Echo Bell is a valuable member of the Kershaw Team. Echo sincerely makes a difference in students’ lives and is well-deserving of any and all possible recognition. Echo is always cheerful, energetic, and positive. She is a full-time one-on-one paraprofessional and helps our students with severe disabilities learn the academic, social, and functional life skills needed to help them be more independent. She makes the student(s) she works with feel loved and is able to push them to do things they haven’t been able to do before. She has exceptional people skills, is hard working, and loves kids.  She is a full-time mom, works nights at an assisted living facility, and is working on her credentials to become a nurse.

We appreciate all she does and the way she does it!  Echo Bell is amazing and we are so blessed that she works here at Kershaw!

Dear families,

We’re going to Italy and Greece in Summer 2025, and you’re invited! (Next year’s Juniors and Seniors)

We’re excited to tell you more about the trip we’re planning with EF Tours, our educational travel partner. Please be sure to register for this info session to be considered for this opportunity: https://bit.ly/42XeCoU

The info session will be held Wednesday, March 27th from 7 to 8 PM in the SSHS Commons.

When students travel, they expand their knowledge of the world around them, discover more about themselves, and grow more confident. These skills are critical for creating the global citizens of tomorrow, and we would love to have your student join us on this adventure.

In this info session, we’ll talk about:

• How this opportunity will benefit your student
• What we’ll see and do on our trip
• Everything that’s included in this experience
• How your child can earn academic credit
• How we’re keeping this safe and affordable
• How to enroll on this trip (before it fills up!) during EF’s risk-free enrollment period

There are limited spots on this trip, so we would love to have you attend this meeting to learn more about this exciting opportunity!

Hello parents and students!

There will be a new freshman orientation meeting for incoming freshmen and their parents for the 2024-2025 school year, on Wednesday, March 27, at 6:30 pm in the high school auditorium. Come learn about the registration process, course requirements, and more! This meeting is run by the counselors at the high school, and they’d welcome your questions!

Send any questions to khunt@sugarsalem.com or amyfleming@sugarsalem.com.

We hope to see you there!

Lacey Perrenoud is the individual we would like to recognize as the partner award recipient for the month of March. She has worked as a paraprofessional within the school district for many years. Many students have benefitted from her dedication to their educational cause, care, and kindness. We appreciate Lacey’s commitment and service to the school, school district, and all the students that she oversees.

Sugar-Salem Drama presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella!

The show will run March 15th, 18th, and 19th at 7 PM. Additionally, Saturday, March 16th will have a matinee showing at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students.

Look below for pictures of our tremendous cast!

Lloyd Robison has been working as one of our behavior support specialists for 6 years. He has worked in the JR High and SSHS with a variety of students. He is able to help students apply academic and behavioral skills to real life applications. For the past few summers he has also helped in our summer work program. He has been flexible with his placements as this year one of his students moved, so there was a reassignment that needed to happen to keep his weekly hours. He was appreciative of this effort by the district. He doesn’t like it when the students he works with are not at school (neither does the other faculty.) When we have had a need to move him around and cover for other staff members when they were sick and his student was gone, he has taken on those adjusted assignments willingly. Thanks again for all your efforts for our Sugar-Salem education community. You are making a difference!

Cinderella Auditions

Sugar-Salem Drama is preparing to present Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella! Auditions will be held December 12th and 13th at the Sugar-Salem High School Auditorium. Auditions will consist of:

• Learning and singing music
• Cold reads of the script
• Learning a basic dance routine

If you would like to be considered for a lead role, come prepared with a 30-second song.

The rehearsal rules and the rehearsal schedule are both below. Please read them!

Daily Musical Rehearsal Schedule

Rehearsal Rules for Sugar-Salem

East Coast Trip – 2024

The Sugar-Salem High School social studies department is leading an east coast trip in April 2024. The trip is for high school juniors and seniors, and the deadline to sign-up to attend is November 11th, 2023. The total cost of the trip is $3000, which can be paid in installments. Students will be visiting Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York City, the Amish country, and other locations. Contact Joey Fullmer at jfullmer@sugarsalem.com or Janson Jardine at jjardine@sugarsalem.com for full itinerary and details.

Don’t miss out on this great travel opportunity!

Sugar-Salem Parents,

The Sugar-Salem Parent Advisory Committee is sponsoring a district-wide DONATION DRIVE. All items are routinely used by the staff in all 5 buildings. With fluctuating prices in this economy, your donation will help a LOT!

All donations can be dropped off at Parent/Teacher Conference on October 25th or 26th.

Below is a list of many small but powerful ways that we can donate to our school staff’s supplies:

• Bags of fun size candy (individually wrapped)
• Small $$ gift cards (Walmart, Fixxology, Jamba, Crumbl, etc)
• Hygiene Supplies (deodorant, feminine products, Kleenex)
• Sweatshirts, coats, jackets in “like new” condition
• Bottled water
• Granola Bars
• Small bags of Goldfish crackers

Any questions, please call Gina Wheeler, chair of Sugar-Salem Parent Advisory Committee: (916) 671-9547.

See below for full flyers for the drive.