Spartan Scoop~ The Middle Matters!

Congrats to all of our golden ticket winners, who were voted to represent their homeroom in the school wide costume contest. Special shout out to our school wide winners:

1st Place: Finn and Jack Carter-Harden

2nd Place: Violet Belles

3rd Place: Simon DeLaurentis

The teachers also had a very competitive contest. The winners with the loudest applause of all was our 8th grade team as Monsters Inc.

If your students are attending the dance please be sure to pick them up promptly at 7:30pm, no student will be able to walk home.

Special thanks to our Springfield Township PD for their collaboration and support at the social media parent presentation.

Have a safe weekend, turn the clocks back and get ready for November!

Dr. Mangano

Mrs. Brady

Mr. Hammond

During the first marking period, students in Success Lab developed practical skills to support their academic success and well-being. Through four learning topics, students explored their personal learning styles, organization, time management, mindfulness, and stress management. They completed hands-on activities such as locker organization, weekly planners, personal-habits reflections, calming projects, and keyboarding practice.

Students shared that these strategies have helped them feel more organized, confident, and prepared for middle school. In particular, weekly planning has supported students in balancing schoolwork, activities, chores, and other responsibilities, while mindfulness and calming techniques have helped them manage stress and test anxiety. Overall, Success Lab is helping students build the habits and tools they need to become more independent, focused learners.

Submitted by: Lilly Kelble, Elena Geynisman, Keira Severin

Hello Spartan Families!

My name is Mr. Sheffer and I have the honor and privilege to teach the newly added elective "Life Online" here at Springfield Township Middle School. Within Life Online, we discuss a lot of critical ideas and topics that are on every parent and student's mind like Social Media, Managing Screen Time, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Online Scams, and Digital Footprint. Students will share their experiences and talk through scenarios to think from different perspectives to set themselves up to make educated and thoughtful decisions for now and in the future.

In addition to our new elective, on Friday, November 6th, Steve Craig, Springfield Township Police Detective and I will give a presentation on how social media has affected students in the past to help them make good decisions in the cyber world.

If you have any questions or work in the tech field and would like to share your experience with our classes, I would love to hear from you! Please reach out via email to wes_sheffer@sdst.org.

• Girls Basketball: Tryouts and registration closed.
  First game 11/9.
• Boys Basketball: Tryouts will be held the week before winter break and season begins 1/4.
• Wrestling: Practice starts 11/30 (registration open now).

Please reach out with any questions! Go Spartans!