Personalization, Risk-Taking, Integrity, Discovery, and Empowerment

Yesterday, our football team had what WMUR called our largest victory in program history. Our team beat powerhouse Plymouth Regional High School in their house, stunning their crowd that rarely sees a loss at home. This team has fought hard, and we couldn't be more proud of them for the season they have had. You can check out this 2 minute highlight video to catch the action.

We have kicked into high gear when it comes to post-secondary planning with our Seniors. All students are meeting individually with their counselor to complete their Intent to Graduate forms and parents will receive a copy of the form in November. Seniors should be actively working on their Common Application essays at this time and they should have already completed their senior brag sheets and their requests for letters of recommendations. Students who are planning on entering the workforce should be updating their resumes to include any summer employment that they completed. Seniors should also realize that the counseling office submits their first quarter grades to colleges. Please remind your students to check their grades in ALMA and to make good use of the competency recovery day on October 29th.

Are you wondering what a FAFSA is and how it is different from an FSA id? These are great questions which can be answered by watching the recording from the NHHEAF Financial Aid Overview presentation. You can find that video on the Sanborn YouTube page at http://www.youtube.com/c/srsdmeetingvideos

On November 15th, the counseling department in conjunction with NH Higher Education Assistance Foundation will host “I Applied Day”. I Applied Day is a day for seniors to apply to all NH colleges both private and public, 4 year and 2 year for FREE. Students should look for the sign up sheet the first week of November. They will need to come prepared with their common application and their essay completed. If they would like to submit applications to schools outside of NH, they will need to bring a debit or credit card. Students should also know their social security number.

Students are getting ready for Red Ribbon Week 2021 - this year’s theme is: Drug Free Looks Like Me.  Please partner with us and discuss this message at home, at the dinner table, at family outings, and with friends and extended family. Monday, October 25th our Freshmen will be participating in a presentation from Brooklyn Raney of One Trusted Adult. This presentation will take place during FLT. We will also have a presentation for Sophomores on Wednesday, October 27th about vaping prevention. We are excited to be able to bring speakers into our school again to discuss these important topics!

Finally, the counseling office can be a great resource for your child as well as your family. We have compiled lists of resources for a variety of supports including various counseling services and food pantries. We also have a food pantry here at Sanborn high school. If you need support in feeding your children for the weekend, please contact Heidi Leavitt at hleavitt@sau17.net to talk about how we can help.

Good afternoon!

We have (finally) put together our plan for Fall Sports Awards in the (hopefully) waning days of COVID. While it will not exactly be what we're used to in the past, it will be pretty close. Awards for Middle and High School will be Nov. 2nd. Middle School Awards will begin at 6:00 in the auditorium, with team-by-team breakouts to follow in classrooms. Once we have cleared the auditorium, we will kick off High School Awards with the Cross Country, Soccer, Golf, and Field Hockey Programs at 6:30. They will break out to smaller spaces as we welcome in H.S. Football and Cheer at 7:30. By splitting things this way, we limit the number of folks in the auditorium as much as possible in the name of safety.

Important note: As currently required by School and District Administration, this will be a fully masked event other than those actively speaking to the groups. We also ask that families sit together and socially distance themselves from other groups. The goal is to be as safe as possible as we bring hundreds of folks who are not here every day into the building. The choice to attend comes with the agreement that attendees comply with these simple requests.

So, to review: November 2nd

  6:00: Middle School--all sports

  6:30: High School Field Hockey, Golf, Soccer, Cross Country

  7:30: High School Football, Spirit

Did you miss the school picture day on October 22? If so, Lifetouch will be back on November 2 at 7:30 so you can get your picture taken.

NOTE: This is NOT the picture retake day. Picture retakes will be held on November 30. You will get your picture proofs before that date so that you can decide if a retake is needed.

The Sanborn Girls Basketball Program will hopefully host their 4th Annual Blue/Gray Night on November 19th, 2021. The event will start at 5:30PM at the Sanborn Regional High School and will involve all levels of female student athletes in the Sanborn Basketball Program. The night will be open to the community and will be a family friendly event that will raise money for the Girls basketball program and collect food donations as part of the Girls Varsity Basketball Team Hoops for Help Food Drive. Based on the school board meeting this past Wednesday, we as the players are limiting their spectators to 2 adults and we ask all spectators to wear a mask while indoors watching the game. All of the food donations will be collected and brought to the Holy Angels Food Pantry in Plaistow, NH. This pantry serves the areas of Fremont, Kingston and Newton as well as other surrounding areas.

The event will feature a full inter-program scrimmage with each level taking the court for a quarter and competing against each other for bragging rights. Each quarter will feature players from grades K through 12th grade with K-2 at Half Time. Players can still sign up to play until November 1st at https://tinyurl.com/BLUEGRAY21 to get a free t-shirt. The score will keep building all night and we will see whether the Blue side or the Gray side will take home the win. This event is our season kick off which is a fundraiser coached by rec coaches and the official season will start on November 29th for the High School.

Admission for this event will be 3 dollars a person with 5 and under free. Admission is only a $1 a person if they bring a food donation. There will also be concessions, fan contests between quarters. We hope that the parents of our players and the members of the community will come out for a great night of fun. We will be limiting the number of spectators to 2 per player.

If you have any questions or would like to be one of our sponsors for the night, please e-mail Girls Varsity Coach Brian Gray at bgray@sau17.net.

Practices for Winter Sports begin next month, and it’s time to register student-athletes and begin to prepare for the coming season. More information on all high school winter sports can be found here: HS Winter Sports. Physical Exams are required of all athletes, and must be no ‘older’ than 13 months at any given time. This can be a bit confusing, so here’s an example: If the exam was completed on October 1, 2021, it would be valid through November 1 of 2022 (13 months later). Most local urgent care centers will give your child a sports / camp physical on a walk-in basis for as little as $20. Mr. Dawson also has vouchers for free exams from Convenient MD--just ask.

We have moved very successfully to an entirely new system for student-athlete registration this year, FinalForms. This has dramatically improved communication, our ability to track athlete medical information in “real time”, and allows parents to keep current on needed forms and such more efficiently than with our previous system. In order to register your student-athlete, visit Final Forms at sanborn-nh.finalforms.com 

Schedules are still in the working stages, and will be released soon. If parents / guardians have questions, or need assistance with the registration process, please reach out to Athletic Director Bob Dawson at rdawson@sau17.net

Dear Sanborn Community,

On November 17, 2021, our school will take part in the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) sponsored by the New Hampshire Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. The survey will ask about the health behaviors of 9th through 12th grade students. The survey will ask about nutrition, physical activity, injuries, and tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use. It will also ask about sexual behaviors that could lead to pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

Students will be asked to fill out a survey during their advisory period that takes about 35 minutes to complete.

Doing this survey will cause little or no risk to your child. The only potential risk is that some students might find certain questions to be sensitive. The survey has been designed to protect your child’s privacy. Students will not put their names on the survey. Also, no school or student will ever be mentioned by name in a report of the results. For the survey results to be accurate, it is important that all students, regardless of whether they have engaged in health risk behaviors, are given an opportunity to participate in the survey, but the survey is voluntary. No action will be taken against the school, you, or your child if your child does not take the survey. Students may skip any questions they do not wish to answer. In addition, students may stop taking the survey at any point without penalty. If you would like to see the survey, a copy is available at this link: https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/hsdm/yrbs.htm.

Two weeks before the survey date, you will receive a letter in the mail from me about the YRBS survey. It will contain an opt-out form. You can complete the opt-out form only if you do not want your child to take part in the survey.

If you have additional questions about the survey, please email me at bstack@sau17.net. You can also contact the Department of Health and Human Services at DHHS.NH.Youth.Risk@dhhs.nh.gov.

Thank you.

-Brian Stack, Principal

Pro Staff Driving School has a few openings for the November 2021 course. Sign-up at prostaffdrivingschool.com to register, a great holiday gift for any teenager.

Attention French Students: If you are in French 3 or above, or if you are a senior who took French 4 last year, you might qualify for the Société Honoraire de Français. If you have questions, feel free to email Madame Hambucken, or stop by room 212.

Do you want to: Be a part of something? Be successful? Be healthy & fit? Develop confidence? Be a leader? Build cool projects all while learning life skills? Join the Future Leaders of NH, a new student organization run by the National Guard. There will be an informational meeting during FLT on November 4 (Thursday) in Mr. Wolbert's classroom, room 204. Don’t miss out!

SRHS PTO: Contact Alicia D’Antonio at tishiebell@yahoo.com. (Officers are needed!)

Music Boosters: Contact Melissa Hilfer at sanbornmusicboostersassoc@gmail.com.

Ice Hockey Boosters: Contact Karen Radjavitch at sanbornicehockey@comcast.net.

Football: Contact Heather Ray and/or Kelly Gannett at sanbornfootballboosters@gmail.com.

The mission of the Sanborn Regional High School Parent Teacher Organization is to enhance and support the Sanborn Regional High School learning community of students, staff, and families of Fremont, Kingston, and Newton. This is accomplished through the following endeavors:

*Community Outreach *Teacher Involvement *Educational Programs *Civic Cooperation

*Volunteer Programs *Fundraising

If we all help a little it will be amazing how much we can accomplish as an organization.

We typically meet the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. on Zoom

(check the Points of P.R.I.D.E. Newsletter or our FB page for any changes)

Thank you for taking the time to complete the membership form and become part of the SRHS PTO. Check us out on Facebook at Sanborn Regional High Scholl PTO.

If you have any questions or information you would like to share with our organization, please contact Alicia D’Antonio at tishiebell@yahoo.com.

We hope you had the chance to get to your local DEA Take Back Event this weekend. Remember locking up and disposing of your unused or expired RX mediation is critical to keeping it out of the hands of youth. If you are in need of medication disposal pouches, or locking medication containers, SoRock can provide them to you free of charge.

Permanent Rx drop boxes are located in the Atkinson, Hampstead, Kingston, Plaistow and Sandown Police stations.

Studies show that roughly 1 in 4 teenagers knows someone who has abused OTC cough medicine to get high. Follow @StopMedAbuse for more and learn the side effects & warning signs of medicine misuse, here: https://stopmedicineabuse.org/what-does-abuse-look-like/

DEA Issues Public Safety Alert on Sharp Increase in Fake Prescription Pills Containing Fentanyl and Meth

We will be kicking off Red Ribbon Week with “Whoa Friends & Trusted Adults” with Brooklyn Raney for grade 9. A presentation for youth which explains the qualities of a trusted adult, when to step up and when to step back as a member of your community, classroom, and neighborhood, and ways to build meaningful relationships with trusted adults. This program is sponsored by SoRock and SRHS and D.A.D (Drugs are Dangerous).  

SoRock was honored to receive the DEA’s Operation Engage Excellence in Leadership award this past week at the State Red Ribbon Week kickoff celebration! This award was for our “leadership, time and dedication to drug prevention”. If you are a Kingston resident, we would appreciate your support on this year’s petition to become a warrant article. Please sign and email back to sorocknhcc@gmail.com. Thank you! 

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