Warrior Beat
#worldchangingwarriors
Word for the Warrior...
* I saw this posting on Facebook over the weekend and am passing it along. This is what happens DAILY at Sevier. THANK YOU for your holy and sacred work. That is EXACTLY what it is.
#difference makers
#worldchangers
I saw your face, teacher on the sidewalk.
I was dropping off my little and I saw your warm and genuinely welcoming face when you greeted him once he was out of the car. There was a fleeting change of your face that happened just seconds before that, though... so subtle, most eyes wouldn’t catch it.
But I saw it.
Seconds before you greeted him, your face was somber. Pensive. You were thinking of something else, your mind far away from the steady stream of cars before you. You had a tiny, 6 second break between doors opening, and I wondered where your mind went.
Maybe to today’s to-do list or your lesson plans or an impending meeting with an unhappy parent.
But I wondered if maybe, just maybe, your heart wasn’t on campus at all.
•Maybe it was on how you and your spouse left the house in an argument this morning.
•Maybe it was because he slept on the couch last night. Again.
•Maybe you have a child who has a doctor’s appointment today that you won’t get to go to because you have to teach my child what sound T and H make together.
•Maybe you dropped your child off at college and your soul is hurting.
•Maybe you realized you left your checkbook and urgent bills on the counter or you’re worried your daughter didn’t grab her lunch box because she was running out the door late to catch her bus.
•Maybe you are worried about your aging mother in Ohio or the endless financial strain you’ve been living under as a single mom.
•Maybe you have a teenager who refuses to speak to you or a toddler who is allergic to something you can’t figure out.
•Maybe you’re worried about your dog that you’re probably going to have to make a heartbreaking decision about soon... the dog you’ve had since you were in college.
•Maybe you didn’t get enough sleep last night or for the last six months since your new baby arrived.
•Maybe you wish you chose a different job. A different path. A different life.
I don’t know what you were thinking or what was on your heart, but I want to thank you.
Thank you for opening the car door and choosing my son over the burden of your heart. In that moment, you made him feel seen and wanted and loved and important. You being present for him at 7:30 AM makes it easier for me to drive off and leave him every day. You being present for him requires you to sacrifice so much of yourself in such a split second of time.
And I saw you do it today.
You’ll do it again tomorrow, and I’ll pray for you as I see you make that choice. You’ll keep making that choice and I’ll keep believing that wherever that loved one is that you’re having to put on your heart’s back burner so you can love on my child, he or she is also feeling seen and wanted and loved and valued by whoever is opening the door for them.
Thank you.
For the rest of my life, thank you for choosing my child.
Making someone feel seen is such holy, sacred work. You do it so well. ❤️
Week of the Warrior
MONDAY: August 26th
NO FACULTY MEETING MONDAY---We will be meeting with Michael on Thursday and Friday of this week during planning....so no faculty meeting.
Weekly Planning With InDes during planning!
SEL - Monday - Goal Setting/Mentorship
Intramural rosters need to be turned in ASAP. Games will begin on Tuesday.
Volleyball game vs. Blountville at Blountville Middle School @ 4:00pm
DB Beta Club Math Tutoring 3-4 in Mr. Wyatt’s Classroom
Football Practice 3-5
Cheer Practice 3-5
Cross Country Practice 3-4:15-CC PRACTICE WILL BE AT WARRIORS PATH STATE PARK 3:15-4:30
TUESDAY: August 27th
SEL - Tuesday - Circles
Football Practice 3-5
Volleyball Game vs. Liberty Bell at Sevier @ 4:30
Student Council meeting on Tuesday in Mrs. Wagner's room (346-next to orchestra) 3:00-3:30
Cross Country Practice 3-4:15
Shrek--3:00-5:00: Full Cast Meeting for Shrek the Musical in the auditorium. This meeting is for students only.
WEDNESDAY: August 28th
Fall Pictures/8th Grade Group Picture
SEL - Wednesday - Second Step
FCA in the Small Gym at 7:00am
DB Beta Club Math Tutoring 3-4 in Mr. Wyatt’s Classroom
Cross Country practice 3-4:15
Football Practice 3-5
Cheer Practice 3-5
Journalism meeting on Wednesday from 2:45 to 3:30 pm. All staff members are required to attend. Editors will meet until 5:15 pm.
THURSDAY: August 29th
SEL - Thursday - Naviance
Volleyball Game vs. TA Dugger at TA Dugger @ 5:00
Cross Country Meet Terry Hull Crawford Classic Holston Homes for Children in Greeneville TN. Bus will leave at 3:15. Runners need to bring food with them and will text to let parents know what time they will return.
Football game vs. Boone at Ridgeview @ 5:30
Dance Practice 3-5
Shrek-3:00-4:00: Full Cast Music Rehearsal for Shrek the Musical. Meet in the chorus room
Michael Hubbard Data Meetings-ELA in the mornings-Math in the afternoons
FRIDAY: August 30th
SEL - Friday - Reading/Mentorship & Feel Good Friday - Positive message shirts
Meetings with Michael Hubbard
Cross Country Practice 3-4:15 VARSITY ONLY will practice (top 7 boys/girls)
8th Grade Bands from Sevier and RNR to perform with DB at J. Fred on 8-30.
Michael Hubbard Data Meetings-Social Studies in the morning
Save the Date
No School September 2nd (Labor Day)
First Washington DC Payment is due on Thursday, September 5 beginning at 7 am in the Sevier Gym. Please make sure that you have the permission form/ discipline requirement sheet filled out along with a copy of your insurance card (if possible).
JSMS JAM
Sevier Middle School Spirit Shop 2019
You can now purchase JSMS SPIRIT items online in 3 easy steps:
1. Go online to https://jsmsfall19.itemorder.com/
2. Choose your items and add them to your cart
3. Securely checkout with your credit card
Online Store Deadline: Tuesday September 3rd, 2019 (11:59pm EDT)
Examples of items for purchase shown below:
(If you click on the above link, items shown below can be looked at more closely )
CALLING A LOCKDOWN FROM YOUR CLASSROOM
1. Dial 6010
2. When you hear the tone, enter 0*
3. When you hear the tone, make your announcement.
4. When finished, hang up.
Emergency Sub Folders and Plans
Everyone knows that we are experiencing a sub shortage. When quality plans are not left, this is a large deterrent for subs. They will not come back if they are left without quality plans. This has occurred at times not just with subs but even with teachers subbing for other teachers in the building.
Creating emergency sub plans will assist with this. We know there are times when unexpected absences occur. By being proactive and prepared, you AND the sub will be left in a far better place should you have to be out unexpectedly.
Please turn in contents of emergency sub folders by the end of the third week of school to Erika. She will keep an alphabetized crate with folders for each of you inside.
Duty Scheudule:
Morning and Afternoon Duty:
Hall and Lunch Duty:
Support our JSMS Orchestra: Amazon SMILE
Amazon Smile: How can you make your JSMS Orchestra Smile through your Amazon account? So glad you asked! Simply sign up for the Amazon Smile Program and designate John Sevier Middle School Orchestra as the benefactor, and we will receive .5% on eligible items! So simple!
Here are the 3 easy steps:
1. Go to: smile.amazon.com
2. If you already have an Amazon account, sign in. If not, you will need to create one. (See "Amazon Smile HOME-SIGN IN" attached below), or create
an Amazon account.
3. Find the link/ tab for "Pick a Charity Amazon Smile" and choose "John Sevier Middle School Orchestra Booster Club."
That's it. Then shop from AmazonSmile and they will donate 0.5% to the Boosters on all eligible purchases (nearly everything). It does not cost you, the consumer, anything! See attached screen shots for examples.
Thanks so much for your support!
Warrior Whoop!
Warrior Whoop!
Warrior of the Week
The following students were identified as WOW (Warrior Of the Week) students by their Language Arts teacher this week. WOW Awards are given for outstanding behavior, effort and growth!
JSMS Cross Country
Our boys finished 1st in the meet. Our girls finished 4th in the meet.
Girls that scored:
14th - Carli Cradic
26th - Gigi Venzon
31st - Alyssa Headrick
49th - Emma Williams
50th - Mallori France
Boys that scored:
13th - Dace Potts
14th - Sam Perdue
17th - Brogan McGhee
19th - Ben Culp
21st - Reichen Gibson
Sevier races again Thursday in Greenville. Thank you for your support!