Salida CitizenSchools

SHS moving sale 10-2pm Friday

Citizen Team — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:55:21 +0000

Salida High School staff and clubs are hosting a MOVING SALE from 10am-2pm on Friday May 25 in the High School Plaza off of the teachers parking lot by the bell. Come and support Salida HS clubs as we get ready for our move to the NEW SCHOOL!!Who knows what treasures you might find?? Staff will be bringing out items between 10 and 2. No early birds!

Impact of 4-day week survey

Citizen Team — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:29:09 +0000

Dear Parents/Guardians, Students, School Staff, and Community Members,
Last September we shifted to a four-day (Mon-Thurs) school week because of a projected budget shortfall. Our goal was to cut costs so we would not have to reduce our teaching staff while maintaining high standards and providing quality education. The expected cost savings have been achieved and we believe that the quality of education has been maintained. We will continue to review student achievement data each year to ensure students at all grade levels continue to maintain high levels of proficiency.

As we plan for next year, we need your help in evaluating how the four-day week has affected you. Therefore, we would appreciate your ideas about improvements that we can make so we can improve upon what we currently have.

You can complete this survey anonymously in either a paper form and then return it to the school office of your choice or you can complete it on-line by going to: http://fs8.formsite.com/R-32-J/form36/index.html

Please respond to this survey only once, regardless of the number of children you may have in school.

May 9th is Bike-to-School Day

Lisa Malde — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:47:44 +0000

LiveWell Chaffee County, with support from the Town of Buena Vista, City of Salida, and Safe Routes To School, is pleased to update you on walking and biking improvements to Chaffee County. In conjunction with National Bike To School Day on May 9 a map highlighting the safe routes to school has been printed and distributed to encourage students to not only bike on this day, but to create a healthy transportation habit that will last in their adult years. Safe Routes To School is a national organization that promotes evidence-based walking and biking to school programs. Their most common programs are route signage, crosswalk improvements, walking school buses, traffic flow at drop off areas, and bike trains.

Please encourage your children to participate in National Bike To School Day on May 9. Review the “rules of the road”, take a family test ride, partner with other neighbors for safety in numbers, and consider a drop off spot if you live outside of city limits.

For those of you who live in or go school in Buena Vista, remember to attend The Bike Rodeo! It is always a great time for kids and adults alike.

Finally, if you would like to be a volunteer to organize a walking school bus or bike train, please contact Jon Fritz at livewellstrategycoordinator@gmail.com.

SHS Scholarship night May, 14th

Citizen Team — Thu, 03 May 2012 16:36:18 +0000

Scholarship Night will be on May 14^th at 6pm in John Held Auditorium. If you applied for a scholarship please plan on attending.

New High School Open House, Thursday, April 5th 4-6pm

Citizen Team — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 00:05:56 +0000

New Salida High School Open House and Public Tours to Review Construction Progress

Thursday, April 5, 2012, 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.
Starting at the existing Salida HS Cafeteria

The Salida School District R32-J will be hosting an Open House to show the community New Salida High School building progress and answer any questions about the project.

FEATURING Tables and Kiosks with Project Information:
Local Participation / Construction – Haselden / Diesslin table
Bond Budget – Bond Accountability Committee
Sustainability – Green Team
Design Features – Design Advisory Group (DAB) Member and Blythe Architectural Group
New Furniture – Pamela Blythe & OfficeScapes with examples
Schedule / Overall Program – RLH Engineering (the district Owner’s Rep) and R-32-J Board Members
Student Body – 2012-13 Seniors/Juniors and Tenderfoot Times reps
Athletics – Reps from Athletics to showcase the gyms, artificial turf, track surface, etc.
Performing Arts
SHS Technology and Connectivity
Facilities – Walt Sneddon and Facilities Action Group.
Longfellow Elementary – Dan Estell and LES Staff and Community Supporters talking about the BEST Grant Application.

Read more about the open house. http://gigshowcase.com/EndUserFiles/34357.pdf

Andreas Field House send off bash, Friday March 9th

Bill Donavan — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:44:55 +0000

SHS Booster Club and JKB are sponsoring a Field house Send-off event this Friday from 5-8pm in the Fieldhouse. They will have a wall signing, water balloon fights, a teacher dunk tank, trophy auction, carnival games and a chili dinner sponsored by the Booster Club. There will also be jerseys to be purchased as well!

RE:Trophy Auction

The facts are: ALL STATE AND DISTRICT TROPHIES for all years are being kept to be displayed in the New Salida High School. The Trophies that will be available to the public are ONLY the weekly type trophies- invitational meets, etc… older than four years old. We have currently saved 19 boxes of league, district/regional/sub district and state trophies to be kept by the District. Banners will not be available for sale but are being updated for the new building. All individual record boards are slated to be moved into the new gyms upon completion.

We are pleased to live in an area that is so passionate about our athletics, community pride and our High School. Please join us on Friday night in Andreas Field House to celebrate this transition.

Andreas Field House update

Citizen Team — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:18:16 +0000

Demolition of the Andreas Field House will begin next month. Here’s an update:

As part of the regularly scheduled work, we will begin demolition of the Andreas Field House in March 2012 with the remainder of the existing High School campus starting late May 2012. A demolition contractor has been selected for the work and is currently sub-contracted thru the project CMGC, Haselden / Diesslin, with construction material recycling as a goal for the work.

With the long history and traditions of Salida High School Spartans, the Salida School District R-32-J wants to hear from community groups and individuals who may be interested in salvage or reuse of any of the building elements or furnishings. We are asking that interested parties respond to the following email link – salidaHSsalvage@gmail.com and identify items that may be of interest for salvage. The District will weigh all requests against the schedule for the project, and site safety, and work to help accommodate requests. If there are competing interests for any of the elements, the District may elect to solicit bids from the interested parties. Due to the construction schedule all notices of interest will need to be submitted no later February 17, 2012. Please include a specific description of the items that you would like to salvage, contact name, phone number, email address, and a brief description of your removal plan and intended use for the salvaged item.

Longfellow Elem. awarded Governor’s Improvement Award.

Citizen Team — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:16:00 +0000

Longfellow Elementary has just been awarded The Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award.

These awards are given to schools that demonstrate exceptional student growth, measured by CSAP scores. On the school performance framework used by the state to evaluate schools, Longfellow “exceeded” expectations on the indicator related to longitudinal academic growth and “met or exceeded” expectations on the indicator related to academic growth gaps. This means that the current 5th grade class showed excellent growth between their 3rd and 4th grade CSAP scores. Congratulations to Longfellow, and to this year’s 5th graders for their excellent growth!

Information for local scholarship offerings for SHS

Citizen Team — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:30:25 +0000

For those of you who are offering local scholarships please check www.salida.k12.co.us then click Salida High School > Local Scholarships to make sure your application and deadline is accurate. We only heard back from a few agencies and would like this information to be accurate and timely for our seniors.

We are asking that all scholarships be mailed directly to the agency offering the scholarship or an official contact person instead of turning them in to the counselor’s office; please help us with this matter. Please contact me at rtressler@salida.k12.co.us or 719.530.5407 with updated information or questions.

Rob Tressler

Counselor

Salida High School

New math program for middle school students offered on Fridays

Citizen Team — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:27:56 +0000

A program using the “ Khan Academy,” a highly successful and widely used on-line learning system, combined with active hands on instruction, practical “real world” problem solving, and games that make math fun to learn, will be offered each Friday for 8 weeks starting January 13th.

The program is focused on on 6^th graders but will also be useful for 5^thgraders who are advanced or 7^thgraders who may need some extra help.

The program will be offered at the Boys and Girls Club Tech Center, 340 E. 5^th St. every Friday that school is not in session from 10am until noon, starting January 13 through March 16. The program is free to members of the Boys and Girls Club. (only $25 to join for a year)

To register: Complete the attached form and return it to Scott Hughes at the Boys and Girls Club by January 10. Registration will be limited to a maximum of 15 students .

For more information: Contact Irv Broudy, volunteer coordinator of the program, at 539-3851 or Scott Hughes at the Boys and Girls Club, 539-9500.

final 2012 registration form Khan

Don’t drive down the street between the Middles School and the Football Field…or else!

Citizen Team — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:14:53 +0000

For all staff, students, parents, and community members-State Street between the back of Salida Middle School and the Football Field is CLOSED to all vehicles except those driven by the school transportation department (buses specifically), from 7am until 4:30pm on school days. Please be advised. The police department has said that they will write 4point traffic violation tickets to anyone in violation. Please use a different route.

Salida Middle School PTO meeting Monday, January 9th

Citizen Team — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:09:48 +0000

The Salida Middle School Parent/Teacher Organization has scheduled a meeting on Monday, January 9, 2012! This meeting was not previously scheduled, and will meet in the middle school library at 4:15 PM. We need more of you in attendance. Please consider coming. Thanks to all who help to make SMS the great place it is!