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Saints Day...Another Success

Saints Day - Year Two.....Other than a small glitch in the information that was sent to the picture people which meant some info had to hand written...which meant we had an initial backup waiting for photos, year two was a big success. Over 90% of our students attended Saints Day and were able to get their schedules, address any scheduling hiccups (like having two math classes), receive their textbooks, photos, student ID's, check out their lockers, etc.... It was another great day. Thanks to all my help in organizing/working Saints Day and all the parents for making this such a big success.

Twitter Post #2

OK.....on my newly made twitter account on my phone I see a link to this Blog. I clicked on the link and it took me to this Blog on my cell phone...pretty slick. Here's my next question. When I update this Blog, will my tweeter friends get an update/reminder? Does that SCMS Blog link stay on your Twitter account or will it re-appear when I update the Blog. This has possibilities to be pretty slick.

SCMS Blog is Also on Twitter

Maybe...possibly...hopefully. Twitter is all new to me...I really don't tweet, but I did see where I could share our Blog on Twitter. I know a lot of people are on Twitter and one of my main goals is to communicate, communicate, communicate so I decided to give this a try. I have my fingers crossed. I have no idea if I set up the Twitter account correctly or if I connected this Blog to the account or if I did, what exactly you'll see on Twitter. Anyway...if you're a Twitter (Tweeter?) the Twitter account name is @SCMS_Saints I think you can also probably find it under St. Clair Middle. I'll be interested to know what you can see (if anything).

More School Supplies

If you are done school shopping I'm soooooooooooooo sorry for this late post. This is meant for any student taking Spanish I. If possible, our Spanish I teachers would like each student to have a one inch binder, 3 x 5" index notecards and book covers.

Sports Physicals

Little confusing but here's the state rule regarding physicals and playing school athletics (and this gets asked a lot). If your child received a physical on or after April 15th, then that physical is good for this school year.

SCMS PTO

I can almost hear it now..."NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. I thought we were done with PTO's when we left elementary school. Please say it aint so". Relax, take a deep breath, it won't be that bad. Here's my thought. We have the best parents in the county and probably in the state. Whenever we need anything, you (you being the parents) have always stepped up to help out. We have parents that help with snack, with the student book store, the magazine sale, the book sale during PTC, our Anti-Bullying....the list goes on and on. By creating a PTO it'll allow us to combine our efforts, become more focused and organized. My goal is by creating a SCMS PTO it'll also allow us to provide more "extras" for our kids. My thought is that we'd have a few organizational meetings to get organized (hence the term organizational meeting) then we'd meet quarterly realizing that everyone is busy and no one is looking for one more meeting to attend. I'm going to have a signup sheet out during our Saints Day for any names of parents that are interested. If you can't make it to Saints Day and you're interested in being involved, shoot me an e-mail. I'll put more info on our first organizational meeting, date and time, on this blog.

Special Thanks

A special thanks to four students that stepped up to the plate with the weeding of our flower beds in the front of school. Seventh graders Kanon Brooks, Randy Harwood, Dylan Micoff and Ben Bondy saw my posting last week and came to school to help make the front of school look 150% better. Just another example of why I think our kids are the best in the state.

Saints Day, Friday August 24th

Hopefully everyone is up to date and on board with an activity we started last year that we had great success with. Our Saints Day is when students come in before school starts, receive their schedules, locker combinations, student photos, books, tour the building, etc... Here is the schedule: Friday, August 24th, SCMS SAINTS DAY 6th Graders – 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM 7th Graders – 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM 8th Graders – 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM - Hope to see you there!!!!

Bullying QR Code

I love this new (to me) technology.

SCMS 2012-13 Student Handbook

Welcome to the 21'st Century. If you're unsure what this is, odds are you can ask one of your kids.

Looking for Cheap Labor

In cheap I really mean free. Our front flower beds are on the verge of being over taken by weeds. Looking for some middle school students that would like to do me a HUGE favor (and I never forget favors) by stopping by and doing some landscaping (aka weeding). Shoot me an e-mail if you're interested....hopefully I can get a few to help out. I'm sure I can supply pizza as a reward.

DC Disappointment

This can get a bit confusing but here's the short version. Our best friends from college who happen to be our youngest son's Godparents (yes...they had colleges back when I was young) have a son named Nick. Nick was our middle son's best man when he got married. As you can probably read between the lines and make the assumption that these are very close family friends. Nick is getting married on the same date that our Washington DC trip is scheduled. For that reason, for the first time in what seems like 100 years, I will be missing the DC trip this year. The good news is that Mrs. Barker has been on this trip almost as many times as I have and our new assistant principal, Mr. Westerhof, has had been with the MCMS Washington DC trip many times. The group that is going are going to LOVE it....they're just going to have to love it without me.