Picture Retake is Thursday September 5th

Friday, September 6th is Detroit Lions Day

The Lions are undefeated (how long will be able to say that?). Friday is going to be "Wear Your Detroit Lion Stuff Day" at SCMS. Hats are allowed if they are a Detroit Lions Hat.

Class Meetings/Talk

If you’re ever looking for dinnertime topics, ask you student about my talk I had with them on Tuesday morning. Every opening day, I meet with each class for about 20 minutes to go over some school rules and outline my expectations. My talk varies a bit from 8th grade (young adults) to 6th graders (still transitioning from elementary school) but the message is basically the same. Do your best at everything thrown your way. Behavior, homework, cleaning your room….makes no difference what we’re talking about, always do your best. I used the example of the State’s Top to Bottom list. SCMS is ranked at the 67%. I told our kids that I felt that this was an embarrassment and if we got everyone to give their best effort; we will easily be ranked in the mid 80 percentile. With the MEAP right around the corner, I’m challenging our kids to give their best effort. Any help at home to reinforce the importance of doing their best on the MEAP would be greatly appreciated. We’ve got great kids and a great staff….we’re much better than the 67% ranking we received. I’m hoping our kids help me prove that.

SCMS Open House

Our SCMS Open House is Tuesday, September 10th from 6:30 to 7:30. Hope to see everyone there.

Important Washington DC Meeting

If your student is going on this year's Washington DC Trip, we will be having a very important meeting on Tuesday, September 10th at 7:30 in our cafeteria (our SCMS Open House is the same night from 6:30 to 7:30). We will be going over flight times, itineraries, when to be at school, what to pack, chaperone responsibilities, etc.... Please, please, please, I know how busy everyone is but please make every effort to attend. This meeting is for students and their parents.

Change in Traffic Flow

We have changed the West driveway (toward Range Road) to be an Exit Only. This will help with buses and other vehicles trying to exit onto Yankee Road (being able to turn left and right at the same time). Thanks in advance for your help with this.

2013-14 Class Times

We had to make a sight change to accommodate some shared staff. We moved our SSR time to the end of 3rd Hour (it was at the beginning of 3rd Hour)