Fifth and sixth grade students thought critically about human impacts on the environment in this week's presentation by Horizons Unlimited. After discussing oil spills and the challenges of cleaning them up, the classes conducted their own oil experiments. Students then broke into pairs to solve human impact scenarios and finished the presentation by meeting a snake and learning about human impacts on the snake habitat.
Jag Weekly Sunday, Jan. 31
Spirit Week Fun and Our #SAConnected Community
Pictured here, Mrs. Fowler shows her silly side on Wacky Tacky Day of SA Spirit Week!
Dear Parents:

While this year has come with its many adaptations and challenges, a great number of the joys of learning together have endured. SA Spirit Week is a shining example of this! What fun it has been to laugh and cheer together for the creative and colorful outfits students and staff have worn this week. Our students in distance learning got in on the fun as well! Thank you to our school community for your continued commitment and positivity and for your super showing of school spirit over SA Spirit Week 2021.

Warm Regards,
Beverly Fowler, Head of School
Pictured below, kindergarten students make silly faces on their Wacky Tacky Day Zoom call during distance learning.
Looking Ahead to 2021-22 Zoom Meeting Recording

Thanks to all who joined us for Thursday's Looking Ahead meeting with Mrs. Fowler. For anyone who was unable to join and would like to watch the recording, the meeting recording can be viewed at

Passcode: ncA*?9ic 

As part of their unit on inventions, fourth grade students presented on simple machines through entertaining dances and rhymes this week.
Upcoming Dates


Priority Enrollment Ends
Friday, Feb. 12
Please submit your contracts and deposits by Feb. 12 to secure your child's place for 2021-2022

Faculty Staff Workday
Friday, Feb. 12
No school for students

Presidents Day Holiday
Monday, Feb. 15
No school for students or staff
Third grade students are investigators! Using mirrors, a flashlight, and a book, they learned how light travels in a straight line and found ways to redirect its path.
Spirit Week Fun:
A few highlights from a jag-a-riffic week
Re-Enrollment and Our SA Journey: The Miller Family Shares
SA Parent Vincia Benjamin Miller shares about her family's SA journey:

"The tireless work of Salisbury Academy's teachers and staff has made my kindergartner's experience simply amazing. Madison's first year has included social distancing, wearing a mask, and a number of other adaptions; however, the team at SA made sure that her learning remained creative, innovative, and relevant."

"The administration and teachers at SA make us feel that we are not just parents and students, but we are truly family; that has been a bright light in this pandemic. Through their efforts to ensure some form of normalcy, I feel that SA has exceeded the expectations that I had set as a parent. I am forever grateful for SA, a shining school on a hill that truly is student-centered."
Priority Enrollment Raffle Winner
Congratulations to the Cordasci family for winning the first priority enrollment raffle for $1,000 off their 2021-22 tuition!
Third Trimester Calendar
February Lunch Menu
Habeeb Catering is serving lunches for students in grades 1-8 on M-Th. With questions contact Habeeb Catering. Thank you!

Note for Lunches:
If you plan to sign your child up for pasta days, please specify whether your child would like alfredo or meat sauce on each day by circling their choice on the menu. This will be helpful as we plan for portions. Thanks so much!


PSA Corner: Join us for the February PSA meeting
Join us Tuesday, Feb. 2 at noon
The more parents the merrier! Meeting info for Tuesday, Feb. 2 at noon:

Meeting ID: 820 6441 8407
Passcode: 621289
Email Reminder: Marking SA as an approved sender
Dear Parents,

Over the course of this school year several parents have reported that classroom communication emails from teachers have been going into their junk email folders. If you have not received a teacher communication recently, please take a moment to check your email's junk folder and mark Salisbury Academy as an "approved sender."

Thank you!
How to "whitelist" Salisbury Academy/How to mark SA as an approved sender:

When whitelisting Salisbury Academy, an important note is that the entire Salisbury Academy domain needs to be whitelisted, not just the individual sender. With all the mail clients below, please use “@salisburyacademy.org” as the "from address" in the filter. Instructional videos are as follows:
Chapel and Happy Birthdays
JK Students Lead the Salisbury Academy Prayer for Each Day
Chapel this week was led by eighth grade students with a special sharing of the Prayer For Each Day by SA's junior kindergarten class (in video above). This week's guest message on our January virtue of "courage" was by Pastor Chris Shelton. View the SA Jan. 28 chapel here

View all SA chapels going forward by visiting the SA Chapel page each week
Happy Birthday!

Birthdays to be recognized in this week's Jan. 28 chapel (birthdays Jan. 28- Feb. 3) are:
Laila Montgomery, 6th Grade, Feb. 4
Jonathan McCullough, 2nd Grade, Feb. 7
Athletics This Week

Monday, February 1

  • Varsity boys basketball practice 3:30 – 5:00
  • Varsity girls basketball practice 5:00 – 6:30
  • JV boys basketball practice 6:30 – 8:00

Tuesday, February 2
  
  • JV Boys Basketball Game VS Concordia 4:00
  • Varsity Girls Basketball Game VS Concordia 5:15
  • Varsity Boys Basketball Game VS Concordia 6:30
  • Information for Basketball Games
  • White Uniforms
  • Players should not arrive earlier than 30 mins before the start time.
  • Only essential personnel will be allowed in the school
  • Games will be streamed live.
  • Players will have to leave the gym after their game.
  • All players must have their own water bottles.

Wednesday, February
 
  • Varsity boys basketball practice 3:30 – 5:00
  • Varsity girls basketball practice 5:00 – 6:30
  • JV boys basketball practice 6:30 – 8:00

Thursday, February 4

  • JV Boys Basketball Game @ Statesville Christian 4:00
  • Varsity Girls Basketball Game @ Statesville Christian School 5:15
  • Varsity Boys Basketball Game @ Statesville Christian School 6:30
  • Information for Basketball Games
  • Red/Blue uniforms
  • Address: 1210 Museum Road, Statesville, 28625 
  • JV Boys will be dismissed at 2:35
  • Players should not arrive earlier than 30 mins before the start time.
  • Only essential personnel will be allowed in the school
  • Games will be streamed live.
  • Players will have to leave the gym after their game.
  • All players must have their own water bottles.

Friday, February 5 – No Athletics 
Salisbury Academy
 2210 Jake Alexander Blvd, N., 
Salisbury, NC 28147
(704) 636 3002