Today Celebrates: Babbling Day, Count Your Buttons Day, Pumpkin Cheesecake Day, and International Nacho Day!
Lunch for today includes: Chicken Egg Rolls, Spaghetti and Meat Sauce with Garlic Toast, Steamed Broccoli, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Applesauce, and Milk.
Seniors! Please remember that Ms. Redden and Mrs. Riley will be in the library classroom during 4th period TODAY to help with college applications and or career aspirations. Please come see us during your lunch or teachers please let them come down if needed. 15 minutes is plenty of time to get started.
Seniors! Appointment slots for Senior Portrait Retakes are still OPEN! Prestige Portraits will be at school on November 12th and 13th to capture senior portraits for yearbook and cap and gown photos as well. All yearbook portraits MUST be taken through Lifetouch for the yearbook. If you miss these days, you will have to report to the Lifetouch Studio in Hanover, Maryland, so do not delay, schedule today through schedule.prestigeportraits.com. See Mr. Thompson with questions.
Decatur Nation! Picture day is coming! Lifetouch will be at school TOMORROW to capture all freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and faculty photos for the yearbook and for student IDs. Students will be called down by grade and last name beginning right after announcements on Wednesday. Additional order forms are available in the main office.
Are you looking for service hours either for your government class or for the Presidential Service awards? If yes, then come down to Mr. Thompson’s room, F-1, to sign-up to help NEHS prepare for the 4th Annual Indoor Trunk or Treat Event. Members will be staying after school today through Thursday this week, as well as the 27th and 28th to work on decorations. You can also sign-up to help during Trunk or Treat on October 29th from 3:30 until 9:00. Sign ups are outside the DNN studio! See Mr. Thompson with questions.
Any student who wishes to self-study for an AP exam must see Mrs. Wells in the CRT office by this Friday, October 24th.
There will be a Fellowship of Christian Athletes meeting this Thursday at 7:15 in room C-15. All are welcome!
The SDHS Key Club will be hosting our first Blood Drive of the year this Friday, October 24. Please see Mrs. Saullo or Ms. Kalchthaler to sign up to donate blood. You are able to donate blood at 16 with a signed parent permission slip.
Listen up Seahawks! This Saturday, October 25th, at 9:00 a.m., Stephen Decatur High School will be hosting Lakelyn’s Royal Relay, a royalty-themed color run/walk 5K! We are encouraging all students, staff, and community members to sign up and participate. Dress up in your royal prince and princess attire to get color blasted! This event is held in honor of our 2022 Homecoming Princess, Lakelyn Draheim, a brave little girl who touched countless lives. Lakelyn was diagnosed at just four years old with DIPG, an aggressive form of pediatric brain cancer in 2022 before passing away in January of 2023.
Lakelyn’s spirit continues to shine through the efforts of her family, who started the “Lakelyn’s Light” chapter of The Cure Starts Now to fund research for a cure for DIPG and other childhood cancers. Lakelyn’s story is especially close to the heart of the Stephen Decatur family. By participating, you can show your support for the Draheim family and help turn Lakelyn’s light into a cure for other children. Please see the flyers posted around the school, or visit Mr. Draheim in the math department for more information and sign-up details. Let’s rally together, Seahawks, for an incredible cause this Saturday!
For Sports:
We are less than one month away from the start of winter sports. If you are interested in trying out for Boys’ Basketball, please see Coach Johnson in Room B-9, the ISS room to pick up important information regarding tryouts.
There will be an open gym for all that are interested in basketball TONGHT! The open gym will run from 5:30 until 7:00 pm. You must leave the school and return 10 minutes before Open Gym. All are welcome and the fee is $2.00. If you have any questions, see coach Johnson in room B9.
Congratulations to our Unified Tennis team on winning Districts yesterday and punching their ticket back to the State tournament for the second year in a row. Good luck and way to go Hawks!
Congratulations to the Varsity Golf team on their qualifying for the state golf tournament with their impressive play at Queenstown Harbor Golf Course!!!
Shoutout to the Girls’ Varsity Soccer team for their 1 to 0 win against Queen Anne’s in the Bayside Championship. The goal was scored by Samantha Ruppert. Shoutout to our dominant defense and keeper, Harper Jerns for the shutout! The girls are bayside champs for the first time since 2001!
Congratulations to the Boys Varsity Soccer team on a 2 to nothing victory last night over Kent Island to capture the 2025 Bayside Conference Championship. Blake Wallace and Jay Konyar scored for the Seahawks. Jonah Devito recorded the shutout in the goal with 5 saves. The boys open the playoffs on Saturday at 2:00 at home. Come out and join us. Again, congratulations to the boys.
Today’s Sports:
At 3:30 PM Freshmen Volleyball plays at Kent Island – dismissal at 12:15
At 4:30 PM JV Volleyball plays at Kent Island – dismissal at 12:15
At 5:00 PM Varsity Field Hockey plays Kent Island at Queen Anne’s – dismissal at 1:10
At 5:30 PM Varsity Volleyball plays at Kent Island – dismissal at 12:15
At 6:00 PM JV Cheer competes at Parkville – dismissal at 12:15
Remember you to base your decisions on the Decatur Way principles. Pride, Achievement, Respect, and Responsibility. Have a Terrific Tuesday Decatur!