USD 376 would like to announce our "Game Day Giveback" night. This Friday, the 31st at the high school football game, we will be collecting monetary donations to give to our local food bank to support families in need. A portion of the gate along with any monetary donations will be collected on Friday night. If you are not attending the game, but still want to give, you may drop by your monetary donations to the High School Office. Come out and support our bears and our community!

Congrats to Brynn Ayala and Chloe Garrett for being named to the 2025 HOA All-League VB Team. Brynn was named to the 2nd Team and Chloe was named to the Honorable Mention Team. Great job girls!

USD 376 would like to announce our "Game Day Giveback" night. This Friday, the 31st at the high school football game, we will be collecting donations to give to our local food bank to support families in need. A portion of the gate along with any free will donations will be collected on Friday night. If you are not attending the game, but still want to give, you may do so by bringing your donation to the high school office by Friday at noon. Come out and support our bears and our community!

USD376 would like to notify our community about document access issues on the district website. The district website's hosting company, Apptegy, implemented feature enhancements over the weekend, focusing on organizing various publicly available documents. Unfortunately, those enhancements were not entirely successful. We apologize for any inconvenience and will notify everyone once the issues have been resolved.

Next weeks schedule for SPIRIT WEEK! Join us in the fun of celebrating BULLY - FREE AT SGS!

There is a JH Boys and Girls BB parent meeting tonight at 6:00 pm at SJSHS. The boys' meeting will be in the choir room and the girls' meeting will be in the south gym.
Congratulations to Chelsie Brown, Jaiden Jaeger and Danika Zimmerman for earning medals at state tennis today. Chelsie defended her 1st place singles state championship from last year and Jaiden and Danika earned a 9th place doubles medal. The Black Bear Ladies also finished 4th as a team. Great job to the girls and Coaches Janae Ryan and Sherla Proffitt!
Mrs. Brownlee attended the 2025 AASL National Conference for librarians in St. Louis this week, where she was also asked to present a lesson to other educators. Her presentation was a huge hit with K - 12 graphic novel lovers. She taught other educators and librarians how Graphic Novels can be powerful tools for educating people about important social issues. We are blessed at Sterling our students and teachers get to learn from one of the BEST librarians in the country.




JH/SHS: Fall Picture Retakes are Oct. 17th
Order Today: www.inter-state.com/order
Code: 0107RSD
If you purchased pictures last time and are doing retakes, please return your photos to the photographer.
Order Today: www.inter-state.com/order
Code: 0107RSD
If you purchased pictures last time and are doing retakes, please return your photos to the photographer.
State Tennis is Friday, October, 17th and Saturday, October 18th at the Salina Tennis Center. Gates open both days at 8:00 am. Friday events begin at 10:30 am and Saturday's events begin at 9:00 am. There will be no general admission charge and no concessions available.
Medicine Lodge HS is hosting Regional VB on Monday, October 20th. Matches will begin at 5:00 pm at PRATT HIGH SCHOOL. SHS plays Atwood-Rawlings Co. at 5:00 pm, Medicine Lodge at 6:00 pm and WaKeeney-Trego at 7:00 pm. Admission is $8/Adults and $6/Students.
At HOA League XC tomorrow, Oct. 16th, spectators will not be ale to park in the grassy areas at Prairie Hills Middle School or along Lucille Drive. Only Park in the parking lot at Prairie Hills Middle School or on side streets. Parking along Lucille Drive will result in being issued a traffic ticket.

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JH/SHS: Fall Picture Retakes are Oct. 17th
Order Today: www.inter-state.com/order
Code: 0107RSD
If you purchased pictures last time and are doing retakes, please return your photos to the photographer.
Order Today: www.inter-state.com/order
Code: 0107RSD
If you purchased pictures last time and are doing retakes, please return your photos to the photographer.
Mr. Brian Rife from the Sterling Fire Department presented our annual Fire Prevention program this week along with some fellow fire fighters. Students learned what to do when their was a fire. Mr. Goracke, our own Superintendent and Sterling Volunteer Fireman, demonstrated to our young students why not to be scared of firemen when came into a house after them. Thank you to all the firefighters who took their time to come present to SGS. We appreciate YOU!

JH/SHS: Fall Picture Retakes are Oct. 17th
Order Today: www.inter-state.com/order
Code: 0107RSD
If you purchased pictures last time and are doing retakes, please return your photos to the photographer.
Order Today: www.inter-state.com/order
Code: 0107RSD
If you purchased pictures last time and are doing retakes, please return your photos to the photographer.
Admission for today's (10/6/25) SHS "C" FB game at 4:00 pm vs Salina Central in Salina is through GoFan ticketing only.
7th grade girls ensemble practice will be at 7:00 am tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 1st in Mr. Comley's Vocal room. No practice Thursday due to Band rehearsal in the morning.
USD376 would like to update everyone on the mobile application issue. We have been in contact with Apptegy over the last few weeks. They are addressing the app issue for all customers nationwide. We will notify you once the updated app is available and working correctly. Meanwhile, here is a short screencast demonstrating how to access the events using the district website. https://www.loom.com/share/1635e4808a88498e9f45a025c8931089?sid=cad037ac-7759-49b8-a769-c0c3c4af2154
SGS AR winners for August were celebrated on Friday. Winners were rewarded with a trip to Gambinos for pizza. Congratulations to Rowan, Rhett, Briar, Asher, Sterling, Hadleigh, and Wyatt. Keep reading!

