SFMS Messenger – January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020
Calendar of Events
February
4: Girls Basketball at Horace Mann, Sheboygan
6: Girls Basketball at Farnsworth, Sheboygan
11: Girls Basketball at Home
11: FEU (PTO) Meeting at 6:00 p.m.
17: Wrestling at Manitowoc
22: Wisconsin Singers @ SFHS, at 7:00 p.m.
24: Wrestling at New Holstein
29: MS Solo and Ensemble at New Holstein
We are Expert Learners
 
Expert Learning @ SFMS
 
With Universal Design for Learning (UDL), teachers remove barriers to learning by giving students options that empower them to take control of their own learning and reach rigorous state standards. Our goal is to build expert learners everyday!
Grade 8 Art Students & 4K Buddies
Eighth grade 2-D Art students collaborated with our youngest learners, the 4K classes. We gave the 4K students the task of drawing a self-portrait. The 8th grade artists then created a canvas painting for their 4K friend. They painted a colorful background, attached the drawing, added words of inspiration and the child’s name. So fun and so sweet!
 
Thank you to Mrs. Schliewe, Mrs. Brotz, and Mrs. Granke’s classes for working with Mrs. Fischer’s students!
Mary Poppins Jr. is Coming
 
Come and see the performance!
Students are busy preparing for this year’s musical,
Mary Poppins Jr.!
 
Performances:
March 12 at 7:00 pm
March 13 at 7:00 pm
March 14 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
 
Price:
Tickets are $5.00 each.
 
Sheboygan Falls students and children five and under are free. 
 
Tickets will be available at the middle school office.
Wisconsin Singers Coming to Falls
Save the Date
 
Our middle and high school students will be performing with the
Wisconsin Singers
on February 22. The concert will take place at Sheboygan Falls High School at 7 p.m.
 
Check out this promotional video to learn more!
Winter Sports
 
Students are preparing for the upcoming wrestling season. The first meet is on Monday, February 17th at Manitowoc.
 
Come and watch the girls basketball team play! Their next home game is on Tuesday, February 11th.
Notice to Parents Moving out of the District
If you are anticipating a move or moving out of the Sheboygan Falls District during the current school year, your student can continue attending school in Sheboygan Falls. Please contact your building office, or the district office, to receive DPI Form PI-9419-B – Request for Tuition Waiver Due to Move, for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. Completion of this form will enable your child to continue attending school in the Sheboygan Falls District even though you no longer live within the District boundaries for the remainder of this school year. An open enrollment application or alternate open enrollment application will then need to be completed for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond. Please call Julie Hahn at 467-7893 if you have any questions regarding tuition waivers or open enrollment.
Lego League Presents
 
Members of the Brick Boiz Lego League team were invited to speak at a Kiwanis meeting on January 21st. Students shared a presentation of their project, a universally designed, indoor playground facility.
A Message from Our School Nurses
Coronavirus isn’t rare. In fact, seasonal coronavirus activity typically increases in Wisconsin this time of year, along with influenza and other respiratory viruses. Attention is heightened in this outbreak because it is a novel, or new, form of the virus.
 
“We know people are wondering what to do to protect themselves and their families from this virus. Our best advice is to follow the same steps for avoiding colds and flu, including staying home when you’re sick, covering coughs and sneezes, and frequently washing hands,” Ayers said.
 
People who are planning a trip to China should keep an eye on news reports and be aware of this rapidly changing situation. People who have returned from China and are feeling sick should contact their health care provider and let them know about the travel and symptoms before going to a clinic, office, or emergency room.
 
DHS is providing updates on 2019 novel coronavirus, including case counts, on our 
Outbreaks and Investigations webpage
. It will be updated by 2 p.m. each afternoon.
 
Because we are still in flu season and the flu is also a serious respiratory disease, we continue to encourage everyone to get a flu shot, if you are able. 
 
Microsoft Girls Workshop March 17
Please use this link to register:
https://forms.gle/gmk1Yr56WjR4naFEA
From the Principal
Dear Families,
 
As we wrap up January, now would be a good time for a few reminders regarding drop-off and pick-up procedures. When students are coming to and going from school, please use the drop-off loop or park your car in the parking lot. The parking lot should not be used as a drop-off or pick-up location due to safety reasons with cars coming and going. Students should enter and exit the school at the main entrance. Because of that, we are asking that students are dropped off and picked up in that location. Finally, the Greenview entrance is closed during the school day. That entrance is reserved for our buses only.
 
We, the staff at SFMS, recognize that the morning and afternoon can be a hectic time for our families. We sincerely appreciate your attention to this procedures in order to ensure safety for all students.
 
 
Sincerely,
SFMS Principal