November 2022 Breakfast and Lunch Menus
We encourage all members of our #OneBIGFamily community to complete the Gordon County Moving Forward Together Survey from our friends at the NW GA Regional Commission.
This survey offers the opportunity for people that live or work in Gordon County to provide guidance about improving various aspects of our community.
Link to survey: http://s.alchemer.com/s3/Gordon-County-Moving-Forward-Together-Survey
#GoCoSchools #GETGCS
Please try to have these completed by OCT. 31.
DID YOU KNOW?
Completing the Free & Reduced Lunch Application helps in many
areas beyond just free or reduced price meals.
Just one form ensures continued funding to support all students.
SHS ANNUAL FOOD Drives-- All donations stay local!
Our goal is for ALL students to donate at least one item to both.
Trick or Treat so Kids can eat: October 17-31 for Blewer Food Bank.
1st Block Class with highest count will earn Chick-Fil-A biscuits.
Sponsored by SHS Thespian Troupe #7786.
The VAC Fired Up Food Drive! November 1-11
4th Block Class with highest count will earn a Pizza Party.
Sponsored by the SHS Beta Club & FBLA.
The Phoenix Fired Up Food Drive begins on Nov. 1. The Beta Club is issuing a challenge to their members to participate in BOTH by bringing in at least 2 cans for the Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat Food Drive to their 1st Block and then bring at least 2 cans beginning on Tuesday to their 4th Block class for the food drive they sponsor. These donations count toward community service.
Sonoraville High School Southern Creamery Co. will be in the SHS breezeway during lunch on Thursday, October 27th selling Ice Cream for $5.00 a container. The proceeds will benefit Sonoraville High School Phoenix Band . https://www.facebook.com/southerncreameryco/
TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!
Mr. Hayden Morrow was selected by his peers as the Sonoraville High School Teacher of the Month for September. Mr. Morrow received a classroom door sign and a Longhorn gift card (sponsored by Beta Club).
Veterans Day Celebration 2022
Sonoraville High School
Along with our annual parade, we are offering longsleeve t-shirts to wear in support of our veterans. We'd love students, teachers, and parents to wear
these for our parade and day of appreciation for our veterans.
Name:________________________________________________________
Phone:_______________________________________________________
School:_______________________________________________________
Student Advisor (if applicable):____________________________
Grey, long-sleeve cotton
t-shirt.
$15 each
+3 for 2X-4X
*Order form https://5il.co/1jlmb and payment must be returned by Wednesday, Oct. 26
*Cash or check only
List quantity (adult sizes only due to size of graphic)
Small:______ Medium:______ Large:______ XL:______ 2X:______
3X:______ 4X:______
Order total:___________
https://5il.co/1jlmb
The Voluntary Action Center is proud to partner with AdventHealth EMS to help provide a Merry Christmas to children living in Gordon County. In addition to providing toys and clothes for children, the will also provide a grocery gift card to each family to help with a Christmas Meal. For more information, please scan the QR code on the flyer or visit voluntaryactioncenter.org.
SHS will be hosting our annual Veterans Day Parade and activities in November. We will be offering this shirt and encourage students to wear this for the parade. Order forms are available in Advisement, the Counseling Office or can be printed from this post.
Order forms and cash or check payment are due by Wed. Oct. 26th.
The SHS Thespian Troupe will be collecting canned and non-perishable foods as well as monetary donations for the Blewer Food Bank October 17-31, 2022.
The first block class raising the most will earn Chick-fil-A biscuits for their class on November 9th. Please bring all donations to the Chorus room each day to be counted. A total will be announced for the top three classes each day on the morning announcements! Winners will be announced on November 2nd!
The Marching Phoenix are the 2022 Blue Ridge Mountain Competition Silver Division Champions! The band competed yesterday at Fannin County High School and brought home a shelf full of hardware. Congratulations to the all the band members for their superior ratings, best in division band, best in division percussion, and best OVERALL Drum Majors. The Majorettes placed 2nd overall and the Color Guard placed 2nd in division. The band was also named first runner-up in the overall competition (A-AAAAA).
The band will compete again on October 22nd at the Peach State Invitational in Rome.
Mrs. Ray’s Essentials of Healthcare class is learning about the cardiovascular system. We are dissecting hearts to learn the various structures of the heart and how the heart pumps blood through the body.
Mr. Palazzolo's Environmental Science students toured Mohawk Industries Light Lab and learned about sustainable manufacturing processes in the design and production of flooring products. Mohawk's Light Lab also utilizes virtual reality tools to showcase flooring concepts to customers.
Recognize your senior in a way they will never forget! Purchase a recognition ad and make their year even more memorable.
https://go.jostens.com/52j3vd
SHS students attended the FBLA Fall Rally at Six Flags Monday. FBLA members competed in shirt design, recruitment poster, Georgia economics poster, financial math and business communications.
These members had a fantastic time representing SHS at the event!
Mr. Palazzolo's Environmental Science students investigated how tributary waters create a watershed at Salacoa Creek Park. Students identified how the contours of land can allow runoff into a body of water.
Students in Mrs. Brookshire’s American Literature classes have been studying transcendentalism. After reading and analyzing excerpts from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, students journeyed to the Sonoraville Pond and crafted their own original pieces of nature writing.
More Photos:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.5251015071683595
On Monday night, 4 members of SHS SGA participated in the Meet the Candidates event sponsored by the Gordon County Chamber of Commerce. Students asked questions of candidates who responded with their plans for the future of Gordon County.
SHS students: Annie Betancourt, Emily Smith, Lillian Kindl, and Hannah Jones
THANK YOU SHS CUSTODIANS!
**MICHELLE, CARMEN, DEBBIE, CHRIS, LILY, VALERIE & ANGELA**
WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO!!
