Sonoraville High School

Gordon County Schools (GCS) is pleased to announce the 2023-24 School Teachers of the Year Winners. In the spring semester each school year, each GCS school is asked to select its own Teacher of the Year using nominations received from fellow staff members and community stakeholders. All school-level winners then become eligible to compete for the honor of being named the Gordon County Schools System Teacher of the Year. The annual system-wide competition is judged by a panel of community partners, retired educators, and system leadership based on applications submitted by school-level winners and classroom observations. Three system finalists will be announced the week of March 27th and the 2023-24 Gordon County Schools System Teacher of the Year will be announced at the annual banquet tentatively scheduled for May 2nd. The winner of the system-wide honor will represent Gordon County Schools on the state level for the Georgia Teacher of the Year competition. Gordon County Schools 2022-23 School-Level Teachers of the Year: Ashworth Middle: Judson Peacock Belwood Elementary: Brenda Gilmor Fairmount Elementary: Christy Smith Gordon Central High: Neal Crawford Red Bud Elementary: Brooke Cigainero Red Bud Middle: Jacqueline Cascio Sonoraville Elementary: Heidi Murphy Sonoraville High: Carmelita Everett Tolbert Elementary: Cathy Musacchio W.L. Swain Elementary: India Bennett Learn more about the 2023-24 School-Level Teachers of the Year by visiting www.gcbe.org/2023-24teacheroftheyear #GoCoSchools #GETGCS #OneBIGFamily

Phoenix & Fenders is NOT cancelled. The forecast currently predicts the rain to end early morning with sunshine and temperatures ranging from 65-77o during the hours of the show. If there is a change in the forecast that will impact the show, we will post updates on social media. We look forward to seeing you Saturday. GOOOO Phoenix & Fenders!!! SHS is excited to announce the 15th Annual Phoenix & Fenders Car, Truck, and Motorcycle Show will be held Saturday, March 25th. Thank you in advance for supporting the Class of 2023.

CONGRATULATIONS to Sonoraville Phoenix Boys’ Basketball Brent Mashburn for being named Region 7-AAAA Coach of the Year by the Georgia Athletic Coaches Association. Mashburn also serves as Athletic Director for SHS. 🎉🏀 Photo l to r: SHS Assistant Principal Joe Psaila, SHS AP Kim Pruett, SHS Coach Brent Mashburn, SHS Principal Amy Stewart, SHS AP Jesse Martin.

SHS FBLA Letters from the Easter Bunny. Get your custom letter from the Easter Bunny. Letters will be mailed home. Kids love receiving letters in the mail especially when it comes from someone as magical as the Easter Bunny!

SHS Art club is collecting donations to help our local animal shelters. The drive ends April first. We have placed four boxes in building 4 with suggested donation items attached. There is one near the exit to the bus loading area, one outside the counseling office, one in the front lobby, and one outside the art room. Please help if you can. Thanks and have a great day! Suggested Donations: Bath/beach towels Cat/dog toys Cat/dog food collars leashes hand sanitizer disinfectant wipes

Seniors- Cap and Gown delivery will be 3/23, during lunches.

Flute players from the SHS Band attended a clinic and workshop today at the Harris Arts Center with Georgia State University Flute Professor, Jessica Petrasek, along with other flute players from area schools.

Congratulations to the Sonoraville High School Literary competitors, Tyler Abercrombie and Ambree Quarles, for their individual placements in this year's AAAA state championship at Warner Robins High School: Ambree Quarles: 3rd in Humorous Interpretation Tyler Ambercrombie: State Runner-Up in Argumentative Essay We are so proud of the work our team has put into their events this year! GOOOO PHOENIX!!

Last Thursday, the Phoenix tennis team played a region match against Southeast! The boys and girls team both swept the raiders! Starting for the girls at #1 singles was Hannah Jones with a great win! Following her was #2 singles, Morgan Guyton, and #3 singles, Reese Davis. The #1 doubles, Joanna Gilette and Abbie Knight, and #2 doubles, Bristin Gordon and Pamela Aguliar, closed out the 5-0 win! For the boys, #1 singles Ian Martin started off strong taking away a win. #2 singles, Ross Stewart, and #3 singles, Donovan McDaniel, both followed with terrific wins. The #1 doubles, Ross White and Garret McGill, played an outstanding match which was then followed by #2 doubles, William Dunnaway and Braxton Coats, who closed out the 5-0 win for the boys! Our JV picked up wins as well. Camdyn Kuhlman & Karson Bone won their doubles match. McKenna Boswell win her singles match. When you see these players please congratulate them on another region win! We play at home Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday this week and next week.

Save the date for SHS Market Day April 21st... Vendor Booths, Food and Fun!!!

Congratulations to the SHS Symphonic Band for another outstanding performance at the Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation hosted at Woodland High School. The band received an overall Superior rating for their stage performance as well as a Superior rating for Sight Reading. Great job to all band members for the great results on a very challenging program!

Our SHS SkillsUSA chapter these past few days have been competing in State Leadership and Skills conference, and did a fantastic job. Meadow Trimble, Joshua Echevarria, Laynie Nix, Isabelle Fantom, and Cloe Silvers placed second in Single Script Short Film competition. Jake Townsend, Jake Cochran, Lane Childers, Keith Patmore, and Anslee Williams represented strong in the Vlogging category as well as Thomas Spruell in the scriptwriting competition.

Sonoraville FBLA did fantastic this weekend at State winning "Gold Chapter of the Year" and several competitive events! Rushi Patel 8th place in Marketing, Kayla Tirador 4th in Website Design, Brianna Alvarez 5th in Intro to Public Speaking, Brianna Alvarez and Emma Johnson 8th place in Intro to Social Media Strategies. This is everyone's first year in FBLA!

CHECK IT OUTTTT… This week is National School Breakfast Week, so stop by grab a breakfast and say hey to a celebrity server, there will be someone different that you know and love each day! Today's celebrity server was Assistant Superintendent Alice Mashburn. Your Cafe staff is beyond excited and so are we, so you should be too!

On Tuesday, March 7th, the SHS Literary team traveled to Carrollton to compete in the Region 7-AAAA Literary Competition. The following students placed in their events: Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking- Isabel Ulibarri- 4th Place Girls Solo-Ja’Sarah Gray-4th Place International Extemporaneous Speaking- William Parish- 3rd Place Duo Interpretation-Gavin Reece and Ethan Smith-3rd Place Literary Analysis Essay-Stephen Kellogg- 3rd Place Dramatic Interpretation-Brayen Fung- Region Runner-Up Humorous Interpretation-Ambree Quarles- REGION CHAMPION! Argumentative Essay-Tyler Abercrombie- REGION CHAMPION! Ambree and Tyler will travel to Warner Robins on March 18th to compete in the state championship for their individual events! Other competitors included: Blake Carey, Emily Cook, Arabella Hall, Grant Kinkead, Skylynn Lewis, Danielle Ralston, Abby Smith, and Mallory Williams. Please congratulate these students for their amazing work and accomplishments!

Congratulations to Kelita Bailey (10th grade) for receiving first place for her artwork at the Harris Art Center Student Art Show and to Skylynn Lewis (9th grade) who received Honorable Mention for her drawing! Great job! Hosted by the Visual Arts Guild, the annual 8 week-long exhibit promotes art education and student talent in the public schools. The student art can be viewed at the Harris Arts Center, 212 South Wall Street, through April 7. Free and open to the public, the arts center is open Monday, 10a.m.‒2p.m.; Tuesday‒Thursday, 10a.m.‒4p.m.; and Friday, 10a.m.‒6p.m.

Sophomores, it is time to order your class ring. https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1557226/SONORAVILLE-HIGH-SCHOOL/Class-Jewelry/2002080214030844323/CATALOG_JRD

SHS Tennis is on the road this week…. Tuesday @ Dalton Thursday @ Heritage. Friday & Saturday to play in the Granger Invitation Tournament. Our first match is Friday at 9 am at LaGrange College.

CHECK IT OUTTTT… Today is the start of National School Breakfast Week, so stop by grab a breakfast and say hey to a celebrity server, there will be someone different that you know and love each day! Today's celebrity server was Bruce Potts, Gordon County Commissioner, Your Cafe staff is beyond excited and so are we, so you should be too!

Given the latest timing of the impending storms and its impact on today’s dismissal, Gordon County Schools will be dismissing elementary schools today at 12:30 p.m. and middle and high schools at 1:30 p.m. Aftercare will operate as normal. Schools will communicate individually about the status of any other after-school activities that are scheduled for this afternoon and evening.