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Accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges“Home of the SHARKS”Simon A. Sanchez High School395 Juan Jacinto Road, Yigo, GU 96929Telephone: (671) 653-2313 Fax: (671) 653-3301H O M E O F T H ES H A R K SNerissa Bretania-Underwood, Ph.D.Beth N. PerezSuperintendentPrincipal______________________________________________________________________________________________SCHOOL BULLETINFor Friday, March 18, 2011Page 1 of 2FOR STAFF MEMBERS/TEACHERS: Thank you to the faculty and staff for your cooperation and understanding during the hearing screening that took place in the library! Elevator Use: Teachers, please monitor the elevator doors until they close. Students are jumping into the elevator after teachers leave thearea. We need your assistance in monitoring the use of the elevator. Thank you! Monitoring: ATTN TEACHERS: Please continue to monitor students leaving your classes by the issuing of hall passes. Property damageand graffiti statistics are down and is directly attributed to students NOT roaming the hallways. On a side note, please report students to theoffice for carrying permanent markers, especially the big ones. This is a 3-day suspension if the markers are not for a class project. Food/Drink Sales (If selling food/drinks to students DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME OR LUNCH, it must STOP): AGAIN, ithas been brought to our attention that several clubs/advisors are selling drinks, snacks or food during lunch and instructional time tostudents. Because we are under close scrutiny by the auditors and because of the stipulations in the department’s contract with King’s, weare asking all clubs/advisors to refrain from selling items to students in the morning and during lunch and instructional time. Items may besold only after school after approval has been granted by the Activities Coordinator and Finance Board. AGAIN, if caught, your club’sselling privileges will be suspended and appropriate employee discipline procedures will be handed down!!!!FOR STUDENTS/EVERYONE: Congratulations to the Following students and Student groups for earning Silver Awards at this year's Tumon Bay Music Festival Thispast Week. Melissa Cabinta, Clarinet Solo SSHS Jazz Band:Sabrina Borja, Raquel Madregalejo, Coriana Narcis, Nicole Nazareno,Ryan Cress, Auston Dennis, Shiabe Pangelinan, Thomas Castro, Cyle Leon Guerrero. SSHS Student Group "All Stars" ShiabePangelinan, Raquel Madregalejo, Thomas Castro, Joshua Namauleg, Sabrina Borja, Cyle Leon Guerrero. SSHS Student Group"Something Happy"Sabrina Borja, Jonnavie Abaya, Maria Manalili, Favian Pangelinan, James Paulino, Shiabe Pangelinan. Please welcome our visiting Japanese student from Karuizawa! Thank you and kudos to Ana Capati and Ashley Arellano, SenseiShibasaki and Sensei Delfin for doing a great job in hosting the student!!! Attention Everyone (SSHS Performance at GPO): Guam Public Schools Performance and Display will be held at GPO Shopping Centerthis Saturday, March 19, 2011, from 10am to 2pm. Annalyn Buan, Miss Simon Sanchez High School, will be representing us by singingand dancing with some members of the SSHS Dance Team and with guitarist Rosendo Martinez. Her performance time is 12:45pm. Let's goto GPO, show some support, and help represent SSHS! Attention Everyone (Special Olympics): The Guam Special Olympics will be having its 35th Annual Track and Field Event this Saturday,March 19, 2011, at Okkodo High School. If you are interested in being a volunteer and earning community service hours, visit:http://www.specialolympicsguam.org to register. Attention Everyone (Coin Drive for Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Victims): In light of the recent disaster in Japan, Ms. Vivian and theJapanese Club will be having a COIN DRIVE to give aid to the victims of the earthquake/tsunami. They will begin next week, Monday. Attention Everyone (Website Update): The new and improved Simon Sanchez High School website, complete with podcasts and helpfullinks, 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 willbe corrected soon. Go Sharks! Attention EVERYONE (Sharks Got Talent Auditions): Sharks Got Talent auditions last minute sign up in Room 310 any time till theend of this week. Audition dates are March 9-10, 16-17, 23-24 during lunch. Talent show will be on Friday, April 29 at 5:30-7:30 at thecafeteria. Attention Royal Sharks 9th Grade Academy Team: There will be a team meeting on FRIDAY, March 18, 2011 in room 305 during thefirst half of lunch (12:05pm). Important matters will be discussed. We hope to see you there! Attention Students (AP Orientation Postponed): A mandatory meeting for all students interested in taking Advanced Placement and/orHonors courses, will now be held on Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 5:00 pm in the school cafeteria. Students and their parents/guardiansare expected to attend. Attention Seniors (GCC College Visit): Please note that the college visit has been postponed to Wednesday, March 30, 2011. Pleaseupdate your field trip forms to reflect the new date and get your 4 th and 5 th period teachers to sign. We are excited about this chance toshowcase the education and training that GCC has to offer to help you achieve your educational and career goals. Attention 11 th & 12 th Graders (ASVAB Test): ASVAB registration is currently ongoing. Testing will take place on March 24 for Juniorsand March 25 for Seniors. Signup in the Counseling office. Attention EVERYONE (SAT Fee Waivers): If you are taking the 2010-2011 SATs, fee waivers are available for low-income, collegeboundstudents 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 anotherthat truly represents Simon Sanchez High School. If interested in having your painting in front of our school, please draw or sketch yourdesign 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 driveby the school, you get a 2 second glimpse of the Simon Sanchez statue and what ever is painted behind it. Good luck!! Attention STUDENTS (Track & Field Tryouts): Track and Field try-outs started on March 1st and are on-going. Practices areafterschool at 4:30pm everyday. You must be cleared by the Athletic Director Mr. Kakigi in the gym before trying out. All interestedstudents please see Coach Villegas or Coach Guzman for more information. Go Sharks! Attention STUDENTS (Varsity Letter): All student athletes earn a varsity letter from the PE Department for playing the whole season ina 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 beforwarded to the Business Office and you will have to pay for it before you receive your diploma prior to graduation, or before transcriptscan be released if you leave the school. Attention EVERYONE (Tutoring Services): AmeriCorps students will be offering tutoring services Mondays through Thursdays in thelibrary 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 SSHSand 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 forMonday. 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 aluminumcans. No plastic!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 highestoutcome and promotes excellence for all.Rebecca A.R. Duenas Jolene M.P. Cabrera Melvin Finona Dennis MalilayAssistant Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal

Accredited by the Western Association of Schools & Colleges“Home of the SHARKS”Simon A. Sanchez High School395 Juan Jacinto Road, Yigo, GU 96929Telephone: (671) 653-2313 Fax: (671) 653-3301H O M E O F T H ES H A R K SNerissa Bretania-Underwood, Ph.D.Beth N. PerezSuperintendentPrincipal______________________________________________________________________________________________SCHOOL BULLETINFor Friday, March 18, 2011Page 2 of 2 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 11, 2011. Cost of site: $1,200 (paid for by Mr. Malilay). Cost of 200T-shirts: $1,218, Cost of 9 jackets: $380; Total Expenses: $2,618. Total sales as of 3/11/11: 9 jackets = $455; 20 T-shirts = $240; TotalIncome = $695; Deficit = < $1,923 >. Please help us pay for our new website, http://simonsanchez.org. Please visit the site, help sell thoseT-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 (Career Day T-Shirts): Career Day T-Shirts are on sale now for $11. To order, see Mrs. Mesa in Room 201. Attention EVERYONE (Gupot Chamoru): Any Dept that wishes to sell lunch plates to students, please let Mrs. Perez know ASAP. AnyClub or organization that wants to sell water or juice during Gupot Chamorro sign up thriough Ms. Acie Jo Cruz. Attention EVERYONE (Gupot Chamoru): Here are a few updates regarding our upcoming Gupot Chamoru Friday Event on March18th: 1) Modified bell schedule--see end of bulletin. 2) King's Restaurant school lunch will be served for students wishing to eat in thecafeteria during scheduled "lunch time." Special menu will be requested by admin. 3) Due to students not being allowed to bring in foodprepared from home we are asking that HR Teachers by Departments assist in taking orders for students who may want to eat a "fiesta plate"that day. 4) Homeroom teachers will be responsible for identifying a vendor, ASAP, take student orders, & collect their payment. You maydeposit it to the Business Office. 5) Gupot Chamoru fiesta plates will be distributed by HR teachers ONLY DURING GUPOTCHAMORRO. 6) Teachers are allowed to choose and purchase from any vendor as long as they have a business license--(FreshmenAcademy teachers, please check with your team leader.) 7) Please work with vendor to ensure fiesta plates cost no more than $5; this is nota fundraising event therefore do not increase the price for profit. We need to be consistent with the price across departments unless you areoffering other food items. 8) Please note and inform students that they are not required to buy Gupot Chamoru fiesta plates; this is strictlyoptional. 9) Departments are requested to be responsible for the set up and breakdown of their canopy if they choose to have one in additionto the set up tables and chairs if you opt to. 10) Teachers may deposit monies collected for food plates to the business office and a check willbe cut to your vendor upon request. 11) Departments may opt to take orders for pancit plates, lumpia, barbeque sticks again as long as theyhave a business license. We may have outside vendors to sell food snacks. 12) SBA and admin will be selling water and juice. 13) Studentsmay wear island print or school/club t-shirts that day. 14) Everyone is encouraged to help with the clean up 30 mins before dismissal;entertainment will stop at that time. 15) For inquiries regarding presenters/performers please see Sinot Aguon. We will keep you postedshould there be any updates or changes.Attention EVERYONE (Jacket Sales): SSHS jacket samples for both the "traditional letter-man" style and the "hooded warm-up" havearrived. See Mr. Malilay to place an order. Orders must be in with minimum $20 down-payment by March 21st. Graduating seniors onlyget 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 (Call for Phone Books): The GTA Used Phone Book Round-up Contest has started as of Tuesday, February 1,2011, and ends on March 31, 2011. Please bring all used phone books to Mr. Kamiaz or Ms.Blas in the science building. Winners get cashprizes. Help recycle, and Go Sharks!Attention EVERYONE (Plants Needed): Mr. Kamiaz is looking for all kinds of trees, especially fruit trees, to plant along our back fencearea. 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 havetrees, 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 thestudent 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 thencome 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 pageblack and white is 25 cents. See you there!Attention Seniors: Cap & Gown Orders are ongoing through March 18. Please see Ms. Espiritu in Rm. 415 to place your order.Attention Seniors: The Josten's representative will be on campus March 22 and 23 to take RING ORDERS ONLY!Attention Seniors: Any graduating 2011 senior who receives a disciplinary suspension for any level 2 or 3 offense during the secondsemester WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WALK in the graduation ceremony scheduled in May 2011. This bulletin serves as one of theofficial announcements of this school policy. Please be aware that our superintendent, deputy superintendent, and board members willreceive notice of this policy should you wish to dispute any of our decisions regarding this matter. Please conduct yourselves accordingly asyou will soon be entering the working world as representatives of Simon Sanchez High School.Attention Seniors: Seniors- If you did not take your picture with Mr. Mapote, you will not be placed in the yearbook. If you took yourpicture with an outside company, it will not be accepted. 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 requestto Mrs. Duenas at raduenas@gdoe.net by 12 noon the day before Tuesdays and Fridays. SEND IN YOUR KUDOS too, please!!!!Schedule for Gupot ChamorroMarch 18, 2011, Friday7:45 First Bell7:50 Warning Bell7:55-8:45 1 st Instructional Block (50 mins.)8:45-9:00 Homeroom (15 mins.)9:00-9:10 Break (10 mins.)9:15-10:052 nd Instructional Block (50 mins.)10:10-11:00 Lunch (50 mins.)11-11:50 3 rd Period (50 mins.)11:50 Warning Bell11:55-12:05 3 rd period Escort to Back Parking Lot for Gupot Chamorro12:10-2:15Gupot Chamorro (2 hrs.)2:15-2:45 CLEAN-UP Everyone (30 mins.)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 highestoutcome and promotes excellence for all.Rebecca A.R. Duenas Jolene M.P. Cabrera Melvin Finona Dennis MalilayAssistant Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal