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Greetings Patriot Families,

We will post our 4.5 Week progress reports on Monday, September 9, 2024. Parents, this means we have one week to ensure our students are in good standing in each class. The missing and failing assignments report is sent out each Friday for your review. Please discuss this information with your student and look for pertinent communication from each teacher regarding upcoming assessments, projects, and opportunities for tutorial and remediation.

Our Counseling Team was recognized at the FCS Board Meeting last week for exhibiting outstanding customer service! They have led the charge with increasing our graduation rate, bringing increased college visit opportunities to our students, and remained mission focused relative to increasing our AP/IB course offerings to more students.

Parents we need your help! Beginning this week we will begin issuing parking citations for any student who is parked in our student parking lot without a parking decal. Additionally, we will be issuing citations for any students who are parking their cars in the teacher's parking lot. Information for how to obtain a parking pass can be found below in this newsletter.

Parents, if you have a Junior at Sandy Creek, it's time to register for the PSAT. The PSAT allows students to compete for a National Merit Scholarship and serves as an indicator for how students are likely to perform on the SAT. Additionally, all students are encouraged to apply for State Superintendent Woods' Student Advisory Council. Details are below for how your student can participate in this fantastic opportunity and gain invaluable leadership experience working with the top educators in our state.

Congratulations to our Varsity Volleyball team as they celebrated our annual Pink Out Night and defeated Westlake on Wednesday night! Our Varsity Football team triumphed over LaGrange on Friday night, 27-7! We have a bye week this Friday so our team will be getting some much needed rest after a hard fought win. Varsity Softball will be back in action this week at home against Troup County. A good time was had by all at the Jenkins Road Jam and we had an opportunity to engage with our community partners like the NAACP, the ladies of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. facilitated a voter registration drive, and plenty of food offerings from our local vendors.

We are excited to support our students in their academic endeavors while providing them with a Competitive Advantage!

#PatriotPride

The SCHS counseling team was recognized at the August FCBOE Board Meeting for their outstanding customer service and dedication to our students. A few of the highlighted recognitions include achieving the highest graduation rate in over 10 years, $13.8 million in senior scholarships for the class of 2024, and supporting first generation/low income students who desire to attend college.

Picture Day is scheduled for Friday, September 6, 2024!

Thirteenth Annual

September 7, 2024

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

We cordially invite motivated Math students, boys and girls of

all Math ability, in Grades 5 – 12 to attend a workshop on our

campus. The Goals of the workshop are to:

• Increase participation in Math Competitions by members of

underrepresented groups.

• Introduce participants to local, state, regional and national

Math Competitions.

• Provide ongoing communication via email to facilitate and

encourage participants throughout the school year as they

progress through all levels of Math Competitions.

• Provide an opportunity for participants to compete in a

mini-Math Competition.

Reserve your space today.

Don't miss the opportunity to have your student-athletes get a 'shout-out' from their family and/or friends during Friday night home football games. It's simple, click the MSB QR code and pay, then click the MSB QR code google form, complete and submit.

Any questions or concerns please see Ms. McDonald.

Teachers and Staff please note the change in our new pick up and drop off locations. We are making this change to separate parents from student drivers and to ensure that students can safely cross the street to gain access into the building. All students will need to utilize the sidewalk and remain on that path to enter into the cafeteria. We have asked that parents not park their cars in any of the parking spaces so that our teachers can park their cars and arrive on time to work. We appreciate your support and patience!

Please provide the nurse with copies for your students Immunization records on the GA Form 3231. I also need a copy of your students' 3300 Form ( Hearing, Vision, Dental and Nutrition). If you have not done so please make an appointment with your private doctor to request these documents be completed or the Health department.

Fayette County Health Department

14 West Stonewall AVE Suite 107

Fayetteville, GA 30214

770-305-5416

English: https://www.fcboe.org/cms/lib/GA01900971/Centricity/Domain/2953/2023-2024%20SECONDARY%20CODE%20OF%20CONDUCT.pdf

Spanish: https://www.fcboe.org/cms/lib/GA01900971/Centricity/Domain/2953/Codigo%20de%20Conducta%20Escuela%20Secundia%20en%20Espanol%2023-24.pdf

Student Parking passes are available all year for $60 and should be displayed in the bottom corner of the driver's side windshield.

Click the link below!

https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/prdembd?ref=ZZI62QSD4E04T1K_ZZBMS4EL4VP0M8D

*ALL STUDENTS MUST HAVE THEIR PARKING PERMITS DISPLAYED ON THEIR VEHICLES. STUDENTS WILL BE TICKETED IF NOT DISPLAYED *

Please register your vehicle and apply for a permit to avoid an obligation. This obligation will interfere with your ability to purchase and attend other school related events such as the Homecoming dance, Prom and graduation activities.

• No School

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

• V Softball vs. Troup County High School

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

• Department Chairs' Meeting

Thursday, September 5, 2024

• Junior/Senior Information Night, 6pm-8pm

Friday, September 6, 2024

Saturday, September 7, 2024

• Cross Country @ Carrolton Ortho West Invitational

Attention all students in grades 10 - 12, you have an opportubity to serve on the State Superintendent Richard Woods 2024 - 2025 Student Advisory Council. The application deadline is September 5 @ 5 pm. Apply Today and Get Involved!

These students represent the Vision of Sandy Creek High School and were also able to articulate it during our Class Meetings so we surprised them with a little token of gratitude!

Congratulations to Naomi Jones, John Cornell, Amine Naji, Zalen Green, and Jocelyn Saldierna-Cardenas!

Last week we sat with Ms. Bergland and Mrs. Jackson's classes for some quality reading time!

Join The Chess Club!

https://forms.gle/6bUKg3iddup2WSMb7

www.fcafayettecounty.org

You can purchase tickets to all sporting events using the following link. https://gofan.co/app/school/GA5285

Congratulations to the following orchestra members who will be representing SCHS at the North Georgia Honors Orchestra at KSU on September 13-14, 2024. They were selected out of 147 musicians.

Blake Davis

Moc-Lan Hoang

Moses Morano

Graison Saba

Our cadets showed up at 0500 to travel an hour to Etowah High School. Our 2 males teams and 1 female competed against 59 other teams from 32 other schools, and it was an amazing day. Our Raiders growth has been tremendous with more cadets joining every week. For most of our teams this was their first Raiders meet and experience. This is champion level Raiders in the making. Thank you for all your support.

Chief

Click the link below to access the Sandy Creek High School Counseling Facebook page for up-to-date information.

https://www.facebook.com/SandyCreekCounseling

http://www.instagram.com/sandycreekcounseling

Scan the code to register & attend!

The Georgia Tech Women in Engineering Program is excited to announce that registration is open for our annual Engineering Career Conference (ECC) – our STEM outreach program for young women who are current junior and senior high school students!

ECC is designed to give high school girls knowledge and information about the eleven engineering disciplines offered at Georgia Tech to help them decide if they'd like to study engineering in college, and, if so, which type of engineering is best for them.

This year's ECC will be held on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 from 8:30AM to 4:30PM in Georgia Tech’s Exhibition Hall.

Over the course of a day, prospective female students have the opportunity to hear directly from Georgia Tech's world-renowned faculty and current Tech students about the various engineering majors offered at GT. In addition, attendees have the chance to meet with a GT Admissions Counselor to find out about the admissions process and the academic requirements necessary to be successful in the engineering undergraduate programs.

The non-refundable registration fee for ECC is $40, which covers all materials as well as breakfast and lunch for all attendees of the program; need based scholarships are available and we encourage all students to apply.

The application link may be found here. There is also a QR code in the attached flyer so students! Applications will be open until September 15th.

If teachers are interested in bringing a group of students, students will need to register individually, and note the teacher’s name as their chaperone. We can only accommodate 1 group of 10 per school, with 1 teacher as a chaperone. Teachers ARE NOT able to register on student’s behalf.

About Notable Narratives:

NN is a 501 (c)(3) college essay service organization that provides completely free college essay editing services to first generation and/or low income (FGLI) high school seniors applying to college. We do this by pairing college applicants with FGLI college students, as having an advisor that comes from a similar background will allow students to feel more comfortable receiving help

Since our founding in August 2020:

• Our 90 FGLI college advisors have assisted over 1,750 students from 102 unique countries and all 50 states.

• 1 in 4 students who filled out our annual survey were accepted into an Ivy League or Stanford University.

• 94% of our students were BIPOC, and 50% identified as both first-generation and low-income.

We encourage you to read more about our impact through our Impact Report, website, and Instagram. We are excited to help even more students this year!

Next Steps:

Attached is a Registration Form for you to share with your students. NN’s services are available to those who self-identify as low income and/or first generation; students do not need to identify as both to apply. I will also be sending this resource to the SCHS counselors.

The Campus Parent portal is your source for student and family records, including household and individual contact information, attendance, school-based fees, academic planning (high school), forms, and report cards. The Parent portal also provides access to the GaDOE SLDS Portal. Please set up the parent Infinite Campus account first. The same username will be shared with Schoology to set up your parent account in Schoology. Because each login reflects the person associated with the username, it is recommended that a separate account is created for each parent.

• Usernames can be comprised of letters, numbers, the underscore, and dash.
• Please refrain from creating a username that is all numbers, as that will interfere with student data here in our district.
• After completing the setup of your parent portal account, please allow 24 hours for your new account information to be sent to Schoology before attempting to log into your Schoology parent account.

Get started with Infinite Campus

The Infinite Campus app is available in the App Store and Google Play.

My name is Marcus Broadhead and I am the Dir. of Educational Activities for the Sigma Omicron Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, which serves Fayette and Coweta Counties. We provide a leadership program for young men and are about to begin programming for this fraternal year.

Over the past two years we have been working with young men from Fayette County High School and are opening up the opportunity to more high schools in the area. Our chapter brother Hon. Derrick Jackson has roots with Sandy Creek so it made sense for us to extend the opportunity to students you serve.

Our focus is on young men who have the potential but may not see it in themselves or possess the resources to live out their potential. Although we support students who may not be making positive choices, the program is not designed to "fix" them. I share this level of transparency with you because we want all participants to want to be in the program and see the benefit rather than a place where a parent may force them to go. We want there to be a mutual investment.

We have a rich tradition in athletics here at Sandy Creek with more than 10 State Championships in sports such as football, basketball, track, and volleyball.

Our scoreboard was built in 1991 and we are in need of a new board to match our dynamic and talented athletic teams. The vision at Sandy Creek High School is to provide students a competitive advantage in whatever endeavor they choose after high school. With your assistance we can help the students prepare for those endeavors while branding your business and supporting our community. Please view the information attached about the sponsorship and digital scoreboard.

We would like to recognize our FIRST Family Sponsor, The Harvey Family! The Harvey Family has donated $1,000 to our scoreboard fundraiser and we are hoping you can match or double their contribution soon! Who will be next to accept the challenge????

SCHS hopes that your company would be interested in becoming a premier sponsor for our digital scoreboard program! Choose from one of four value packages below to present your brand and message to students and fans within your community while supporting the schools and helping fund a platform that provides real career opportunities for students

Email: oliver.tosha@fcboe.org
Website: https://www.fcboe.org/SCHS
Location: 360 Jenkins Road, Tyrone, GA, USA
Phone: (770) 969-2840
Twitter: @SCHS_Patriots