Today Celebrates: Child Care Provider Day, No Socks Day, Military Spouses Day, and World Red Cross Day!
Lunch for today includes: Big Daddy’s Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza, Hotdog, Spiral Cut French Fries, Vegetarian Baked Beans, Diced Peach Cup, Fresh Fruit, and Milk.
People call 9-8-8 for lots of reasons: thoughts of suicide, relationship troubles, depression or anxiety, concerns about drinking or drugs, and more. Four in five people experience immediate relief after texting or calling 9-8-8, and the helpline provides referrals for longer-term care when needed. Whatever it is, 9-8-8 is here to help. Mental health specialists are on standby to answer your text or call 24 hours a day. As we wrap up the end of Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week, know that help is only a text or call away and that your mental health matters! YOU Matter!
NEHS would like to thank everyone who submitted a writing piece for the 13th Annual Peggy Hevel Memorial Writing Contest! Our judges enjoyed reading the variety of submissions from Decatur students, and everyone should be proud of their hard work. Now, here are the results from the contest. Winners, you will receive a schoology message from Mr. Thompson with details regarding the prizes.
For the poetry category, 3rd place goes to Shelby Hall with her poem “Speechless”. 2nd place, goes to Teaghan O’Malley with her poem “Don’t Call Me Pretty”, and coming in 1st place with the poem “The Weight of the World, is Soleil Payne!
For the short story category, 3rd place goes to Sara Quisgard with her story “The Stars Look Very Different Today.” 2nd place does to Conan Geiger for his piece entitled “Depths”, and coming in 1st place with the short story “Life in Pieces” is Rebecca Kemp!
Congratulations again to the winners and all those who submitted a piece of writing for the contest! Mr. Thompson will be in contact regarding the reward checks and group photo.
TODAY is the last day for Educator’s Rising Clubs school-wide book drive to support local elementary schools. Donation boxes are available in the cafeteria and the library. Please consider donating any children’s books you no longer need to help make a difference in a young student’s education. Thank you for supporting this important cause!
Hey Decatur – It’s time to start planning for the summer and Stephen Decatur has your plans covered! Build your resumé with a cool coding enrichment program or get ahead in the college process with SAT Prep and SchooLinks Orientation! Behind in your credits? No worries – we have you covered for credit recovery too! The SDHS Summer Academy is now open for registration! Details are posted on Schoology, our school website, and our social media pages. Use the convenient QR code on the flyers to register now. For questions, see Mrs. Berquist in the CRT Office.
Seniors! You have ONE WEEK to submit your senior quote for the yearbook and baby/toddler photo for the graduation pre-show video. Each photographed student is permitted a senior quote which will appear beneath your portrait in the yearbook. Quotes MUST be submitted using the QR code or url link on the flyers. NO quotes will be accepted via schoology or email. So far, ONLY 82 seniors have submitted a quote, and we need at least 228 seniors to submit a quote for us to publish quotes The form will close on Friday, May 15th at 3:00 pm, so don’t miss the submission window!
Each student is permitted to submit ONE baby/Toddler photo for the video. Photos should be emailed to [email protected] and please make sure you include the students’ first AND last name in the subject line. Beginning this week, you will receive an email reply confirming that your photo has been received. Hard copies of photos can be brought to the DNN Studio, room F-1 to be scanned and returned. All photos MUST be emailed or handed in by 3:00 pm on Friday, May 15th. If you have any questions before May 15th, please see Mr. Thompson.
Seniors- please remember to complete your senior survey on PowerSchool and pay your class dues before the meeting on May 15.
Planning to attend Prom 2026 on Saturday, May 16th at the Roland E. Powell Convention Center in Ocean City from 6:00 till 10:30? Tickets are $50 each, cash or check. Before you can buy a prom ticket, you’ll need to complete a Debt Sign Off Form, which are located in the Media Center and the Main Office. You must be debt free from the Main Office, Media Center, and the I.T. Department. All students must bring their SDHS labeled charger AND crayon to the Tech office when getting signed off for I.T. debt.
After you get the Sign Off Form completed DON’T lose it before you go to purchase your ticket. No form. No ticket sale. No exception. There is a mandatory information gathering survey accessed through a QR code in the Debt Sign Off, that must be completed PRIOR to ticket sale. All students that attend SDHS MUST have a Debt Sign Off regardless of grade. If your date is not an SDHS student, they must have an Out of School guest form APPROVED prior to ticket sale. These forms can be found in the Main Office. The turnaround time for approval is typically 2 to 3 school days, so plan accordingly.
All ticket sales will take place in the Square. Ticket sales take place from 2:30 till 3:00 p.m. TODAY. Next week, tickets will be sold Monday through Thursday, at 7:30 till 8:00 a.m. and 2:30 till 3:00 p.m. TICKETS WILL NOT BE ON SALE NEXT FRIDAY! See the graphic for sale dates and see Mr. Greenwood in H-8 with questions.
Attention Decatur! Be sure to cast your vote for us as Coastal Style Magazine’s BEST SCHOOL for a 6th year in a row and, while you’re at it, vote for our very own Mrs. Fenzel-Mergott as BEST TEACHER, and Mr. Beard as BEST BUS DRIVER! You can find the link to vote on our social media pages and on the Schoology message board.
Saturday’s Sports:
At 10:00 AM Boys and Girls Tennis competes at Crofton in Regionals – departure at 6:00 AM
At 10:00 AM Varsity Baseball battles Bennett at home in the Region Semifinal
Remember to base your decisions on the Decatur Way principles. Have a Fantastic Friday Decatur!