SFHS Arrowhead Newsletter

This week, we began the use of E-PASS, our electronic hall pass system. We will have learning curves as we navigate this on campus, but ultimately, it will lead to quick hall passes and safe monitoring of our students.

• If a student is not in class at the time of the bell ringing, they are considered tardy.
• Music plays in the hallways between each passing period, when the music turns off, this signals to students that they have ONE minute to make it to class.
• Tardy consequences will be distributed from Mrs. Erin Withers, our attendance improvement specialist.
• If you have questions regarding your student's attendance/tardy record, please contact our attendance data specialist, Mrs. Renea Bickerstaff at Susan.Bickerstaff@sfisd.org

If your student is out, please send a note to school upon their return. Even if it's for a partial day or attending a doctor's appointment, please send a note to school for their absence. We keep these notes on file for attendance appeals and audits.

Watch this how to document to learn how to submit your documents via Skyward: https://app.tango.us/app/workflow/Submitting-Absence-Requests-in-Skyward-401d7690c18f4294beb9b2536f632db6

The graduating class can begin booking their 2024-2025 yearbook photo at the Gulf Coast Imaging Studio. The deadline to take your picture in studio is October 31, 2024. Please visit the Gulf Coast Image Studios website to schedule your appointment by clicking this link: https://gulfcoastimage.com/senior-booking-calendar/

🚗✨ Get behind the wheel and give back to your community! Come out to Santa Fe High School to test drive a Ford on Friday, September 13 (9a-5p) and Ford will donate $20 on your behalf. Just one drive per household, complete a survey post-ride, and voila – you've made a difference! Open to anyone 18+ with valid driver’s license and insurance. Let's drive for change together!

📲Register here: https://d4urs.com/KQ46Y

• 18 year old students will be permitted to participate.
• However, they must do so during an elective period, not a core class (English, social studies, science, math).
• They will sign out in the front, attend the drive event, and provide proof of registering for the event and survey completion when they reenter the building to excuse their absence.

Check out the STUCO calendars for monthly STUCO campus events such as pep-rallies, scavenger hunts, and more.

Please click on your counselor's link below to request a visit.

Mrs. Luna (last names A-D) https://forms.office.com/r/7134uRZsaU

Mrs. Grayson (formerly Duggan) (last names E-La) https://forms.office.com/r/ww2415idyw

Mrs. Price (last names Le-Ri) https://forms.office.com/r/G6mdM5xV8f

Mrs. Bankston (last names Ro-Z) https://forms.office.com/r/0AZTkN1MvV

Any student who is enrolled in an advanced or AP class should have a signed Advanced Academics Agreement on file. If you have not already done so, please print this document, sign it, and return it the Counselors' Suite. Only one form is needed for the year, not one form per advanced class.

Students, if you plan on visiting a college:

• Juniors and Seniors get 2 excused absences a year.
• There is a form that should be filled out prior to your visit or approval.
• See Mrs. Papstein or Mrs. Bickerstaff for the form.

Click the image to submit a staff shout out!

• Students are not permitted to use their cell phone while in the classroom, in the hallways, or in the restroom.
• Students found to be on their cell phone will have their phone confiscated and sent to the Student Center to be picked up at the end of the day. Repeat offenses will result in campus consequences.
• Students are permitted to use their phones before school, during their assigned lunch, and after school.

Please read the full SFISD cell phone policy by opening the attachment below.

The cost increases to $30.00 on September 3rd., unless the student is a newly licensed driver. When the permit is issued, students must present proof of a valid driver’s license and proof of financial responsibility (liability insurance).

It is the student driver’s responsibility to register his/her vehicle and display a valid parking permit for the current school year. Vehicles parked without a valid student parking permit may be towed at the owner’s expense.

If you have any questions - contact Jennifer Smith: 409-927-3310 or Jennifer.Smith@sfisd.org

Methods of payments:

-Send cash or check with your student or pay with cash at the front office of the High School.

-Parents can pay with a debit or credit card at the front office of the High School with a processing fee added.

-Parents can log into Skyward Fee Payments using this link and pay online using a debit or credit card with a processing fee added: https://santafeisd.revtrak.net/