Warrior Beat
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Week of the Warrior
MONDAY: January 27th
- ELA, Math, Science Symposiums after school so no faculty meeting
SEL - Goal Setting
Weekly Planning with InDeS
The 2020 Sevier Geography Bee will take place on Tuesday, January 28th at 1:00 in the auditorium. Please see your Social Studies teacher if you're interested.
Girls interested in playing indoor soccer please see Coach Guthrie for in formation.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
TUESDAY: January 28th
SEL - Tuesday - Circles
Student Council meetings on January 28th
The 2020 Sevier Geography Bee will take place on Tuesday, January 28th at 1:00 in the auditorium. Please see your Social Studies teacher if you're interested.
Art Club will be Tuesday from 3:00-4:00.
Girls interested in playing indoor soccer please see Coach Guthrie for in formation.
Natural Helpers Meeting Tuesday 3-4:30pm Any student interested in joining Natural Helpers see Mrs. Kincaid in the Counseling Center
Science Olympiad will be meeting on Tuesday from 2:45-5:00.
The robotics team will be meeting on Tuesday in the library from 3-4. Please remember to turn your participation form and t-shirt money into Mr. Golden by Thursday.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
WEDNESDAY: January 29th
SEL - Second Step
Core classes (8th grade related arts) on Wednesdays
Naviance training with a Naviance rep
Science Bowl practice on Wednesday from 2:45 - 4:00in Ms. Musselman's room.
Girls interested in playing indoor soccer please see Coach Guthrie for in formation.
There will be a journalism staff meeting on Wednesday, January 8 from 2:45 to 3:30 pm. All staff members are required to attend. The editorial team will meet until 5:15 pm.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
THURSDAY: January 30th
SEL - Naviance
RTI Data conference meetings Math during 1St RA LA during 2nd RA
A meeting will take place in Mr Koth's room after school on Thursday 2:50-2:15 and before school on Friday 7:15-7:35 for any student wanting to tryout for baseball. Baseball tryouts will take place on Monday Feb. 3 after school. More information to follow about tryouts.
Girls interested in playing indoor soccer please see Coach Guthrie for in formation.
The robotics team will be meeting on Thursday in the library from 3-5. Please remember to turn your participation form and t-shirt money into Mr. Golden by Thursday.
Science Olympiad will be meeting on Thursday from 2:45-5:00.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
FRIDAY: January 31st
- CHILI COOK OFF (Judging will take place from 9:30-10:30)
SEL - Mentoring/Feel Good Friday
A meeting will take place in Mr Koth's room before school on Friday 7:15-7:35 for any student wanting to tryout for baseball. Baseball tryouts will take place on Monday Feb. 3 after school. More information to follow about tryouts.
Girls interested in playing indoor soccer please see Coach Guthrie for in formation.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
Save the Date
Science Olympiad Saturday 9:00 - 12:00
Saturday February 1, VEX IQ Squared Away Competition at Gibbs Middle School near Knoxville. Please arrive by 7:45 AM.
Baseball tryouts Feb 3rd & 4th meet in Mr Koth's room after school 3:00-5:00 both days
Softball try-outs will be February 5th & 6th. Tryout information can be picked up in the Counseling Center.
February 4-27-Weekly High School Planning Meetings in Classrooms with Counselors and students
February 6-5:30--Family Informational Night for DB High School Planning (8th graders and their families)
February 13-5:30-DB Excel Open House
All-City Band for 8th graders February 18th
March 9-11,16- Individual DB Registration Appointments
March 12-Field Trip for 8th Graders-Eastman Career Expo
JSMS JAM
Naviance Training
Hello Warriors,
Per the district, all secondary teachers will be involved in Naviance training next week. This will occur during teacher planning times. Sevier's training date is on Wednesday, January 29. We will run a Tribe Time schedule on that day to allow time for the training. We will have a Naviance consultant at Sevier to do the training. The trainings will take place in the office conference room. Please bring your computer and arrive at the beginning of your planning time.
We want to try to help this be as beneficial as possible for us and for this training to support us in our work with Naviance to our specific school needs. We know that there have been some frustrations, questions, and concerns with the program. To help guide our trainer, please submit questions or topic ideas through this Google Form: https://forms.gle/epNWzHTEF5UhM82M8 and we will ensure that the consultant is prepared to support us in what we have identified as our needs.
Parent Teacher Conference
I have confirmed our conference times with Holly.
Thursday 2/6, 3-6 pm (last meeting 5:40)
Friday 2/7, 7:30-11:30 (last meeting at 11:20)
If the parent requests more than one teacher AND includes the math teacher, I will schedule the conference in the math teacher's room.
6TH GRADE TEACHERS: EACH PARENT I TALK TO, I TELL THEM THE LOCATION, SO IF THE MATH ROOM DOESN'T WORK FOR YOUR TEAM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP.
Softball
Baseball
Baseball tryouts will take place on Monday Feb. 3 after school. More information to follow about tryouts.
JSMS Chili Cook Off
Great news!
JSMS is going to have our First Annual JSMS Chili Cook Off on Friday, January 31st!
Below is a Google form where you can sign up to enter your Chili in our contest! For those who do not have a talent for cooking chili, do not despair! We have a sign-up sheet where not only can people sign up to bring chili, but where everyone else can bring "all the fixins", like tortilla chips, cheese, sour cream, etc…oh…and drinks! We are interested in ALL varieties of chili!
We have invited a secret panel of judges, who all have a heart for Sevier, to come and join us, and award prizes! As soon as we have heard back from all of them, we will have a grand reveal of our judges!
Please sign up below! Join the fun and try your hand and bringing your favorite type of Chili to the First Annual JSMS Chili Cook Off!
JUDGING WILL TAKE PLACE PRIOR TO LUNCHES...JUDGES WILL SCORE CHILI BETWEEN 9:30 AND 10:30AM.
Chili Cook Off Sign Up:
It's an exciting time to be a Warrior!
Calling All Math Teachers
Hello Middle School Math Teachers,
The next middle school math symposium is scheduled on Monday, January 27 (3:15-4:45) in the Watauga Room on the third floor of ASC. This session will highlight the use of linking cubes (also called snap cubes) to teach middle school math concepts. In order to have materials available for you at the session, please register using the link below by January 17.
Link for registration: https://forms.gle/LXQZQf6kZH32uU28A
Please contact Pam Stidham or Amanda Cole if you should have any additional questions.
I am looking forward to learning with you!
Pam
Calling All Science Teachers
During this session, we will work together to gather resources and plan activities for an exciting and engaging PBL project unit with you students. Come prepared to plan for your own class PBL or come as a group to plan for a grade level/team PBL. Bring your devices and any other materials you will need to at least come up with a real world problem/project idea and start planning.
Planning materials and resources will be provided to help guide you in your PBL journey.
Also, if you attend the session and stay the entire time, you will have a chance to win a brand new Pasco Wireless Temperature Sensor for anywhere, hands-on, inquiry-based science! You must be present to win at the end of the session.
Calling All Language Arts Teachers
Good afternoon,
This is just a reminder that our next ELA Symposium will take place on Monday, January 27, from 3:30-4:45 PM. We will meet in the Netherland Room at the ASC.
We are reading the book, 10 Things Every Writer Needs to Know by Jeff Anderson. We will look at chapters 5 and 6 during this session. You also requested that we study some additional articles that will help address our gaps in data. I will provide articles to address additional student support. As always, snacks will be provided. Please make plans to attend this session.
If you were not previously registered for the symposium, you can register below:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oLDIAE4vLGoNbl4QTFnoD4apwI2pKhI9dl8Sy79vGgg/edit#gid=0
Don't forget to complete Safe-Schools Trainings
MORNING YOGA
We have an awesome opportunity here at Sevier. VIDA yoga and the cOMmunity collective will be coming to our school on Friday mornings from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. to do yoga in the small gym. It is open to all students and ALL STAFF. We are hoping this will help students as well as staff relax on Friday mornings. I encourage you to come and please encourage your students to do the same
Coffee Cart-Feel Good Friday
Feel Good Friday just keeps getting better! Stephen Baker had the awesome idea to start up a coffee cart for the Warrior Academy kiddos and the FA-3 kiddos to run together on Friday mornings. The cost will be $1.00 per cup, and we have creamers and sweeteners as well!
The funds will just replenish the cart from week to week, but the personal interaction and functional skills the kids are going to learn from this will be invaluable! I am looking forward to watching them grow throughout the year and build relationships with you all through this venture!
I have included the Google Sheet that we will use each week to fill orders. There is a cell for your name, classroom number for 1st period assignments, type of drink, and if you need a disposable cup, or if you'll have your own mug for us to make it in!
Thank you all in advance for your support of this fun idea, and to Baker for getting it all together. I love our big Warrior Tribe!
Thanks again!
Baker and Megan