SHS Weekly Update

• NO LEFT TURNS out onto Turner Dr during morning drop-off. This backs up the line. Right turns only! Please plan accordingly.

• NO DROPPING OFF STUDENTS IN THE FRONT FACULTY PARKING LOT OR STUDENT PARKING LOT. Please wait in line like everyone else. If you need to be on your way faster or earlier, get here earlier!

Absentee Notes

Absentee notes may be sent in with your student or emailed to shs-attendance@iwcs.k12.va.us .

For all notes, please include the following information:

• Student First and Last Name

• Reason for absence

• Attached documentation (doctor note, etc…)

Early Release

If you need your student driver released early or you need to pick up your student early, please bring in a note or send an email to shs-attendance@iwcs.k12.va.us before 10:00am.

For all notes, please include the following information:

• Student First and Last Name

• Time to be dismissed

• Reason for early release

Once notes have been received, your student's name is added to a daily early release spreadsheet. Your student will notify their teacher, the teacher will confirm the information with the spreadsheet and be allowed to dismiss at the approved time. All students MUST come to the office and sign themselves out and then they will meet you at the car.

***Please note: In order to maintain safety and order during one of the busiest times of our day, student pick-up WILL NOT be allowed between 2:15 - 2:45 pm. This does not include early release notes received before 10am.

Attention, seniors! Appointments will open later in September for the final senior portrait session at Smithfield High School, which is scheduled for September 26. The link to schedule a session at school is at www.prestigeportraits.com/bookappointment. Begin by selecting your school under School Photography. This year seniors will be able to sign up for either a Deluxe Session, which includes casual poses, or a Basic Yearbook Session. All scheduling and payments should be made through the website.

All members of the Class of 2025 should plan to take senior tux and drape portraits -- even if you're not interested in purchasing them -- as they will be used in the yearbook. This is the last senior portrait session scheduled for SHS. Students who don't take their portrait at school will have to arrange their own session with Lifetouch.

All senior portraits must be submitted to Mrs. Garrow by Monday, November 4, to be included in the yearbook. If you took your portrait with Lifetouch/Prestige, it will automatically be sent to Mrs. Garrow. Be sure to go online and select your preferred pose for the yearbook. The background must be blue. If you take your portrait with an outside photographer, be sure the background is blue and that it is either a drape or tux formal portrait. Have the photographer send the portrait to hgarrow@iwcs.k12.va.us.

Click the link below to access the 2024-2025 SHS student parking pass request form. There is an online payment option when you fill out the form.

2024-2025 SHS Parking Pass Link

The library will continue to distribute laptops for grades 10-12 during the school day. Students must have teacher permission to leave class to pick up a laptop.

Ninth-grade students will receive their laptops during the first week of school through their English or history/social studies classes. Freshmen who are not taking English or history/social studies first semester can pick up their laptops during Packer Block on Wednesday, Sept. 4, or Thursday, Sept. 5.

Students with charges on their library account, including tech charges from SMS, will not be able to pick up their laptops until their account is cleared.

Purchase the accidental coverage insurance online (service fee applies)

Pay a tech fee online (service fee applies)

Reminder: The Device Usage and Distribution Agreement must be completed and signed by a parent/guardian for a student to receive a school-issued laptop.

The SHS Robotics Team is proud to announce that they earned VHSL First Class Rank Status! We will have our first introductory meeting for potential new members of the team Sept. 5 (Thursday) 3:00-4:00 in the CTE Engineering Lab.

SHS Drama Club is having a Drama Club Interest Meeting on 9/9 from 3:00-4:00 in room 51. We will discuss the plans for the year, how to become a member, and much more!

Smithfield High School Key Club will have their interest meeting Thursday September 12th from 3:00-3:45 in room 204. Students must provide transportation home. We will be discussing what Key Club is all about and future Key Club events. If you have any questions contact Ms. Schreiber email: cschreib@iwcs.k12.va.us

Smithfield High School Green Club will have an interest meeting during Packer Block Friday, September 6, 2024. If you have any questions, contact Ms. Albright: malbright@iwcs.k12.va.us

Smithfield High School Scholastic Bowl team will have an interest meeting after school Monday, September 9, 2024 in room 40. Students must provide transportation home. If you have any questions, contact Mrs.Peters at tpeters@iwcs.k12.va.us

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL, & EVEN UNIQUE, TALENT? DO YOU PLAY IN A BAND? ARE YOU A COMEDIAN? DO YOU ACT, PLAY AN INSTRUMENT, OR SING? IF SO, SCAN THE QR CODE IN THE FLYER & SIGN UP TO AUDITION ON OCT. 7TH OR 8TH!

Parents,

It is imperative that your contact information be up to date in order for you to receive emergency information and other notifications from your child’s school. We have two (2) Information Portals, Connect 5 and PowerSchool Parent Portal.

Connect 5

Our Connect 5 Mass Communication System keep parents informed and involved to helps assure student safety and improve student success. It is utilized by Isle of Wight Schools to disseminates important information quickly and accurately to parents, students and staff.

HOW TO SETUP AND UPDATE YOUR CONNECT 5 ACCOUNT

• Go to the Connect 5 Parent Portal.
• https://iwcsmyconnect.portal.finalsiteconnect.com/Entry
• Click the Sign Me Up! link at the bottom right of the screen.
• On the login page, enter your first and last name, your email address and choose a password. Your password must be 8 characters in length, including at least 1 uppercase letter and 1 lowercase letter or number.
• You will then receive a confirmation e-mail at the e-mail address that you provided. Click the link in the e-mail to finish setting up your account.
• From there you will need to establish security questions and associate a contact for your account. It will be your child (using their Student ID) or yourself as an employee (using your Employee ID number with a capital "i" at the beginning). Once that has been completed, you can set your subscriptions and preferences.

PowerSchool Parent Portal

PowerSchool is the student information system used by Isle of Wight County Schools (IWCS). IWCS uses PowerSchool to develop class schedules, take attendance, store historical grades, produce transcripts, run report cards, update forms and more. Parents and guardians of students enrolled in IWCS will be able to view student progress through the PowerSchool Parent Portal.

HOW TO SETUP YOUR POWERSCHOOL PARENT PORTAL ACCOUNT

The doc with Parent Portal Setup Instructions can be downloaded below.

Please click on the link below to access PowerSchool.

https://powerschool.iwcs.k12.va.us/public/

Annual Student Updates & Agreements

To make sure you are receiving all notifications, each year we ask all parents and guardians to update parent contact information on file in PowerSchool. Also, you can add or remove contacts of who can and cannot pick up your child from school. IWCS uses PowerSchool to develop class schedules, take attendance, store historical grades, produce transcripts, run report cards, update forms and more. Parents and guardians of students enrolled in IWCS will be able to view student progress through the PowerSchool Parent Portal.

Website: https://shs.iwcs.k12.va.us/
Location: 14171 Turner Drive, Smithfield, VA, USA
Phone: 757-357-3108
Twitter: @OfficialSHSPack