SMS Update
September 1, 2017
In This Edition:
- Open House
- PTA Update
- Update PASS Accounts
- PE Locks
- Book Donations
- Nancy Lowry & Associates
- Support Groups
Open House
PTA Update
PTA MEMBERSHIP
We hope you'll consider joining - or renewing - your membership to SMS PTA this year.
We have a couple of ways you can join SMS PTA:
- We have an online Membership Form where you can both complete the membership form and pay. Click here to access the online Membership Form. There is a small fee (about the same as a postage stamp) to pay online and you will have to complete a separate form for each member joining (i.e. mom and dad)
- Print, complete and mail the attached paper Membership Form with cash or check. Both parents can be included on one form, but it must be mailed to school - not sent with a student to school.
- PTA Membership Form
If you have questions about SMS PTA Membership, please contact Jennifer Niederhausen at jniederhausen@gmail.com.
PTA COMMITTEES
We are still looking for people to chair or co-chair a few committees this year:
- Academic Rewards & Events/PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention & Support)
- Bulletin Board
- Health & Safety
- Reflections
- School Board Representative
- Service (SMS Gives Back)
- Staff Appreciation
If you are interested in learning more about any of these committees or chairing/co-chairing one, please contact Vicki Maloney at vsmaloney02@gmail.com.
Committee chairs will usually use Sign-Up Genius to solicit volunteers to help with their committees throughout the year, so keep your eye out for those opportunities in future M'n'M updates.
PTA MEETINGS - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 at 1:00pm
Our first PTA meeting of the year will be on Monday, September 11, at 1:00pm in the SMS Media Center. Our PTA meetings will be on the second Monday of the month at 1:00pm in the SMS Media Center. Please stop in the office on your way into the building to get a pass. Also, please use the visitor parking spots in the south (left) parking lot or the spots nearest to the road in the north (right) parking lot so we avoid interfering with bus arrival for dismissal.
YARD SIGNS
PTA is again selling yard signs where you can include your child's name and sport or activity to display in your yard. Signs are $20, and you can use the attached form to order one. All of the information needed for ordering a sign is included on the form. Stop by the PTA Table at 7th and 8th Grade Open Houses to see a sample of what a completed sign looks like.
Updating PASS
PE Locks
Cleveland Sports Stars: Gone, But Not Forgotten...
Book Donations
Our Literature Composition and Connections classes are looking for donations of any gently used picture or chapter books. Anyone who is willing/able to do so may drop them off in the main office or even send them in with your child.
NLA
Strongsville City Schools has established a partnership with Nancy Lowrie & Associates,
(NLA), a counseling practice that specializes in child therapy, adolescent therapy, and family counseling. Their practice is located in Strongsville. Here is the link to more information on this available service to all SMS students.
Support Groups
Links
SMS Website: Click Here
PTA Membership: PTA Membership Form
Important Dates
- Sept 8-10: 6th Grade Camp
- Sept 19: Picture Day!
- Sept 22: No School
- Oct 3: Parent-Teacher Conference 4:00-7:00
- Oct 11: Parent-Teacher Conference 4:00-7:00
Strongsville Middle School
Email: sdeitrick@scsmustangs.org
Website: http://www.strongnet.org/Domain/411
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, United States
Phone: 440.572.7090
Twitter: @smsstangs