Spartan Staff Weekly

Rhett Barrett, Assistant Principal

Aaron Tinnin, Assistant Principal

Email: cjennings@sdale.org
Website: sms.sdale.org
Location: 17051 E Hwy 412, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: (479)750-8821
Facebook: Link

I hope it's a productive week of connecting with parents! Here is the Advisory Checklist for what to do during and after conferences. Call the front office if you need a translator. In the event all translators are tied up in conferences, consider using a translator app.

NEW: Team Leaders have coordinated a Battle of the Spartans challenge for conference attendance (in person or by phone)! We will re-share this spreadsheet for you to indicate attendance on Friday. Please let your Advisory students know.

Folders with conference documents will be placed in your boxes on Monday.

We will serve dinner both nights in the War Room.

• Tuesday: Jason's Deli Deluxe or Signature Sandwich & Chips
• Thursday: Jim's Razorback Pizza & Garden Salad

Looking forward to ending the week with protected work time and collaboration!

Here is the agenda.

We will serve pie after lunch in honor of Pi Day!

Monday, March 9:

• WIN: Interventions & Enrichment (Science Priority)

Tuesday, March 10:

• WIN: Interventions & Enrichment (ELA Priority)
• 6th Grade ELPA Bootcamp
• Parent Conferences, 3:30-6:45pm

Wednesday, March 11:

• CTM Time @ 2:10
• No Huddle!
• SMS Track & Field (NWA MS #2) @ SHS, 3:30

Thursday, March 12:

• End 3rd Quarter
• WIN: Interventions & Enrichment (Math Priority)
• 7th Grade ELPA Bootcamp
• Leadership Team Meetings: Team Leaders & SOS Team
• Parent Conferences, 3:30-6:45pm
• SMS Soccer vs HTMS @ SHS Track, Boys @ 6:00 & GIRLS @ 7:20

Friday, March 13:

• PD / Parent Contact Day (No School)

• 3rd Qtr RISE Assembly @ 2:30 - 3/16
• ELPA Testing - 3/17-18
• 6th Grade Honor Choir & All City Choir on Trips - 3/19
• 7th Grade @ Crystal Bridges - 3/20

• Spring Break - 3/23-27

There will be a note for you to hand out to parents during conferences about the book fair & the Family Prize Pack giveaway. Please hand that to parents on their way out & remind them to stop by to shop. Thank you again for your support & help getting our students & families excited to visit!

There will also be slips for students with overdue/lost library books for you to hand out. Thank you for your help with this as well.

Here is the Schedule and Roster.

Our 3rd quarter assembly is on Monday, March 16th!

Your last team meeting before the assembly is on Tuesday. If you could please add it to your agenda to identify your Self-Control winners, we will print certificates by the end of the week.

Team Leaders should write your student winners on the correct tab here (please ensure names are spelled correctly): RISE Award Winners 2025-2026

Here is a simple 3-part structure for conferences:

1. Strengths first

2. Growth areas with examples

3. Plan moving forward
   
   

Parents typically leave feeling informed, respected, and hopeful when that structure is followed.

Here are some sentence frames to support constructive conversation with parents.

Shout out to our Weekly Warrior, Ann Zega, who received the sword from Molly Haywood.

Ashlee Friend/Anschutz 8

Seneca Lassiter 12