Members of the Sheridan school board Jeff Lisenby, Jeremy Orman, Jan Caldwell, Stan Hancock and Jacob Palmer visited East End Middle School today for lunch in the cafeteria and a tour of the school, including the eight new classrooms that will be ready for student use next semester. The tour was led by members of the EEM Student Council. Also joining the group were SSD Superintendent Dr. Karla Neathery, Deputy Superintendent Lincoln Daniels, and Assistant Superintendent Chad Pitts. #YJNation #StrongerTogether
Students from other school clubs participate in the Gaming Club with students from Mrs. Newberry's and Mrs. Stevens' classrooms most Fridays during Jacket Time.
The Lady Yellowjackets will host Hamburg tonight. Seventh-grade girls and seventh-grade boys will also play prior to that. Tip-off for the first game will be 5 p.m. at Yellowjacket Arena. (Game Day graphic courtesy of Brady Ingram.) If you can't make it to the game, following is the livestream link: https://youtu.be/Kk1m8NCw8e4.
Sheridan High School will have six athletes participate in college Signing Day ceremonies Friday at 10 a.m. in Yellowjacket Arena. Following is a livestream link to the event: https://youtu.be/w8Wt2xRvLgU
Congratulations to all our Yellowjacket Jazz Band students who made All-Region!
Thank you to Everett Chevrolet for their support of Yellowjacket athletics! A number of Sheridan student-athletes and coaches were on hand today as Everett presented a $20,000 check to the Yellowjacket athletic department. We appreciate Everett for their support of our school, our teams, and our community! #YJNation #StrongerTogether
And basketball seasons begins ... Sheridan hosts Episcopal tonight at Yellowjacket Arena. Ninth-grade boys tip off at 5 p.m., followed by the high school girls at about 6 p.m., then senior high boys start at approximately 7:15. Go Jackets! Following is the livestream link if you can't make it to the game: https://youtu.be/m7dLyR0bUZU
On this Veterans Day, the Sheridan School District wishes to honor all the brave men and women who have served our country and protected our freedoms. We appreciate the sacrifices they and their families have made to defend the United States of America. Thank you to all who have and continue to serve!
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
