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A Challenge/Favor/Request

As hopefully everyone knows, our East China Supporters have two fundraisers during the school year that help to support all of the "extras" that help our students. The first one is just around the corner. “Crusin Down the St. Clair River” is a boat cruise aboard the Duc d’Orleans on Tuesday August 20th. Boarding begins at 6:00 pm at the River Crab Restaurant with a departure at 6:30 pm. Hors d’oeurves are prepared by the River Crab and entertainment is provided by the Rivertown Gents. Tickets are $50 per person (must be 21 to attend). I can guarantee you that the money goes to a very good cause. As the belt in education continues to tighten, the funds available to purchase “extras” just doesn’t exist anymore. The money from this fundraiser allows the Supporters to give grants to our ECSD staff. Please help support this very worthy cause. Tickets are available from our Central Office on Meisner Road or you can e-mail me at malley@ecsd.us

Looking for Some Help

I’m looking for a few hard working students to help clean up the front of our building. During the school year, we’ll have various student groups that will help take care of the front flower garden and side areas. Over the summer, unfortunately, the weeds take advantage of school being out and try to take over. Anyone that would like to help out, feel free to stop in anytime to stake out an area that you’d like to claim and start weeding. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Fall Sports

I've been getting a few phone calls and e-mails asking about the start of practices for Fall Sports. All Middle School Sports do not begin until school is back in session. Just like every other season, students must have physical forms, permission slips and pay-to-participate forms completed and turned in to the main office before they can participate in tryouts/practice. Our SCMS Main Office will be open beginning Monday August 12th to pick up any needed forms or they can be obtained by going to the main ECSD website and clicking on Parent Resources then clicking on Forms. Our 8th grade Football Team will be having equipment handout on Thursday August 29th from 4:00 - 5:30 in our Main Gym. A complete Football schedule can be found on Mr. Smith's Website.

Saints Day, Friday August 23rd

SCMS SAINTS DAY Friday August 23rd. Photos Taken, Student ID’s, Schedules and Books Passed Out, Touring the Building, Locker Information, Student Book Store Open…. 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. More information will be in your August welcome back mailing

Supply Lists

Why is it that stores start their Back to School deals at the end of June, first part of July? I've had a number of parents contact me (and my wife) politely asking for next year's supply list. Well.....here it is. Please remember that this is a very basic list and that nothing is mandatory. 6th Grade Supply List: Scissors erasers lined paper box of Kleenex Six one inch binders (one for each class) dividers for each binder red pens for correcting 4 pack of dry erase markers colored pencils 1 old sock (to use as an eraser for the markers) glue sticks one Green spiral notebook for Math highlighters One Blue spiral notebook for Geography 7th Grade Supply List: Colored Pencils #2 pencils and erasers Glue sticks ruler (English and metric) Highlighters box of Kleenex (turned into your Math teacher) TI-30X-IIS calculator pens One Green (Math), one Blue (Geography), one Yellow (Language Arts) and two red (Science …one for notes and one for labs) spiral notebooks. 8th Grade Supply List: Colored Pencils #2 pencils and erasers Glue sticks ink pens Highlighters box of Kleenex TI-30X-IIS calculator One Green (Math), one Blue (Geography), one Yellow (Language Arts) and one red (Science) spiral notebooks.

Not as Important as I Thought I Was

Funny Story. This past week I got to see opposite ends of the impression I've been able to make on some of our students. Yesterday I had an 8th grade parent come to school to pick up their student and she went out of her way to thank me for the three years and all the great things that have been going on here at SCMS. Of course I didn't stop her to tell her that my job is easy, we've got great kids and I just try to stay out of the way of our staff and good things happen. I thanked her for the complements and it made me feel pretty good. It was a reminder to me that all in all, we're doing a pretty good job. That was the up side. The funny, other side of this story happened about a week ago when a parent came into school to pick up their 8th grade student early. I happen to be in the hallway and began talking to the parent about the past three years, how much I was going to miss their daughter, what a great kid she was and how I wish I had a 100 kids like her here at SCMS. The parent's response 'Who are you?". If you are an 8th grade parent...whether you know me or not, we are going to miss your student. Best of luck the next four years.