Summerour Blue Devil Blast

• February 8 - Strengthening Families Program
  
• February 14 - St. Valentine's Day
  
• February 15 - Strengthening Families Program
• February 15 - GCPS County Basketball Tournament
  
• February 16, 17, 20 - No School - GCPS Student Holiday
• February 20 - President's Day
• February 22 - NHS Football 8th Grade Weight Training Starts
  
• February 24 - Black History Program (during school day)
• February 24 - GCPS Science Fair (Gas South District)
• March 1/2 - Early Release & Conferences
  
• March 3 - Progress Reports Go Home (for non-conferenced students)
• March 4 - Saturday Tutoring
• March 6 - Winter Sports Banquet
• March 9 - Raising Highly Capable Kids
• March 9 - GMAS & Family Game Night
• March 10 - Tapestry Show
• March 11 - Saturday Tutoring
• March 12 - Daylight Savings Time Begins
• March 13 - 16 - Spirit Week
• March 17 - St. Patrick's Day / Digital Learning Day #4
• March 18 - Saturday Tutoring
• March 23 - International Night
• March 25 - Saturday Tutoring

*SmarterMe ESL Classes for Parents every Monday & Wednesday at 10am. See our calendar on our school website if you have doubts about cancellations. Contact Rosanna Carlson for more information.

**Norcross First UMC After School Program (6/7) Mondays & Wednesdays starting February 22

SummerOUR has a new SRO (School Resource Officer).

Allow us to present Officer Schunk, who retired from the Gwinnett County Police Department as a Sergeant. In his 25 years with Gwinnett, he worked K-9, DUI, Parks, and whatever else was needed.

Welcome aboard, Officer Schunk!

Our feeder elementary schools will be visiting Summerour in April. If you've got younger students in 5th grade, here's when they'll come to see us:

• Beaver Ridge Elementary School - April 11
• Norcross Elementary School - April 12
• Baldwin Elementary School - April 13

Mr. Lenie George

6th Grade Assistant Principal

Lenie.George@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Pam Griswell

6th Grade Counselor

Pam.Griswell@gcpsk12.org

Our 6th grade Assistant Principal, Mr. George starts today at Chesney Elementary School. He is serving Chesney with their Principal, as sort of a Principal in training. This is the final stage of his own Principal preparation process. Once completed, he'll be eligible for his own school. He will be back at Summerour in 6 weeks. Congratulations, Mr. George!

Mr. Stacy James

7th Grade Assistant Principal

stacy.james@gcpsk12.org

770-417-2486

Ms. Yunilda Valdez

7th Grade Counselor

yunilda.valdez@gcpsk12.org

770-417-2480

8th Grade Counselors:

Robin Blackwell, Robin.Blackwell@gcpsk12.org

Kimberly Blackshear, Kimberly.Blackshear@gcpsk12.org

8th Grade Assistant Principal:

Christy Gray, Christian.Gray@gcpsk12.org

8th Grade Clerk:

Faby Silva, Faby.Silva@gcpsk12.org

Title I funds are providing classroom libraries for every homeroom. The kids are going crazy over the new books.

Mr. Robertson is shown below, at the tail end of the distribution process, counting out books for a teacher's library. These tables were all full last week!

Connections Assistant Principal:

Belinda Terry, Belinda.Terry@gcpsk12.org

Summerour's School Counselors attended the 2022-2023 Gwinnett County Public Schools Annual Counselor Recognition Program. Here are a few photos.

St. Valentine's Day is this week!

Students are not to bring Valentine's Day items such as balloons, bears, flowers, and etc. into the building. Any such items that are brought into the building, will be collected by homeroom teachers and held them until the end of the day.

How can parents help to develop students who are Communicators at home?

1. Take turns speaking and listening to one another about your daily events.
2. Explore other forms of communication including symbols, signs, and sounds.
3. Read a variety of texts and find connections between the books and your child's life.
4. Discuss the TV programs and videos you watch together.
5. Make books, magazines, and other reading material readily available.
6. Take time to listen to your child when he/she talks with you, by turning off technology and providing undivided attention.
7. Ask questions about what they are saying, ask for explanations.
8. Act out stories, plays, poems, use language in fun creative ways.
9. Sing together.
10. Support other forms of communication via art, dance, music etc.

Threaded From Heaven is a local business established in 2018 and committed to being a light to the community one stitch at a time.

We are passionate about sharing the joys of sewing with others. Your students would benefit from this unique extracurricular activity. Not only does it help cultivate creativity but it also provides an opportunity to learn about STEAM concepts such as materials science, engineering, and mathematics, to name a few.

We crafted an exhilarating Fashion Design course inspired by the 2021 movie, Cruella called Cruella: Fashion to Runway. Students can channel their ingenuity, creativity, and innovation to their heart's contentment.

Young Soldiers in Motion (YSIM) event

Saturday, February 25, 2023

Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church.

"You're in motion, but where are you headed?"

The YSIM event is primarily for Middle School and High School students. The event will be fun; yet very serious with breakout groups to allow for Straight Talk. We will also provide activities for the younger children so that the parents can participate in the YSIM event.

These events provide a forum for open discussions with the intent to stimulate critical thinking to help youths and teenagers to learn to think before acting or reacting without consideration to the consequences.

Straight Talk allow parents, youths, teenagers, and young adults to separate into groups by Age and Gender to address subject matters such as:

• Anger/Gangs/Violence/Crime
• Drugs/Alcoholism
• Sex/Peer Pressure
• Respect/School/Career

YSIM have reserved spaces for 125 students from Summerour MS to attend the event. Registration form attached.

Dear Parents and Guardians:

The A. Worley Brown Boys and Girls Club located in Norcross, has launched a program to help the transitioning families receiving housing at local extended stays. Our club program caters to youth from ages 6-18 afterschool from 2:30pm-8pm. Our program centers academic success, healthy lifestyles, and character/leadership through programming a community. We offer homework help/tutoring, basketball, flag football, soccer, cheerleading, dance, music studio production, and much more fun and engaging programs.

In this initiative we are prepared to offer free/low cost memberships to transitioning families. We offer free memberships to those with Amerigroup, Peach State, and to teens 14 and up. Those who don’t qualify for free membership we are offering a limited number of scholarships for free membership, now until February 15th. If your child attends the following schools we can provide transportation from the school to the club, and back your extended stay.

The schools include:

• Baldwin Elementary School
• Chesney Elementary School
• Meadowcreek Elementary
• Beaver Ridge Elementary School
• Peachtree Elementary School
• Pickneyville Middle School
• Duluth Middle School
• Radloff Middle School
• Norcross Elementary School
• Norcross High School
• Summerour Middle School
• Duluth High School
• Give Center West High School
• Meadowcreek High School

If you are interested, please come to the club at 5360 Old Norcross Rd, Norcross, GA 30071 to fill out an application. For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 678-421-0894 or lmims@bgcma.org. We look forward to you joining the family!

If you are interested in learning tap or increasing your already existing talent, please join our tap class. We meet every Wednesday in Mrs. Daley's room on the 3rd floor, from 4:30-6:00. All are welcome...students and adult staff members. It's a great work out and we have tons of fun

Tuesdays & Thursdays

4:15 - 6:00 pm

• build literacy skills
• participate in STEM activities
• receive homework help
• make new friends

For more information, ask your teacher about SmarterMe!

Letters went home via email to students who might benefit from our no-cost grade recovery program, AAP.

Eligibility?

Student scored between 50% and 69% for any core academic subject in Semester 1

Math or Social Studies

7:15AM - 8:15 AM.

Thursday, February 9th – Monday, February 27th

NO SCHOOL (Student Holidays) on Thursday, February 16th, 17th, and 20th

*check your email for an invitation and form to register if your child qualifies

We are happy to offer an intramural program here at Summerour Middle School!

The Intramural program will run from Tuesday January 17th-Thursday March 23rd and is intended to provide fun, interactive activities for all students. Activities offered depend on students’ interests (let us know what you want to play) and include, but are not limited to, soccer and basketball.

There is no charge for this program. If any problems with behavior occur, students will be verbally warned and if problems continue, the student will be excused from the program.

Permission Form Below

Gwinnett County Public Schools’

Second ISC Relay for Life Team

CAR SHOW

When?

April 22, 2023

Registration begins: 9:00 am

Car Show: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Why?

We will Fuel the fight Against Cancer

All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society through the ISC Relay for Life Team.

Where?

J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center

437 Old Peachtree Rd

Suwanee, GA 30024

Top 20 Awards Presented Including:

• Superintendent's Pick
• Sponsor's Choice

Register: https://gcps-foundation.org/gift-designation/isc-relay-for-life-car-show

Questions? (or to Volunteer): diane.cribb@gcpsk12.org

They understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others.

IB students regularly deliver stimulating presentations and drive excellence in group assignments.

Cell phones are not allowed during the school day at Summerour.

• No phones in classrooms
  
• No phones in hallways
  
• No phones in restrooms
  

Phones should be left at home or turned off and left in backpacks/book bags all day long.

Summerour is still hosting weekly Covid surveillance testing on Thursday afternoons. If you'd like to sign your child up, use this form to sign up.

Our Parent Center is located on our first floor, so it's easy to get to. Come check in at the front office, then use the Parent Center to volunteer, check-out resources, and get engaged!

More information is on our website, or you can reach out to Rosanna Carlson, our Parent Instructional Support Coordinator.

• Student Tutoring - 8:15 - 8:50 a.m.
• Student Arrival - 8:50 a.m.
• Tardy Bell / Late Arrival - 9:15 a.m.
• No Check Out After - 3:00 p.m.
• Dismissal Bell - 4:00 p.m.