Community Spartan Weekly, Week 15

Support, Courage, Hard Work, Uplift, Responsible, Respectful

Supportive Spartans

Supportive Spartans, please support Spartan families in need. USB is collaboratively coordinating Schurr's annual "Dollars for Scholars" fundraising drive to support families in our community during the upcoming holidays. Thank you for your support.

Courageous Spartans

Courageous Spartan Girls Tennis travelled to Santa Barbara, CA, to compete in the CIF Semi-Finals. Thank you for representing Schurr through your courageous hard work and collaborative spirit.

Hardworking Spartans

Hardworking Spartans succeeded as student-athletes reaching the Semis, Quarters, 2nd Round and First Rounds of CIF. We were also Almont League Champions in Football, Flag Football, and Water Polo. We commend Fall student-athletes and coaches for their courage, hard work, and uplifting Spartan spirit!

Uplifting Spartans

Uplifting Schurr Spartan Speech and Debate competed at Gabrielino High School. Many students were in the top 10 and 20% of all competitors (see list below). We commend you for your courage, hard work, and uplifting Spartan spirit.

Responsible Spartans

Responsible Spartan, Denise Sanchez, works hard during practice causing her to have an undefeated record this season. She will take her responsible, hardworking ethic to CIF individuals. We celebrate you!

Respectful Spartans

Respectful Spartans will bring their multiple talents to AVID's annual talent show in February. If interested, you must audition to ensure that you can get a place to share your talents with the community.

Schurr Announcements

SCHURR Expectation of the Month: Supportive

"We come in many different shapes and sizes, and we need to support each other and our differences. Our beauty is in our differences."

-Carre Otis

Attendance Rate: Our latest attendance rate was 94.05%. Let's work hard to keep our attendance rate above 95%. Please greet students with your uplifting Spartan Spirit and engaging 4Cs learning environments. Remind them that they are loved at Schurr. Thank you for your support.

Library: Our library services through Nola Polo and Marlem Madrigal will temporarily move to the professional library. All the services we provide--checking out books and Chromebook support--are available, but in the Professional Library. We will relocate Professional Library functions to the Principal's Office or to other available spaces. Thank you for your collaborative support.

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.

Spartan Spirit

Gratitude: Thank you to Daniel Gonzalez and his theater classes for an uplifting, entertaining evening filled with laughter, suspense, and thought-provoking skits. We appreciate your critical thinking, collaboration, and communication as you made language come to life. We applaud you!

Gratitude: Thank you to our custodial staff for building additional outdoor benches on Saturday.

Gratitude: Thank you to all our Winter Sports coaches and student-athletes. We are looking forward to continued success on the fields for soccer, the pool for water polo, and the gym for basketball and wrestling. Thank you for creating spaces where we uplift our community, courageously challenge each other, and thrive together.

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).

Weekly Calendar

Monday, November 18, Spartan Spirit Wear -- Free Dress

-Staff Meeting, Library, 2:40 - 3:30

-Boys Soccer @ Lynwood, 3:30 -

-Girls Basketball (H) Westminster 3:30 -

Tuesday, November 19, Spartan Spirit Wear -- Club Gear

Wednesday, November 20, Spartan Spirit Wear -- Way Fresh Wednesday

-Boys Soccer @ Garey, 3:30 -

Thursday, November 21, Spartan Spirit Wear -- College and Career Gear

-Girls Basketball (H) Whitney, 3:30 -

-Girls Water Polo @ El Segundo, 3:30 -

-Boys Soccer @ South El Monte, 3:30 -

Friday, November 22, Spartan Spirit Wear -- Spartan Spirit

-Girls Soccer (H) Lakewood, 3:30 -

Saturday, November 23,

Arcadia Band

Critical Thinkers

Students from Schurr's Theater Department critically thought, collaborated, communicated, and created great performances, including "Twelve Angry Villains," based on Twelve Angry Men. We commend you for your supportive hard work.

Collaborators/ Communicators

Students from Schurr's Theater Department critically thought, collaborated, communicated, and created great performances for the community, including "Knock! Knock!" We commend you for your collaborative courage and hard work.

Creators

Students from Schurr's Theater Department critically thought, collaborated, communicated, and created great performances, including "Into the Forest." We commend you for your uplifting spirit and courageous collaboration.

Schurr Shout Outs

-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 April Cortez, Ashley Gaytan, and Natalie Zuniga for leading the SchurrNews broadcast. Thank you for reaching out to our community to capture their collaboration and creation.

-Schurr Shout Out to Erica Lopez, Matthew Reyes, and Kaillyn Borge for inspiring book publishing at Schurr. We appreciate your courageous hard work and creativity.

-Schurr Shout out to Alexander Guardado for sharing his Tae Kwon Do experience in California and internationally. We appreciate you sharing your courageous hard work with Schurr.

-Schurr Shout Out to Samai and Magaly for sharing their golf experiences this past season.

-Schurr Shout Out to April Cortez and Ashley Gaytan for celebrating students on Spartan Meets.

-Schurr Shout Out to our novice Speech and Debate students. They all performed well. The follwoing received distinctions:

Superiority Distinction (Top 10% speakers overall): Gabby Vargas, Angel Ruiz, Avalon Polder, Gabriel de Jesus (twice for separate events).
Excellence Distinction (top 20% of speakers): Antonio Cardenas, Avalon Polder, Harper Espino (awarded team MVP).

Upcoming Spartan Events

Monday, November 25 - Friday, November 29, Thanksgiving Week--no school

Wednesday, December 4, PTSA Association Meeting, 3:45 - Professional Library

Wednesday, December 11, School Site Council, Professional Library, 3:45 -

Monday (12/16), Tuesday (12/17): Finals Preparation, Early Release, 2:30 -

Wednesday (12/18), Thursday (12/19), Friday (12/20) -- Finals Week, 1:40 release

Wednesday, Finals Periods 1 and 2

Thursday, Finals Periods 3 and 4
Friday, Finals Periods 5 and 6