Friday, February 21, 2014

Weekly Spartan Blog: February 24-28, 2014

Spartan PRIDE
Supporting our school community core values.

Spearfish Middle School
Weekly Faculty Bulletin
February 24-28, 2014

“Empowering all students to succeed in a changing world.”
• Preparedness  • Respect  • Integrity  • Determination  • Excellence

1)     FLEX Time Dates/Deadlines:

Block #
Course Description Deadline
Student Registration Window
Start Date
4
Done
January 13-17
February 3
5*
February 4th
February 10-14
March 3rd
6*
February 4th
March 24-28
April 14th

2)     7/8 Band Pops Concert,  7:00pm – 8:30pm., Tuesday, February 25th in the HS auditorium

3)     Scheduling Committee Meeting, Wednesday, February 26th in the conference rm. at 3:25 – 4:10 p.m. 

4)     START Time End of Trimester Celebration Activity: 

START Time Elimination Round (Top 2):  See sign-up sheet in staff lounge.  START Times will have 2 to 3 weeks to establish two representatives for the finals showdown.  Sign up for 2 time slots.  Assembly date is March 7t


5)     Reminder to consider application for a Spearfish Foundation Grant.  Go to: http://www.spearfishschools.org/  for more details.

6)     End of 2nd Trimester, Friday, February 28th

7)     8th Grade Dance, Friday, February 28th  7-9 p.m.

8) Building Capital Outlay Requests:  Deadline is March 1st. 

9) SMARTER Balanced Assessment:   See the link for an overview of performance tasks:  


Upcoming Activities
March 3                       FLEX Block 5 Begins
March 4                       2nd Trimester Grades Due by 8:00 a.m.
March 5                       1 p.m. PD Early Release
March 7                       End of 2nd Trimester Celebration Assembly
March 7 & 8                Drama Performance
March 10                     Track Practice Begin,  3:30pm – 4:30pm, SMS Gym
March 11                     Girls' Science Day, SDSM&T
March 12                     1:00 p.m. Early Release for spring break
March 13 & 14            No School, spring break
March 21                     Regional Science Fair
March 22                     Band and Choir Northern Hills Solo/Ensemble Contest at SMS                                                               
April 2                         1 p.m. PD Early Release                                                                                             
April 4                         Student Council Lock-in, 7pm – Sat, April 5, 8am
 
Testing Window:  March 18 – May 16
 
SMARTER-BALANCED
D-STEP Science
6th Grade
(six-day window)
April 10-17
 
N/A
7th Grade
(six-day window)
April 23-May 2
 
N/A
8th Grade
(six-day window)
May 5-15
April 10 
 


 

Live each and every day as if it were your last – because one day you’ll be right.

                       

-Bob Moawad

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