Scott's Branch Middle High School

We had an great week of teaching and learning at the Branch this week! Parents we kindly ask that you remind students to be on time for class, pay attention, and be actively engaged in their learning so that they will be prepared for upcoming testing throughout the school year.

Thank you to all our 8th and 10th graders for doing their best on the PSAT test and for following test security protocols. Thank you to our school testing coordinator, Mrs. Ridgill, for getting everything prepared. A special thank you to all our staff members who administered the test, monitored the testing rooms or hallways and to all staff members for being flexible to help us cover classes during testing times.

Our first quarter parent teacher conference night was a huge success! Thank you to all the parents and families who were able to attend and meet with their child's teachers. Your support and engagement in your student's learning is so important. It was so great to see everyone and we look forward to our continued partnerships to support our students in their educational journeys at SBMHS.

Rise up, Eagle Nation, and meet the expectation!

Dr. Tyrone Cummings, Ed. D.

Principal

Get ready for a night of family fun!

Join us on Thursday, October 30, 2025, for our Annual Fall Festival filled with:
🎯 Games & Activities 🍔 Food 🚗 Trunk or Treat🎤 Entertainment
🎉 & so much more!

Bring your family and friends — let’s make this year’s festival the best one yet!
Please spread the word!

National School Bus Safety Week | October 20–24, 2025

We’re rolling into National School Bus Safety Week by celebrating our amazing CCSD bus drivers and transportation team who keep our students safe every single day!

Join the fun and show your spirit all week long:

🔴Monday: Red for Rail Safety🔴

👭Tuesday: Twin Day or School Shirt💙💛

🧡Wednesday: Orange for Unity🧡

🤠Thursday: Western / Rep Your High School🏤

💓Friday: “Pink Out” for Breast Cancer Awareness💓

A huge THANK YOU to Mr. John Hilton, Director of Transportation, and the entire CCSD Transportation Team for your dedication, care, and commitment to safety! 🖤💛💙

October 20–31, 2025

Teachers have office hours once a week after school for an hour. Students are encouraged utilize these opportunities to get extra help or to make-up or retake assignments.

Students can:

• get extra help
• make-up missed assignments
• retake assignments (5 assignments per subject each nine weeks can be retaken, except benchmarks).

Students we kindly ask that you let your teacher(s) know when you plan to stay for office hours so that he/she can have any materials prepared for you.

🦅Attention all Eagles 🦅

Be prepared for school each day by:

- Charging your device each night before going to bed.

- Making sure to bring your device to school every day.

In Mrs. Dingles' Career Explorations classes, middle school students are practicing research skills. Students are working on informative writing. They have each selected a topic and are researching that topic. Students are creating PowerPoints which they will use to present their findings to their peers.

🎉This week we are proud to spotlight senior, Jaiven Conyers.🎉

Jaiven is a senior quarterback on our Varsity football team. He was featured on The Grind, presented by the Bank of Clarendon.

Read his featured article here: Sumter Item.

🎉🦅Congratulations, Jaiven! We are so proud to have you on our team! Keep up the excellent work on the Eagles team!!🎉 🦅

👏 Congratulations to MSgt Robinson, our September Teacher Feature, and a big shoutout to Mr. Izel Gaymon, our September Star Staff Member! 🌟

Your dedication, hard work, and positive spirit help make SBMHS an incredible place for our students to learn, grow, and succeed. Thank you for everything you do to support our school’s mission each and every day! 🙌

📚 October Reading Challenge📚

During the month of October, students are encouraged to join our weekly book scavenger hunts. For this challenge students can select any book that they would like to read. While they are reading they will have things to find inside the book they selected. Each week has 5 tasks to find and tasks are related to ELA standards.

📘 🔍 Stop by the library to pick up your scavenger hunt 1. 📘 🔎

All participants will receive a reward for completing the tasks each week and will be entered into the October grand prize.

October's Genre of the Month is:

👻Horror 👻

A horror story is written to frighten people. The setting is usually scary and dark, and the characters are often unnatural, such as witches, vampires, ghosts, monsters, or zombies.

Happy Reading, Eagles!!

Ashley Davis, LMIS

Library Media Specialist

Thank you to all our Eagle Nation parents and families who were able to attend our First Quarter parent teacher conference night. We enjoyed meeting with each of you! We hope to see even more parents and families at our next parent teacher conference night, which is currently scheduled for January 15, 2026 from 4-6 PM.

The Salvation Army will be hosting a Coat Drive for families in need across Clarendon, Sumter, and Lee counties.

📅 Dates: November 3 & November 6, 2025
🕙 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Location: 16 Kendrick Street Sumter, SC 29150

To sign up or learn more, please call (803) 775-9336.
Help us spread warmth and kindness this season! ❤️