SRRHS Recognized for Yearbook Excellence

The  Sedona Red Rock High School yearbook staff has been recognized by Taylor Publishing with an Award of Excellence honoring its accomplishments in yearbook design and coverage. The Sedona Red Rock High School yearbook is featured in the 2009 Yearbook Yearbook. Judges selected this yearbook among the best. The yearbook adviser is Maureen Barton. The Editor-in-Chief for this stellar 2008 volume was Lauren Hreha.

“I’m amazed at what our schools accomplish. By recording the events, memories and history of their schools, each staff preserves moments for years to come. Kudos to every school recognized in Yearbook Yearbook. This 23rd edition marks an eleven percent increase over last year’s school representation,” editor Marilyn Scoggins said. “Taylor staffs get more competitive each year and are doing an outstanding job creating great, student-oriented yearbooks. Taylor Publishing proudly honors the best of the best in Yearbook Yearbook, and journalists across the nation will use featured ideas to whet their appetities for 2010.” The school was given an Award of Excellence certificate for their outstanding accomplishment and contribution to scholastic journalism.

Yearbooks published by Taylor for the 2008 school year were evaluated in one or more of the following areas: cover design, theme development, layout design, photo content and secondary packages.  Taylor Publishing names only the top ten percent of yearbook staffs for outstanding yearbook achievement. Work from Sedona Red Rock High School will be seen and used as a standard of excellence by yearbook advisers, editors, and designers across the entire United States.

“Having Sedona Red Rock High School featured in Yearbook Yearbook is an award with rewards,” education specialist Judi Coolidge said. “Your outstanding work offers inspiration to thousands of other students who aspire to your level of excellence.”

Taylor Publishing, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, also operates a facility in El Paso. Taylor is a major publisher of yearbooks nationwide and the industry’s leader in digital technology, education and curriculum. Taylor provides training, technical support and printing services to elementary school, middle school, high school and college yearbook staffs.

Arts Night comes to SRRHS

Arts Night

Sedona Red Rock High School

Visual & Performing Arts

May 6th & 7th 5:00 – 8:30 p.m.

Arts Night will be a different format this year due to the exciting renovation happening in the auditorium. This semester we will divide the class performances between two nights in the SRRHS cafeteria, May 6, Wednesday, and May 7, Thursday from 5:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. On May 6 our Performing Arts will present first at 5:30 P.M. and Digital Media Arts will present afterwards. On May 7 all of our music classes will perform starting at 5:00 P.M. and continuing throughout the evening. The art gallery and poetry will be displayed both evenings in our student common area near the performance area. This is our sixth year of Arts Night sponsored by Career and Technology Education. It is free to the community! Come and enjoy our student’s art and music.

Cinco de Mayo and Mexican Fiesta

Sedona Red Rock High School Booster Club Presents…

A MEXICAN FIESTA CINCO DE MAYO SPRING FUNDRAISER!

Reverse Raffle:  $5,000 CASH GRAND PRIZE!

and 5 $1,000 Cash Prizes!

Open to the public (21 or older)

Gourmet Mexican Buffet

MUSIC!  FOOD!  FUN!

Sunday, May 3, 2009, 5:00pm – 9:00pm

The Barking Frog

$50 per person – Cash Bar – $100 per raffle ticket

More information and to purchase tickets, call Amy Shifman at 928.300.7786 or Noreen Johnson at 928.300.5936

Proceeds will go to support SRRHS Student Enrichment Programs.

Last Week to Register for Parks & Rec Classes!

There is something for everyone and the success of these classes depends on you. Check out our list below and register in person at the Parks and Recreation office, located at 102 Roadrunner Drive, or over the phone at 282-7098. We look forward to hearing from you.

Youth:
Beginners Tap
Big Kids Move and Groove
Tile painting
Jazz/Hip Hop
Music For Tots
Pre-School Dance
Tennis

Adults:
Dance-jazz and modern
Astronomy
Tile Mural Painting
Spanish
English as a Second Language
New Age Brain
Tennis

Adult Only “Out-on-the-town” Graduation Party

The Seniors at Sedona Red Rock High are Graduating but YOU get the party and the gifts!

Announcing an adult only “out-on-the-town” opportunity to eat, drink and buy raffle tickets.  On Sunday, April 26th gather with your friends, teachers,and family at the Oak Creek Brewery off Coffee Pot Drive in West Sedona from 2 to 6PM.  Maria is making her famous Carnita’s.  Mm MMMM mmm Mm!

Join in the LIVE AUCTION for a gift from Junipine Resort. Win it and Junipine will give you a beautiful 2-bedroom condo for 3-nights and they’ll throw in champagne and breakfast for free!

Featuring great music, food, drinks and opportunities to win outstanding raffle prizes like… dinner for 2 at Casa Rincon, a $100. gift certificate from the Sedona Arts Center, a watch and earrings from Chico’s, an Absolute Bikes gift certificate and many more.
Raffle tickets are cheap… just a buck… so buy a bunch to better your odds!  Win a prize every half hour…

And… because you can’t go out-on-the-town in a dirty car, stop by one of two Sedona Red Rock High car washes anytime between 10AM and 3PM on Saturday, April 25th.  In the Village, pull into the Weber’s IGA plaza to get your car sparkling or if you’re in Cottonwood drive over to Walmart to get your vehicle suds up.

While you’re waiting for your car to be washed get one of those graduating seniors to sell you a bunch of raffle tickets for a 16 gigabite iPod Touch.
It’s a great gift!

Proceeds benefit 2009 SRRHS commencement ceremony and senior trip.

Can’t make it, call Jolynn Greenfield 203-1610 to buy tickets or Stop by Sedona Engraving and see Roy Juda or stop into Red Chopstick and see Janet or Ling-Ling for raffle tickets.

$1. each or 6 for $5.00
Need not be present to win.

WSS 6th Grade Presents “The No-Sit List”

Where: Sedona Red Rock High School Theater
When: THURSDAY, April 23, 2009
Time: 4:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $5 per student; $10 per person; $8 for Film Sedona Members

Sedona Film Festival and West Sedona School 6th Grade team up to present sneak preview of “The No-Sit List”.  See a great family film, meet the writer/director and producer and help raise funds to send students to science camp.

The Sedona International Film Festival and the West Sedona School sixth grade classes are proud to present a sneak preview of a new family comedy “The No-Sit List”. The film event is a fundraiser for the sixth grade class to attend Camp Colton, a science camp in Northern Arizona. There will be two screenings of the film at 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 23 at Sedona Red Rock High School Theater.

The star of the film (Trenton Rogers) as well as the writer and director, Douglas Horn, and the producer Joe Lorenzo will be here to host the screenings and conduct Q&A discussions after both screenings. This marks Horn’s third time back in Sedona with a film. He directed the award-winning short film “Full Disclosure” and the audience favorite comedy feature “Entry Level”, both of which were featured at past Sedona Film Festivals.

More Information

SRRHS Fundraiser for “Heal The Heart”

After studying about the use of women as “weapons of war”, the Advanced Placement English classes, National Honor Society, Key Club, and various other groups, are spearheading a fund-raiser for the vulnerable women of the world, called Heal the Heart.

In the Congo alone, over 300,000 women and girls have reported heinous abuse by militiamen.  The “women” ranged in age from 11 months to 82 years old.  We have decided that we can take a stand and do something to raise awareness and to raise money to help these victims seek medical care and relocation aid, to name a few.

From 5:30-7:30 on April 25, 2009 at the high school, we will host a gala event with music, dancing, a silent auction, pottery bowls, and performances in order to raise money for the women of the world and our own local women at the Verde Valley Sanctuary.

We hope you will consider aiding us in our efforts however you can.  We are looking for donations for the silent auction, food and drinks for the event and attendance at the event!

"My body is partly mended but I don't know if my heart will ever heal..." Zamuda Sikujuwa (MSNBC, 3/16/09).

Our tentative program includes:

• African drumming
• Poetry Out Loud
• African dancers
• Steel drums
• Monologues about women survivors
• Choir
• Silent Auction
• Pottery bowls (made by our Special Ed kids) to be filled with hot soup for sale
• T-shirt sales
• Luminaria and an “adoption” of a vulnerable woman
• Student art and photographs

Please, especially in these rocky times, reach to help those who need it most.  Thank you for your consideration and time-it takes more than a village-it takes you!

For more information, contact Karyl Goldsmith at 204-6709.

2009 Summer Activities Fair Scheduled

The 2009 Summer Activities Fair will be held on Wednesday, May 6th from 4 to 6 p.m., in the WSS multipurpose room. This PTSA sponsored event is free and open to the entire community. This will be the 11th year that the fair has provided information on a wide variety of summer activities for young people up to age 18. Organizations offering art, athletics, drama, dance, outdoor activities, classes, and more will be present. Come pick up flyers, ask questions, and sign your children up for summer activities.

If you are an individual or business that caters to youth and would like to take part in the Activities Fair, call Corin Athenour at 282-2863.

Parks & Recreation Happenings for April

All events listed below are described in greater detail on our website.

Parks and Recreation is very busy the month of April and it is all to benefit YOU! We have so much to offer and we are asking for your support by either registering for our specialty classes or participating in two of our Signature Events.

Celebration of Spring- April 11, from 9:00 a.m.- noon at the Posse Grounds Park multi-use field. This free admission event will have inflatable toys, face painting, petting zoo, interactive local vendors and of course an Easter egg hunt! The egg hunt is for children 7 years old and younger and will begin at 10:00 a.m., but the rest of the fun will continue on until noon. Don’t miss it!

Earth Day Celebration- April 18, from 9:00 a.m.through 1:00 p.m. at the Posse Grounds Park upper softball field. This also is a free admission event and will have vendors on site demonstrating products that are earth friendly. Bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the activities and live music. There will be organized children’s games at 11:00 a.m. It is sure to be fun and educational.

Dogs are allowed on leashes, but please pick up after your pet.

Astronomy, Dance, Music, Tennis, Language, Art- We are accepting registration right now for our new offerings of spring classes. You haven’t seen this sort of selection from our Parks and Recreation Department before and we need your participation in order to be able to keep offering this type of programming for our community. Please register for the class of your choice by April 23 as the spring session begins the week of April 27! More info

Pool
The Sedona Community Pool is open for business. Limited spring hours are available Monday through Saturday until May 23 when the pool will open for summer. Spring Pre Season schedule is Monday through Friday from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. for adult lap swim and Recreation Swim on Saturday’s from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

For more information, call Sedona Parks and Recreation at 282-7098. We hope to see you there!

Career Day at SRRHS

Career Day

Sedona Red Rock High School

Thursday, April 9, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Over 65 careers and vocations will be represented showcasing what they do and how they do it!  This is a great chance to expose students to a wide variety of vocations and professions.