SRHS Update: Week of January 9

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Good Morning Parents, Friends, and Students of Sanborn Regional High School. Here are your important announcements for the week:

1. Our next PTO meeting will be Wednesday, January 18 at 6pm in the library. We hope to see you there!

2. The Guidance Department has published their weekly Scholarship Newsletter (please see attached)

3. Come support our drama club's production of Macbeth on January 19, 20, and 21 in the auditorium.

4. The Guidance Department will host a financial aid night TOMORROW January 10. Contact Guidance at 642-3600 for more information.

5. On January 25th we will conduct a school-wide assembly on bullying. John Halligan will be our presenter. There will be an accompanying parent information session on Monday January 23rd at 7pm. This session coincides with our Winter Open House, which begins at 4:30pm. Please see the attached materials for more information on these events.

6. I have attached a bell schedule for our final/midterm summative assessments, which will be held this Thursday and Friday. Buses will run at noon on these days. There is no SST on these days.

Have a great week everyone!

-Brian Stack

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