Lesley Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
Greetings Parents,
Thank you to all the parents/guardians that were able to make our student-led conferences. The students did an excellent job sharing their successes, areas of growth, and goals for the remainder of the year. The students truly benefit from this opportunity.
Next week we will start taking interim assessments. Please encourage your student to review as this assessment covers material from the beginning of the semester. The teachers use this assessment to determine areas each student needs to work on in addition to providing students feedback on their current progress. We will be taking the Milestone State Assessments after spring break, and this interim will help everyone understand what our students need to reach mastery. It is important that all of us work together for our students’ achievement, and you are a vital part of the team.
Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Lesley Acree Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
770-736-4465
Lesley Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
Greetings Parents,
Thank you to all the parents/guardians that were able to make our student-led conferences. The students did an excellent job sharing their successes, areas of growth, and goals for the remainder of the year. The students truly benefit from this opportunity.
Next week we will start taking interim assessments. Please encourage your student to review as this assessment covers material from the beginning of the semester. The teachers use this assessment to determine areas each student needs to work on in addition to providing students feedback on their current progress. We will be taking the Milestone State Assessments after spring break, and this interim will help everyone understand what our students need to reach mastery. It is important that all of us work together for our students’ achievement, and you are a vital part of the team.
Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Lesley Acree Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
770-736-4465
Lesley Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
Greetings Parents,
Thank you to all the parents/guardians that were able to make our student-led conferences. The students did an excellent job sharing their successes, areas of growth, and goals for the remainder of the year. The students truly benefit from this opportunity.
Next week we will start taking interim assessments. Please encourage your student to review as this assessment covers material from the beginning of the semester. The teachers use this assessment to determine areas each student needs to work on in addition to providing students feedback on their current progress. We will be taking the Milestone State Assessments after spring break, and this interim will help everyone understand what our students need to reach mastery. It is important that all of us work together for our students’ achievement, and you are a vital part of the team.
Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Lesley Acree Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
770-736-4465
Lesley Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
Greetings Parents,
Thank you to all the parents/guardians that were able to make our student-led conferences. The students did an excellent job sharing their successes, areas of growth, and goals for the remainder of the year. The students truly benefit from this opportunity.
Next week we will start taking interim assessments. Please encourage your student to review as this assessment covers material from the beginning of the semester. The teachers use this assessment to determine areas each student needs to work on in addition to providing students feedback on their current progress. We will be taking the Milestone State Assessments after spring break, and this interim will help everyone understand what our students need to reach mastery. It is important that all of us work together for our students’ achievement, and you are a vital part of the team.
Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Lesley Acree Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
770-736-4465
Lesley Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
Greetings Parents,
Thank you to all the parents/guardians that were able to make our student-led conferences. The students did an excellent job sharing their successes, areas of growth, and goals for the remainder of the year. The students truly benefit from this opportunity.
Next week we will start taking interim assessments. Please encourage your student to review as this assessment covers material from the beginning of the semester. The teachers use this assessment to determine areas each student needs to work on in addition to providing students feedback on their current progress. We will be taking the Milestone State Assessments after spring break, and this interim will help everyone understand what our students need to reach mastery. It is important that all of us work together for our students’ achievement, and you are a vital part of the team.
Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Lesley Acree Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
770-736-4465
Jennifer Vaughn
7th Grade Assistant Principal
The month of March is packed with exciting events for students!
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Thursday, March 12th is our PBIS celebration. Students will be able to redeem their Star Bucks to participate in a social event and enjoy a 'walking taco'!
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Thursday, March 12 - Thursday, March 19th is interim testing. Interim assessments mark the halfway point in the semester. Students will be able to show what they've learned since returning from winter break and teachers will use that data to make adjustments to instruction, as needed.
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Friday, March 20th is Career Day. Students will participate in a career fair to learn more about exciting new careers.
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Friday, March 27th is SMS Fun Day! For $10 students can participate in carnival-style games, prizes, and concessions. Proceeds will benefit both Relay for Life and the Aimee Copeland Foundation. All payments must be made on MyPaymentsPlus.
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Monday, March 30th - Friday, April 3rd is SPRING BREAK!
Ms. Jennifer Vaughn
7th Grade Assistant Principal
770-344-3879
Testing Corner
Standardized Testing Information
Students will have opportunities to practice for the GMAS- Georgia Milestones Assessment System in class and at home.
Here are some parent resources from the GaDoE –Georgia Department of Education website:
Georgia Milestones EOG & EOC
Middle School Schedule Spring 2020
All grades will take ELA and Math
8th grade will take ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies
April 9 - 14, 2020 6th grade Math & ELA
April 15 - 21, 2020 7th grade Math & ELA
April 22 - 28, 2020 8th grade ELA, SS, & 8th grade Algebra
GMAS EOC - Online
April 29 - 30, 202 - Algebra I
May 4 - 5, 2020 - HS Physical Science
Dr. Twanitta L. Martin
8th Grade Administrator
Standardized Testing Coordinator- CogAT, PSAT, Milestones
Title IX Coordinator
Snellville Middle School
3155 Pate Road Snellville, GA 30078
770-972-1530
Reminder
Monday, October 12 is a student holiday
From Dr. Twanitta L. Pouncey
6th Grade Assistant Principal
Dear Parents,
First, I want to thank those parents who took the time to come out on Tuesday, October 6, 2015, for our Autumn Chat. We had a great turn out and good conversation among the parents.
We have completed half of our first semester. Just a reminder of our promotion criteria for 6th grade: Students must pass 5 out of 6 classes with Language arts and Math being two of the five each semester. Parents, check your child’s grades and make sure if your child is not being academically successful to send them to help days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Continue to speak with your child about being Responsible, Respectful, and Ready.
Please mark your calendar for some events that are planned for our students.
October 19, 2015, the Boy Scouts of America will visit our sixth grade classes. On Tuesday, October 20, 2015, 7:00-8:00, Boy Scouts of American Representatives will be here in the media center registering boys interested in joining the scouts.
Please don’t hesitate to call me at 770-736-4455, or email me at Twanitta_pouncey@gwinnett.k12.ga.us, and visit my website at http://gcps-twanittapouncey.onmycalendar.com
Dr. Twanitta L. Pouncey
6th grade and Special Education Administrator
Title IX Coordinator
From Jeremy Reily
7th Grade Assistant Principal
Here are a few highlights from this past month:
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Mid-terms in every subject were given
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We had picture day.
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Mr. Joe Johnson came as a special speaker to many of our students
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Over 200 students received schedule changes due to the county providing two more teachers (due to our enrollment being larger than projected),
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JLC Raiders had an award winning meet
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Band, Orchestra, and Chorus are working hard getting ready for our fall concerts coming up in a couple of weeks.
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Student Council was elected
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We had book fair
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Our Candy fundraiser was a great success
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The Cheerleading squad was selected
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Over 150 students participated in intramural basketball
From Jeff Taylor
8th Grade Assistant Principal
From October 19, 2015 to October 23, 2015, 8th graders will take the Iowa Assessments™.
The Iowa Assessments help determine how students are performing on nationwide standards. These assessments measure achievement in several important content areas including Reading, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
The Iowa Assessments help teachers identify a student’s strengths and areas that may need additional emphasis. The Iowa Assessments also measure student growth and progress in the content areas assessed from year to year and may provide information about college readiness for older students. The assessments produce information that enables sound decision making and provides a focus for teachers to evaluate instruction.
Testing will begin at 9:25 am each day and once testing begins, tardy students are not admitted to class. Testing will conclude by 12:00 each day, so we ask that any appointments be scheduled for the afternoon on these dates. Please note that we will be unable to disrupt the testing environment to retrieve students for check-out until testing is completed for the day.
Title I Parent Involvement Workshop
Math Workshop for Parents
Snellville Middle School will host three Math Workshops for Parents. The focus of the math workshops will be to teach parents some strategies that they can use at home to support their child's academic success at school. Parents will be provided with resources including games and activities that they can use at home to support our goal of getting students to communicate and problem solve through mathematical reasoning.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
6:30 PM
Location: Parent Workroom
If you have any questions or need a translator, please contact
Christine Simerly, the Parent Instructional Support Coordinator,
at 770-736-4475 or you may email her at
christine_simerly@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
We hope you will join us!
Reminder about Deliveries to the Office
Please remember that, as stated in the Student Agenda, the front office does not accept items for delivery. This includes PE clothes, athletic clothing/shoes, projects, cell phones, homework, instruments, books, cupcakes, balloons, flowers or any outside food. This is part of our COMETS Be ready, Be responsible program and will help us limit the interruptions during academic time.
SMS Girls Basketball Team
Congratulations to the following girls for making the 2015-2016 Snellville Middle School Girls Basketball team.
Kendra Davis
April Foster
Awtum Lewis
Aisya Guillory
Deja Laing
Makala Torrence
Unique Ward
Chloe Newman
Trenia Smith
Alycia Davis
Benedicta Banahene
Snellville Middle School
3155 Pate Road Snellville, GA 30078
770-972-1530
October 12 - 18, 2015
Weekly Calendar
8th Grade students will be attending the Career Connections Fair at the Gwinnett Civic Center on Friday, October 16th. Click here for more details.
Lunch and Learn
(Bring your lunch and learn!!!!)
Hello 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Parents!!!
I am thrilled to host our fall Lunch and Learn session October 14th at 11:30-1:00. This is a time when we come together to discuss topics of interests that pertain to best parenting practices or other topics that pertain to middle school students. In an interactive presentation, author, speaker, and educational consultant, Stanley B. Lemons, will talk with Snellville Middle School parents about the educational path from middle school to college. Mr. Lemons will highlight critical steps to be successful in school and ultimately to earn your college degree.
This is going to be a wonderful experience! Please click here or call me, Dr. Moon, at 770-736-4477 to RSVP to confirm your attendance. I look forward to seeing you all at our Lunch and Learn on October 14th. The program will start promptly at 11:30 in the Parent Instructional Room. You may want to arrive by 11:20 to park and get a seat. Don’t forget to bring your Lunch!! Cookies and Water will be provided!
See you all soon,
Dr. Vanita Moon
School Counselor
770-736-4477
Parent Info Night
October 29, 2015
3 information-filled events all in one night!
5:30pm – Parent Intervention Resource Night (all grade levels): information for parents to help support student’s academic progress.
Location: Parent Instructional Room 1.90
6:00pm – 8th Grade Washington DC Parent Meeting: information for parents about the 8th Grade trip in June.
Location: Media Center
6:30pm – Literacy Night (all grade levels): Family Fun Night using literacy. Tools to make learning fun and engaging!
Location: Your student’s grade level hallway
“Bee” a Volunteer at Snellville Middle School
Snellville Middle School’s Volunteer Program keeps growing every year and we won’t stop striving for more growth until every parent is involved in this wonderful program. The general purpose of the School Volunteer Program is to enrich and enhance the student’s curriculum and to strengthen school-community relations. Your willingness to be involved is truly an asset to our school. If you are interested in being involved with this fantastic program, please email Christine Simerly, the Parent Instructional Coordinator at
Congratulations Jr. Beta Club Members
National Beta is the largest independent non-profit, educational youth organization in America. The organization encourages and rewards academic achievement, promotes those qualities of character that make for good citizenship and teaches members to lead by serving others. National Beta prepares today’s students to be tomorrow’s leaders. The Jr. Beta motto is “Let us lead by serving others”.
We are so privileged to have several students at SMS who have qualified and have been invited to join this prestigious organization. They are as follows: Sydney McMillan Mudd, Rashmi Mohan, Michelle Benitez, Sidney Swanstrom, Glenn Felton, Hajar Mujahid, Akalyn Grant, Isabella Montoya, Daniel Galdamez, Celina Blas, Jaden Smallwood, Kiya Hauser, Joseph Zheng and Breanna Conner. We look forward to a very productive year. Please support these students throughout the year as they have a few wonderful service projects planned this year. Congratulations JR. Beta members, you are bright, shining COMETS!
Stay Informed with the Parent Portal
If you are not already on the Parent Portal please stop by the office and sign up. This awesome resource allows you to track your child's grades and attendance in real time from any computer.
