SMS GIANT News
November 18, 2022 #14 (2-week Edition)
Add a message for an SMS staff member on our Gratitude Wall!
Upcoming Events
11/15-12/7 Staff Holiday Appreciation Gift Card Drop-Off
11/21-25 Thanksgiving Break - No School
12/1 Virtual Coffee with Keck on Zoom at 8:15
https://mdusd.zoom.us/j/89555218322
12/5 Leadership social permission slips DUE by 3pm
12/7 Office hours 1:10-1:45
12/9 6th grade Cookies & Cocoa Social; 7th/8th grade Black light Blowout Social
12/21 End of Quarter 2
12/22-1/6 Winter Recess- Return on Jan 9 (Silver day)
2022 SMS STAFF HOLIDAY APPRECIATION- Message from our PFC
With the holidays just around the corner, the PFC would like to continue the tradition of gift card collection that will be distributed to the amazing and hard-working teachers, administration, and staff showing our appreciation and gratitude.
Please consider donating a $20.00 or $25.00 gift card (Trader Joe, Starbucks, Peets, Target, Amazon, and Safeway, to name a few of the popular gift cards) that the staff will appreciate.
Starting Tuesday, November 15th, there will be a box in the office labeled gift cards that you or your student can drop the gift cards in. The deadline for the contribution will end on Wednesday, December 7th, a week before the teacher’s holiday party, which will give us ample time to put the gifts together.
Sequoia community, let’s show our appreciation and gratitude to our amazing Sequoia staff.Thank you so very much!
SMS Staff Holiday Appreciation
COVID TESTS
Holiday Food Drive- please help!
HOPE Food Drive (English)
Hope Food Drive (Spanish)
Permission Slips for Upcoming Leadership Events
Out and about on campus...
Permission slips are collected outside the B side of the office
Congrats Savannah!
One of our very own 6th graders Savannah Alacar, has won $50 and $50 for the art club as she was the first place winner in the Lion's Club Peace Poster Art Contest.
SMS Staff Secret Spirit day
Mon- gloves
Tues- music/band t shirts
Wed- doll/ stuffed animals
Thurs- crazy hats
Friday- Formal attire
Students were intrigued and asked a lot of questions as they realized there was a teacher/staff theme each day!
Cookies and Cocoa- 6th Grade only Leadership Event
Black Light Blow Out- 7th and 8th grade only
Wall of Gratitude in our cafeteria
Secret Staff Spirit Week at SMS...
Crazy hats!
hats, hats and more hats
Filming the Daily Bulletin in our Formal wear
Mrs. Byle and Mrs. Perlberg sparkle
Formal Dress day- Mrs. Still and I
One of our students honored at CPHS's Local Stars event
Daily Video Bulletin
Click on the "Post-Break" pdf below for COVIE guidance
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
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Location: 265 Boyd Road, Pleasant Hill, CA, USA
Phone: 925-934-8174
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