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Mr. McClure's Weekly Blog
Week of: May 14 - 18
Week 40
“The Principal’s Post”
2012 SUMMER OWLS SPORTS CAMPS
Submitted by: Mr. Henkle
Click here for the 2012 Summer Owls Sports Camps information form. Summer camp sign-up will be this Wednesday, May 16th, 2012. Sign-up will run from 6-7:30 pm at the Seymour High School Commons Area, entrance #15. GO OWLS!
WASHINGTON, DC . . . HERE WE COME!!
Later this week, 103 eighth grade SMS students, along with their adult chaperones, will be leaving for Washington, DC for a long weekend filled with the sites, sound and history of our nation’s capital. Part of the students’ itinerary will include the following: Capitol Building, Library Of Congress, Supreme Court Building, National Cathedral, National Zoo, Washington Monument, World War II Memorial, Kennedy Center, Mount Vernon, Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum, National Museum of the American Indian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Jefferson & FDR Memorials, Pentagon Memorial, Lincoln, Vietnam, and Korean Memorials, Arlington National Cemetery, and the National Archives . . . to name but a few.
A special “thank you” is extended to eighth grade language arts teacher, Sherri Holt, for organizing and coordinating this fantastic learning opportunity for our students. It promises to leave indelible memories for our students that will last a lifetime.
We would like to wish those SMS eighth grade students, parents, and chaperones God’s speed in their travels this week.
THE LESLIE LIVENGOOD GILKEY MUSIC FUND
Last Friday evening, May 11th, Seymour Middle School and Seymour High School held their spring band concert in tribute to the benevolence of a long standing friend, and teacher, to our corporation band program, Mr. Leslie Gilkey.
For the past 25 years, since the start of the 1986-1987 school year, Mr. Gilkey has given of his time, talent and knowledge to voluntarily teaching the band students of our community’s public school corporation. In that time, he has also arranged many musical selections, repaired student instruments, has helped pay for instrument rental so that students would have the opportunity to play in band, and has, on occasion, purchased a band instrument for students in need.
We thank Mr. Gilkey for his years of service. And in recognition of all that he has given, the Les Gilkey Music Fund is being established by the Seymour Community School Corporation at the Community Foundation of Jackson County. This fund will provide financial assistance to Seymour Middle School students to help with the rental or purchase of band instruments. Gifts to this fund at the Community Foundation are tax deductible and will help music students for many years.
Patrons interested in contributing to this fund in Mr. Gilkey’s honor can make their check payable to CFJC with the “Les Gilkey Fund” included on the memo line. The address:
Community Foundation of Jackson County, Inc.
PO Box 1231
107 Community Dr.
Seymour, IN 47274
YEAR END & ACCEPTING GENTLY USED DRESS CODE ITEMS
As we quickly approach the end of the year, our first year with the student dress code, SMS is inviting you to consider donating to the school any school dress code compliant clothing that your student may have outgrown during the course of the year.
We are asking that the donated items be clean and in good condition. Dress code items can be delivered to the SMS 7/8 or SMS 6GC main office between 8AM and 4PM daily. Please consider this to be a standing invitation! J
The new dress code initiative has been very successful, and it is very important to us as a school family to continue to set the right tone, each school day, for our success. Our students . . . your student(s) . . . are too important! Any help that SMS families can provide through gently used pants, shorts and shirts would be immensely helpful to begin the 2012-2013 school year.
Thank you!
THE SEYMOUR INDIANA MIDDLE SCHOOL BOWLING LEAGUE
Submitted by: Mrs. Phillips
The Seymour Indiana Middle School Bowling just wrapped up its in house league and participated in Regional Competition in Indianapolis this past Saturday, May 12th.
Here is a list of our top bowlers in order according to grade.
8th Grade Boys: 8th Grade Girls:
Chandler Robertson Bridget Phillips
Austin Barr
Caleb Hayes
Ross Williams
Jordan Martinez
7th Grade Boys: 7th Grade Girls:
Donovan Gabbard Hannah Kaufman
Tyler Canfield
Rusty Mace
6th Grade Boys: 6th Grade Girls:
Jake Silence Madison Brackemyre
Zackary Ellerman Caroline Hagg
Ethan McCoy
Matthew Russell
The team will be competing in State Competition in Anderson this Saturday, May 19th. GOOD LUCK SMS student bowlers!
ISTEP+ 2012 . . . Waiting for the Results
We can officially “turn the page” on our 2012 ISTEP+ efforts for this year. As the online testing for our 6th and 7th grade students concluded, we now begin the wait to see what our test results will be.
As the state test does not have a direct bearing on the students’ individual class grade, it may have been tempting for some of the students to not take the test serious by not giving a personal best effort. As this indifferent attitude is a tragic mistake for our school and students, we took direct steps again this year to convince the students otherwise. They have repeatedly heard us say, “ISTEP is our Super Bowl! It doesn’t get any bigger!”
In regards to their testing posture, we were pleased with the apparent effort the students exerted in applying themselves to purposeful engagement in their test taking. Honest results are gleaned only through honest effort. Meaningful and substantive adjustments in our instruction and preparation . . . as we move forward together . . . are possible only through accurate information.
The students, through their efforts again this year as they did last year, have helped to set a benchmark (being determined at this time) from which we will continue to climb.
From the information that we have received, the student test results may not be ready for our review for several weeks, but when we know, you’ll know.
In anticipation of more favorable ISTEP+ test results again this year, we have a spring “Test Celebration” planned for the students during the closing week of school.
However, just because “the test” is finished for this year, we’re not! J With two weeks of school remaining . . . we’re pressing on!
Until next week... |
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