Good afternoon! I hope everyone had an awesome opening week at SMS. It was great to see our students, and get back into the swing of things. As always, please make sure you are getting communication from us, and if there are any issues, please let us know, so we can fix it asap! (This message is coming to you by text, email, SMS website/app, and SMS Families FB Page) Most important communication from the school will come to you via text. Sometimes, there will be a news story attached to that text with a link. Please be sure to click that link to receive important information. For news less pressing, I typically send in the form of an app notification as well as post it on our website feed, and private Facebook page. Individual classroom teachers communicate in various ways. Most of the younger grades teachers will use Dojo, and the older grades teacher will use the Events tab on our website and app to post assignments. Of course our entire staff is accessible through their email, which individual addresses can be found on our Staff page. We are all in this together, and communication is key!
Daily events and the lunch menu can always be found on the app and website. Periodically, we will send home a white, SMS folder to each family with important paperwork. We will notify you when they are coming home. On those days, please be sure to see all the paperwork, and return anything that needs to be returned to the school, in the folder.
So far about 60% of our families have filled out the required electronic forms on OptionC. If you are having trouble accessing these, please let us know, we will be happy to assist. These are mandatory forms that we must have, so please complete those asap.
We have less than 20 EdChoice Award Letters still to upload. This past Friday, Kelly sent home blank Award letters for those of you who haven't turned them in. Please return those tomorrow.
This is our first full week of school. This week will be about learning the daily routine, and diving into the curriculum. Keep an eye out on Tuesday for your family's white folder. It will be coming home with the youngest child in each family. As mentioned Friday in our Live Feed, Kona Ice is coming on Friday.
Through the generosity of several SMS sponsors, all of our students in grades 3-8 have personal planners to help them with organization. I encourage you, to encourage your child to use them, and work on personal responsibility this year.
We are less than 2 weeks away from the SMS golf outing. We need about 40 more sponsors to meet our goal. If you have not yet found a sponsor for the golf outing, please get those in this week. We are also about 10 teams away from our goal. We are also in need of prizes for the golf outing as well. If you can, please try to get those in this week, to help us plan for the golf outing on the 31st!
Upcoming events to put on your radar:
Aug 26- Spirit Day
Aug 28- Fall Picture Day
Aug 31- Golf Outing
Sep 12 & 13- Grandparent's Day
Thank you for choosing SMS. We are honored to be on this journey with your family. We are committed to creating the best, safest, and most Christ-centered learning environment possible. Always feel free to reach out to me or any of our staff if you need anything or have any questions. It's going to be a great year!