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Accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges
“Home of the SHARKS”
Simon A. Sanchez High School
395 Juan Jacinto Road, Yigo, GU 96929
Telephone: (671) 653-2313 Fax: (671) 653-3301
H O M E O F T H E
S H A R K S
Nerissa Bretania-Underwood, Ph.D.
Beth N. Perez
Superintendent
Principal
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SCHOOL BULLETIN
For Friday, April 8, 2011
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FOR STAFF MEMBERS/TEACHERS:
Today I witnessed just how prepared and professional the staff aids are. I would like to commend Ms. Christine for handling and deescalating
a very volatile situation calmly and efficiently. From Mrs. Dumchas. Kudos to Ms. Kris French!!! Way to Go!!
Kudos to our school aides who have been assisting with random searches! They have done a great job in finding items not allowed on
campus! Awesome job in keeping our school safe and drug-free!
Interested in Tourism Academy: LA, Math & Science Teachers interested in being part of the Tourism Academy next year or do you want
to learn more about this program and what it has to offer? Please attend an informational presentation on
Thurs. 4/14 during lunch in Rm. 301.
Teachers and Staff: Please make sure you are informing an administrator AND the timekeeper when you leave campus for the day. Also,
you MUST sign out in the logbook next to Ms. Jo if you leave campus during the day. Failure to do so may result in you receiving a letter
of concern for unauthorized absence!!!
Need Picture for Website: Please submit a picture, icon, or portrait of yourself to Ms. Kathryn Elsing by email so she can upload it onto
the website. If you don't have one Mr. Malilay can come around and take a pic if you wish.
Reminders for Seniors: Teachers please let your SENIORS know there are two (2) scholarships available, the Robert Byrd Scholarship
and the Guam Women's Scholarship, please have them come pick up an application in the Counseling office from Ms. Taitano or Mrs.
Camacho. ALSO, please let the GRADUATING SENIORS come down and verify their name for their diploma.
Trash Disposal: Teachers, please assist our staff and JJ Janitorial in ensuring that NO green waste, cardboard, metal, tiles of any sort, or
wood is placed in your trash cans or in trash bags for disposal to the trash bins. Pacific Waste Systems will not empty the trash bins if those
items are found in the dumpster. Already three pick up days have been affected by the disposal of such items and not all our bins were
emptied on those days. Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated!!!!
Monitoring: ATTN TEACHERS: Please continue to monitor students leaving your classes by the issuing of hall passes. Property damage
and graffiti statistics are down and is directly attributed to students NOT roaming the hallways. On a side note, please report students to the
office for carrying permanent markers, especially the big ones. This is a 3-day suspension if the markers are not for a class project.
FOR STUDENTS/EVERYONE:
Kudos to the students that were tapped last week and will be inducted into the National Honor Society this weekend! Great job, Sharks!
Way to Go!!!
Kudos to our TOURISM ACADEMY teachers and students for all your efforts in making it a success. Super Job to all the the students
who helped in preparing for the luncheon!!!
Kudos to our school aides for painting our building this week and kudos to everyone for cooperating with the parking situation!! Go
Sharks!
Attention Everyone (Governor’s Visit to SSHS): As part of the Governor’s quest to visit the community, he will be visiting schools
within the next few weeks. He is scheduled to visit the Home of the Sharks on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Please welcome our Magalahi
if you should see him on campus!
Attention Everyone (Career Day): Career Day will be held on Friday, April 15, 2011. Shark Shake-Up for that day has been postponed.
Attire for that Friday is only Career Day T-Shirts or school uniforms!!!
Attention Everyone (PATSO Avon Sales): PATSO Avon Sales are ongoing and are due on April 19, 2011. No shipping charges will be
included so take advantage of this opportunity. See Mrs. LaFaurie in Room 118 for more details.
Attention Everyone (Confiscated Items): If you have had any items confiscated by staff, please come by the office and claim your
belongings. This includes all non-clear bags, caps, and other clothing. A Blackberry phone with charger is included as well (it needs to be
unlocked). Any and all items remaining after this month of April will be donated to charity (Catholic Social Services or Salvation Army).
Any and all items remaining after one week in the month of May will be donated immediately after the week is over. No items will remain
in the office after the last day of school, May 26, 2011. Please come by ready to describe your items so we can be sure it is yours.
Attention EVERYONE (Call for Phone Books): The GTA Used phone book contest ended last week, March 31, 2011. We only
collected about 1000 phone books but only submitted roughly 800, and unfortunately did not place among all the schools who participated.
We would like to thank all of you who collected, and we would like to thank Mr. Kamiaz for spearheading the project. We now have a few
phone books to give us a head start for next year. Go Sharks!
Attention Everyone (Health Fair): The SSHS Annual Health Fair will be held on April 14, 2011. Tentative schedule calls for tables set
up in the cafeteria from 8am to 12pm, with teachers having the option of bringing their classes to the cafeteria during their scheduled times.
Guest speakers or presenters are taking the stage from 1pm to 2pm. If you have any suggestions, please give them to Mr. Bejerana in room
113A or Mr. Palacios in room 317.
Attention Everyone (AP or Honors Classes): If you are interested in taking Advanced Placement and/or Honors courses next year and
your parents did not attend the meeting on Thursday, March 24, 2011, please schedule an orientation with an administrator as soon as
possible. Applications are due April 25, 2011.
Attention Everyone (Coin Drive for Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Victims): In light of the recent disaster in Japan, Ms. Vivian and the
Japanese Club will be having a COIN DRIVE to give aid to the victims of the earthquake/tsunami starting Monday, 3/21/11.
Attention Everyone (Coin Drive for Japan Relief): SBA and the Japanese Club are still collecting coins to give to the American Red
Cross for the Japanese Relief Efforts. Please donate for our neighbors! From Mr. Leon Guerrero
Attention Everyone (“The Art of Healing” Art Show): Be part of the “Art of Healing” Art Show by turning in your artwork to Mrs.
Perez in the office. The theme is “HOW BULLYING AFFECTS ME.” It is open to all students and art work must be on white 8.5x11
paper (landscape). Art medium may be anything: crayons, pencils, watercolor, etc. Information MUST be provided, including: name of
student, grade of student, name of teacher, and name of school. Art work is due by April 8, 2011 to Mrs. Perez in the main office.
Attention Everyone (Website Update): The new and improved Simon Sanchez High School website, complete with podcasts and helpful
links, is now online! Visit http://simonsanchez.org to see what your money for SSHS Sports T-shirts in the front office has bought.
Forward any updates, contributions, and suggestions to Ms. Kathryn Elsing through the main office. The site still has a few kinks but will
be corrected soon. Go Sharks!
Attention EVERYONE (Sharks Got Talent Show): Sharks Got Talent Show will be on Friday, April 29 at 5:30-7:30 at the cafeteria.
Attention CACGP members (Tutoring): CACGP is offering tutoring services Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays during lunchtime in
the library. For more information, please see Ms. Franquez in Room 100A.
The mission of Simon A. Sanchez High School is to bring our community together in a respectful environment where every participant strives to meet the highest
outcome and promotes excellence for all.
Rebecca A.R. Duenas Jolene M.P. Cabrera Melvin Finona Dennis Malilay
Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal

Accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges
“Home of the SHARKS”
Simon A. Sanchez High School
395 Juan Jacinto Road, Yigo, GU 96929
Telephone: (671) 653-2313 Fax: (671) 653-3301
H O M E O F T H E
S H A R K S
Nerissa Bretania-Underwood, Ph.D.
Beth N. Perez
Superintendent
Principal
______________________________________________________________________________________________
SCHOOL BULLETIN
For Friday, April 8, 2011
Page 2 of 2
Attention EVERYONE (SAT Fee Waivers): If you are taking the 2010-2011 SATs, fee waivers are available for low-income, collegebound
students who meet the eligibility requirements. Please see Mrs. Galvez in the Counseling Department.
Attention STUDENTS (Mural Contest): We would like to remove the painting of candy in front of the school and replace it with another
that truly represents Simon Sanchez High School. If interested in having your painting in front of our school, please draw or sketch your
design on paper and submit to Mr. Canos in Room 104 or to the front office. A committee will decide on the winner. Family Dental Center,
the business which buys the Pacific Daily News for the social studies classes, would like to donate the paint. Please note that as you drive
by the school, you get a 2 second glimpse of the Simon Sanchez statue and what ever is painted behind it. Good luck!!
Attention STUDENTS (Varsity Letter): All student athletes earn a varsity letter from the PE Department for playing the whole season in
a varsity sport. Please see your coach for the varsity letter. If you have not returned your sporting equipment issued to you by the school,
you will not receive a letter. In addition, the total cost of your non-returned equipment will be treated like a lost textbook. The cost will be
forwarded to the Business Office and you will have to pay for it before you receive your diploma prior to graduation, or before transcripts
can be released if you leave the school.
Attention EVERYONE (Tutoring Services): AmeriCorps students will be offering tutoring services Mondays through Thursdays in the
library from 7-11:30 a.m. AND 6 TH PERIOD. For more information, please see Mrs. Mesa in Room 201.
Attention EVERYONE (Need Aluminum Cans): We need your aluminum cans! I-Recycle will take our aluminum bin away from SSHS
and give it to another school if we don't make the effort to collect aluminum cans to fill up the bin. There is a pick-up scheduled for
Monday. Let's fill up the bin and prove that we do our part in recycling! As a reminder, nothing must be in the bin except for aluminum
cans. No plastic!
Attention EVERYONE (T-shirts and Jackets for Sale): Please support our new website by buying T-shirts and jackets from Mr.
Malilay. Here is the breakdown of income and expenses as of March 20, 2011. Cost of site: $1,200 (paid for by Mr. Malilay). Cost of 200
T-shirts: $1,218, Cost of 9 jackets: $380; Total Expenses: $2,618. Total sales as of 3/31/11: 13 jackets = $480; 22 T-shirts = $264; Total
Income = $744; Deficit = < $1,874.00 >. Please help us pay for our new website, http://simonsanchez.org. Please visit the site, help sell
those T-shirts and jackets (especially the T-shirts), and spread the word to friends and family! Go Sharks!!!
Attention EVERYONE (Marketing Class T-Shirts): SSHS T-shirts are now being sold at the student store in room 311/302. Sizes:
Youth large - adult XL. Colors: White, black, charcoal, maroon, navy, purple, and green. Please come and buy! Quantities are limited.
Attention EVERYONE (T-Shirt Fundraiser): Go GREEN! Club is doing a t-shirt fundraiser until the end of April. The price right now is
$11. If you are interested in placing an order, please see Mr. Kamiaz in Room 406.
Attention EVERYONE (Jacket Sales): SSHS jacket samples for both the "traditional letter-man" style and the "hooded warm-up" have
arrived. See Mr. Malilay to place an order. Orders must be in with minimum $20 down-payment by March 21st. Graduating seniors only
get a discount, one jacket per graduating senior student: $45. For all others, it is $55. No orders will be taken after March 21st.
Attention EVERYONE (Plants Needed): Mr. Kamiaz is looking for all kinds of trees, especially fruit trees, to plant along our back fence
area. He is also looking for dwarf coconut trees to plant along the fence to hide the trash dumpsters in the front of the school. If you have
trees, please bring or donate your seedlings, or young trees, to room 406.
SSHS Student Store Sales: Are you in need of school supplies such as notebooks, pens, pencils, etc? Well then come on down to the
student store in Room 302 during the first half of lunch. Need to do research, print a last minute paper, or just surf the web? Well then
come check out the internet cafe' in Room 311 during the first half of lunch. To print one page colored is 75 cents and to print one page
black and white is 25 cents. See you there!
Attention Seniors (Parent Meeting): There is a MANDATORY Senior Class parent meeting that is being held on April 15, 2011 (Friday)
in the school’s cafeteria beginning at 6:00p.m
Attention Seniors (Mandatory Meetings): All Senior Class Meetings that are held in the barn on Wednesday during the first half of
lunch are now mandatory. Please note that attendance will be taken!
Attention Seniors (Royal Court): Interested in running for Royal Court? Senior class prom meetings are held every Tuesday in Mr.
Pascua's room 221 during the first half of lunch. Pick up registration forms from Joana Ulatan, or Rozelle Amparo. Thank You!
Attention Seniors (Village Clean-Up): There is a village clean up on April 9th, 2011 from 8:00a.m-??? Meeting point is at Santa
Bernadita Chapel. We highly encourage your attendance. Please support the Senior Class of 2011.
Attention Seniors (Obligations): Please settle all of your monetary debts and obligations with the school. If you owe any amounts,
ranging from lost textbooks and lab fees to non-returned sports equipment, you will not receive your diploma until all debts are settled.
Attention Seniors (Scholarship): Check out the Robert C. Byrd Scholarship Program. You may be eligible to receive up to $1,500 each
year for up to four (4) years of college to a University of your choice. Complete information is available at your counselor’s office.
Attention Seniors: Any graduating 2011 senior who receives a disciplinary suspension for any level 2 or 3 offense during the second
semester WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WALK in the graduation ceremony scheduled in May 2011. This bulletin serves as one of the
official announcements of this school policy. Please be aware that our superintendent, deputy superintendent, and board members will
receive notice of this policy should you wish to dispute any of our decisions regarding this matter. Please conduct yourselves accordingly as
you will soon be entering the working world as representatives of Simon Sanchez High School.
Attention Seniors: Seniors- Ad Rates- Full Page $150.00-Free Yearbook, Half Page $75.00, Quarter Page $35.00. Design Fee ($20.00-
$25.00) only applicable to students who wish the Yearbook Class to design the ad space.
Bulletin Requests & Kudos: If you would like to place an announcement or a “kudos” in the school bulletin, please forward your request
to Mrs. Duenas at raduenas@gdoe.net by 12 noon the day before Tuesdays and Fridays. SEND IN YOUR KUDOS too, please!!!!
Thought for the Day: “There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.”
--Robert Half
The mission of Simon A. Sanchez High School is to bring our community together in a respectful environment where every participant strives to meet the highest
outcome and promotes excellence for all.
Rebecca A.R. Duenas Jolene M.P. Cabrera Melvin Finona Dennis Malilay
Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal