Oct 13, 2017

Southern Middle

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Not My Child ............................1

How is My Child Doing?………..2

Parent-Teacher Conferences….2

PTA Fundraiser ........................4

Yearbook Sales .........................4

6th Grade News .......................5

National Unity Day ……………..5

PTA News…………………………..6

Let Me Introduce You To……..7

SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST

BUILDING CAPACITY in a

Building of COMPASION.

Bulldog

Newsbites

Directions for how

to request a con-

ference are found

inside.

Parent Conferences

You are cordially invited to attend Southern Middle school’s Parent/Teacher conferences on Thurs-day, October 19, 2017 from 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Morning appointments are by invitation only.

Please log on to the sign-up Ge-nius link created by your child’s team of teachers below to

select a time for your confer-ence.

CHECK THIS OUT.

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Parent Conferences—Sign-up Links

Team 6A—www.SignUpGenius.com/go/4090944ACAB22ABFA7-october

Team 6B—www.SignUpGenius.com/go/5080F4EAEAE2CA5FDO-October

Team 7A—www.SignUpGenius.com/go/409084da8a82eaaf94-october

Team 7B—www.SignUpGenius.com/go/508054eaca92aa4f85-october

Team 8A—www.SignUpGenius.com/go/508054bafa822a1ff2-october

Team 8B—www.SignUpGenius.com/go/409094BADAD29A1FB6-october

If you have any problems scheduling an appt. please contact the

guidance office.

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Grew up in Balti-

more and went to

college at Wash-

ington College.

Major—ART...of

course.

So Let Me Introduce you to……… Ms. Gallant

Teaching

ART and

AVID .

I have a large extended family on my Mother’s side and we still

get together for all the big holidays!

I always knew I wanted to teach Art at some point in my life

because I enjoy sharing my passions and inspiring future artists!

In middle school I was very well-behaved. I enjoyed playing

sports, listening to music and spending time with my friends.

My future goals and dream vacations are essentially one in the

same. I love to travel, so I would like to go to Morocco again,

see India, South America and Greece. My dream vacation

would be to Bora Bora or the Cook Islands.

Calendar of

Events:

Oct 17—Picture Make

-ups

Oct 18—2 hr early

Dismissal

Oct 19—No School

Parent Conferences

Oct 20—No School

THE NEW

BULLDOG

PRIDE PLEDGE

I pledge to do my

BULLDOG BEST.

I will be PREPARED,

RESPECTFUL and I

NDEPENDENT.

I will be DISCIPLINED

and do what’s right.

I will show EMPATHY for

all and make our

school

No Place For Hate.

YEARBOOK DEAL !!!!!!

2017-2018 Southern

Middle School Year-

book

Order forms now until Oc-

tober 6th to get the very best

prince on the yearbook, plus

you can get up to 4 icons for

free with personalization!

Basic cost of yearbook: $30

Personalized (name en-

graved on cover): $7

Plus 4 free icons

Additional options are

shown on the website.

To order: go to www.jostensyearbooks.com All orders are ONLINE ON-LY!

COMING UP...

PTA News

October 16- spirit wear order forms going

home

October 20- Bulldog Day at Montpelier

Farm

October 23- Spirit Night at Chick Fil A

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Young Scientists

at work.

Grade 7 News

Math 7 notes from class

should be in students'

Math notebooks to help

them study. They are also

available on the Math

GoogleClassroom. Make

sure to have your child

join that using the follow-

ing codes if they haven't

already done so.

1st period: x8j2j2n

2nd period: ucut16

Also, remember that

STAR time is on Tues-

day .

Math 7-8 students are

determining a unit rate

and using that to solve

problems involving pro-

portions. Notes from

class should be in stu-

dents' Math notebooks to

help them study. They

are also available on the

Math GoogleClassroom.

Social Studies students

are learning that the hu-

man story can be quite an

adventure. We are wrap-

ping up our look at Feu-

dalism, the Black Plague

and Renaissance. Social

Studies students will pre-

pare for their quarterly,

Board-prepared writing

assessment scheduled for

the week of October 25-

30. This is a lengthy as-

signment. Students do

not need to study for it,

but a good night’s sleep

that week will help them

focus on this complex

Document Based Ques-

tion. Our STAR time is

Thursday.

In Language Arts, we are

working on narrative writ-

ing and poetry this month.

Students have been get-

ting into character to write

journals and letters. With

our upcoming novels, a

new (and more current

version of this activity)

will be included- vlog-

ging!

In Science- We are continuing to

learn about the human

body and how the differ-

ent organ systems interact

to help us carry out

those vital life func-

tions. We will be

starting the nervous

and digestive sys-

tems in the upcom-

ing weeks.

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Guidance

Corner

“October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Schools, organ-izations and communi-ties are raising aware-ness of bullying preven-tion and teaching stu-dents how to respond ef-fectively to bullying situ-ations. Southern Middle School’s Bullying Pre-vention week will start Monday, October 16th. We have some fun and educational activi-ties to spread awareness about bullying. Our goal is to ALL unite together to put an end to bullying and make SMS no place for hate. We will join other schools around the country by participating in National Unity Day on October 25th. On Oc-tober 25th, we are asking students AND staff to wear ORANGE! Be crea-tive and go all out! Wear an Orange shirt, Orange pants, Orange socks, Or-ange hats or even an Or-ange wig if you want!

SOUTHERN MID-

DLE’S MISSION

THERE ARE NO

LIMITS ON WHAT

WE CAN ACHIEVE

AT SOUTHERN

MIDDLE AND WE

WILL NEVER UN-

DERESTIMATE

THE ABILITY OF

OUR STUDENTS

TO BE SUCCESS-

FUL .

PICS OF THE WEEK

Safety First!

Ensuring safety for all is our

#1 priority. For this reason

this past week we conducted

3 drills:

Earthquake

Severe Weather-Tornado

Fire

Under our teachers guidance

students did very well. Re-

mind your child to take these

drills seriously and ask about

their preparations.

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Missed Getting Your Picture or Don’t Like Your Picture?

No problem. Picture make-up day is Tuesday Oct 17.

Smile!

Out 8th graders visited Center for Applied Technology –

South. Great experience for our students that they may

elect to pursue.

After-School

Intramural Update

A well-rounded “Student-Athlete” is a student who not only excels on the playing field but in the classroom as well! Starting October 9th, students MUST be Passing ALL Core Classes in order to participate in after school Intramural Sports. Our goal is to en-sure that our students are truly well-rounded “Student-Athletes”. Starting October 17th, if a student is failing a Core Class, they CANNOT partici-pate in Intramural Sports and should be staying after school for ex-tra help with their teachers. Updated Grade Reports will be printed and provided to PE teachers every Mon-day.

Team Challenge Fund-Raiser

Pampered Chef !!

Please check out the below link

to help support our school's

team challenge. 15% of all orders

go to our SMS team challenge

fund. Our goal is to provide the

winning team with a low cost (or

free) field trip at the end of the

year. Our goal is 100 orders.... to

help us get there visit: https://

pamperedchef.com/go/

smsbulldogs

All orders mailed directly to

your house !!!!

Parents Visiting Classes

We recognize parent desires to

visit a school to check up on

their progress. This is allowed

but we do ask for at least a 24

hour notice. In addition we ask

the following:

No interfering with instruc-

tion or the teacher.

No interactions with other

students.

A full list of expectations will

be shared when visiting.

Wearing Pink for Breast Cancer

Awareness.