SPANISH SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Weeks of October 24th - October 28th
From the desk of Sean Hall, Principal
Hello families!
Last weekend our Marching Band went to a competition over the hill at Del Oro High School in Loomis, California. I am proud to say they came in fourth! They have another competition coming up at UNR which we are all looking forward to.
Last night our Girl's Varsity Volleyball team won their Senior Night against Douglas High School.
Both our Girl's Soccer Team and Girl's Cross Country took first place in the NIAA Academic State Championship Academic Team. Our boy's Cross Country Team took second place 2nd in the NIAA Academic State Championship Academic Team. We truly value academics here at SSHS. Well done Cougar athletes!
Our first Construction Day was a great experience for our students and we look forward to many more hands events.
Our JAG students were officially inducted into the J4NG program on Wednesday night. We hosted a nice event in our theater and we are excited for our new JAG students.
Trick or Treat the Halls is this Wednesday. This is a great annual event in which our students host booths for everyone from our community to come and trick or treat. The event officially starts at 5:30. We hope to see you there!
As a reminder, if you haven't yet, registration is now open for winter sports, so please follow the information below to register.
Let's have another great week and please enjoy the Nevada Day Holiday at the end of the week!
Sincerely,
Sean Hall
Principal
Monday
B DAY
4, 5, 7, 6
Tuesday
A DAY
1, 2, 7, 3
Wednesday
B DAY
4, 5, Cougar Pride, 6
Bell Schedules
Counselor's Corner
School Spirit
school newspaper
Charity volleyball Tournament
Varsity Volleyball
Way to ace it ladies!
Football!
Congratulations to the Freshman and JV football teams on their amazing seasons. Freshmen were eight and one, their defense only giving up 21 points total for the entire season. JV remained UNDEFEATED yet again.
Come see the Cougars play the Douglas Tigers tonight.
Cougar Marching Band Upcoming Competitions
Good luck musicians!
The Nevada Day Battle of the Bands at SSHS
November 5th at the UNR Sierra Band Crusade at Mackey Stadium
Upcoming Raider Competitions
The big competition is here! Join us this weekend at 8:00 AM.
October 22nd JROTC Raider Championships will be held at Spanish Springs High School!
The SSHS JROTC RAIDER Teams competed at their second Raider Meet on Saturday and the Male team made it a clean sweep once again, taking 1st place in all five events and 1st place overall! The Female team won 1st place on Rope Bridge and placed top 3 in several other events to finish 2nd place overall. The Mixed team won top 3 honors in 3 of the five events and also earned 2nd place overall. The JV “A” Team represented the future and depth of the SSHS JROTC Raider program by taking 1st place overall! All teams will compete this Saturday in the Northern NV JROTC Raider Championships right here at SSHS!
save the date!
Career Center
Nevada Promise Scholarship
College Resources and College Fair
Please join us at our College Fair on October 23 from 12 pm to 4 pm at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center at 4590 S Virginia St, Reno.
This event will have interactive workshops with information about Financial Aid & Scholarships, the first in the family to attend college, and meet with college representatives from across the country. At this FREE event, we will provide childcare and interpretation in Spanish.
Register by October 20 by clicking on the links below. Students and Families need to register separately.
Families Click here to register
Students Click here to register
Leadership
Clubs are here!
Boosters
SSHS Boosters are the best!
How would you like to be part of our amazing Booster team? Check out the flyer to learn more!
Senior Trip
Please let me know if you have any questions safensobersshsgradnight@gmail.com or call/text (775)842-9090. Faith Smith
Clubs
AASU
The African American Student Union would like to thank all of the Students and Staff members for their support in purchasing Pizza and Churro meals during last Friday's Pizza/Churro fundraiser.
FBLA
Key Club
Meditation Group
Testing
Civics Exam
Paper tutoring
As you may know, the Board of Trustees recently approved the implementation of the tutoring service Paper for all students in grades 6-12. While staff training for Paper are ongoing, this service is now active. Students can access this free 24/7 online tutoring service at any time.
Paper provides:
- Unlimited 24/7/365 tutoring support — sessions can run for as long as students need.
- Revisions for any typed writing assignments.
- Tutoring and writing support in 4 different languages — English, Spanish, French and Mandarin.
More information and resources for parents and students is available on our website at www.WashoeSchools.net/Paper.
Students can access Paper through by logging in to Clever with their student login and password. A login link for Clever is also available on that webpage.
If a student has any issues logging in to Clever to access Paper, they can reach out to our Family Tech line for assistance at www.washoeschools.net/familytechsupport
Thank you!
Athletics
Boys Tennis
Cross Country
Our Varsity Girls just won the NIAA Academic State Championship with not only the highest average GPA (unweighted 3.82) in their sport, but also the highest average GPA among all 5A Fall sports in the entire state! The Varsity Boys earned State Runner-up for academics! This is the first time in school history cross country has earned first or second!
Last weekend our Varsity team competed in one the largest meets on the west coast in Clovis, CA. There were roughly 4,000 athletes competing. 9 of our 14 athletes set personal records in the 5K, and for the first time we had two athletes medal at the Asics Clovis Invitational.
Currently, the Varsity Boys are ranked 2nd in Northern Nevada with their goals set on a Regional and possibly a State Championship. Our Varsity Girls are ranked 4th and are looking to qualify for State for only the second time in school history.
We have three weeks left in our season, please come out and support us!
Winter Sports Registration
NIAA App
Athletic Contacts
Cougar Well Being
SSHS Food Pantry
Nutritional Services
COVID 19 Updates
Masks
WCSD Air Quality Webpage
Seniors
Dear Parents and Guardians of Spanish Springs Seniors,
Senior Ads are a great way to commemorate your student's accomplishment. For the first time, you can design your own senior ad by going to yearbookforever.com, where you will also purchase the ad. Please read the attached flyer for details. The deadline to purchase and design Senior Ads is February 28.
If your student missed the two on-campus Senior Portrait appointments, you can still have their portrait taken in studio. Go to Prestigeportraits.com to make an appointment or copy and paste this link: https://local.prestigeportraits.com/nv/reno/80-east-patriot-blvd.html
Finally, lease make sure to prepurchase your 2023 yearbook by December 15, 2022 at the SSHS webstore. This will guarantee your senior receives a copy. Purchase on the Webstore at washoeschools.net/sshs.
Thank you very much!
Yearbooks
After School Tutoring
Bus stops are limited to the following locations:
Project 150 Teen Shopping Boutique
Each Wednesday from 1:30p – 4:00p and the first
Saturday of each Month from 10:30a – 2:00p
Clothes, shoes, school supplies, toiletries and much more
Free with high school ID
· Project 150 Reno Boutique - 1340 Foster Dr. - Reno, NV 89509
· Follow us at Project150 Reno on Facebook
· Call (775)203-4755 or email info@project150reno.org
· Project 150 Reno non-profit provides basic needs for homeless, disadvantaged, and displaced high school students.
The Washoe County School District or the Board of Trustees neither endorses nor sponsors the organization or activity represented in this document. The distribution of this material is provided as a community service.
Driver's Education Class
DMV Certification of Attendance
· DMV Certifications of Attendance are processed at the district level by the Student Records Department.
· Visit the WCSD web page: www.washoeschools.net and select:
STUDENT AND PARENTS
>STUDENT RECORDS
> CLICK ON BACKPACK CURRENT STUDENT.
FILL OUT INFORMATION, AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE CHECK THE DMV BOX.
· Please allow one week of processing time.
· Please note: Students who miss 10% or more of the total number of class periods for any reason during a semester (high school) for each course will be chronically absent and do not meet the DMV Certification of Attendance requirements. Chronic absenteeism rules are set by State and Federal guidelines.
Information for how to get the attendance for DMV is permanently found at:
The complete WCSD policy can be found here: WCSD DMV Attendance Policy
Tech Support
The hours are:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 7am-2:30pm and Tuesday, Thursday 11:30am-7:00pm.
Attendance
Attendance Policy
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Spanish Springs HS follows all WCSD Attendance Policies and Procedures.
For information on the WCSD Attendance Policy as required by NRS, https://www.washoeschools.net/Page/16915.
Reporting a Reason for an Absence
Parent/guardian must email, call or request an absence via the portal/app to report your student(s) absence, To verify the absence it must be done so no later than three (3) days after your student is absent. The Attendance Office is unable to record reasons for absences older than three days without a doctor’s note.
Emailing in a reason for an Absence (preferred method)
Absences may be reported by email. Please email mailto:sshsattendance@washoeschools.net and include:
· Your student's name
· Date of birth
· The date
· Length of the absence
· The reason for the absence
Changes will be made in Infinite Campus when the email is processed.
Calling in an Absence
To verify an absence, contact the Attendance Office call 775-425-7733 x 1. Voicemail is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please leave a message with the following:
· Your student's name
· Date of birth
· The date
· Length of the absence
· The reason for the absence
· Your contact information
Changes will be made in Infinite Campus when the absence is processed.
Requesting an Absence via the Parent Portal/App.
A new functionality was added to the Infinite Campus parent portal and app. It enables parents/guardians to request an absence via the portal/app. The portal/app accepts requests for absences for the current date or future dates only.
For step-by-step instructions, visit https://www.washoeschools.net/Page/17303
Changes will be made in Infinite Campus when the request is processed.
Picking Up a Student or Street Passes
When you need to pick up your student early from school, please be aware of the following procedures:
-You may call in advance to have your student waiting for you when you arrive. Please call the Attendance Office at 775-425-7733 x 1 with the exact time and reason your student needs to be dismissed.
-You may come into the Attendance Office to pick up your student. You will be required to show your ID on arrival. Please allow enough time for us to send for your student as it is difficult to send for a student during passing time or during lunch.
-ONLY LEGAL GUARDIANS may pick up a student. Anyone other than a guardian will need to have the guardian contact the attendance office in advance to give permission for the student to be released. If the person picking up the student will do so on a regular basis and is not the legal guardian, there is a form that can be completed giving permission for the student to be released with another adult. This form is valid only for the current school year and will need to be signed and turned in by the legal guardian.
Chronic Absenteeism
Students who miss 10% or more of the total number of class periods for any reason during a semester (high school) for each course will be chronically absent. Chronic absenteeism rules are set by State and Federal guidelines.
Students will not be retained or fail a course (high school) based on attendance. However, students who miss 10% or more of class periods for any course that meets in a semester will be chronically absent in that course(s).
If the student must miss an entire class period for any reason, it is the parent’s/guardian’s responsibility to see that a written/verbal verification is provided to the school prior to, during, or within three days of an absence. Failure to do so within three days of the student's return to school will result in the absence being coded as Unverified (UNV).
Intervention Guide for Families
COVID Exclusions
The Health Department Excluded OR Contact Tracing (HDED or HDCT) code is used when a school has been notified by Washoe County Health Department or Washoe County School District that a student is excluded from school. The HDED and HDCT codes do not count towards chronic absenteeism.
WCSD does not currently have permission from NDOE to conduct temporary distance learning during COVID Exclusions this year. The Make-up Work Policy for missed assignments is followed for these absences.
Transportation Blackouts Absences
WCSD does not currently have permission from NDOE to conduct temporary distance learning during transportation blackout dates this year. Absences due to not having bus transportation are not exempt and do count towards chronic absenteeism. The Make-up Work Policy for missed assignments is followed for these absences.
Make-Up Work Policy for an Absence
Make-up work must be provided for any absence by the teacher, but it is the student’s responsibility to request the make-up work in advance or on the first day s/he returns to class. Because it is impossible to make-up some in-class assignments, coursework of a similar nature may be given. It is the student’s responsibility to turn in all make-up class work at the designated deadline. Failure to complete the make-up work within the designated deadline will result in no credit being received for the make-up work.
Students will have the number of days absent plus one to complete missed make-up work or concepts missed beginning on the day the teacher provides the missed assignments to the student. Teachers must provide missed make-up work or concepts missed within two days of the student’s return to class.
Guide to Attendance for Families
This guide, available in English and Spanish, helps parents, guardians, and families understand the various components of the attendance policy. Click on button below.
Student Drop Off Procedure
Our Student drop off is at the north side of the building, not the main roundabout in front of the school. We ask that you follow the signs toward the Parent Drop-off Zone on the north side of the building, near the cafeteria. All drop offs should occur in drop zone which offers an easy, safe exit to Eagle Canyon Drive. Please do not stop/park at the front entrance of the school in Staff Parking to drop off your students between 7:30 AM and 8:00 AM. This creates traffic issues and significant safety concerns. Thank you for your help in keeping everyone safe while on campus.
Student Parking
ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF, PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN ANY NUMBERED OR PAINTED SPACE IN THE BACK PARKING LOT AS THESE ARE FOR SENIORS WHO PAID FOR THEIR SPOTS!