SHS Weekly Newsletter: Aug. 18 - 22

Posted Date: 8/18/25 (9:07 AM)

SHS Weekly Highlights

2025-2026

August 18, 2025

Hello, Seymour High School!

Welcome to this week's edition of the SHS Weekly Highlights! We're excited to share the latest happenings and updates from our school community to keep you informed and engaged. You will find information and important dates for the week Aug. 18 - 22, 2025. Friday, Aug. 22 is an early dismissal day due to traffic associated with area car shows. School will dismiss at 2 pm.

Reminder:

Students are only allowed to enter the school building at acceptable entry points: main doors at the front lobby (all day) and the 300 wing entrance during morning bus duty. The doors at the Ag Hallway (between the junior high and the high school) are to only be used by freshmen students who are being escorted by a teacher (during morning bus duty) and between class changes when administration is in that hall. No other student is to use any other entry point.

Students who parks on the school campus must purchase a parking tag from Mrs. Maples in the front office. Parking passes are $20 and the required form must be filled out by the student and the parent. Forms are available in the front office. Remember, this is a requirement if you drive to school.

Dress code: please be mindful of the policy on shorts, skirts, bare shoulders and midriffs, backpacks, etc. Students were reminded during class meetings last week. Consequences for continuous violations will be handed down.

Cell phones and electronic devices: students are reminded that all cell phones and other wireless electronic devices (other than the school issued chromebooks) are prohibited during instructional hours. This includes the use of ear buds, smart watches, personal laptops and tablets, and old chromebooks that have been removed from the system.

Upcoming Events:

Monday, August 18:

JV Football at Union County 6 pm

Tuesday, August 19:

Jostens during all lunches

Golf at Creekside vs GP

Volleyball at home vs South Doyle 5 pm

Boys Basketball Parent Meeting 5:30 pm, cafeteria annex

Girls Soccer at Morristown West 6:30 pm

Wednesday, August 20:

National Honors Society meeting at 7:25, library

Thursday, August 21:

FCA meeting 7:30 am

Golf at River Island vs Carter, NVA

Volleyball at Carter 5 pm

Girls Soccer at home vs Eagleton 6:30 pm

Friday, August 22:

Early Dismissal 2 pm

Football at Gatlinburg-Pittman 7 pm

Volleyball at Knoxville: Sunsphere Tournament

Important Announcements:

Juniors and Seniors: Jostens will be here on Tuesday, Aug. 19 to take any in-person orders for class rings, jackets, and graduation supplies.

Attendance

All students are expected to be present and on time each day. Should your student have to miss school, please send a doctor or parent note to Ms. Tammy at tamelaemert@sevier.org or to Ms. Trish at trishsimpson@sevier.org.

Parent Notes:

5 per semester
Must be turned in with 2 days of an absence. Failure to provide a note will result in the absence being unexcused.
5 unexcused absences will result in a student moving to Tier 2 in the truancy intervention plans.
Students are encouraged to bein the building by 7:55 am. Students who are not in their first period classrooms by 8 am will receive an un-excused tardy for that class period. Students checking in after 8:20 am will accrue an unexcused absence for that class period.

Lunch Menu: Aug. 18 - 22 (week 2)

All menu items are subject to change at any time:

Monday: Chicken Sandwiches

Tuesday: Breakfast

Wednesday: Corndog Nuggets

Thursday: Chicken Tenders

Friday: Bosco Sticks

Parents/Guardians: school meals ARE NOT free at this time. All families are encouraged to complete a free/reduced lunch card or virtual application HERE. Student lunch fees will continue to accrue and carry over year to year. You may use this link MyPaymentsPlus to pay your student's balance and add money to his or her lunch account.

High school meal prices:

breakfast $2.00

lunch $3.00

Skyward Grades

Parents and guardians have access to student grades via the Skyward Gradebook system. Your student knows his or her login information: user name is FIRSTNAME.LASTNAME and the password should be your student's lunch number. If you cannot access the gradebook at any time, please call 865-577-7040 and Dr. Messer (assistant principal) or Ms. Sondra Owenby (registrar) can reset the information. Progress reports should be sent home every three weeks into the six-week grading period, and grade cards are sent home after every six-week grading period is complete. You can use this link to access Skyward.

Contact info

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us. You can reach out via the following:

(865) 577-7040
Greg Haggard, Principal, greghaggard@sevier.org
Mike Latham, Assistant Principal, michaellatham@sevier.org
Katie Messer, Assistant Principal, katharinemesser@sevier.org
Brandi Stallings, Assistant Principal, brandistallings@sevier.org
https://www.shs.sevier.org/

If you have changed your primary phone number contact, address, or primary email, please let our front office staff know as soon as possible. You may call 865-577-7040 to speak to our secretaries to update any necessary information.

If you are having issues with Parent Square, you can go to the app via the Apple App Store of the Google Play Store. The information provided to the school and loaded into your student's Skyward profile is synced with the Parent Square app every 24 hours. Of course, any closure or delay information is always communicated on the school's social media pages (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter), as well as the main website: https://www.shs.sevier.org/

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