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SMHS Peer Leaders & PROJECT 351 PLAYBOOK STUDENT AMBASSADORS hit the high ropes at the HERITAGE ADVENTURE PARK on September 25, 2024 for a day of team building comradery. These kiddos are the backbone of SMHS, the role models and supportive, friendly faces we all need. SMHS is grateful for their commitment to making our school community a welcoming, inclusive environment for all! Special thanks to teacher leaders: MS. TRINITY BRODERICK, MS. COLLEEN CLABAULT, MS. BETH DONAHUE, MR. DAN DOBBINS, MR. JEFF DUFFANY & MR. NATE EVERETT.

Our Finnish exchange students from Kaurialan Upper Secondary School safely arrived in Boston on Thursday. There, they toured the city, followed the Freedom Trail and found their way to Fenway for a Red Sox game. The exchange students and their 2 teacher chaperones arrived in Sandwich on Sunday evening and were welcomed by their SMHS host families with a traditional American cookout.

Our Finnish exchange students will be on campus all week: meeting students, attending classes and participating in school events. For the past year, they've been actively collaborating with SMHS students on a global sustainability project sponsored by the UNITED NATIONS. Our SMHS students are looking forward to traveling to Finland in April 2025 to stay with the Finnish students and visit their school. We're excited and appreciative of this amazing opportunity!

PLEASE JOIN US FOR PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES ON OCTOBER 2 OR 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

The seventh graders are competing in a reading challenge to see who can read more books this school year: Mr. Tansey or Mrs. Foley’s classes. When students finish a book, they color in a box on the bulletin board to note their progress. For the month of September, Mr. Tansey’s students have already read a combined 61 books, and Mrs. Foley’s students have read 48 books. The challenge has promoted a friendly competition between the classes, and has even motivated students to read more than required. It has been a fun and engaging way to start the year!

Hello parents & guardians!

Please encourage your student to interact and ask questions with the club representatives at the SMHS Annual CLUB FAIR. It will be held on Thursday, October 3 and Friday, October 4 during Knight Time. We're proud to say that we have a wide variety of extracurricular clubs that reflect the diverse interests and passions of our student body. There's truly a club for everyone!

Mr. Kelly's Grade 7 Latin students participated in a Roman naming ceremony on Friday, September 27. Draped in the Toga Praetexta of childhood, students decorated a bulla, a protective amulet worn around the neck by children of Roman citizens until adulthood. Our Advanced Placement Latin students assisted in recognizing the new recruits by their chosen Latin names.

We need you! You can help our students! For just $25.00, you can support the SMHS PTSA - no volunteering, no time commitment, just a simple donation that funds exciting school events and enrichment programs for our students.

With over 800 families in the SMHS community, we've only had 22 families join so far. Let's boost that number together! Every dollar makes a difference - please consider joining today!

The U.S. Attorney’s Office will be hosting a statewide, virtual presentation for parents:

The Webex Webinar – Keeping Children Safe and Secure Online: A Project Safe Childhood Presentation for Parents

When? Wednesday, October 9th @ 6:30 PM (log in begins at 6:00 PM)

Registration link: https://usao.webex.com/weblink/register/r3c6f24c5e409d764c38ac82d069f700e

*Registration is required. Space is limited.

The Webex platform has a maximum capacity of 1000 attendees. If you have any questions or if we have reached registration capacity, please email USAMA.PSCOutreach@usdoj.gov to be put on a waitlist for the next presentation.

SIGN-UP LINK IS HERE.

SMHS is excited to administer the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) on OCTOBER 10, 2024 on campus to all interested sophomores and juniors. Participation is voluntary. The PSAT is a practice test that simulates standardized college entrance exams. Students will be excused from classes to participate in the PSAT. The cost of the test is $25.00. Registration information can be found below. The deadline to register is October 1, 2024.

Please reach out to Ms. Kathy Lucas, Guidance Director, with questions.

MAKE YOUR RESERVATION HERE.