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Greetings Patriot Families,

Progress reports for the 4.5 grading period will be available tomorrow at 4pm via Infinite Campus. It is important to check your child's progress report and have conversations about their academic progress at home. If you find that your student is off track, please schedule a conference with your child's teacher(s) so that we can implement some early interventions. It is also time for all Juniors to register for the PSAT that will take place on October 8, 2024. The PSAT provides students with an opportunity to see how they are likely to perform on the SAT and students can earn a National Merit Scholarship with a qualifying score on the PSAT.

We have a busy week at The Creek! Congratulations to Ms. Taylor and our Math Team as several students placed in the annual Morehouse Math Competition over the weekend. We will be hosting our annual ESOL night on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 6pm in the Media Center. This is an opportunity to engage members of our community whose first language is not English. Detailed information about our ESOL night can be found further down in this newsletter and we hope that everyone will come out and support our efforts. You are encouraged to join us for our annual ceremony commemorating the anniversary of 9/11. Our ceremony will take place this Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at the flag pole at 9:00am led by our AFJROTC and performances by our chorus, band, and orchestra. Additionally, our first School Council meeting will take place on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at 7:15am in the media center. Our council meetings are open to the community and provides an opportunity for stakeholders to engage with the principal and other key stakeholders within our building.

Last week our Volleyball team won a region game against Fayette County winning in three straight sets. Congratulations to Coach Lewis and our entire volleyball team. Volleyball will play on the road this week against McIntosh. Our Varsity Football team will be back in action this week at home against Upson Lee. We will recognize our alumni during this game so please come out to support our fellow Patriots who have made a lasting contribution to our program. You can support our Softball team this week at home as they play two region opponents, Upson Lee and Trinity.

High School Scholars has officially started and would like to announce their first meeting for Tuesday, Sept 10 at 8am in the counseling suite. If you have any questions please contact Ms. Alegria!

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

Attendance related questions: schsattendance@fcboe.org

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.

• V Softball vs. New Manchester
• JV Volleyball vs. Fayette High School

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

• V Softball vs. Upson Lee High School

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

• September 11th Ceremony - 9:00am

Thursday, September 12, 2024

• JV Volleyball @ McIntosh High School
• V Volleyball @ McIntosh High School
• JV Football vs. Griffin Bears
• V Softball vs. Trinity Christian

Friday, September 13, 2024

• V Football @ Upson Lee

Saturday, September 14, 2024

• VVolleyball @ Rally/Walton High School
• V Softball @ Stockbridge High School

Our SCHS students won several awards in the Morehouse Math competition today in Atlanta. From eight SCHS students who participated, seven placed:

Simon Morano- Overall Winner

Graison Saba- 3rd Place 9th

Ameen Dayisi- 1st Place 10th

Marcus Yancey- 2nd Place 10th

Dalilah Johnson - 2nd Place 11th

Mia Sofranac- 3rd Place 11th

Jazziah Edwards- 1st Place 12th

Simone Antoine - 3rd Place 10th

Key Club will have it's next meeting on Tuesday, September 17 at 8:00 in the media center. The last day to join Key Club is Tuesday, October 1. See any officer or Mrs. Carroll for an application.

There will be a parent information meeting for anyone interested in playing baseball this upcoming season at Sandy Creek, the meeting will take place on October 10th in the media center at 6:30. Please contact Coach Carter in Room 106 for further details, see you there!

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

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.

Dogwood Church is hosting a community wide, one-day conference next Thursday, September 12 on our campus about Gen Z in partnership with Impact 360 Institute and Barna Research. They will be releasing their findings and training parents, educators, and leaders of GenZ how to further engage and lead the current generation.

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