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Tuesday, December 16th

• SMS Choir Singing at the AR State Capitol

December 22nd - January 2nd

• Christmas Break

Monday, January 5th

• No School for Students
• Professional Development for Staff

Don't miss your opportunity to buy a yearbook for the 2025-2026 school year! The deadline to order is December 18th.

'Tis the Season to wear festive outfits! Join us as we count down to Christmas Break with some fun! Please be creative, but remember to follow dress code (No house shoes or pajamas)!

Congratulations to the SMS students that made All-Region Band! We are proud of you!

SMS families - Do you have any great pictures from a sporting event, band concert, or other school event that you would like to share with our yearbook staff? Use the link below to upload your pictures! Use the code SMS. There is also an app called Year Book snap that you can use to upload pictures to our yearbook website.

Our media specialist, Mrs. Rich, challenged Students in 6th grade Leadership Lab classes to test their research skills by completing a scavenger hunt about a country of their choice. Students used Culture Grams for this activity, a free resource to all Arkansas residents through the Arkansas Traveler Database.

Students reviewed ELA skills this week in the library during their RTI class through several activities including informational text features BINGO, context clues color-by-number, and a literary devices crossword puzzle.

SMS students and staff had a blast playing Rock, Paper, Scissors Wars on Friday!

Instead of writing a long list of resolutions or goals for the new year, ask each family member to focus on one word. Set aside time and ask each family member to share their word and why they chose it. Get creative and make a sign or decorate a notecard with this word to remind you.

For each book returned to the library, students get their name entered into a NeeDoh prize drawing! 16 students have been chosen so far and this week the last 8 will be picked! Here are two of our winners from the week!

SMS students picked up their point club prizes at lunch on Friday! Their haul included a Taco Bell coupon, lunch in the library pass, MINGA points, a free book, cool bookmarks, and other neat prizes! Way to go students! Keep Reading!