Welcome to the forty-seventh edition of the
Panther Press,
a biweekly electronic newsletter sent to families and friends of
San Joaquin Memorial High School.
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Past Events:
- S Club Featured on KMPH Fox 26
- Freshmen Service Retreat Day
- Poetry Out Loud Competition
- FFA Attends 2022 World Ag Expo.
- French Cabinet Meets (via Zoom) with School in France
- National Honor Society Spring Service Project
- Good Citizen of the Year Award (Spencer Douangphouxay)
Upcoming Events:
- Crab Feed (Feb. 26, 2022)
- Blood Drive on Campus (Feb. 28, 2022)
- Senior Parent Meeting (Feb. 28, 2022)
- Ash Wednesday (March 2, 2022)
- Freshmen Registration Night (March 9, 2022)
- St. Patrick's Day Golf Tournament (March 14, 2022)
Announcements:
- Important Counseling Office Dates
- Order Your Yearbook & Yearbook Ads
- Spread the Word About Memorial
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S Club Featured on KMPH Fox 26 for their Service to Poverello House |
Did you see the beautiful and heartwarming feature story that aired on FOX 26 by News Anchor Monty Torres on February 15, 2022? In case you did not catch the story you can watch it here.
Monty Torres followed four of our students throughout Poverello House one afternoon as they prepared meals for the clients of the temporary and emergency housing facility.
The feature story highlights our SJM students and our S Club Advisor, Carlie Frye whom together have overcome the pandemic crisis with faith and service.
We are truly honored and proud to see our students carry out our mission throughout their daily lives.
Keep up the amazing work you do Panthers. We are proud of you!
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Class of 2025 Completes their first
all-class Service Project
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On Saturday, February 12, 2022, the class of 2025 completed their first all-class service project to fulfill their Service Capstone. It was a sunny day filled with 110 Freshmen and about 40 teachers, staff, and parent volunteers ready to serve. The students took part in 10 on-campus service projects and off-campus neighborhood clean-up with Beautify Fresno. The students painted at the stadium, assembled new picnic tables for students to use throughout the year during lunchtime, cleaned all statues around campus, repainted panther paws around campus, and worked in the garden by Holy Cross Hall. Four groups of students went out into the community and beautified the neighborhoods.
“The call to community is the Catholic social teaching that is best applied to this lesson. For example, being part of Beatify Fresno and picking up trash can demonstrate that we care for our surrounding community and the people who live in it. It even showed me making the smallest impact of service can make the biggest difference to someone else,” said Dallas Renteria.
The day ended with reflection and prayer led by SJM Campus Ministry Team to help the freshmen connect their day of service to what they have been learning in their religion classes.
Thank you to all the parents, teachers, and staff for helping make this day a success. We couldn’t have done it without all of your support. It was a great service day and the first of many to come.
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SJM swept the Poetry Out Loud competition on Wednesday, February 9 at Fresno City Hall! Charlotte Burks got first place and will be representing Fresno County at the state virtual competition in March. Clare Nadores got second place, and Spencer Douangphouxay got third place.
They all memorized a poem of their choice and recited in this national competition, which SJM has participated in for years.
All seven of our students did a phenomenal job and recited with heart and creativity. Also Congratulations to Gio Provenzano, Sam Mendes, Michael Trahan, and Megan McCraw, for your participation.
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San Joaquin Memorial FFA Attends 2022 World Ag Expo®
A bus full of FFA Members attended the World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA on February 10. More than 1,200 exhibitors displayed the latest in farm equipment, communications and technology on 2.6 million square feet of exhibit space. Free seminars focused on a variety of topics important to dairy producers, farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness professionals. Students explored the top 10 new products in agriculture, visited with representatives from universities with agricultural majors, and chatted with leaders in the industry.
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SJM French Cabinet Meets with a School in Béziers, France |
On Friday, February 11, 2022 twenty-two French students from Béziers met with our French Cabinet. The students attend PIC La Salle (a Lasallian school) and together with their teacher and principal returned to their school campus at 6 pm (France time) to Zoom with our French Cabinet at 9 am our time.
Both groups prepared and shared a powerpoint presentation about their respective schools, cultures and cities. They will follow-up by becoming virtual pen pals and hopefully will be doing more exchanges in the future.
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National Honor Society delivers Spring Fuzzy Friends |
Senior, Ashley Belleza, Service Coordinator for SJM's NHS Chapter, delivered more than 30 spring gift baskets to Sierra Vista Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Fresno.
NHS members wanted to reach out with an expression of care and compassion. Due to COVID restrictions, residents of SV are limited in their opportunities for interactions. NHS's care packages included a new stuffed animal with a back story and birth certificate along with the animal's interests and joys in the hopes of sharing some of that joy with residents who have been isolated.
Henrietta Hippo, Ellie the Elephant, Benny the Bear and 30 other new fuzzy friends were delivered to SVHC on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022.
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Good Citizen of the Year Award |
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Senior, Spencer Douangphouxay was selected as SJM's Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Good Citizen of the Year.
Spencer was selected because he demonstrates
dependability, service, leadership and patriotism to an outstanding degree.
As the SJM Good Citizen, Spencer then competed in an essay scholarship contest with other high school students.
"It was a great honor to be selected by not only my teachers and counselors, but also by the staff at Memorial! I feel that any Memorial student truly deserves this selection as I personally believe we all represent a “good citizen” that Memorial fosters, so I truly would like thank Memorial for helping me build my character and for this recognition," said Douangphouxay.
Douangphouxay also received a small scholarship, a recognition pin and several commendations from local politicians and educators.
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Join us for our Annual San Joaquin Memorial High School Boosters CRAB FEED, benefitting student athletes! It will take place on Saturday, February 26, 2022.
We are still in need of parent volunteers at this time and for the day of the event.
For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Shirley Boujikian at (559) 475-5831 or email sboujikian@sjmhs.org.
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Our Blood Drive will be held on February 28, 2022 from 9 am - 2 pm. The Blood Drive will take place in the school gym.
Attention Panthers 16 years and older:
If you didn’t pick up a blood drive permission slip from your Homeroom teacher, come by North Administration and pick one up. They are due back by Feb. 24th to the red bin in south administration so don’t delay. Please make sure to tell your family members about this event. We welcome community support, that also means our faculty and staff. Please email Mrs. Hodges at khodges@sjmhs.org before the 24th if you plan on attending.
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Senior Graduation Parent Meeting on 2/28 |
All SENIOR parents/guardians are asked to attend a very important informational meeting that will cover all events concerning seniors during the 2nd semester.
Time: 6:00 pm
Location: Cafeteria
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Ash Wednesday is one of the most popular and important holy days in the liturgical calendar. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. Ash Wednesday takes place 46 days before Easter Sunday, and is chiefly observed by Catholics, although many other Christians observe it too.
Ash Wednesday Service with Ash Distribution starts at 10:35 am in the main school gym. Parents and San Joaquin Memorial faculty and staff are welcome to receive ashes with us on Wednesday, March 2, 2022!
We look forward to celebrating Ash Wednesday together as the SJM family that we are.
NOTE: Students please wear mass attire on this day.
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Freshmen Registration Night is on 3/9/2022 |
The Spring Open House on 2/14/22 was a success! Thank you everyone who participated. The Freshmen Registration Night is on 3/9/22 at 6:00 pm. |
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St. Patrick's Day Golf Tournament on 3/14/2022 |
Join us for our 76th Annual St. Patrick's Day Golf Tournament benefitting San Joaquin Memorial High School on Monday March 14, 2022!
TIME: 8:00 am - 8:00 pm!
Lunch begins at 10:30 am
Please send your reservation to Shirley Boujikian at (559) 475-5831 or at sboujikian@sjmhs.org by March 4, 2022.
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Important Counseling Office Dates |
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Upcoming Counseling Events:
February 25 - Senior College Planning Meeting #3
March 10 & 11 - Junior College Planning Meeting #4
March 18 - Freshman College Planning Meeting #4
April 5 - Sophomore College Planning Meeting #4
April 29 - Senior College Planning Meeting #4
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Counselors' Calendly Links to Schedule Individual Appointments:
9th & 10th grade: A-G
11th & 12th grade: A-F
9th & 10th grade: H-R
11th & 12th grade: G-N
9th & 10th grade: S-Z
11th & 12th grade: O-Z
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Registration for SJM's SAT School Day now open!
SJM is offering the SAT on our campus during the school day for current juniors on Tuesday, April 26, 2022.
We highly recommend that ALL juniors sign up for this exam as part of their college plan.
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You can still order your yearbook!
The books are $100 and can be ordered online until May 1. There are a limited number of yearbooks available and we cannot guarantee they will last, so make sure to get yours before they are sold out. If we have any books leftover after May 1, they will be available for sale in person on campus for $120 after they arrive in late May.
Online orders for Senior Ads in the yearbook are still on sale until March 10. The ads are $320 for a full page, $150 for half. Parents please email the jpeg to Ms. Hathaway. If you miss the March deadline, please email Ms. Hathaway for more information at jhathaway@sjmhs.org.
The theme of this year's book is "Better Together," and we certainly are! Go Panthers!
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Spread the Word About Memorial |
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The SJM 2022-2023 Application for NEW incoming freshmen and fall transfers is open now on the SJM website. Help us spread the word by passing this information on to prospective parents and students! For assistance in the application process or to schedule a tour of the SJM Campus, contact Bianca Blanchette, Director of Admissions at (559) 268-9251 EXT 139 or bblanchette@sjmhs.org
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Alumni Contact Update
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