Simon Says (Parents)

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!!

Dear Parents,

There are many reasons to be proud of the Simon Middle School students. One of these reasons come in the form of the Mariachi group led by Mr. DeLeon, Teacher.

Last Friday, at 6pm, I was invited to attend the dialogue for Peace and Progress celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at the Kyle City Hall.

As I took pictures, I could hear City Council members and others (taking pictures/videos) commenting about how impressed they were with the quality of the music and the students behavior.

The group's performance was amazing! We all should be proud of the way the Varsity Mariachi represented Simon Middle School and their families.

This is one of many examples of how SMS is preparing students for life.

I have attached some pictures for your enjoyment.

Congratulations Mr. Deleon and the SMS Mariachis!!👌👌🎉🎊

ITEMS for your Calendar.

• Monday, September 25th, 6pm
• PTA Organizational Meeting in the cafeteria

Thursday, October 5th marks the end of the 1st Nine Weeks.

• There will be no school for students on Friday, October 6th and Monday, October 9th.

As always, do not hesitate to contact me with questions or concerns.

My personal goal is to respond within 24 hours.

Educationally yours,

S.Vega

Principal

Estimados padres,

Hagan un "click" donde dice TRANSLATE para traducir todas las noticias en español.

Salvador Vega

Director

Monday: PTA Organizational meeting 6pm in the cafeteria

Tuesday:

• Football vs. Del Valle
• 8th Grade home--5:30pm B Team/ A Team plays next
• 7th grade awayB team

Wednesday: PACK the PAC--Townhall Meeting at the CISD PAC

Thursday: Volleyball vs. Del Valle AWAY --4:15pm 7th grade A, B & C teams, followed by 8th grade

Friday:

September

9/25: PTA Organizational Meeting, 6pm in the Simon Cafeteria

9/28: Vision/Hearing screening for all 7th graders and new to district students

October

10/2: Picture Day

10/6: End of 9 weeks--Teacher PD---no school for students--

10/9: Holiday

10/26: Science Spooky Night/Fall Fest

• 6-8pm.
• details coming soon!

10/30-10/31-Student Holidays

November

11-1---Student holiday

11/20-11/24-Thanksgiving Break

December

12/1-Kyle Tree Lighting

12/8-Choir Concert at PAC

12/16-Early Release 2pm

12/18-1/1-Winter/Christmas Break

Sal Vega, Principal (sal.vega@hayscisd.net)

Sara Sparks, 6th Grade Assistant Principal (sara.sparks@hayscisd.net)

Adrian Reyes, 7th Grade Assistant Principal (adrian.reyes@hayscisd.net)

Michele Castillo, 8th Grade Assistant Principal (michele.castillo@hayscisd.net)

Yvonne Schneider, Academic Dean (yvonne.schneider@hayscisd.net)

Please check the latest community events/resources below.

An important change to graduation plans is all students must have 40 hours of community service to graduate. They can start earning them freshman year. The high schools will help students with this task but the school board approved it as a graduation requirement.

Timeline for Course Selection/Graduation Planning

• 6th-occurs in March
• 7th- It is a board policy that all 7th graders create a graduation plan and receive academic advising for the student and parents.
• starts with 5 year high school planning in Nov/Dec
• continues with individual student/counselor meetings
• ends with one-on-one parent/counselor zoom meetings in February/March
• 8th-Most students have a 4 year High school plan from last year; will work with the high school in January to edit existing plans and/or create new ones

Vision and hearing screening for all 7th graders and new to district students will be September 28th. Hays CISD is partnering with an organization this year to provide FREE glasses to any student who do not pass vision screening! If you do NOT want to be contacted by this organization (halfHelen) please fill out this form and return to Nurse Young - English/Spanish

Shout out any Hays CISD employee but especially our wonderful Wolverine staff

• https://www.hayscisd.net/hayshighfive