SMS Newsletter

November 2020

Calendar

Nov. 3 - End of Q1

Nov. 4 - PTO Mtg. @ 6:30 - Zoom Link

Nov. 9 - PTO Fundraiser Kick-Off

Nov. 12 - Parent Teacher Conferences

Nov. 19 - Parent Teacher Conferences

Nov. 24 - 1:45 Dismissal - Thanksgiving Break

Parent Teacher Conferences

All of our fall conferences will be virtual, via a Zoom meeting. If you have not signed up yet, please do so on this Sign Up Genius. Deadlines for signing up will be 4PM on the Friday before each conference date (this Friday for the 11/12/20 conferences). Teachers will send out the Zoom link to parents prior to your scheduled date.

COVID Update

A quick update from our first nine weeks of school:

6 positive tests among SMS students
37 students quarantined (from 5 internal and 4 external exposures)

In addition, as we enter the flu season, we encourage you to keep sick kids home and report all symptoms when calling your child in ill.

Parent Drop Off - Pick Up

Drop Off - Please remember that the 7:30 classroom supervision is intended for students riding the early bus routes. If at all possible, we ask that parent drop off and walkers arrive as close to our 8:10 start time as possible.

Parent Pick Up - Thank you with your patience as we attempt to get the buses out of the lot in a safe and timely manner. We realize that the additional stop signs don't speed up your exit, but we believe it is a safer process for all.

Personalized Learning

Thank you to 8th grade team members Emily Korth and Samantha Kaplan for representing our SMS family at recent School Board and SIAC meetings. The teachers presented great illustrations of what personalized learning looks like in their math class.

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Yearbook Photos

Please consider sharing candid shots for the yearbook - plicbooks.com/go/Wi7jP

PTO News

Next Meeting - Nov. 4 @ 6:30 - Zoom

StepUp Kick Off - Nov. 9

This is our no product fundraiser. It is the only fundraiser for PTO.

Online Book Fair - Nov. 11 - 24

The online site will have more options and be delivered to your door. Details coming soon.

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America Day

Our 8th Grade Peer Leaders coordinated a Spirit Week earlier in the year. Highlighted here is a tribute to our service men and women on America Day.

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Pod Themes

Perhaps the most inspiring day of our Spirit Week was the opportunity for pods to come up with their own theme. Shown here is 6B / Pod I and their Wizard of Oz theme.

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Mitigation & Return to Learn

Staff members continue to do an amazing job of providing students with a safe learning environment. Mitigation strategies definitely prohibit us from providing students with the typical middle school experience, but we are doing our best to move forward with a "business as usual" approach within the established guidelines.