No School, January 28

Good Afternoon!

Unfortunately, we are off again tomorrow.  As long as we have school on Wed. (1/29), we will stay with our original schedule of a an early release schedule on Wednesday, Gold Day on Thursday, followed by a Red Day on Friday.  

Also, all co-curricular activities, practices, etc. are cancelled for tonight.

Enjoy the rest of the day and stay warm!!!

Thanks and Go Spartans!!!

No School January 27, 2014

Unfortunately the weather has forced us not to have school on Monday, January 27.  Hopefully the weather forecast will change so we can start our 2nd semester on Tuesday, January 28.

Stay warm and Go Spartans!!

Halfway Done!!!!

Good Afternoon!

I am sure all of our students are recovering from a very busy final exam week!!!  I am very proud of our students as they worked very hard to do their best on their finals.  Congratulations to our early graduates who completed their high school career last week!!!

I am looking forward to an even better semester than our past one.  Please keep encouraging your child to do their best at all times and stay ahead of their studies.  We will be breaking up our study hall students right away on Monday, so all study hall students should report to the commons first, then we will split to our three levels.

Thank you all again for your support of every aspect of SHS!  Please feel free to contact me at anytime if you have a question or concern.

Thanks and Go Spartans!!

January 24 and 29

There will be no school on Friday, January 24 for district-wide staff development activities.  SHS faculty will be continuing their unit development and performing  data analysis on the final exams the students just concluded.

On Wednesday, January 29, the Sparta Area School District will have a two hour early release for  professional development.  All District transportation will run two hours earlier than originally scheduled, and SHS will end the school day with an abbreviated  eight period day at 1:01.

During this professional development time, Sparta High School content teams will continue to development and refine our common content units with the goal of making these available to parents and students by the start of next school year.

If you have any questions in regard to this day or anything else to SHS, please feel free to contact me at sruss@spartan.org or 608-366-3504. Thank you for your support of these valuable professional development opportunities.

Thanks and Go Spartans!

Exams 4-6 Today!

Good Morning!

Our students worked very hard on their first three final exams yesterday and are ready to go today!!!  Please keep encouraging your son/daughter to finish the semester on a high note and keep doing their best! Please encourage them to use the resource time before and after the exams.

Tomorrow, we will finish up with hours 7 & 8.

Thanks and Go Spartans!!

Finals this week!!!

Good Afternoon!!!

Please remember that we will have final exams over the next three days.  Please see the schedule below.

Thanks and Go Spartans!!!!

Finals January 21/22/23

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)

Registration Materials

I just want to thank all the students and their parents for helping us through the registration process. Our initial trial run of the students registering themselves online rather than taking class time seems to have worked very well! For students who have not yet turned them in (there is very few), we are hoping to get all of the cards turned in by the end of the week.

Thank you all!!!!

Go Spartans!!!!

SHS Newsletter Link

Good Morning!

Please see the link below to SHS's quarterly newsletter, the Spartan Spirit.

Thanks and Go Spartans!

http://secondary.spartan.org/media/2911/January%202014.pdf

Course Registration Due Thursday the 16th

Good Morning!!!

Just one more reminder that course registration cards and the completed online portion of scheduling for next year is due tomorrow, Thursday, January 16, at 7:40 a.m. for all freshman, sophomore, and junior students.  Both the form and online portion must be completed prior to this day/time.  For our current 8th grade students, their registration card is due tomorrow.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the registration process, course selections based on your son/daughter's career and post-secondary goals, or anything else in regard to SHS.

Thanks and Go Spartans!!!!

Final Exam Schedule

January 21, 22, and 23 will be denoted 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, 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.

 

Finals January 21/22/23

 

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)

Late Start Wed.

On Wednesday,  January 15, the Sparta Area School District will have a late start for professional development.  All District transportation will run two hours later than originally scheduled, and SHS will start the school day with an abbreviated  eight period day at 9:40.

During this time, SHS faculty will be continuing to learn about the upcoming Educator Effectiveness Model through Teachscape.  Also, SHS staff will be continuing the work developing the common content units that we have worked very hard to developing all year. Through this collaborative effort, we can continue to ensure that all our students are college and career ready. 

If you have any questions in regard to this day or anything else to SHS, please feel free to contact me at sruss@spartan.org or 608-366-3504.

Thanks and Go Spartans!

Scheduling Updates

Good Morning!

The weather seems to be turning warm and we might not know what to do!!!  I know the "academic heat" is turning up as our students prepare for their final exams on January 21, 22, and 23 (more information will follow soon).

Our scheduling for the 2014-2015 school year is in full swing.  We have discussed the procedures with all students grades 8-11 in regard to next year and all students have their registration card and course handbook (also available online).  Here is a quick review of what is expected:

Grades 9-11: Registration cards and the completed scheduling in Family Access is due January 16, at 7:40 a.m.  Directions for the online scheduling are on back of the registration card.

Grade 8: Registration cards are due on January 14 to the MS Guidance Office.  SHS Counselors will be at MVMS to online register the students on the computer in the lab.  St. John and St. Patrick students will be turning in their cards to their teachers and SHS staff will be picking them up at the respective schools.

We stress that this process is a collaborative effort between the student, parents/guardians, and school staff. Please speak with your son/daughter about what we talked about the registration process as changes in students' schedules are very difficult and rarely aloud after the registration process.

Please let me know if you have any question in regard to this process or anything else involved with SHS.

Thanks and Go Spartans!!!

No School, January 7

Good Warm Afternoon!!!

I hope everyone is staying safe and warm today.  Once again, we are closed tomorrow (1/7) due to the cold weather.  When we return on Wednesday, we will be running a Grad Group Schedule to start our registration process.  More information will be coming in regard to the registration process later this week.

Enjoy the evening!!

No School on Monday, January 6

Good Morning!!!

Unfortunately, we do not have school tomorrow due to the anticipated cold weather.  I am sure the students are sad as well and prepared ahead of time and gathered all of their supplies in anticipation of this sad event...

Please stay safe and warm!

GO PACK!!!

Information Night and Transition Day

Good Afternoon!

Thank you to all the students and families that attended last night’ s informational meeting for incoming freshman to SHS.  To review what we discussed, we focused on three main ideas:

1)      Registration Process:  Our School Counselors and myself will be speaking with CPR groups next week on the 8^th and 9^th. We will discuss the  course handbook, registration cards (due the 14^th), students will register online on the 16^th, and that schedules will be picked up in August.

2)      Transition Process:  Jan.  3^rd is our Elective Day at SHS (students eat lunch and then tour our elective offerings), in May we have our co-curricular fair, in August we have our Open House, and our Freshman Only Day the first day of school.

3)      Facts about SHS: Our support systems, co-curricular offerings, etc.

Today’s transition activities were a successful first step in getting SHS’s Class of 2018 ready for high school.  Please feel free to email me (sruss@spartan.org)  or give me a call (366-3504) if you need any additional information or have questions.

Thanks and stay warm!

Happy New Year and Welcome Back!!!

Welcome to 2014!!!!  Our students are having an excellent day back and ready to go!! (at least I am ready!!!)

We have only 13 more classroom dates prior to our final exams on January 21, 22, and 23.  Please stress to your son/daughter the importance to ending on a positive note and doing the best they can.  Please remember that all late work can be turned in for some credit, so it is not too late to show the teachers what the student's know and are able to do.

We will be starting our registration process next week for all students.  Tomorrow (Jan. 3) is a transition day for our incoming freshman, while Jan. 6 is when our freshman, sophomore, and junior students will be presented the registration information for next year.

Please remember that the roads are not always good in the morning, so earlier the students can be here the better as it will give them extra time in the morning. All of our faculty are here by 7:25 a.m., so that morning is an excellent time to get extra help.

Thanks and Go Spartans!!!!

Sam Russ