Good Morning,

We have "Court in School" today at 9:00am for our 8th graders.

• We will be calling 8th graders down to the cafeteria by classroom beginning a few minutes before 9:00am. Please escort your 1st hour down to the cafeteria.

• If you have a 2nd or 3rd hour 8th grade class, please plan to come down to the cafeteria at that time to supervise students and replace the teachers with prep or 6/7 classes that are starting.

• If you have a split 7th/8th grade class, plan to stay in your classroom with your 7th grade students.

• Please remind 6th and 7th grade students to move through the hall quietly during passing time and that they will not be able to enter the cafeteria. Students needing to go to the gym should enter through the doors by the orchestra room and students entering and exiting the band room should plan to walk through the gym as well.

• We expect the event to wrap up between 10:30-11:00am

Our Winter 1 Pep-Assembly is this Tuesday! Please take a look at the email Kerry sent out before break with all the details. Here's a link to the assembly agenda: Winter 1 Pep Assembly Nov. 29.pdf

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to participate!

We hope you can stick around to enjoy the boys' basketball season opener Tuesday night!

Our after school Homework Club is up and running. Homework Club will be meeting in the media center after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 4:00pm. We have a number of high school students coming over to tutor and they are looking for students to work with! If you have students that you think could benefit from this, please feel free to talk with them directly and reach out to their parents.

It's the final week!

In the main office we have a display of 100 boxes to check off - 1 for each positive phone call (not email) we make in the building. When you make a positive phone come down and initial a box. Demonstrating our gratitude for our students - giving thanks for academic or behavioral growth, strong character, or their joy can change strengthen our relationships with our students and families.

Bonus! For each box you initial - you will be put into a Favorite Thing raffle for the end of the month. The science of sharing gratitude benefits the giver as much as the receiver. Check out this video below for some good vibes around those benefits!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Troybery Season! Today we kick off our 23rd Annual Troybery Award Program in our Troy middle school media centers with the release of our Troybery Potentials list! (See attached list with hyperlinks to book summaries, as well as a graphic of the covers.)

Please feel free to share with your students and read along with them! It’s always so wonderful to have staff discussing their favorite Troybery books with students.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR MARCH 10—We will be hosting our 2nd Annual Troybery Author Blitz again the day after parent-teacher conferences. Let your librarian provide your lesson plan for that day with Troybery author Zoom visits every hour!

The Troybery final voting will be the week of April 10, with the video ceremony being released on May 5.

Thank you for your support of our reading program. Please let me know if you have any questions or if you want to check out any of our amazing 2023 titles! Many thanks to those teachers who gave input about our choices.

Christina

Monday, December 5th - 6:00pm PTO Meeting

Tuesday, December 6th - 3:45pm Basketball Game vs. Baker (Away)

Wednesday, December 7th - LATE START DAY (DEPT. FOCUS 8-9:30AM)

7:00pm - Orchestra Winter Concert

Thursday, December 8th - PTO BAKE SALE (DURING LUNCHES)

4:00pm - Basketball Game vs. Van Hoosen (Away)

Friday, December 9th - Staff Holiday Party @ CJ Mahoneys (3:30pm)

Monday, December 12th - 1:00pm IA COUNSELORS VISIT SMITH 8TH GR STUDENTS

4:00pm - Basketball Game vs. West (Home)

Tuesday, December 13th 3:45pm - Basketball Game vs. Boulan (Home)

Wednesday, December 14th SCHOOL WIDE WORD PRESS WEDNESDAY

7:00pm - Smith Bands Concert

Thursday, December 15th 7:15am - Collaboration Time - Committee Work

Friday, December 16th - Winter Music Assembly

3:30pm - Winter Sports Pictures

Saturday, December 17th - Competitive Cheer Competition (Troy High School)

Sunday, December 18th - Hanukkah Begins

Monday, December 19th - Monday, January 2nd - NO SCHOOL (WINTER BREAK)

All of our sub teachers now have access to a school iPad. They will be linked to a general sub email account that you, as the teacher, will send your lesson plans and any other pertinent sub information to when you will be absent. So, when you're going to be absent, please email your lesson plans to Amanda, Ryan, and Casey, along with auxsub-smi1@troy.k12.mi.us.

The subs will also be able to cast to your classroom TVs with that iPad. Please make sure the correct sharing permissions are set on any documents you want subs to access and share.

Link to Parking Lot is below. Have a question, comment, or something you would like us to consider? Use the parking lot below. I will follow up with individuals or address the staff as necessary.

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