Visit Our Website: www.pvschools.net/smhs October 5, 2015 Make every day count! ½ Day on Tues 10/6 On Tuesday, 10/6, we will have a ½ day for professional development. What are we going to work on? We are using AVID strategies to help improve academic rigor and engagement in the classroom. AVID is a program at Shadow Mountain that helps students achieve their dreams of going to college. The strategies taught to students help them organize, take notes, study, read critically, and write effectively. AVID helps to prepare our students for University and beyond. Teachers who use and teach these strategies have students who are more engaged and able to perform at much higher levels of academic success. Another aspect of our ½ day is that we are implementing a mentoring program. Volunteer upperclassmen have been paired with our freshmen to help them through the transition to high school during 6 th and 7 th period on Tuesday. Thank you to our STUGO, AVID, and our teachers for making our ½ days valuable for staff and students! Week of Oct 5 Mon 10/5- Orchestra Concert at Horizon High School Auditorium at 7:00 pm Tues 10/6- ½ Day for Professional Development. Students are dismissed at 11:30, GYRO HOUSE/PTC Fundraiser Thurs 10/8- Choir Concert at Horizon High School Auditorium at 7:00 pm 10/9- Paint Phoenix Purple at SMHS vs. North Canyon Football Game Future Matador Night at Football Game! Our auditorium may be out of commission, but our performing arts programs are going strong. Please try to make it to our Orchestra and Choir Concerts this week at the Horizon High School Auditorium! Our concerts are always incredible shows!
Homecoming 10/23/2015 What you need to know and what your student will forget to tell you! First, some tips for parents. Homecoming can be an amazing experience for our students. Please help make homecoming special. Talk to your student about making good choices. Let them know most kids are NOT using alcohol, are NOT using drugs, and are NOT promiscuous. If they say everyone that they hang out with is doing it, it s time to find some new friends. It may be hard to have these discussions, but it will be even harder after they make a poor choice. Know how your student is going to and getting home from the dance. Make sure they can contact you if they need to. If they are getting a lift, meet the driver. Make sure that the driver is someone that you can trust to make good decisions. LOTS of students go to the dance without a date. Tell your student that it s fine to go to the dance with friends. Wear comfortable shoes. Every single dance our ladies wobble in on the most uncomfortable looking shoes, then they take them off and hide them in a corner until they are ready to leave. I am absolutely sure that somewhere there is a comfortable, yet fashionable shoe. OK now for the real information.. (Continued page 3) Gyro House Fundraiser SMHS Project Safe Grad Money raised will be donated to Project Safe Party Graduation 2015. Tuesday Oct 6 th from 11:30 am-9:00 pm 10652 N. 32 nd St. in the YouFit Plaza 2
Homecoming 10/23/2015 (continued) Homecoming Schedule Spirit Dress Up Days: Monday, 10/19/15- Cowboy/Cowgirl Day (Western attire.) Tuesday, 10/20/15- Twin Day (Wear matching attire with a friend.) Wednesday, 10/21/15-Animal Print Day (Choose your favorite animal to represent.) Thursday, 10/22/15- Mismatch Day (Dress with plaids/polka dots/stripes, etc.) Friday, 10/23/15- Shadow Mountain High School Colors Day (Wear blue and gold SMHS gear.) Saturday, 10/24/15- Homecoming Dance (Semi-formal/smart attire.) Friday, 10/24/15 Homecoming Assembly -11:02-11:45 am, Jerry Conner Gym, put on by STUGO for the SMHS student body and staff. Homecoming Parade-4:00-5:00 pm on Shea Blvd. from 28th St. to the SMHS bus lane. Spectators should arrive early to set up their chairs on the sidewalks. Parade participants will be alerted by their clubs as to when to arrive for the parade line up. Homecoming Tailgate- 5:00-6:45 pm, in the center of SMHS campus. Community members are welcome! Clubs will set up their tables prior to the parade and need to supervise their areas during the parade. Homecoming Football Game- 7:00 pm Cactus Shadows H.S. vs. SMHS on Victory Field. Half-time presentation of the Homecoming Court. (All floats need to be taken home Friday night.) Saturday, 10/24/15 Homecoming Dance- 8:00-11:00 pm in the Matador Arena. Tickets will be sold in advance in the bookstore for $15.00/person and at the dance from the Matador Arena Ticket Booth for $20.00/person. Students should listen to the announcements as to when the tickets will go on sale. Dress is semi-formal/smart. (Many students go out dinner prior to the dance with their date/friends but that is optional.) The dance will not open until 8:00 pm and will end promptly at 11:00 pm. Make sure that parents/guardians are there to pick up students at 11:00 pm. The dance is chaperoned by police cadets, volunteers, staff, administration, and the school resource officer. Once students leave the dance they will not be readmitted. Water and light snacks will be sold at the dance. 3
MATADOR IN TRAINING SHADOW MOUNTAIN POM AND CHEER LINE WILL BE HOSTING A CLINIC, K-8 GRADES WELCOME Date of Clinic: Tuesday, October 6 th Time: 5:30-7:30pm Where: SMHS Matador Arena Football Game to Perform: Friday, October 9 th 5:45pm Report to Dance Room (SE Corner of JC Gym) Tipoff: 7pm SMHS vs. North Canyon Matadors in Training will sit together in the stands 1 st half. And cheer in response to the cheerleaders. MIT will dance on the field at Halftime. Directly after performance, kids will be dismissed to their parents in the dance room for the 2 nd half of game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GO MATADORS!! Game admission: Adults: $5, Students with ID $4, Kids under 6 FREE, participants FREE Participant Name Grade Parent Name Cel# Parent email T-Shirt Size (circle one) Youth S M L Adult S M L Athletic shoes required, no sandals or flip flops. Girls need to wear Black or Navy Soffe shorts or Black or Navy Jazz shorts on game day. Please send this portion plus $35 this includes training, shirt and performance. $40 if you d like your child to have Pizza and Drink after Clinic PLEASE MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO: SMHS POM AND CHEER BOOSTER CLUB Registration must be received by October 2 nd, 2015 to ensure a T-shirt for game night, email completed form to kf9903@yahoo.com OR drop off form to SMHS front desk w/payment or call 602-449-3044 & leave message for Coach Kari. 4
Mighty Matadors! Congratulations to our amazing band for placing #1 in Division 3 and winning the General Affects Award, Visual Performance Award, and Music Performance Award. Congratulations to our Cross Country Team for finishing second out of 32 competitors! Great job Cross Country! If you have important news about your team/club, please have your coach/sponsor email me so I can announce it in the E-Blast! Athletics 10/05 Badminton @ Independence - 4pm 10/06 Badminton vs. Horizon Volleyball @ Notre Dame - 4pm B Golf vs. Cactus Shadows & Goldwater @ Troon GC 10/07 Cross Country vs. Coronado @ Coronado 4pm 10/08 JV Football @ North Canyon - 6pm Volleyball vs. Cactus Shadows - 4pm Badminton @ North Canyon B. Golf @ Peterson Cup & Wildfire GC @ 3pm 10/09 Varsity Football vs. North Canyon - 7pm Purple Out for Domestic Violence Awareness 5