Summerour Blue Devil Blast

• October 23 - Fall Festival @ 5pm Tonight!
• October 24 - Basketball @ Five Forks
• October 26 - ESL for Parents
• October 27 - Basketball vs. Duluth MS
• October 28 - ESL for Parents; English & Civics for Parents
• October 28 - Early Release (1:20pm)
• October 28 - Parent/Teacher Conferences (until 7pm)
• October 29 - Early Release (1:20pm)
• October 30 - Progress Reports Go Home
• October 31 - JLC Raider Competition @Dacula MS
• October 31 - Basketball vs. Lilburn MS
• October 31 - Halloween
• November 2 - PTA Food Drive (All Week)
• November 2 - ESL for Parents
• November 3 - Digital Learning Day #2
• November 4 - ESL for Parents; English & Civics for Parents
• November 4 - Basketball @ Hull MS
• November 4 - Norcross Cluster Concert (@ Norcross High)
• November 5 - Concert Band Fall Concert
• November 7 - Basketball @ Radloff
• November 8 - PTA Krispy Kreme Fundraiser Ends
• November 9 - ESL for Parents
• November 10 - Norcross Choral Cluster Concert (Norcross First Global Methodist Church)
• November 11 - ESL for Parents; English & Civics for Parents
• November 11 - Basketball @ Northbrook MS
• November 12 - Gear Up to Maxwell HS
• November 12 - Local School Council Meeting
• November 13 - Café con Leche w/ Dr. Looney
• November 14 - Basketball vs. Richards MS (Home)

Attention 8th graders: your PSAT is this Tuesday. Make sure you use your test ticket to take complete the practice exam this weekend, and be on time on Tuesday for the test!

¡Buenas suerte!

Summerour Middle School is pleased to announce our 2026-2027 SMS Lady Blue Devils.

Coach Hatter, Coach Baitey and the ladies look forward to your support and encouragement throughout the season.

Genesis Campos

Jenee Davidson

Brittany Gustavo

Bailynn Hasley

Ja’Zayeh Holland

Amina Mohammed

Amelia Trausch

Gigi Wouafo

Maya Manning-Walker

GCPS' website is featuring a great article about Summerour's Art program and how it engages with our community. Please take a moment to click on this link and read the article. (They have some great pics of our kids up there, too!)

We’re excited to celebrate Red Ribbon Week at Summerour Middle School!

Next week is all about encouraging students to make healthy choices, build strong connections, and lean on their strengths.

Beginning on Monday, students can join in on dress-up days.

💡 Ways families can support the week:

• Model positive habits and healthy coping strategies at home.

• Share your own examples of how you handle stress or make healthy choices.

• Encourage time with positive friends, hobbies, or fun family activities.

• Celebrate small wins — a kind gesture, a positive choice, or showing resilience.

Together, we’re helping our students build strength, make good choices, and feel supported!

No more intramurals until January!

Watch here for more details about the new start when it is pending.

We’re excited to launch Summerour Middle School’s Homeroom Canned Food Drive Competitionbeginning Thursday, October 22- Thursday, November 12!

Each grade level will have its own winning homeroom, and the homeroom that collects the most canned goods in each grade will earn a pizza celebration.

How it works:

• Students may bring canned goods daily.

• Drop-off stations: Ms. Hall, Room 2.134 and Mr. Yelinek, 1st floor.

Thank you for helping us make this a fun, schoolwide competition while supporting our community. Please encourage your students to participate and remind them that every can count! 🙂

Our last Summerour race scheduled for Oct 10th was canceled due to weather, but our Juniors Running Club team was able to get a makeup race in Saturday after the directors of the State Meet added a middle school division to their previously planned high school meet.

Even though we were not officially representing Summerour, we had 4 Summerour runners finish in the top 25 and our Baldwin 5th graders won first place in the middle school JV Division over Oconee County Middle, Buford Middle, East Jackson Middle, Lakeside Middle and North Paulding. Our top runners finished in 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 14th, and 21st. They will all be representing the "S" next year.

A special shoutout to Stephanie Aparicio ( 8th), who completed her first ever race Saturday with only a few weeks of training.

Information coming soon about our annual Juniors Running Club trip to Louisville, KY to participate in Middle School Nationals and how you might be able to help us.

Our teacher/parent team will be in action Saturday at the Fast Pace 5K.

IB students are active participants in a wide range of aspects of campus life, as well as focusing on their academic development.

Ms. Belinda Terry

6th Grade Assistant Principal

Belinda.Terry@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Tannia Sims

6th Grade Counselor

Tannia.Sims@gcpsk12.org

770.417.2491

Our first Student Council Teacher Spotlight interview is 6th grade's own, Ms. Sudha Awasthi! Congratulations Ms. Awasthi, and thank you for all that you do.

Mr. Al Sadler

7th Grade Assistant Principal

Al.Sadler@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Yasmi Velasquez Rocha

7th Grade Counselor

Yasmi.VelasquezRocha@gcpsk12.org

770.417.2480

Science

Students finished up their Body Systems Unit with their unit test and dissected a frog.

Individuals & Societies

Students are learning about the role of citizens in choosing leaders for the governments of Southwest Asia including Israel, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

Ms. Christy Gray

8th Grade Assistant Principal

Christian.Gray@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Robin Blackwell

8th Grade Counselor

Robin.Blackwell@gcpsk12.org

770.417.2487

Science:

This week, students explored Ohm's law and the relationships between voltage, current, and resistance. We practiced with a formative on whether your house should be wired in parallel or in series, and we ended the week with circuit sudoku, where students used Ohm's law and the rules for parallel and series circuits to calculate values.

Individuals & Societies:

8th grade Individuals and Societies learning about European Exploration and Colonization of North America. We are looking at how European colonizers impacted Indigenous populations and the beginnings of Georgia as a colony.

8th Enhanced Math:

This week, students learned how to simplify radicals containing all four operations. They have a Unit 2 test on Friday the 23rd.

8th General Math:

This week, students continued analyzing characteristics of linear functions and were introduced to the standard form of linear equations.

ELA:

Students started the final text in Unit 2, The Monkey's Paw. They analyzed how the author uses foreshadowing to build suspense and how characters' actions, dialogue, and events develop the plot and reveal a theme.

Literature & Composition (Gear Up):

Students continued to examine characters' struggle for freedom in Hidden Figures. They analyzed and evaluated organizational structures and expository techniques, assessing how effectively they supported the author's main idea.

Dr. Toni Weir

Gear Up Assistant Principal

Toni.Weir@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Allegra Morgan

Gear Up Counselor

Allegra.Morgan@gcpsk12.org

770.797.2960

Ms. Tamica Jones

Connections Principal

Tamica.Jones@gcpsk12.org

Paul Duke STEM High School

Rising 9th Grade Night

Monday, November 2

6:30 pm

Norcross High School

Rising 9th Grade Night

Thursday, November 5

6:30 pm

10/24 - at Five Forks

10/28 - vs. Duluth

10/31 - vs. Lilburn

11/04 - at Hull

11/07 - at Radloff

11/14 - vs. Richard

11/18 - at Pinckneyville

12/05 - vs. Sweetwater

12/09 - vs. Coleman

12/12 - vs. Trickum

01/06 - vs. Berkmar

01/09 - vs. Crews

September 26 - December 29

Gwinnett County Government is partnering with Vision To Learn to deliver free eye exams and prescription glasses to children in underserved communities, ensuring they receive essential eye care.

• For children ages 5 to 18
• Available at multiple locations in Gwinnett
• Appointments required
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Book your appointment today!

If you will be attending a GCPS sporting event, please remember: middle school students will not be permitted to attend athletic events at Norcross High School (or anywhere within GCPS) without the direct supervision of a parent or guardian.

Another CAD project in Mr. Yelinek's class.

PTA Fundraiser is still running

(until November 8)

Make a difference. Join the Summerour Middle School PTA.

SummerourPTA.com