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We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the entire school community for their incredible generosity during our PROJECT 351 holiday food drive and Toys for Tots donation campaign. Your support has made a meaningful difference in the lives of many families in need. We are truly fortunate to be surrounded by such caring and giving students and families who continue to demonstrate the spirit of kindness and community.

Thank you for making the season brighter for others!

Special thanks to freshman PRISHA BAJRACHARYA, SMHS's PROJECT 351 AMBASSADOR (pictured above), and Mr. JEFF DUFFANY, our PROJECT 351 Teacher Leader.

Congratulations to Owen for being the next Student Spotlight at SMHS!

Our BIOLOGY students recently performed frog dissections, delicately extracting the frog's tiny organs and observing its intricate anatomy. These hands-on activities bring science to life in a memorable way. While the frogs certainly were not smiling, our students were! It was a fun and educational experience, with a few “ribbits” along the way!

Special thanks to Biology teachers Ms. ANNE MURPHY and Ms. REBECCA WHEELER for organizing and leading such engaging lessons!

On Saturday, January 4, members of the SMHS Robotics Club participated in the VEX High Stakes Winter Classic Tournament at Mashpee Middle High School. Out of 38 teams, our Team B (Owen Kravitz, Luke Glaser, Oliver Herschler, Jonathan McElroy, and Paxton Harper) finished 20th and made it to the quarter finals. Our Team A (Riley Merry, Dillon Florence, Milan Kiss and Jack Reilly) finished 33rd. Congratulations to all our participants for their dedication, positive attitude, teamwork and good sportsmanship shown at the competition!

Grade 8 students in our PLTW MEDICAL DETECTIVE classes recently performed lab experiments to determine the most effective antibiotics to prescribe patients with serious bacterial infections.

SMHS's extracurricular club, CHICAS FOR CHANGE is partnering with PROJECT RISHI at GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, an organization dedicated to providing educational resources to girls in rural India. On Thursday, December 19, Chicas for Change met with Georgetown's Project RISHI via Google Meet to plan their collaborative project!

Special thanks to Cora Palomar-Nelson, a SMHS class of 2022 graduate, for organizing this collaboration. Cora created the Chicas for Change club in 2020 and is now a member of Project RISHI at Georgetown.

Breakfast will be served everyday during exams.

Lunch will not be served January 22 - January 24.

Bus transportation will be provided and will follow the exam schedule. Students will be dismissed at 11:00 AM on January 22 - 24.

Parents/guardians of the Class of 2025: There are many scholarship opportunities available for graduating seniors. Please encourage your student to apply for local, regional and national scholarships. Information can be found HERE.

Questions? Please contact Ms. Kathy Lucas, Director of Guidance or Ms. Melissa Murphy in the Guidance Office.

BLUE KNIGHT CLOSET is a student-created and student-run clothing donation center right here at SMHS! It's all about helping teens feel comfortable and confident! Stocked with a variety of stylish and practical options, the center provides free clothing to SMHS students. It's a judgment-free space where students can find what they need or donate clothing they no longer use.

Students who are waiting after school for rides, sports practice or extracurricular clubs to begin are encouraged to wait in the SMHS library. It's a quiet, supervised area where students can get some work done, study, read or meet classmates to collaborate on projects and assignments, etc.

If you know of SMHS graduates who are doing amazing things, we'd love to showcase them as role models for our current students and celebrate them in our newsletter!

Please contact Jeanne Nelson at jnelson@sandwich.k12.ma.us.

Thank you!

For planning purposes, SMHS's 2025 spring MCAS testing dates are below for your convenience.