SMS E-News

Parents,

Please read the email that was sent on Monday, August 28, 2023 from Mr. Thompson. Please help us enforce the following with your students by supporting our district and campus policies.

• Dress Code
• NO Food, Gum or Drinks allowed in classrooms!! Students will be asked to leave food and drinks behind before leaving the cafeteria. NO GUM ALLOWED IN THE BUILDING AT SMS! Students are allowed to have a water bottle in the classroom.
• No phones or smart devices/watches allowed for use around SMS.

Beginning September 1, House Bill 114 will make it mandatory for any student who is found with a vape to be placed into the Disciplinary Alternative Education Program (DAEP).

Sunnyvale ISD is concerned about the long-term health risks associated with vaping and e-cigarettes. Parents can be powerful allies in addressing this health issue by taking time to educate themselves and their Raiders about e-cigarettes and vaping. Please review the information provided below.

SISD will provide further information regarding this new law, but we wanted to make you aware of it now, prior to the start of school.

As a reminder, in the State of Texas, it is against the law for any person, regardless of age, to use tobacco products or e-cigarettes on school property. The Penal Code provides for citations of up to $500 for violations of the law.

Parents Against Vaping Resources
The Truth Campaign
Texas Human & Health Services
Know the Risk - Talk with Teens

SMS and SHS are benefitting from a formation team for their very own PTA this year. When you join PTA, your membership fees help support this effort. By next year, the middle school and high school will have its very own PTA board.

If you'd like to be a part of the formation team (which will be supporting our MS and HS teachers and students this year in BIG ways, please reach out to emily.white@sunnyvaleisd.com.

Thank you!