Tiger Forum

Being an advocate for students means fighting to support, guide, and encourage learners of all abilities, backgrounds, and needs in the classroom so that they can flourish in school and in the community. Student advocacy focuses on identifying students' educational needs and then taking proactive steps to gain maximum support for meeting those needs. Even when your actions are met with resistance, you still advocate (fight to support) the student, helping the student navigate educational, personal, and other school matters that impact academic success.

Students, take the Advocacy Survey, and let us know your needs.

After we review the needs of the students, parents will receive a survey letting them know the needs of the students and asking how parents can help to advocate for all students.

The City of Columbia and Richland One are cohosting a food drive for Harvest Hope Food Bank. Please send donations of non-perishable food items to school by November 17, 2023.

Also, students that have demonstrated public service can be nominated for the 2024 MLK Dream Keeper Scholarship Award. Recommendations for nominations are being accepted through November 17, 2023. Review the attached scholarship application. If you would like a member of the Tiger staff to submit a nomination on behalf of your child, please complete the attached Microsoft Forms and begin the application with your child. You will be contacted by a staff member to support you in the application process.

If your child organizes the MLK food drive for their class and/or grade level, please include that information in the nomination recommendation Forms.

American Education Week—Nov. 13-17, 2023. This event presents all Americans with an opportunity to celebrate public education and honor individuals who are making a difference in ensuring that every child receives a quality education. Each day of the week-long celebration is an observance of how each member of the community can contribute to making public schools great.

The Civil Rights Acts of 1964, Title VI, Language Minority Compliance Procedures, requires school districts and charter schools to determine the language(s) spoken in each student's home in order to identify their specific language needs. All students must have a Home Language Survey in their file. You would have completed the survey in your elementary school; however, we are missing some.

Please complete the attached survey. If your child's survey is missing from their file, we will use this information to complete a survey and place it in your child's file.

If an administrator contacted you last week regarding the survey, there is no need to complete a new one.

Thank you so much.

Attached is a helpful guide to provide students with assistance when emailing their teachers.

Richland One will offer an All-Season sports pass for all middle school games played in-district. The pass can be used at all in-district middle school games. The cost will be $60.

Remember, the game must be played in our district. It cannot be used for entry into games played outside of Richland One.

Contact Barry Charley, AP, for additional questions. barry.charley@richlandone.org

Individual Ticket Prices

Middle School Basketball: $5

Middle School Track and Field: $5

Individual tickets will be on sale before each game.

If your child was selected as member of the football team, volleyball team, cheer squad, or any other athletic sport, your child will be removed if they did not have a C average during Semester 2 of the last school year. If removed, your child will be expected to attend the after school athletic tutoring program for support in increasing their academic average.

The Tdap vaccine is required for all seventh graders in South Carolina. The Tdap vaccine protects against three serious diseases: tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough). All preteens should get Tdap at age 11 or 12.

See Nurse Scipio if support is needed (angela.scipio@richlandone.org).

Free Tutoring

Discus is pleased to announce the continued extended tutoring hours in Tutor.com. Real time tutoring is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for English and Spanish speakers with no appointment needed! This service is available for all South Carolina residents of all ages.

Tutor.com offers:

• Math assistance for elementary and middle grades math, Pre-Algebra, Algebra I & II, Pre-Calculus and Calculus, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Statistics
• SAT, PSAT, ACT, and AP test prep
  Spelling, grammar, literature, and vocabulary assistance
• Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, and Physics assistance
• Reading and writing assistance for all grades
• Computer literacy
• ESL and ELL
• U.S. History, European History, World History, and Civics assistance
• French, German, Spanish, and Italian tutors

If your student would like to take advantage of this, or any other resource Discus offers, they can get log-in information from Mrs. Howe, our Curriculum Resource Teacher.

Cell phones are not to be used during the school day. Please support your child in following school expectations.

Cell phones will be taken and held for parent pick-up.

Parents of returning students and new students must complete their student registration in PowerSchool.

New Student Registration Link : https://www.richlandone.org/Page/4879

Returning Student Enrollment Verification Link: https://www.richlandone.org/Page/9404

We are WG Sanders Middle School, a leader in transforming lives through education, empowering all students to achieve their full potential and dreams.