10.28 FAFSA / ORSAA Workshop

10.31 Senior Ad Deadline

11.01 Daylight Savings / Change Clocks BACK 1 Hour

11.06 NO SCHOOL - Mid Semester Grading

11.10 Boosters Meeting

11.11 NO SCHOOL - Veterans Day

11.13 SENIORS Cap / Gown Orders DUE

11.23 - 11.24 NO SCHOOL - Conferences

11.25 - 11.27 NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break

At Sheldon, we care about every student’s well-being, learning, and long-term success.  Having good, regular attendance is an important factor in helping students succeed.  With the Fall season in full swing, as expected, we are starting to see an increase in illness-related absences.

Since we know that good attendance is crucial for your child’s ability to succeed in their classes, the best way to offset those days when they are sick is to make sure they are here as much as possible when they are well.  As they say, ‘The best defense is a good offense’ so taking steps to stay healthy is the best way to make sure they can be here as much as possible for the good days.

Here are some helpful ways that parents can help their child stay well and avoid unnecessary absences:

Consistently finding ways to stay healthy is the best strategy to stay here and ready to learn.  Setting these good health habits goes hand-in-hand with better attendance and will lead to our kids feeling engaged and self-confident.

Go Irish!

Mike Ingman

Principal

Sheldon High School

Requests to excuse absences must be received within 48 hours of the absence. If your student will miss 3 or more days of school due to a planned reason, use the Pre-arranged Absence Form available in the Attendance Office or on the Sheldon Website.

As a reminder, families can excuse their students' unplanned absences electronically as the district has moved attendance notifications to ParentSquare starting this school year.

Please note: You cannot reply directly to a notification email or text to excuse an absence. Family members must be registered in ParentSquare to send electronic attendance notes. To register, visit www.parentsquare.com/signin, and register using the email address or mobile phone number you provided your student's school.

As you look at your student’s attendance in ParentVue please ask your student about any attendance codes that may be coming up. If you need help signing up for ParentVue please do not hesitate to call Sheldon High School and we can help set that up for you.

AP Testing happens in the Spring, however, Payment is DUE on November 5.

Use the provided link or visit the "Testing" tab on the Sheldon website. Make sure your student is registered with Collegeboard.

Tests are $90 per test.

A spot for our Class of 2027 to find upcoming deadlines, graduation information, and other news.

Parent groups from both Junior and Senior classes are trying to get connected! Events for seniors (like the Grad Night Party) are organized solely by parent volunteers and it needs a lot of willing hands to make it happen!

Please fill out the Google Form(s) below to share your contact information so you can be in the loop. This event is not sponsored by Sheldon High School. For information, please contact the parent group directly.

Please fill out this form if you are a parent/guardian of a current senior (class of 2027)

Please fill out this form if you are a parent/guardian of a current junior (class of 2028).

You may also want to consider joining this group’s Facebook page for additional information and updates.

We'd love to have your help! Our ambition this year is to assemble a regularly updated list of volunteers to assist with day-to-day needs here at Sheldon. Some of these people are parents, former staff members, and/or community members, all people like you!

So far, we have been getting started on planning with groups in the area to find ways folks can help. These are team efforts: Food Boxes or Food Drives, Clothing Drives, Personal Care Drives, Collecting for Prize Wheel Prizes, Prepping Staff Meals for specific events, Clothing Sorting.

What we would like to offer soon are some smaller opportunities for Individual Volunteering. Folks like yourself that might have 1-3 hours at a time to come in and help in small assignments throughout the building. There are some areas which can ALWAYS use a regular, ongoing volunteer to help (such as the Front Office greeting and answering phones). There are sometimes opportunities for projects that might last a few days or a couple of weeks (such as in the College and Career Center organizing materials and signups for specific scholarship opportunities). We would love to have a people standing daily at the various points of entry to the building to welcome students as they come in for the day or back from Lunch.

Our goal is to welcome volunteers in various areas, even sometimes for just one or two days at a time to see if certain tasks are a good fit and try to pair people who are helpful with the students and staff who could really use the help.  

All volunteers will need to go through our 4J Volunteer Application, so if you haven't already done so, that will be your first step. The application only takes about 5 minutes and the clearance usually takes about a week or two to get an email response back.

Once you have completed this step, please email Higgs_L@4j.lane.edu to express your interest in joining our building volunteer team. Please include any specific tasks or roles you are interested in pursuing. We can then arrange a brief Introduction to Volunteering meeting at Sheldon. These meetings typically last 30 minutes to an hour and can be scheduled individually or with a small group.

We are already slowly growing a small crew of recurring volunteers this year who've joined us on a regular basis. We can't wait to have more community support join us in our building!

Thank you all for your willingness to help our kids and GO IRISH!

Eugene School District 4J is committed to transparency, family engagement, and protecting student privacy. Federal and state laws, along with district policy, provide parents/guardians and students age 18 and older with important rights related to education records, privacy, directory information, surveys, statewide assessments, human sexuality education, and more. All parents and guardians are encouraged to review the information and forms provided by the district to learn more about these rights, including opportunities to review instructional materials, opt out of certain activities, and access student records. If you have questions or concerns, please contact your school administrator—we’re here to help support informed families and a strong school community.