SHS's Third Quarter Spartan Spirit

Good Afternoon!

We are coming to the end of the third quarter and the beginning of our Spring Break! Our students return on April 8 for the start of the fourth quarter.

Please see the link below to our latest edition of our Spartan Spirit!!

Go Spartans!!!!

http://secondary.spartan.org/media/3049/March%202015.pdf

March 30 Presentation

Good Morning!

On Monday, March 30, sophomore, junior, and senior students will be attending a presentation in regard to making good decisions and how poor decisions lead to devastating consequences. Sparta Police Officer Mark Nelson will be going through the importance of driving safely, while Mr. Roger Ketterling will be discussing his situation due to a poor decision made by other person. Mr. Ketterling was hit by a drunk driver 28 years ago in the Twin Cities and was in the hospital in a coma. When his family decided to pull the life support he miraculously lived.
Sparta High School will be on a Grad Group schedule this day, and the presentation will at approximately 9:15. Freshman students will be going through an activity that will prepare them for the end of the year.

Thanks and Go Spartans!!!

Early Release Day

Good Morning!

Today, SASD will be operating on a two hour early release today.  All district schools and busing will be two hours earlier than normal for staff development. During our staff development, SASD will be having our second annual Technology Summit.  At this summit, teachers will be splitting into groups to learn about a variety of technology topics including Google, Schoology, and YouTube to name a few.

Go Spartans!!!

Mid Term Ends

Good Morning!

We are past the half way point for 3rd quarter and our students are working very hard! Our juniors worked very hard at last week's ACT and WorkKeys assessments.  Our spring sports are right around that corner as well, and the weather is turning nice.  Please remember to encourage all students to get plenty of rest and always be safe, responsible, respectful, and give their best effort at all times.

Go Spartans!!!!!

Good Luck SHS Dance Team at State!!!

Congratulations to our Dance Team on earning their way to state!!!!  Good luck this weekend in La Crosse as they compete at approximately 4:15 p.m. at the La Crosse Center.

Final Exam Schedule for Jan. 26-28

Sparta High School Final Exam Schedule

January 26 (hours 1-3), 27 (hours 4-6), and 28 (hours 7-8) will be set aside for final exams (please see the schedule below). Three days of finals are more beneficial to students as they do not have to prepare for four finals in one day. Students must arrive to their finals on time or they will have to take their finals during the school wide resource/test make up time at of the day.  The resource time at the end of the day is for students to get help for any upcoming exams. Students who do not have final exams are not required to attend school during that specific hour, but are strongly encouraged to remain in the LMC or Commons area to study. Since the rest of the district will be on their own schedules, students must not go on any other district property during SHS class time.  The 2^nd semester will start on January 29, and we do not have school on January 30.

Finals January 26/27/28

7:40-7:55 (resource)

8:00-9:30 (period 1/ 4/ 7)

9:40-11:10 (period 2/5/8)

11:10-11:55 (lunch for the first 30 minutes and resource for last 15 minutes)

12:00-1:30 (period 3/6)

1:30-3:01 (School wide resource/test make up)

(Busses will run on their normal schedules during final exams)

Freshman Transition Elective Day

Thank you to all the students of the Class of 2019 on a very successful Elective Transition Day!!!  Students went to every elective area of SHS to speak with faculty and see first hand what the courese entail.  Before the elective tour, students ate at SHS to understand the lunch process.  The goal of our Freshman Transition Program is to make the students and parents the most comfortable we can to ensure the transition from the middle school to SHS is as smooth as possible.  Also, thanks to the 25 junior mentors who assisted the Class of 2019!!!

Freshman Transition Day Activities Postponed to Jan. 12

Due to the dangerous weather and school closing on Wednesday, we will be postponing our Freshman Transition Activities until Monday, January 12.  We will be running the same bus schedule and activities as previously planned, just a few days later...

Thanks, stay warm, and Go Spartans!!!

8th Grade Student/Parent Night

Thank you to all the parents, guardians, and 8th grade students who attended our annual transition/registration night at SHS.  We had a good turn out and answered a lot of good questions.  For parents who missed the meeting, on Wednesday, our 8th grade students will be coming to SHS to have lunch and tour SHS's elective offerings in preparation for registration for next year. SHS leaders will be speaking with 8th grade students on Thursday and Friday of this week to go through the registration process.

There was no materials given out at the meeting, however our Elective Day Book and Course Book are available on our Guidance website.

Thanks and Go Spartans!!!

Stay warm!!!

Up Coming Events

I first want to wish all of our students a great winter break and Happy New Year!!!

Our first semester will be coming to an end very soon with our final exams on January 26, 27, and 28.  We will have three weeks of instruction prior this, as well as starting our registration process that will kick off with our parent/student nights on January 5, 2015. These meetings will be in SHS's Auditorium as the 8th grade meeting will be at 6:15, while the 9-11 grade meeting will at 7:00.

On January 6, we will be giving the details for registration during Grad Group. Students already have the course book for next year, but they will receive the registration cards and directions for registering online.

January 7 is our annual Freshman Transition Elective Day activity when our future 8th graders will be eating lunch and exploring all of our elective areas.

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year!!!!

GO SPARTANS!!!

US Senator Ron Johnson Visits SHS

Today we were very pleased to have Senator Ron Johnson at SHS.  Senator Johnson and I talked about our dual credit program with UW-Richland and transcripted program with WTC.  Senator Johnson then spoke with a Current Events class in regard to our national economy and student loan debt.

Santa Visit!

SHS's Student Council invited Santa to stop by to our Holidazzel Assembly today! We also had our first snowball fight in the AA Gym, acknowledged our winter sport athletes, and had performances by our Vocal Jazz/SHE choir and Winter Dance Team. Thank you to our Student Council for organizing this event!!!!!!

SHS's Cellphone Free Day!!

SHS had a very successful "Cellphone Free Day" yesterday. We reinforced our cellphone policy by having every teacher, every hour go through our policy of only having their cellphones out during passing time, before/after school, and at lunch.  Our students responded and we had a great day!  Employers are informing the schools that one of the main reasons why employees are released from their positions is for tardiness and for being on their cellphones at inappropriate times.  We continue to stress to our students the responsible time to use their technology.

Student Council's Thanksgiving Send Off!

Below are some photos from Student Council's Thanksgiving Send Off. Activities included a pie eating contest, squash bowling, and a game of "hunters and deer."    

We had a lot of fun!

SHS Veterans Day Program

I would like to send out a special thanks to Lt. Gen. Mike Gould for giving our keynote address to our students, Sparta's American Legion for the Color Guard, SHS SHE/VJ, and the SHS band for their time and efforts to making our program a success.

Also, I would like to send a thank you to all of our students who were extremely respectful during the program, and silent moving to third hour as we remembered our veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice to ensure we have the freedoms we have today.

Happy Veterans Day to all past, present, and future military personnel and their families.