SMS Scoop
October 3, 2022

Activities on Monday, October 10th
In an effort to encourage students to start the grading period with consistent work completion habits, we are planning several activities throughout the building during the afternoon of Monday, October 10th.
In order to be eligible to participate, students must have completed/submitted all assignments in every class from Monday, September 26th through Friday, October 7th. In addition, they cannot owe a detention or ISS on Monday, October 10th. Students who need to complete work or take care of their disciplinary consequence will spend those two hours in a work room with a teacher.

Picture Retakes
The online order code for retakes is 68952CA
There are hard copies of the order form in the office if you prefer to place an order in that manner.

Start With HelloThank you to everyone who participated in our Start with Hello week activities from September 19-23. Start with Hello is part of the Sandy Hook Promise program and is designed to help eliminate social isolation. | Upstander Grams Students wrote over 200 upstander grams and gratitude cards to give notice and thanks to those students that are kind, include others, and stand up for others. They also gave certificates to their Trusted Adults to thank them for being there for them. | Certificates for Trusted Adults Thank you Mrs. Naugle for sorting all the notes and delivering them. |
Start With Hello
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Start with Hello week activities from September 19-23. Start with Hello is part of the Sandy Hook Promise program and is designed to help eliminate social isolation.
Upstander Grams
Pawsitive Choices Program Thank you Megan McNeely with Scott County Purdue Extension Office and Scott County Humane Society for allowing our students to help with the Pawsitive Choices program. Thank you to our 8th graders for helping to train these dogs. | 8th Grade Engineering Class This year SMS 8th graders have multiple elective choices. One new elective is a trimester-long engineering class taught by Mr. Zeigenbein. Students complete various projects, like this bridge-building task. | 8th Grade Health Class Another elective choice for 8th graders is health for high school credit. This class also lasts one trimester and is taught by Mr. Barnett and Ms. Sutton. Students learn about a variety of topics such as the effects that illegal substances have on coordination, perception, and decision making. |
Pawsitive Choices Program
8th Grade Engineering Class
8th Grade Health Class

SADD Meeting
See Mrs. Naugle for more information.

Science Olympiad
Questions? See Mrs. Naugle

Fall Sports Season
Eventlink is the platform that we use to communicate with parents/family members regarding practices and events.
If you have questions about athletics, please contact Mrs. Manns at 812-752-8926 option 2.
Fall Sports Pictures
You can now choose your own background! Select a photo of your child to start. You can also move the photo to ensure it is perfectly aligned.
Text the access code SMSFALL22 to 90738 or visit: https://galleries.photoday.io/ and enter the access code SMSFALL22 to get started.
Photos by Jenni Brown Photography 502-432-7406 (text or call)
Winter Sports Season
Any questions please call Scottsburg MS and press option 2 for Athletics.


Snack Line during Lunches
Items offered range from $0.50 to $1.50.
Bottled Juice $1.50
Canned Drinks $1.50
Cereal Pouch $1.00
Chips/rice krispies $1.00
Cookies/granola bars $0.75
Fruit rollups $0.50
Fruit Snacks $0.75
Gold fish/animal crackers $0.60
Ice Cream $1.50
Students must have money in their account and must be wearing their badge/lanyard in order to purchase items from the snack line.

Reminders for Walkers
Please be careful when crossing the streets, utilize sidewalks and crosswalks when available, and follow the street crossing signs.
Also, be sure that you are a positive representative of SMS when you are in the community.
Also, as Officer Nicholson reminded you during his classroom visits, be sure that you are aware of your surroundings, including traffic, at all times.
Student Handbook Update
The Scottsburg MS student handbook contains some significant updates for the 2022-2023 school year. The most significant changes took place in the discipline section.
Here are the highlights of three changes that will impact the largest number of students:
Cell phones are still not allowed to be used during the school day here at SMS. Phones are expected to be turned off and stored in lockers. Students who are carrying a cell phone or using a cell phone during the school day are in violation. The consequences for each situation are outlined in the handbook.
Second is illegal substances. This year students who have illegal substances and/or paraphernalia (most common examples are vapes, cigarettes, or alcohol) will be recommended for expulsion on the first offense.
In an attempt to be more aligned with the high school discipline policy, we will be following a progressive discipline approach. This means that when a student commits the same offense multiple times, the discipline will get progressively more serious. Each example is outlined in the doc that is provided by clicking on the picture above or via the link below.
SMS Student Handbook
We encourage you to read the handbook with your child(ren) and to contact us with any questions you may have.
We are looking forward to working with our students and their parents throughout the upcoming school year.

Cafeteria Information
https://scsd2.nutrislice.com/menu/scottsburg-middle
Like many schools, we occasionally experience some supply/distribution delays. We will follow the posted menus when possible, but will have to make adjustments at times.