SMS GIANT News
September 16, 2022 #5
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS...
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 REQUIRED to stay until 4pm. No in and outs.
9/27 Site Council meeting on Zoom at 3pm (link to follow)
10/6 Picture Retakes
10/7 Early Release Day- dismissal at 1pm.
10/10 Teacher in-service NON-Student Day
10/11Indigenous People's Day (honored on the 11th since NO school on the 10th)
Site Council Announcement- Thank you and CONGRATULATIONS!
Allyson Farry
Yvonne Philapil
Dan Reynolds
Jennifer Lugo will serve a second term this year as she was elected last year.
We would also like to thank Jane Chang and Elizabeth Chandler for running for Site Council.
Thank you SMS Community. Look what we earned for SMS!
A sneak peek into Mrs. Iglesias' 6th grade Spanish Rotation
Daily Video Bulletin
Out and about on campus...
Winner- Respect activities at lunches lead by our counselors
End of Summer Luau on September 23rd 3-4pm
In the girls' lockerroom!
Meet our Uniform Unicorn
SMS Staff participates in an "Experiencing Dyslexia" workshop
Experiencing struggles to simulate what some of our students go through
Game room during lunch in the library
More game room
Working in 8th grade history in Mr. Gregory's class
Playing 4 square during lunch
Art with Mrs. McBrayer
Parent Patrol in full force, come join us!
FREE ONLINE TUTORING!
All Californians can now get free 24/7 online tutoring and homework help, thanks to a new initiative. The pilot program, which has no age limit, offers help in math, language arts and other core K-12 subjects in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Tagalog.
*** NOTE: This program was already available via the Contra Costa County Library program. ***
Direct link to the tutoring program:
https://main_castatehelpnow_ca.svc.brainfuse.com/authenticate.asp
Link to the program via the CCC Library website:
https://ccclib.org/teen-subject/homework-help/
Press Release from State of CA:
A friendly reminder from our Attendance Secretary, Ms Anarosa Rivera- REPOST!
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
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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Location: 265 Boyd Road, Pleasant Hill, CA, USA
Phone: 925-934-8174
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