A Message from the Principal

We are excited to see so many of our student clubs getting started! Please encourage your child to get involved. Clubs are a wonderful way to build friendships and explore new interests. Information about club opportunities is being shared each morning during announcements.

A few reminders for the week:

• Arrival Time: Students who walk or are dropped off must be in class by 7:45 a.m. to be considered on time.
  
  

• Back to School Night: Please join us on September 22nd from 4–6 p.m. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing more about the year ahead.
  
  

• Dress Code: While hats, hoods, and head coverings have greatly improved, we are still seeing some issues with skull caps and midsections showing. Please help us by reminding your student to ensure their remove skull cap and/or stomach is covered during school.
  
  

• Learning First: We are committed to creating a culture where learning is the priority. Students who cause distractions to the learning environment will be addressed so that all can focus on success.
  
  

Thank you for your continued support in helping us build a positive and focused learning environment.

Dr. Savage
Principal

JAMES M. BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
September 21st – September 27th 2025

Monday, September 22nd  

Unified Tennis (Home) 3:15pm

Field Hockey vs. Kent Island (Home) 3:30pm, Dismissal 2:15pm

V Girls Soccer vs. WiHi (Home) 3:30pm, Dismissal 2:15pm

Volleyball vs. Parkside (Home) JV 3:30pm, V 4:30pm, Dismissal 2:30pm

PTSA (CLGA) 4-6 pm

Color Guard Practice 6-8:30pm

Tuesday, September 23rd
Homecoming Dance Ticket Sales (Junior & Seniors) 4th Period

V Golf (Ocean Pines Back 9) 3:30pm, Dismissal 12:45pm

JV Girls Soccer vs. @Easton (Away) 4pm, Dismissal 1:45pm

Winds Sectionals 6-8:30pm

Wednesday, September 24th
Homecoming Dance Ticket Sales (Freshman & Sophomore) 4th Period, and from 3-4pm

Cross Country Meet (Pocomoke YMCA) 4pm, Dismissal 2pm,

Volleyball vs. @WiHi (Away) JV 4pm, V 5pm

Field Hockey vs. @Queen Annes CHS (Away) 4pm, Dismissal 1pm

V Boys Soccer vs. Snow Hill (Home) 4pm

Garden Club Interest Meeting (G121) 3-3:30pm

Mu Alpha Theta (CLGA) 3-3:30pm

Full Band Practice 6-8:30pm

Thursday, September 25th
Mandatory Senior Meeting Celebration! (Aud) 9am

Homecoming Dance Ticket Sales 4th Period

JV Golf (Nutter’s Crossing) 3:15pm, Dismissal 1:15pm

V Golf (Rum Point) 3:30pm, Dismissal 12:45pm

JV Football vs. Kent Island (Home) 4pm

Volleyball vs. Pocomoke (Home) JV 4pm, V 5pm

Book Club Interest Meeting (E218) 2:45pm-3:15pm

Mock Trial Interest Meeting (G220) 2:45-4pm

Science Olympiad Interest Meeting (G121) 3-3:30pm

Drumline 6-8:30pm

Friday, September 26th – Paid Casual Day (Wicomico Goes Purple)

Homecoming Dance Ticket Sales  4th Period

V Football vs. @Kent island (Away) 6pm, Dismissal 1:45pm

Saturday, September 27th

Field Trip – Guilford Park Band Competition – Jessup MD, 11:45am

……Coming up……

9/29 – 10/3 – Homecoming Spirit Week

9/29 – Field Trip (O’Barsky) Junior Achievement 8:15am-10:15am

9/29 – Term1 Progress Grades Due

9/30 – ILT Leader Meetings

9/30-10/1 – Senior Portraits (Wrestling Room)

10/1 – Term 1 Progress Reports Posted

10/1 – Memorial Garden Ceremony 3:30-4:30pm

10/2 – Field Trip (Schneider) PHS Planetarium 7:55-9am

10/2 – Field Trip (Riggin/O’Barsky) College Fair, UMES 9:30am-12:45pm

10/4 – Homecoming

10/8 – Jostens Senior Orders

Homecoming Dance
October 4th

Dance Criteria for Wicomico County

· GPA – 2.0 requirement per county policy

· CONDUCT – no OSS days served during the semester in which the dance occurs in addition to county requirements for exclusion based on cumulative OSS days.

· GUESTS – guests must be under the age of 21, must be in good standing with school of attendance or his/her employer.

· Students must be present in school on the day of/ or day before the dance (if it does not occur on a school day) in order to attend the dance.

· ATTENDANCE - No more than 2 unexcused absences 45 days prior to the dance.  For homecoming, this will be from the first day of the school year.

Administration and Guidance

Admin

Greg Lasinski (DOS): grade 9 (A-J) glasinski@mywcps.org

Sarah Harmon (AP): grade 9 (K-Z) seharmon@mywcps.org

Alison Dunn (AP): grades 10-12 (A-D) adunn@mywcps.org
Lacey Leo (DOS): grades 10-12  (E-Q) lleo@mywcps.org
Ron Green (AP): grades 10-12 (R-Z) rgreene@mywcps.org

Guidance

Tori Sample: grade 9 (A-J) tsample@mywcps.org

Lindsay (Meehan) Crimmins grade 9 (K-Z) lmeehan@mywcps.org

Allison Atkins grades 10-12 (A-D)  aatkins@mywcps.org

Brader Dashiell: grades 10-12 (E-J)  bdashiell@mywcps.org
Jesse Serig: grades 10-12 (K-Q) jserig@mywcps.org
Katherine Linton: grade 10-12 (R-Z) kalinton@mywcps.org