Principal Haderer's Notes

Our Veterans Day program here at Spring Mills Middle School has become a time honored tradition. This year, we are once again able to host an in-person assembly to honor our veterans. This assembly will take place on November 9, 2023 at 8:15 AM, with a reception to follow.

In addition to the assembly, we also host an “Honor Wall” in our front entryway to recognize the men and women who have selflessly given of themselves to protect our freedom throughout the years. We would like to continue this tradition to honor our military heroes, as well as with a digital format that we can share with even more members of our school campuses and community. We will be creating a video slideshow that will be shared with our students and staff. We would also like to include our Honor Wall slideshow on our SMMS Social Media platforms.

If you would like to honor someone by having their picture included on our Honor Wall, please submit a photo, along with the information below. Please submit a copy of your original photo (do not send in your original copy). You may also email a digital file of the photo to jordan.english@k12.wv.us.

Please return this form and the photo by Monday, November 6, 2023.

On Monday. October 30, we held our first academic pep rally. Joined by the Leadership Class from SMHS, we celebrated academic achievements and played a few games.

At lunch, students who earned a 3.5-4.0 GPA were recognized with their first ever Ren Card and a SMMS t-shirt. We had 479 students earn the top tier of our Ren Card. That is certainly something to celebrate!

Students earning a 3.0- 3.4 GPA, along with students earning a 2.75- 2.90 GPA, were also recognized with silver-level and red-level Ren Cards, respectively. An additional ADD NUMBER of students earned this honor.

Thanks to everyone who supported our fall fundraiser. In total, we raised over $9,000 for our staffulty and students! We truly appreciate your support. ❤️

Please use the link below to update your contact information for your student(s). Having the most up-to-date information is very important, as it allows staffulty (teachers and administrators) to contact you.

Please download the latest BCS mobile app to get the latest info about the district and SMMS. Be sure to go to the settings icon, then notifications. Click on Spring Mills Middle School to get our news and updates. You will also have the opportunity to add other schools to receive notifications for the specific schools.

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For the safety of our students, it is important that the following procedures be adhered to when dropping off and picking up students from school.

We have noticed and increasing number of students arriving prior to 7:15 a.m. Please be mindful that no student should arrive to school prior to 7:15 a.m. unless he or she rides an early bus and is escorted inside by a staff member.

If students continue to arrive early,

we will be contacting the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department.

Book Fair Volunteers Needed

We need volunteers to help at the SMMS Book Fair. The start date is Nov.27, 2023 and continues to Dec.7,2023. Please look at the dates and times that would work for you. The volunteer slots are in two hours slots.

Our next LSIC meeting will be on November 15. The agenda will be posted to our school website.

Parents: Cell phones can be very distracting for students. Please help us in promoting total engagement in class by supporting our cell phone policy.

If cell phones or wireless headphones /earbuds are brought to school, the phones and wireless headphones/earbuds are required to be turned off and kept in the student lockers. Cell phones are not permitted to be used on school property to make phone calls, take pictures, check social media, or text during the school hours from 7:15 - 2:30. If the student must be contacted, parents may call our school at (304) 274- 5030. If student have their phones out, the following consequences will be given:

• 1st Offense- Lunch detention and phone in the office safe
• 2nd Offense- 1 hour after-school detention, phone in the safe
• 3rd Offense-2 hours after school detention, phone in the safe
  
• 4th Offense – ISS, parent must pick up the phone
  
• 5th Offense - phone contract, phone not allowed at school

This policy also applies to possession of a cell phone, regardless of the phone’s ownership.

Tryouts for girls basketball began on October 30 and will conclude on November 3. If your student is interested, please make sure to have a completed physical form on file. Without a form on file, the student is not eligible to participate in the tryouts.

Please email Coach Barnhart (cbarnhar@k12.wv.us) for questions related to the varsity team and Coach Shockley (mikayla.shockley@k12.wv.us) for questions related to the junior varsity team.

Tryouts for girls basketball will begin on November 6 and will conclude on November 7. If your student is interested, please make sure to have a completed physical form on file. Without a form on file, the student is not eligible to participate in the tryouts.

Please email Coach Everline (brooks@ynphomesolutions.com) for questions related to the varsity team and Coach Payton (noah.payton6@gmail.com) for questions related to the junior varsity team.

Please visit this link if you are interested in purchasing SMMS gear to support our basketball team. Use the code SMBBALL23.

Contact our head coach, Brooks Everline (brooks@ynphomesolutions.com), with any questions.

• November 2-3: Girls Basketball Tryouts
• JV: 2:45- 4:15
• V: 4:15- 5:45
• November 2: The Beautiful Tomorrow Assembly
• November 6-7: Boys Basketball Tryouts
• JV: 5:45-7:15
• V: 7:15-8:45
• November 9: Veterans Day Assembly at 8:15
• November 10: Veterans Day--> No School for Students
• November 14: Potomac Valley Audubon Society to Visit 7th Grade Science Classes
• November 15: LSIC Meeting at 3:00 in Library (All are welcome)
• November 15: Interims Issued
• November 16: Potomac Valley Audubon Society to Visit 7th Grade Science Classes
• November 20-24: Thanksgiving Break
• November 27: Students Return to School
• November 27 - December 5: Book Fair

We celebrated all week long!

We gathered together to promote positivity,

emphasize community,

and celebrate goals and dreams

during The Beautiful Tomorrow Assembly.

Dr. Haderer, Principal: ahaderer@k12.wv.us

Dr. Martin, Grade 8 Administrator: tyler.martin@k12.wv.us

Mr. Bennett, Grade 7 Administrator: a.bennett@k12.wv.us

Mrs. Achter, Grade 6 Administrator: cinda.achter@k12.wv.us