Summers County Comprehensive High School

1-25-23 Please take note of the modified tardy policy. The original policy is on page 11 of the student handbook. Starting tomorrow, SCCHS will implement two new programs, Ecampus to track tardies and Smart Pass which enables us to provide a digital hall pass option.

Amanda Bennett, Logan Osborne, and Greyson Gumm were selected to participate in the Virginia Tech Honor Band festival. They were nominated by Mr. Sims, their SCCHS band director. There were 350 high school students from the tri-state area who participated.  Students were introduced to the music on Friday and three lengthy rehearsals took place over two days, culminating in a concert on Sunday afternoon of the four honor bands. Congratulations to the students on a job well done and to Mr. Sims for a great learning experience and for representing Summers County well.

On January 27th, the 6th and 7th grade students will go to the Raleigh County Convention Center for the state Gear Up Kick Off Event sponsored by Concord University. The bus will leave SCCHS at 9:15. Students should be back to school by 1:15. Permission slips must be returned by January 24th. Permission slips will not be accepted after the 24th. Students who do not return the permission slip will be given an alternate assignment to complete that day. If the permission slip did not make it home, please have your child get one on Monday or you can stop by the main office on Monday. Permission slips will not be accepted after Tuesday, January 24th. https://www.concord.edu/gearup

Good Evening Bobcats, A representative from The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission will be on campus January 19th from 9:00 to 3:00 to help seniors and their families to complete the FAFSA application for financial aid opportunities to attend college or technical school. If you need help completing the FAFSA, please visit the school on Thursday between 9:00 and 3:00. Please bring all tax records from last year.

The 2nd 9 weeks behavior & attendance incentive will be held on Feb. 10 for grades 6-12. This incentive is a field trip to Winter Place. Eligibility requirements are as follows: 1. The student must be passing all of their classes. 2. The student cannot have any ISS or OSS. 3. The student cannot have any unexcused absences. The deadline to turn in excuses is January 31. More information will be coming home soon to any student who meets eligibility requirements.

9th-12th Grade: Semester exams are scheduled for January 12th and 13th. Your student may be exempt from semester exams if they have 5 or less absences. The classroom teachers will let students know if they are exempt or not. If your student is exempt, they do not have to come to school on those two days. The testing schedule is as follows: January 12th- 1st period exam: 7:55-9:25 2nd period exam: 9:32-11:16 Lunch: 11:19-11:49 3rd period exam: 11:55-1:25 4th period exam: 1:30-3:05 January 13th- 5th period exam: 7:55-9:25 6th period exam: 9:32-11:16 Lunch: 11:19-11:49 7th period exam: 11:55-1:25 Advisory: 1:30-3:05 The make up test day will be January 17th. This is a regular school day. *January 12th and 13th are both regular school days for grades 6-8.

We, at Summers County Schools, hope you had a memorable Christmas weekend. We wish our students, staff, and families a restful week away from school, and look forward to seeing you on January 3, 2023!

Good luck to the Bobcat boys and girls basketball teams as they play at home today. Boys games tip at 1:30 (JV) and 3:30 (varsity). Girls games tip at 5:30 (JV) and 7:30 (varsity).

ProStart 2 was happy to prepare a veggie tray, fruit tray, BLT turkey and ham & cheese sandwich tray, and chocolate chip cookie tray for a parent/community meeting on Dec. 5, 2022.

ProStart 1 team created gingerbread, marshmallow, and candy cane decorations for the classroom tree and ProStart 2 team was challenged to create gingerbread houses!

The ProStart team baked cookies for REACH, Cookies for Santa, EMS, firefighters, and police officers. Merry Christmas!

After visiting Blue Sky Orchard, the ProStart team created a menu for the tailgate event using the apple cider and apple sauce made from the apples they picked. These chefs made apple cider donuts, caramel apples, and MTO seasonal coffees.

ProStart 2 took a trip to Blue Sky Apple Orchard to pick apples, make apple cider, and applesauce!

Bobcat Cafe fall menu: Tomato bisque, roasted chicken caprese sandwich on ciabatta (tomato, mozzarella, pesto, & balsamic glaze), Apple Cranberry Salad (candied pecan, sharp white cheddar, & apple vinaigrette), and Chai cupcake.

Bobcat Cafe

ProStart has been busy in the kitchen this year!

ProStart 2 took a trip to Blue Sky Apple Orchard to pick apples, make apple cider, and apple sauce!

The Summers County High School Band will host their Christmas concert tonight at 6:00 in the school auditorium.

SCCHS will be presenting a Christmas Concert on 12-15-22 at 6:00 in the auditorium. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Good evening, I hope everyone has has a restful and enjoyable fall break. I have 3 brief announcements. Tomorrow will be a regular school day. Wednesday, Nov. 30th will be a 2-hour delay for students. The 9-12 Incentive that was postponed due remote learning has been rescheduled for tomorrow, those students will be leaving at 8:30, please remember to bring permission slips if you haven’t already.