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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Lesley Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
6th Grade Parents,
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The sixth grade students have had several wonderful opportunities to be a part of lately. Two of the teams attended Junior Achievement Biztown this week, and the third team will attend next week. This is where they learn a little about businesses, bank accounts, investments, insurance, and other items that help them be successful adults. On October 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, they will have an opportunity to participate in a Gem Mining Adventure at SMS. This in-house field trip will allow the students to learn how to identify rocks, minerals and fossils and keep those that they identify. Be sure that you have signed your student up by Friday, September 20th. The $10 payment can be made on www.mypaymentsplus.com or by cash. Please see your child's Science teacher with any questions.
Students will begin interims or midterms right after fall break, so have your child begin reviewing a few minutes nightly for each class. One of the hardest transitions for 6th graders is retaining all of the information they have learned this semester for these tests. Our students have great potential, and we want them to perform their very best.
Literacy Night is a lot of fun for the students. Go ahead and mark October 29th on your calendar. Students come to school at 6:00 PM dressed up for some fun. A Boy Scouts' meeting will be held that night at 7:00 as well. Encourage your student to find something he/she enjoys and get involved.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We are focused on helping your child be successful at SMS.
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Lesley Grimes
6th Grade and Connections Assistant Principal
Lesley_Grimes@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
770-736-4465
Jennifer Vaughn
7th Grade Assistant Principal
7th-grade students are Ready, Respectful, Responsible. In English Language Arts, students have written several narratives and learned how each component impacts the final product. In Science, students have explored the characteristics of living and non-living things and are moving into a unit about cells. In Social Studies, students are learning about the Middle East. In Math, students are learning to multiply and divide rational numbers. Overall, we are moving forward full steam and students are engaged in real-world tasks to master the standards.
Regards,
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Ms. Jennifer Vaughn
7th Grade Assistant Principal
Jennifer Vaughn@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
770-344-3879
Dr. Twanitta L. Martin
8th Grade Assistant Principal,
Testing, Special Education
Welcome 8th grade Comets
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Parents, we have completed 6 weeks of school and we have done a lot in those 30 days.
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First, your child has completed their first standardized test- CogAT and attended JA Finance Park. Secondly, your child has been working very hard in their academic classes. To name a couple of things, the students have participated in a mock court in their language arts class and created Solar Cookers and tested them in physical science.
Please visit your child’s portal to monitor his/her grades, attendance, behavioral, lunch account as well as media center book checkouts and overdue books. Also visit your child’s teachers’ eCLASS pages for updates on assignments, grades, upcoming tests, etc.
If you have been invited to sit in on a Student Support Team (SST), please attend. This meeting is to allow us as a team to see what additional interventions are needed for your child’s success academically or behaviorally.
Thanks for your commitment to the South Gwinnett Cluster and Snellville Middle School. I eagerly look forward to working with you and your child(ren). Please do not hesitate to call me at 770-736-4471, or email me at Twanitta_pouncey@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
Dr. Twanitta L. Martin
8th Grade Administrator
Special Education Administrator/504 Coordinator/SST Coordinator
Testing Coordinator- CogAT, PSAT, Milestones
Title IX Coordinator
GWINNETT COUNTY PARENT MENTORS PRESENT
For All Parents of Students Receiving Special Education Services
Topic: “ADHD: Strategies for Supporting Students at Home and School”
Presented by Tom Owen
GCPS, Director of Psychological Services
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
9:30am – 11:00am
Meeting Location:
J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center
437 Old Peachtree Road, NW
Suwanee, GA 30024
Building 200
Central Gwinnett Room 2.111
RSVP to Dawn Albanese
By 4:30pm on September 23, 2019
Dawn_Albanese@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
(678) 301-7212
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Los MENTORES de Padres del Condado de Gwinnett
Para todos los padres de estudiantes que reciben servicios de Educación Especial
Tema: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad (TDAH)
Estrategias para ayudar a los estudiantes en la casa y la escuela
Presentado por Tom Owen
GCPS, Director of Psychological Services
martes, septiembre 24, 2019
9:30am – 11:00am
Lugar:
J. Alvin Wilbanks Instructional Support Center
437 Old Peachtree Road, NW
Suwanee, GA 30024
Building 200
Central Gwinnett Room 2.111
Reservar con Dawn Albanese
No más tarde de las 4:30pm del 23 de septiembre, 2019
Dawn_Albanese@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
(678) 301-7212
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.
September 16 - 22, 2019
Weekly Calendar
PEECE Workshops
PEECE - Parents Engaging in Early Childhood Education
For Parents of Students with Disabilities in Grades Pre-K through Sixth Gwinnett County Public Schools Parent Mentors invite you to attend.
PEECE is a four session workshop that aims to nurture and develop engaged parents, by helping them to positively support their child’s academic success, with an emphasis on increasing literacy skills.
Participants will learn how to:
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Be a team member in your child’s individual education program (IEP).
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Learn creative ways to make learning fun and engaging for your child.
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Support your child’s early literacy development.
To receive full benefit from this workshop, participants must attend ALL sessions.
Thursday, September 26, 2019 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Thursday, October 17, 2019 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Space is Limited. Please respond as soon as possible.
To Reserve your Spot, Contact Dawn Albanese by September 20, 2019 at:
Dawn_Albanese@gwinnett.k12.ga.us
(678) 301-7212
