SMMS Weekly Update

Dear Families,

Thank you for all of your support in our school’s fall fundraiser. Our sale ends this week and we need your support to reach our fundraising goal this year. All of the funds raised will directly benefit all of our students and go towards our school events, class activities, and student initiatives.

Please submit all online orders by this Friday, October 10th. No orders will be accepted after this time.

Quick Steps to support our school:

Join our fundraiser and share online (from your phone): https://launch.moneydolly.com/fundraiser/255687

• If you’d just like to make a purchase or a donation, click this direct link to support our school: https://supporter.moneydolly.com/fundraiser/255687/group/239667/order

• If every student sells at least 5 items, we will reach our school’s fundraising goal!

• Students that reach 1,000 coins will attend the MEGA PARTY event during school!

• Students that reach 2,000 coins will also attend the LIMO LUNCH PIZZA PARTY during school!

To find a list of all the other prizes your student can earn and more information about the fundraiser, see the fundraising packet that was sent home with students. Thank you in advance for ALL of your support! Let’s finish strong!

Spring Mills Middle School Administration & Staff

Did you know that teachers at SMMS offer free homework help each week? If your child is interested in attending, please make sure they have a permission slip submitted to the main office PRIOR to attending.

Each week, there is a designated day for each grade level.

• Monday- Grade 6
• Tuesday- Grade 7
• Wednesday- Grade 8

Later this month, we will be hosting a Student Assistance Fund Food Drive. Consider helping us support SMMS families over the holidays. Students who participate could earn cool prizes, and the homeroom with the heaviest donation (weight) will win a pizza party for lunch!

Check out these opportunities our counselors discovered. Reach out to your grade-level counselor with questions.

• Ms. Davis- Grade 6--> tasheena.davis@k12.wv.us

• Ms. Piscitelli --> julianne.piscitelli@k12.wv.us
• Ms. Kantor-Bright --> ebright@k12.wv.us

SMMS offers several opportunities for students to engage in competitive athletics at the middle school level. All students need to have a WVSSAC Physical form on file at the school before you can start. All students must have a 2.0 GPA from last semester.

Cross Country

Cheer

Congrats to our cheer team this year!

Boys Basketball

Boys basketball officially begins in the winter. Contact Coach Payton with any questions at noah.payton6@gmail.com for our Varsity Team. Contact Coach Disney at isiah.disney@k12.wv.us with any questions for our JV team.

Girls Basketball

Girls basketball officially begins in the winter, but our teams are holding optional flex/conditioning days. See the dates below. All conditioning dates run from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Contact Coach Coindet with any questions at luz.coindet@k12.wv.us

• 10/13
• 10/27

This week, Ms. Keilholtz's classes worked to plant Pin Oaks

with Ms. Stephanie from Cacapon Tree Institute.

Students were given ratio review questions, if they got it right they got to sit on the table if they got it wrong they had to sit on the floor until they got a question right.

Congrats to all of our Patriot runners at the Cross Country Championships this week!

Caylee Cruse placed 1st Overall!

Ms. Burgess's classes completed a ratio Skittles lab. Students got a bag of skittles and practiced writing ratios based on their individual bag.

This week, members from the BCS Pupil Services team visited to share important information about a variety of "hot topics" with our 6th grade students. They learned about the dangers of vaping and the importance of thinking before you post on social media.

• October 17- Fall Fling Dance 2:45-4:30 p.m.
• October 20-November 3- Thanksgiving Food Drive
• October 31- Pumpkin Smash Volleyball Game

Please see the info for our Social Studies Fair this year.