Dear SSIMS Community,
This week, our Spring Choral Concert and Spring Band & Orchestra Concert ushered us to our last few days of school in the 2021-2022 school year. SHOUT OUT to Mr. Ensign and Mr. Wambach for leading our vocalists and musicians through an incredible journey of learning and musical discovery this year. It was our school's first opportunity to resume in-person, live concerts in nearly three years! See below for some pictures from the events.
As we prepare to head into summer break, I'd like to share a few important updates/changes that will take place in the SY23 school year:
- Cell Phones & Personal Electronic Devices: we will return to an "away all day" policy in the new school year (to include headphones, earbuds, airpods, etc.). We hope this move will promote increased healthy interpersonal peer to peer interactions, social skills development, and decreased distractions within the educational environment.
- Chromebooks: we will maintain our 1-to-1 model of Chromebook use next year. This means each student is responsible for bringing their fully-charged, assigned device to school each day in a protective carrying case (one was provided by MCPS, but a personal case can be used as well). Students are responsible for keeping the devices damage-free and in good working order.
- Locker use: we will return to requiring students to store their backpacks and outerwear (during cold months) in their assigned lockers. Students are permitted to carry their Chromebook cases, water bottle, and small personal items throughout the school.
- Jag Advisory: will take place after the first block of each day, which was the original time slot prior to online learning. Next year, our school will be an MCPS Cohort 2 Leader In Me school, and these social/emotional learning based lessons will be implemented through Jag. We will also continue to use Jag in similar ways as we have during the second semester of our current school year.
More specific information about these items with be shared with you in August when we begin sending information about the opening of school in the fall. In the meantime, please support us by talking about this information with your child. We will share this information with students before they leave school as well.
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Our last PTSA meeting (virtual) takes place Tuesday, June 14th at 7:00 pm. Please join us as the PTSA Leadership looks forward to installing next year's officers! You can access the meeting here:
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Meeting ID: 724 649 5048
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As always, thank you for your ongoing support of our students, staff, and teachers.
Enjoy your weekend 🐾
