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Week of the Warrior
MONDAY: March 4th
- Leadership team meeting 3-4
- Collaborative Meetings during planning-Data Conferences
- Cheer informational meeting on 3/5 at 7:00 a.m. in Mrs. Hayes room (#323)
- March 4th, 5:30 "Teen Vaping" session. We invite students and families to attend. This session is presented by Officer Campbell.
Beta Club Math Tutoring Monday and Wednesday 3-4:15
in the LibraryTrack practice 3-4:30
Baseball Varsity @ Hunter Wright Monday @ 5:00 2-Five inning games, JV will practice at Hunter Wright from 3:30-4:30 on Monday
Any 6th or 7th grade girl interested in the KYVB volleyball league hosted by DB volleyball can pick up information in Counseling. Sign ups end on March 5.
TUESDAY: March 5th
- Scheduling Action Team Meeting 3-4
Cheer informational meeting on 3/5 at 7:00 a.m. in Mrs. Hayes room (#323)
Natural Helpers 3-4:30
Science Olympiad practice 3 - 5 p.m. in Ms. Crowe's room
ROTC Tuesday after school 3-4
StuCo meeting 3:00-3:30 in Mrs. Wagner's room
Track practice 3-4:30
Church Math Tutoring
Baseball JV @ Hunter Wright Tuesday @ 5:00 2-Five inning games, Varsity will practice at Hunter Wright from 3:15-5:00 on Tuesday
Any 6th or 7th grade girl interested in the KYVB volleyball league hosted by DB volleyball can pick up information in Counseling. Sign ups end on March 5.
WEDNESDAY: March 6th
FCA in the Small Gym 7:15
8th Grade Field Trip Eastman Career Expo & DBE Tour
Chess in the Library. Anyone who would like to participate is welcome. Wednesdays in the library 2:45-3:45
Beta Club Math Tutoring Monday and Wednesday 3-4:15
in the LibraryTrack practice 3-4:30
Baseball Practice at Sevier 3-5
MATE Team practice 3 - 5 in Mr. Golden's room
Sequoyah Scribe staff meeting Wednesday, 2:45 to 3:30 pm. Editors and broadcast meet until 5:15 pm.
THURSDAY: March 7th
8th Grade Field Trip DB & CTE tour
Science Olympiad Practice 3-5 in Mrs. Crowes Room
Track Practice 3-4:30
Baseball Practice at Sevier 3-5
FRIDAY: March 8th
Baseball Practice at Sevier 3-5
Track Practice 3-4:30
Spring Pictures (Prepaid only)
Save the Date
Saturday, March 2nd ETSU Regional Science Olympiad Competition at ETSU. Participants need to arrive at Brown Hall on the ETSU campus by 8 a.m.
Saturday 3/9 - MATE Team practice 9 - 3 at STEAMWORKS GYM
JSMS JAM
JSMS Family University
Dear Warrior Families,
We invite you to attend our next family session, "Teen Vaping: An Epidemic?" Our Student Resource Officer, Mike Campbell will be sharing how this adult activity has now become a teen trend. This session will be of benefit to both students and families. Please contact Debbie Moore, Family Liaison with any questions at 378-2450 or dmoore@k12k.com.
“Teen Vaping: An Epidemic?” A Family & Student Informational Session
Monday, March 4
5:30pm-6:30pm
Sevier Middle School Library
Presented by Officer Mike Campbell
Kingsport City Schools Accepting Zoning and Tuition Applications for 2019-2020 School Year
KINGSPORT, Tenn. – Kingsport City Schools will begin accepting Zoning and Tuition Applications for students in grades K–12 for the 2019-2020 school year beginning Friday, March 1, 2019.
Parents who would like to request their child attend a different city school instead of one for which their child is zoned, must apply for a zoning exception. Parents of students who are not legal residents of the City of Kingsport must submit a tuition application to attend Kingsport City Schools. Parents or legal guardians must apply annually for their child’s tuition and zoning status, even if they attended Kingsport City Schools during the preceding school year.
Applications can be found online at k12k.com via the "Parents" tab, 2019-20 Zoning and Tuition Application link or if need be, in-person at the KCS Administrative Support Center, 400 Clinchfield Street, second floor, downtown Kingsport. Application deadline is April 30, 2019.
The following are excerpts from the Kingsport Board of Education’s policies and procedures for zoning and tuition:
- Parents or legal guardians must apply annually for their child’s tuition and zoning status.
- Students who are not legal residents of the City of Kingsport shall pay tuition charges as approved annually by the Board of Education.
- Failure to pay tuition will disqualify a student’s application for the next year.
- Tuition students are accepted and zoning exceptions are granted only if current enrollment permits.
- The system does not provide bus transportation for tuition or zoning exception students, except in specific circumstances.
- Documented medical reasons
- Child care availability
- An expected move to a different zone
- Specialized school programs
- A fifth or an eighth grade student with a previous zoning exception
- Documented justifications related to the child’s specific educational experience
- Zoning and tuition for Kingsport City Schools employees and retirees, as well as City of Kingsport employees
- Zoning exception reapplications
- Siblings of currently enrolled out-of-zone students
- New zoning exception applications
- Tuition reapplications
- Siblings of currently enrolled tuition students
- New tuition applications for out-of-district residents
To find out the school for which your child is zoned, please refer to the online School Zones and Street Directory listed under the “School Zones and Street Directory” link under “Parents” at k12k.com, or call the KCS Administrative Support Center at (423) 378.2100.
For more information please contact Jim Nash, Chief Student Services Officer at (423) 378.2169 or visit k12k.com.
STREAM CAMP
STREAMWORKS has ramped up its summer line up of STEM Camps. Camps will be facilitated in the new STEM GYM V.2.
Limited spots, 30 seats per camp.
Super Hero Robotics Camp - Grades 5 - 8; June 3rd - 7th; 1 - 4 pm
LEGO Jr. Robotics Camp - Grades 1 - 4; June 3rd - 7th; 1 pm - 4 pm
Camp Awesome - Coding Camp for Girls - Grades 5 - 8; June 10th - 14th; 9 am - 12 pm
SUMO Bots (LEGO EV3) - Grades 5 - 8; June 10th - 14th; 1 pm - 4 pm
R5D (Robot in 5 Days) - Grades 9 - 12; June 17th - 21st; 8 am - 3 pm
Underwater Robotics Academy - Grades 5 - 8; June 17th - 21st; 9 am - 12 pm
RDL (Robot Drone League) - Grades 5 - 9; June 24th - 28th; 9 am - 4 pm
For more information and registration, visit www.streamworkseducation.org
Spring Picture Day
It is PRE-PAY only. Forms have been sent home with your children. If you need another one, please contact the main office at 378-2450
Appointments and Early Dismissals
Parents/Guardians, please allow adequate time when picking
up your student for appointments/early dismissal. We will
call your student to the office once you arrive at school. Please be
prepared to show your id and to come inside to pick up your
student. This is for student safety. Thank you!
Kyle's Corner
The Data Action Team met on January 22, 2019. As a team, we brainstormed ways to keep student data fresh and in our minds throughout the school year. Earlier this year each academic teacher completed the Focused Student List for Proficiency where you identified 6 SPED and 12 non-SPED students, as a grade level content, that you are targeting to be proficient on this year's state assessment. That activity was focused on the achievement component of our state's accountability model. We will be revisiting the proficiency lists at our benchmark data conferences on Monday, February 25, 2019.
One additional strategy we are implementing is a "Student Growth Watch List." The idea behind the "Student Growth Watch List" is for each teacher to identify 10 students that have the potential for the most positive growth and to identify 10 students that have the potential for the most negative growth this school year. This activity will focus our attention on the growth component of our state's accountability model, which is also the model that directly impacts your final Level of Effectiveness (LOE) score for evaluation purposes.
Many teachers have already explored their data files and have identified students with the greatest potential for growth. The "Student Growth Watch List" activity should take no more than 10-15 minutes to complete. Please login into your Google Drive and search for the data folder that I shared with you earlier this school year (the name of the file is your last name). This folder contains your data from last year, your current student's scores & NCE gains, and a new file titled "Student Growth Watch List." Please work to have this file completed by Friday, March 1, 2019.
Again, it is not a labor-intensive task. This is simply a way for us to remain focused on our data and identify students who have a high potential for growth and those who can potentially lose ground this year.
You will record their name and place an "X" if any of these apply:
- Is the student in RTI?
- Does the student take advantage of tutoring opportunities?
- Have you had a conference or conversation with the student in regards to their data?
- Have you had a conference or conversation with the parents in regards to the student's data?
- Any other interventions in place or notes you want to make?
Here's is an image of the "Student Growth Watch List" that you will find in your shared folder:
Duty and Supervision Action Team Report
- It is an expectation that you will be at your duty at the assigned day and time. This is happening for the vast majority of you, but we have noticed that this can be an issue from time to time. We will be watching this more closely and will send an email directly to the teacher who is not on duty. Please be aware that this will be documented toward your professionalism at the end of the year.
- When you are absent, we need you to make arrangements to have your duty covered. Subs should not be covering your duty. A suggestions was made to work it out in advance with a partner teacher to cover for each other and to notify with a quick text when you are out. Whatever you plan, you need to make sure you have the duty covered. This also applied to lunch and hall/bathroom duty. All locations are essential for supervision and we will be held liable if there is not coverage due to negligence and an incident happens in that area.
- Morning duty is 7:15-7:35. Please make morning plans so that you show up on time and plan to stay until 7:35 at your duty location. Afternoon duty is 2:45-3:05. On duty days, you will need to plan to have a quick exit out of your classroom to be at your duty location on time.
I have included links to our duty schedules below for your reference. They are also available in the JSMS shared drive. It is the work of all of us that contributes to making Sevier a great place to work and a safe place for our students to learn. Thank you all for all that you do!
Warrior Whoop!
Congratulations to our JSMS Science Olympiad Team-State Bound!
SO PROUD OF JSMS SCIENCE WARRIORS!
For the second year in a row, the Sevier Science Olympiad team qualified for the state competition by finishing in second place at the ETSU Science Olympiad regional competition.
The following students placed first in their events at the regional competition:
Anatomy PhysiologyLauren Lemons/Balu Pushkas
Battery BuggyKyle Gullion/Graham Owens
Disease DetectivesCharles Deng/Michael Fanning
HerpetologyGraham Owens/Aidan Williams
Mystery ArchitectureZoey Niederwemmer/Devon White
Solar SystemBalu Pushkas/Aidan Williams
Water QualityBalu Pushkas/Aidan Williams
Write It Do ItKarlie DeFord/Lauren Lemons
(Sevier placed 1st or 2nd in 17 out of 23 events! AMAZING WORK!)
The team will be competing at the state tournament on Saturday, April 6, 2019 on the University Tennessee Knoxville campus.
WOW AWARDS! (Way of the Warrior)
6th
Justin Cheng, Savannah Lane , Alexa Johnson, Landon Carroll, Jackson Jones, Mercy Adedokun, Kaitlyn Burke, Aaron Pendleton
7th
Alexis Stewart, Josh Overbey, Madeleine New, Ethan Reynolds, Florence Wissert, Kaylee Sandidge
Destiny Pride, Zeke Gentry, Stephen Jones, Alyssa Colhoun, Ethan Hutson, Emma Templeton
Hannah Archer, Tyheim Ingle, Lauren Reilly, Micah Maynard, Molly Godsey
John Mallick-Mt. Vernon Flag
Celebration of Sealants
Thank you to our dentist, Dr. Hopper, who provided 110 students with sealants. These are students who signed up in the Dental Sealant Program. This was free of charge for our students.