Community Spartan Weekly, Week 20

SCHURR Expectation of the Month: Courageous"

“We will fail when we fail to try.”

-Rosa Parks

Attendance Rate: Our latest attendance rate was 94.3%. Thank you to all staff and students for your supportive, uplifting spirit. Let's work hard to keep our attendance rate above 95%.

Extended 4th: We will start 3rd Quarter Extended 4th Period this week. Teachers, please have students place the new sticker on the top right corner the Student IDs, to the right of the student's picture. Thank you for your collaborative support.

Food Deliveries: This is Schurr High School Delivery Policy:

• Deliveries: We will not accept deliveries for students. This includes, but is not limited to, food deliveries, flowers, balloons, food baskets, gift items, and food delivery services, etc.

Staff members, please do not order food for students and pick it up for them. Thank you for your support and understanding.

Paper App: During our Community Schools Grant community feedback meeting, our student representatives shared how much they loved the Paper App. Please use Paper App, including during Extended 4th, to improve your learning and, hopefully, your grades.

Phone Confiscation: Please inform students that we are confiscating phones from students if they are out of class during instructional time using their phones. Thank you all for your support.

Monday, January 20, Board Holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr

Tuesday, January 21, Spartan Spirit Wear -- Club Wear

-2nd Quarter Extended 4th Starts

-Basketball, (BJV, GV, BV), Home, vs. Montebello, 3:30 -

-Basketball, (GFS, BFR), @ Montebello, 3:30 -

-Soccer, (BJV, BV, BFR), Home, Montebello, 4:00 -

-Water Polo, (GV), Home, Keppel, 4:00 -

Wednesday, January 22, Spartan Spirit Wear -- Way Fresh Wednesday

-Soccer (BV) @ Azusa, 3:15 -

-Water Polo, (GV), @ Montebello, 4:00

-Wrestling, (BV, GV), Home, San Gabriel, 4:00 -

Thursday, January 23, Spartan Spirit Wear -- College and Career Gear

-Soccer (BJV, BV, BFR), @ Bell Gardens, 4:00 -

-Soccer (GJV, GV), Home, Bell Gardens, 4:00 -

Friday, January 24, Spartan Spirit Wear -- Spirit Wear

-Basketball (BFR, GFS, BJV), Home, Bell Gardens, 4:00

-Basketball (BV, GV), @ Bell Gardens, 5:30 -

Saturday, January 25,

-Wrestling, Almont League Finals @ Montebello,

Gratitude: Thank you to Dave Ramos for 10 successful years as Head Football Coach at Schurr High School. In addition to the four Almont League Championships and the 8 CIF appearances, we are immensely grateful for the indelible impact you have on student-athletes, supporting their development as supportive, courageous, hardworking, uplifting, respectful, and responsible gentlemen. Your student-athletes critically thought through plays, collaborated on the field, communicated shifting plans, and created multiple winning seasons. You exemplify Schurr values and expectations. Thank you for inspiring so many students to aspire for more from life.

Gratitude: Thank you to Jeannette Alvarado and Paul Chavez for their critical thinking and collaboration creating Schurr High School's Community Schools Grant. We appreciate you.

Gratitude: Thank you to Jeannette Alvarado, Belinda Ferrell, Trevor Lomas, Larry McKiernan, Samantha Montiel, Baltazar Mejia, Manuel Quintero, Nellie Rios, Jay Valencia, Ray Verduzco, and Myron Wallace their collaborative hard work generating the data for Extended 4th, generating the rosters, creating the stickers, and distributing rosters for Extended 4th. We seem to have many more students taking advantage of this opportunity.

Gratitude: Thank you to our Winter Sports coaches and athletes for your courageous hard work during the off-seasons. We already see your hard work paying dividends. We are proud of you!

Gratitude: Thank you for supportively greeting students and each other when you first interact. That small moment can make a student's and person day. A "hello, ____" or "good morning, ____" goes a long way to create a safe, positive learning culture. Thank you for your uplifting Spartan spirit.

Gratitude: Thank you for continuing to hand out Spartan Bucks to students who are showing Schurr values and expectations (Supportive, Courageous, Hardworking, Uplifting, Responsible, and Respectful) and the 4Cs (Critical Thinker, Collaborator, Communicator, and Creator).

-Schurr Shout Out to USB for continuously improving their Spartan Meet in such collaborative, creative uplifting manners. We constantly look forward to what you will come up with next.

-Schurr Shout Out to Ashley Saldana, Schurr's Choir President. She auditioned for the renowned American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA), and was accepted. We commend you for your hard work and your courage. We know that this is the beginning of many successful years singing.

-Schurr Shout Out to Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh Boys Basketball for their victories over San Gabriel and Alhambra, and their courageous competitiveness against Mark Keppel.

-Schurr Shout Out to Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh Girls Basketball for their victories over San Gabriel and Alhambra, and their courageous competitiveness against Mark Keppel.

-Schurr Shout Out to Boys Varsity Soccer for their 5-0 start in Almont League, with victories over San Gabriel, Mark Keppel, Alhambra, and Montebello.

-Schurr Shout Out to Girls Soccer for their courageous competitiveness against Mark Keppel and San Gabriel. We applaud your gritty persistence.

-Schurr Shout Out to Girls Water Polo for their 2-0 start to the Almont League season.

-Schurr Shout Out to Wrestling for their courageous hard work in the Dick Morris Tourney.

Monday, January 20, Martin Luther King's Birthday, Board Holiday, No School

Friday, January 31, Winter Homecoming, Early Release

Friday, February 7, AVID Talent Show,

Monday, February 10, Board Holiday, No School

Monday, February 17, Board Holiday, No School

Friday, March 7, Mr. Schurr High