SMS GIANT News
September 9, 2022 #4
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS...
9/14 Leadership ASB sticker sale after school on the B-side of the office. $10 CASH or bring printout of online receipt.
9/13 Believe Fundraiser ends
9/13 Chipotle Dine-Out Fundraiser
9/13 ASB Student Council meeting. All students welcome! 2:45-3:45pm in A-2.
9/15 National Hispanic Heritage Month begins
9/16 1st Quarter progress reports will be sent to Dent Center to mailed to parents.
9/19 End-of-Summer Luau permission slips DUE by 3:00pm. Sorry, no exceptions!
9/19-23 6th grade campaign week
9/21 Club Rush during lunches
9/21 Teacher Office Hours
9/23 Leadership End of Summer Luau social - all grades welcome. 3-4pm. Students are
9/27 Site Council meeting on Zoom at 3pm (link to follow)
A friendly reminder from our Attendance Secretary, Ms Anarosa Rivera
Please leave a clear message stating your student's name (spell it afterwards), date and reason for the absence.
Parent Square is also a great way to clear attendance. Parent Square will send absence notifications if your child has been absent to school, parents will be given the option to send an ATTENDANCE NOTE on these absence notifications.
Please allow AERIES/HOMELINK 24 hours before attendance reflects. We do our best to clear attendance on a daily basis.
The best way to reach our attendance secretary is via email at riveraa@mdusd.org
Early Release Days- some minor changes. REPOST
The only new dates are:
November 17th (NO LONGER 11/18)
February 9th (NO LONGER 2/16)
March 16th (NO LONGER 3/17)
For your reference the Early release days for the entire year are:
Fri, 9/2
Fri, 10/7
Thurs 11/17
Fri 12/16
Thurs 1/19
Thurs 2/9
Thurs 3/16
Thurs 4/27
Fri 5/26
Fri 6/2 (last day)
Daily Video Bulletin
No need to cook! Repost!
Dine and Donate- Please help fundraise for our SMS students :-)
Tuesday, September 13
4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Make dinner a selfless act by joining us for a fundraiser to support Sequoia Middle School Parent Faculty Club. Come in to the Chipotle at 60 Crescent Dr Ste G in Pleasant Hill on Tuesday, September 13 between 4:00pm and 8:00pm.
Bring in the flyer, show it on your smartphone or tell the cashier you’re supporting the cause to make sure that 33% of the proceeds will be donated to Sequoia Middle School Parent Faculty Club.
Out and about on campus...
Flip book in Art
Mosaics in 7th grade
Our School nurse leads medical training
Shoe Design- past present and future
Beautiful shading
More beautiful shading...
Selling ASB stickers after school
Filming the Daily Bulletin with my helper Axel
We LOVE our new Safe Space signs
Symbolic Image painting in Art I
more symbolic image in Art I
Working collaboratively in Art I
BELIEVE FUNDRAISER UPDATE- sent in Parent Square on 9/7/22
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
We have just one week left in our Believe Kids & Otis Spunkmeyer fundraiser and we need your help to reach our goals! Our fundraiser is through both order forms and online. Our goal is to raise $30,000.00 for field trips, classroom supplies, additional library hours, technology and more! It's as simple as 1, 2, 3!
1. Register TONIGHT at https://www.shopfund.com/
2. Share custom student support links and/or paper catalogues with family & friends
3. Student Goal: 5 Online Supporters.
We have some really fun incentives, including everyone who sells 10 items will get to come to a Kona Ice party!!
All order forms will be due Tuesday, September 13th.
Thank you for your support of our fundraiser!
~Sequoia Middle School
Community outreach
Project to Inspire -Support for Parents
Parent Education series for Spanish Speaking parents with Project to Inspire.
Please share with your school community Project2Inspire
Questions? Email Pati Coronado ext 6240
*First DELAC scheduled for 9/15/22 at 5:30
TITLE IX NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
The Governing Board is committed to providing equal opportunity for all individuals in education. District programs, activities, facilities and practices shall be free from discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identify, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, actual or potential parental, family, marital status, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics (Governing Board Policy 0410).
Contact Us / How to File a Complaint
For questions, concerns or complaints regarding student harassment, discrimination, intimidation and bullying, please contact Jennifer Sachs, Chief of Educational Services, at sachsj@mdusd.org or by phone at (925) 682-8000 x4016.
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Sequoia Middle School
Email: keckl@mdusd.org
Website: sms-mdusd-ca.schoolloop.com/
Location: 265 Boyd Road, Pleasant Hill, CA, USA
Phone: 925-934-8174
Twitter: @SequoiaMSGiants