The Weekly SharkBeat!

SJHS Weekly Parent Newsletter - April 21, 2024

This past week was a busy week at SJHS! Many of our Seniors traveled to Disney for the annual Senior trip, our JROTC hosted it's annual car show and sent a team to the Best of the Best Raider competition, and our Musical Theater Department was busy making final preparations for "Footloose." Also, this week, our Sharks Varsity Girls Soccer Team, Varsity Softball Team, and Varsity Baseball Team all wrapped up Region Championships! We are excited for all our Spring Sports teams as they head into the playoffs. Our Girls and Boys Lacrosse teams both wrapped up their seasons this week at Lexington. I'd like to congratulate both teams on successful seasons.

I would like to take a moment to thank everyone for the love and support you expressed this week! Please keep our students and faculty in your thoughts and prayers as we continue to mourn.

Thank you for taking the time to review the Weekly Sharkbeat Newsletter. Please check the school website and Facebook page for additional updates and information. Thank you for choosing to be a part of the Shark family. Have a great evening, keep swimming forward, and as always, Go SHARKS!

Ryan Poston
Principal

SJHS

FFA Beautifies Our Campus

Our agriculture class is working hard around the school to brighten up our campus. This week their focus was the front of the building. The flowers are beautiful and adds a welcoming touch for our students and visitors.

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Regional Champs

Our ladies softball team is Region Champs for four years running. These ladies work hard on the field and we look forward to the playoffs. Tuesday is Teacher Appreciation Night against NMB. We hope you will come out and see our lady Sharks in action.

Staff Appreciation Week is Coming Soon

Every year we recognize the entire staff for Teacher Appreciation week. This year we will honor our staff May 6-10. If you would like to donate or know of a business who would like to contribute to this week, please have them contact Wynnette Smith, 843-650-5600. Our staff works extremely hard and we try to make them feel special, especially this week. Please feel free to recognize your students teachers individually.

Upcoming Calendar Dates

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4/24/2024- Graduation Supply Delivery

4/27/2024- CMC Athletic Physicals

5/1/2024- Spring Musical Begins (through May 5)

5/6/2024- Staff Appreciation Week

5/7/2024- Orchestra Concert

5/9/2024- SIC Meeting 6:00 pm

5/10/2024- Junior Marshal announcement

5/10/2024- Pops in the Park (Spring Band Concert)

5/13/2024- Junior Marshal reception

5/13/2024- EOY Band Awards

5/15/2024- Awards Day (Underclassmen at 1:45, Seniors at 6:00pm)

5/16/2024- EOC English Writing

5/16/2024- Chorus- Sharkapalooza

5/17/2024- Junior Marshal lunch

SENIOR SUPPLIES

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Seniors are anxiously awaiting graduation supplies after ordering back in October. Supplies will be delivered on April 24th during advisory. Please remind your student to attend advisory on this day.

Attendance Make-up Days for 1st Semester

New Makeup Days for 1st Semester Attendance

Students who received FA's on your report card, admin has added additional days for makeup time. If you have questions, be sure to see Mrs. Zirkelbach.

Attendance Recovery Add-On Dates—Room E204

*One Hour= One Class Period.

April 23 (3:30-5:30pm)

April 24 (3:30-5:30pm)
April 25 (3:30-5:30pm)
April 30 (3:30-5:30pm)

A Note From Guidance

Seniors and parents:

Senior students - It is almost the end of your senior year, and we need some information from you about your plans after graduation. Please click on the link below and complete the form so that we will know where we need to send your final transcript. Students have to be logged into their google account to complete this form.

Senior Plans

We are continuing to get scholarships for students to complete. Please use the link below to find out what you can apply for.

Scholarship Link

As we are preparing for the end of the year, we need to compile a list of all seniors who have been awarded scholarships and/or money from the colleges or organizations. We do this to calculate the grand total of scholarship earnings from SJH graduating class.

Please use the following google form: https://forms.gle/BXZ2T3QdYmZu2fC87

You will need to complete this form MULTIPLE TIMES for each scholarship that you have been awarded. Please report EVERY SCHOLARSHIP AWARDED OR MONEY OFFERED FROM COLLEGES (even if you do not plan on attending that college).

DO NOT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

Money received from FAFSA: Pell Grant, SC Grant, Financial Aid, Life, Hope or Palmetto Fellows Scholarship

Underclassmen and parents:

We are getting excited about next school year already and have begun our prep for schedules. In the next few weeks we will be allowing students to view their course requests for next school year and make adjustments if they would like. We will email both students and parents when this is taking place with instructions on making adjustments.

Testing look ahead:

EOC April 24 English 2 Field Test

May 16 English 2 Writing

May 23 US History

May 24 Biology

May 28 English 2 Reading

May 29 Algebra 1

Coming Soon... Footloose

Our drama students are working hard to bring you this award winning musical. Go to sharksathletics.com to purchase your tickets. See you soon!

FREE ATHLETIC PHYSICALS

If your student will be participating in a sport next year, be sure to take advantage of this free physical day here at SJH.

Graduation 2024

Students graduating are guaranteed 6 tickets. Extra tickets may be requested by contacting the school. Additional tickets are not guaranteed but simply a request. We try to accommodate everyone the best as possible. We will not know how many extra tickets we will have until senior grades are finalized. Students will get tickets the day of graduation practice at the HTC center. We try to accommodate their needs but we need to be fair to everyone. Simply call the school, 843-650-5600, and speak to the receptionist to request extra tickets. Tickets should be requested under the students' name.

For questions or information concerning seniors:

Yearbooks and Senior Ads- Jerry Moore

Graduation Supplies- Caps, Gowns, Class Rings- Ms. Best

Graduation Ceremony, Practice, Honors Cords, General Graduation Questions - Mr. Wortley/Mrs. McCune

SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING

HCS is committed to providing our students and staff members with a safe and secure learning environment. Click here to access the Reporting Form

Early Pick Up

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If you plan to pick your student up early or your student will drive off campus early, please send a note with your student to be turned in before school starts at the Welcome Desk. We will verify the note and give your student a pass to meet you or leave at the appropriate time. Sending a note cuts down on class interruptions. Unfortunately, we cannot accept phone calls or emails to dismiss students. We appreciate your help.

Driving On Campus

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Parents should always use the front entrance to pick students up for early dismissal. Additionally, we ask that you follow the traffic pattern set forth by SJH. Please do not move cones, go around cones or make unsafe decisions to shorten your time on campus. Please help us keep our students safe by following our traffic patterns.