Sheboygan Falls Middle School
Student Announcements
1/16/2020
SFHS Trap Team Informational Meeting:
Date February 12th at 6pm
At SF Conservation Club
This is only for sign up NO SHOOTING, practice starts Feb. 19th at 3:30pm
The 2020 MS Musical will be March 12-14th.
*Rehearsal Schedule*
*Date*
*Day*
*Time*
*Agenda*
*Location*
1/16
TH
3:05-4:00
Read Through/Sing Through – Everyone
Commons
1/17
F
3:05 – 4:00
Music Rehearsal-Everyone
Room 175
1/20
M
No School
1/21
T
3:05-4:00
Everyone – Music, Choreography, Drama
Room 175, Stage, Upper Falls
1/22
W
No Rehearsal
1/23
TH
3:05-4:00
Everyone – Music, Choreography, Drama
Room 175, Stage, Upper Falls
1/24
F
3:05-4:00
Music Rehearsal -Everyone
Room 175
8th Grade Baby Pictures for Yearbook
The 2091-2020 school year is well underway, and so is the creation of this
year’s SFMS Yearbook!
Our yearbook staff will be continuing the tradition of incorporating into
our memory book baby pictures of our eighth grade class.
Photos can be shared with the yearbook adviser, Courtney Dekanich, via
email at [email protected]. Any photos you are incapable
of submitting digitally can be sent to school in hard copy and brought to
Ms. Dekanich’s classroom (245). All hard-copy photos will be returned as
soon as possible.
Please make sure to send only one baby picture per student. All photos
should be sent to the yearbook adviser by February 1, 2020.
It’s almost time for Makerspace Club after school! Makerspace is an
opportunity to build, problem solve, and use technology in a variety of fun
projects and activities and is open to all 5th – 8th graders! We will meet
on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Feb. 4 – March 19 from 3:15 – 4:30. If
you would like to sign up for this fun opportunity, there is a sign-up
sheet in the middle school office.
As we approach the end of the semester, it is time to do a thorough locker
clean out. JR will have barrels in the neighborhoods by the end of the day
on Thursday next week, so please plan on allowing some time for locker
clean out on Friday.
Dear Parents and Guardians,
I am writing to inform you of our upcoming winter assessment universal
assessment for all students in grades 5 through 8. As previously shared,
our students will complete both the iReady Reading and iReady Mathematics
assessment three times during the school year. We utilize the resulting
data to inform our universal instruction, to personalize learning for
students, and to monitor student growth toward grade-level proficiency
throughout the school year. The purpose of this assessment is not to give
your child a score or grade, but to determine how to best support their
learning in the classroom.
*What happens next?*
Our students will be assessed in both mathematics and reading between
January 14th and 24th. Typically, each assessment will take approximately
45 to 50 minutes in total, with testing divided into shorter periods over
several day’s time. Students have as much time as they need to complete the
tests. Once complete, the data will be analyzed by our classroom teachers,
ed specialists, and learning strategists to plan for the next steps in
instruction. We look forward to sharing these results with you in the
coming weeks.
*To help prepare your child for the i-Ready assessment, *encourage them to
get a good night’s sleep and to eat a full breakfast every day. Encourage
them to try their best on each question and not to rush through the test.
*If you have any questions about i-Ready*, please do not hesitate to
contact me, your child’s Math or ELA teacher, or Ed Specialists Mrs.
Fiorini or Ms. Falk. You can also learn more about i-Ready by visiting
i-ReadyCentral.com/FamilyCenter.
As always, thank you for your continued support and for being a partner in
your child’s learning! It is much appreciated!
Sincerely,
Amanda Pound
SFMS Principal
Mary Poppin’s Jr
Students will need to have their fee paid, a concussion form handed in, and
a parent permission form handed in to the office before the first rehearsal
– January 16th. No physical is required to be in the musical. These forms
are available online at this link
<www.sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us/schools/high-school/sfhs-athletics-registration>
.
Please sign up in the MS office if you are interested in MS wrestling. The
parent/athlete meeting is scheduled for
The first day of practice will be Tuesday, January 21st, after school in
the middle school commons.
Tickets are now available for the Wisconsin Singers Show at Sheboygan Falls
High School. The show will feature students from Sheboygan Falls Middle
School as well as the Sheboygan Falls Middle School Show Choir and The
Sheboygan Falls High School Jazz Show Choir. The show will be at 7:00 pm
in the High School Auditorium on February 22nd. Tickets are $15.00 for
adults and $10.00 for students/seniors. Tickets are available at both
Middle and High School Offices, Piggly Wiggly (Falls & South). or by
calling the box office at 608.886.6801.
“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a
joy.”- Jalal ad-Din Rumi. Our value this month is joy, finding a way to be
happy even when things don’t go your way what does it mean to you to do
something from your soul? What might that feel like? How could you try to
find out?
Jazz Ensemble will be meeting on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 7:00am in
the Middle School Band Room Jazz Ensemble Jan-Feb Rehearsal Schedule
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Student Council dates from 3:05-4pm
Mon., Feb. 3
Mon., Feb. 17
Mon., March 2
Mon., March 16
Mon., April 6
Mon., April 20
Mon., May 4
Monday, May 18 (bust-up party)
From your school nurse:
We know that illness can strike any of us at any time.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services recommends that everyone age 6
months old and older get vaccinated against the flu. The vaccine is safe
and effective and can prevent long absences from school and work.
In addition, there are steps the whole family can take to prevent and stop
the spread of illness. These include:
· Wash your hands often with soap and water, or use an
alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
· Cover your cough or sneeze with your upper sleeve, and try
to avoid touching your face with your hand.
· If you use a tissue, throw it away after one use.
· Never share drinking cups, straws, and utensils.
· When possible, avoid being exposed to people who are sick
with flu-like symptoms.
· Eat nutritious meals, get plenty of rest, and do not smoke.
· Frequently clean commonly touched surfaces, like doorknobs,
the refrigerator handles, your phone, and faucets.
If your child shows signs of illness, such as a high fever, cough,
sneezing, or runny nose, please keep them home until 24 hours after the
symptoms pass to prevent them from spreading illness to classmates and
staff. You can find our policy on absences in the district handbook.
Working together, we can make this a healthy school year for everyone.