Thunderblast Weekly
October 31, 2021
Trick or Treat?
We loved our students and staff demonstrating Halloween spirit on Thursday. It was great to see full classes dressing up, themed Disney villain mugshots, and the PE Department always bringing their A game... as well as many many more. Yabbadabbadoo!
COVID Updates
On any given day, we will have approximately 1200 people in our building. In 9 weeks- one full quarter of the year- we have only had five positive cases and zero transmissions in the building. When I set a goal in August, I was hoping to be able to mitigate numbers that could be as high as multiple cases per week. To average approximately 1 positive case in the building every two weeks has far surpassed expectations. That success is due to the efforts of the entire community. Great work!
Parent Coffee & Student Cocoa Tomorrow!
Bingo Fundraiser
So many students did a great job helping us sort and deliver yearbook and fundraiser information. Thank you!
Yearbooks
November 3rd and 5th Calendar Reminders
Thursday, October 28 - Regular School Day- End of Quarter 1
Friday, October 29 - STUDENT HOLIDAY (County-wide Staff Development)
Monday, November 1 - STUDENT HOLIDAY (Planning/Records/Conference Days)
Tuesday, November 2 - STUDENT/STAFF HOLIDAY
UPDATE: Wednesday, November 3 - Teacher Planning Day / Student Asynchronous Learning Day
Thursday, November 4 - STUDENT/STAFF HOLIDAY
UPDATE: Friday, November 5 - Teacher Planning Day / Student Asynchronous Learning Day
This will look very similar to asynchronous days last year. Teachers will communicate the work ahead of time and everything will be posted as early as possible, with the absolute latest being 8:00 AM on the mornings of November 3rd and 5th. Assignments should take approximately 45 minutes per class. We will not have summative work these days. Our building will be open for lunch pick-up, but many of us will be working from home as we will focus on deep cleaning.
Turkey Trot
Unified Mental Health Team (UMHT)
Loudoun County Public Schools Department of Student Services will be offering a Parent Seminar on Suicide Prevention: What Parents Need to Know on Wednesday, November 10th from 7:00-8:30 pm at the Academies. For more details, click here.
Volunteer Opportunity
If you’re looking for an opportunity to volunteer, one of our partners in the community Food for Neighbors is having a Reg Bag Event on November 6th. Please click here to sign up.
For more news from Seneca’s UMHT, please click here.
PBIS- Students of the Week
Thanks for continuing to earn Bolt Bucks and Strengthen your CORE!!!
7th Grade: Rola Mansour
6th Grade: Jesus Portillo
Congratulations!
Speaking of champs...
PBIS- Staff of the Week
PTO Corner
Choolah Restaurant Night - Monday, November 8th 11AM - 8PM
Plan to dine at Choolah on Monday, November 8th to support SRMS PTO. If you’ve never tried Choolah it is DELICIOUS! See the attached flyer for details.
Sign up for Family Paint Night – Friday, November 12th
Add a pop of color at Seneca Ridge Middle School by painting a ceiling tile that will adorn our cafeteria for years to come! Join us for Family Paint Night on November 12th and share your creativity! We supply the paint and you supply the creativity! Use this link to register Paint Night Registration We could also still use a few volunteers for paint night. If you are able to help: Paint Night Volunteer Sign up All volunteers will receive a registration discount. See attached flyer for details.
November 10 at 4PM - Next PTO Meeting (SRMS Library - in person)
Social Media:
If you haven’t already, please follow us on:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/senecaridgemiddleschool
Twitter https://twitter.com/@SRMS_PTO
Check us out!
Email: nick.cottone@lcps.org
Website: https://www.lcps.org/Page/30563
Location: 98 Seneca Ridge Drive, Sterling, VA, USA
Phone: 571-434-4420
Twitter: @SRMS_Official