News & Info: FALL BREAK 2013

Veterans Day Program

This year's Veterans Day program, "BECAUSE OF YOUR COURAGE: Remembering Our Heroes", is right around the corner! Mark your calendars now for Monday, November 11th - Veterans Day 2013. Our school-wide program will begin at 8:30am in the Silverdale Baptist Church sanctuary and will be a beautiful time of honoring our veterans through student-led expressions of thanks. There will be patriotic music, art and drama, all performed and led by our creative and talented students. If you are a veteran or know of a veteran who would like to attend, please fill out a form on our website by CLICKING HERE. Our guests of honor this year are United States Army Specialist Andrew Smith and his wife Tori. Andrew and Tori have a powerful story to tell, as Andrew lost both legs to an improvised explosive device (IED) while deployed to Afghanistan just last March. You can read more on their journey on their website HERE. This video below shares the last 12 months of Andrew's recovery  - we hope you'll watch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znS7wcsZfqs

Making Strides Walk Is This Sunday

Join Team Silverdale Strides this Sunday, October 27th as we walk to fight the breast cancer battle! You can still register online on the Silverdale Strides team page HERE, but be sure and visit our main website HERE for complete information, links, and information on how to get your very own Team Silverdale Strides t-shirt ($10 each)! If you're in town, the best chance at getting a shirt this week will be at the football game tomorrow night vs. Bledsoe. We hope to see you in Coolidge Park this Sunday to make strides against breast cancer!

Homecoming Court 2013

Congratulations to the students below for being nominated by the student body to the 2013 Homecoming Court, and a big congratulations to seniors Stone Hood and Jessica Gilbert for being crowned Homecoming 2013 King and Queen! (photos not available at time of publishing)

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• ELEMENTARY:  JTerm 2014 forms and money are due Nov. 15th.  Information about JTerm can be found on the parent portal by CLICKING HERE.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Friday, October 25th: Football Senior Night vs. Bledsoe (6:45 Senior Night festivities, 8:00 Kick-off)
• October 19th-27th: FALL BREAK - no school
• Sunday, October 27th: Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk with Team Silverdale Strides (click here for more info)
• Tuesday, October 29th: PLAN Test (sophomores)
• Wednesday, October 30th: Explore Test

ATHLETICS:

• For updated team calendars, check out the Athletics Master Calendar online. (When team schedules change at school, these calendars auto-update). If you use Google calendars personally, you can instantly add any of our athletic or team calendars to your own by clicking the "+Google Calendar" button in the lower right corner of the calendar you'd like to add.
  • ELEMENTARY MASTER CALENDAR
  • MIDDLE SCHOOL MASTER CALENDAR
  • HIGH SCHOOL MASTER CALENDAR

REMINDERS:

• ELEMENTARY:  JTerm 2014 forms and money are due Nov. 15th.  Information about JTerm can be found on the parent portal by CLICKING HERE.
• The Spirit Store (open daily Monday through Friday from 10:30am - 12:30pm in the upper gym inside Mrs. Givens’ office) now has long sleeve t-shirts and sweatshirts and is accepting debit/credit cards! Contact the athletics office at 423-892-2319, ext. 2217 for pricing and availability.
• Our new Guidance Department has been hard at work making sure you and your student are prepared for the world after high school! Visit their webpage here for updated info, an ever-changing Guidance Calendar, and be sure to follow our new Silverdale Guidance Twitter account, @SBAGuide!
• Box Tops and Labels for Education is a great way to help earn extra money for our school! The incentives are sweet - literally! Check out more here.
• NEEDED: There is a paid carpool opportunity needed out of Ooltewah for afternoon transportation home for two students. If interested in helping, please contact Dora at (423) 356-5551.
• The new upper school entrance is now at the rear of the campus at the doors to the new high school lobby. Please remember that the doors outside the Chapel are no longer an official campus entrance. Please make plans to enter the building or pick up your upper school student from this new entrance.
• Elementary students left at carline after 3:00 and middle school students left after 3:30 daily WILL be sent to Before & After Care and will be charged accordingly. Rates can be found on our website here.
• Elementary yearbooks are now available to purchase and begin customizing at treering.com. See the elementary parent portal for more info.
• The Elementary Moms Mentoring Group meets once weekly in the Chapel. For specific dates and times and more info on the group, check out the page on the Elementary Parent Portal by clicking here.
• When offered at SBA, special lunches from Zaxby’s must be ordered a week prior, whereas pizza orders must be confirmed the Wednesday before. Both can be taken care of through ParentsWeb on RenWeb.