great weekend, and Go Bowmen!

Mr. Mitchell

• 11/10 - No School, Veteran's Day
• 11/20-11/24 - No School, Thanksgiving Break
• 11/29- Finals Schedule, periods 1-3-5, dismissal at 2:20pm
• 11/30 - Finals Schedule, periods 2-4, dismissal at 12:20pm
• 12/1 - No School, Teacher Work Day
• 12/4 - Trimester 2 Begins

*This will be a recurring newsletter segment, written by Anne Confer Dean of Students*

As the students and staff focus on the theme of Gratitude for the month of November, I wanted to introduce myself and the gratitude that I have for the opportunity to work with the students at Sherwood High School.

As the Dean of Students my number one priority is to support students. This support has many different approaches. I focus on student discipline, tardies/skipping and interpersonal support around conflict resolution/bullying and student safety.

I always approach all student interactions by seeking to understand from all perspectives and allowing everyone the opportunity to be heard. Through these conversations with students I have always tried to share that every situation is an opportunity for growth and part of that growth is accepting that actions have consequences.

I have tremendous gratitude for this opportunity to work with and support your students as they are funny, creative, insightful and generally good humans. I'm excited to have joined the Bowmen family and look forward to the rest of the year!

Finals will take place on Wednesday, November 29th with dismissal at 2:20pm and Thursday, November 30th with dismissal at 12:40pm.

If you would like to request a schedule change for 2nd or 3rd trimester, please click HERE for a link to our schedule change request form. This is the only way requests are being accepted this school year.

Request forms will be addressed in the order they are received. For 2nd trimester, requests will be processed through 3:45 pm on Friday, December 8th. Any 2nd trimester changes after the deadline could result in a withdrawal fail grade.

Once you submit a request, continue attending your schedule as is. Counselors will work through the requests as quickly as we can. You can view any changes in StudentVue. Once you see the change in StudentVue, you may begin attending your new schedule.

Thanks in advance for your patience!

Schedule Change Request Form

Our local Sherwood “Robin Hood” Elks #2342 has once again generously offered support for our families at Christmas time. If your family is in need and would like to apply for a Christmas basket, please contact your student's school counselor for access to the enrollment form. Forms are available in English and Spanish. All forms must be received by the Elks by December 11, 2023. Delivery or Pick up for the baskets will be December 16th.

The Nutrition Services Department was recently notified by our milk vendor that they will be experiencing shortages due to supply chain issues for milk cartons, which could impact the availability of milk options for our school lunches in the coming weeks. This may mean that there will only be one flavor of milk option (instead of the standard two) or that juice may be served as an alternative as needed.

All cafeterias will continue to offer milk as usual until we are affected by the shortage. Juice has been ordered as a backup in the event that milk is not available to offer. Many school districts will be affected by this supply chain shortage, so it is a possibility that juice may also become unavailable due to higher demand.

We will continue to update families as we learn more information from our vendor. Thank you for your understanding.

Career Center Calendar

College Visits next week:
11/16 - University of Arizona
Please sign up for Flex with Ms. Barrett if you’d like to attend!

The OSAC Scholarship application opened on November 1st! Oregon’s Office of Student Access and Completion offers a database of over 600 scholarships. Students can apply to up to 40 with a single application.
Link: https://www.oregonstudentaid.gov/scholarships/

Check out this scholarship opportunity:
Elks Most Valuable Student: scholarship available to local high school students (no affiliation to Sherwood Elks Lodge necessary to apply).
Deadline: November 13th

Sherwood High School Leadership students were able to attend the OASC Fall Conference this weekend in Seaside thanks to a generous grant from the Sherwood Education Foundation. This was an opportunity for these 24 students to network with other student councils, listen to guest speakers, and attend breakout sessions from leaders throughout the state.

Sherwood High School was selected to decorate Doernbecher Children's Hospital for the holiday season in recognition of their hard work for the Bowmen Pageant, and in order to comply with hospital guidelines we are in need of command hooks to hang decorations, garland, lights, etc. Please reach out to Katie Rarick at krarick@sherwood.k12.or.us or drop off your command hook donation to the SHS main office! Command hook donations due by Wednesday 11/29.

This is our Bowmen Theatre showcase! It is an exciting performance of scenes and songs performed by Sherwood High School theatre students. Vote for your favorite acts and help the students raise money for the theatre. The show will be performed Thursday, November 16th at 7:00pm in the Sherwood High School auditorium. A judges panel will be giving various awards and an Audience Choice award will be awarded to the act with the most votes. Tickets are on sale now for $5.00 and can be purchased at https://bowmentheatre.com/tickets/

Become a Bowmen Theatre sponsor and receive complimentary season tickets to each of our four theatrical productions this year. Your donation benefits the Sherwood High School theatre department. All sponsors are also listed in the program. The season opens with Sherwood Shorts on Thursday November 16th! https://bowmentheatre.com/season-ticket/

Stay tuned!

Join us for POKER NIGHT!

Saturday, November 18th at the Sherwood Elks Lodge. See the flyer for details and benefits if you pre-register. And don’t worry… we’ll have football on the big screen!

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FOOTBALL SQUARES:

Get your name on our Civil War Football Squares game board and win up to $1250!

Two separate boards available - $5/square or $25/square.

Prize money is 50% of the total sold, paid every quarter.

Squares sold at Friday’s Varsity Playoff Game. GO BOWMEN!!

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BOTTLE DRIVE:

Thank you to La Sierra Mexican Grill and Generations Bar and Grill for sponsoring our bottle drive!

Click Here to order a bag pickup! We are in your neighborhood every Tuesday!!

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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!