6th Grade News

Attention all 6th grade boys and girls! We are hosting an intramural 3 on 3 basketball tournament at SMS. 4 students per team, combination of boys or girls. 4 dates: Feb 8, 12, 14, 15. Details are in the sign-up form. Students must sign-up with their SCS school accounts. Parents can not sign-up for the students. Limited spaces, the 1st 12 teams get in! Questions see Mr. Mester or Mrs. Novak.

6th Grade 3 on 3 Sign-up Form

6th Grade 3 on 3 Flier

PQR system, it is a way we positively recognize our students for doing the right thing. Teachers have QR codes that students can scan that enters them into the quarterly drawing. At the end of every quarter, 20 students per grade are randomly drawn and awarded an ice cream treat from Dairy Queen during their lunch. It is a way for us to say thank you for being a Model Mustang.

Dear Parents of SMS Health Students:

Ohio’s 134th General Assembly recently enacted Senate Bill 288, which updated the prescribed curriculum for health education. It added requirements to provide developmentally appropriate instruction in child sexual abuse prevention, dating violence prevention and sexual violence prevention. The law includes requirements for student instruction, parent and legal guardian notification and training for school personnel. This law, also known as “Erin’s Law”, went into effect in January of 2023, with a mandate for Ohio school districts to implement these new requirements in grades K-12 during the 2023-2024 school year. More information about the requirements can be found here.

For middle school students, SB 288 requires that students in health classes receive developmentally appropriate instruction in dating violence prevention education and sexual violence prevention education, which must include instruction in recognizing dating violence warning signs and characteristics of healthy relationships in health classes.

Strongsville Middle School will begin teaching Speak Up - Empowered, to students enrolled in Health 6 and Health 8 during the 2023-24 school year. School personnel selected this curriculum due to its age-appropriate content regarding abuse prevention and healthy relationships, as well as its approval from the Department of Education. Participating in the abuse prevention curriculum may help to create a greater awareness of the warning signs associated with unhealthy relationships and prevent abuse before it occurs. The content includes instruction on the following required components:

• Personal safety and assault prevention

• Dating violence prevention education

• Sexual violence prevention education

• Dating violence warning signs

• Characteristics of a healthy relationship

Link to copy of opt-out form

💥COMPLETING THIS FORM ONLY IF YOU ARE CHOOSING TO OPT OUT YOUR CHILD💥

To opt out of this curriculum, please complete this FORM by: Feb. 1st, 2024.

Each week we feature one student from each team that exemplifies behavior that is

expected at SMS. We continue to support students to become the following:

INNOVATIVE

RESILIET

COLLABORATIVE

GLOBAL

EMPOWERED

These students are true Model Mustangs.

They are making a difference at SMS!

Each year SMS works with LifeTouch Photography to create a yearbook. This year our very own art teacher, Mrs. Ganim is working behind the scenes to make this happen. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook please use the information below to do so. It's a great book to look back at memories from SMS!

Click on the link below - and use the ID Code for your order!

The link would be https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob with the ID Code 14459924.

As a parent you have probably talked to your child about strangers. Reality is over 90% of the time children are being abused by someone they know and trust.

Please take the time to read this information about Erin's Law - For Parents

and talk with your children.

Each year SMS works with LifeTouch Photography to create a yearbook. This year our very own art teacher, Mrs. Ganim is working behind the scenes to make this happen. If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook please use the information below to do so. It's a great book to look back at memories from SMS!

Click on the link below - and use the ID Code for your order!

The link would be https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/SelectJob with the ID Code 14459924.

Hello!

My name is Celia Joyce and I am the district social worker.

Please reach out for any of the following needs:

- Help with basic needs
- Referrals for community/family support
- Mental health services/support, groups, therapy referrals
- Crisis intervention
- Safety planning for student/family

Celia Joyce, LISW
cjoyce@scsmustangs.org
440-268-5588

We have developed behavior expectations for all students at SMS. We have High Expectations and High Accountability for Everyone. Please take some time to read the content below so that you know and understand the process of discipline at SMS. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out with questions at any time.

One focus this year has been on our behavior systems and making sure we are holding our students to the high standards that we have here at SMS. To help with that we've made some changes to our behavior system and discipline.

Detentions

• No longer after 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.

HERE is our OPEN HOUSE PARENT MEETING Slide Presentation to reference to if needed.

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.

Minor/Major Infractions Behavior Matrix

Thank you for being part of Strongsville Middle School.

Email: jpeters@ssmustangs.org
Website: www.strongnet.org
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: (440)572-7078
Twitter: @SMSMustangs