SPANISH SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL

Dear Spanish Springs HS Parents and Guardians,

On behalf of the staff at Spanish Springs High School, I would like to welcome all new and returning students to the 2021-2022 school year. As we plan for a new beginning with having all students return to full in-person learning in the building, our focus will still be to ensure that students are connected and provided quality instruction. Last school year was challenging for students and staff adjusting to the varied learning models. There was a lot learned through this process; however, I so appreciate the efforts of the students, staff and parents who perservered through these challenging times due to Covid-19. Despite the challenging time like we have never experienced before, we are excited about the opportunity of teaching and working with your child for the upcoming school year.

Sincerely,

Tammy Hart, Principal

***It is my hope this newsletter will be a helpful resource. A copy of this newsletter can also be found at the SSHS Library Website under the heading “Newsletters” SSHS Newsletters

At the current time and/or until further guidance is given from the Washoe County School District, masks will be required indoors for both students and adults/staff. Masks may be removed when outdoors or performing strenuous exercises.

WCSD Communication regarding masks 8.4.2021

Please click this link for a copy of this year's Bell Schedule.

2021-2022 Bell Schedule

Bell Schedule Times for this week:

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

7:00 - 7:55 a.m. - 0 Period
8:00 - 9:33 a.m. – 1st/4th Periods

9:33 - 9:40 a.m. – Passing
9:40 - 11:13 a.m. – 2nd/5th Periods

11:13-11:20 a.m. - Passing

11:20 – 12:22 p.m. – 7th period

12:22 – 12:52 p.m. – Lunch

12:52 – 12:57 p.m. - Passing
12:57 - 2:30 p.m. – 3rd/6th Periods

2:45- 3:45 p.m. – 8th Period

Wednesday

7:00 - 7:55 a.m. - 0 Period
8:00 - 9:41 a.m. – 1st/4th Periods

9:41 - 9:48 a.m. – Passing
9:48 - 11:29 a.m. – 2nd/5th Periods

11:29 – 11:59 p.m. – Lunch

11:59 – 12:04 p.m. - Passing
12:04 - 1:45 p.m. – 3rd/6th Periods

2021-2022 Bell Schedule

Due to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, all WCSD students will receive free meals for School Year 2021-2022. Although students will receive free meals for the 21-22 SY, by completing the free/reduced meal application your family may be eligible to receive assistance with WIFI, SAT and/or high school testing fees. Free/Reduced Meal Program: 2021-2022 Media Release

We are excited to welcome students back to school and need your help to ensure students adhere to the Washoe County School District Dress Code. Students are not allowed to show skin above the mid-thigh, including ripped jeans and shorts, as well as in the stomach and chest area. Students who wear clothing with plunging necklines and exposed midriffs will be dress coded and lose important instructional time with their teachers. Please make sure the content on the clothes are also school appropriate—nothing promoting violence, sex, or illegal drug use.

You will find information concerning bus routes and schedules by going onto the Washoe County School District website, https://www.washoeschools.net/Domain/73. ~Students MUST register due to social distancing and seat capacity.

• You can then click on the “E-Link” for bus schedules and/or the “Find Your Zoned School” link to find out what school zone you are in.

Parents are encouraged to contact the district transportation dispatch at (775) 337- 7769 for questions pertaining to their child/children’s bus transportation needs.

Please be aware that WCSD Transportation does not offer courtesy bus rides. Bus capacity is limited and cannot honor courtesy bus rides. Thank you.

Parents and Guardians: As we continue to improve our safety protocols at SSHS, we ask for your help when dropping off your students. The parent drop-off location is not located at the Main Entrance roundabout. We ask that you follow the signs toward the Parent Drop-off Zone on the north side of the building, near the cafeteria. All drop offs should occur in this roundabout which offers an easy, safe exit to Eagle Canyon Drive. Please do not stop/park at the front entrance of the school to drop off your students between 7:30 AM and 8:00 AM. This creates traffic issues and significant safety concerns. Thank you for your help in keeping everyone safe while on campus.

PSATs on the the way! Please see the attached flyer for eligibility and dates. Thank you!

PSAT Testing Information

School pictures are scheduled for: Monday, September 13th and Tuesday September 14th. All students will have their portraits taken during their English classes.

Order forms will be be distributed during English classes later this month.

Makeup Pictures are tentatively scheduled for Monday, October 26th .

All students, including seniors, need to have their pictures taken for administrative purposes like student IDs and Infinite Campus.

Senior Portraits are being taken at the Prestige Portraits/Lifetouch studio at 80 East Patriot Blvd., Reno.

Call for an appointment as soon as possible at (916) 535-7799. Leave a message; they will return your call in about two weeks.

Photo must be in a tux or drape with Moonlight Blue background for yearbook.

Portrait Deadline: You need to sit for your portrait by January 15, 2022.

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Spanish Springs HS follows all WCSD Attendance Policies and Procedures.

In Summary:

If your student(s) is sick, please keep your student(s) home from school.

Parent/guardian must call or email the school each day their student(s) is

absent to verify the student’s absence on that day to ensure the child's

safety. Please call the SSHS Office at 425-7733 to verify student absences.

Students who miss 10% or more of the total number of class periods for any reason during a semester (high school) for each course will be chronically absent. Chronic absenteeism rules are set by State and Federal guidelines.

Students will not be retained or fail a course (high school) based on attendance. However, students who miss 10% or more of class periods for any course that meets in a semester will be chronically absent in that course(s).

If the student must miss an entire class period for any reason, it is the parent’s/guardian’s responsibility to see that a written/verbal verification is provided to the school prior to, during, or within three days of an absence. Failure to do so within three days of the student's return to school will result in the absence being coded as Unverified (AUK).

The Health Department Excluded Distance Learning OR Contact Tracing (HDED or HDCT) code is used when a school has been notified by Washoe County Health Department or Washoe County School District that a student is excluded from school but is able to work on Temporary Distance Learning for the length of the exclusion. Students are to attend Temporary Distance Learning daily and complete work assigned. Students will check-in daily on MS Teams through the Daily Agenda. If a student is unable to work due to health reasons or the student chooses not to work or communicate with the teacher daily, the student will be marked HDE. The HDED and HDCT codes do not count toward chronic absenteeism. HDE does count toward chronic absenteeism.

· The office will need a note from a parent/guardian requesting a street pass for their child.

· The note must state the reason and time the student needs to leave school.

· If a parent walks in or calls without prior notification, please be prepared to wait 10 to 15 minutes or longer for the student to be retrieved from his or her class.

· Any student scheduled to have an Off-Campus class MUST have an Off-Campus sticker on the back of their Spanish Springs High School Identification Card.

· The Off-Campus stickers are available in the Counseling Office.

· Students are required to leave school as soon as their class is over. They may not stay for nutrition break or lunch break.

· Students should not return to school. If you have an activity after school, you must remain off school grounds until the last bell has rung.

· The expectation is that students leave campus for their off-campus period and do not return during school hours. If there is a reason a student must stay on campus during their off-campus period, then the student must sign in at the Library or the Career Center. All campus expectations apply including cumulative tardies, the use of hall passes, and not lingering in the hallways during class time.

· If you have morning off-campus, you should not come to school until the end of the period. If for some reason you have to arrive early, you must check into the Student Relations Office and sign in. You will then remain in the Library or Career Center until passing time.

· Having an Off-Campus is a privilege and failure to comply with the rules will result in a class being added to your schedule, and the Off-Campus privileges taken away.

Make-up work must be provided for any absence, but it is the student’s responsibility to request the make-up work in advance or on the first day s/he returns to class. Because it is impossible to make-up some in-class assignments, coursework of a similar nature may be given. It is the student’s responsibility to turn in all make-up class work at the designated deadline. Failure to complete the make-up work within the designated deadline will result in no credit received for the make-up work.

Students will have the number of days absent plus one to complete missed make up work or concepts missed beginning on the day the teacher provides the missed assignments to the student. Teachers must provide missed make-up work or concepts missed within two days of the student’s return to class.

COUNSELORS:

A-Carp Dana Hamilton DHamilton@washoeschools.net

Carr-Frak Angie Goss AGoss@washoeschools.net

Fran-Inf Lara Dreelan LDreelan@washoeschools.net

Ing-Maso Niki Harris Niki.Harris@washoeschools.net

Mass-Pere Loni Romo LRomo@washoeschools.net

Perk-Simm Jill Anderson Jill.Anderson@washoeschools.net

Simp-Za Tarin Myers Tarin.Myers@washoeschools.net

· DMV Certifications of Attendance are processed at the district level by the Student Records Department.

· Visit the WCSD web page: www.washoeschools.net and select:

STUDENT AND PARENTS

>STUDENT RECORDS

> CLICK ON BACKPACK CURRENT STUDENT.

FILL OUT INFORMATION, AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE CHECK THE DMV BOX.

· Please allow one week of processing time.

· Please note: Students who miss 10% or more of the total number of class periods for any reason during a semester (high school) for each course will be chronically absent and do not meet the DMV Certification of Attendance requirements. Chronic absenteeism rules are set by State and Federal guidelines.

Information for how to get the attendance for DMV is permanently found at:

Parents and Guardians Page

The complete WCSD policy can be found here: WCSD DMV Attendance Policy

WCSD offers Tech Support. The contact number is 789-3426.

The hours are:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7am-2:30pm and Tuesday, Thursday 11:30am-7:00pm.

If you have moved over the summer and have moved out of the Spanish Springs High School zone, please notify our school registrar, Mrs. Christie Cable at (775) 321-3948 and/or by emailing her at ccable@washoeschools.net.

Students’ class schedules will be available on Infinite Campus. We would like to encourage students to view and print them out for the first day of school. Students will be on a “C” schedule on the first day of school. The “C-Day” schedule means that they will be attending every class period on August 9th (zero, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Once students begin classes, teachers will inform students what school supplies are needed for their classes. The subsequent days, students will follow our traditional A-Day, B-Day, rotating block schedule.

Our library will be open to students before school, at lunch, and after school. Please come in and check it out.

Based on information received from the NIAA late last week, the District will follow their guidance that requires all unvaccinated participants (students, coaches, associated staff, and volunteers) participating in football to test weekly for COVID-19. Additionally, those participating in other athletics or activities and traveling out of the District need to be tested for COVID before travel. Please look at page 3 of the NIAA guidance for COVID-19 testing and mitigation guidelines. Additionally, page six of the guidance shows a flow chart of how testing is determined.

Following this guidance, if your student is unvaccinated and participating in football, they will need to take a weekly COVID test.

If your student is unvaccinated and part of a sport or activity leaving Washoe county, they will need to test before traveling that week.

The school will be notifying you if your student needs to test. If you do not wish to use the school district COVID testing services, you can choose another provider. However, the school district will not be able to reimburse families for using an outside provider. Additionally, home tests and unofficial results will not be allowed to prove a negative COVID test.

Whether through the district COVID testing program, or an alternate provider, a negative COVID test will be required for eligibility. Students who present a positive COVID test will need to follow exclusion protocols set up by the Washoe County Health District and the CDC.

If additional changes to this guidance and the district procedures related to testing of student-athletes or mitigation practices occur, all families will be notified. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we review and update our processes to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all our students and staff.

Live Events

August 20, 2021

Your school will be LIVE on the NFHS Network today.

Here are the links to watch your events today on the NFHS Network:

SPANISH SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL | Sparks, NV

Boys Varsity Football vs Liberty | 5:00 PM Pacific

2021-2022 FALL SPORT REGISTRATION OPENS MAY 1, 2021

The Athletic Department welcomes you and your family to the 2021-22 sports school year.
Parents can complete the sports registration by going to RegisterMyAthlete.com.

Upload:

1. Sports Physical (if applicable) & NIAA Health Questionnaire (1st/3rd year)
2. or NIAA Pre-Participation History (2nd/4th year)
   All forms can be found online or in SSHS Office
3. Contact the Coach for times and dates for conditioning, practices, and try-outs.
   IF NO REGISTRATION AND SPORTS CLEARANCE, THERE IS NO PRACTICING OR TRYOUTS.

FALL SPORTS HEAD COACH

Cheer

Lisa Shults (775-223-3604)

LShults@sutlaw.com

Cross Country (Boys & Girls)

Rhonda Beadell (775-391-9989)

RBeadell@washoeschools.net

Football

Rob Hummel (701-269-1459)

RHummel@washoeschools.net

Golf (Girls)

Veronica Crew (775-815-3043)

CrewV9@gmail.com

Soccer (Boys)

Winston Mora (775-232-8935)

winstonjmora@yahoo.com

Soccer (Girls)

Janel Guthrie (775-830-6627)

JeGuthrie@washoeschools.net

Tennis (Boys)

John Rogers (775-750-7616)

John.Rogers@washoeschools.net

Tennis (Girls)

Lynn Rapp (775-762-4066)

LRapp@washoeschools.net

Volleyball

Katy Upton (707-208-1959)

Katherine.Upton@washoeschools.net

If you have any questions, contact the athletic secretary:

Kim Sterett at SSHS

775-321-3945

KSterett@washoeschools.net