M 'n M

Big thank you goes out to all of our students, families, PTA and SMS staff for their contributions and effort making our 18th year of SMS Gives Back a Success. We kicked off our week of SMS GIVING with our 8th grade trip to Target, where students brought in donations to purchase items for families for the holiday and went to the rec center for wrapping. What a great way to bring students together to give generously and to bring joy to others.

Our SMS faculty and staff then donated over $1,000 in gift cards for our SMS raffle, offering gift cards that ranged from $10-$60! Students were able to purchase tickets all week and 100% of the proceeds went directly to our our SMS Gives Back campaign for families. We are so grateful for our staff and community for their generosity.

Students were able to celebrate the week of giving with a SMS FUN DAY. Students participated in musical celebrations, reindeer games, team building activities, drama performances, a PBIS inclusion activity, and a movie and snack during IE and lunch. All created by our SMS staff. It was an amazing day and we had much to celebrate.

We are grateful for the support of parents and PTA members who helped make this possible as well. Big thanks to the following parents for their time and help this week: Haley LaBahn, Kelly Clark, Lesley Placeway, Becky Therrien, Lily Longley, Melissa Luber, Mary Canonico, Crystal Keough, Neemah Allan, Laura Roggy, Kate Rose, Cynthia Smith, Jennifer Kaminski, Erin Witte, Krista Searles, Colleen Parrott, Leslie Hilliard, Kelly Jungeberg, Stacy Streeter, Melissa Crandall, Stephanie Walkiewicz, Dena Jasinski, Terri Rusinko, and Lauren Friedberg

Big thanks to all SMS Staff for their help with events this week, but a special thanks to: Mrs. Joanne Scott, Mrs. Deanna Gundlah, Mrs. Lisa Bluemel, Mrs. Elyssa Ray, Mrs. Mary Kay McNamara, Mrs. Angela Pritts, Mr. Ryan Mester, Mrs. Michelle Smith, Mrs. Tracy Britton, Mrs. Hallie Malloy, Mrs. Sherry Kulway, Mrs. Patti Bendzuck and Mrs. Blackman.

Our SMS Gives Back Team, staff and PTA thank you support and donation, whether it was popcorn, water, candy, monetary donations, or your time, THANK YOU!

We are happy to announce that collectively, we raised $11,300 this week- AMAZING! What a beautiful opportunity for our community to help one another. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your contributions and support to help our SMS families! I am grateful to be part of such a thoughtful and caring community.

Thank you to the parents/guardians that submitted interested to be part of our SMS Parent Advisory Committee. We hope to make contact with all interested persons in the next week and have our first meeting in January. We appreciate your support and consideration and look forward to working with all of you.

Congratulations to our 6-8th grade students on a wonderful holiday performance this past week. Big thank you to Mrs. Roblee, Mr. Chidsey and Mr. King for a great night of music!

Mustangs of the Month were celebrated with an ice cream social from Dairy Queen, certificate and student of the month magnet this week. Great job to all of our students!

Congratulations to Natalie Albert for earning PRIDE QR Codes throughout the first semester and winning the raffle for a pair of APPLE AIR PODS, donated by PTA/parents. Thank you so much for this generous donation and for supporting our positive reward system! She was so excited! Great job, Natalie and to all of our students for making the effort everyday to show PRIDE and being model mustangs!

SMS staff and students donated and purchased over 860 coats for our Coats for Kids Drive, and our Captains Team alone brought in over 250 coats! BIG thank you to Rayaan Muhammad, Lena Soggs, and Kiley Breslin and Mr. Lipowski for their organization of this event. Coats for Kids told us this was the most generous donation they have every received from one organization- way to GO BIG SMS!

The winning team earned a generous lunch donation from Chik Fila for 100 students this past week- great job and congrats to The Captains Team and all of our students.

Great job to SHS theater class and Mr. Jenkins on their performance and reading of Charles Dickens, The Christmas Carol. 7/8th grade students enjoyed a live performance this past week after reading and studying the play in class. Thank you to Mrs. McKnight and our Language Arts department as well for organizing this for our students.

HERE is the link to our Daily/Weekly announcement slides!

• Honors Math Finals will take place next Wednesday, December 15.
• Algebra will be periods 1-3
• Geometry will take place periods 2 and 3
• Students are being told to get any work they will miss ahead of time

SMS PTA invites you to kick off winter break with a family night at the Drive In! Join us at Aut-O-Rama movie theatre in North Ridgeville for a double feature on Sunday December 19 at 6:00pm. We will be watching Elf followed by National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Tickets are $20 per car with the option to add on delicious popcorn from Cleveland Caramel Corn Co! Visit our store to buy tickets online today - https://strongsvillems.memberhub.com/store

Proceeds from this fundraiser benefit SMS PTA programs.

Please join us for the 5th and 6h grade semi formal at Strongsville Middle School, Friday, December 17th! The dance is from 6:30 to 9:00 PM. Students need to be picked up promptly. Dress attire is nice/ casual/semi formal dress. Tickets sold HERE

When:

Fri, December 17, 2021

6:30 PM – 9:00 PM EST

Location:

Strongsville Middle School

13200 Pearl Road

Strongsville, OH 44136

Did you know that students who pack their lunch can still receive FREE food items at school? Even if you are sending your student to school with food from home, they are still able to receive a fruit, vegetable, and milk for FREE! It's convenient and saves money for families - just pack the main item for lunch and let SCS Food Services take care of the rest!

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Administration:

Mrs. Boytim: jboytim@scsmustangs.org

Mrs. Peters: jpeters@scsmustangs.org

Mrs. Bailey: jbailey@scsmustangs.org

Counselors:

Mrs. Ray (6): eray@scsmustangs.org

Mrs. Gerber (7): kgerber@scsmustangs.org

Mrs. Pietrocini (8): spietrocini@scsmustangs.org

Website: https://www.strongnet.org/Domain/411
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: 440-572-7090
Twitter: @mrsboytim