SPANISH SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Week of April 18 - April 22
From the desk of Sean Hall, Principal
Hello Spanish Springs High School Families,
Mrs. Calonico, one of our inspiring teachers wanted to share the following with you!
"I am so proud to be a Cougar! Last week, several of our CTE students and advisors represented SSHS at the Skills USA State Leadership Conference, and I am happy to share that we took home more 1st and 2nd place wins than any years prior! Please congratulate the students and advisors below as they have dedicated much extra time and effort to earn these prestigious awards and bring more positive accolades to our programs and school.
Web Design Teams: Won GOLD and Silver for Web Design (Advisor: Toni McDonough)
Individual: A student won GOLD for T-shirt Design (Advisor: Kendra Marsh)
Individual: A student won GOLD for Ad Design (Advisor: Kendra Marsh)
Team: Won SILVER for Chapter Display (Advisor: Kendra Marsh)
Individual: A student won GOLD for Job Demo A – Advisor Chris Mendenhall
We are excited to have our students who won gold compete at the National Leadership and Skills Conference in Atlanta, GA in late June. Way to go, students and advisors!"
I would also like to congratulate our JROTC program for racking up more wins! They are gaining so much experience competing as they travel throughout the country. Well done cougars!
Thank you all for your support.
Sincerely,
Sean Hall
Principal
Monday
Students No School!
Teacher Professional Day
Tuesday
A Day
1, 2, 7, 3
Wednesday
B Day
4, 5, 6
Jaclyn Jones Memorial Lip Sync Battle
Big gym
6PM - 9PM
Silent Auction and Bake Sale
Want to join in?
Sing your favorite songs and hang out with friends!
Packets are available in room 201
National Anthem Auditions for Graduation
When: April 27th
When: lunchtime
Where: Choir Room 143
We hope to see you there!
Athletics this weekend!
Friday April 15th:
Swim Team @ Alf’s 2:30
Lacrosse Boys @ Douglas
Saturday April 16th:
Track @ McQueen
Varsity Baseball @ Home vs. McQueen 11:00
JV Baseball @ McQueen
Varsity Softball @ Home vs. Galena 11:00 & 1:00
JV Softball @ Galena
Award Night
Dear class of 2022 Parents and Students. The Spanish Springs Awards Night Celebration will be held on Wednesday, May 25th. A letter is being sent to parents and students requesting information that will be published in the class of 2022 Awards Night Program. This information can also be found via Teams. There is a strict cut off date of April 25th. All information should be provided on or before April 25th to Ms. MrRae. Please feel free to contact Ms. McRae in the College & Career Center via email at francine.mcrae@washoeschools.net
Skills USA
Raider Drill Meet
The SSHS Army JROTC Raider Team will compete in their second Raider Team Meet of the Spring season at Galena HS on April 16th - admission is free!
Project 150 Reno
Project 150 Teen Shopping Boutique
Each Wednesday from 1:30p – 4:00p and the first
Saturday of each Month from 10:30a – 2:00p
Clothes, shoes, school supplies, toiletries and much more
Free with high school ID
· Project 150 Reno Boutique - 1340 Foster Dr. - Reno, NV 89509
· Follow us at Project150 Reno on Facebook
· Call (775)203-4755 or email info@project150reno.org
· Project 150 Reno non-profit provides basic needs for homeless, disadvantaged, and displaced high school students.
The Washoe County School District or the Board of Trustees neither endorses nor sponsors the organization or activity represented in this document. The distribution of this material is provided as a community service.
Senior Parking
Student Store Raffles
Testing
High School Science Grade 9/10 Assessment
9th Grade and 10th Grade Parents and Students:
Spanish Springs HS will be administering the on-line High School Science Assessment in Biology classes April 11 – April 29, 2022. Participation is required for all 9th Grade students in Biology and any 10th Grade student that did not participate last year.
Tenth grade students will receive a test date and location prior to testing. Participation and performance are part of the SSHS High School Accountability Report; performance does not impact a student’s grades or graduation.
For more information on the assessment go to https://doe.nv.gov/Assessments/Science/ or contact your student’s Biology teacher.
ASVAB
Attention Seniors: Civics Exam
The Civics Exam is coming soon. Participation in the Civics Exam is a graduation requirement in the state of Nevada. All seniors enrolled in Government this semester will be taking the exam in that class starting as early as November 15th. If you are a senior who is not in a government class this year, please contact your counselor to make testing arrangements.
AP Testing
Please see below for important information for Advanced Placement (AP) students:
Students must have an AP account with College Board in order to register for the test as well as to access AP classroom for classroom curriculum. Teachers have given students the JOIN codes and instructions on how to complete this task. If your student has any questions, please direct them to their teacher.
AP tests are $94. $40 deposit to order test is due by November 15th. They can pay this to Megan Svare (bookkeeper) at lunch/afterschool or via the webstore.
AP testing is REQUIRED for all students in an AP class, there is NO OPT OUT this year.
November 15th is the final day for students to sign up for the AP classroom without a late fee. After November 15th there is a $40 late fee in addition to the testing fee.
All tests will be paper-and-pencil at school in May 2022.
Click here to view the: AP Testing Schedule
Boosters
Senior Trip
Please let me know if you have any questions safensobersshsgradnight@gmail.com or call/text (775)842-9090. Faith Smith
SSHS Food Pantry
Athletics
Spring Sports are Here!
NIAA and WCSD Athletic Guidance
NEW COVID 19 Updates below!!!
The mandatory testing of NIAA athletes and those leaving the county will end as of February 27, 2022.
WCSD COVID 19 Testing Flowchart
Registration for Fall 2022 will open in May.
Athletic Contacts
- Athletic Administrator - Jason Urmston (775) 321-3933
Email Link - Jason Urmston
- Athletic Director - Art Anderson (775) 321-3936
Email Link - Art Anderson
- Athletic Secretary - Kali Clayton (775) 321-3945
Email Link - Kali Clayton
- Athletic Trainer - Carol Mass
Email Link - Carol Mass
Online Registration for 2022-2023
Parents, please go online to begin registering your students for the upcoming school year. We are requesting that you complete registration by the end of February.
Online Registration Information
WCSD has streamlined the process for families with more than one student, so the process is easier than ever! If this is the first time you are registering your student/s, we have created a how to guide to help you get into the Infinite Campus Online Registration portal more readily. How to Log Into Infinite Campus and Complete Online Registration
If you do not know how to log into Infinite Campus, please contact Francine McCrae at the SSHS Career Center or Lindsay Beck in the Library.
Yearbooks
Driver's Education Class
DMV Certification of Attendance
· 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:
The complete WCSD policy can be found here: WCSD DMV Attendance Policy
Tech Support
The hours are:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7am-2:30pm and Tuesday, Thursday 11:30am-7:00pm.
Academic Support
After School Tutoring
A late bus is now available to provide transportation to students. The late bus will leave SSHS at 4:15 and will drop off at specific elementary schools/drop off locations. Students who need transportation should sign up in the Career Center to be added to the bus roster. The drop off locations are listed below:
Taylor
Spanish Springs ES
Van Gorder ES
2 stops in the lower Raley's area (one on each side of Vista Blvd)
Sepulveda ES
Bennet ES
Palmer ES
Sun Valley ES
SSHS Well Being
COVID 19 Updates
Masks
COVID-19 Testing For Families Monday and Wednesdays
COVID-19 testing will be offered at Spanish Springs High School for both school screening purposes (1-3 pm) and after school hours for those who have been excluded for symptoms or been in close contact with a positive COVID-19 case (3:30-4:30 pm).
The after-hours 3:30-4:30 pm testing, while offered inside in our Commons Area (Cafeteria), is open to all students, staff, and their families regardless of where they go to school or work.
You must register first.
More information is available online at WashoeSchools.net/covid19testing.
Bell Schedule
Please click this link for a copy of this year's Bell Schedule.
Attendance
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.
Guide to Attendance for Families
This guide, available in English and Spanish, helps parents, guardians, and families understand the various components of the attendance policy. Click on button below.
Make-Up Work
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.