Sugar Land MS Titan News
Week #5 - September 14, 2020
Greetings Titan Families,
We hope you are enjoying this weekend with family and friends, and that you are all doing well. Please know that we are currently working hard to prepare for the upcoming transition to Face to Face learning. We know that you may have many questions about it. As the picture becomes clearer in the coming week or so, we will provide you with updates with many specifics related to all the "what about?" and "what if?" kinds of questions you may have. Our goal is to keep students with their teachers as much as possible, but unfortunately, we know that there will be schedule changes due to limited classroom capacity with social distancing, identifying online and face to face teachers, and the various student enrollments for each class. It is a complex matrix of decisions that involves countless hours of planning and preparation by campus leadership and counselors.
We continue to ask for grace and patience as these plans take shape. Thank you for your time and support of our school. Our priority is to serve our community in the best way possible.
This newsletter contains the following topics:
- Week At-A-Glance
- Tardies Begin September 14
- Mid-Day Break with Counselors September 17 at 12:30 (NEW)
- Fall Sports Survey Grades 7 and 8 (NEW)
- Immunization Update - Preparing for Extracurriculars and Face-to-Face Learning
- Gifted and Talented (GT) Referral Information
- Attendance Information from Mrs. LaVergne
- Student-Led Pledges and Moment of Silence
- SLMS PTO Spirit Night at Willie's - September 16
Thank you for your time, and thank you for your support of Sugar Land MS. We hope to see you at the Mid-Day Break with the counselors and also at the SLMS PTO Spirit Night at Willie's.
Sincerely,
Keith Fickel, SLMS Principal
#GracePatienceOptimism
#BetterTogether
#InfinitePossibilities
#TitansOwnIt
The Week At-A-Glance
Tardies Begin to Count on September 14
- Between 1 and 19 minutes late - students are marked with a Tardy (T)
- 20 minutes and beyond - students are marked with Late (L)
Please ensure your child logs into his/her Microsoft Teams synchronous sessions on time. Note that certain classes, such as high school credit classes, could have a denial of credit issued due to chronic tardies (T) and lates (L).
Fall Sports Survey (Grades 7 and 8)
Now that you have made your Learning Model selection (either Online or Face to Face), our coaches and our campus leaders tasked with creating our revised master schedule for both models need some information from you related to interest in fall sports.
Please complete this short SLMS Fall Sports Survey by 5:00 PM on Monday, September 14. The purpose of the survey is to allow us to prepare properly for the number of student athletes that intend to participate in fall sports. Our fall sports are:
- Football
- Volleyball
- Cross Country
Thank you for your assistance. If you have any questions, please contact:
- Girls - Coach Woods (toni.woods@fortbendisd.com)
- Boys - Coach Esposito (pete.esposito@fortbendisd.com)
Mid-Day Break with SLMS Counselors - September 17 at 12:30
Link to join Zoom Meeting at 12:30 (you will be placed in a waiting room and then you will be admitted into the meeting). If asked, the passcode is: 686210
Immunizations Update From Nurse Lincoln
This is a reminder from our nurse that all students must have their shots up-to-date or have a valid exemption on file. This is regardless of whether instruction is online or in person.
All immunizations must be up-to-date before your student may return to face-to-face instruction or participate in any extracurricular activities per the State of Texas immunization requirements. Please send records to angela.lincoln@fortbendisd.com or fax records to 281-327-8745. Nurse Lincoln has emailed noncompliant letters so that you are aware of the immunizations your child needs, if any.
To find out more information regarding immunizations, visit the Texas Department of State Health Services web page.
Gifted and Talented (GT) Referrals Through September 30
If you would like to refer your student to receive gifted and talented services in FBISD, please review this PowerPoint presentation, and refer to the link included to submit your student’s information. The last day to submit a referral is September 30th. If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Seright, 7th Grade Counselor and Gifted and Talented Testing Liaison for the SLMS. You may reach her at (281) 634-3085 or by emailing her at kimberly.seright@fortbendisd.com.
Attendance Information for Parents
Parent notes are required for all absences within five days from the absence date. Notes must include full student name as well as the reason for the absence (including technical difficulties). If a student misses a synchronous engagement, they are counted absent.Please email all absence notes to AttendanceSLMS@fortbendisd.com. Contact our attendance clerk, Mrs. LaVergne, at (281) 634-3089 if you have questions.
Student-Led Pledges and Moment of Silence
We want to include all SLMS Titan students in the opportunity to lead the school in our daily pledges. We will do this using Flipgrid to record students reciting the US flag pledge, the pledge to the Texas flag, and our moment of silence. We will use one video per day, and students will view it at 9:00 AM in their first class of the day when their teacher shows the video. Students must use their Fort Bend ISD student email address for this project. All of the instructions are included in the Flipgrid topic. Click this link to go to Flipgrid to record your contribution. Select "Join with Microsoft" after clicking this link.
SLMS PTO Spirit Night at Willie's - September 16
FBISD Secondary Online Learning Schedule
Important Contact Information
- Assistant Principal - Dr. Dawn Rogers (dawn.rogers@fortbendisd.com)
- Counselor - Eleni Smith (eleni.smith@fortbendisd.com)
Seventh Grade
- Assistant Principal - Luster Goodwin (luster.goodwin@fortbendisd.com)
- Counselor - Kim Seright (kimberly.seright@fortbendisd.com)
Eighth Grade
- Associate Principal - Monika Martin (monika.martin@fortbendisd.com)
- Counselor - Nafecia Brinson (nafecia.brinson@fortbendisd.com)
Attendance - Mary Beth LaVergne (mary.lavergne@fortbendisd.com)
Registrar - Tandi Phillips (tandi.phillips@fortbendisd.com)
Nurse - Angi Lincoln (angela.lincoln@fortbendisd.com)
Campus Secretary - Mary Connealy (mary.connealy@fortbendisd.com)
Counselor Clerk - Carmen Brantley (carmen.brantley@fortbendisd.com)
Assistant Principal Secretaries
- 6th and 7th Grade - Tina Garcia (diamantina.ibarragar@fortbendisd.com)
- 8th Grade - Sherri Woodcock (sherri.woodcock@fortbendisd.com)
Sugar Land Middle School
45 Years
1975-2020
Inspiring and equipping the young men and women of our community for futures beyond what they can imagine since 1975.
SLMS Campus Mission Statement
Working collaboratively, the Sugar Land Middle School Professional Learning Community will commit to creating a safe environment with high expectations leading to physical, social, emotional, and academic success for all Titans.
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Email: keith.fickel@fortbendisd.com
Website: www.fortbendisd.com/slms
Location: 321 7th Street, Sugar Land, TX, USA
Phone: (281) 634-3080
Twitter: @SLMSTitans