Shepard News & Notes
January 13, 2017
Hello Shepard Families:
I am pleased to share a bit of exciting news for our school community! The U.S. Department of Education has selected Shepard as a Blue Ribbon Profile School! Of the 329 schools recognized across the country as Blue Ribbon schools, only 3 to 5 are selected as profile schools. The U.S. Department of Education will send a film crew to Shepard on April 4th to profile our efforts to encourage personalized learning in the STEM field. You can see other examples of past profile schools here. It is a great time to be a Shepard Spartan!
Warm Regards,
John
1st Posting - PTSO Lunch Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed on the noted dates:
8th Grade:
- 1/18, 1/24, 1/26, 1/27, and 1/30
6th & 7th Grade:
- 1/20, 1/23, 1/25, 1/26, 1/27, 1/30, and 1/31
Please go to the Shepard PTSO special lunch page to sign up. https://ptgms.com/schools/dps109/shepard//login.php
1st/FINAL Posting - Congratulations to Principal's 200 Winners!
- Brady Saks
- Ben Cortes-Ferrie
- Nate Crockford
- India Snow
- Brett Killoren
- Madeline Kluge
- Richie Auerbach
- Frankie Montalbano
- Alaina Sanders
- Erick Flores
1st/FINAL Posting - Shepard Talks
Hello, Shepard Families and Friends!
We have a very exciting few weeks ahead here at Shepard Middle School and hope you can get in on the action--even from the comfort of your home or office! Throughout the day on Friday, January 20, we will be hosting our second annual Shepard Talks (inspired by TED Talks) in 6th grade language arts classes, and on January 27, we will be hosting our annual school spelling bee in the morning. Both of these events will be hosted in our Learning Commons and will be viewable through a live-feed broadcast that is viewable either through Twitter or an app called Periscope.
To view the broadcast on Twitter, please find the SMS Learning Commons (@Shepard_LC) by visiting this page: https://twitter.com/Shepard_LC. (Just look for the Shepard Spartan photo as seen below.) From Twitter, you have the option to watch it live OR you can visit our page at your convenience and watch the recording.
Periscope
This app is available on the iTunes store and the Google Play store. You can use either a Twitter account or a phone number that's text-enabled to set it up. (To learn more about signing up, check out the Periscope website.)
Once you have your Periscope account, you will find us at SMS Learning Commons or @Shepard_LC. (Just look for the Shepard Spartan photo as seen above.) If you set up your account and follow us, you will be alerted (if you allow notifications on your phone) when we are up and running with events we are broadcasting. (And while you're at it, please follow us on Twitter to see all of the exciting events and activities happening in our no-ssh library!) If you can't make it for the live broadcast, you can replay the broadcast through Periscope within 24 hours of the original broadcast by selecting the little television icon at the bottom of your app and seeking out the broadcasts from the Shepard Learning Commons.
We hope you can join us from the comfort of your couch, kitchen table, or desk for the exciting learning opportunities happening here at Shepard!
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me.
Andrea Trudeau - atrudeau@dps109.org
2nd Posting - 8th Grade Diploma Form
2nd/FINAL Posting - Deerfield Science Club
16th Posting - Yearbook Ordering
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Email: jfilippi@dps109.org
Website: http://shepard.dps109.org/
Location: 440 Grove Avenue, Deerfield, IL, United States
Phone: (847) 948-0620
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShepardMiddleSchool/
Twitter: @109Shepard