Spartan PRIDE
Supporting our school community core values.
A special thank you to parents and teachers for supporting a successful parent-teacher conference experience. It is such an important opportunity check in on learning progress of our students. The next opportunity for active partnership will be the November Parents and Partners Meeting scheduled for Monday, November 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the SMS Library. Among other topics we will be discussing the role of homework in middle school and how parents can be support the learning. Please take a moment to complete the AdvancED survey by going to the link on the school website. You simply click on the AdvancED icon to take the survey.
I have included school website for your convenience: http://www.spearfish.k12.sd.us/sms/
Spearfish
Middle School
Weekly
Faculty Bulletin
October
21-25, 2013
“Empowering
all students to succeed in a changing world.”
•
Preparedness • Respect • Integrity • Determination •
Excellence
1) Winter Parents/Athletes
Meeting, in the SMS Gym for Wrestling and GBB: Monday, October
21, 7:00 pm..
2)
AdvancED Surveys: Deadline for completion is November 8th.
-Teacher
Survey: A email link has been
shared with you. (Sukstorf)
-*Student Survey: Link can be found on Mr. Baier’s web page.
(Baier)
*Please arrange for your students to complete the survey within your
core teams.
-Parent Survey: Link is located on the SMS website home page (Claggett)
3)
Office Remodel Project Continues:
Contractors are making good progress.
Students accessing the band and choir rooms may encounter construction
in the hall connecting the commons to the music area. A rug will be placed over the area to allow
continued access. The main doors to the
west will be off limits until further notice.
All visitors will enter through the north commons doors.
4)
Communicate alignment of lesson plans to
the curriculum standards on
your teacher web pages. -This
is tied to the K12 accreditation process.
Please be sure to
complete this ASAP, if you haven’t already done so.
5)
Teacher and Classified Growth Plans: I have extended the deadline to
Thursday, October 31st.
-Submit your plans to Mr. Baier for
review and signature.
6) Bus
Supervision Duty: Holben, Huxtable, Jeffery, Capp,
Wangeman
Note:
Two staff to the east side of school and three staff to the west side
bus area.
7) Lounge
Duty: Aberle, Woodard, Lamb, Opbroek
8) 7/8
Halloween Dance, 7pm –
9pm in the Multipurpose Room at SMS, Thursday, October 24, 2013
9) ImPact
Testing, Thursday,
October 24, 3:15pm – 4:15 pm in SMS Library (Girls Basketball and wrestlers who
didn't play football)
10) No
School, Elementary Conferences,
Friday, October 25, 2013
Upcoming
Activities:
Oct
28- Nov 1. Red Ribbon Week
November 1 6th Grade Dance, 3:45pm –
5:45pm in the Commons
November
5
Team
Leader Meeting, 7:30 a.m. Library Computer Lab
November 6 1 PM Early Release,
Professional Development Time
November 7 Monthly Faculty Meeting, 7:30
a.m. in the SMS Library
November 7 Free Flu Shot Clinic, 3:30pm
– 7:00pm in SHS Commons
November 8 AdvancED Survey Window Closes
November 11 Veteran’s Day, No School.
Teacher professional development day
November 19 Listen for Life Assembly, 8:35
a.m. (tentatively in the SHS Auditorium)
November 20 End of the 1st
Trimester
November 27-29 Thanksgiving Break - No School
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Brain Rule #8: Stressed brains don’t learn the same way.
- John Medina
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