From Lonnee Dickson & Jean Callins
7th Grade Assistant Principals

Dear 7th Grade Parents,

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The promotion criterion for students in the 7th grade to be promoted to the 8th grade is:

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Students must pass 5 out of 6 subjects each semester. Each connection stands alone. Language arts and math must be passed with a 70 or above each semester.

Summer Dates for Summer School: June 13-15, 19-22, 26-29,

July 3, 5, 6, 7 (July 7 is the ONLY Friday).

• 7th grade students- Summer school will be offered to any 6th and 7th grade student not meeting promotion criteria of passing 5 out of 6 classes.  Language Arts and Math must be two of the five subjects passed.  Students may attend summer school for no more than two semester-long classes.  Connection classes are not offered in summer school.

• Hours: 7:30 AM- 2:30 PM at Grace Snell Middle School

•Director of Summer School- Dr. Twanitta L. Pouncey

Summer school notices and registration forms will be sent home at the end of March.

DATES TO REMEMBER

• Friday, March 10 - Student Holiday

• Wednesday, March 15 - Lunch and Learn 11:30 am- 1:00 p.m. Bring your lunch and get information on Georgia Milestones.

• Thursday, March 16 - STEAM Night from 6:30-7:30. You will not want to miss this one!    Hands on activities and exhibits.

• Saturday, March 18 - Georgia Milestones Information 10:00-11:00 am in the Parent Instructional Classroom

• March 31 - Student Holiday

• April 3-7 - Spring Break

From Corine Warren

8th Grade Assistant Principal & Athletics

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Dear 8th grade Parents,

Thank you for your assistance with completing the rising 9th graders’ registration forms.  8th grade is working hard to finish the school year strong.  We have a great deal of events and activities that are scheduled, so please keep your eyes open for upcoming events. 

As a reminder, the promotion criterion for students in the eighth grade to be promoted to the ninth grade is:

Students must pass 5 out of 6 subjects each semester. Each connection stands alone. Language arts and math must be passed with a 70 or above each semester.

Summer Dates for Summer School: June 13-15, 19-22, 26-29, July 3, 5, 6, 7 (July 7 is the ONLY Friday).

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• 6th and 7th grade students- Summer school will be offered to any 6th and 7th grade student not meeting promotion criteria of passing 5 out of 6 classes.  Language Arts and Math must be two of the five subjects passed.  Students may attend summer school for no more than two semester-long classes.  Connection classes are not offered in summer school.
   

• 8th grade students – Summer School will be offered to 8th grade students not meeting promotion criteria of passing 5 out of 6 classes.  Language Arts and Math must be two of the five subjects passed.  Students who do not achieve grade-level or above on the reading and vocabulary domain of the Language Arts Georgia Milestones End of Grade and achieve the performance level of developing or higher on the Mathematics Georgia Milestones End of Grade Assessment will be required to retest at the end of Summer School.
   

• Hours: 7:30 AM- 2:30 PM at Grace Snell Middle School
   

• Director- Dr. Pouncey

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Summer school notices and registration forms will be sent home at the end of March.

Upcoming Events:

March 15 - Lunch and Learn, 11:30 am- 1:00 p.m. Bring your lunch and get information about Georgia Milestones.

March 16  - STEAM Night, 6:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m.

March 18  - Georgia Milestones Information, 10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m., Parent  Instructional Classroom

March 20-22 - Junior Achievement Field Trip, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., Discovery Center Gwinnett

March 31 - Student Holiday

April 3-7 - Spring Break

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Corine O. B. Warren

8th Grade Assistant Principal

From Lesley Grimes

Curriculum & Instruction, & Connections

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Parents,

It has been an exciting time for Band and Orchestra with their LGPE performance.  Orchestra received an overall Superior rating, and Band received ALL Superior ratings on their performance.  We are still waiting to hear the results from the sight reading portion for the band students.  Kudos to Ms. Donnaud and Mr. Turner and their students for representing Snellville Middle with such excellence.  Chorus performs 3/16, and we are confident that they will continue with a superior performance.

The state End of Grade Milestones are just around the corner.  Teachers will begin reviewing information from first semester.  Take this time to ask your students what they are doing in class to review.  Many teachers are providing resources on eCLASS and other sites such as usatestprep.com.  This is something your student can continue to work on at home or at the library.  If your student doesn't have assigned homework, he/she should be spending 5-10 minutes reviewing material for each class. With everything else going on in an adolescent's brain, this short amount of time allows them to process what they did in class and bring clarity to the lesson.  Thank you for supporting the continued learning outside of class.

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Lesley Grimes

Administrative Intern