SMS Weekly Update
10.27.23
Great week at SMS!
Today was the end of our first quarter of this school year. Grades will be available to view on November 6th in the Parent/Student Connect portal.
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All of the student prizes that they have won from the full school fundraiser we did at Stevenson have been delivered to their 1st hour teacher. If they qualified from the criteria of the fundraiser, they will get their prize on Monday.
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Check out all of the amazing things our students participated in this week!
Career Tech Center Trip for All 8th Graders
RAPS at Stevenson- November is focused on Safety
This is awesome, isn't it!?! Parents, you can help to support our focus areas in our building by reinforcing these at home. Talk to them at dinner and ask them if they earned any RAPS points today and for what tasks. These are great conversation pieces and teachable moments that can be used at home in support of our school focus areas. Thanks team!
School Store is Open!
The school store will be open on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. It will be closed on Mondays and Fridays.
SPIRIT WEEK IS COMING UP!
Red Ribbon Week
Watch DOGS
Ceramics Class
Halloween Dance
Big shoutout goes to our Lighthouse team members, led by Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Oberski. They planned and executed this dance for our students. It is a lot of work and time that goes in to putting on an event like this. Also thank you to all of our parent and staff volunteers who donated their time to ensure our students had a safe and fun experience. These experiences wouldn't be possible without our volunteers. Thank you so much!
Clubs at Stevenson
Pizza with the Principal
Fall Sports Have Concluded
All Fall Sport athletes will have sports pictures taken on Tuesday, October 31st. To order pictures, follow the directions below.
Second Step Recap - 10/25
6th Grade - How to Be an Upstander
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child learned three “upstander strategies” for responding to bullying. They practiced analyzing different bullying situations and chose an upstander strategy they think would work best for each situation.
Question: Ask your child about the three upstander strategies they learned and which one (or ones) they feel most comfortable with. Let them know they can always come to you if they need someone to talk to.
7th Grade - Gender-Based Harassment
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child learned how to recognize gender-based harassment. This is when people are bothered, teased, or bullied because of their sex, or because they look, act, or have interests that are different from male and female stereotypes.
Question: Remind your child that it's important that they tell you if they experience gender-based harassment. If you feel comfortable doing so, share an example of gender-based harassment you or another person has experienced and how you or the other person dealt with it.
8th Grade-Speak Up and Start a Movement
Summary: In this week’s lesson, your child explored how two strategies, speaking up and starting a movement, can disrupt the factors that enable bullying and harassment.
Question: Ask your child about these strategies and how they think they can help eliminate bullying and harassment in their school. Expand your discussion to include areas outside of school.
Attendance Update
Regular attendance is crucial for your child's academic success. Please make every effort to ensure your child attends school on time every day and stays throughout the whole day. Consistent attendance throughout the school day allows your child to engage in learning and maximize their educational opportunities fully.
Illness: If your child is not feeling well and cannot attend school, please notify us immediately. Students who are ill should not attend school to prevent the spread of illness to others.
Excused Absences: We understand that there may be instances when your child needs to be absent due to illness, medical appointments, family emergencies, or other legitimate reasons. Please notify the school in advance whenever possible to classify the absence as excused.
Unexcused Absences: Unexcused absences negatively impact your child's education. Absences without valid reasons will be considered unexcused, and appropriate actions may be taken per district policy.
Timely reporting of absences helps us maintain accurate attendance records and ensures that your child's absence is properly documented. Absences must be reported within 24 hours.
There are two convenient methods for reporting your child's absence to facilitate efficient communication and accurate attendance records.
You can notify your child's school through the dedicated attendance line. Please leave a detailed message stating your child's name, grade, and reason for absence.
You can report absences directly through MiStar, our secure online portal for student information. MiStar provides a user-friendly interface that allows you to submit absences.
Thank you for your ongoing support in creating a positive and productive learning environment for all our students.
Parents- Get Involved at Stevenson
All volunteers need to submit to a background check through our iChat process. I have attached the application for you to complete. Please bring this up to the school with your identification so we can get it processed. It can take up to 10 days to get the results back, so please plan accordingly if you are interested in volunteering on a specific date.
If you have questions about the roles or other ideas with getting involved at the school, please contact our Parent Coordinator, Paula Adamczak at adamczakp@wwcsd.net.
Thank you!
Food Drive Coming Up!
Book Fair Is Coming Up
More Books.
More Choices.
More Fun.
Start exploring together on our school's Book Fair homepage by clicking below.
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Family Resource Center Information
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Sincerely,
Mrs. Doman and Ms. Phillips