In recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the motivation this week is all from him. Please take some time to enjoy a few quotes from MLK.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."

"We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always right to do right."

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

"Let no man pull you so low as to hate him."

"If you can't fly then run. If you can't run then walk. If you can't walk then crawl. But whatever you do you have to keep moving foward."

"One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong."

"If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way."

"We must accept finite dissapointment, but never lose infinite hope."

I hope you find some inspiration in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this week!

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Congratulations to Coach Skinner and the girls wrestling program for their outstanding performance during the State competition in Muncie last Friday. The team had 7 wrestlers at the State competition and 5 moved on to place.

Abbi Bor - 8th place

Gelissa Reginald - 5th place

K'yla Johnson - 4th place (due to injury)

Leah Soots - 7th place

AvaLyn Mosconi - STATE CHAMPION!

Congratulations to the entire team and coaching staff!

Mr. Bockelman published his fiction book, Worked, on January 1, 2024. The book is currently available on Amazon (yes, I checked). Congratulations Brent!

Check out this article from WRTV. SHS and C9 student, Zach Looper, is featured about halfway down the article!

• Each staff member who was walking around the hallways helping students get to their new classes this week.
• Melanie Davis and Holly Bohannon for welcoming the new enrollments we had lined up in the main office, ready and eager to start at SHS.
• The Student Services staff who are taking on new responsibilities and procedures with enthusiasm.
• Charity Vash, Jennifer Gaw and our custodial team for having the building ready to go for students to return - especially since they are short-staffed.
• Officer Patterson for joining the Perry Township Police department and specifically working with us at SHS.
• James Thorpe for making sure the sidewalks and entrances are safe to enter for our staff, students, and community members.

"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition."

- Abraham Lincoln

As part of her Early Childhood Education class, Patience is helping in Mrs. Freeman's class at the Homecroft Kindergarten Academy. The unique thing about this placement is that Mrs. Freeman was Patiance's kindergarten teacher and now she is her student assistant. Mrs. Freeman says that "Patiance is a lovely girl and does really well with the children".

The students in Mrs. Posadas' Spanish 5/6 class are reading a story that included a character who is blind. In order to practice their Spanish skills and to truly understand the perspective of the character, the students were blindfolded and their classmates had to direct them around the school using only Spanish.

Would you rather.... have a class that is:

Loud and hard to keep on task but gets their work done - 75%

Quiet and doesn't talk but still gets their work done - 25%

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