We've been back at it for 3 weeks now and it has been jam packed! Personally, it has been very rewarding - I had the honor and pleasure of taking 10 student to Pittsburgh, TX 2 weeks ago for DECA District Competition. DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) encourages creativity and builds analytical and presentation skills related to Marketing functions in the fields of Hospitality Services, Travel and Tourism, Business Management, Business Law and Ethics, and Sports and Entertainment, to name just a few. They have to pass a detailed test and compete in presentations before professional business people in order to make it from one level to the next. It is a challenge and they more than rose to meet it!
Ten students competed and ten students won slots for competition at State! We will head to Dallas, Texas February 20 - 22, where the students will compete for the honor of representing Texas at the International Career Development Conference (held this year in Atlanta, GA).
The students and their events are:
Quintorria Bell, Freshman - Principles of Business Management & Administration
Amanda Garrett, Junior - Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Brock Johnson, Sophomore and Jairyle Josue, Junior - Hospitality Services TeamDecision Making
Bruce Barlow, Senior and Tony Nguyen, Senior - Hospitality Services Team Decision Making
Christina Arnold, Senior and Desmond Tanner, Senior - Travel &Tourism Team Decision Making
Ricky Burns, Senior and Cordestine Clifton, Senior - Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making
SAHS is hosting the Solo and Ensemble Contest for Middle School students this year. The contest will be held at the new Band Hall/Athletic Complex on Thursday, February 6, beginning at 4:00 PM. Solo and Ensemble Contest for High School students is next weekend. Good Luck to all the contestants!
The band boosters are currently selling "bling" rhinestone car decals. Two designs are available: the wolf head logo and an "SA" logo. Be on the look out for these decals in the parking lots around school. If you would like more information or would like to purchase one contact Mr. Haynie at the Band Hall or by e-mail, [email protected]. You may also contact Tammy Jacobs at the [email protected] for additional information.
A middle school technology club event was held on Saturday (January 25th). Nineteen students attended and learned how to use GIMP (similar to Photoshop) to manipulate images. They showed off their new skills by transforming the head of a famous person into an animal head and creating an entirely new image! The students also put their minds to work with some challenging computer thinking games and topped it off with snacks and a pizza lunch! A fun time was had by all. Thank you to Mr. Davis, Mr. Schmieder and Ms. Martin for making this a successful and fun event!
The FFA will be selling pulled pork sandwiches, chips, and a drink for $7 on Friday January, 31. Sign up for your lunch at the High School office! All proceeds go to the SA FFA Shooting Team and lunches can be picked up at the Ag Shop at your convenience on Friday during lunch-time hours. Your lunch will contain a pulled pork sandwich, chips, and a drink. Drink choices: Diet Coke, Coke, Diet Dr. Pepper, Dr. Pepper, Sprite, or Bottled Water. If you have any questions call 936-275-8913 or email [email protected] Sign up for your lunch at the High School Office.
Ms. Sharon Cartwright, Counselor, wants to remind everyone about the information posted on her website. Parents of graduating seniors really need to encourage their students to access the site because local scholarship information is coming in daily. Additional scholarship information is also available, along with information about camp opportunities and events of interest to our students.
Please note that Ms. Cartwright will not longer be handing out paper copies of scholarship information. Students MUST check the website - and frequently! This is the most efficient and effective way to get a large amount of information out as quickly as possible to numerous interested parties, so check it out!