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Week of the Warrior
MONDAY: January 13th
SEL - Goal Setting
Weekly Planning with InDeS
Girls Basketball game vs. Greeneville at Sevier
Boys Basketball game vs. Greeneville at Greeneville
Boys Indoor Soccer Forms can be picked up any time from Coach Potts in room 239 or in the front office. Forms are due anytime from now until Friday January 17th. There will be a meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
Are you currently enrolled in an ensemble at Sevier and love to sing contemporary music or want to try contemporary acapella? If so, you should audition for the new after school group, the JSMS Contemporary Singers! Auditions will be held Jan. 14, 21, and 22nd. Pick up audition materials and instructions from the chorus room.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
TUESDAY: January 14th
SEL - Tuesday - Circles
Student Council meetings on January 14th 3-3:30pm.
Natural Helpers Meeting Tuesday 3-5pm Any student interested in joining Natural Helpers see Mrs. Kincaid in the Counseling Center
Science Olympiad will be meeting on Tuesday from 2:45-5:00.
The robotics team will be meeting on Tuesday in the library from 3-4. If you cannot make it, please see Mr. Golden.
Boys Indoor Soccer Forms can be picked up any time from Coach Potts in room 239 or in the front office. Forms are due anytime from now until Friday January 17th. There will be a meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
Are you currently enrolled in an ensemble at Sevier and love to sing contemporary music or want to try contemporary acapella? If so, you should audition for the new after school group, the JSMS Contemporary Singers! Auditions will be held Jan. 14, 21, and 22nd. Pick up audition materials and instructions from the chorus room.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
WEDNESDAY: January 15th
SEL - Second Step
Core classes (8th grade related arts) on Wednesdays
Science Bowl practice on Wednesday from 2:45 - 4:00in Ms. Musselman's room.
There will be a journalism staff meeting on Wednesday, January 8 from 2:45 to 3:30 pm. All staff members are required to attend. The editorial team will meet until 5:15 pm.
Boys Indoor Soccer Forms can be picked up any time from Coach Potts in room 239 or in the front office. Forms are due anytime from now until Friday January 17th. There will be a meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
- Are you currently enrolled in an ensemble at Sevier and love to sing contemporary music or want to try contemporary acapella? If so, you should audition for the new after school group, the JSMS Contemporary Singers! Auditions will be held Jan. 14, 21, and 22nd. Pick up audition materials and instructions from the chorus room.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
THURSDAY: January 16th
SEL - Naviance
The robotics team will be meeting on Thursday in the library from 3-5. If you cannot make it, please see Mr. Golden.
Girls Basketball game vs. Sullivan East at Sullivan East
Boys Basketball game vs. Sullivan East at Sevier
Boys Indoor Soccer Forms can be picked up any time from Coach Potts in room 239 or in the front office. Forms are due anytime from now until Friday January 17th. There will be a meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
Science Olympiads will be meeting on Thursday from 2:45-5:00.
Are you currently enrolled in an ensemble at Sevier and love to sing contemporary music or want to try contemporary acapella? If so, you should audition for the new after school group, the JSMS Contemporary Singers! Auditions will be held Jan. 14, 21, and 22nd. Pick up audition materials and instructions from the chorus room.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
FRIDAY: January 17th
SEL - Mentoring/Feel Good Friday
RTI2B Meetings During Grade Level 1st RA
Boys Indoor Soccer Forms can be picked up any time from Coach Potts in room 239 or in the front office. Forms are due anytime from now until Friday January 17th. There will be a meeting on January 24th at 7:30 im room 239
Are you currently enrolled in an ensemble at Sevier and love to sing contemporary music or want to try contemporary acapella? If so, you should audition for the new after school group, the JSMS Contemporary Singers! Auditions will be held Jan. 14, 21, and 22nd. Pick up audition materials and instructions from the chorus room.
Yearbook pre-orders are now open! Be sure to reserve a copy of the 2019-2010 yearbook today! Visit ybpay.lifetouch.com and use ID Code 13619720. You can also return an order form with check or cash payment to Sevier Middle. The yearbook will be $24.00 this year. Adding a personalized name to the cover will cost an additional $4.00.
Save the Date
Science Olympiads will be meeting on Saturday the 11th from 9-12
VIDA yoga and the cOMmunity collective will be coming to our school on Friday 21st mornings from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. to do yoga in the small gym. It is open to all students and ALL STAFF.
Coach Christian DB Football Coach will be here Friday the 24th to talk to 8th Grade boys about DB Football during SEL time.
Any student who ordered an 8th Grade group picture and has not received; please see Vicky in the office.
All-City Band for 8th graders February 18th
The John Sevier Spelling Bee will take place on Wednesday, January 22nd at 1:00.
JSMS JAM
Feeding Frenzy Friday!
A lovely letter from luke...
All,
Welcome back! I hope each of you had a restful break! I wanted to take a moment and reach out with a reminder regarding the 2019-2020 teacher data files that are located in the JSMS shared drive folder.
In the coming days, please take a few minutes and access your individual file. This can be accomplished by following this pathway: John Sevier Middle School --> 2019-2020 Data File --> Holly's Data Files for Teachers --> Data Files for Teachers --> (Grade + Subject) --> Teacher Name
Once your access your folder, you should find two tabs.
Tab 1:
The first tab consists of student information and three empty columns that you will be able to fill in using 2019-2020 Benchmark Data. You will use the following Benchmark Assessments for inputting your student data.
SS and ELA:
Benchmark A : Benchmark administered in August
Benchmark B: Case 21 January Benchmark
Benchmark C: Case 21 February Benchmark
Math and Science:
Benchmark A : Benchmark administered in November
Benchmark B: Case 21 January Benchmark
Benchmark C: Case 21 February Benchmark
Tab 2:
The second tab is a growth spreadsheet. This spreadsheet will allow you to identify students that have the potential for the most positive growth as well as the potential for the most negative growth.
Please begin working on compiling this information for next week's collaboratives.
Calling all ELA Teachers
As Michael Hubbard shared before the break, Kingsport is working with Case 21 to provide Benchmark assessments. We reviewed the assessments and we are taking out the writing portion. This is due to the fact that students just completed a Quarterly Writing Assessment and teachers just scored the papers on Monday. We do not need to add additional writing assessments. We will not change our original plan for the Quarterly Writing Assessment. The first benchmark assessment window is from January 15-22.
We will continue with our typical process for selecting writing prompts. Jessica and I will share options with you to choose from as we do each time. The additional writing prompts will give us more options, which is always helpful.
The partnership with Case 21 also means that you can use any of the assessments in the Google drive for classroom practice. Previously, we protected the practice test to use for the Benchmark, but Case 21 is using their own questions and so feel free to use these resources. Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a wonderful day!
Calling All Math Teachers
Hello Middle School Math Teachers,
The next middle school math symposium is scheduled on Monday, January 27 (3:15-4:45) in the Watauga Room on the third floor of ASC. This session will highlight the use of linking cubes (also called snap cubes) to teach middle school math concepts. In order to have materials available for you at the session, please register using the link below by January 17.
Link for registration: https://forms.gle/LXQZQf6kZH32uU28A
Please contact Pam Stidham or Amanda Cole if you should have any additional questions.
I am looking forward to learning with you!
Pam
Don't forget to complete Safe-Schools Trainings
MORNING YOGA
We have an awesome opportunity here at Sevier. VIDA yoga and the cOMmunity collective will be coming to our school on Friday mornings from 7:00 to 7:30 a.m. to do yoga in the small gym. It is open to all students and ALL STAFF. We are hoping this will help students as well as staff relax on Friday mornings. I encourage you to come and please encourage your students to do the same
Coffee Cart-Feel Good Friday
Feel Good Friday just keeps getting better! Stephen Baker had the awesome idea to start up a coffee cart for the Warrior Academy kiddos and the FA-3 kiddos to run together on Friday mornings. The cost will be $1.00 per cup, and we have creamers and sweeteners as well!
The funds will just replenish the cart from week to week, but the personal interaction and functional skills the kids are going to learn from this will be invaluable! I am looking forward to watching them grow throughout the year and build relationships with you all through this venture!
I have included the Google Sheet that we will use each week to fill orders. There is a cell for your name, classroom number for 1st period assignments, type of drink, and if you need a disposable cup, or if you'll have your own mug for us to make it in!
Thank you all in advance for your support of this fun idea, and to Baker for getting it all together. I love our big Warrior Tribe!
Thanks again!
Baker and Megan
Duty Scheudule:
Morning and Afternoon Duty:
Hall and Lunch Duty:
Warrior Whoop!
Spelling Bee!
Samson Ogbazghi, Ellie Jackson, Sam Perdue, Latiana Vaughn, Alex Batts, Ella Stidham, Charles Deng, Addison England, Latalya Gaines, Ally Bogni, Michael Fanning, Nick Hall, Gavin Ingram, Laila Venzon