SHS Weekly Update

District Welding Competition will be held Saturday 2/22/2025

Virginia Beach and Technical Training Center

This year we will have 3 Individual Competitors:

James Ferguson

Kristopher Leslie

Christopher Barrett

3 Fabrication Teams Competing:

Brent Burgess, James Johnson and Laquateus Boyce

Nathan McDonough, Gavin Howell and Korey Holding

Jackson Helman, Christopher Owens and Abigail Maye

Did your senior miss cap and gown portraits? If so, a makeup day will be held on Wednesday, February 19. Check future newsletters and the senior Google Classroom for the appointment sign-up sheet.

For those students who already took cap and gown portraits, please see Mrs. Garrow in the library for the access code to view your photos. Photos are viewable here: https://my.photoday.com/s/LTBW/69181

Please note: Senior cap and gown portraits are OPTIONAL and will not appear in the yearbook.

Below you will find a document with the details for the senior trip to Washington DC. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Mayes at tmayes@iwcs.k12.va.us.

Prom Date: May 3rd

Theme: Night at the Casino/Las Vegas

Tickets will go on sale beginning March 1st ($50/per person BEFORE Spring Break; $60/ per person AFTER Spring Break until we sell out)

Ready to purchase your yearbook? Order today and SAVE. The discounted price of $75 ends 1/31/25 and so does the opportunity to personalize your yearbook.

SHS Drama Club is having a Q Daddy’s Spirit day! Come on out February 10th from 5:00-8:00pm to enjoy a meal and support the arts!

Enter the Virginia Lottery’s Thank a Teacher Art Contest! The Virginia Lottery is looking for student artwork to grace the 2025 Thank a Teacher thank-you notes that will be distributed to hundreds of thousands of public school teachers across the state during National Teacher Appreciation week in May.

There is no theme for the Art Contest, but students are encouraged to create art that expresses their gratitude for Virginia’s K-12 public school teachers. The Lottery will accept submissions online at thankateacherva.com through February 3, 2025. One winner will be selected at each of three levels: elementary, middle and high school. The school that each winner attends will receive $2,000 from The Supply Room. The winning artists will receive a $200 Visa® gift card in addition to having their original artwork featured on thank-you notes distributed across Virginia.

Please ensure that all absences for your child are properly excused. To clear unexcused absences:

• Parents may submit up to five parent notes per semester for any reason.
• Doctor's notes are unlimited and can be submitted at any time.

To receive credit for a class, students must not exceed five unexcused absences. Any student with more than five unexcused absences in a class will not earn credit for that class, regardless of their grade. These students will need to go through the Attendance Appeal Process to address the issue.

Please send in all absent notes as soon as possible to ensure your child’s attendance record is updated. Thank you for your cooperation! Shs-attendance@iwcs.k12.va.us

If you are planning to pick up your child early from school. Please send an email to shs-attendance@iwcs.k12.va.us by 10:00 am with the time you are picking them up. We will put your child’s name on the early release list. They are responsible for letting the teacher know they have “Early Release.”

Website: https://shs.iwcs.k12.va.us/
Location: 14171 Turner Drive, Smithfield, VA, USA
Phone: 757-357-3108
Twitter: @OfficialSHSPack