Great evening, and great turnout tonight for star-gazing at the Rankin House. Thanks to Mr. Pedigo and the Burke family for putting this together for our families!
Virtual Reality is here! The first ever SMS VR after school club will be starting this coming week on Monday March 3rd. The Monday and Wednesday groups are posted in the Science Room. The club will meet after school in the Science Room and dismiss at 4pm.
Ripley baseball and softball registration for grades pre-k through 8th grade is open until March 14.
Use this link:
https://playpass.com/rybsaoh/ripley-youth-baseball-softball-association-AVDyQU3?
or parents can contact Jamie Brierly directly at (937)779-0793
Congratulations to all of our young scientists who participated in the Brown County Science Fair last Saturday! In each grade level an outstanding project and an honorable mention project were recognized. Congratulations to the following students!
Josie Sentney- Outstanding Project, 6th grade
Elli Hedges- Runner-up, 8th grade
Makynli Hauke- Outstanding Project, 8th grade
Chess Club Championships Wednesday. Our SMS school-wide tournament will conclude on Wednesday February 26th after school. The finals will consist of the following students: Kowin Offutt, Griffin Ernst, Luke Brookbank, Easton Swearingen ,Dempsey Swearingen, and Zoey Durham. Congrats to these students for making the championship round and good luck to all!
SMS Chess Finals! Our end-of-season tournament is in full swing. Preliminary rounds were completed on Friday so this Monday February 24th we will continue the march to the championship after school in the Science Room. I will need the following students to attend:
Kowin Offutt, Weston Wireman, Zoey Durham, Easton Swearingen, Griffin Ernst, Luke Brookbank, Cooper Bonar, and Demspey Swearingen.
Parents are permitted to attend, I just ask that you don't distract the players during the matches.
We can't wait to celebrate with our Favorite Fellas and Little Ladies tonight. We just want to remind everyone that we are at a NEW venue! It's at the Ripley Library Annex Building, 19 Main Street, Ripley, Ohio 45167.
SMS Chess Club Tournament Moved. Due to school being canceled today, we will begin our school-wide 12 student tournament this Friday February 21st. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Due to poor road and sidewalk conditions, as well as no bus availability, SMS will be closed today.
Good morning. I apologize for the late notice, but Georgetown just went to a 2 hour delay. Being that 2 of our 3 buses are now on delay, and the hill is a little slippery, SMS will now run on a 2 hour delay.
Some of our 7th and 8th grade students helped Mrs. Seip prepare goulash for lunch at SMS today!
SMS After School VR Club Signup Expiration. Please submit any remaining permission slips for students grades 5-8 who plan on attending the after school VR club beginning in March. I will need the slips returned to me prior to THIS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21st. I need to finalize groups and get the curriculum set but need a final head count to do this. Thanks for your understanding and for this opportunity to introduce our students to a new level of learning.
This is a reminder that we will dismiss at 1230 today due to parent teacher conferences. The Georgetown and SMS buses will run at 1230. The RULH bus will not. Have a great day!
We are at our break-even point! Everything from here on out is profit. Our goal is $25,000. The first of five $1,000 drawings is March 7 at the first fish fry. We will sell tickets all the way up to the $10,000 Drawing on April 11 at the last fish fry. Thanks to everyone who has worked hard to get these sold! If you haven't sold yours yet, we are running out of time!
Chess Qualifying Tournament Play Completed! Our Wednesday group was able to finish up this week so we now have all 12 finalists set for the school-wide chess tournament. Our Wednesday group winners are pictured. Congrats to our champion Zoey Durham, Weston Wireman, Pax Burrows and Barrett Henson for making the cut for the finals.
Dear SMS Families,
Georgetown Schools have closed. There will be no Gtown bus service at all today.
Chess Club Tournament Completion. Our Wednesday group still needs to finish up their group qualifying tournament brackets. On MONDAY February 10th we will meet after school with the following students. Barrett Henson, Emma Purdin, Pax Burrows, Weston Wireman and Zoey Durham. I will post the final brackets for the school-wide tournament once we have completed this preliminary round.
SMS Chess Club Friday Winners! Congrats to our next four students who have punched their ticket to the school-wide finals. Our Friday group entries are: Winner Griffin Ernst, runner-up Easton Swearingen with Dempsey Swearingen and Justin Nead also qualifying. Congrats to all of our Friday chess club members who had a great season.
SMS Chess Club Tournament Updates
There will be NO chess club this week for the MONDAY and FRIDAY groups. This WEDNESDAY we WILL have chess club tournament play for the following students. Weston Wireman, Zoey Durham, Pax Burrows, Saylah Hamilton, Barrett Henson, and Emma Purdin. Please contact Mr. Hyde if you have any questions regarding this week's chess club schedule.
SMS Chess Club Tournament in full swing! Congrats to all of our Monday chess club students who worked hard and improved tremendously this year. A special congrats to our 4 winners who advance to the school-wide tournament. Kowin Offutt, our two-time defending champion won the Monday bracket followed by Luke Brookbank, Oscar Sentney and Cooper Bonar all advancing. Our Monday group is finished for the year and a reminder that our Wednesday group will not meet this week. Also please see the list of students that should plan on attending the final weeks of our Wednesday and Friday brackets from my previous post.
