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Click on your grade level newsletter below for updates and celebrations from your grade level principal and teams.

• 6th Grade
• 7th Grade
• 8th Grade

Congratulations to the following students on their Project Lead the Way designs and success at the Polaris Palooza this past Friday. They put their bots in high gear and came home with some hardware! They showed resilience in testing their bots over and over again and continuing to make improvements! HUGE congrats to our victorious Madgrab and Dragster competition champions from Strongsville Middle School!

Indrid Getchey, Crusaders

Bryce Pasko, Crusaders

Dylan Sanders, Crusaders

George Coutris, Dragons

Luke Huber, Dragons

Jimmy Pike, Dragons

Bailey Siefker, Dragons

Ashikha Vasanthakumar, Dragons

Rory Needham, Pirates

Peter Varis, Pirates

Caleb Bissell, Vanguards

Christopher Cicco, Vanguards

Elly DeGardeyn, Vanguards

Keegan Dominak, Vanguards

Jonathan Glinsky, Vanguards

Palak Jategaonkar, Vanguards

Vraj Patel, Vanguards

Abigail Schneiderman, Vanguards

Isaac Storm, Vanguards

Nethran Sukanya, Vanguards

Jason Monahan, an 8th grade student at Strongsville Middle School, was selected as one of only 64 youth ambassadors for the Tourette Association of America. Jason, who has Tourette Syndrome, attended training in Washington D.C. March 4 - 5 and then went on Capitol Hill to meet with representatives from Congress and the Senate to advocate for funding for research and public health education. He now gets to advocate within our community to raise awareness of Tourette Syndrome.

Congratulation to our OMEA student participating this past weeked. They did an absolutely amazing job performing with surrounding schools in Ohio, not to mention our students performed at highest levels for chair recognition among many students. Thank you to ur music program and the great opportunities you provide for our students. Great job everyone!

What a great way to recognize that teacher who is making a difference in a student's life. Please see the attached brochure or visit Ohio Teacher of the Year site to nominate a teacher. School administrators, colleagues, community members, parents, or students may submit a nomination for one or multiple teachers from a district or school building.

Our grades K-5 music, 6-8 math, 6-8 English language arts and 7-8 social studies textbook/ materials adoption process is underway. Our professional staff at each level have thoroughly evaluated and vetted their top selections, based on eight months of committee work and professional development time allocated to the departments. Teachers reviewed and evaluated materials based on suitability, accuracy, and relevance in the context of the intended educational level and subject matter, assurance of academic quality and alignment to Ohio standards, ethical and cultural considerations, instructional design and pedagogical strategies employed in the materials.

Any Strongsville parent/community member may review the materials in person at the Strongsville Administrative Office during normal business hours, 8:00-4:00, from March 18 - March 28. We will have a survey to complete in order to provide input as we move through the adoption process. Please ensure you bring your license or state ID for building entry. Please use the linked Google form to sign up in advance, so we have materials ready. If you are not able to attend during the listed times, please fill out the survey and mark that you would like to complete an online review. The online resources will be available for review through April 18th.

Sign Up HERE to review textbooks/materials.

SMS will be hosting the Real Money. Real World. Reality Store for our 8th graders on Friday May 17th, 2024.

We have a few ways that you can get involved:

1.) Help support the students with financial advice during the simulation. This includes working at a table to help give students advice of which "option" fits in their budget.

2.) We are looking for volunteers to speak to our 8th grade students about their careers. (please forward this part to anyone you know that might want to speak about their career to 8th grade students)

We hope this event is a fun, effective way for students to learn about personal financial responsibility and life choices and that it helps teens understand real world expenses they will encounter as adults.

Hereis this week's SMS Athletics Newsletter.

Looking to add to your "Green & White" wardrobe and get some updated Mustangs gear? Click HERE to visit our special, limited time Mustangs Team Shop for short-sleeve t-shirts, long-sleeve t-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, and MORE! Personalized merchandise is also available. Hurry - this Team Shop closes at 11:59pm on Sunday, 3/31!

• PTA Meeting: March 19 @ 9:30 at SMS

• Friday March 22nd - 6th - 8th Grade Dance, Strongsville Rec

Parents/students have access to our anonymous reporting system. CLICK HERE to access. The more information shared when reporting, the better chance we have to investigate and support.

Main Office: 440-572-7090

Building Secretary: Mrs. Hallie Malloy, hmalloy@scsmustangs.org

6th Grade Principal: Mrs. Justina Peters jpeters@scsmustangs.org

7th Grade Principal: Mr. Chris Howell chowell@scsmustangs.org

8th Grade Principal: Mr. Bryan Szczepanski bszczepanski@scsmustangs.org

Strongsville Middle School Principal: Mrs. Jessica Boytim, jboytim@scsmustangs.org

Follow SMS on Instagram @STRONGSVILLEMIDDLESCHOOL

Email: jboytim@scsmustangs.org
Website: https://sms.strongnet.org/
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: 440-572-7090
Twitter: @mrsboytim