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Solomon Middle and High School Weekly Memo Monday, December 8 Sunday, December 14
SCHOOL NEWS
SHS Final Exam Schedule High School students will take final exams on Wednesday, December 17th and Thursday, December 18th. We will run a block schedule on both of these days in order to give students a sufficient amount of time to complete their final exam. Odd period finals will be on Wednesday and even period finals will be on Thursday. Below is the time schedule for final exams.
Wednesday, December 17 Thursday, December 18
8:00 9:46 1st Period 2nd Period
9:50 11:36 3rd Period 4th Period
11:40 12:05 Seminar Seminar
12:10 12:35 Lunch Lunch
12:39 2:25 5th Period 6th Period
2:29 3:20 7th Period 7th Period
Character Word of the Month The December character word of the month for Solomon Middle and High School is Generous.
CTSO Coat Drive The Solomon CTSO's are hosting a Winter Clothing Drive from Nov. 24th to Dec. 12. The goal is 50 items, please bring in gently used Winter Clothing items to support our community. A tree is set up in the commons and a wrapped box is up by the high school office. Drop items off at those locations.
Middle School Cheerleaders: Pop A Shot will be offered during the MS Varsity boys home basketball games during half time. Each shot is $1. You make a basket ~ you get a 2 liter of pop. Thanks for your support of the MS Cheerleaders.
School Pictures A huge thanks to Ms. Ediger and our maintenance staff for their hard work on the pictures of our students placed around the school. We welcome any visitors to our building to come and look at them. They look great!
Niche Rankings Solomon High School was ranked as the 55th best public high school in the state of Kansas. Niche evaluates schools based on achievement scores, graduation rate, and public opinion. Overall, Solomon High School received a grade of a B+. Information pertaining to this ranking, can be found at: https://k12.niche.com/solomonhighschoolsolomonks/rankings/?highlight=publichighschools/bestoverall#state
TShirts We ordered several extra Solomon Gorilla tshirts for any student, parent, or community member who was not able to purchase shirts the first time around. Tshirts are available in the middlehigh school office as well as at all home basketball games, beginning next week. Cost is $10.
After School Program The United Way and the First Bank of Kansas invite Solomon and Dickinson County residents to stop by and pledge to the After School Program, during the United Way’s 15 days of giving. Over the course of December, residents can pledge to their favorite public entity. The Solomon After School Program’s, Day of Giving, is December 18th.
Student Art Work We are pleased to announce that Tylor Wagner’s artwork, "Flight at Dawn", is a finalist in the Painting category for this year’s “Kansans…As Talented As You Think!” high school art contest. The number of entries in this year’s contest has grown substantially, and so has the quality of the entries! Some of the finalists will have their works chosen for use in the Kansas High School Art Calendar and/or Poster. Not all finalists nor winners will be included in the calendar and/or poster, since other factors may be relevant in selecting the works.
ACTIVITY AND ATHLETIC NEWS
Morning Weights We would like to remind all of our athletes that the weight room is open in the morning from 6:30 7:30 am. Also, powerlifting will begin shortly.
Middle School Basketball On Thursday evening, Solomon hosted Elyria Christian. The Elyria girls only had 6 players and were unable to field a junior varsity squad. Our varsity girls defeated them handily. The Junior Varsity boys were defeated and the Varsity boys lost on a last second three pointer. The middle school teams travel to PeabodyBurns next Thursday.
SMS Boys
● Varsity 43 12 WSL ● Junior Varsity 34 21 WSL ● C Team41 20 WSL
SMS Ladies
● Varsity 61 30 WSL ● Junior Varsity 24 11 WSL ● C Team23 11 WSL
High School Basketball On Friday evening the SHS basketball squads host their game of the season against Sacred Heart. The teams will participate in a roundrobin tournament next week with games against Minneapolis, Bennington, and Halstead.
SHS Boys
● Varsity 00 00 WSL ● Junior Varsity 00 00 WSL
SHS Girls
● Varsity 00 00 WSL ● Junior Varsity 00 00 WSL
SHS Basketball Mentorship Program The SHS boys basketball team will be participating in a mentorship program with elementary students. Throughout basketball season, high school players will be visiting classrooms and reading books to our elementary students. There will also be other activities planned for the elementary students as well.
SHS Basketball SubState Earlier this week KSHSAA announced substate pairings for postseason basketball tournaments, to be held from March 27. Solomon High School is in the Wakefield substate, along with the following schools: Bennington, Onaga, Republic County, Sacred Heart, Wabaunsee, Wakefield, Washington County.
STAFF NEWS AND INFORMATION
December Faculty Meeting Presenter: Mrs. Grant
December 12 PLC Meeting: Mrs. Schmaderer and Mr. Funk
7:40 – 7:55 am High School Supervision: Mrs. Coup
3:20 – 3:35 pm High School Supervision: Mr. Weese
7:30 – 7:55 am Middle School Supervision: Mr. Randles
3:20 – 3:35 pm Middle School Supervision: Mrs. Martell
Staff Christmas Party USD 393 wants to invite all staff to our annual Staff Christmas Party on Saturday, December 13 at Jalisco’s Mexican Restaurant in Salina from 7:00 9:00pm.
White Elephant Exchange I would like to remind all staff members that SMHS will hold a staff white elephant exchange on Friday, December 19 in the library.
MidYear Professional Development Plan Reviews For staff under evaluation, we will conduct your midyear professional development plan review at the time of your second post observation. For staff, not under evaluation, your midyear review is on the evaluation calendar distributed at the beginning of the school year. As we have these conversations, please provide evidence of what activities you are engaged in to meet the requirements of your goals.
Student Grades Continue to make sure that student grades are updated on a weekly basis. As we near the end of the semester continuously remind students of assignments and activities that they need to complete. Remember, are goal is to assess knowledge and mastery of content. It is our responsibility to ensure student success.
SOLOMON MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CALENDAR OF EVENTS: DECEMBER 8 14
AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING AND DETENTION WILL BE HELD IN MS. EDIGER’S CLASSROOM
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY – 3:25 – 4:10 PM Monday December 8
Happy Birthday Andrew Meagher DAY SMHS KITE Practice Tests English and Math Departments 11:40am Student Leadership Team Meeting Conference Room 2:30pm SMHS Winter Sports Pictures 3:30pm SHS National Poetry Out Loud Competition 7:00pm USD 393 Board of Education Meeting Library
Tuesday December 9
3:15pm SHS JV Quiz Bowl @ Salina South 3:30pm SMHS Building Improvement Committee Meeting Conference Room 4:30pm SHS Basketball @ Minneapolis
Wednesday December 10 11:40am Forensics and Debate Meeting Mrs. Silverman’s Classroom 12:40pm SMS Team Meeting 3:30pm USD 393 “Wacky Tech” Professional Development 5:30pm FCCLA Family Movie Night SES Cafeteria
Thursday December 11
Happy Birthday Carley Rohleder 3:00pm SHS Ladies Basketball vs. Bennington @ Kansas Wesleyan University 4:30pm SHS Men’s Basketball vs. Bennington @ Kansas Wesleyan University 5:00pm SMS Basketball @ PeabodyBurns
Friday December 12
Happy Birthday Tristen Hynes, D’Vonte Johnson 8:30am Administrative Meeting Conference Room 11:40am SADD Meeting Mr. Funk’s Classroom 11:40am PLC Meeting Mrs. Schmaderer and Mr. Funk 4:30pm SHS Basketball vs. Halstead @ Solomon
Concessions NHS
Saturday December 13 Day December ACT Test 7:00pm USD 393 Staff Christmas Party Jalisco’s Mexican Restaurant
Sunday December 14 Happy Birthday Eli Basvic, Jacob Lofdahl