Weekly Spartan Blog: March 31-April 4, 2014

Spartan PRIDE

Supporting our school community core values.

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 End of the Year Student Celebration and Lunch.

 Science Fair Regional Winners:  Congratulations to all regional science fair competitors.  The list of students below were the award winners:

6^th Grade:

            Biological:

                                2^nd Ashtyn Reiners

                                4^th Allison Baloun & Tiffany Valentine

                Physical:

                                5^th Sarah Anglin

7^th Grade:

                Biological:

                                2^nd Rigel Roberdeau

                                3^rd Kenna Comer

                Engineering:

                                1^st Madiera Lister

                                2^nd Sam Lister

                                4^th Evan Kollar

                Physical:

                                1^st Tim Doerges

                                2^nd Jay Sayler

                                5^th Abbiemarie Woodard

                Social:

                                4^th Lily Dennison

                                5^th Rachel Jensen

8^th Grade:

                Biological:

                                1^st Grace Cihak and Lauren Hight

                                5^th Tommy Owen

                Social:

                                4^th Anna Pochop

                                5^th Alexis Kemp and Jensen Markley

The Smarter Balanced Assessment will be administered online, this field test will closely resemble the summative assessment that students will participate in during the spring of 2015. While the Smarter Balanced assessment is untimed, each subject area is expected to take 3-4 hours to complete. Because the Field Test is a “test of the test,” students will not receive scores individually.  In 2014 only scores for Science will be available for individual students.  It is very important that students are in attendance for this activity.  See testing window for each grade level in the coming activities calendar below.

Spearfish Middle School

Weekly Faculty Bulletin

March 31 – April 4, 2014

“Empowering all students to succeed in a changing world.”

• Preparedness  • Respect  • Integrity  • Determination  • Excellence

Block #	Course Description Deadline	Student Registration Window	Start Date
6*	February 4th	March 24-28	April 14th

1)     Team Leader Meeting., Tuesday, April 1 at 7:30 a.m. in conference rm.

Agenda: A) End of the year celebration   B) Summer School   C) Summer Reading Expectations

2)     Hat Day ($1 Students) and Jeans Day ($5 Staff), Tuesday, April 1^st.  (In support of the Aberle family)

3)     Community in the Classroom, April 2-4, 2014  (Team leaders were designated as the contacts, but all teachers may see a community member.

4)     April PD Early Release, Wednesday, April 2, 2014    (Meet in the library at 1:15 p.m.)

Agenda:  A) Punch list for SMARTER Balance Assessment   B) Evaluate & work on SMART Goal implementation

5)     BLT Leadership Team Meeting, Wednesday, April 2 at 3:30 p.m. in the library

-Agenda:  A) Review PD calendar   B) BLT Staff Rotation  C) End of the Staff Celebration

6)     April Faculty Meeting, Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 a.m. in the library

Agenda:  A) STEM program update    B)  End of the year celebration  C)  BLT update   D)    SLO Training

           

7)     5th Grade Student visit to SMS,  April 3, 4, & 7 (9:30-11:30 a.m. each day)  5^th grade will each lunch from 11:35 a.m.-12:05 p.m. at the middle school.

           

8)     Student Council Lock-in, April 4, 7pm – Sat, April 5, 8 am

9)     Supply Budget Orders for next school year:  Deadline is April 1^st.  Submit forms to Krystal

10) 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.

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

Upcoming Activities April 8                         April Parents as Partners, April 10                       Incoming 6th gr. Parent/Student Registration Night,  6-7 p.m. April 10-17                  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) April 15                          “Purple Up! For Military Kids Day”

 Be assured that you’ll always have time for the things you put first.

                       

-Liane Steele

.