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Monday, April 6th

• Make up Day

Friday, April 10th

• Girls of Promise Conference

Friday, April 17th

• Spring Fling Dance

Tuesday, April 28th

• ATLAS Summative Exam
• SMS Choir Spring Concert, 6 PM

Thursday, April 30th

• ATLAS Summative Exam

Tuesday, May 5th

• ATLAS Summative Exam
• Jazz Band Concert

Thursday, May 7th

• ATLAS Summative Exam
• Spring Band Concerts
• SMS Art Show

Friendly reminder: While we love the cozy vibes... house shoes, pajama pants, and crop tops belong at home, not in the hallways. Let’s keep it comfy and dress code appropriate! Thank you for helping us create a safe and successful learning environment!

Let's finish the semester out strong with the Sheridan Middle School Yellowjacket Way! Thank you parents for helping us hold students accountable in order to create a safe and effective learning environment for the children in our community.

This month we are challenging students to work hard and stay determined. We are partnering with you to acknowledge your child’s achievement of goals- big and small! By helping your child develop perseverance now, you can prepare them to learn from their future failures and work hard to achieve future successes. This month, look for opportunities to teach and model the power of perseverance!

EMPOWER: Ask each family member to think of a word that describes the best version of themselves or a word they would like to live out. It may be a word from their class or family Social Contract. (For example., respectful, responsible, a good listener, etc.). After each member decides on one word, ask everyone to identify three actions they can take to persevere and model their word to ensure they become the best version of themselves. Have weekly check-ins to see how things are going.

April is the Month of the Military Child, a time to recognize and celebrate the strength, resilience, and sacrifices of our military-connected students and their families. We are incredibly thankful for the service and dedication of the families in our district who support our country in so many ways. To show our appreciation, we will be honoring these families with a special breakfast this Friday. If you are a military family, please be sure to sign up using the provided Google Form—we would love to celebrate you!

Sport/Band Physical Paperwork packets will be available for students to pick-up on Monday, April 6th. Paperwork will be due back to the student's main office by April 15th. The JHWC team will collect the packets from each school and begin contacting parents to schedule appointments after all required paperwork has been completed.

The clinics will be held on the following dates:

SMS (appointments at SMS)
Wed. 5/13
Thurs. 5/14

Please be sure to mark these important dates on your calendar, so that students can be in attendance for the end of year ATLAS Summative Exams.

Our attendance winners for the month of March are our 6th graders! Way to go! Minga points will be added to your accounts! Don't forget that you have the opportunity to cash in Minga points every Monday at lunch.

Big News from Sheridan Middle School! Team 20352C from Sheridan Middle School has been invited to compete in the VEX IQ Robotics World Championship! This outstanding team — Jackson Knight, Jacob Jones, Priyes Laxmi, and Caleb Humphrey, coached by Margaret McEuen — will represent Sheridan School District as they compete against teams from all over the world. Please help us congratulate them on this incredible achievement!

Congratulations, SeaPerch Champions! Sheridan Middle School made waves at the Arkansas 4‑H SeaPerch Challenge held at Benton River Center on April 3rd! We’re so proud of our incredible teams and all their hard work designing, building, and navigating their underwater robots!

Results Highlights:

• Reef Responders (Noah Johnson & Braylee McDonald) — 2️⃣ place on the Mission Course

• Wave Warriors (Brenner Mead, Cash Taylor, Noah Oldner & Aimee Howe) — 2️⃣ place on the Mission Course

• Octonauts (Landon Kelley, Max Hooks, Drew Winningham & Allyson Connell) — 3️⃣ place Overall (three-way tie!)

• Disco Dolphins (Macy Ashcraft, Audrey Connell, Eva McGinley & Jolene Hooks) — 🥇 Presentation, 🥈 Technical Design Report & Obstacle Course, 🥈 Overall — Headed to International Competition!

• HydroRappers (Jackson Knight, Abigail Martin & Priyesh Laxmi) — 🥇 Technical Design Report, Obstacle, and Mission Courses, 🥈 Presentation, 🥇 Overall — Headed to International Competition!

A huge shout‑out to our amazing sponsors Brad & Serena McGinley and Tina Melton for their dedication and support. 💛💙 You help make these opportunities possible for our students!

SMS is going out with a bang this school year! We will be having a spring Fling Friday, April 17th with a DJ, basketball, games, and laser tag hosted by PTO! We are excited to end the school year with his event! We need volunteers! Please click the on the link and sign up to help. Reminder that a background check is required to help, but you have plenty of time to get one if you don't have one! PTO needs YOU to make this event successful!

Congratulations to the 2026-2027 SJHS Cheer and Jr. Jackettes Teams!

“From knights to peasants, 6th grade students at SMS explored the Middle Ages through a hands-on medieval simulation today!” The activity was provided by our media specialist, Mrs. Bailey Rich.

During Read Across America Week, students competed in a Bookmark design contest. They had to enter their own unique design for the theme: Reading is a Journey. Teachers and students had an opportunity to vote for the top entries and the top five bookmarks are featured here. These five students received their original entries back laminated and their designs were copied into bookmarks for all students to enjoy when they visit the SMS library! Congratulations to these students and thank you to all of those who entered their design!