SMS Panther Nation Staff Newsletter
By Jason Myatt, Mark Letterer, and Rachael Anderson
Feeling Groovy Book Fair
Spring Open House Tonight!
Our Spring Open House is tonight. It starts at 6:30 and will end promptly at 7:30. We will have several other opportunities for parents prior to 6:30 so please be in your rooms ready to go by 6:15.
Cheer Parent Meeting at 6:00 in the library
6th grade parent/counselor visit at 6:00 in the Cafeteria
7th grade parent/counselor visit at 6:00 in the DLL
Panther High Fives
Clay Wheeler and his One Act Play Cast and Crew
Over the weekend, the SMS Theatre Department competed in the 2016 PISD UIL One-Act Play Competition at Vines High School and took home the 3rd Place trophy in what was an exciting and difficult competition. Winning individual awards for their work on These Shining Lives are the following students: All-Star Technician went to Gina Furman, and All-Star Cast (acting) awards went to Isabelle Azmoodeh, Rotem Cohen and Neda Ghassemi. Please be sure to congratulate these students, as well as the entire cast and crew of These Shining Lives for placing 3rd in the district!
The SMS Science Department
Our students rock!
Please congratulate the following students on their success in the Regional Science Fair on Saturday! Rohan won one of 2 Grand Prizes for the Junior Division. Ritvik was also interviewed for this Grand Prize.
Rohan Chhaya
First Prize – Chemistry & Junior Physical Grand Prize!
Ritvik Mahendra
First Prize - Energy: Chemical & a Special Award from the U.S Dept. of the Navy/Marine Corps Naval Science Award, Junior Division
Annie Zhi
Second Prize - Energy: Chemical
Nikola Djordjevic-Kisacanin
Second Prize – Robotics & Intelligent Machine & a Special Award from Texas Instruments - Signal Process Engineering, Junior Division, 3rd Place
Peyton Browder
Second Prize - Biochemistry
Travis Brooks
Third Prize – Engineering Mechanics
Aaron Scott
Honorable Mention – Physics & Astronomy
Derek Qin
Honorable Mention - Energy: Chemical
Panther Student Events
Choir UIL
The SMS choir department will be competing in their annual UIL competetions this week. If you see them in the hall, wish them good luck. They always do an amazing job representing SMS!
Panther Priorities
Leadership Mtg
Wednesday 3/2
3:30
D124
AVID Stay Day
Thursday 3/3
3:30
Principal Power Hour
Friday 3/4
2:30
Boys vs Girls Volleyball game - Big Gym
NJHS Tutorials
3:30
Library
No MESH
"The more that you read, the more things you will know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go."
-Dr. Seuss