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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Snellville Middle Celebrates
National School Counseling Week
School counseling is a work of the heart. The week of February 3rd - February 7th is Counselor Appreciation Week. During this week, we recognize and celebrate our school counselors.
We are thankful for Ms. Shawnta Clarke, Ms. Aneisha Christie and Ms. Robin Butler for the work they do with our students each day.
Our counselors have "a heart full of love, ears ready to listen and hands willing to help." Thank you for what you do to help hold the heart of the school in your hands. We LOVE OUR COUNSELORS!
If you have been touched or helped by one of our counselors, please let them know with a quick note, email or some small token of your appreciation during counselor appreciation week.
Comet Robotics Team
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Our FIRST LEGO League Comet Robotics Team finished their season strong this year. After winning the Core Value Trophy at the Shiloh High School Invitational Tournament in December they advanced to the Super Regional Tournament which was held on January 25th at Paul Duke STEM High School. The team worked hard this year designing and building their robot along with developing a solution to keep kids safer on playgrounds.
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This year's team consisted of the following students.
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Bryan Bautista
Zeniya Buggs
Kennedy Dailey
America Delgado
Edan Giday
Kylee Hatch
Jazmin Islas-Juanpedro
Amy Pineda
David Rose
Amauri Smith
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.
February 3 - 9, 2020
Weekly Calendar
Run the Reagan with South Gwinnett Schools
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Snellville Middle along with the South Gwinnett Cluster schools, will be participating in the Run the Reagan 2020! If you are a runner, or know any runners at all, please register for the South Gwinnett Cluster team when registering as a runner for the Reagan. The South Gwinnett Cluster Foundation will receive a donation for every single runner we register! The Foundation supports our cluster schools and our students. Help make this fund-raiser successful by joining us to run! ANY one can join our team- students, parents, friends, family, and neighbors. We will have a large South Gwinnett tent in the festival area for all of us to gather and connect!
Register today! http://runthereagan.net/
Book Mobile Visits SMS
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The annual Book Mobile visit was a resounding success as nearly five hundred books were selected by students in all grade levels. Students were called in small groups to browse the selection of new books on display inside Gwinnett’s mobile book store, a converted school bus that offers over a thousand works of fiction from which to choose. Each student selected one free book to keep and returned to class knowing they had a story that belonged to them.
STEAM Night- Jan 22, 2020
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Our annual STEAM night was a success. Our parents and students enjoyed a night of interactive math and science activities, Jim Cherry Memorial Planetarium, and Birds of Prey. Science and math teachers along with some students had tables with hands on activities that supported our AKS. Some of our activities included: Balloon Lung Models, Lava Lamps in a Bottle, Non-Newtonian Fluid (Slime), Boats that Float, Repurposing Crayons, Straw Rockets, Chemical Reactions, Building Patterns, Inflating Balloons with Solids and Liquids, and Math Bingo. Our science teacher and Teacher of the Year, Tiffany Fortner, saw the vision and with the support from our science and math teachers, put together another great STEAM Night.
