SMS Middle Ground
Connecting Home and School : May 2017
Mid-Term Progress Reports
We've reached the half-way mark of our final quarter which means it's time to check
Progress Reports! Go to your Harmony Family Access account to see your child's progress grades. If you have any questions about your child's progress, please check with your child and/or contact SMS and ask for the classroom teacher!Final report cards for the 2016-2017 school year will be published and mailed to all parents in the first week of June. Promotion decisions will be included on the final report card. That mailing will also include 2017-2018 registration information.
Teacher Appreciation Week Challenge
You can email any current teacher directly from the progress grade section of Harmony. Click on any blue teacher name and email automatically opens. Share your kind words and hit send! If you'd like to communicate with any other staff member or former teacher, remember that most emails are firstinitiallastname@scsd2.k12.in.us.
Thanks for sharing your appreciation with our great staff!
Bond Projects
(This article appeared in the April 24th issue of the SMS Scoop.)
At last week's meeting, the board approved some projects that will take place this summer.
- The SMS office will get a safety redesign. The existing reception desk will be dismantled and a new reception desk will be placed up against the entry door wall. We will install a 'pass through' window at the front door, reducing the number of patrons that actually enter the school. Besides the pass-through window and the new reception station, the office will also be re-carpeted and re-painted.
- All current SMS MacBooks will be replaced. Carts will be fitted with brand new Macs and chargers.
- Warrior field will get new bleachers. Home side will expand to 1000 seats and all current home bleachers will be relocated to the visitor side.
- The athletic building will be reconfigured to expand public restrooms.
- We will add fencing along the SMS driveway to separate the road from the soccer field (and softball field.)
- In addition to things on our campus, we also will be working on roofing and HVAC for the Office of Special Education and the old WHEMS cafeteria on Third Street.
Several other items are on our list that we hope to approve soon! We're planning to double the size of our back parking lot, add new science equipment for 6-7-8, and add a 'drop down curtain' that allows us to have two athletic practices in the main gym at one time. In the future, we also plan to re-carpet SMS classrooms, re-paint SMS halls and classrooms, upgrade floor care equipment, and upgrade the presentation infrastructure in the Great Room.
We are very excited about these possibilities and thank the community for supporting SMS!
Team Pentathlon Set for May 30th
The Team Pentathlon will feature five challenges for student six-player teams. Hints to the challenges are in the event logo. The team with highest overall rating across the five events will each win a t-shirt. Spectators can watch the challenges and also hang out in our game room or karaoke rooms. Light refreshments will be available.
Team Pentathlon entries are due by Friday, May 26th. Team entry is $5 per team member. General admission for students and adults is also $5 per person. Proceeds will go toward the SMS athletic uniform fund. Join us if you can!
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Parent Events This Month
May 12: 8th Grade Dance - Great Room 6:30-9:00
May 18: SMS Band Concert - SMS 7 PM
May 24: SMS/SHS Choir Concert - SHS McClain Hall 7:00 PM
May 30: Team Pentathlon - SMS 3:30-6:00
May 31: SMS Academic Awards - West Gym 6:30 PM
June 1: SMS Spring Awards - West Gym 9:30 AM
June 1: SMS 8th Grade Program - West Gym 1:30 PM
Scottsburg Middle School
Website: www.sms.scsd2.k12.in.us
Location: 425 South 3rd Street, Scottsburg, IN, United States
Phone: 812-752-8926
Facebook: facebook.com/ScottsburgMiddleSchool
Twitter: @ScottsburgMS