Mr. Stack's First Parent Email Went Home Today

By Brian -
Good Morning Parents, Students, and Friends of the Sanborn Regional High School Community,



This is my first email to all of you of the new 2011-2012 school year. I hope you all had a wonderful summer. We have been busy at the school getting ready for what I hope will be our biggest and best year yet! I have a few announcements for you as we get ready to start the year.



1. School starts on August 29 for freshman and SST students only. SST students are only required to be here to catch the bus for SST (9:00am for mid-session and noon for PM session).



2. Parking permits will be available to eligible students on August 26th from 9-11. The parking fee this year will remain at $10. This fee helps us cover the cost of parking stickers and annual maintenance to the parking lot (lines, signs, etc).



3. Please note that school pictures are early this year -- September 1! We will have information on ordering available to send home with students on the first day of school. You may have also received a mailing from Hockmeyer Studios about this.



4. Your child should plan to come to school on the first day with their emergency form/medication card filled out. If you were prefer to submit this information online (which is a new option this year), you can do so at the following link:



https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEVrYVpJT2tBSkZaanI2QjZpTFI3ZEE6MQ



5. Sanborn is proud to announce a new partnership with In-Control Driving and the Lovering Family Foundation. Sanborn students (and parents) can take advantage of a really good driving course that will teach them how to maneuver their car in potentially dangerous and hazardous situations. I took this class last spring and I can tell you from experience it is one of the best things I have ever done for driver education. You can learn more about this program at the following link:



www.DriveInControl.com/SanbornRegional



6. I have attached my welcome back to school letters for you, in case you did not receive them in the mail. I have also attacehd our calendar of events for the year. We hope to see you come and support Sanborn at our many events.



7. Finally, our guidance staff will return next week. If you submitted a schedule change request online, your request has been processed and you should have received notification of this. Please contact the guidance office at 642-3600 next week if you have any other scheduling questions. Students will receive a new schedule on the first day of school.



Thank you all and have a great week!



PS: If you no longer wish to receive my weekly emails, simply respond to this email with the subject "Please remove me from your list".

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