Blue Ribbon Grand Finale Auction:  Have you seen some of the awesome auction choices on the front table in the school hallway?  There is still time to purchase your ticket to an evening of fun, food, and fantastic items on which you can bid!  The event is this coming Saturday, so we hope to see everyone there!! What a great way to end our three-year campaign!!

Book Fair Update: Don't forget our semi-annual book fair – Going Green - begins this Friday, March 5^th.  We still need a few volunteers, especially for set-up and take-down.  Set up is this Thursday from 8:00am until and take down is next Thursday (March 11) from 10 am until  approximately 12 noon.  Don't forget your reservations (yellow form) for Family Night are due this Friday.  We need the orders by Friday to plan the right amount of food.

See you at the Fair!

Barbara Hopkins, Librarian.

Congratulations to 7-9 Science Fair Winners!!! We hope that everyone had an opportunity to visit the 7-9 Science Fair last week to see the wonderful entries submitted by our junior high students.  Awards were given as follows:  1^st Place:  Cecilia Yeager for A Pinch of Salt:  How Does Salt Affect a Plant Cell?; 2^nd Place:  Joey Gauthier for Beware! Germs are Everywhere!; 3^rd Place:  Isaiah Booth for Bigger Eggs from Peanuts . We are proud of all of the students who entered and the hard work they demonstrated!  We would also like to thank our panel of judges who volunteered, literally, hours of their time to evaluate our students’ projects.  The lower school entries were judged by Dr. Barry Flinn, Mrs. Diane Neal, Mrs. Chris O’Boyle, Mr. Brian Buchanan, Mrs. Kira Kania, and Mrs. Lori Schwarz.  The junior high projects were judged by Dr. Liz Candler, Mr. Scott Oaks, Mr. Brian Buchanan, Mrs. Alice Kilgore, and Mrs. Lori Schwarz.

Many thanks for the wonderful support of the recent Wendy’s Night 9^th Grade Fundraiser! The class appreciates all that our families are doing to assist them in their effort to reach their Class Trip Goal!  The next Wendy’s night for 9^th grade is scheduled for March 23, and we hope to see you there!

Congratulations to 2008 SHS Graduates, Leigh Knaus, Ella Schwarz, and Emily Weaver for their recent induction into the National Honor Society (George Washington High School).  An interesting note….Former SHS students make up 42% of the current enrollment of that chapter. This is clearly an example of what you told us in your surveys from two weeks ago.  The results of that survey told us that, as parents, you have your children at SHS because of its solid academic program and its reputation for “growing” strong students. We must be doing something right!! Congratulations also go to Payne Nunn, Vaughan Nunn, and Aidan White for their recent induction into Hargrave Military Academy’s Chapter of The National Beta Club.  We are proud of our former students’ accomplishments!

SHS Students Enjoy “The Dream Lady”!!!!  Thanks to the hard-earned dollars generated by PTO fundraisers, all K-9 students were lucky enough to spend part of the day on Friday, Feb. 26, with a poet, Dr. Arlene Carter, The Dream Lady.  In recognition of Black History Month, the PTO funded this special visit which yielded some incredible poems from our own students.  Please visit her website, and you may see your child’s poetry displayed!  (www.poetrypizzazzplus.com)

Meeting Reminders: PTO Executive Bd. Mtg. (Friday, March 5 at 8:15 AM)

                                    SHS School Board Mtg. (Wednesday, March 10 at 4:15 PM)

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