SMMS Weekly Update

This year, our Student Leadership group worked with Ms. Steele and Ms. Sanchez to design and paint a snowman for display in Martinsburg.

Currently, all snowmen are officially on display throughout downtown Martinsburg, offering the community a vibrant collection of festive, creative, and uniquely styled installations to enjoy over the holiday break.

Voting remains open through January 9.

Each student received the following items this afternoon:

• A printed copy of their report card for their parents to keep.
• A printed copy of their iReady reports from the Winter Diagnostic for math and reading.
• A Student Attendance Report for the first semester

Students in danger of retention, being held back in the same grade, are also receiving a letter. Any students who fail two core content classes for the year will need to complete summer school in order to be promoted to the next grade. Any student who fails three or more core content classes will be considered for retention in his or her current grade.

Please take advantage of Schoology to communicate with your child’s teachers on what they can do to improve their grades by the end of the year. If you do not have parent access to Schoology, please email Mrs. Brown, our school technology specialist, at lkbrown@k12.wv.us

SMMS offers tutoring in-person each week to assist students. Students can use that time to ask questions about an assignment, get extra help, or get assistance with missing or make-up work.

• Grade 6 tutoring: Mondays from 2:30- 3:30

• Grade 7 tutoring: Tuesdays from 2:30- 3:30

• Grade 8 tutoring: Wednesdays from 2:30-3 :30

Parent teacher conferences are scheduled for January 15 from 5:00-7:00. Consider visiting your child's teachers to learn more about how we can work together to best support students.

8th Grade Parents: Ms. Kantor-Bright will be discussing transition to Spring Mills High School and high school scheduling between 6:00-6:30 on conference night. This session will be held in the library. Please email any of your questions to Ms. Kantor-Bright at ebright@k12.wv.us.

If your family is experiencing food insecurity, please reach out to one of our counselors for community resources. There are several community groups providing free food for families.

Call the school at 304-274-5030 and ask for your grade level counselor.

• Ms. Davis (6th grade)- tasheena.davis@k12.wv.us
• Ms. Telli (7th grade)- julianne.piscitelli@k12.wv.us
• Ms. Kantor-Bright (8th grade)- ebright@k12.wv.us

Did you know that teachers at SMMS offer free homework help each week? If your child is interested in attending, please make sure they have a permission slip submitted to the main office PRIOR to attending.

Each week, there is a designated day for each grade level.

• Monday- Grade 6
• Tuesday- Grade 7
• Wednesday- Grade 8

On January 12, our Boys teams will host North Middle School. The game is scheduled to start at 12:45 p.m.

Parents and relatives of players may attend. Please park in the side or back parking lot and enter the building through the gym door (this is the same for evening games).

• January 9: Report Cards Distributed
• January 12: Day Game for Boys Basketball at 12:45 p.m.
• January 14: Math Field Day
• January 15- LSIC Meeting at 5:30 p.m. (Updated Event Date)
• January 15- Parent-Teacher Conferences from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
• January 19: MLK Jr. Holiday--> No School for Students or Staffulty
• January 20: 2HR Delay for Students
• February 4: 2HR Delay for Students
• February 25: 2HR Delay for Students
• March 18: No School for Students
• April 1: 2HR Delay for Students
• April 6-10: Spring Break--> No School for Students

Over the winter break, our boys team visited Shenandoah University, got to sit court-side for a game, and got to play knockout at halftime on the court.