Siuslaw High School

Staff Spotlight This week Siuslaw High School would like to spotlight Eddie Mielke. Mr. Mielke is in charge or out Business and Computer Science Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. Mr. Mielke teaches a wide array of classes, many of which are dual credit options for students. Mr. Mielke's class is in charge of much of the new signage you see around the district. Look out for our students to start competing in eSports soon!

Siuslaw High School started our last day before break with a pancake breakfast. Happy Holidays!

Siuslaw High School adopted 11 local families this year.​ This is our fourth annual Holiday Food Basket Drive. Students sign up in their PRIDE class to bring food to provide holiday meals to local families. In addition, the knitting club made hats and our AVID class did a toy drive. Thank you to Siuslaw Outreach Services for pairing us with families and The Shippin' Shack for providing boxes.

Thank you for all who attended the last couple weeks of band concerts for both Siuslaw Middle School and High School. Below are links to the videos from those concerts: http://bit.ly/2019SMSConcertPlaylist http://bit.ly/2019SHSConcertPlaylist

Thank you to the SHS Nerd Squad for their school board presentation. Good luck to the eSports team.

PTA Craft Fair at SES!

SHS Band & Choir Winter Concert at the FEC TONIGHT (Dec. 9th) at 7pm. This is a free event that fills up quickly!

Staff Spotlight Kim Pickell is this week's staff spotlight at Siuslaw High School. Mrs. Pickell teaches art at the high school. Each year her students create beautiful new creations with her coaching. In addition to all she does at the high school, Mrs. Pickell is involved in several charitable organizations. She teachers her students how to give back as demonstrated last week with the 2019 Empty Bowls Artist Reception.

It takes a lot of courage and preparation to get up in front of your colleagues and present high quality professional development. Today at Mapleton Middle and High School, Melanie Goeddel and Anna Moser did just that in front of many of their colleagues. Thank you ladies for knocking it out of the park. #teachersteachingteachers #thisisAVID #collaboration Thank you Mapleton for hosting us.

Good attendance = Success

Breakfast with Santa this Saturday, Dec. 7th from 8:30-11:00am at Cross Road Church (1380 10th St). There will be breakfast & Santa will be there to take pictures! This is a family event brought to you by your Florence Community PTA. Students- $5, Adults- $10, family of 4- $25.

Staff Spotlight Siuslaw High School would like to spotlight Liz McClellan this week. Ms. McClellan is wrapping up her student teaching this week with Mr. O'Mara. Ms. McClellan's students learned about economics and created business plans under her direction. Ms. McClellan will be subbing in our district in the coming months.

Staff Spotlight This week Siuslaw High School is spotlighting Special Education Aide, Barb Fiorito. Ms. Fiorito works with our special education students supporting them in their classes. This year, Ms. Fiorito has also joined forces with Mrs. Johnson to start a knitting club. Their club is knitting hats for our Holiday Food Basket families. Students have really gotten into this hobby.

Students in Mrs. Wagner's Marine Biology class made children's books and shared them today with peers in the Siuslaw High School Library.

Class of 2020

Attention Seniors! We will be taking the Class of 2020 senior photo tomorrow morning at 9:30 by the flagpole. Please plan to be there if your would like to be part of this.

Set your attendance goal!

On November 3rd & 4th, myself & 5 students from the High School Leadership class went to Seaside, OR for the annual OASC (Oregon Assoc. of Student Councils) Fall Conference. We learned a lot & look forward to bringing some fresh ideas to the school!

Staff Spotlight Chris Johnson is this week's staff spotlight for Siuslaw High School. Mr. Johnson fills many roles at the high school. Not only does he get amazing results on the track and cross country course but he gets those same results in the Honors English I and AP Literature classroom. There is no bigger advocate for Siuslaw Athletics and Siuslaw High School than Chris Johnson. Thank you for all you do.

Dear Families, We are thankful! As we prepare to take a short break from school for Thanksgiving, we want to express our gratitude for everyone who makes it possible for as many students as possible to come to school every day, on time, ready to learn. We thank: • Our students and families for making daily attendance a priority since they know the habit of attendance will help them do well in the classroom and eventually in a job. • Our wonderful teachers who pour their energy into making each classroom an exciting place for exploration and knowledge so children do not want to miss out on learning • Our support staff and community volunteers who provide the extra hands and attention our children need We appreciate each one of you so much. We look forward to seeing you after the Thanksgiving holiday. We also hope you will keep in mind that school is closed on Wednesday, November 27th and reopens Monday, December 2nd. We especially appreciate everyone’s efforts to avoid taking extra days off during the Thanksgiving holiday. Just a few missed days here and there, even if they’re excused absences, can add up to too much lost learning time and leave your child behind in school. This is as true in kindergarten as it is in high school.