Spartan PRIDE
Supporting our school community core values.
We end this week with the SMS Activities Banquet on Sunday, May 18 at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of the event is to celebrate the success of our middle school students in extra-curricular activities. We look forward to seeing you there!
A special thank you to all of have donated items and/or money for the End of Year Celebration. We have received everything on our list expect the two items listed below. $600 has been donated to cover the cost of pizza. Any additional funds donated will be used to off-set the cost of a veggie/fruit bag provided with the lunch. Small bags of chips is the only other donate item needed.
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
- Chips
- Cash donations for pizza (checks payable to Spearfish Middle School)
The Library/Media Center has entered the Digital Age: SMS OverDrive digital library now available! Students can check out books from home on
their devices, phones, e-readers, etc. or on the computer here at school. There
will be a link to the web site on our middle school home page. We will also
provide directions in the library for anyone who wants to pick up a copy and
follow at home. Easy Peasy Lemmon Squeezy! Great for anyone who
wants to "read summer read"!! For more information, please contact JoAnn Claggett, Technology Specialist.
Dear Parent/Guardian,
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
Spearfish
Middle School
Weekly
Faculty Bulletin
May
19-23, 2014
“Empowering
all students to succeed in a changing world.”
•
Preparedness • Respect • Integrity • Determination •
Excellence
1)
End of Year Hall
Supervision: As we approach the final weeks of
the school year, please create a schedule rotation to include a teacher at the
end of each grade level hall (in the main hall) beginning at 8:00 a.m. and at
3:15 p.m. each day. Kevin and I are
certainly in the area as well, but an increased presence would be helpful.
2) 7th
and 8th Grade Band Concert,
7 p.m. in the SMS gym, Tuesday, May 20th
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 Agenda:
-Grading & Homework norms
-FLEX Time Parameters
-End of Year Check out
4) 6th
Grade Band and Choir Concert,
SMS Gym, Thursday, May 22 at 7 p.m.
5) STAR
Reading and Math Testing Window, May
1-30, 2014
6) Grade
Level Comprehension Test Window,
April 20-May 30
7) 7th
Grade Culture Fair,
Wednesday, May 22nd –
4:00-6:00
8) HS
Graduation, May 25th
|
Upcoming
Activities
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
|
I could use a hundred people who don’t
know there is such a word as impossible.
-Henry Ford
Dear Parent/Guardian,
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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