7th Grade News, March 31

With spring break complete, I hope everyone had a chance to relax and refresh themselves for the last push of the school year.

Quick Announcements

• Yearbook deadline extended!!! Get your yearbooks. Your last chance is this week.
• We kindly request that you refrain from using the staff parking lot during arrival and dismissal times for dropping off or picking up your students. Utilizing this area can impede access for buses and staff entering the parking lot, and it raises safety concerns for all students.

Thank you everyone. Have a wonderful week.

ELECTRIFY YOUR SYMPHONY - SATURDAY, APRIL 12

The Strongsville City Schools Orchestra Directors are excited to announce another amazing performance experience for our string orchestra program on Saturday, April 12. Electrify Your Symphony (EYS) is a music education phenomenon that FIRES UP students, teachers, and local communities by injecting a high voltage dose of energy and much-needed funding into a school’s music education program. This intensive experience boosts student self-esteem and motivation, increases school-wide, family and community engagement, and helps raise money for participating schools. Created by international recording artist, electric violinist, and music education advocate Mark Wood, EYS accomplishes this by having a team of teaching artists work with music students to put on real life, real world rock concert, with ticket sales directly benefiting the participating music departments. Tell your neighbors, family and friends about this awesome event being held in our Strongsville High School Auditorium on Saturday, April 12, with performances at 3:00pm & 7:00pm!

Click HERE to purchase tickets for the 3:00pm show (doors open at 2:30pm) featuring SMS 6th Grade Orchestra (2nd Period), SMS 7th Grade Orchestra, and SMS 8th Grade Orchestra

Click HERE to purchase tickets for the 7:00pm show (doors open at 6:30pm) featuring SMS 6th Grade Orchestra (10th Period), SHS String Orchestra, and SHS Freshman Orchestras (combined)

The Cleveland Clinic's Center for Nursing Career Exploration is proud to present the Launchpad to Nursing Boot Camp!

Do you know a student interested in becoming a nurse?

The Launchpad to Nursing Boot Camp offers students an opportunity to explore nursing through informative, immersive learning experiences. The boot camp includes hands-on nursing simulation, interactive skills sessions, engaging group activities, and collaborative learning opportunities!

The next three boot camps are:

March 21 grades 6-8 @ Medina Hospital

June 12 grades 6-8 @ Euclid Hospital

June 24 grades 9-12 @ Main Campus

REQUIREMENTS

» Be in 6th grade (or a higher grade) by the start of the upcoming academic school year

» Be interested in a nursing career

Check out our boot camp offerings by visiting our website:

Launchpad to Nursing Boot Camp Website

The week of April 21-25th we’re celebrating Start With Hello, a special time to focus on kindness, connection, and building a welcoming school community! Each day, students will have simple ways to practice including others, making new friends, and spreading positivity. We encourage families/guardians to talk with their students about small ways to make a big difference—like saying hello, inviting someone new to join in, or offering a kind word. Let’s make our school a place where everyone feels seen and valued!

Dear SMS Families,

We would like to learn about how you feel about your student's school. Please take a few moments to complete this SMS School Climate Survey to help us. We will use your answers to find ways we can improve our school. You do not have to answer all of the questions. The survey is anonymous - nobody will know that your answers came from you. We appreciate you taking the time to fill this out.

Additionally, we will be asking students to complete a similar survey to understand how they feel about their school. If you do not want your student to participate, please complete THIS FORM, send it back to school and ask your student to return it to the second floor office.

At the beginning of this quarter, Strongsville Middle School has retired our PBIS PRIDE montra and have adopted STRONG. While the most of the elementary schools are still using PRIDE, we decided to join the high school with STRONG.

S - Safe

• Make the right choice.

• Use materials properly.

• Keep hands, feet, and objects to yourself.

• Be aware of your surroundings.

T - Trustworthy

• Do the right thing, especially when it’s hard.

• Act with integrity and be honest.

R - Respectful

• Listen more, judge less, and embrace what is different.

• Follow classroom expectations and procedures.

• Use positive and appropriate language.

• Use electronics as a resource when permitted and practice user etiquette

O - Own It

• Accept responsibility for your actions.

• Take initiative to ask for and accept help.

• Attend all classes on time and bring your materials.

N - Never Settle

• Support the success of others.

• Be resilient and practice a growth mindset.

G - Get Engaged

• Be present physically and mentally.

• Collaborate actively and appropriately.

Let’s all strive to embody these values everyday at SMS. Remember, it’s not just about what we do, but how we do it!

Mr. Telloni message

Anirudh Varigonda was at the North East Ohio Science fair representing Strongsville Middle School. He achieved Honorable Mention award and also a special award and certificate from the U.S Air Force.

Each week, we will be featuring one student from each team that exemplifies positive behavior at SMS. We continue to support students focusing on the pillars of our Model Mustang.

INNOVATIVE

RESILIENT

COLLABORATIVE

GLOBAL

EMPOWERED

These students are well on their way to becoming Model Mustangs and are making a difference at SMS.

Globetrotter Homework Calendar

Seekers Homework Calendar

A couple points to remember:

Detentions

• Morning, before school
• Will be served at 7:00 am and students need to report at that time to the main office
• If a detention is not served, they will be give a Saturday detention
• Saturday detentions will be held at the high school for 2 hours

Progressive Discipline for minor behaviors

• Students can receive 3 detentions then they will be issued a Saturday Detention
• Then students can receive 3 Saturday Detentions then they will be issued In-School Suspension
• Then students can receive 3 In-School Suspensions before out of school suspensions will be issued

**This does not include major behaviors according to the hand book.

Please access our handbook HERE . It is also available on the website. Students and parents should review this together. Students will also review this with staff as well the first week of school.

Email: chowell@scsmustangs.org
Phone: 440-470-7077