SAHS "Weekly Update" - 2/3/25

Yellow Jacket Community,

Teaching, learning, and the "Total Yellow Jacket Experience" continues every week at SAHS. We always have something to celebrate and something to highlight. The Hive is always buzzing!

Last week was full of events encompassing "Celebrate Literacy Week". We embraced the magic of reading with contests, dress-up days, and engaging activities. From karaoke in the media center to to story chains in the classroom, our Jacket Family showed up in full spirit!

This week kicks off our Black History Month celebration at SAHS. We will have events and activities throughout the month as we honor and celebrate black history in our school, community, and country.

This week is also "Student Services Week" at SAHS. We are lucky to have such an incredible group of counselors, deans, secretaries, paraprofessionals that do whatever it takes to support our students! I encourage everyone to reach out to our student services members to let them know how much you appreciate them!

Finally, our registration process continues for all current SAHS students. We encourage all students to pursue the most rigorous path possible in order to maximize their potential for future career opportunities. As our mission statement says, our entire SAHS community will "S.W.A.R.M. Together" to ensure all students have everything they need to reach their full potential!

Together,

Travis Brown - Principal - St. Augustine High School

"S.W.A.R.M. Together!"

A strong showing from the St. Augustine High School JROTC Drill Team and Color Guard over the weekend at the Matanzas High School Drill Meet. The teams won 1st place in the Female Armed Regulation Squad category and 3rd in the Male-Mix Unarmed Regulation Squad category. The Color Guard maintained their record of excellence by placing 1st place overall! Shout out to team captains c/CPT Hazel Walman of the Female Armed Squad, c/1SG Grayson Fox of the Male-Mix Unarmed Squad, and c/LTC Trinity Wanamaker, commander of the Color Guard.

Students in our Academy of Future Teachers attended the annual FFEA conference in Orlando over the weekend. The had a lot of fun, represented our school exceptionally well, and learned about one of the greatest professions a person could choose.

SJCSD honored Ms. Galloza and Ms. Kurtz for winning Teacher of the Year and Rookie Teacher of the Year on Friday night at the Renaissance World Golf Village.

Congratulations to our latest Seniors that were #ACCEPTED into colleges and post-secondary programs! All Seniors can stop by the Guidance office to receive their free #ACCEPTED shirts when they are accepted to a post-secondary college or program.

We had a great time celebrating literacy with our staff and students last week during "Celebrate Literacy Week!"