Spartan PRIDE
Supporting our school community core values.
We are excited to celebrate the annual 6th grade Paper Bowl Championships and Luncheon. Thank you in advance to all the 6th grade parents and community volunteers that make this possible. The winter activities are in full swing. Be sure to catch a basketball game, a dance performance or the much anticipated One Act Play to take place in early Spring. I have included the middle school testing calendar below. Please close attention to the grade level Smarter Balanced Test Windows and avoid appointments or absences. Have a great week!
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Test
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Testing Window
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NAEP, 8th
Grade
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February
12th
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6th
Grade Smarter-Balanced
-Governor’s
Lab
-Library
Lab
-1mobile
labs
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April 8
– April 17
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7th
Grade Smarter-Balanced
-Governor’s
Lab
-Library
Lab
-1
mobile labs
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April
20-April 30
*track
meet, April 24
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8th
Grade Smarter-Balanced
-Governor’s
Lab
-Library
Lab
-Up to 2
mobile labs
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May 1-May
15
*track
meet, May 5
**Music
Festival, May 6
*track
meet, May 8
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D-STEP Science
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Test Window for
Science
March 31-April 18, 2014
***April 14 and/or 15
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Spring
STAR Testing Window
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April 15
– May 15
8th
Gr. = April 20 - 23
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*No
Testing due to track meet
**No
Testing due to Music Festival
***Science
D-STEP depends on computer specification and length of test on computer
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Algebra high school equivalency test
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May 15
and 20
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Spearfish Middle School
Weekly Faculty Bulletin January 26-30, 2015
“Empowering all students
to succeed in a changing world.”
• Preparedness
• Respect • Integrity • Determination • Excellence
1)
Block 4: February 3-24 (8th
band/choir included)
2/3: Beginning of Block 4
2/24: End of Block 4
2)
Building Leadership Team Meeting: Tuesday, January 27th
at 3:25 p.m. in the conf. rm.
Agenda: c) Analyze Assessment Survey Results b) Plan for Feb. Early Release
3)
Scheduling Committee Meeting: Wednesday, January
28th at 3:25 p.m. in conf. rm.
a)
Review scheduling timeline b) Review roles and goals for committee
4)
Technology Request Deadline: February 1st,
the on-line form to be completed for each request can be found at http://www.spearfish.k12.sd.us/District/Forms/dist_forms.html and is in bold white type and listed as Technology Requests
Form. These
must be completed by February 1. None will be accepted after that date. No software requests will be accepted. That
is a curriculum item.
5)
Building Capital Outlay Requests: Deadline is March 1st. You must complete the Purchase Order form
with appropriate information for your request to be considered. (Request must be depreciable items (desks,
equipment etc…, including software).
6)
SMARTER Balanced Q
and A: See link below
7)
Newspapers in Education: Pick up your papers
on Wednesday morning from the Lounge.
8)
Communicate alignment of lesson plans to the curriculum standards on your teacher web pages. -This is tied to the K12 accreditation process.
9)
6th grade tailgate and Paper Bowl Championship: Friday, January 30th
Upcoming Events below:
Feb. 2 7th Grade Stock
Show Field Trip
Feb. 2 Parents as Partners Mtg.,
5:30 p.m. in the SMS Library
February
2-6 National School Counseling Week
Feb. 3 HS Registration for 8th
grade students during Encore Classes
Feb 4 Early
Release 1:00 Professional Development
Feb. 12 NAEP Test, 8th Grade
Feb 16 No
School, Presidents Day – Teacher Professional Development
Feb. 18 S4S Student Leader Meeting,
FLEX Time in the gym (2:47 p.m.)
Feb 27 End of 2nd Trimester
March 3 Science
Fair Awards Assembly
March 4 Early Release 1:00 Professional
Development
March 6 End of 2nd Trimester
Celebration
March
11 Early Release 1:00 Spring
Break
March 12,
13 No School Spring Break
April 2 Early Release 1:00
Professional Development
April
3-6 No School, Easter Break
April 8 Peer to Peer Mentor Training,
7th grade leaders, 8-11 a.m. (tentative date)
April 15 P/T Conferences Middle School
(scheduled)
Ideologies
separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us
together.
-Eugene Ionesco
Make it a great week!
Shane
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