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Mustangs in the Middle : Week of: September 14, 2020
From the desk of Principal Mrs. Boytim
Today our SMS family began our day taking a few moments sitting in silence remembering 9/11. We remember all those that fight, have fought and sacrifice for our country. Many staff members included this topic in their conversations with students today; I would encourage you to talk to your students about what they learned and their takeaways.
Next week, SMS Open House will be virtual and we are providing detailed and creative videos for all families to watch and learn more about our teachers, their classrooms, the teams and the school year. These videos will be available on 9/15/2020 on our website. Plan to watch your teacher's videos and submit any questions using your team's Q and A form. Answers will be given to families throughout the week. Please watch our office Open House video below!
Information regarding the first day of school, entrance into the buildings, navigating the building and orientation details will be shared separately, next week. Please look for this email as it will help you and your students prepare for our first days beginning the week of September 21.
I hope you enjoy your weekend and please feel free to call or email with any questions or needs. Congratulations to all of our staff and students with their September nominations and celebrations. We are proud of you! Go Mustangs!
Take care,
Mrs. Boytim
Green and White Clarification
All-In Learning Green and White Days: The term Green and White refers to the classes your students will attend on each of those days. Some students have alternating schedules with different classes on each day. This term refers to those schedules.
SMS Mustangs of the Month
Model Mustangs of the Month
SMS SHOUT OUTS OF THE WEEK!
TEAM WEEKLY PREVIEWS
Parents should use this as a way to follow up on student's Remote 2.0 weekly calendar and help them remain organized and on track with all of their classes and assignments.
Counselor's Corner
We could all use a little more connection! If you're looking for a way to connect to your student and get a conversation going - the SMS Counseling Team is here for you!
Try a 'Good/Bad/Good Sandwich' for dinner!
- Everyone gets to share
- Each person can have 3 minutes to talk
This may beat the grunts and shoulder shrugs that are often the answer to "How was your day?"
Students are welcome to contact their grade level counselor via email if they would like to talk. Below see an image of our standards of confidentiality when meeting with students.
"Remote 2.0 Classroom" Pictures!
Send us a picture of your student and their "Remote 2.0 Classrooms". Share your students working, creating, smiling and interacting with SMS teachers and content. Help us build community within the community and share in their learning!
Send pictures to jboytim@scsmustangs.org . Pictures should be school appropriate and should not include other students unless authorized by their guardian. Thank you and we look forward to "seeing" our students!
SMS ATHLETICS
WEEKLY ANNOUCEMENTS
These are also linked to our Team Preview templates and located on our school website.
Tips, Announcements and Reminders
How to Navigate Google Classroom - Help for Parents & Students
Mrs. McNamara found a great video on youtube to help us all get better at
Remote 2.0 and the Google Classroom.
PARENT & STUDENT HELP WITH ONLINE APPS AND PROGRAMS
Team Shop and Spirit Wear
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: FAQS
If you have a question that you would like answered, please feel free to call, email or submit a question HERE: SMS Parent Questions and we will try to help you the best we can.
Follow Mrs. Boytim and School News @MrsBoytim and @TheSMSMustangs on Twitter!
SCS Team Shop
Strongsville Middle School
Mrs. Boytim: jboytim@scsmustangs.org
Mrs. Peters: jpeters@scsmustangs.org
Mrs. Bailey: jbailey@scsmustangs.org
Counselors:
Mrs. Gerber (6): kgerber@scsmustangs.org
Mrs. Pietrocini (7): spietrocini@scsmustangs.org
Mrs. Ray (8): eray@scsmustangs.org
Website: https://www.strongnet.org/Domain/411
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: 440-572-7090
Twitter: @mrsboytim