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Week of the Warrior
MONDAY: September 4th
- No School!!!! (Labor Day)
TUESDAY: September 5th
-JSMS LEADERSHIP TEAM MTG 3:00-4:00-Library
-Math and Science Collaborative Planning Meetings-Planning Time
-Math and academic tutoring available each morning in the Wellness room from 7:00-7:45. Mr. Golden can help students with homework that they did not understand or help in general each morning. Breakfast can be served to the Wellness room.
-Homework Help-3:00-3:45 every afternoon in the library.
-8th Grade Washington DC Trip--The first payment for the end of the year Washington DC Trip for 8th graders will be accepted beginning this Thursday, September 7 at 7:00 in the Sevier Gym. Please remember that the first payment holds your spot on the trip and the trip can fill up. Paperwork was sent home with all 8th graders a few weeks ago. The first payment amount is $200. Checks made out to JSMS or cash is accepted. -Marty Moore
-This Wednesday will be College and Career T-Shirt Day! Support your favorite College team by wearing your favorite college t-shirt!
- Lady Warrior Volleyball vs. TA Dugger @ 5 at TA Dugger
- Cross Country practice 3-4:15
- Football game vs. TA Dugger at DB @ 6:00 (JV&V)
- Cheerleaders need to be at DB by 5:30
- Dance Practice/Game
- Sevier on Stage: Rehearsal for Orphan Ensemble on Tuesday from 3:00-4:30
- Any girl who is interested in being on the Lady Warrior Basketball team should see Mr. Blair before or after school.
WEDNESDAY: September 6th
-Math and academic tutoring available each morning in the Wellness room from 7:00-7:45. Mr. Golden can help students with homework that they did not understand or help in general each morning. Breakfast can be served to the Wellness room.
-Homework Help-3:00-3:45 every afternoon in the library.
-8th Grade Washington DC Trip--The first payment for the end of the year Washington DC Trip for 8th graders will be accepted beginning this Thursday, September 7 at 7:00 in the Sevier Gym. Please remember that the first payment holds your spot on the trip and the trip can fill up. Paperwork was sent home with all 8th graders a few weeks ago. The first payment amount is $200. Checks made out to JSMS or cash is accepted. -Marty Moore
-This Wednesday will be College and Career T-Shirt Day! Support your favorite College team by wearing your favorite college t-shirt!
-Any Girl or Boy interested in being on the JSMS Wrestling team, please begin attending Wrestling conditioning on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 on the JSMS track. Running shoes and appropriate workout clothes will be necessary for conditioning practice. BEGINS ON SEPTEMBER 6th
- Lady Warrior Volleyball Practice 3-5
- Cross Country practice 3-4:15
- Cheerleading practice 3-5
- Football practice 3-5
- Dance Practice 3-5
- “The staff of the Sequoyah Scribe student newspaper will hold a meeting from 2:45 to 3:30 pm in Room 340. Newspaper editors and newscast staff will meet until 5:15 pm.”
- Any girl who is interested in being on the Lady Warrior Basketball team should see Mr. Blair before or after school.
THURSDAY: September 7th
-Family Engagement Meeting 3:00-4:00-Library
-LA and SS Collaborative Planning Meetings-Planning Time
-Math and academic tutoring available each morning in the Wellness room from 7:00-7:45. Mr. Golden can help students with homework that they did not understand or help in general each morning. Breakfast can be served to the Wellness room.
-Homework Help-3:00-3:45 every afternoon in the library.
-8th Grade Washington DC Trip--The first payment for the end of the year Washington DC Trip for 8th graders will be accepted beginning this Thursday, September 7 at 7:00 in the Sevier Gym. Please remember that the first payment holds your spot on the trip and the trip can fill up. Paperwork was sent home with all 8th graders a few weeks ago. The first payment amount is $200. Checks made out to JSMS or cash is accepted. -Marty Moore
- Football practice 3-5
- Cross Country Meet (Warrior Invitational) 4:30 Girls 5:00 Boys
- Lady Warrior Volleyball vs. RNR @ 4:30 at RNR
- Sevier on Stage: Rehearsal for Servant Ensemble on Thursday from 3:00-4:00
- Any girl who is interested in being on the Lady Warrior Basketball team should see Mr. Blair before or after school.
FRIDAY: September 8th
-RTI Data Conferences-Reading will be during the first half of planning, Math will be in the second half of planning. These meetings will take place in the JSMS conference room. Science and SS teachers, please plan to attend one of these meetings this semester for reading.
-Math and academic tutoring available each morning in the Wellness room from 7:00-7:45. Mr. Golden can help students with homework that they did not understand or help in general each morning. Breakfast can be served to the Wellness room.
-Homework Help-3:00-3:45 every afternoon in the library.
- Cross Country practice 3-4:15
- Lady Warrior Volleyball Practice 3-5
- Football practice 3-5
- Sevier on Stage: Rehearsal for full cast on Friday from 3:00-4:00
-Any girl who is interested in being on the Lady Warrior Basketball team should see Mr. Blair before or after school.
Save the Date:
- Sunday, September 3: Cross Country Practice at Warriors Path State park at 6:00 PM
-Any Girl or Boy interested in being on the JSMS Wrestling team, please begin attending Wrestling conditioning on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 on the JSMS track. Running shoes and appropriate workout clothes will be necessary for conditioning practice.
-All PTA decal orders are now due by SEPTEMBER 18th! Order forms are available in the front office.
September is Attendance Awareness Month
Why school attendance matters?
- Absenteeism in the first month of school can predict poor attendance throughout the school year. Half the students who miss 2-4 days in September go on to miss nearly a month of school.
- An estimated 5 million to 7.5 million U.S. students miss nearly a month of school each year
- Absenteeism and its ill effects start early. One in 10 kindergarten and first grade students are chronically absent. Poor attendance can influence whether children read proficiently by the end of third grade or be held back.
- By 6th grade, chronic absence becomes a leading indicator that a student will drop out of high school.
- Research shows that missing 10 percent of the school, or about 18 days in most school districts, negatively affects a student’s academic performance. That’s just two days a month and that’s known as chronic absence.
- The academic impact of missing that much school is the same whether the absences are excused or unexcused. Suspensions also add to lost time in the classroom.
- When students improve their attendance rates, they improve their academic prospects and chances for graduating.
- Attendance improves when schools engage students and parents in positive ways and when schools provide mentors for chronically absent students.
- A recent report found that students who arrived at school academically ready to learn — but then missed 10% of their kindergarten and first grade years — scored an average of 60 points below similar students with good attendance on third-grade reading tests.
- In one study, indicators reflecting poor attendance, misbehavior and course failure in sixth grade can be used to identify 60% of the students who will not graduate from high school
What can parents do?
- Establish and stick to the basic routines (going to bed early, waking up on time, etc.) that will help your child develop the habit of on-time attendance.
- Make school a priority and make sure you understand our district attendance policies
- Be aware of our school calendar and school closure dates so appointments can be scheduled during those times to reduce time out of class
- When an absence must occur, work with the teacher to make sure assignments are completed and be available to help your child with concepts they missed
- Talk to your child about why going to school every day is critical and important unless they are sick. If your child seems reluctant to go to school, find out why and work with the teacher, administrator or afterschool provider to get them excited about going to school.
- Visit the doctor if your child is seeming chronically ill
- Allow our school nurse or nurse practitioner assess your child if you are unsure if your child is sick enough to stay home, we can help when those decisions are difficult
- Come up with back up plans for who to turn to (another family member, a neighbor or fellow parents) to help you get your child to school if something comes up (e.g. another child gets sick, your car breaks down, etc.).
- Reach out for help if you are experiencing tough times (e.g. transportation, unstable housing, loss of a job, health problems) that make it difficult to get your child to school. Other parents, your child’s teacher, principal, social worker, school nurse, afterschool providers or community agencies can help you problem solve or connect you to a needed resource.
- If your child is absent, work with the teacher to make sure she or he has an opportunity to learn and make up for the academics missed.
What are we doing to help?
- We have developed a team of educators and administrators to review and set goals for our school
- We are working alongside other schools, districts and state level administrators to identify and respond to the needs of students who are chronically absent.
- We believe engagement is a part of what makes children want to come to school, so we are working on more projects, more recognition, morning club time on random days, and relationship building by matching students to adults
- We are reviewing our attendance more regularly and reaching out to families in certain categories. This may include home visits, assigning mentors or having incentive programs for specific children and incentives for parents as well.
- Helping to create personalized success plans for families and children who need support in getting to school or feeling motivated to attend school
- Working with social service agencies to increase awareness and seek assistance for those in need.
- Providing before school academic support for free to children who need to make up work or need supportive instruction with missed assignments
Progress Reports and Parent/Teacher Conferences
Progress Reports will go out on Thursday, September 7th. Tuesday, September 5th is the DEADLINE for updates before Progress Reports are processed and printed.
Also... Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up on Friday, September 15th. Teachers often offer conferences on Thursday evening from 3-6 and offer conferences for 1/2 day on Friday. Please let admin and counseling know if your team is planning to stay all day on Friday instead. All related arts teachers need to be present for this time as well. RA teachers: Please make yourselves available for conferences--especially for students who may be struggling in your classes. Please reach out to grade level teachers for appointment times.
When planning for conferences....
- If a student is failing or falling behind drastically, please make an extra effort to have a Parent/Teacher Conference. (We will print a report and have Failure Meetings soon. Having a parent meeting will help facilitate and streamline these Failure Meetings.)
- If a student already has 3 minor offences, please make an extra effort to have a Parent/Teacher Conference.
- Please avoid telling our engaged parents that a conference is not needed. If a parent reaches out to you for a conference, while you may not think one is needed, this is a way our engaged parents feel connected and often these conferences will be encouraging to you and supportive!
Vertical Meetings
All Language Art teachers will need to bring their standards documents to the the September vertical meetings. Thanks!
Art Shirts
Hey everyone,
This is Hunter Hilton down in the Art Cave. I was wondering if anyone has old worn out shirts, preferably Large or XL, that you would be willing to donate to my classroom. There's A LOT of cool stuff happening down here, and I only have a limited amount of aprons for the students. (they are a little more expensive than I'd thought...) These shirts would be used for students to wear over their daily school attire. That way they don't get acrylic paint, paper mache, oil pastel, etc. on their clothing. The quality of what we can create is so much better with those materials, and I don't want to avoid them just because of the worry of students getting them on their nice clothes. If you have any you are willing to donate or if you know of how I can find some please let me know!
Thank you!
Hunter Hilton-Art Teacher
Friendly Reminders about Lunch Detentions
Parent Communication
JSMS World-Changing Warriors
The Pay It Forward Club will be sending information home soon as to how we can directly help a Houston Middle School. Stay tuned!
It's heartwarming to hear about how our students want to impact our world and help others! Join us in this effort!
Dobyns-Bennett HS Glow Tribe Glow 3K Race and Walk
Dobyns-Bennett HS Glow Tribe Glow 3K Race and Walk
The Dobyns-Bennett Student Council and Girls’ Basketball team are hosting a 3K Glow Run/Walk on Friday, September 15, 2017 at 8:45 p.m. located at J. Fred Johnson Stadium.
Preregister before August 31 and you will receive a race t-shirt. Cost is $20. Proceeds will go to the Dobyns-Bennett Student Council and Girl’s Basketball team. Please email Dobyns-Bennett HS Student Council sponsor, Joshua French for a registration form.Sevier Athletics is Social
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Warrior Whoop! (Celebrations and Recognitions)
- Three Cheers for Lucas Trent who is changing the technology culture at Sevier by being present and helpful and cheerful! Thanks Lucas!
- Thank you to all of you for your GREAT work with our students by working with them as they set their SMART goals each week. This time mentoring and building supportive relationships matters to our kids! Many do not have anyone else that takes time to build these skills with them! Thank you!
- Many teachers are getting subs and arranging this in advance! This is going WAY above the call of duty, but we appreciate it and it makes a difference!
The XC teams were victorious in Greenville last week. There were over 10 teams that competed in the 2 mile race.
Girls 1st Place – Runners that scored:
2nd Place - Autumn Headrick
5th Place – Macee Pickup
9th Place – Mattie Gamble
10th Place – Lily Turner
11th Place – Hope Fulkerson
Boys 1st Place – Runners that scored:
1st Place – Joe Neglia
2nd Place – Dane Sulllins
11th Place – Sam Blalock
12th Place – Grayson Hammonds
13th Place – Brogan McGhee
We are SO EXCITED to share that the following students were awarded with the student Way of the Warrior award for outstanding citizenship!