8th Grade Weekly News
Week of October 28th-Nov. 1st
General News!
Greetings from 8th Grade!
Today, October 28th, all students were sent home with a Federal Impact Form. These forms are extremely important to the funding of our schools here in Camden County. Please take a moment tonight to complete any necessary information, sign and date the form, and put it in a safe place to be returned to school tomorrow with your child if possible. We must have a form signed and returned for each of our students here at SMMS. We truly appreciate you helping us complete this very important task.
A quick reminder, that this week 8th graders will take part in a scoliosis screening. A letter was sent home with students last week. This form only needed to be signed and returned if you did not want your child to be screened.
SMMS Title I Information:
The SMMS Title I page, https://sites.google.com/a/gx.camden.k12.ga.us/smms-title-i/, is part of the SMMS website, http://smms.camden.k12.ga.us/. You may access the SMMS Parent and Family Engagement Plan, the School-Parent Compact, the SMMS Action Plans, and the CCS Parent and Family Engagement Plan on the SMMS Title I page. Links are also provided below.
FY20 SMMS Parent and Family Engagement Plan
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GoC1j8MNaILHhwe7XKD0V0fmwhviTdwp/view?usp=sharing
FY 20 School-Parent Compact
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b4VXmD7pWno0lvwSo9Szk5uEQq3lx_R7/view?usp=sharing
FY20 District Parent and Family Engagement Plan
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Tt3-R0cODh5gQeTLZ7DYQTSVagzoxdPz/view?usp=sharing
FY20 SMMS Action Plans (Schoolwide Improvement Plan)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RwjAbYX4FLpHKRfp6npKPtYHrgU-E6Sm/view?usp=sharing
If you have any questions about the Title I Program at SMMS, please contact Dr. Leigh Dougherty by phone, 912-882-8626, or email, kdougherty@camden.k12.ga.us.
Spring Break- There is still time to sign up for the trip to Washington DC! Sign up today at worldstrides.com/signup using trip ID 176923 or contact Dr. Mike Siekkinen at msiekkinen@camden.k12.ga.us to find out more about the trip, financial assistance and easy payment plans.
"Hurricane Dorian Make-Up Work" has been shared and students should be working on completing those assignments the due dates are quickly approaching. Completed assignments will be graded and students will need to complete the assigned work as instructed by their teachers to earn credit.If your child does not have access to online learning at home, please contact your student’s teacher for alternate arrangements.
After School Camps are a great way to get yourself back on track. Please remember, these afternoons are for students who have an invitation to attend. The permission form must be signed and returned in order for the student to stay. A quick reminder, eighth graders get picked up at the end of the 8th grade hallway in the bus loop. If they have younger siblings staying after school too, they will be asked to join us on 8th grade hall.
Zero Period is offered daily from 6:55 am- 7:25 am. Students who need a little extra help in a content area, some time to complete unfinished homework or assignments, or just need a little support to help them start off their day, will find this very helpful. If your child is interested, or in need, and does not have class with any of these teachers, please ask them to touch base with their content teacher so we can make arrangements to get them the help they need.
Hope you all have a great Bobcat week!
Upcoming Dates to Remember:
October 30th-SMMS Spirit Day...Show your school spirit,wear your red, white, and blue!
November 1st- Georgia/ Flordia Day...Support your favorite team by wearing their colors!
November 4th-SMMS Spirit Day...Show your school spirit,wear your red, white, and blue!
November 6th- Picture Retakes and SMMS Spirit Day
November 11th- No School...Veteran's Day
November 13th- Progress Reports and SMMS Spirit Day
November 14th- SMMS Spirit Day
November 21st- Thanksgiving Feast with Parents....join your child for lunch
November 25th-30th- Thanksgiving Break
Jr. Beta Thanksgiving Food Drive
Face Painting Fundraiser For Mrs. Rosario
Hat Days Fundraiser For Mrs. Rosario
Teacher Contact Information
Please keep the communication line open. Early contact leads to better results!
ELA
Susan Richardson srichardson@camden.k12.ga.us
Beth Waxman bwaxman@camden.k12.ga.us
Paige Wood pwood@camden.k12.ga.us
Hattie King Rosario <HRosario@camden.k12.ga.us
Math
Allen J. Frazier ajfrazier@camden.k12.ga.us
Kristina Holloway kholloway@camden.k12.ga.us
Kathryn Jackson kljackson@camden.k12.ga.us
Chrisie L. Fuller clfuller@camden.k12.ga.us
Science
Catherine Goeller cgoeller@camden.k12.ga.us
Natasha Visitacion nvisitacion@camden.k12.ga.us
Angela D. Walker AWalker@camden.k12.ga.us
GA Studies
Tina Bense tbense@camden.k12.ga.us
Tiffany Bosworth tbosworth@camden.k12.ga.us
Mike Siekkinen MSiekkinen@camden.k12.ga.us
Location: 205 Martha Drive, Saint Marys, GA, United States
Phone: (912)-882-8626