Washington DC Meeting Change

With the possible poor weather coming, I've decided to move the Washington DC Meeting to Thursday. My fear, with a half day today and waiting until tomorrow to make the call, if we did decide to move it the message would only get to about half the families...if we didn't move it and weather got bad, we'd have a poor turnout. Washington DC parent meeting is now Thursday, February 28th at 7:00 pm in the cafeteria. I completely realize that by moving the meeting it means that the storm will miss us entirely.

No After School Homework Recovery/Tutoring on Wednesday 2/20

I hate doing this since we just had our first successful one last night but I'm going to cancel next Wednesday's after school help. With Mid-Winter being Monday and Tuesday, I'm afraid that the turn out would be poor. We will be back at it Wednesday the 27th and every Wednesday there after.

Homework Recovery/Tutoring. What Was I Thinking?????

As I sit in our media Center with a bunch of students taking advantage of our open lab/homework recovery/tutoring, I'm thinking....why did I set the time 4:00 until 5:30? School gets out at 3:20. What are all of these kids going to do for 40 minutes? I know the reason I set the time at 4:00 was to give them a chance to stretch their legs, clear their head and get organized before jumping back into it. Well.......I slightly overestimated the time our middle students needed to do all of the above. They were lined up outside the Media Center at 3:30. For that reason, I'm changing the time of our Wednesday Homework Recovery/Tutoring to 3:40 to 5:15.

Superintendent Search

As you are probably aware, the East China School District is in a transition period and will be looking to hire a new Superintendent. As the District moves forward in the process, the District is looking to the community for input. The information you provide will be valuable in our search for a new Superintendent. Please take a moment to click on the following link to help in this process. Superintendent Search Input

Washington DC Meeting

We will be having our Parent Washington DC Informational Meeting on Tuesday, February 26th @ 7:00 pm in our cafeteria. The meeting is for all current 7th graders and their parents. The trip is absolutely AWESOME and we want every student to be able to go. At the meeting we’ll discuss the trip, answer questions, talk about fundraising opportunities and have sign up forms for next year’s trip. Please make every attempt to attend this meeting

Missing Assignment Help

Starting next Wednesday, February 13th, we will have tutoring and homework recovery offered in our Media Center from 4:00 until 5:30. NHS students from SCHS as well as NJHS students from SCMS will be on hand to help if needed. We have a number of students that getting some extra help or extra time might be exactly what they need to be successful. If your student is struggling in any of their classes, please take advantage of this opportunity.

Bluewater Lacrosse

The Spring Season registration is now open with flyers available in our Middle School Office. There is also a Lacrosse Open Gym session at Riverview East on 6th street (the old Middle School for those of us that have been around for a while), next Wednesday, 2/13, from 7 to 8 p.m. It is free to attend just wear gym shoes and comfortable clothes. You'll have a chance to meet the coaches and other players, get a shooting lesson, and get information about the team and the upcoming season.

New 8th Grade Cedar Point Rules

This will only apply to a handful of students but I wanted everyone to know. Every year we end the year with an 8th grade trip to Cedar Point as a way of congratulating them for making it through middle school. Every year we have a few students that decide to coast through the last few marking periods and not give the effort that is expected of them. In the past, we didn't have any Cedar Point criteria to deal with that. Well.....that was in the past. In addition to our discipline point rule, which has been in effect for years, this year we have added that in order to go on the trip, you must be passing a minimum of 4 of your 6 classes each marking period. If not, they will not be able to go and they will have their money refunded. As I said above, the vast majority of our students have nothing to worry about because they do their best and pass their classes. My hope that this simple, and very attainable rule, is enough to get a few of our students to put in a little extra effort and pass their classes.