Spartan PRIDE
Supporting our school community core values.
1) Week in Review
2) End of year Celebration and Lunch Schedule and Supply Needs
2) Weekly Bulletin
3) Free Summer Math Program (see letter and access code below)
Week in Review
The banquet, field trip and special event season has arrived. The SMS Activities Banquet is scheduled for Sunday, May 18th at 6:00 p.m. See Mr. O'Dea's blog and website for more information. The 8th grade transition day to high school is taking place on Wednesday, May 14th at 1:30 p.m. Parents are welcome to attend. The Sukstorf/Knittel Teams are planning the final balloon launch for May 15th. The Opbroek team is planning a Mining History Field Trip for May 15th as well. The 7th grade Culture Fair is planned for May 22nd.
Our activities season will conclude with the conference track meet this Saturday. I am impressed with the level of involvement from our students this year. We are looking forward to celebrating and honoring our students at the Activities Banquet scheduled for Sunday, May 18th.
As we head into the final weeks of the school year, I encourage all student to finish strong. There is still much learning to do!
Spearfish Middle School "End of
Year Celebration and Lunch", June 3, 2014,
Date: Tuesday, June 3,
2014
Tentative Schedule:
- 8:15-9:50 a.m. Time in classrooms
- 9:50 Students released to football practice field
- 10:00 a.m. START Time activity stations
- 11:00 a.m. to Noon, Lunch served by grade level
- 12:00 p.m. START Time Tug of War Competition
- 12:45 Students return to building to prepare for 1:00 p.m. early released
Theme: Run Your Own Race
Supplies still needed: Deadline is May 26, 2014
- 4 dozen egges
- 200 large baloons
- 12 4 to 8 oz packages in gummy bears or worms
- 9 paddle ball sets
- 225 party balloons
- Bottled Water
- Chips
- Cash donations for pizza (checks payable to Spearfish Middle School)
Spearfish
Middle School
Weekly
Faculty Bulletin
May
12-16, 2014
“Empowering
all students to succeed in a changing world.”
•
Preparedness • Respect • Integrity • Determination •
Excellence
1)
Excellent AdvancED spring
newsletter.
See link: http://www.advanc-ed.org/webfm_send/625 Topics included: A. Effective Learning Environments
Observation Tool (ELEOT, tool used for classroom observations during next
fall’s AdvancED visit B. Personalized
Learning Environment, C. Student-Centered Learning
2) BLT
Meeting,
Tuesday, May 13, 3:25-4:15 p.m. in the
SMS Library
3) May
Faculty Meeting,
Wednesday, May 21, 7:30
a.m. in the SMS Library. Please
provide Mr. Baier with the results from the team reflections activity by May 16th
(-Grading & Homework norms -FLEX
Time Parameters-Writing Process -Agreed upon Essential Study Skills to support
learning concept).
4) STAR
Reading and Math Testing Window, May
1-30, 2014
5) Grade
Level Comprehension Test Window,
April 20-May 30
6) 8th
Grade Transition Day,
1:30 p.m. in the HS, Wednesday, May 14th
7) District
Staff Recognition Banquet,
Wednesday, May 14th at 5:00 p.m. in SMS gym
8) Oproek/Wolff,
Mining History Fieldtrip
8:15 a.m. – 1: 00 p.m., Thursday, May 15th
9) Final
6th Gr. Balloon Launch,
8:30 am (Knittel/Sukstorf Teams), Thursday, May 15th
10) All-School
Dance –
6:30-9:00, Friday, May 16th
11) SMS
Middle School Activities Banquet,
6:00 p.m., Sunday, May 18th
Weekly Blog Link: http://spearfishmiddleschoolspartans.blogspot.com/
Upcoming
Activities
May 22 7th Grade Culture Fair –
4:00-6:00
May 25 HS Graduation
May 26 No School, Memorial Day
May 28 6th Fishing Derby
June 2 7th grade field trip
June 3 End of Year Student Celebration &
Lunch
June 4 Teacher check out day
June 9-June 25 SMS Summer School, 8
a.m. - noon
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Discipline and concentration are a
matter of being interested.
-Tom Kite
Free Summer Math Program
Research shows that most students lose 2--3 months of grade level math equivalency over the summer. We’re delighted to inform you about a free program offered by the Spearfish School District and TenMarks Education that will provide your child with access to a powerful, personalized summer math program designed to help them reverse summer learning loss.
The program is called TenMarks Summer Math Program and here is how it works.
1. Starting April 15, 2014, you can visit http://summer.tenmarks.com and sign up.
Please use Summer Access Code: 32531
2. Before summer break, you’ll receive an email with access details for your child and for you
– to monitor his/her progress.
3. At the start of the program, your child will receive a short diagnostic assessment based on
the grade s/he is entering this fall.
4. The assessment will be automatically graded and TenMarks will create a personalized
program, designed for your child to prepare for the upcoming year.
5. You can create custom rewards to keep your child motivated – pizza, ice cream, or a trip to
the zoo! It’s all up to you!
An hour a week is all it takes for your child to strengthen his/her math skills, and prepare for
the year ahead. The TenMarks Summer Math Program will guide your child through their personalized
program, one topic at a time, helping them refresh what they know, and learn what they don’t. Each
assignment contains embedded instruction (hints, video lessons, and interventions) to help your
child refresh concepts from the past year and prepare for the ones ahead.
The 3 month program starts in the first week of June. To start, visit the URL below to register.
Please remember to type in your Access Code.
http://summer.tenmarks.com
Summer Access Code: 32531
Let’s say goodbye to summer learning loss!
Information located at:
http://summermath.tenmarks.com/Global/FileLib/Resources/TenMarks_Summer_Math_Program_ Families.pdf
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