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Mustangs in the Middle : Week of April 5, 2021
From the Desk of Jessica Boytim, SMS Principal
We wish you and your family a wonderful and well deserved break. We hope our students and staff have an opportunity to rest and recharge. Have a wonderful week. We will see students and staff back at SMS on April 12!
Take care,
Mrs. Boytim
COUNSELOR'S CORNER
Class Registration-FINAL NOTICE
Please be sure that you and your student registered for your courses. If you have not done this yet, you may forfeit the option to choose electives for your student, and they will be placed in course offerings based on availability. Please complete this by April 2nd.
Thank you for your support and time with this process.
State Testing Dates and Information
SMS Test Time: 8:00-10:30am-
ELA - Grades 6,7,8 - April 20 & 21
Math - Grades 6,7,8 - April 27 & 28
- *Students are allowed to use calculators, please be sure to bring your calculator with you to the test.
- Students need to bring their SCS chromebooks, fully charged on each testing date.
Science - Grade 8 - May 4
Please plan to have your student attend on these dates as attendance on testing days makes the management of testing efficient and more effective for all parties.
SCS and SOLO: students will need to report the buildings on the days of each test. Students will be assigned to a test room with teacher and students. Students will need to plan to be at SMS on those days during this time, with a calculator(math test day) and their charged chromebook. Please see the parent email sent on 4/1 and fill out the requested form.
Grades 6-12 Edmentum and Edgenuity:​ you WILL need to take the final exams for all Edmentum and/or Edgenuity courses you are in online that have exams (mid-terms and/or finals). The expectation will be to finish 100% of each course. If you are in grades 6-10 and have state tests (see below), you will receive an email to confirm testing dates and times. If you have any questions, please reach out to your counselor.
The state tested areas/ grades are as follows. If you are in any of these courses, you will have a state test/ End of Course Exam:
ELA: 6, 7, 8, and ELA 2 (usually 10th grade English)
Math: 6, 7, 8, Alg 1, Geometry
SS: American Government, American History
Science: 5th, 8th, Biology
MAKERSPACE CREATIONS!
SPIRIT DAYS
Proudly Wearing Green!
Tie-Dye Day!
Feeling Lucky on St. Patty's Day!
SMS MUSIC CONCERTS
Check Out Live Recordings of Our Concerts!
Qrt. 3 Academic Breakfast
Thank you to PTA for sponsoring our quarter 3 Academic Breakfast! 6-8th grade students enjoyed donuts and juice to celebrate their academic success in quarter 3!
Nice job to all of our students!
Chik-Fil-A Mustang of the Month Luncheon!
SMS Track Update
As coaches, we couldn't be more proud of these athletes. They have been working hard since February and the hard work showed in the results.
After spring break, the Mustangs take on North Royalton.
Announcements & Reminders
CALUCLATORS
Many students have reported that they have lost or misplaced their calculators that were part of their school supplies for the school year. Some have been using teacher calculators each day, and they are not being replaced. As a result, our teachers do not have enough to share during the April math AIR testing for students who have not been bringing their own to class.
We would greatly appreciate it if you could check with your child to ensure they still have a calculator, and it is coming to school every day. If they have lost it, they will need to replace it BEFORE April 26th.
The calculator that some students have been borrowing from teachers and are comfortable with is the TI-30XIIS. It is readily available at Target, Walmart, Staples, Amazon, etc. for $12-$18 depending on the color and place you purchase.
Thank you for your help! Looking forward to a great end of the year, we appreciate your support.
Spring Break: Eager Engineers & Eager Artists Spring Break Virtual Flyers
Summer Learning Opportunities
As you may know, districts are required to provide students opportunities to close learning gaps over the summer that may have occurred due to the pandemic. However, Strongsville is expanding programming to not only address learning gaps, but we are also working to provide options for social emotional learning and enrichment opportunities. These programs will be free to families and transportation may be provided, depending on the program. Click on the following links (Elementary - Middle School - High School) for informational videos on what we are planning to offer for each level of learning. As we are still in the planning stages, we would like you to CLICK HERE to complete a survey to gauge interest in the options we are considering offering. Your feedback is important to us as we want to ensure we are meeting the needs of all of our students. More information will be coming after spring break on how to register for specific programs.
WEEKLY ANNOUCEMENTS
These are also linked to our Team Preview templates and located on our school website.
TEAM WEEKLY PREVIEWS
Teams complete this every week to help parents and students receive a forecast of assignments to help organize their week. GOOGLE CLASSROOM is still the MAIN location for all resources. This is a great tool to help check in with students
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Strongsville Middle School
Mrs. Boytim: jboytim@scsmustangs.org
Mrs. Peters: jpeters@scsmustangs.org
Mrs. Bailey: jbailey@scsmustangs.org
Counselors:
Mrs. Gerber (6): kgerber@scsmustangs.org
Mrs. Pietrocini (7): spietrocini@scsmustangs.org
Mrs. Ray (8): eray@scsmustangs.org
Website: https://www.strongnet.org/Domain/411
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: 440-572-7090
Twitter: @mrsboytim