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SHS Weekly Newsletter: Oct. 6 - 10

Posted Date: 10/03/25 (2:57 PM)
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SHS Weekly Highlights

2025-2026

October 3, 2025
Seymour High School

​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 of Oct. 6--10, 2025. It's Homecoming Week!

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. When students arrive on campus, they are to come into the building immediately. Students are not permitted to sit in their vehicles after arriving on campus.

Students who park 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.
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Upcoming Events:

Saturday, Oct. 4:
Volleyball at NVA for JV District Tournament, TBD

Monday, Oct.6 :
Volleyball at NVA for District Tournament, TBD

Tuesday, Oct. 7:
Volleyball at NVA for District Tournament, TBD
Girls' Soccer at Cocke County, 6:30 pm

Wednesday, Oct. 8:
Volleyball at NVA for District Tournament, TBD

Thursday, Oct. 9:
FCA meeting 7:30 am in SHS Library
Volunteer Opportunity for Fall Festival at SPS
Volleyball at NVA for District Tournament, TBD

Friday, Oct. 10:
Football at Home vs NVA, 7pm
Homecoming Game!

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Important Announcements:

Fall Festival Volunteers for SPS on Thursday, October 9th

If you are looking for some fun community service hours or just want to help the primary school then they are looking for you to help out with the Fall Festival this year.  

Two different shift options:
1st shift - 4:00 to 7:00 - you will help set up and run games
2nd shift - 5:00 to 8:00 - you will run games and help clean up

Please see the attached Doc to sign up. 

You will check in with the front office when you get there and they will direct you from there to the correct teachers. 

Email bobbineun@sevier.org or come by RM 210 if you have any questions. 

Please eat BEFORE you go because you will be busy the entire time you are there.

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Sophomores and Juniors:
Governors Schools offer a 3-4 week-long intensive learning experience on college campuses over the summer. It is a very competitive program across Tennessee. Student must at least have a 3.0 GPA (some programs may require a higher GPA) and and high degree of motivation to participate in the entire program as well as demonstrate maturity and possess characteristics of a high-performing student. There are 11 different programs/courses of study to choose from if you
would like to apply. If applying, come by the counseling office and put your name down. You may apply at 


Deadline to apply to most programs is December 5th.
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The Veterans of Foreign Wars local post has announced contest opportunities available to students in grades 6-12. 

The deadline for submission is October 31, 2025. Please note, students must use their personal emails to submit entries. 

Prizes: 

Local Level: 1st place - $500, 2nd place - $250, 3rd place - $150 
District Level: $250
State Level: 1st place - $1,500, 2nd place - $1,000, 3rd place - $500
National Level: 1st place - $35,000 scholarship to be paid to to the recipient’s American educational institution and each 1st place State level winner will also receive a scholarship of at least $1,000 from the National level. Check your Google Classroom for more details.
Homecoming Spirit Days
Homecoming days 1 and 2
Homecoming days 3 and 4
Homecoming day 5
Senior Class Newsletter October
 

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.

SCSS Board Policy 6.200:  For every unexcused absence, 3 points are to be deducted from the daily average only if there was no daily grade for that day. One point is deducted from the daily average for every unexcused tardy (missing less than 20 minutes at the beginning or the end of class). Students can make up tests whether the absence is excused or unexcused.  
 
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Lunch Menu: Oct. 6-10 (week 1)

All menu items are subject to change at any time:
Monday: Cheeseburgers
Tuesday: Fish and Hushpuppies (Smartmouth pizza is also available today)
Wednesday: Chicken Tenders
Thursday: Hot Dogs with Chili
Friday: Wild Mike's Pizza

For further clarification regarding the SHS Cafeteria:
1. If a child has a charge of any amount, they CANNOT purchase any ala carte items until the charge is paid off. Any money given to the cafeteria will go to that charge, and the staff has to decline the students if they wanted anything extra.
2. The cafeteria now has sweet tea available for sale. 16oz cup of tea is $1.00. If a student wants to pay for a second cup, they must get a NEW cup and pay the additional $1.00.
3. We also have ice available for the tea. If they just want a cup of ice, it is a charge of $0.15 per cup of ice.

Parents/Guardians: If you have not completed the free/reduced lunch cards, please do so online through THIS LINK then scroll to the bottom left where you will see a link titled: Online Free & Reduced School Meals Application Form. It is important that all families complete this process regardless of economic status, as the more participation we have in completing the application, the higher the chance of our district being able to grant free and reduced lunches for all students. Parents/Guardians: school meals ARE NOT free at this time. 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.
 

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.
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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/
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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/