SPARTAN News Stafford Middle School @Wearesmspartans October 2016
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SPARTAN News Stafford Middle School @WeAreSMSpartans October 2016 Book Fair in October the Library! 3—7 Shop ONLINE 9/28—10/11 Scholastic.com Tuesday, November 1 Thursday, Mark your calendar… FALL DRAMA SHOW—Nov 3-4 October 6 REPORT CARDS—Nov 14 FALL PARENT CONFERENCE NIGHT—Dec 1 5:00—7:00 PM WINTER CHORUS CONCERT—Dec 14 SCIENCE FAIR—Jan 24 RESPECTFUL • RESPONSIBLE • PRODUCTIVE - “The Spartan Way” Mark J. Smith Jeff Howard Lindsey Conn Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] STAFFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL 101 Spartan Drive, Stafford, VA 22554 ● Phone: 540-658-6210 ● Fax: 540-658-6204 6th Grade English... ow! It’s hard to believe it is the end of September. Time is flying by! Our sixth grade students have been doing a wonderful job adjusting to middle school. From lockers to block scheduling, W students are falling into a routine and are truly Spectacular Spar- tans! In English, students have been busy. We have finished our unit on genres and are moving on to learning about plot elements. We have been studying the parts of the plot diagram and applying this information to new pieces of literature. Writing continues to be a focus as we perfect our knowledge of sentence and paragraph development. Greek and Latin af- fixes have also been threaded into the curriculum. Finally, students have had the opportunity to visit the book fair in the library and have checked out books for pleasure reading. Mrs. Castilleja Mrs. Geslock Mrs. Johnson Ms. Jones Ms. Rodebaugh elcome to the start of a new school year and a year of A+ School Rewards. Beginning October 7, 2016 through March 16, 2017, Stafford Middle School W ID#02344, will have the opportunity to earn cash through the Giant A+ School Rewards Program. All you have to do is: • Log on to www.Giant.com/aplus to designate our school online using your Giant Card OR • Call the A+ Hotline at 1-877-275-2758 for assistance REMEMBER: If you registered your card last year, you DO NOT need to re- register this year. You can visit the website to verify correct school assign- ment. Also, don’t forget to encourage your friends and relatives to do the same. It could mean more CASH for our school. After you register your card, each shopping trip at Giant using your Card earns CASH for our school. Each month, the amount of CASH awarded will be updated on the Giant A+ website. You can track the amount of points you earn for our school by checking your grocery receipt and online when you create an account at www.Giant.com. Our school will receive a check at the end of the program and the money can be used for any of our school’s educational needs. Thanks for supporting our school! have exciting news! Our school is participating in the bels and send them to Tyson Foods, and Tyson Foods will Tyson Project A+™ program, a fund-raising program send our school a check. Each label is worth 24¢! sponsored by Tyson Foods, Inc. Through this pro- gram, we can raise up to $12,000 for our I’d be happy to answer any questions you have Ischool this year! The money can go towards sup- about the program. You can also find plies, building improvements, school programs, details online at ProjectAPlus.tyson.com or anything else we choose. It’s an easy way to raise much needed funds by sending Tyson Pro- I hope you’ll join the SMS National Junior Honor ject A+ labels from products you probably al- Society in collecting Tyson Project A+ labels this ready buy. year and spread the word to your friends and relatives. It’s such an easy way to raise much Here’s how it works: Just clip and collect Tyson Project A+ needed funds for our school! If you have any questions, labels from participating Tyson® product packages and please contact Ms. Mangione, NJHS Advisor at man- send them to school with your child. We’ll collect the la- [email protected]. Instructional Technology at SMS... f you have a sixth grader and have not received your Have you checked out the new SMS ParentVUE activation code to create a login to moni- webpage? We are proud of our work so tor grades, attendance, and view class websites, far. We will be continuing to add and up- please contact our counseling Office to speak to Mrs. date content and train our staff in how to IBuchanan at 65-6210. use it. If you have feedback, please let us know. If you are looking for teacher classroom pages, they are now found ParentVUE and StudentVUE links and links to the mobile in ParentVUE on the left side of the main screen. apps. are available at our new school webpage under the Parent Tab on the right side of the main screen. Todd Kramer PTO UPDATE Spirit Night Carols O’Kelly’s: October 12 Thank you Thanks to all who helped with teacher breakfast. We could use your help with Back to School Night on October 6 and providing dinner for teachers. Email ttaff- [email protected] for more info. General Membership meeting Thursday, October 13-7 PM. SMS cafeteria. We will be voting on revising our by-laws. Remainder of PTO Meetings for 2016-2017 Thurs., Nov. 17 Wed., Dec. 15 Wed., Jan. 18 Wed., Feb. 15 Wed., March 15 Wed., April 12 Wed. May 17—This is a general membership meeting where we will hold elections for 2017-2018 PTO board. ALL MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT SMS AT 7 PM Check the website (SMS website and PTO page) before attending a meeting to make sure no changes have occurred. Color-A-Thon Walk/Run This is our big fundraiser of the year. Our kids had a blast last year. Save the date for Nov. 19 and look for info to come home with your child soon. Tennis Spartan Spirit Intramural Intramural Oct 4–27 ● Tues-Wed-Thurs ● 3-4 PM Sept 26—Oct 30 The purpose of the Spartan Spirit Intramural is to introduce or further a stu- Mon & Thurs dents experience with the basics in cheerleading (arm positions, jumps, basic 3-4 PM stunts, & basic tumbling), to learning several school cheers, The purpose of this and to support the school’s athletic programs. Each SMS stu- intramural is to help dent that would like to participate must complete the Informed SMS students enhance their tennis Consent Form and return it to Mrs. Khodjibaev prior to Oct. 3, skills. Basic tennis skills will be in- 2016. The Spartan Spirit intramural is open to any Spartan Mid- troduced, tennis drills, scoring & dle student that is interested. Each student should be dressed match play. Students will walk w/ in comfortable active wear clothing with tennis shoes. Parents should pick up Mrs. Kehler to the BPHS tennis at the front of the building promptly at 4:00. Point of contact for the intramu- courts each day. A tennis racket is provided, if needed. Informed ral is Mrs. Noelle Khodjibaev at [email protected]. Consent Form must be on file. -SMS Health & PE Rides must pick up by 4 pm. Volleyball DAY DATE OPPONENT Schedule Mon 10/3 VS HHP Wed 10/5 @ GMS 2016 Fri 10/7 VS DSMS Wed 10/12 VS DMS Fri 10/14 VS SHMS Mon 10/17 @ RTMS Tournaments: 10/19 & 10/21 Championship 10/25 2016 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Schedule Hockey Field 2016 DAY DATE OPPONENT DAY DATE OPPONENT Mon 10/3 @ HHP Wed 10/5 VS DMS Wed 10/12 VS AGW Wed 10/5 VS GMS Wed 10/19 @ RTMS Fri 10/7 @ DSMS Wed 10/26 VS SHMS Wed 10/12 VS DMS Wed 11/2 @ HHP Fri 10/14 @ SHMS Wed 11/9 @ DSMS Mon 10/17 VS RTMS Championship Fri 11/14 #1 VS #2 Tournaments: 10/19 & 10/21 B Games— 3:10 pm A Games— 3:30 pm Championship: 10/25 COUNSELING NEWS FOR OCTOBER! Mrs. Carey (7th Grade & 6th Grade A-K): Hi Spartan families! October is here! We have done our first guidance lessons. In 7th grade, we learned all about using our BRAIN to solve our problems. We looked at what the Benefits were to that solution, what the Risks were, were there any Alternatives? What was does our Intuition say? What would happen if we did Nothing? Using prob- lem solving skills is a huge part of growing up. Learning how to prob- lem solve will help our students become better Spartans and better citizens. In October we will be focusing on Anti-Bullying. We will have our annual Unity day on October 20 where we will encourage our students to wear orange. I look forward to seeing everyone at Back to School Night on October 6th. If you have any questions or con- cerns, please don't hesitate to contact me! Ms. Stafford (8th Grade & 6th Grade L-Z): OCT 20, 2016 Happy October SMS families!! I can’t believe we are into our second month of school already! Mrs. Carey and I have already had a chance to visit each classroom for our introduction lessons. In these lessons, we went over what a middle school counselor does as well as how they can utilize the Counseling Center. During our first lesson, we focused on becoming problem solving experts! Our 6th and 8th grad- ers learned how to implement S.O.D.A.S. into their everyday lives.