Spartan PRIDE
Supporting our school community core values.
Spring may have finally arrived! Track season is underway with great student numbers in 7th and 8th grade. The third and final trimester of the school year is in full-swing. The theme for the school year is "Run Your Own Race." Keeping the theme in mind, we want students to "finish strong." Please take some time to discuss accomplishments and challenges to this point in the school year. What adjustments can be made to create the conditions for the finish you desire?
Looking ahead, we host the Northern Hills Solo Ensemble Contest this Saturday, March 22nd. Our band and choir students have been preparing for this much anticipated event. Good luck Spartans! In early April through mid-May each grade level will participate in the Smarter-Balanced Assessment. See the testing windows in the coming events calendar below. It is very important that you schedule appointments at times that don't interfere with testing.
Parents as Partners Meeting: Next Meeting will be Monday, April 7th from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in the SMS Library. The meeting topic will focus on enrollment projections, new programming for next year and the AdvancED site visit.
Spearfish
Middle School
Weekly
Faculty Bulletin
March
17-21, 2014
“Empowering
all students to succeed in a changing world.”
•
Preparedness • Respect • Integrity • Determination •
Excellence
1)
FLEX Time Dates/Deadlines:
Block
#
|
Course
Description Deadline
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Student
Registration Window
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Start
Date
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6*
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February 4th
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March 24-28
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April 14th
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2) Regional
Science Fair,
Friday, March 21
3) Band
and Choir Northern Hills Solo/Ensemble Contest at SMS, Saturday, March 22
4)
Supply Budget Orders for next school
year: Deadline is April 1st.
Submit forms to Krystal
5)
STAR
math and reading testing window: May
1-May 30 (note extension through May
30)
Note:
All students are required to complete the STAR reading and math
assessment within the spring window.
6) Reminder
to consider application for a Spearfish Foundation Grant. Go to:
http://www.spearfishschools.org/
for more details.
Upcoming
Activities
March 25 Orientation to Middle School (5th
gr. students at Creekside) 1-2:30 p.m.
March 26 Systems of Support (RTI) Follow up mtg. 7:30
a.m. in conf. rm.
April 1 Team Leader Mtg., &7:30 a.m. in conf. rm.
April 2-4 Community in the
Classroom
April 2 1 p.m. PD Early Release
April 2 BLT Leadership Team Meeting, 3:30 p.m.
April 3 April Faculty Meeting, 7:30 a.m. in the
library
April 3, 4, & 7 Creekside Student visit
(9:30-11:30 a.m. each day)
April 4 Student Council Lock-in, 7pm – Sat, April
5, 8am
April 10 Incoming 6th gr. Parent/Student
Registration Night, 6-7 p.m.
April 8-17 6th Grade Smarter
Balanced Assessment Window
April 23-May 2 7th Grade
Smarter Balanced Assessment Window
May 5-15 8th
Grade Smarter Balanced Assessment Window
April 10 D-Step Science, 8th
grade (paper/pencil test)
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-Florence Nightingale
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