From the Office: Just a reminder to please call (654-1347) or e-mail ([email protected]) the office when your student is ill or will not be in school for any reason. Also, please keep in mind that our office space is getting smaller and all phones are in use for school business. We try to keep our lines open for emergencies. Please try and make all special arrangements with your students for the day prior to school beginning. We do not have phones or an intercom system between the classrooms and the office. It is difficult to get messages to your students during the school day. We do not have runners between the office and the classrooms and if we have to leave to deliver a message we might miss an important or emergency call. We do have the best interests of your students in mind. If they are sick or have forgotten food or have other serious difficulties we are always here to help accommodate them. If you have questions, please call or e-mail the office. Thanks.
Monday, January 18th, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: No School
SHCS Winter Olympics, February 25th & 26th: Many volunteers needed for this school-wide event. This two-day event is amazing. We hope to see many of you there!
- Olympic kick-off, Thursday, Jan 21st, at 8:15 a.m. at lodge: Please drop off your student(s) at the lodge on this morning. After all the students are presented with their team & their country, they will walk down to the school.
- Volunteers Needed! We will need many hands to help with the Olympics. Assisting with teams each Wednesday morning (8:30-9:30), helping with county presentations (Thurs. 2/25th), and as many volunteers as we can get the day of the Olympics (Fri, 2/26th). If you are able to help with any part, please contact: Megan Reed at [email protected] or 435-657-2085.
- Country Rotations: Students will begin meeting with their team on Wednesday, Jan 27th, and will continue to meet each Wednesday morning from 8:30-9:30 on Feb 3rd, Feb 10th and Feb 17th.
- Country Presentations, Thursday, Feb 25th.
- SHCS Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb 26th.
Rewards Program: Congratulations to Mrs. Drake and her class for winning the Campbell’s soup label contest, even though they have a very small class of only 14 students! After bringing in a staggering 425 soup labels, they will be going tubing at Soldier Hollow. Thank you to all of the parents in the school who helped your children participate. We received 1,405 labels during this 3 week contest, which allowed us to receive a 500 point bonus from Campbell’s. It’s so wonderful to have such great support for our school!
Here are the final scores:
Mrs. Drake – 425 Ms. MaryAnn – 75
Ms. Kaara – 260 Mrs. Christensen – 53
5th Grade – 199 7th/8th Grade – 37
4th Grade – 125 6th Grade – 29
Mrs. Harper – 83 Ms. Drozd – 28
Miss Brooke – 78 Mr. Drozd – 13
If you have any questions, please call or email me. Thank you so much! J. Johnson at [email protected]
CLASSROOM BUILDINGS UPDATE – The End is in Sight!
It caused frugal Mr. Weber considerable angst to issue the six-figure down payment for our new classroom buildings. Said he: “It is a two-edged sword. The school has scrimped and saved to put away that money. But, on the other hand, we’ll be putting those funds to great use.”
After scrutinizing the school’s ability to pay for the buildings over the holidays, national officials with the building vendor – Williams Scotsman, Inc. – approved contracts earlier this week. Within an hour, board president Chris Willis had signed the contract and Mr. Weber showed up in Williams Scotsman’s Salt Lake office with a check.
The factory that will be constructing the buildings is eager to have this project underway and put some of their people back to work. Once construction starts – hopefully within the coming week – the factory expects to complete the buildings within about 6 weeks. We won’t be able to start leveling the site and hooking into the electrical and plumbing systems until after a big race the weekend of January 30.
Once the buildings are on site, we’re hoping the State building inspectors will allow us to use temporary metal stairs (like those on the existing portables) so classes can move in while the contractor finishes constructing the permanent composite wood decks and ramps that will surround the buildings.
We’re hoping to have a few events – like a groundbreaking ceremony – in the coming weeks to celebrate our progress and answer questions about the project.
If anyone is interested in seeing the plans, a full set of blueprints are now located in the front office.
