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The College Board announced that Sandwich Middle High School has earned silver recognition in the 2024 AP School Honor Roll. The honor roll designation recognizes how many students are accessing Advanced Placement coursework as well as the achievement level of those students. In short, there are three criteria for honor roll:

• College Culture, the Class of 2024 had 59% of graduating seniors access at least one AP class during their high school career.
• College Credit, 45% of the SMHS Class of 2024 scored 3+ on an AP exam during their high school career
• College Optimization, 22% of last year’s seniors took five or more AP courses during their years at SMHS.

Congratulations to our hard working AP students and faculty/staff who earned this nationally benchmarked honor designation!

On Saturday, October 12, members of the CLASS of 2025 transformed the student parking lot into a colorful gallery of unique designs reflective of the personalities and talents of our seniors. They artistically brightened an everyday space that we can all now enjoy!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES ON OCTOBER 16. THESE CONFERENCES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOSTER OPEN COMMUNICATION, ASK QUESTIONS AND SHARE INSIGHTS. OUR TEACHERS ARE EAGER TO BUILD POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOU AND THEY LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT CONFERENCES!

CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES!

PLEASE REACH OUT TO MS. COLLEEN DAVIDSON WITH QUESTIONS: CDAVIDSON@SANDWICH.K12.MA.US

On Thursday, SMHS's HEALTH OCCUPATION STUDENTS of AMERICA (HOSA) a global student organization that prepares students for careers in health science and healthcare held their first club meeting. HOSA members learn about health professions, develop leadership skills, enhance teamwork stills and develop responsible citizenship traits. For the first meeting, all members made a career crown identifying their desired future healthcare profession.

If you would like more information about joining this club or other SMHS clubs, please reach out to Mr. Sean Donovan at sdonovan@sandwich.k12.ma.us.

Grade 7 student WESTON NORTON placed 10th out of 160 entries in one division and placed 7th in another category in the ALL-AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE CONGRESS, the largest horse show in the world held in Columbus, Ohio.... an extraordinary feat!

Way to go, WESTON! SMHS is proud of you!

Every week representatives from colleges and universities across the nation come to SMHS to meet with students to provide information about their programs and answer questions. If your student is interested in meeting with a visiting college representative they can sign up online through their Naviance account.

Questions should be directed to Kathy Lucas (klucas@sandwich.k12.ma.us) or Melissa Murphy (mmurphy@sandwich.k12.ma.us) in the guidance office.

On October 8, 2024, SMHS in collaboration with LUCINI bus drivers, successfully completed a routine bus evacuation drill with all school bus riders. Safety remains a top priority and bus evacuation drills are essential for ensuring that students know how to safely exit the bus in case of emergency.

We kindly ask local businesses to consider displaying student artwork to showcase the amazing talent of our young artists. By participating, your business will help promote creativity while building a stronger connection between our school and the community. It’s a great way to support the next generation of artists and foster meaningful relationships that enrich both our students and local businesses.

If interested, please contact Ms. Dineen D'Avena, our Fine, Media and Performing Art Department Chair, at ddavena@sandwich.k12.ma.us.

Thank you!

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Welcome to the SMHS PTSA’s busiest time of the year… October!

We have the Halloween Festival, 3 dances, and 1 Senior Masquerade all in the next few weeks plus we still have grant requests from teachers and club advisors coming in. We honestly could use a little help, we don’t ask often or much but this is when we needed it.

Please consider donating a few hours of your time or some candy/snacks at the numerous events the students have planned.

We need ticket sellers at the Halloween Festival event, help on Monday with game room set up and Sunday with Maze take down. This Halloween Festival benefits every student at SMHS as PTSA gets a portion of each admission which goes to fund grants, Snack Shacks, etc. while the Jr/Sr classes get proceeds from the game room activities that they volunteer to run. A successful event benefits all of our students as this is our largest fundraiser!

Please consider volunteering a few hours of your time. Costumes are NOT required. Please sign up: https://signup.com/go/xeJmRan

Candy and snack donations are needed for every dance/Senior Masquerade out there, so please consider helping out. The Middle School Student Council sells these items at the dance to fund future middle school events/dances.

HOCO is asking for full size candy donations too (just drop off). With so many events going on the main office is going to look like the candy aisle at S&S so make sure you label your donation so it gets to the correct event and drop off any school day before 3:00 PM prior to the event date.

8th Grade Dance https://signup.com/go/tegscJS

Senior Masquerade https://signup.com/go/gDzBAzj

7th Grade Dance https://signup.com/go/BWFjUGq

If you have already renewed your membership for this school year, thank you from us and every student at SMHS. If it is still on your To Do list, please click here and renew now.

We hope to see you at our next General Meeting on Tuesday, November 12th at 7:00 PM in the SMHS library.

Thank you in advance -

SMHS PTSA

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