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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 Tuesday, April 5, 2011Page 1 of 2FOR STAFF MEMBERS/TEACHERS: Need Picture for Website: Please submit a picture, icon, or portrait of yourself to Ms. Kathryn Elsing by email so she canupload it onto the website. If you don't have one I can come around and take a pic should you wish) next week. Reminders for Seniors: Teachers please let your SENIORS know there are two (2) scholarships available, the Robert ByrdScholarship and the Guam Women's Scholarship, please have them come pick up an application in the Counseling office fromMs. Taitano or Mrs. Camacho. ALSO, please let the GRADUATING SENIORS come down and verify their name for theirdiploma. Trash Disposal: Teachers, please assist our staff and JJ Janitorial in ensuring that NO green waste, cardboard, metal, tiles ofany sort, or wood is placed in your trash cans or in trash bags for disposal to the trash bins. Pacific Waste Systems will notempty the trash bins if those items are found in the dumpster. Already three pick up days have been affected by the disposalof 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 sidenote, please report students to the office for carrying permanent markers, especially the big ones. This is a 3-day suspension ifthe markers are not for a class project.FOR STUDENTS/EVERYONE: Attention Everyone (Senior Class King’s Night): Please support the Senior Class of 2011 at King's Night on Tuesday, April5th, 2011 at King’s in Harmon from 6-9. To put a spin on the event, raffle tickets will be given out at the venue, withchances to win an assortment of prizes. The winning ticket will be pulled at the Senior Class Meetings that are held everyWednesday in the barn during lunch. Please see any Senior Class Officer for Coupons. Thank YOU! Attention Everyone (Health Fair): The SSHS Annual Health Fair will be held on April 14, 2011. Tentative schedule callsfor tables set up in the cafeteria from 8am to 12pm, with teachers having the option of bringing their classes to the cafeteriaduring 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 coursesnext year and your parents did not attend the meeting on Thursday, March 24, 2011, please schedule an orientation with anadministrator 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 startingMonday, 3/21/11. Attention Everyone (Coin Drive for Japan Relief): SBA and the Japanese Club are still collecting coins to give to theAmerican 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 yourartwork to Mrs. Perez in the office. The theme is “HOW BULLYING AFFECTS ME.” It is open to all students and art workmust be on white 8.5x11 paper (landscape). Art medium may be anything: crayons, pencils, watercolor, etc. InformationMUST be provided, including: name of student, grade of student, name of teacher, and name of school. Art work is due byApril 8, 2011 to Mrs. Perez in the main office. Attention Everyone (Basketball Tournament): 5 on 5 Kings of LBC Tournament $40 per team. 5 players minimum. Lastday to register is March 25. Tournament starts on April 4. Please see Coach Han to register. Attention Everyone (Website Update): The new and improved Simon Sanchez High School website, complete withpodcasts and helpful links, is now online! Visit http://simonsanchez.org to see what your money for SSHS Sports T-shirts inthe front office has bought. Forward any updates, contributions, and suggestions to Ms. Kathryn Elsing through the mainoffice. 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 atthe cafeteria. Attention CACGP members (Tutoring): CACGP is offering tutoring services Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdaysduring lunchtime in the library. For more information, please see Ms. Franquez in Room 100A. Attention EVERYONE (SAT Fee Waivers): If you are taking the 2010-2011 SATs, fee waivers are available for lowincome,college-bound 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 itwith 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 willdecide 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 Sanchezstatue 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 thewhole season in a varsity sport. Please see your coach for the varsity letter. If you have not returned your sporting equipmentissued to you by the school, you will not receive a letter. In addition, the total cost of your non-returned equipment will betreated like a lost textbook. The cost will be forwarded to the Business Office and you will have to pay for it before youreceive 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 throughThursdays in the library from 7-11:30 a.m. AND 6 TH PERIOD. For more information, please see Mrs. Mesa in Room 201.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, April 1, 2011Page 2 of 2 Attention EVERYONE (Need Aluminum Cans): We need your aluminum cans! I-Recycle will take our aluminum binaway 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 isa pick-up scheduled for Monday. Let's fill up the bin and prove that we do our part in recycling! As a reminder, nothing mustbe 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 jacketsfrom 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 3/11/11: 9 jackets= $455; 22 T-shirts = $264; Total Income = $719; Deficit = < $1,899.00 >. Please help us pay for our new website,http://simonsanchez.org. Please visit the site, help sell those 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 room311/302. Sizes: Youth large - adult XL. Colors: White, black, charcoal, maroon, navy, purple, and green. Please come andbuy! Quantities are limited. Attention EVERYONE (T-Shirt Fundraiser): Go GREEN! Club is doing a t-shirt fundraiser until the end of April. Theprice 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 inRoom 201. Attention EVERYONE (Jacket Sales): SSHS jacket samples for both the "traditional letter-man" style and the "hoodedwarm-up" have arrived. See Mr. Malilay to place an order. Orders must be in with minimum $20 down-payment by March21st. Graduating seniors only get a discount, one jacket per graduating senior student: $45. For all others, it is $55. Noorders will be taken after March 21st. Attention EVERYONE (Call for Phone Books): The GTA Used phone book contest ends next week, March 31, 2011. Wehave collected a little under 800 phone books so far. We can still add a few more to get our overall total up, so please bring inmore used phone books and give to Mr. Kamiaz in room 406 or Ms. Blas in room 404. Attention EVERYONE (Plants Needed): Mr. Kamiaz is looking for all kinds of trees, especially fruit trees, to plant alongour back fence area. He is also looking for dwarf coconut trees to plant along the fence to hide the trash dumpsters in the frontof 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 ondown to the student store in Room 302 during the first half of lunch. Need to do research, print a last minute paper, or justsurf the web? Well then come check out the internet cafe' in Room 311 during the first half of lunch. To print one pagecolored is 75 cents and to print one page black and white is 25 cents. See you there! Attention Seniors (Royal Court): Interested in running for Royal Court? Senior class prom meetings are held every Tuesdayin 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 atSanta 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 anyamounts, ranging from lost textbooks and lab fees to non-returned sports equipment, you will not receive your diploma untilall 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 yourcounselor’s office. Attention Seniors (GCC College Fair): Guam Community College invites you to our College Fair at GCC MultipurposeAuditorium on Thursday, April 7, 2011, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Come and learn about planning your college career! Also,CACGP members, this counts as an activity! Attention Seniors (GCC College Visit): Please note that the college visit has been postponed to Wednesday, March 30,2011. Please update your field trip forms to reflect the new date and get your 4 th and 5 th period teachers to sign. We areexcited about this chance to showcase the education and training that GCC has to offer to help you achieve your educationaland career goals. Attention Seniors: Any graduating 2011 senior who receives a disciplinary suspension for any level 2 or 3 offense during thesecond semester WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WALK in the graduation ceremony scheduled in May 2011. This bulletinserves as one of the official announcements of this school policy. Please be aware that our superintendent, deputysuperintendent, and board members will receive notice of this policy should you wish to dispute any of our decisionsregarding this matter. Please conduct yourselves accordingly as you will soon be entering the working world asrepresentatives of Simon Sanchez High School. Attention Seniors: Seniors- Ad Rates- Full Page $150.00-Free Yearbook, Half Page $75.00, Quarter Page $35.00. DesignFee ($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 forwardyour request to Mrs. Duenas at raduenas@gdoe.net by 12 noon the day before Tuesdays and Fridays. SEND IN YOURKUDOS too, please!!!! Thought for the Day: “The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.”--Ralph Waldo EmersonThe 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