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The SMS Builders Club held their induction ceremony on Tuesday, November 28th.

New officers were installed and new members were inducted during the program.

SHS Key Club officers also presented SMS Builders Club president with the distinguished club award.

Thank you, Mr. Riggle and Mrs. Boley, for your sponsorship of this club.

Sources of Strength is focusing on generosity during the month of December. The peer leaders and adult mentors will be meeting after school on Tuesday, December 12th in the choir room. Students' rides should be at door #1 by 4:00 p.m.

Dress up days for this week are as follows:

Monday - red, white, and green day

Tuesday - hat day (Students must pay $1 to wear a hat. All money goes to CRADLE, which helps families in need by providing diapers, toys, clothes, and other resources.)

Wednesday - Christmas character day

Thursday - Christmas pajama day

Friday - ugly sweater/Christmas sweater day

SMS student council members are organizing a canned food drive from December 1st through December 15th. Students are encouraged to donate any non-perishable food item on those dates.

As an added bonus, certain items will count double on the following days:

December 12th - can opener day

December 15th - bean day

The grade that brings the most items during the food drive will earn 15 WARRIOR points for their teams.

The top WARRIOR point earners for November are pictured above.

8th grade - Rachael Carey, Nancy Snowden, Jeremiah Smith, and Wyatt Minton

7th grade - Grady Miles, Bentley Myers, Griffin Owens, and Brayden Combs (not pictured)

6th grade - Olivia Copple, Eva Telles, Cooper Elliott, and Jaxon Craig

The WARRIOR store will be open during all lunches on Monday so students have an opportunity to spend their individual WARRIOR points.

The SMS choirs presented several selections during their concert on December 4th at McClain Hall. Each grade level sang 2-3 songs, then led the audience in a sing along of a well-known Christmas song.

If you would like to attend additional performances by Scott 2 students, please consider attending the SHS band and choir concert at First Christian Church on December 11th at 7:00 p.m.

Our therapy dog joined us on Thursday. The students (and adults) have enjoyed interacting with him over the past two days. We look forward to having him as a resource in our building over the course of the school year.

We are partnering with Smile Programs, the mobile dentists who offer in-school dental care.

Dental care is usually at no cost to you. All insurance is accepted, including Medicaid and CHIP. Students without insurance may be eligible for a grant. The Mobile Dentist program saves you time and provides a safe and comfortable place for your child to receive gentle dental care from licensed professionals.

Please sign up at mobiledentists.com or you may contact your school nurse with any questions.

The next three images contain reminders about some upcoming calendar events in Scott 2.

Winter break is Monday, December 18th through Monday, January 1st. Classes will resume on Tuesday, January 2nd.

Monday, April 8th was recently changed to an eLearning day. The state created a website with some helpful resources related to the solar eclipse.

The 2024-2025 school calendar was approved at a recent school board meeting.

Our winter sports season is underway.

Basketball schedules are in Eventlink.

Wrestling practice is on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Swimming will begin later.

Students should listen to the afternoon announcements for more information about tryouts, practices, and events.

Eventlink will still be the platform that we use to communicate with parents/family members regarding practices and events.

If you have questions about athletics, please contact Mrs. King at 812-752-8926 option 2.

Over the past few weeks the office faculty and technology department have been receiving an increased number of alerts from our filtering system regarding students who are violating the technology use agreement.

As a reminder, students should only use their school-issued iPad and all of their school accounts for tasks that their teachers assign.

Students should not use their iPad or accounts for chatting via Google docs, searching non-education related terms/phrases, or any other activity that isn't directly related to something that a teacher assigned.

Please remember that students should not be dropped off each morning prior to 7:15 a.m.

Our morning supervision person arrives at that time.

Attention SMS students who walk to and from school:

Please be careful when crossing the streets, utilize sidewalks and crosswalks when available, and follow the street crossing signs.

Officer Nicholson has met with all students regarding safety at school and throughout the community.

Check out this link for breakfast and lunch menus:

https://scsd2.nutrislice.com/menu/scottsburg-middle

Like many schools, we occasionally experience some supply/distribution delays. We will follow the posted menus when possible, but will have to make adjustments at times.

The Scottsburg MS student handbook contains some updates for the 2023-2024 school year. The most significant changes took place in the attendance section.

SMS Student Handbook

We encourage you to read the handbook with your child(ren) and to contact us with any questions you may have.

We are looking forward to working with our students and their parents throughout the 2023-2024 school year.

Email: khammons@scsd2.k12.in.us
Website: http://sms.scsd2.k12.in.us/
Location: 425 South 3rd Street, Scottsburg, IN, USA
Phone: (812) 752-8926
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScottsburgMiddleSchool
Twitter: @ScottsburgMS