Lesley Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
Greetings Parents,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Ms. Jennifer Vaughn
7th Grade Assistant Principal
770-344-3879
Testing Corner
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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:
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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
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770-972-1530
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The Principal’s Update: September Edition
Dear Parents:
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We are just days away from the official start of the Autumn season and have already completed nearly six full weeks of school.
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Snellville Middle is a school community that believes in student leadership and cultivating self-responsibility. Our students will begin preparing for their student-led conferences which will take place during Early Release on Wednesday, September 27th and Thursday, September 28th. During student led conferences, students will explain their progress toward or mastery of an academic goal as well as their work and learning habits. Students will justify their progress by leading their parents through a series of assignments from their academic classes. Student led conferences increases student accountability concerning their academic and learning behaviors, helps students to learn to communicate better and hone their critical thinking skills. Student-led conferences support our students in becoming responsible, independent thinkers and leaders.
We are a very supportive Comet community and encourage our students and parents to attend home football games at South Gwinnett High. Parents, please remind your middle school son or daughter that if he/she attends a football game at South that appropriate behavior is expected. High school football games are school sponsored events and inappropriate behavior could result in a school consequence when he/she returns to school. We expect our middle school students to be responsible and demonstrate Comets Pride in the school community.
Lastly, our 8th grade students are preparing for CogAT testing which takes place beginning Monday, September 18th – Wednesday, September 20th. Please be sure that your 8th grader is present at school during testing days and times. There is no preparation required for the CogAT but we do ask that our 8th graders eat a good breakfast, power down electronics late at night, get a good night’s rest and be ready to do their very best.
For any of our SMS Comet families whose family members or friends are impacted by Hurricane Irma or Hurricane Harvey, our thoughts and prayers are with you.
Thank you for all that you do to support Snellville Middle School. Feel free to follow us on Twitter @SnellvilleMS and be a part of all the latest news and excitement!
Teaching, Leading and BELIEVING in Our Students,
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Katise Menchan
Principal
Weather Updates & School Closing - Hurricane Irma
At this time, we do not know the extent of the impact Hurricane Irma may have on Gwinnett County Public Schools. School system leaders are making plans and will modify these plans as we get better and more timely information. Any changes to school schedules next week will be communicated using GCPS' normal communication channels (SchoolMessenger, websites, social media, and local news media) once we have more information and those decisions are made.
Any schedule changes for extracurricular activities next week will be communicated by the district and shared by coaches and sponsors as decisions are made.
How are decisions made to cancel school?
The superintendent makes the decision about school closings based on a cross-divisional and cross-agency effort, with information from public safety officials, the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, Gwinnett County officials, and the state Department of Transportation. School district officials will be meeting with these groups throughout the weekend and next week to ensure we have the best information possible.
September 11 - 17, 2017
Weekly Calendar
Volunteer for our Annual Color Walk
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We are very excited to announce our Snellville Middle School Fall school wide activity, FALL ’17 Color Walk. During this activity, students will walk (exercise) while getting the opportunity to develop their social skills with peers and volunteers.
We invite ALL students to participate in this fantastic event on Friday, September 15th, from 2:45 pm to 3:45pm. Don't miss out! There will be only one Color Walk this school year.
Tickets are $10 to participate in the event. Participants will receive an individual packet of “Color Walk” powder with paid registration and a signed permission form.
Concessions will be sold for $1.00 per item during the event.
We need parent volunteers to make this event a success. Please sign up to help! Please contact Patti Blount, patti_blount@gwinnett.k12.ga.us, 770.736.4446 if you are interested in volunteering, or you may sign up using this link.
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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.