Hello Scarborough Middle School Families,

Please take a close look at this week’s Friday Family News. There are lots of important pieces of information included this week.

Respectfully,

Kathy Tirrell, Principal

Chris Murphy, Assistant Principal

Important Upcoming Dates

OCTOBER

6th Grade Higgins Beach Field Trip:Crab Study

October 2

No School

October 9th- STAFF ONLY DAY

October 12- Indigenous Peoples Day

Early Release Day

October 14

MTYA Testing

October 15 Reading
October 16 Math

SMS Flu Shot Clinic

October 21- See below for more information

Picture Retake Day

October 23

End of Quarter 1

October 30

Looking Ahead

MAY

6th Grade Dance

Friday, May 7 from 5:00pm-7:00pm

7th Grade Dance-

Friday, May 21 from 5:00pm-7:00pm

JUNE

8th Grade Celebration and Dance

Friday, June 11

SMS Dismissal Update

In order to align with our district school calendar and school board policy, we are updating our afternoon dismissal times beginning on Monday, September 28th. Students who are riding buses will be dismissed first, beginning at 2:25pm.

We ask that parents and guardians who are picking up students do not arrive until 2:35pm so that we can safely manage traffic patterns. Once buses have departed, both traffic loops will be open for parent pick up. Students being picked up will wait at the entrance of the main building for their parents to enter the traffic loops.

Dismissal Plan:

2:25pm - Bus Students

2:35pm - Students who walk, get picked up, or stay for after-school sports and clubs

Your patience with the middle school pickup is greatly appreciated!

SMS Picture Retake Day

Picture retake day here at SMS will be on Friday, October 23rd.

Message From Lifetouch

Dear families,

School pictures are now available!

To see if your child's pictures are available to view, please log in to your account at mylifetouch.com. If you don’t have an account yet, you can create one using your email address.

To locate your child's photos, you'll need their Student ID or Portrait ID and Access Code. If you don't have this information, you can:

Check your inbox for an email from Lifetouch that may contain your access credentials and a direct link to your child's images.
Contact the Lifetouch Help Center for assistance

Please note that pictures may not become available for all students at the same time, so check back later if you don't see your child's images yet.

SMS Clubs and Activities

SMS Clubs and Activities are open for registration!

On the SMS website under Activities you can find all of our offerings and the link to register. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the Club Advisor or Nicole Marceau at nmarceau@scarboroughschools.org

The link to pay for clubs can be found here.

MS Theater Team sign ups will open on October 8th.

Yearbook club, SMS News and Student Council are all waitlist clubs. Students will need to get an application from the club adviser.

PowerSchool Grades

This week we are attaching our Grading and Reporting Guide for this year. The Parent Portal is always open in PowerSchool and you have access to your students grades and assignments.

Here are some helpful links on how to use and navigate PowerSchool:

PowerSchool Parent Access Information
Parent Portal Information: Take a look at this informative guide of how to navigate PowerSchool and be able to check your students grades and assignments!

Scarborough Dental Clinic

A Dental Clinic hosted by Greater Portland Health's Children’s Oral Health Program is coming to Scarborough Schools the week of 10/19. This program provides on-site dental services at your child’s school. By enrolling your child, you provide them with access to on-site dental cleanings with a Greater Portland Health Dental Hygienist.

If interested, please complete the Children’s Oral Health Program Enrollment Form at the following link - Enrollment Form - BY Friday, 10/2- to allow your student to receive dental cleanings at their school.

Enrollment is optional and open to all students, regardless of where they get their primary care.

SMS Flu Clinic October 21st

Scarborough Middle School will be hosting Maine Health for an influenza vaccination clinic on Wednesday 10/21/26. We will be partnering with Maine Health to provide this clinic to our students.

For information about flu and the vaccine go to:

CDC Influenza Vaccine Information Statement CDC- Influenza

Please be sure to complete and return the consent form including insurance information no later than Monday 10/19/26

Consent Form- English

Consent Form - Arabic

Consent Form- French

Consent Form- Somali

Consent Form -Spanish

Consent Form- Portuguese

If needed a paper copy of consent form they can be picked up in the main office.

For questions about the vaccine clinics at our school, please email the clinic at MSnurse@scarboroughschools.org

Sincerely,

SMS Health Clinic

A Message from the SMS Clinic

To our SMS Friends and Families,

The clinic is in need of your help. We are looking to stock some commonly asked for items that fall just outside of our yearly budget in the clinic. These are items that over the years we have been able to provide mostly through donations and purchasing some with our own funds. As the need for frequent snacks has increased, we are now turning to our community and asking for help to stock our clinic with the extra things our students need. Sometimes it's a simple request like, “do you have any deodorant I forgot to put some on this morning”. Other times it’s more pressing, the need for menstrual products, bathroom accidents or soiled clothing. And while sometimes parents are able to get right over to school with fresh clothes, that's not always the case.

We have included the link to an amazon wish list with items that would be most useful to us in the clinic. If you don’t use amazon and would still like to donate please take a look at the list and feel free to drop something similar off to the middle school.

Please help us continue to support our students in as many ways as possible.

Nurse Amanda and Nurse Laurel

Gym Dandies Registration Is Open!

The Gym Dandies Registration is Open! You can register here

To get more information about the gym dandies click here.

Student Absence Reporting

Families should report their middle school student's absence from school by calling the SMS main office at 207-730-4800 or by email at msoffice@scarboroughschools.org. A reason for the absence must be stated, otherwise SMS office staff will reach out to determine the reason for the absence.

Excusable reasons for an absence:

illness
appointment
religious holiday
family emergency
planned absence

For Planned Absences (a day out of school which is not illness or medical appointment related), families should fill out the Scarborough Middle School Planned Absence for which is found here.

For questions about attendance, please contact the Scarborough Middle School main office at 207-730-4800 or email us at msoffice@scarboroughschools.org

Scarborough Middle School

Email: msoffice@scarboroughschools.org
Website: https://sms.scarboroughschools.org/
Location: 21 Quentin Drive, Scarborough, ME, USA
Phone: (207) 730-4800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scarbmeschools/
Twitter: @scarbmeschools

Important Upcoming Dates Important Upcoming Dates

SMS Dismissal Update SMS Dismissal Update

SMS Picture Retake Day SMS Picture Retake Day

Message From Lifetouch Message From Lifetouch

SMS Clubs and Activities SMS Clubs and Activities

PowerSchool Grades PowerSchool Grades

Scarborough Dental Clinic Scarborough Dental Clinic

SMS Flu Clinic October 21st SMS Flu Clinic October 21st

A Message from the SMS Clinic A Message from the SMS Clinic

Gym Dandies Registration Is Open! Gym Dandies Registration Is Open!

Student Absence Reporting Student Absence Reporting