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Click on your grade level newsletter below for updates and celebrations from your grade level principal and teams.

• 6th Grade
  
• 7th Grade
• 8th Grade

WINNERS CHOICE!

Purchase an entry to the SMS Cash Calendar!

Sales end September 30th!

• If 90% of SMS families purchase at least ONE entry, the entire school will receive a snack!

• Any calendar entry purchased from 9/22 – 9/30 will be entered to win their choice:

• Four (4) tickets to the Cleveland Browns vs. Jacksonville Jaguars game on December 10th, 1 pm. Seats are in the Club section on the 50-yard line!

• Four (4) tickets to Halloweekends at Cedar Point – you pick the date!

CASH CALENDAR DETAILS:

HOW DO YOU WIN? –

• The final calendar with dollar amounts will be emailed to all participants on October 1st and posted to Facebook.

• Each morning, one winner will be drawn, and the winner will receive the dollar amount listed on that calendar day.

HOW WILL THE WINNER BE NOTIFIED? –

• The winner will be notified via email and receive a check in the mail.

FCS focused on creating nutrient superheroes this week and then preparing foods that included the six essential nutrients. FCS 7 made fruit, pizza and FCS 8 prepared a stir fry.

Our Viking team used their IE on Thursday this week to focus on this week's Model Mustang: Empowered. They modeled examples of empowered by recognizing students who show these skills, gave suggestions for others to practice empowered as well.

They also talked about Growth Mindset, and what 6th graders need to be successful

Finally, students all week try their best to meet expectations of PRIDE. Teachers reinforce this by giving out PRIDE QR codes, essentially reinforcing the behaviors we want to see in our students. They ended the time celebrating winners of these Pride QRs and their student of the week.

Great job to all of our teams, but our VIkings for building community, teaching life longs skills to our students and celebrating the awesome kids we have at SMS!

Mrs. Peck (media assistant) will be putting together a slideshow using pictures sent to her of SMS students' family members who are veterans of our military. Here is the procedure for your child to submit pictures:

For all SMS students and staff who have veterans in their family and would like them included in this year’s Veterans Day slide presentation, we need the following information e-mailed to jpeck@scsmustangs.org by October 27th.

• Student name
  
• Student team
  
• Veteran’s name
  
• Veteran’s relationship to student
  
• Branch of the military (example: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard)
  
• Where/when served (example: Afghanistan, Desert Storm, WW 2)
  
• Picture of veteran (or student and vet) in .jpeg format (included as an attachment)
• ****If a picture was sent in last year, you don't need to resend, just let us know you want us to use it.

Note:

• Deadline will be Friday, October 27,2023
• Information must be E-MAILED TO: jpeck@scsmustangs.org
• Pictures MUST be in .jpeg format

The garden is in full fall bloom! The basil is ready for our FCS class' chicken parm project! We look forward to expanding on this all year! Great job Admirals!

Students had a great time Friday at PTA's Rockin' at SMS. Students enjoyed games, snacks, dancing and time with friends. Thank you to all of the parents and SPD that came to support our students. It was a great event!

Art 7 made the most amazing replicas of famous art pieces and even made clay frames to go around them. It was quite impressive! Great job everyone!

GET READY!!! The SMS Scholastic Book Fair is coming our way on Monday, October 2nd - October 6th!

●VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

Please consider volunteering to make our book fair a success:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20F0C49ACA82FA1F49-2022

●Information on the Book Fair AND EWallet Sign-up:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/strongsvillemiddle

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ITEMS sold this year!

●Vinyl Stickers - .50 each OR 3/$1.00

●Waterproof Adjustable Bracelets - $2.00 each

●Jibbitz for Crocs - .50 each

••EVERYONE AT SMS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE Gift Certificate Raffle - $1.00 each ticket!

*ALL proceeds will benefit the Library and PTA.

Parents please update your students emergency forms for this school year. Students who do not have their forms updated and/or have not paid previous school year fees cannot attend field trips per board policy. HERE are instructions to update your forms

Please send any photos for the yearbook to smsyearbook@scsmustangs.org. Include helpful information like student name/grade and events taking place in the picture. Thank you!

DARE Halloween Dance links below!

• 5/6th: https://forms.strongsville.org/halloween-5th-6th/
• 7th/8th: https://forms.strongsville.org/halloween-7th-8th/

Join the FUN at Casino Night - a fundraiser for The Strongsville Education Foundation. Enjoy table games, food, and drinks on Saturday, November 11 from 7pm - 10:30pm at the Ehrnfelt Recreation Center. Purchase tickets HERE (link also includes information for raffle prize donations and other sponsorship opportunities).The mission of the Strongsville Education Foundation is dedicated to raising and disbursing funds to support and foster creativity, innovation and outstanding achievement for the students, the teachers and the community served by the Strongsville City Schools.

Parents & Chaperones of students attending the upcoming 8th Grade DC trip,

We will be having our final, mandatory meeting for all registered students and their parents and chaperones on Wednesday October 4th at the Strongsville High School Auditorium. We will have the student & parent meeting at 6:30pm with the chaperone meeting beginning immediately following its conclusion, approximately 7:30pm. This meeting will be mandatory for all attending students, their parents, and registered chaperones. We will be providing detailed information about trip updates, expectations, and packing lists. If you have any questions please contact us at 2023DCtrip@gmail.com.

Thank you, Michelle Miller & Mindy Wahl

Mr. Keppler, SMS Athletic Director: jkeppler@scsmustangs.org

HERE is the 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