Scott's Branch Middle High School

We had an great week of teaching and learning at the Branch this week! Parents we kindly ask that you remind students to be on time for class, pay attention, and be actively engaged in their learning so that they will be prepared for upcoming testing throughout the school year.

High school students and parents EOC testing for English 2, US History, and Biology will be here in just a few weeks. It is imperative that students are working diligently during these classes and reviewing their notes in their ISN notebooks. Students can also utilize Progress Learning study plans and assignments to help you review material. Students if you need help please reach out to your teachers to stay during his/her office hours.

The SBMHS / RWE Fall Festival was a huge success. Thank you to all the staff and community partners who came out and set up a table. We'd also like to thank everyone who helped in any way to ensure that the event was successful. Special thanks to Mrs. Butler, our school social worker, who worked diligently to organize our Fall Festival. She did an outstanding job!! Thanks again to Mr. Brown and his staff for partnering with us for this event. A huge thank you to all the parents, students, and families who were able to attend. We enjoyed having you and hope that you enjoyed the Fall Festival as well. We are looking forward to having an even better Fall Fest next year.

Rise up, Eagle Nation, and meet the expectation!

Dr. Tyrone Cummings, Ed. D.

Principal

🎉🏆 1st Quarter Awards Ceremony 🎉🏆

You're cordially invited to our 1st Quarter Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM in the Scott's Branch Gymnasium. Join us for an evening of celebration and recognition as we honor the outstanding achievements of our amazing students for the 1st Quarter. Letters were sent home with students who will be recognized at the ceremony. We look forward to seeing you there!

🦅🏀 Girls & Boys Basketball Tryouts 🦅🏀

Girls & Boys Basketball Tryouts will be held on Monday, November 3rd, directly after school in the SBMHS gymnasium.

📷 Picture Day 📸

Picture Day is coming on Monday, November 17!

You can place your order on mylifetouch.com using your Picture Day ID: EVT2XHGBK.

Order before midnight on Picture Day to get FREE shipping!

Your child can also bring their completed flyer with cash or check on Picture Day.

Orders after Picture Day must be placed online only on mylifetouch.com .

Teacher Office Hours

Teachers have office hours once a week after school for an hour. Students are encouraged utilize these opportunities to get extra help or to make-up or retake assignments.

Students can:

get extra help
make-up missed assignments
retake assignments (5 assignments per subject each nine weeks can be retaken, except benchmarks).

Students we kindly ask that you let your teacher(s) know when you plan to stay for office hours so that he/she can have any materials prepared for you.

🦅Attention all Eagles 🦅

Be prepared for school each day by:

- Charging your device each night before going to bed.

- Making sure to bring your device to school every day.

MIDDLE SCHOOL: Career Explorations

Mrs. Dingle's career explorations 7th and 8th grade classes presented their expository writing PowerPoints to their classmates this week. Students were engaged in the research process and using the skills they have learned in their ELA classes. Great work students!

MIDDLE SCHOOL: 6th Grade Science

Mr. Bodzo's 6th grade classes work in groups to create anchor charts on solids, liquids, and gases to demonstrate what they have been learning in science class.

🎉This week we are proud to spotlight freshman, Ra'Ki York.🎉 Ra'Ki qualified to participate in the state cross country meet. 🎉🦅Congratulations, Ra'Ki! We are so proud to have you on our cross country team! Keep up the excellent work representing the Eagles!!🎉 🦅

📚 What's Coming Up in the Library📚

Students, you've asked about it multiple times, so here you go. Beginning November 1st, our new reading challenge will kick off. I'm excited to announce that your November reading challenge is Reading BINGO (last year's version is back). 🥳 The BINGO cards will be updated and ready for you to pick up next week. Prizes will be rewarded for each student who gets BINGO (1 prize per bingo card). All bingo winners will be entered into a raffle to win the Grand Prize for November.

The Genre of the Month for November is:

📜 Historical Fiction 📜

Historical fiction is a made-up story that takes place in a real time period in history. The characters are fictional, and it is usually set around a specific past event. Stop by the library to check out our historical fiction books.

Happy Reading, Eagles!!

Ashley Davis, LMIS

Library Media Specialist

Meeting Street Scholarship Fund

Scott’s Branch would like to extend a special thank you to Mr. John Huber-MacNealy, managing director for the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund, for visiting with some of our Seniors on Wednesday. Mr. Huber-MacNealy shared details about the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund with seniors.

On Thursday, October 30th, SBMS seniors attended the Gear Up SC workshop at FE DuBose Career Center. Students attended five sessions where Gear Up members provided students with college and career readiness skills such as effective communication skills, personal and academic responsibility and accountability and interview etiquette. We'd like to thank all the Gear Up SC staff for providing our students with these valuable sessions.

What an amazing night!

On behalf of Rose H. Wilder Elementary School and Scott’s Branch Middle/High School, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our entire faculty, staff, and students for making this year’s Fall Festival such a tremendous success!

We would also like to express our sincere appreciation & gratitude to all of our sponsors and vendors for your generous contributions and enthusiastic participation. Without you all, we could not made this possible.

We truly appreciate each of you and look forward to an even bigger and better Fall Festival next year!