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We are excited for the week ahead, celebrating a great school year with our staff and students. The grading period will end this Friday and grades will be submitted prior to summer break. Students should work with their teachers to turn in any final assignments/projects this week as communicated.

We look forward to Kona Ice, team/grade level celebrations and outings, our award ceremonies, DARE Graduation and Field Day this week. Thank you to all of our staff and parents who are helping make this week memorable!

MAY 24- STUDENTS NEED TO BRING THEIR LUNCH to school- lunch lines will not be open on the last day of school. Brown bag needs to be packed, 8th grade will have pizza and cookies and drinks for their DARE graduation.

Water Bottles: students will need to bring a water bottle on the last day of school for field day. Water Stations will be available for students to refill their bottles throughout the field day activities.

May 21- 6th Grade 8:30-10:30

May 22- 7th 8:30-10:30

May 23- 8th 8:30-10:30

Students who will be in Attendance:

• Students who have earned 3.0-4.0+ average for the 23-24 school year, special awards by Department and Teams (this has been emailed and a letter was sent home for these awards)

Live Taping will be available for families. 2 members can attend per student

Luke Huber, an 8th grader at SMS, recently qualified to compete nationally on the Ohio high school team in the upcoming American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) competition at Penn State the weekend of June 1. The ARML competition is held in four states and has teams of top math students participating from all over the country as well as some international teams.

Luke will be the only middle schooler representing Ohio. Ohio sends its top 45 high school math students each year to this prestigious event. Luke qualified for the team due to his high scores at the OCTM competition, the state OHMIO competition, the AMC 10, and by placing in the top 25% of the global high school Stanford Math Tournament. Luke has been attending regular training sessions with his team in Columbus and looks forward to representing Ohio.

Congratulations To Harrison Frye, the recipient of the 2024 Milestones National Autism Conference Autistic Advocacy & Achievement Award! This award is given to an autistic individual who has worked to advocate on behalf of the autism community or achieved excellence in accomplishing personal goals or milestones.

The Executive Committee was very impressed with his nomination, submitted by our SMS staff, Mrs. Arsenault who says "Harrison continues to promote positive change and is a true role model in our school. Not only does he encourage others to make good choices but he exemplifies all of Strongsville City Schools Model Mustang competencies: global, empowered, innovative, collaborative, and resilient."

Congratulations, Harrison! We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to our Orchestra for getting First place overall with a superior rating for Chamber Strings and first place overall with an excellent rating for jazz band!

Also congratulations to Steve Renfro, who received Best Soloist Award!

• 6th Grade
• 7th Grade
• 8th Grade

• Summer Reading Connections - engage in summer reading to help build background knowledge and make connections to material next school year. We have selected great reads for your students to enjoy and they can use these next year within their classes as well! OUr local library will be supporting this, too. Reach out and rent one of the titles this summer!

Middle School Summer Learning Invitations

Invitations for summer learning were emailed to parents last week. Please check your email to see whether your child was invited. (Additional invitations will be sent the last week of school after OST results are received.) We encourage families to register their child for this free opportunity.

Polaris Summer Camp Discovery

School Supplies- HERE are school supplies for next year.

KINDNESS CAMP

Athletic Director: Mr. Jason Keppler: jkeppler@scsmustangs.org

HERE is this week's SMS Athletics Newsletter.

Parents/students have access to our anonymous reporting system. CLICK HERE to access. The more information shared when reporting, the better chance we have to investigate and support.

Main Office: 440-572-7090

Building Secretary: Mrs. Hallie Malloy, hmalloy@scsmustangs.org

6th Grade Principal: Mrs. Justina Peters jpeters@scsmustangs.org

7th Grade Principal: Mr. Chris Howell chowell@scsmustangs.org

8th Grade Principal: Mr. Bryan Szczepanski bszczepanski@scsmustangs.org

Strongsville Middle School Principal: Mrs. Jessica Boytim, jboytim@scsmustangs.org

Follow SMS on Instagram @STRONGSVILLEMIDDLESCHOOL

Email: jboytim@scsmustangs.org
Website: https://sms.strongnet.org/
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: 440-572-7090
Twitter: @mrsboytim