Back To School Pep Talk

It's almost here...the 2015-2016 SCHOOL YEAR AT SMS!!!!!  We are so excited to see all our students next week for the start of another great school year here at Sheldon Middle School!  Our theme for this year is CELEBRATE!  We will be celebrating our students and teachers, the diversity we have at SMS, our successes, and in general all the great things about our school and community!

Here are the important dates for next week:
Monday, August 24:  4:00-6:00 PM MS athletic practices begin at SMS--must have physical and waiver form to practice
Tuesday, August 25: 4:00-5:15 PM MS athletic practice
Tuesday, August 25: 5:00-6:30 PM Open House at SMS--get your schedule, meet your teachers, and practice opening your locker
Tuesday, August 25: 6:30-7:00 PM 7th Grade Transition Meeting for all 7th graders and parents
Wednesday, August 26:  FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL--SMS starts at 8:25 AM each day

We hope everyone has a great last few days of summer and wish everyone the best on a school year of learning!  As Kid President says in this video, "It's time to get our learn on!"

Sheldon Middle School Backpack Program

We are happy to announce a new program at the Sheldon Middle School that will benefit several of our students and impact all students!  The Sheldon Middle School received a large donation of money from a local church to be used for middle school student needs.  After looking at the needs of our students we felt the need to start a backpack program for those families who have students that receive free meals at the school during the week but that might not have sufficient food on the weekends.  Each Friday, those students will receive a sack of food to take home to supplement the family's weekend food supply.  Letters were sent home to those families who qualified on Friday and we have already received several of the permission forms back this week!  ALL our students will take a turn with their homeroom or TA to pack the bags, so they will all be helping with this great project!

Here is a link to the video that we showed the students last week to help them realize just how many students are hungry over the weekend and that this is not just a big city problem, but also a problem right here in SHELDON!

IF YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR CHILD TO BE A PART OF THE SHELDON MIDDLE SCHOOL BACKPACK PROGRAM OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE FUNDS TO THE PROGRAM, PLEASE CONTACT MRS. KOPPERUD OR MRS. BARWICK AT 324-4346!

Magazine Sales at SMS Were a SUCCESS!

The Sheldon Middle School students successfully raised over $33,000 with their annual Great American magazine fundraiser the past few weeks!  The profits from this fundraiser allow us to purchase planners for all students, attend educational and exciting field trips, and provide rewards for positive behavior just to name a few!  We also had over $3,000 in donations, which is 100% profit for us!  THANK YOU!!!!

IF YOU DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO ORDER OR RENEW YOUR FAVORITE MAGAZINE AND YOU WOULD STILL LIKE TO (AND SMS STILL GETS THE PROFITS--YEA!) FOLLOW THE LINK LISTED BELOW, CLICK ON "SHOP NOW", AND ENTER THE SMS SCHOOL CODE:  2540532

http://www.gaschoolstore.com

Thank you to all those who have already purchased a magazine or made a donation so far!  The students and staff of SMS greatly appreciate your support!!!!!

Love INC Fall Classes Beginning Soon!

Love In the Name of Christ Loving Help Classes are beginning OCTOBER 3rd!  Here are a few that might be of interest to parents of Sheldon Middle School students:

Budget Class--This 10-week class teaches financial success tools like budgeting, how to get out of debt, managing your checkbook, and how to increase cash flow.  You can even be matched up with a personal budget mentor and earn vouchers for groceries, gas, and other necessities!  Thursdays from 6:30-7:30

Positive Parenting Class--This class will discuss topics relating to being a great parent like discipline, consequences, challenging behaviors, respect, and general parenting tools.  Make your family a more well-oiled machine and enroll today!  Thursdays from 6:30-7:30

Grief Recovery Support Group--This is a weekly seminar and support group for people who are grieving the death of someone close to them and will be held on Tuesdays from 7:00-8:30 PM at Our Savior Lutheran Church beginning on October 8th!

Contact Erin at the Love INC office to enroll in either of these programs!

611 Park Row
Sheldon, Iowa 51201
324-9707
sheldonloveinc5@hotmail.com

Just Around The Corner

A new school year is just around the corner here at Sheldon Middle School!  Here are some important dates to keep in mind:

**School Registration at Archer  Wednesday, August 7th (TODAY) 5:00-7:00 PM

**Open House at SMS  Wednesday, August 14th 5:00-6:30 PM with special session for incoming 7th graders and parents from 6:00-6:30 in the middle school gym

**First Day of School!  Thursday, August 15th

Can't wait to see all our great SMS students and their families!  Please call the SMS office if you have any questions at 324-4346!

Summer Safety Tip...Are You Facebook Safe???

Many students will be spending time on Facebook and other social networking sites over the summer break. Make sure that they are being safe online!  Follow this link and "like" the Facebook Safety page to help your student be online safe!

Facebook Safety

Avoid the Summer Slide! Summer Reading Resource

Now that summer is in full swing, school is probably a long ways away from most students' minds.  But did you know that summer vacation can set a student's education back?  For the average student, that lapse of learning during the summer set them back one whole month!  However, there is a way to avoid the summer slide!  Studies show that reading as few as six books over the summer break will maintain the education they accumulated from the previous school year. More than that will actually enable a student to get ahead.

Here is a website that will help students find out what reading level they are at and then help them select books for the summer.  It will tell them where the books can be checked out or purchased.  What a great way to help your students enjoy reading over the summer and stay in the learning loop!

Click on the link below to access the Find A Book, Iowa website:

Find A Book, Iowa