8th Grade

Parents & Chaperones of students attending the upcoming 8th Grade DC trip,

We will be having our final, mandatory meeting for all registered students and their parents and chaperones on Wednesday October 4th at the Strongsville High School Auditorium. We will have the student & parent meeting at 6:30pm with the chaperone meeting beginning immediately following its conclusion, approximately 7:30pm. This meeting will be mandatory for all attending students, their parents, and registered chaperones. We will be providing detailed information about trip updates, expectations, and packing lists. If you have any questions please contact us at 2023DCtrip@gmail.com.

Thank you, Michelle Miller & Mindy Wahl

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Hello! My name is Ashley Marozsan and I am the 8th grade school counselor. As school counselors, the most important part of our job is helping students succeed. We support their academic progress, personal/social development, and emotional well-being. We provide individual counseling, small group counseling, and deliver classroom social-emotional learning (SEL) lessons throughout the year. Please feel free to contact me if your child could benefit from support in one or more of the following areas:

-Social and/or emotional concerns

-Academic progress and career exploration

-Issues at home

-Bullying/peer conflict

-Death of a loved one

-Friendship issues/mediations

-Looking for outside resources

My contact information is below, thank you!

Email: amarozsan@scsmustangs.org
Phone: 440-268-5292

Hello! My name is Celia Joyce and I am the district social worker. Please reach out for any of the following needs:
- Help with basic needs
- Referrals for community/family support
- Mental health services/support, groups, therapy referrals
- Crisis intervention
- Safety planning for student/family

Celia Joyce, LISW

Email: cjoyce@scsmustangs.org
Phone: 440-268-5588

Email: bszczepanski@scsmustangs.org
Phone: 440-572-7090

High Expectations, High Accountability

One focus this year has been on our behavior systems and making sure we are holding our students to the high standards that we have here at SMS. To help with that we've made some changes to our behavior system and discipline.

Detentions

• No longer after school
• Will be served at 7:00 am and students need to report at that time to the main office
• If a detention is not served, they will be give a Saturday detention
• Saturday detentions will be held at the high school for 2 hours

Progressive Discipline for minor behaviors

• Students can receive 3 detentions then they will be issued a Saturday Detention
• Then students can receive 3 Saturday Detentions then they will be issued In-School Suspension
• Then students can receive 3 In-School Suspensions before out of school suspensions will be issued

**This does not include major behaviors according to the hand book.

Please access our handbook HERE . It is also available on the website. Students and parents should review this together. Students will also review this with staff as well the first week of school.