SMMS Weekly Update

Due to the generosity of our local community and school, Spring Mills Middle School is happy to be able to provide assistance for Thanksgiving and Christmas. If you are in need of assistance, please fill out the following Google Form by Friday, Sept. 19. All responses are confidential. If you have any questions, please email Margaret.james@k12.wv.us

Walkers

Students who are walking from the Hammonds Mill subdivision must cross at the cross-walk and walk on the sidewalk in front of the primary school and up the sidewalk next to the SMMS side parking lot. The sidewalks are there for student safety; please use them! We cannot have students cutting between cars in the road and in the side parking lot. Students, please watch for traffic.

Parent Drop-off

Drop-off in the front circle ends at 7:12 – we cannot block buses from dropping off there. If you are later than 7:12, parents must enter the side parking lot and circle to drop off at the side door. Officer See will be at the side door, along with several staffulty members, to greet students.

SMMS admin worked with Dean Olack, the county security officer, to design a traffic pattern for the afternoon that would create the safest situation for students. Please use the directions and image below to review our procedures.

• No parking along Campus Drive.
• Line up, single-file, in the primary school bus loop.
• No one may park in the primary loop and pick up their student. We have permission to use the lane as a staging area, not for parent pick-up.
• Once the buses leave, the cars in the primary bus loop will enter the bus loop at SMMS with the assistance of a staff member directing traffic on Campus Drive.
• No left turns from Campus Drive until all the cars from the primary loop have filtered into the middle school front loop.

Please complete your Annual Forms & Information Update, which includes the following:

• Acceptable Use Policy
• Student handbook
• Photo permissions
• Emergency contacts

Scan or click on the QR code.

SMMS offers several opportunities for students to engage in competitive athletics at the middle school level. All students need to have a WVSSAC Physical form on file at the school before you can start. All students must have a 2.0 GPA from last semester.

Cross Country

Cheer

See the flyer below for more information about our cheer program. Tryouts will take place on the following dates:

• Friday, September 5 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
• Saturday, September 6 from 10:00-completed

Boys Basketball

Boys basketball officially begins in the winter, but our teams are holding optional flex/conditioning days. See the dates below. All conditioning dates run from 5:30-7:00 p.m. Contact Coach Payton with any questions at noah.payton6@gmail.com

• 9/4
• 9/11
• 9/18
• 9/25

Girls Basketball

Girls basketball officially begins in the winter, but our teams are holding optional flex/conditioning days. See the dates below. All conditioning dates run from 4:00-5:30 p.m. Contact Coach Coindet with any questions at luz.coindet@k12.wv.us

• 9/11
• 9/25
• 10/2
• 10/9

This week, we asked students to have their iPads charged and ready at school on Monday.

To promote this positive behavior, we raffled off two gift cards per grade

for students who were prepared.

Students in Ms. Rearicks class engaged in exploring ratios.

• September 1- Labor Day--> No School for Students
• September 3- Fall Picture Day
• September 10- LSIC in Media Center at 3:30 p.m. (All Parents Welcome)
• September 17- 2HR Delay for Students
• September 18- Quarter 1 Interims
• October 1- 2HR Delay for Students