Welcome to SMS! We have put information together here in a "one-stop- shop" to help you find important information including:

• Choosing electives
  
• Our virtual Parent Information Night on Zoom on April 18th
• Summer Session interest survey for any rising 6th graders for Camp Sequoia offering current 5th graders a chance to acclimate to our middle school campus to ease their minds and prepare them for their new educational journey.

We know how excited you and your child are that they will soon either promoting from Elementary school and embarking on their 3-year middle school journey or just joining us as an incoming 7th or 8th grader. We are hoping to ease your mind and get you acquainted with SMS by holding a virtual meeting and sharing information with you about what to expect. We will record the meeting and share the video recording with you. We will also include it on our school's website for your viewing convenience.

Camp Sequoia is a 2-week Summer opportunity available to current 5th graders aka rising 6th graders. In order to properly plan for staffing, we need to know how many families would be interested in having their child attend and which session would be preferred. More details are provided on the Google Form (link provided below). Please fill out the Camp Sequoia Interest Survey. We are trying to determine how many sessions and classes to hold and need your help. Please know that the interest survey is not binding and that another will be sent at a later date to officially enroll your child.

For any incoming 7th or 8th graders, call the office at 925-934-8174 to schedule a time to come in and choose your elective classes.

Thank you for taking the time to review this Welcome Newsletter. Kindly RSVP and everyone please mark your calendars for our Virtual Parent Information Night on Tuesday, April 18th at 6pm on Zoom.

With appreciation,

Principal Keck

For the convenience of the families who are unable to attend our Live Zoom Parent Orientation , we will be recording it. You may choose to have your camera on or off based on your preference however we will have all families muted during the presentation. You will be able to communicate and ask questions in the chat at the end of the presentation. We will do our best to answer as many questions as possible.

Para conveniencia de las familias que no puedan asistir a la orientación en vivo por Zoom, esta será grabada. Puedes elegir prender o apagar tu cámara según tus preferencias, el sonido permanecerá apagado durante la presentación. Podrás comunicarte y hacer preguntas en el chat. Haremos todo lo posible para contestar las preguntas Además de que tendremos otra orientación en Agosto.

For the past couple of years we have offered a Summer session for our Rising 6th graders. This enrichment opportunity provided our incoming 6th graders with the ability to ease into Middle school by spending 2 weeks on campus with SMS teachers doing enrichment activities throughout the day while making some new friends. This has really eased the minds of students as well as as parents as they transition to middle school. We will be offering this again and we need to know how many families are interested as we try to plan our staffing. Depending on the response we may have one or two sessions. Students attend one session.

Want to learn a little more about us? Click on the link below, our Weekly newsletter - SMS GIANT Newsletter is added to the front page of our website weekly. Take a peek by clicking on the link below!

-SMS GIANT Newsletter esta agregada a la pagina de inicio cada semana. Echa un vistazo presionando el link abajo!

In partnership,

Vice Principal Schnee

Principal Keck