SMS Chess Club Tournament Moved. Due to school being canceled today, we will begin our school-wide 12 student tournament this Friday February 21st. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Due to poor road and sidewalk conditions, as well as no bus availability, SMS will be closed today.
Good morning. I apologize for the late notice, but Georgetown just went to a 2 hour delay. Being that 2 of our 3 buses are now on delay, and the hill is a little slippery, SMS will now run on a 2 hour delay.
Some of our 7th and 8th grade students helped Mrs. Seip prepare goulash for lunch at SMS today!
SMS After School VR Club Signup Expiration. Please submit any remaining permission slips for students grades 5-8 who plan on attending the after school VR club beginning in March. I will need the slips returned to me prior to THIS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21st. I need to finalize groups and get the curriculum set but need a final head count to do this. Thanks for your understanding and for this opportunity to introduce our students to a new level of learning.
This is a reminder that we will dismiss at 1230 today due to parent teacher conferences. The Georgetown and SMS buses will run at 1230. The RULH bus will not. Have a great day!
We are at our break-even point! Everything from here on out is profit. Our goal is $25,000. The first of five $1,000 drawings is March 7 at the first fish fry. We will sell tickets all the way up to the $10,000 Drawing on April 11 at the last fish fry. Thanks to everyone who has worked hard to get these sold! If you haven't sold yours yet, we are running out of time!
Chess Qualifying Tournament Play Completed! Our Wednesday group was able to finish up this week so we now have all 12 finalists set for the school-wide chess tournament. Our Wednesday group winners are pictured. Congrats to our champion Zoey Durham, Weston Wireman, Pax Burrows and Barrett Henson for making the cut for the finals.
Dear SMS Families,
Georgetown Schools have closed. There will be no Gtown bus service at all today.
Chess Club Tournament Completion. Our Wednesday group still needs to finish up their group qualifying tournament brackets. On MONDAY February 10th we will meet after school with the following students. Barrett Henson, Emma Purdin, Pax Burrows, Weston Wireman and Zoey Durham. I will post the final brackets for the school-wide tournament once we have completed this preliminary round.
SMS Chess Club Friday Winners! Congrats to our next four students who have punched their ticket to the school-wide finals. Our Friday group entries are: Winner Griffin Ernst, runner-up Easton Swearingen with Dempsey Swearingen and Justin Nead also qualifying. Congrats to all of our Friday chess club members who had a great season.
SMS Chess Club Tournament Updates
There will be NO chess club this week for the MONDAY and FRIDAY groups. This WEDNESDAY we WILL have chess club tournament play for the following students. Weston Wireman, Zoey Durham, Pax Burrows, Saylah Hamilton, Barrett Henson, and Emma Purdin. Please contact Mr. Hyde if you have any questions regarding this week's chess club schedule.
SMS Chess Club Tournament in full swing! Congrats to all of our Monday chess club students who worked hard and improved tremendously this year. A special congrats to our 4 winners who advance to the school-wide tournament. Kowin Offutt, our two-time defending champion won the Monday bracket followed by Luke Brookbank, Oscar Sentney and Cooper Bonar all advancing. Our Monday group is finished for the year and a reminder that our Wednesday group will not meet this week. Also please see the list of students that should plan on attending the final weeks of our Wednesday and Friday brackets from my previous post.
SMS After School VR program
I am happy to announce that beginning in March we will be offering an after school virtual reality club. This will be open for students grades 5-8 and be on ONE of the following days (Mondays, Wednesdays or Fridays after school until 4pm in the Science Room). Through some COVID funding SMS was able to acquire 5 VR headsets that we have used for a few enrichment groups, but this will be open to ALL SMS students 5-8. We will be using this technology to explore locations and programs that bring the education they receive at SMS to life. We have many programs available and it will involve both work assignments as well as headset time (about 25 minutes each ). My plan is to run this about 8-10 weeks (depending on number of students). Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions and or concerns.
Good afternoon, SMS Families,
It doesn't look like conditions are going to improve for tomorrow. In fact, it looks worse. Due to extreme cold, SMS will be closed Wednesday, January 22.
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Good evening, SMS Families,
Due to extreme cold weather and the fact that we have to be outside several times throughout the course of a day, we are going to go ahead and close tomorrow. I just dont think a delay will make much difference.I apologize for the late notice. Have a good evening.
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Good evening, SMS Families,
We will be in school as usual tomorrow, Monday, January 13. To my knowledge, all buses will run on schedule as well. If you pick up or drop off tomorrow, please be mindful that there could still be some slick spots on the hill with any refreezing tonight. There also is not as much street parking as usual due to snow/ice piles. I have had a few parents reach out to say they were still having trouble with their driveways. Of course, if you are experiencing these issues, absences will be excused. We are looking forward to getting back to it!
Good afternoon, SMS Families,
Due to multiple weather-related factors, St Michael School will be closed on Friday, January 10. We hope to get back to school on Monday. Have a good weekend.