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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, March 8, 2011Page 1 of 2FOR STAFF MEMBERS/TEACHERS: Kudos to the SSHS staff and faculty, JJ Janitorial staff, and maintenance personnel in assisting with today’s Public Health inspection!!! CAREER DAY (For Teachers): If your students have not filled out a Career Day survey, please make sure that they see Mrs. Galvez in the CounselingOffice ASAP. Thank you. Attention TEACHERS: Please refrain from the practice of taking your whole class out at one time to use the restroom, and please be mindful of otherclasses in your area. There are reports of other classes being disturbed. Thank you for your thoughtfulness. Attention English Teachers: A second round of Student Eligibility Surveys were delivered to all English teachers on Monday by Ms. Cassandra and Ms.Flora. All surveys must be turned in NO LATER than tomorrow, Wednesday, March 9, 2011. Please encourage students to have parents thoroughly fill out(no blanks) and return forms to respective English teacher. Directions and teacher forms for the accountabilty of surveys required by central office areincluded. All suveys along with teacher forms to be submitted to Ms. Frances in the main office by end of business day 3/9/11. Should they have furtherquestions, please contact Mrs.Cabrera. Elevator Use: Teachers, please monitor the elevator doors until they close. Students are jumping into the elevator after teachers leave the area. We needyour 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 damage and graffitistatistics are down and is directly attributed to students NOT roaming the hallways. On a side note, please report students to the office for carrying permanentmarkers, especially the big ones. This is a 3-day suspension if the markers are not for a class project. Hall Passes: Please ensure your students are given HALL PASSES for lunch activities taking place in the main building and if they need to leave theclassroom during class time. Information needed on the pass is the student’s name, date, time, where they are coming from, where they are going, and yourname and signature. Your assistance in ensuring this is done will help us identify students that are skipping while we do our “sweeps” of the hallways.Reminder: One student per hall pass AT ALL TIMES! Yearbook Pictures: If you did not get a chance to take your photo on November 1, please send in a picture. Please note your name, title (Teacher, Aide, etc).Email is sanchezyearbook@gmail.com. Food/Drink Sales (If selling food/drinks to students DURING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME OR LUNCH, it must STOP): AGAIN, it has been brought toour attention that several clubs/advisors are selling drinks, snacks or food during lunch and instructional time to students. Because we are under closescrutiny by the auditors and because of the stipulations in the department’s contract with King’s, we are asking all clubs/advisors to refrain from selling itemsto students in the morning and during lunch and instructional time. Items may be sold only after school after approval has been granted by the ActivitiesCoordinator and Finance Board. AGAIN, if caught, your club’s selling privileges will be suspended and appropriate employee discipline procedures will behanded down!!!!FOR STUDENTS/EVERYONE: Congratulations to Bruce Inciong and Annalyn Buan for winning Mr. and Ms. Simon A. Sanchez High School at the “Sanchez Day at the Mall” Pageanton February 26, 2011. Thank you to all contestants Eunice Agne, RitaAnn Lizama, Chelsea Lomibao, Clarizza Patino, Victoria Revello, Rhoda Basto,Meghan Amparo, Avegayle Padilla, AllejandraJoy Ferrara, Annalyn Buan, Kiantae Laguana, Philip Cruz, Rhon Jusi, Bruce Inciong, Kurtis Woodrome,and Jason Mira who put their sweat, tears and hearts into their practices and performances to put on a show for everyone to see. Kudos to the SSHS JROTC drill teams for sweeping most of the 1 st place and a few 2 nd place awards in Saturday’s competition held at SSHS!! GOSHARKS! Names and awards will be announced in Friday’s bulletin. Attention Students (AP Orientation): A mandatory meeting for all students interested in taking Advanced Placement and/or Honors courses, will be held onThursday, March 17, 2011 at 5:00 pm in the school cafeteria. Students and their parents/guardians are expected to attend. Attention 11 th & 12 th Graders: There will be an ASVAB Practice Test on March 8, Tuesday, during lunch. The test will take between 15-30 minutes. Allinterested 11th & 12th graders can go to Room 314 to take the practice test. Attention 11 th & 12 th Graders: ASVAB registration is currently ongoing. Testing will take place on March 24 for Juniors and March 25 for Seniors. Signupin the Counseling office. CAREER DAY (For Students): If you have not filled out a Career Interest Survey for Career Day, which will be held in April, please see Mrs. Galvez inthe Counseling Office ASAP. Attention STUDENTS (Mural Contest): We would like to remove the painting of candy in front of the school and replace it with another that trulyrepresents 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 toMr. 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 DailyNews 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 SimonSanchez 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 are afterschool at 4:30pmeveryday. You must be cleared by the Athletic Director Mr. Kakigi in the gym before trying out. All interested students please see Coach Villegas or CoachGuzman 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 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. Inaddition, 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 willhave 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 (SAT Fee Waivers): If you are taking the 2010-2011 SATs, fee waivers are available for low-income, college-bound students whomeet the eligibility requirements. Please see Mrs. Galvez in the Counseling Department. Attention EVERYONE (Senior King’s Night): There is a King’s Night on March 8, 2011, Tuesday at King’s in Harmon from 6-9 pm. Please come andsupport. Pick up coupons from any Senior Class Officer. Attention EVERYONE (Senior Auto Show): The Auto Show hosted by the Senior Class of 2011 is now scheduled for Saturday, March 12, 2011. Comeout and support Senior Class!!! Attention EVERYONE (Need Aluminum Cans): We need your aluminum cans! I-Recycle will take our aluminum bin away from SSHS and give it toanother 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 provethat 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 thebreakdown of income and expenses as of March 2, 2011. Cost of site: $1,200 (paid for by Mr. Malilay)Cost of 200 T-shirts: $1,218, Cost of 5 jackets: $200; Total Expenses: $2,618. Total sales as of 3/1211: 5 jackets = $275; 15 T-shirts = $180; Total Income= $455; Deficit = < $2,163 >. This deficit is not counting the miscellaneous expenses of which there are receipts (fees from Western Union sending money,cost of packaging merchandise, etc). Please help us pay for our new website which will be up and running by end of this week. 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 pergraduating senior student: $45. For all others, it is $55. No orders will be taken after March 21st. 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 (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."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 Tuesday, March 8, 2011Page 2 of 2 Attention EVERYONE (Gupot Chamoru): Here are a few updates regarding our upcoming Gupot Chamoru Friday Event on March 18th: 1) Modified bellschedule--see end of bulletin. 2) King's Restaurant school lunch will be served for students wishing to eat in the cafeteria during scheduled "lunch time."Special menu will be requested by admin. 3) Due to students not being allowed to bring in food prepared from home we are asking that HR Teachers byDepartments assist in taking orders for students who may want to eat a "fiesta plate" that day. 4) Homeroom teachers will be responsible for identifying avendor, ASAP, take student orders, & collect their payment. You may deposit it to the Business Office. 5) Gupot Chamoru fiesta plates will be distributed byHR teachers ONLY DURING GUPOT CHAMORRO. 6) Teachers are allowed to choose and purchase from any vendor as long as they have a businesslicense--(Freshmen Academy teachers, please check with your team leader.) 7) Please work with vendor to ensure fiesta plates cost no more than $5; this isnot a fundraising event therefore do not increase the price for profit. We need to be consistent with the price across departments unless you are offering otherfood items. 8) Please note and inform students that they are not required to buy Gupot Chamoru fiesta plates; this is strictly optional. 9) Departments arerequested to be responsible for the set up and breakdown of their canopy if they choose to have one in addition to 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 will be cut to your vendor upon request. 11) Departments may opt totake orders for pancit plates, lumpia, barbeque sticks again as long as they have a business license. We may have outside vendors to sell food snacks. 12) SBAand admin will be selling water and juice. 13) Students may wear island print or school/club t-shirts that day. 14) Everyone is encouraged to help with theclean up 30 mins before dismissal; entertainment will stop at that time. 15) For inquiries regarding presenters/performers please see Sinot Aguon. We willkeep you posted should there be any updates or changes. Attention Everyone (Website): The new and improved Simon Sanchez High School website, complete with podcasts and helpful links, will be available atthe end of the first week of March. Any and all updates, contributions, and suggestions should be forwarded to Ms. Kathryn Elsing. The professional webdesigner we used: ComQueen Inc. 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 (Remember Pearl Harbor Essay Contest): Write a 1,000-words-or-less essay about, “Why Should We Remember Pearl Harbor?”and you can win $1000 (1 st place), $750 (2 nd place), or $500 (3 rd place). Entries must be submitted to the website, seewww.nationalww2museum.org/essaycontests for instructions, by March 31, 2011, 5:00 p.m. CST. The museum will only accept the first 500 properlyformatted entries!!! Check it out and enter! Attention EVERYONE (Call for Phone Books): The GTA Used Phone Book Round-up Contest has started as of Tuesday, February 1, 2011, and endson March 31, 2011. Please bring all used phone books to Mr. Kamiaz or Ms.Blas in the science building. Winners get cash prizes. Help recycle, and GoSharks! 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 areinterested in placing an order, please see Mr. Kamiaz in Room 406. 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 alsolooking 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 yourseedlings, 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 Room302 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 Room311 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: 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 second semester WILL NOTBE ALLOWED TO WALK in the graduation ceremony scheduled in May 2011. This bulletin serves as one of the official announcements of this schoolpolicy. Please be aware that our superintendent, deputy superintendent, and board members will receive notice of this policy should you wish to dispute anyof our decisions regarding this matter. Please conduct yourselves accordingly as you will soon be entering the working world as representatives of SimonSanchez 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 your picture with anoutside 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. Chamoru (Inetnon) Club Meetings: Meetings are held every Monday during the first half of lunch in Room 118. Choir Club Meetings: Choir club meets Thursdays during the second half of lunch in Room 212. Everyone is welcomed! Close-Up Club Meetings: Meetings are held every Thursday in Room 228 during the first half of lunch. See Mr. Escalona for details. Faith Bible Club Meetings: Meetings for Faith Bible Club are held on Thursdays during lunch in Room 203. Everyone is welcomed! FEA Meetings: Meetings are held during 2nd half of lunch every Tuesday in Room 210. See you there! Japanese Club Meetings: Meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays during the first half of lunch in the Library. Nursing Club Meetings: Meetings are held every Thursday during the first half of lunch in Room 407. Tennis Club Meetings: Tennis Club Meetings held every Wednesday during the second half of lunch in the girls’ locker room. Please see any officer orcaptain for information. Weight Lifting and Body Shaping Club Meetings: Come and check it out on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at lunch in the gym. You must have aphysical before you can begin lifting. See Mr.Cabral in Room 212 for more information. World Studies Club Meetings: Meetings are held every Friday during the first half of lunch in Room 221. Yearbook Club Meetings: Meetings are every Thursday, first half of Lunch in Room 231. Clean Campus Initiative: Reminder that we are enforcing a clean campus initiative that is free of drugs, spit, litter, alcohol, tobacco, fights, bullying,weapons, and betel nut. Do your part to make this initiative work!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 atraduenas@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.)9:15-10:05 2 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 Chamorro12:10-2:15 Gupot 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