The Weekly Update #4

SMA increased its School Performance Score from a 93.8 to 95.9! We are so proud of our Eagles! This success is thanks to the hard work of our students and the dedication of our teachers and staff. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this achievement. Our parents also play a crucial role in the success of our students! Thank you! Let’s keep the momentum going!

• Classes begin at 8:10. Students arriving after 8:10 must be accompanied by an adult and checked in at the office as a tardy. Parents have 3 days upon the date of return to get excuses turned in. Only doctor's notes are excused absences. Students are still responsible for making up any missed work. Maximum unexcused absences including early checkouts and tardies is 13 for the year.
• Cell phones (and electronics) are not allowed on campus by students ordered by LA state law. The bus is an extension of the school so the same rules apply.
• Participating in each 9 weeks PBIS will require no referrals. Please be on your best behavior so that you can enjoy this day!
• Hoods on jackets, sweatshirts & shirts are not allowed. Hooded coats are allowed on announced inclement weather days.
• Leggings can only be worn under skirts, dresses, or shorts.
• Shorts/skirts should be knee length.
• On free dress days when jeans with rips are worn, skin must not show.
• Seniors leaving early must sign out by the office lobby and exit the main school entrance only.
• Middle school/high school students should take care of restroom needs during transitions and lunch break to preserve educational time in class.
• Only clear water bottles allowed containing water. Liquids other than water make a mess when spilled in class/on buses. Stanley cups are not allowed.
• Please ensure that you have your notifications set on the pcpsb app to get notifications especially inclement weather days.
• Students at every grade level should read nightly for Read N Quiz points!

In forensics class, we dove into an exciting fingerprint analysis lab! We compared our unique fingerprints with our classmates' fingerprints and discovered how fingerprint analysts could help eliminate suspects in criminal cases. It was a hands-on experience that combined science and mystery! We uncovered the secrets behind the prints!

While many will be headed to the polls on Election Day, our 3rd graders had the chance to vote! Students voted for their favorite cookie. Chocolate Chip was the winner over Oreos with 12 votes!

SMA's student council election used an electoral college system! This means that instead of a direct vote where each student's vote counts equally, representatives (the electoral college) cast votes on behalf of the students. This system can sometimes be used to ensure that different groups or classes within the school have balanced representation.

4th graders had exciting lessons on EGYPT!! Mr. Bayoumi was a special guest speaker and Miss Emily Torres’s ART class decorated the hall to surprise them!! Thank you all SINCERELY for helping to make Egypt come alive!!

8D Math class’s team collaboration was a success! Students looked at the structure of an equation and taught each other if it had infinitely many solutions or no solutions. Students successfully solved equations with different numbers of solutions.

Juniors & Seniors enjoyed their yearly Renaissance Festival trip despite the weather.

SMA Basketball players were treated to a LSU basketball game.

Farmer John visits 4C for their first Ag lesson which gives students hands on learning for domestication of plants and agriculture. This correlates to ancient civilizations in Social Studies and Science lessons.

4th graders created kindness cloud. Each color of the rainbow show various acts of kindness student could show towards their school, family, friends, and community.

Rainy day recess can still be fun and exhilarating! Mrs. Becky led all the 3rd and 4th graders in a Rock Paper Scissors Tournament! Each student was able to participate in the tournament to achieve the final leader's match-up where only one winner was left standing. Congratulations to Christonna on her triumphant victory and to all students for their energetic and friendly competition!

Students built bottle rockets out of bottles, tape, and straws to launch with a reaction of acids and bases.

Mrs. Kate Roy with the Pointe Coupee Nutrition team invited 4th graders to walk through the greenhouse to see the progress of the plants they seeded in early October.

Pre-engineering students work as industrial pre-engineers to deign an assembly line process to assemble a product as quickly and efficiently as possible meeting the quality control criteria.

Physics students work to build towers out of paper and tape for weight distribution.

Veterans were invited to a very special breakfast at SMA. They were treated to a delicious meal and entertainment provided by SMA students. SMA's choir performed, Poet Rylie Patin read a poem she authored about Veterans, 5th graders saluted each branch of the military and finally a parade with the entire school showing appreciation for our service men and women.

Good times with good friends!

The girls placed 7th in our regional meet with Senior Maggie Chatman placing in the top 25! The boys fell just out of the top 8. I couldn’t be more proud of the work these kids have put in from long summer practices to killing it at meets.

Guaranty Bank Sponsors SMA Faculty & Staff Birthdays Each Month! Thank You!