Warrior Connection
#worldchangingwarriors
Word for the Warrior....
Hello Warriors!
We hope you had a wonderful second week of JSMS Virtual Instruction! Thank you all for working so hard to connect with us! Your feedback and connection is important to us as we work through learning how to best support your continued learning!
Teachers are once again sending students a survey in order to get feedback to ensure that we are supporting all students well. It is our intention that students spend between two to two and a half hours on schoolwork per day. Please let us know if your child is spending more time than that working each day. Your feedback will help us support your child and all children best when we get to a place where we are gauging how to best provide materials and support that are just right. This is a learning curve for all of us so please let us know how we can help your child and your family!
There have been so many stories of success and connection during this time that truly reveal the power of our Warrior Spirit! Thank you for all of the ways you have reached out to US during this time! We are truly blessed by our relationships and connections with our Warrior families.
Have a wonderful weekend and stay well!
Proud to be a Warrior!
Holly Flora, Principal
John Sevier Middle School
JSMS JAM
Spring Picture Information
Message from LifeTouch
Lifetouch picture facilities have been temporarily closed due to government mandates and our staff has been greatly reduced because of stay at home orders. We will let you know when we have more information. Lifetouch is actually holding all shipments at the plant until we get the green light to ship pictures. ---From LifeTouch
Band Fundraising Items
TRACK T-SHIRTS/SWEATSHIRTS ARE IN!
For anyone who ordered JSMS Track T-Shirts/Sweatshirts, JSMS Coaches will be distributing orders at the bus stop from 10:00-12:00 on Tuesday, April 14th.
SPECTRUM WIFI DEALS
ICYMI ... Charter Communication announced Friday morning it will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to households with K-12 and/or college students who do not already have a subscription.
The news comes on the heels of the arrival of coronavirus in communities throughout the country, and concerns over transmission of the virus.
A service of up to 100 megabytes per second will be provided.
Those interested in enrolling are asked to call 844.488.8395. Installation fees will be waived for new student households. Charter will also open Wi-Fi hot spots across its footprint for public use.
Spectrum will offer a reduced montly fee for families who qualify for an economically disadvantaged status following the 60 days free. They may ask for documentation in order for families to receieve this discount. If your family needs documentation, please come by the school office and we can provide a letter documenting this status.
Duty to Report: In Tn, this is the law. If you believe that a child has been abused or neglected, you have a legal obligation to report it.
For Parents and Child’s Mental Health During COVID-19
For Parents and Child’s Mental Health During COVID-19
Resources for Families
Harmony at Home - Excellent Resource During COVID-19
Excellent Articles for Parents
Helping Children Cope With Changing Results from COVID-19
Helping Children Cope With Emergencies
Counseling Connection
Please know that our Counseling Center is available to connect with students! Families, please encourage your child to visit the Way of the Warrior Google Classroom to see a video from their counselors!
If your children would like to talk to a Sevier counselor, there are several methods of contact:
- Check Way of the Warrior Google Classroom. All students are enrolled in the classrooms.
Here are the course codes:
6th - 3byec5d
7th - 3237vwf
8th - c6dhv7f
--Students are also encouraged to join Mrs. Kincaid's Google Classroom: class code u2wpsxs
- Email counselors:
Ms. Ferguson: Kferguson@k12k.com 378-2436
Mrs. Kincaid: Dkincaid@k12k.com 378-2474
Mrs. King: Lking@k12k.com 378-2437
Also, follow us on Instagram @jsms_counseling
- Office hours, 12-2pm for Kelli Ferguson and Lisa King
-Office hours, 3-4 for Michelle Kincaid
Please let us know if you have any food needs.
If there is an emergency or you are feeling suicidal please call 911.
Suicide hotline: 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text line: 741741
Mobile Crisis: (877) 928-9062
Creekside Behavioral Health Hospital *Offers crisis mental health evaluations 24/71025 Executive Park Blvd.Kingsport, TN 37660
Phone: 833-370-7433
Website: http://creeksidebh.com/
KCS Feeding Program
- Program is available at 10 AM - 2 PM at all eight elementary schools, Sevier, Robinson, and Dobyns-Bennett each weekday. We will restart the program on Monday, 3/30 following spring break.
- This is for all children 18 and under. Children do not have to be Kingsport City Schools students.
- Breakfast and lunch will be given during the 10 AM - 2 PM time frame.
- Bus routes will leave schools starting at 10 AM.
- Sevier's "Drive Through" feeding location is at the front of the school, on the corner, by the parking lot.
- If you are not on a bus route and live within Kingsport City limits, please call (423) 392-4670 or (423) 392-4416 to be added to a bus route if needed.
A Challenge from our own SS Teacher, Chris Carr!
I hope your quarantine time is going well. Yesterday, I had an idea. In our 7th grade class, we read lots of primary sources about the major events we cover in our curriculum. I thought it would be interesting to create a student book of primary sources from this unprecedented time we are in right now. After thinking about it some more, I thought it would be important to document the thoughts and actions of ALL KCS families, not just my own students.
What I am envisioning is a collection of diary entries, essays, poems, drawings, photographs, etc. showing the daily activities of our students, while we are waiting this out. Students and parents would email me their submissions, which I would compile using an online publisher, and then have printed into a hard copy, or copies. The result would be a book of primary sources by KCS families, that would give future students insight as to the fears, concerns, and daily life our children are experiencing right now. This could also give children a creative outlet to alleviate the stresses of isolation.
I'm asking each teacher to make mention of this in his or her Canvas or Google Classroom (or whatever platform you are using) lessons. Depending on the grade level, hand-drawn pictures or a few sentences would be great; you know the ability levels of your children. If you wouldn't mind telling parents to email their child's submission directly to me (ccarr@k12k.com), or if you could forward them to me, I can begin compiling them. I would like for the work to include the student's name, and age.
I'm sending this to everyone, because I want your submissions as well! This is your chance to tell future generations how you spent your time during the spring of 2020. Get creative! I'd like to have May 1 as the deadline for submitting work. That way, I can assemble the book, and hopefully have a hard copy, or copies, by the start of the next school year. Thank you in advance for your help with this endeavor. If I haven't made myself clear, or if you have any questions, please feel free to email me. Stay safe, and stay sanitized!
Clothes Closet Needs
Is anyone Spring Cleaning?
We have a clothes closet at Sevier for students to use if they need to change clothes or if they are in need of clothes. We encourage students to keep what we give them when they come to the clothes closet. If you are doing any Spring Cleaning, consider donating your old clothes to the Sevier Clothes Closet. We are also always in need of new socks and underwear for students.
Thank you!
Free eCard Opportunity
The Kingsport Public Library is offering an eCard to any area student that would like it. The eCard would provide access to their READs collection through Overdrive/Libby. There are two ways to accomplish this:
Teachers:
- Email a list of names and email addresses of their students to youthserviceslibrary@kingsporttn.gov
- Library sends a list of eCard numbers to teachers
- Teachers pass card number on to students
- Students log on to overdrive or Libby and READ
Parents:
- Email name, email address, school attending, and zip code to youthserviceslibrary@kingsporttn.gov
- Library sends eCard number
- Students log on to Overdrive or Libby and READ