The Yellowjackets' boys and girls basketball teams played their annual Blue-Gold scrimmage last night. The event included three-point shooting contests for boys and girls and a dunk competition for the boys. The fall sports Senior Night ceremony, originally scheduled for last week, was also held between games. Individual Senior Night photos may be viewed at the following link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rKpdirqOBjTsmsZZq61AoMGoGuFNedHA?usp=share_link. (Photos courtesy of Matt Terry.)
Mrs. Prater’s third-grade students at EEI participated in Election Day by choosing a new class symbol. Students learned about a variety of animals and their traits. They campaigned for the best candidate that most closely represented our classmates. We elected a bottle-nosed dolphin due to its intelligence, helpfulness and playfulnesses, just like our class!
Sheridan hosted a junior and senior high cheer competition this past weekend attended by 15 teams. Sheridan's varsity cheer won first place in the 5A All Girl Performance division. They also received the Judges' Choice awards for Best Cheer, Best Tumbling, and Best Stunts in the Senior division. Sheridan's JV squad placed first in the Coed division. SHS junior Macy Moring also received second place in tumbling.
The Sheridan School District is proud to honor our veterans with Veterans Day parades on Thursday, Nov. 11 in both Sheridan and East End. Any veterans who wish to participate are encouraged to do so. The parades will pass by each SSD campus so all students will have an opportunity to honor those who have served our country.
The Sheridan parade will begin at 9:00 a.m. with line-up of veterans beginning at 8:45 a.m. at the SES car line off Skyline Drive. The Sheridan parade route is shown as an attachment.
In East End, the parade will begin at approximately 8:40 a.m. at EEM immediately following a Veterans Day breakfast that will be held from 8:00-8:30 in the EEM cafeteria. Veterans who choose to participate in the parade are not required to attend the breakfast, but we would love for you to join us. At East End Middle School, the parade will start on the dirt road beside EEM and continue through the circle in front of the building. The parade route will continue on to EEE. Participants will turn on Chevy Road and go through the car line in front of EEE and then downLearning Lane to EEI. At the end of the parade, participants will exit on SawmillRoad.
The Sheridan School District encourages community members to line public streets in both communities and show your support of our veterans. If members of the community choose to observe the parade from the district’s campus properties, we request that you do so only in designated areas due to safety reasons.
As mentioned in previous posts, tonight’s Senior Night activities have been postponed due to a change in kickoff time caused by the weather. Senior Night for fall sports is now scheduled to take place on Tuesday, Nov. 8 in Yellowjacket Arena during the Blue/Gold basketball scrimmage. We want to honor these seniors, and this is the first available time to do so.
Below is a schedule for the events on Nov. 8:
Girls scrimmage – 5:30 p.m.
Girls 3-point contest
Senior Night ceremony – approximately 6:15 p.m.
Boys 3-point contest
Boys dunk contest
Boys scrimmage
Congratulations to our Special Olympics bowling participants throughout the district!
Sheridan High School students who won medals at the Special Olympics bowling event this week were recognized at the beginning of today's pop-up pep rally in the SHS cafeteria.
Tonight will be the last game of the regular season for the Yellowjackets as they face the Benton Panthers. As a reminder, early kickoff will be at 5:30 p.m. due to weather forecasts of inclement weather later in the evening. Though official Senior Night activities have been postponed, it's still the last home game for this group of seniors. Help make it special -- support your Yellowjackets! (Photo image by Thirsty Pilgrim Printworks.) If you can't make it, the game will be livestreamed at this link: https://youtu.be/RsVknbr4328
Due to the threat of inclement weather moving into Central Arkansas around 8 p.m. on Friday, the decision has been made to move kickoff time of the Sheridan-Benton football game to 5:30 p.m. Due to the early start time, Senior Night activities will be rescheduled and held during a basketball game. More details will be announced later. We apologize for the inconvenience, however the safety of players and fans must be the highest priority.
The Arkansas Department of Education recently selected James Phillips' AP U.S. Government and Politics class to receive an AP Materials Grant for $800. The grant, written by GT/AP Coordinator Summer Williams, will be used to purchase a class set of biographies for students to read and discuss together next semester. Congratulations!
Students from Sheridan High School participated in Special Olympics Regional Bowling on Tuesday, Nov. 1. They brought home multiple gold, silver and bronze medals! Way to go Jackets!
We appreciate this group of employees who volunteered eight hours of their time outside of school hours this week to become Certified Youth Mental Health First Aiders. #YJNation #Stronger Together
It's Game Day ... our Yellowjackets play at Greene County Tech. Go Jackets! #YJNation
Congratulations to Mrs. Wendy Todd on becoming the ALA campus' first "Red Apple" award (teacher of the week) winner this year. Mrs. Todd is a K-2 teacher on the ALA campus. "Mrs. Todd is very dedicated to her classroom, our building, and our program," said Dee Creed, assistant principal at ALA. "Mrs. Todd is a genuine teacher and respects all of her students and colleagues alike. We are very grateful to Mrs. Todd and all that she does. She has a fire within her to educate students, care for others, and shares her passion with everyone she comes into contact with. " #YJNation
Tonight is Band Night at Yellowjacket Stadium starting at 6:30 p.m. Come support and enjoy listening to you YJNation student-musicians!
The Lady Yellowjackets play in the volleyball state tournament tonight at Greenbrier. Sheridan will play Mount St. Mary's at 6 p.m. Tickets are being sold ONLINE ONLY. The following link will take you to ticket sales: https://gofan.co/app/school/AAA. Please be sure to select the "2022 State 5A Volleyball Tournament. " Go Jackets! #YJNation
The Yellowjackets' pre-game Homecoming ceremony begins about 6 p.m. tonight, followed by kickoff of Sheridan vs. Marion at 7 p.m. The game and pre-game ceremony will be live-streamed at: https://youtu.be/BGZQTGEDQJg.
Go Jackets!
The afternoon Sheridan High School Homecoming ceremony tomorrow (Friday) begins at approximately 1:30 p.m. at Yellowjacket Arena. It will be live streamed at: https://youtu.be/bUxbeIUo6aY.
The Homecoming parade starts about 2:15 p.m., following the conclusion of the afternoon ceremony. See the attached map for the parade route. The parade will be live streamed at: https://youtu.be/UVHT5JyoZ9A.
October is National Principals Month, and the Sheridan School District is fortunate to have some outstanding principals! If you see any of them, please take time to tell them how much you appreciate them. #YJNation #StrongerTogether
Sheridan High School counselors Vicki Strong, Nick Steele and Abbey Lusinger attend a UA-Little Rock Counselors Conference recently. Each came back with a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded to three seniors choosing to attend UALR in 2023-2024.
