SHMS e-News
Friday, June 3, 2022
Dear SHMS Families:
Happy June! We are just two weeks away from the end of the school year. Below are dates for important upcoming events:
6/6 Hidden Hollow trip for music students
6/9 Senior Clap out
6/13 8th Grade Dance
6/14 6th Grade Arrowhead Trip; 8th Grade Hershey Trip
6/15 All School 5K (more information to come)
6/17 8th Grade Bridge Crossing/Last Student Day
We look forward to an exciting finish to the school year.
Dr. Chris Matsanka
Eighth Grade Chinese
Wallingford-Swarthmore School District Music Department 2022 Summer Music Program: June 21th - July 14th, 2022
Come join us for the 2022 WSSD Summer Music Program. The program will be held on the campus of Strath Haven Middle School. The Program is for WSSD students and community members who are interested in making music together!
★ Students of WSSD who are in the 3rd through 12th Grade and includes instruction and ensemble experiences for instruments in the band and orchestra, which include: flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, Horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and string bass
★ Students in grades 4th through 6th who are interested in singing in choir
★ Students who wish to begin to learn a band or orchestra instrument
★ Students who wish to continue playing and improving on their instruments through the summer
★ High school and adult members of our WSSD Community who are interested in playing in a concert band
Experience Music This Summer
● Small group lessons, ensemble experiences scheduled twice each week for 90 - 120 minute sessions including short breaks. Example: Mondays/Wednesdays and Tuesdays/Thursdays
● Jazz Band includes all wind instruments as well as guitar, bass, drum set, and keyboards.
● A variety of music experiences that will also include for all participants - instrument and vocal instruction and ensembles as well as enriching - bucket drumming, ukulele, and steel pan
● Culminating concert on Thursday, July 14 @ 6:30 pm
● New This Summer! Extended Day Option:
● The WSSD Summer Music Program will be adhering to all approved safety protocols which will include: social distancing, approved singing and instrumental PPE, length of each session, etc.. Information, brochure, and registration on the WSSD homepage - wssd.org or contact Mr. Henry Pearlberg - hpearlberg@wssd.org
Strath Haven High School Junior, Dae Taylor to perform in his George Slick Fellowship Recital on Tuesday, June 7, 2022; 7:30 pm. SHHS Auditorium.
Dae Taylor, a junior at Strath Haven High School, began playing the saxophone in third grade, and for the last seven years he has studied classical saxophone under the instruction of Chief Musician Dana Booher, a saxophonist in the United States Navy Concert Band. Dae entered the Wallingford Swarthmore School District in seventh grade when his family moved to the area from northern Virginia. While his primary interest is classical saxophone, Dae enjoys participating in the wide variety of musical opportunities offered by WSSD, including playing in each of the numerous classical ensembles at the high school, the Panther Jazz Band and Saxophone Quartet, and the Panther Marching Band. Outside of school, Dae played with the Delaware County Youth Orchestra and Young Musician Orchestra, initiating the inclusion of the saxophone in these orchestras for the first time. Additionally, he was the principal saxophonist of the Liberty Youth Wind Symphony at West Chester University this spring. Dae performed in the PMEA District 12, Regional, and All-State Bands in his sophomore and junior years and won a solo with the All-State Band in 2022. Dae will be performing a variety of pieces on Tuesday evening which will include: Pequeña Czarda, Duet No. 3, Based on Sonata, K. 454, Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Ballade for Alto Saxophone and Band, and The Carnival of Venice.
SHMS Robotics
Car Parade
High school parents and the township are sponsoring a car parade to celebrate the Class of 2022 - Please spread the word and come out with your neighbors to celebrate the Class of 2022. For safety reasons, it is very important that an adult drives so the seniors can enjoy the parade as spectators. Please talk to your seniors about being safe and respectful - they shouldn't hang out of cars, sit on the roof or hood or in the back of pick-up trucks. Huge thanks to Kelly Wachtman and Matt Garson for facilitating productive conversations between the township, law enforcement, school and parents - without their help, the parade would not be happening, so please take a moment to thank them. The parade is scheduled for next Wednesday June 8 at 7pm. Cars may arrive in the high school parking lot beginning at 6:30pm.
Route:
Left onto Brookhaven Road out of the SHHS parking lot via Allencrest Lane
Left onto Moore Road
Left onto Georgetown Road/Media Parkway at the Creekside Swim Club
Right onto Meadow Lane and then crossing over 252/Providence Road and proceeding along E. Rose Valley Ave/Yale Ave into Swarthmore Borough
Left onto 320/Chester Road
Right onto Park Ave
Parade ends in front of Swarthmore Borough Hall
Yearbook Update
Sports for Rising 8th graders
High School Sports playing opportunity for field hockey:
Strath Haven Field Hockey - Join us for the Fall 2022 Season. Rising 8th graders looking to join the fall sport of field hockey, please complete the attached form. Upcoming meeting will take place soon at the high school, stay tuned for this meet and greet.
Springfield Summer Field Hockey League - rising 8th graders interested in getting touches on their sticks and playing one day week locally, please sign up by Sunday, June 5th, 2022. Be a part of our squad all goalies anf field players wlecomed.
Thank you, Coach Carly Reid