News & Info: March 6th
Coffee With The Headmaster
Join Mrs. Hansard this coming Thursday morning at 8:30am in the Silverdale Room (ground floor of new high school addition) for a casual morning of coffee and conversation. Enjoy an intimate time of vision casting and Q&A with our Headmaster, Becky Hansard. Come as you are, and of course, the coffee is on us!
High School Baseball Chili Cook-off
The Mission and Vision of SBA
At SBA we operate every moment of every day on the firm, unwavering foundation of God's word. Beyond that, we adhere strongly to our Statement of Faith and work diligently to live out our Mission Statement, Vision Statement, and Core Values of discipleship, excellence and integrity. As parents, we want you to take another look at this content - our values - and give us your feedback. Before diving in to one of the links above, here's our purpose in a brief video:
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Vision Statement "SBA’s vision is to impact our world by preparing students to become godly warriors, as we implement Discipleship (Mt. 28:15–20), expect Excellence (1 Cor. 10:31), and encourage Integrity (Psalm 15)."
High School Fishing Kicks Off
[gallery type="rectangular" link="file" ids="973,976,975"]Our Seahawk high school fishing team took part in the Sportsman's Warehouse High School Bass Tournament this past weekend and came home with some impressive honors. Among those, a third place overall team finish, and Fourth Place finishers Austin Armour and Noah Gadd, with 7.99 lbs of fish. Check out the full article online.
Junior Trip Fundraising Starts Early
SBA Sweeps Essay Contest
Congratulations to students Grant Marshall (center left - 1st place), Kaleigh Glass (center - 3rd place), and Ashley Patterson (center right - 2nd place), who swept the Scenic Chattanooga Optimist Club Essay Contest last Friday and presented their winning pieces to the club at a luncheon. The topic was "how dreams lead to success". This marks the second consecutive year SIlverdale students have swept this contest!
GENERAL ANNOUCEMENTS:
- STAFF APPRECIATION GIFT CARDS DUE TOMORROW! If you haven't done so already, please send in your gift cards tomorrow for next week's Staff Appreciation Week!
- SCHOOL-WIDE CLASS PICTURE DAY: Tuesday, March 18th is Class Picture Day for K - 11th grade. No athletic jerseys, hoodies, sweatshirts or jackets should be worn for the pictures. Order forms will be sent home next week.
- NEEDED: Elementary parent volunteer needed for help in a second grade classroom. Please contact Barbara Lamb by email if interested.
- HIGH SCHOOL PAID DRESS DOWN DAY FRIDAY: Friday, March 7th, is the last paid dress down day for high school only benefitting the senior trip to Greece/Italy. Students may wear jeans with no holes and appropriate tops for $3. Please no leggings, jeggings or hats.
- FRIENDLY REMINDER FROM THE FINANCIAL OFFICE: Please be reminded that your accounts need to be current or your Renweb will be blocked (grades, homework, lunch ordering, report cards, etc.). If you have questions, please contact the Finance office at 423/892-2319 extension 2225 or 2226. Tuition payments are due on the 1st of each month. Payments after the 5th of the month will be considered late and will incur a $20 late fee.
- In the event of inclement weather and school delays or closings, we want you to know the plan, so we've added a cheat sheet to the Parent Portal that tells you exactly what happens, should we have to delay or close school. Check it out here.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- March 7: High school ONLY paid dress down day (see announcement above)
- March 10-14: Teacher Appreciation Week (NO AFTER CARE FRIDAY - 1/2 DAY)
- March 13: Coffee With The Headmaster (see article)
- March 14: 1/2 Day - MS service projects
- March 18: Class Pictures
ATHLETICS:
- HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING TRYOUTS: March 24-25 - Clinic 3:30pm-5:00pm - Upper Gym // March 26 - Tryouts 3:30pm-5:15pm - Upper Gym
- WINTER SPORTS PICTURE DAY: Wednesday, March 19th - 3:30pm - Upper Gym - Lifetouch forms were handed out at lunch - need to bring them back filled out with money!
- HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL TRYOUTS: Thursday, May 29th-30th, 12:00pm-2:00pm in the upper gym. Open to all rising 9th-12th graders.
- SEAHAWK SUPERCAMP 2014: Week of June 2nd-5th. More info coming soon - mark your calendars now!
- 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.
REMINDERS:
- LOG SERVICE HOURS and have your service project hosts verify your project and time served. There are convenient web forms on the Student Portal HERE that you can use and direct your project coordinators to use as well! (See navigation on the left, "Community Service Hours")
- Please be reminded that your accounts need to be current or your Renweb will be blocked (grades, homework, lunch ordering, report cards, etc.). If you have questions, please contact the Finance Office at 423-892-2319 extension 2225 or 2226.
- Tuition payments are due on the 1st of each month. Payments after the 5th of the month will be considered late and will incur a $20 late fee.