SPHS Update

SPHS Community,

December.... that was fast! I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday break.

Over the next couple of weeks, I'm looking forward to having the opportunity to see the outstanding performances of our instrumental and vocal music students. It all starts on Tuesday, December 5th at 7pm with our Band concert, and the following week brings the Vocal music concert on December 12th, also at 7pm.

It's hard to believe, but were just about halfway through the second quarter with progress reports being posted on Infinite Campus by Friday, December 7th . Remember that the SPHS eligibility rules requires that any student participating must be passing five courses at the end of each quarter. Now is the time to think about what students need to do to get there.

Remember that we've got an early release on Wednesday this week to allow for Professional Learning for our staff.

Take care and be well,

Scott Tombleson (He/Him/His - What is this?)

Principal - South Portland High School

Each year the faculty and staff select one senior to represent South Portland High School as the recipient of the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award. The selected student demonstrates the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism to an outstanding degree. This year the DAR Good Citizen Award recipient is HENRY RISCH.

Congratulations, Henry!

The SPHS Interact and Spanish clubs

are hosting a Winter Food Drive

for the SOPO Food Cupboard.

November 27 - December 15, 2023

Donation drop off bins are located at SPHS Main Office,

also rooms 55 and 211. Contact Ms. Esten or Ms. Smith for

more information.

http://southportlandfoodcupboard.org/

SPHS FOOD DRIVE ITEMS NEEDED

Due to equipment failure on November 16th, we were unable to complete retakes. Therefore, we have scheduled another retake day for Wednesday, December 6th, which is also an early release day. Any students that were not able to have pictures retaken may do so on December 6th.

If you would like to help supply the athletics office with donations, check out their Amazon Wishlist.

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2XJNL2RAOLICL/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_2#

The Teen Center is a program for Middle School and High School Students (grades 6-12) who live in South Portland and/or attend school in South Portland. The South Portland Teen Center’s mission is to provide a comfortable, safe and fun environment for teens. As such, each teen is held responsible for their behavior.

Respect for the Redbank Community Center facility, other teen participants and program staff/volunteers is required of everyone. All students who want to have access to the Teen Center must fill out the registration packet and have all sections signed by a parent/guardian. We recently had our Teen Center registrations translated into Spanish, French, and Portuguese to make it easier for families to sign their kids up.

Interact Club celebrates multicultural heritage months through a bulletin board in the hallway near rooms 226 and 225.

This month the bulletin board celebrates Native American authors. You can access information about the authors via the QR codes provided.

Interact Club welcomes everyone's positive participation. Interact members are creating a Google form with its own QR code for students and others to submit their Native American author suggestions, too.

Thanks go out to Interact Club members Fischer Petrlik, Gus Whited, Owen Dugas, Braden Nichols, Zackary Torgerson for their service work!

The South Portland Toy Drive has closed.

• For families who missed the Nov 1st deadline, please apply for assistance from one of these other organizations:

• Salvation Army Applications due Dec 8 Families will have to pick up their items from Salvation Army at 297 Cumberland Ave. in Portland Salvation Army App. Applications due Dec 9.

• For families who DID turn in an application will get an email to remind them to pick up their items at the South Portland Community Center on Dec 12 between 2-7 pm.

If students would like to join STAGE CREW for the ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL, they can come to the AUDITORIUM on any MONDAY after school from 2:30 - 4:30.

Join in if you are interested in: Lights. Sound, Set, Painting, Costumes, Make-Up, Props, or Stage Management, please join us! Please email Mr. Fitze if you have any questions!

Interact Club wants to thank everyone for their donations to our Winter clothing Drive. All the winter clothing is added to our SPHS Riot Rack.

Interact Club members who made this Winter Clothing Drive a success include Madolyn Roy, Owen Dugas, Zackary Torgerson, Braden Nichols. We thank them for their service work!

The Riot Rack is managed by our One Classroom Project staff and students.

To access the Riot Rack, contact any teacher. The teacher will connect the student with One School Project.

French Club and French V students were thrilled to spend a morning immersed in the upbeat hip hop music of LeFlo Franco during a recent concert at Noble High School. Le Flo Franco, a Franco-Ontarian rapper of Haitian origins, delivered passionate, affirming lyrics that conveyed his love of music, life, and young people to his signature pop-electro beat. So energizing!

LeFlo, ambassador of Francophonie, won the 2023 Manie Musicale. Manie Musicale is a competition where students vote on their favorite French songs from a field of sixteen. The songs are chosen from French-speaking artists from around the world. The songs are all current popular music and are appropriate for middle and high school. It is open to students whose teachers have signed their school up. SPHS students will participate in March 2024. Manie Musicale was started by two Maine teachers of French. Here is last year’s Manie Musicale playlist.

• December 5th, Tuesday - 7 pm - Instrumental Music Concert
• December 6th, Wednesday - Early Release
  
• December 12th, Tuesday - 7 pm - Vocal Music Concert
• December 22nd-29th, Friday-Friday - Winter Break, No school