News & Info: October 31st
October 31, 2013
Homecoming Pink Out Photos
[gallery type="square" link="none" ids="459,460,461,462,463,464,465,466"]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.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Thank you for your participation in the American Cancer Society's Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk this past Sunday! Because of your contributions, SBA was awarded the recognition of "Most Money Raised by a School Team"! Thank you again for your support and for coming out to walk for a great cause on the last day of your Fall Break!
- FOUND: Camera bag and camera equipment at the Homecoming football game October 18th. Please contact Daniel Ashworth at (423) 892=2319 ext. 2245 or by email if this might be yours.
- CORRECTION: Congratulations are in order for senior Logan Melton, who is also a member of the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS), along with his peers who were listed in the October 17th Scoop.
- HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS AND STUDENTS: If you need to log your 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")
- LAND'S END SALE: For updated information on school dress codes, uniforms and uniform suppliers, visit the Parent Portal HERE. Don't miss the upcoming Lands' End sale!
- 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, November 1st: Football @ Boyd-Buchanan (last regular season game - District Championship) Come show your support!
- Thursday, November 7th: High School Powder Puff football tournament, 6:00pm
- Friday, November 8th: 11th grade girls luncheon with Mrs. Hansard
- Friday, November 8th: Elementary Service Projects
- Friday, November 8th: Spirit Day
- Monday, November 11th: Veterans Day Program, 8:30am, SBC Sanctuary - MORE INFO
ATHLETICS:
Congratulations to senior soccer player Abbie Carlson for being named to the 5A/AA All-District Team, an 11-girl roster pulling from all 9 schools in the two districts!- HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES: Want to play at the college level? Think schools will find you? Think again! As both a player and coach at the collegiate level, Mr. Finlay knows and understands what it takes to promote yourself and get recognized. He's presenting a free, optional "College Recruiting 101" session for any SBA high school athlete who is interested - November 7th during activity period in room 210. Hope to see you there!
- 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:
- 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.