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,
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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.
​
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.
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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: February
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Congratulations to all of our parents whose child(ren) received recognition for their first semester academic accomplishments. We are still celebrating our academic scholars and are hoping to host a special event for all of our 1st semester academic scholars this month. Please continue to work as a team with your child and his/her teachers to also make the 2nd semester an academic and behavioral success.
Cold & Flu Season
Parents, if you watch any news channel you are aware that our state and country is in a flu crisis. As a school, we are doing our best to prevent the spread of colds and flu by disinfecting classrooms twice daily. However, we can not prevent the spread without your help. We still have parents who are sending students to school with an elevated temperature, complaints of severe fatigue, uncontrollable cough and/or less than 24 hours of being fever free. We are sending students home within 1 or 2 hours of arriving to school. Please be mindful that when students are sent to school with symptoms they are putting other students at risk on the bus, in the hallways and in their classrooms. We know our students do not like to miss school but an ounce of prevention goes a long way. Let’s work together as a team and keep ALL of our students and faculty healthy!
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School-Wide Geography Bee
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Congratulations to our Geography Bee Finalist – Timothy Duong! Way to go! We are proud of all of our grade level geography bee semifinalists who competed in our semifinal round. Our school wide winner will advance to the next level of competition. Best of luck, Timothy!
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COMETS FEVER!
This is the only fever we want to catch this season! Comets Fever! We are heading to tournament play and to the playoffs! Please come out and support our boys’ and girls’ basketball teams and spirited cheerleaders during our final weeks of competition. Tournament games for the Eastern Division are this Saturday, February 3rd at Brookwood High School. Our boys’ game begins at 4:30 p.m. with our girls’ game beginning immediately after the boys at 6:00 p.m. Bring your entire family, friends, and neighbors to the game! We should fill the stands with Comets! Be sure to show your Comets pride and support and wear Comets Spiritwear to the game. Look forward to seeing you there!
Annual Black History Program
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Select students and teachers will host our 4th Annual Black History Program during the school day on Friday, February, 23rd showcasing art, music, poetry and dance to celebrate black history and its influence in America. Each year our program grows and our students do such an outstanding job! Auditions to participate in the program took place on Thursday, February 1st. Good luck to all the students who auditioned!
Discipline Talks
Our semester 2 discipline review talks will take place with students over the next several weeks. Assistant Principals will meet briefly with all students in their respective grade levels to remind them of behavior expectations and what it means to be a Ready, Respectful and Responsible Snellville Middle student.
Sincerely,
Katise Menchan
Principal
Basketball Super Saturday
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Please join us for SUPER SATURDAY as our Boys and Girls Basketball teams participate in the Eastern Division Semi-Finals. Our exciting season will be even better when we bring home the Championship. Both Games will take place at Brookwood High School. Our boys will face off against Couch at 4:30 and our Lady Comets will face off against Grace Snell at 6:00.
Remember to follow us on Twitter @SnellvilleMS. Go Comets!!!
Snow Make-Up Days
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Thanks to Digital Learning Days, teaching and learning continued when that wintery blast hit metro Atlanta this month. However, the three school days missed in September due to Irma-related weather will be made up, using designated days built into the 2017-2018 school calendar. Those make-up days – February 23, March 9, and March 23 – will now be school days.
February 9 and February 19 remain student holidays. Click here to view the calendar.
Wanted: Substitute Teachers
If you know of someone that would be a good candidate to substitute teach, please invite them to attend the Substitute Teacher job fair. The fair will take place on Tuesday, February 6th from 4 – 7PM at the J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center. The ISC is located at 437 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee, GA 30024.
Registration is not required. Substitute teachers do not have to be certified.
February 5 - 11, 2018
Weekly Calendar
Low Cost Internet Service
Comcast offers Internet service for families that meet certain criteria. They also offer low cost computers and free computer classes and online tutorials. Check out https://internetessentials.com/ for more information and to see if you qualify.
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.