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Tuesday, September 30th

• ATLAS Interim📣
• PTO meeting @ 6:00 PM, SMS Cafeteria

Thursday, October 2nd

• ATLAS Interim 📣

Friday, October 3rd

• No School for Students

Friday, October 10th

• End of 1st 9 Weeks

Friday, October 17th

• Fall Dance

Thursday, October 23rd

• No School

Friday, October 24th

• No School

October 27th - 31st

• Red Ribbon Week

Tuesday, October 28th

• PTO Meeting @ 6:00 PM, SMS Cafeteria

November 3rd - 7th

• Homecoming Week

Friday, November 7th

• Homecoming

Last week your child brought home a school immunization flu clinic packet. Please be sure to turn in completed forms on Monday.

Please be aware of our upcoming testing dates. It is important that all students are present on these dates. Thank you for helping us with this!

At least annually, the Arkansas Council for Military Children holds a virtual or in-person public forum to receive feedback from Arkansas uniformed services families regarding the effectiveness of the provisions of Arkansas law pertaining to the children of military families.

The Council will hold its first forum of the 2025-26 academic year on October 2, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. This forum will be held virtually. The forum will begin with a brief presentation on resources available to support military families and then transition to time for military families to speak with Council members.

Microsoft Teams Link to Join the Forum

Meeting ID: 289 080 645 395 5

Passcode: kw9HA29y

Our amazing PTO is getting ready to do some fun and exciting things for our students! Their next meeting is this Tuesday night at 6 PM in the SMS Cafeteria. We would love to see you there!

This month, we have been able to see so many of our students model empathy. We cannot wait to recognize nominated students and staff in our first CKH Reception of the year!

Until then, here are some conversation starters to get talking about empathy.

• What can you do to show people you care about them? How does listening to others help them know you care?
• What can you do or say to show that you are listening to others?
• Describe what it means to “make someone’s day.”

Sixth grade students voted Friday on their student council representatives! Results will be announced on Monday!

Great job to all students that ran for these positions! We have been impressed with the campaign posters and slides.

Accelerated Reading is off to a great start at SMS! Our first 10 point club members received their goodies this week, while other students are continuing to rack up their points.

Brush up on your knowledge of...

• The U.S. Constitution is and why it is important
• How Arkansas was settled in its early days
• The purpose of the Arkansas Constitution and how it works with the U.S. Constitution
• The differences between citizens’ rights and responsibilities

...with a digital lesson on Virtual Arkansas! Just follow the link below and click through each section by using the green button in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. Happy Reading! (and Learning!)