IHS Shark News

Check out this week's upcoming events, opportunities, and reminders. This week we celebrate National School Counseling Week and throughtout the month of February, we celebrate Black History Month and CTAE Month!

Monday, February 7th - C DAY (Mastery Monday)

*Free Student Dress Down Day

Extended Advisement: Monday Morning Circles and intro to Course Request/Registration SY22-23

Athletic Testing COVID-19 Athletic Training Room

Theater Rehearsals @ 2:30PM

Tuesday, February 8th A Day

Restorative Circle Student Facilitator Training 8A-1P

Lunch and Learn Series - JCB Apprenticeship 11A-1P

NHS Monthly Meeting @ 2:30PM- Auditorium

Theater Rehearsals @ 2:30PM

Wednesday, February 9th - B Day

FCA Interest Meeting -4th block

Theater Rehearsals @ 2:30PM

Thursday, February 10th - A Day

Theater Rehearsals @ 2:30PM

Friday, February 11th - B Day

FINex Friday - Delivering Student Celebrations

Saturday, February 12th

Looking Ahead

Monday, February 14th- School Council Meeting @ 3:30P - Virtual

Monday February 14th- 17th- Student Course Registration SY22-23

Tuesday, February 22-24th School Accreditation Visit

Option 1: Deadline is March 5, 2022

Cost: $285

Includes: Senior week activities, graduation ceremony, diploma and diploma cover, and yearbook

Option 2:

Cost: $105

Includes: Participation in graduation ceremony, diploma and diploma cover

Option 3: Not participating in the Class of 2022 graduation ceremony at the New Enmarket Arena or senior week activities

Cost: $30

Includes: Diploma and diploma cover

Senior dues can be paid online: https://sccpss.schoolcashonline.com/ To participate in graduation, you must also purchase a cap and gown from Herff Jones: Cap and Gown: https://www.hjorder.com/ 912-764-9314 ***Time sensitive, must be ordered ASAP***

Herff Jones Delivery Date (Cap, Gowns, Announcements, etc.)

April 18th @ 10:45AM-1:00PM

If you do not wish to participate in graduation and need to purchase Option 3, please email townley.smith@sccpss.com or debra.lindblad@sccpss.com directly so we can set up your payment option on school cash.

This week we celebrate and extend our appreciation to our School Counselors and Team! Thank you to Mrs. Vesna Kabiljo-Avramovski, Mr. Kamal Piankhi and Mrs. Julie Tisinger, counselor clerk.

On Thursday, February 10th, we invite you to participate in the National School Counseling Week "Better Together" recognition!! School Counselors and the Community are Better Together Becuase....

Click HERE

We Kickoff our SY22-23 Course Request and Registration process this month. During the week of February 14th-17th, students will meet with their advisement teacher and/or counselor to complete their course request and registration process. We encourage parents and students to review the below video and linked Journey to Graduation Presentation prior to completing the course request registration for your child's grade level.

Class of 2023 #FINishLineIsNear

- Rising Seniors- Course Request Registration Link- CLICK HERE

Class of 2024 #FINished1andFINishing2

- Rising Juniors- Course Request Registration Link- CLICK HERE

Class of 2025 #FINallyHSisHere

- Rising Sophomores- Course Request Registration Link- CLICK HERE

*Links are also available on students' ItsLearning Advisement Page

The Islands Jazz Band students received a virtual clinic from President's Own Marine Band as part of their Music in the High Schools Winter 2022 series. Master Sergeant Eric Sabo, bassist with the President's Own, presented Methods & Techniques of Improvisation.

Islands students Cameron Carter, Kamyrn Clark, John Emery, Adam Jacobs, Edan Killough, Hieu Nguyen, Josh Solis, and Leah Wu performed this Saturday 2/5 at 3pm with the District Honor Band. Congratulations to these students on their hard work!

Tamarious Jackson (Grade 11) passed the rigorous audition process to be in the 2022 Georgia Music Educators Association All-State Chorus! The audition process included advanced sight-reading and solo singing, and top performing students across the state were selected.

Tamarious is the second student from IHS to make this elite chorus. Lucy Clarke (Class of '19) made the 2019 GMEA All-State Chorus. Tamarious will participate in the Senior Tenor & Bass ensemble later this month. Tamarious is also the first IHS student to be selected as a semi-finalist in the Music: Vocal category of the Georgia Governor's Honors Program!

He has undergone an extensive process of written application, performance audition, and interview to be selected as a semi-finalist. He will travel to Berry College later this month for the GHP Semi-Finalist Event.

Students- if you are interested in participating in our Schoolwide Monday Morning Circle Conversation, please sign up.You will be notified via email if you are selected to participate.

https://forms.gle/b1ZcYxxmMVb4ezVn6

#CARE

Creating A Restorative Environment

Title: Together

By: Mr. D. Bonnell- IHS Art Teacher

All of us find us situated within a paradigm that has never existed before. Our lives have been arrested by a virus. It affects everything. Staying encouraged and focused on the future can be a very hard thing. Words and sermons express the moment, but they always fall short. This is where we need art to help us out.

Art picks us up where words fail. Art can embrace you visually verses

just chatting about being held. At Islands High School our theme is

to work as a staff to swarm together as sharks do within a school.

The swarming causes a vortex of flow and energy allowing the school

to work as one unit. Therefore, as the art instructor at IHS I am attempting

to produce art that takes us beyond the words of encouraging lectures

and speeches. I am attempting to create art that embraces and enables

staff and students to focus that we are all in this moment, together, like

a swarm.

I choose to improve the entrance to the school so that as soon as one

enters they are encouraged with art that visually establishes our task,

that we work together as students and staff. As one enters into the

main intersection of the atrium three large paintings on wood panels

will greet you with three quotes related to CARE-ing. They will be completed

within days and mounted to the walls with more art yet to come

throughout the building in the coming months.

With parents, students and teachers working TOGETHER we will all

come through this trial and we will all be stronger because of it.

Perhaps the post virus era will show us just how important it is

then to work--TOGETHER.

FINex Friday Deliveries will resume during the month of February as we celebrate students who have continued to exhibit academic excellence, community service excellence, and CARE! Coming to a classroom near you!

February 7th- Free Student Dress Down

February 8th-11th: Daily AM Dress Code Checks

With the cool weather upon us, please be reminded of the dress code that is place. Students are NOT allowed to wear sweatpants to school. Additionally, students must have visible uniform shirt on under their jackets and sweatshirt if worn. Students observed not in compliance with dress code will be expected to get compliant by reporting to uniform closet located in ISS and/or contact parent to bring appropriate clothing. Thank you for your partnership in helping us ensure our students are dressed for success. Please refer to our dress code located in the student handbook for clarification.

Note: A daily 95% Dress Code Compliace throuhout the week earns entire student body a Free Student Dress Down

Thank you for continuing to do your part by masking up. We remain committed to providing a healthy and safe school environment. Please be reminded that while students are expected to arrive to school with a mask each day, we continue to provide free masks to students each day for those students who need them. Students may pick one up from the main office or from their teacher.

If your child is sick, please keep them home and notify us by completing the following information via our Notification Link (located on our website as well). If your child is unable to attend school due to illness or if they have been identified as a close contact and is required to remain home, they may attend school virtually on a temporary basis by logging in to itsLearning and accessing course resources during that time out. Teachers will also be available for virtual tutorials during the week and through sign up via itsLearning. Students' attendance code will be "C" during their time away from campus which will indicate that student is attending virtually.

• Synchronous Learning Support: Students should login to attend their courses LIVE virtual tutorial on subject specific days. Teachers will have the LIVE virtual tutorial link located on their itsLeanring or on their online platform. Students must sign up to attend.
• (Monday: Math and W. Language, Tuesday: Soc. Studies, CTAE, ELA Thursday: Science, Arts, HPE)

• Asynchronous Learning Support: Students should login to itsLearning or teacher's online platform to access their courses' instructional resources, videos, recorded lessons and assignments. Specific instructions will be provided for students to review, reference, and complete tasks.

Note: Students are expected to attend virtually if they are well enough to login and complete assignments.

2022 yearbooks can be purchased at yearbookordercenter.com (school code: 10915). Early bird special price of $70 until August 31. Price increases to $80 September 1.

**Seniors: A personalized yearbook is included in your senior dues (if paid in full by December 1, 2020). Please do not order a yearbook online at this time.

Dual Enrollment Opportunity

The Dual Enrollment program provides for high school students who are earning dual credit by being enrolled at a participating eligible public or private high school, or home study program in Georgia, and a participating eligible postsecondary institution in Georgia. These students take postsecondary coursework for credit towards both high school graduation or home study completion and postsecondary requirements. If you are interested in pursuing this program and believe you fall under the eligibility criteria, please contact your counselor for more information:

Click HERE for more Information

Last names A-L: Mr. Kamal Piankhi kamal.piankhi@sccpss.com

Last names M-Z: Mrs. Vesna Kabiljo- Avramovski vesna.kabiljo-avramovski@sccpss.com

The Counseling Office wants to know what colleges you have been accepted to and what scholarships you have received (even if you don’t plan to use them). Please email this information to Mrs. Tisinger, Counselor Clerk, at julie.tisinger@sccpss.com, or stop by the Counseling Suite to let her know. Thank you!

We want to recognize your accomplishments and give you a shout out for the amazing future you are planning!!!!

Click here for the 2022 Georgia Scholar application form. The application is due Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at noon. Any 2022 graduating senior attending a Georgia high school may complete the application, provided they meet the criteria (outlined in the application) and provided they secure signatures from the principal, their counselor, and parent/guardian. Please note that the requirements for Georgia Scholar are set in state law and exceptions cannot be made. Additionally, please be aware that Georgia Scholar is a recognition-only program and no scholarship funds are associated.

A weekend overnight camp to help children ages 6-17 who have experienced the death of a loved one within the last 24 months. Full Circle’s bereavement counselors and volunteers help children normalize their feelings through games, music, yoga, and therapeutic group activities.

All campers will be required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and will need to provide proof of vacation prior to attending camp. There is a nominal non-refundable application fee of $25 per child, with scholarships available. Transportation to and from New Ebenezer Retreat Center in Rincon is provided. Registration is limited.

Apply online at www.HospiceSavannah.org/CampAloha or call Full Circle at (912) 303-9442.

Savannah juniors and seniors can now to apply for Bank of America’s Student Leaders program. Through paid summer internships at local nonprofits, community-minded young students gain skills to be successful in the workforce. If selected for the Student Leaders program, participants will work as a paid intern at a local non-profit for 8 weeks, attend the weeklong Student Leaders Summit in Washington, D.C., develop leadership and career skills, and connect with like-minded students.

For more information please visit the Bank of America Student Leaders website below.

https://spwww.sccpss.com/aa/c/Pages/Bank-of-America-Student-Leadership-Program.aspx

SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Seniors, visit this link often for information regarding available scholarship opportunities.

SCCPSS Scholarship Page

https://spwww.sccpss.com/aa/c/Pages/Scholarship-Opportunities-.aspx

ISLANDS HS Scholarship Page

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zccFopcLG--l4JGDRBZUE5EXmhfhKIIQwVDDYJwvMnI/edit?usp=sharing

Seniors, join REMIND Class of 2022

https://www.remind.com/join/gakeck

Mr. Piankhi (Last Names: A-L)

Kamal.Piankhi@sccpss.com

Mrs. Vesna (Last Names: M-Z)

Vesna.Kabiljo-Avramovski@sccpss.com

Ms. Adkins (Career Advisor)

Tracy.Adkins@sccpss.com

Mrs. Tisinger (Counselor Clerk)

Julie.Tisinger@sccpss.com

Conferences may also be scheduled via the Request for Appointment sheets located in the guidance office.

Due to rescheduled athletic events, please check out our IHS Facebook Page for updates throughout the week.

Mon Feb 7

8:00am-10:00am Covid testing

5:00 pm Junior Varsity Boys Soccer vs. South Effingham (brooks Field)

Tue Feb 8

5:00pm - 7:00pm Varsity Girls Basketball @ St. Vincent's

6:00pm – 7:30pm JV Boys Basketball @ Benedictine

7:30pm - 9:30pm Varsity Boys Basketball @ Benedictine

Thu Feb 10

4:00pm – 9:00pm Varsity Boys Wrestling 4A Traditional State Tournament (Macon, GA)

6:00pm – 9:00pm Varsity Boys Baseball vs. Effingham (scrimmage) (Islands HS)

Fri Feb 11

5:00pm - 7:00pmVarsity Girls Soccer vs. South Effingham (Islands HS)

6:00pm – 7:30pm JV Boys Basketball vs. Jenkins (Islands HS)

6:00pm - 8:00pmVarsity Girls Basketball vs. Jenkins (Islands HS)

7:00pm - 9:00pmVarsity Boys Basketball vs. Jenkins (Islands HS)

7:00pm - 9:00pmVarsity Boys Soccer vs. South Effingham (Islands HS)

Sat Feb 12

2:30pm-4:00pm JV Boys Basketball vs. New Hampstead (Islands HS)

For highlights, updates, and stories, check out our Facebook page

Congratulations to Cooper Bachman for placing 1st in Sectionals for 170lb class! He will advance and compete in the GHSA AAAA State Competition. Congratulations to Coach Carr and Coach Bachman!

There will be an interest meeting on Wednesday February 9th for coaches and athletes interested in participating in Fellowship of Christian athletes. An announcment will be made for those interested to repor to the college and career room during 4th block.

For more information, email Coach Griggs at karla.griggs@sccpss.com

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