2/16 Salisbury varsity boys basketball @ Emmaus
Eastern PA Sport will be live streaming tonight's varsity boys basketball game @ Emmaus. Game time is 7 p.m.
The link is below.
http://mixlr.com/easternpasportsnet/events/boys-basketball-salisbury-vs-emmaus
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2/16 Salisbury varsity girls basketball @ Wilson
To follow the 2/16 varsity girls basketball game @ Wilson, please visit the link below. Game time is 6 p.m.
https://www.youtube.com/c/WarriorNews
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SHS Picture Day(s)
Feb 23rd and 25th (hybrid students)
March 10th (virtual / VAST students)
Check email for details!
Curbside meal service for virtual students will be provided today, 2/15, from 5-6PM @ SES.
The Lehigh Valley area is anticipating icy weather starting after 6pm, please try to come early. Hope to see you there!
Just a reminder that schools are closed Monday, 2/15/21 in recognition of Presidents’ Day.
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10 Signs Your Child Will Benefit From Doing Sports
https://www.moms.com/signs-child-benefit-doing-sports/
Check it out!
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SMS/SHS students in grades 6-12, please check your Falcon Apps email for information on spring sports. Information on sign-ups, the spring physical date (2/23) and recertification for fall/winter athletes is there.
Thank you.
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Sports and performing arts make high school more satisfying and fun. The anticipation and enthusiasm. The passion and tradition. The sheer exhilaration. Our world is a more exciting place, thanks to high school sports and performing arts.
https://myreasonwhy.com/
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We need more high school officials in every sport, from field hockey to soccer to wrestling and cross country. Give back to your community and stay close to the sports you love. Click below to learn more and share this with friends! #BecomeAnOfficial
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Catching up with Salisbury graduate Antonio Alvarado
What is your full name?
Antonio Alvarado
When did you graduate from Salisbury?
2016
Tell us about your life since high school.
Following graduation from Salisbury, I moved to Rochester, New York to attend the University of Rochester where I studied public health with a concentration in infectious diseases. Then, during the summer of my third year, I lived in New York City to participate in a public health program at Columbia University and to work with vector-borne diseases at the NYC Department of Health. For reference, vector-borne diseases are germs that are most often spread by insects like mosquitoes, fleas, or other insects/arthropods. Hence, Zika virus, West Nile virus, Lyme disease, and malaria are all vector-borne diseases. My job entailed collecting ticks and mosquitoes, identifying the species that could spread disease and sending them for laboratory testing. I HATED bugs, so I thought that this job was going to be the worst. Oh, how I was wrong.
Each day was a different adventure and working with vector-borne diseases brought a newfound passion into my life. The field biologist with whom I spent most of my days with, worked at a laboratory in an abandoned military fort in Queens and lived an exciting lifestyle fueled by curiosity that I admired. In fact, he led my peers and I to “West Nile virus ground zero” at the abandoned Flushing Airport where CDC-officials believed this site to be the breeding grounds for the mosquitoes that first transmitted the virus in the 1999 outbreak. After this program, I presented some research on the mosquitoes that breed in the NYC sewers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Now, I am a graduate student at Cornell University in the Entomology Department studying insects and vector-borne diseases. Never in my life would I have thought that I would be studying bugs, but here I am and I love it. It is so important to have an open-mind and to be open to learning/experiencing new things.
This summer, I will be heading into the Chihuahuan Desert, on the border of Texas and Mexico, in the middle of nowhere, to collect kissing bugs in Big Bend National Park. Kissing bugs spread the parasite that causes Chagas disease, so I will need to be very careful and I will be submitting the bugs for laboratory testing. The goal is to publish some novel research!
What are you most proud of personally and/or professionally?
I’ve worked extremely hard for every accomplishment in my life; from graduating high school to becoming the first college graduate in my family, leading numerous philanthropic events in Rochester, presenting research at the CDC, and attending Columbia and Cornell University. As a high school student, I never would have imagined accomplishing any of that.
How has the pandemic impacted you and what have you learned from it?
Well, as almost everyone can agree, life is anything but normal right now. Sadly, being the first person to graduate college in my family, I was unable to walk the stage in May. However, I’ve spent more time with my family and cherished every second of it.
I’ve learned to appreciate the little things in life more; have fun, live a little, laugh more, love more, spend more time with your family, do crazy things like living in a desert for an entire summer, don’t take it so seriously! Life is too short to dwell on things. Be yourself and love yourself.
What was your favorite high school memory?
Definitely taking AP Biology with Mrs. Wilson; we had the opportunity to dissect a shark, we read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (amazing book), learned about plant biology, and so much more. I feel as though that class prepared me to become the biologist/entomologist/epidemiologist that I am today.
How is your family doing?
My mom, dad, and sister are doing well! My mom just started her new job with the Salisbury Township Police Department and loves it, my dad is still working during the pandemic, and my sister Jessenia is a senior at Salisbury High School.
If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would you choose and why?
I would love to meet Sir David Attenborough. He is a naturalist from England, and the voice of numerous nature documentaries like Blue Planet. I feel like I could talk to him for hours about his life story and crazy adventures. Also, Matthew McConaughey.
I had a lot of weird experiences that have led me to talk with some famous scientists like Forrest Galante, the wildlife biologist and host of Animal Planet’s Extinct or Alive. He gave me his phone number and we talked about ticks and mosquitoes for a little!
Who is your role model and why?
I feel like it is impossible to narrow down one role model; I have learned a little from almost everyone that I have met in my life and look up to many people. However, the obvious answer is my family members, all the way from my mom to my great grandmother; without them, I definitely wouldn’t have become the man I am today. A lot of what I do is to make my family proud.
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2/13/21 Salisbury JV/Varsity Girls Basketball @ Kutztown HS
JV 12:00 p.m.; Varsity 1:15 p.m.
Follow the action on the Kutztown HS YouTube channel. The link is below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC95eQtJQ25ewbdLepWWNpDA
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2/13/21 Salisbury Falcon Wrestling Tournament @ SHS
The action begins at 9:15 a.m.
No spectators but please check out the action on the Salisbury YouTube channel. The link is below.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNGs4zLsF4IU1-n7JpvxiBw
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Shout out to Salisbury senior winter cheerleaders Lindsey Rapp and Krystle Mohry and their families. Great to see you!
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Congratulations on earning your a Falcon Proud slip today!
Congratulations for earning a Falcon Proud slip today!
While the snow created some challenges, it didn’t prevent the big smiles under these masks. Welcome back SES!
SHS's School Counseling Office will be hosting a Parent Information Evening on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 from 6:30pm - 8:00pm via zoom.
All current 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade parents and/or guardians are encouraged to attend this event where graduation requirements will be reviewed, the course selection process will be discussed, and academic opportunities available to SHS students will be presented, including LCTI. In addition, SHS department representatives will be present to discuss course offerings within their department.
Please note, Salisbury High School’s Program of Studies, as well as grade specific course offerings, can be found electronically on the School Counseling Office’s website.
If you have any questions regarding this event or wish to register, please contact Mrs. Sally Martinez at 610-797-4107 ext. 2530 or at smartinez@salisburysd.org. When registering for this presentation, please include your student’s name, current grade, and the email address you would like to receive the zoom link. We request that you RSVP by Monday, February 22rd The zoom link will be sent out on the morning of February 23rd
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Congratulations to Salisbury senior winter cheerleaders Krystle Mohry and Lindsey Rapp. They will be recognized after Friday’s junior varsity boys basketball game. 📣 🎈
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