SPARTAN SCOOP

Good evening!

PLEASE, if you look at nothing else tonight in the SMORE, could you please fill out the Back to School Consent form for me if you have not done so? I really appreciate it.

We have had a great week at Schmucker! We have built great advisory communities this week and last week. Students have devised advisory team names, chosen team colors and created team banners. In the coming weeks and throughout the year, we will be participating in Sparty Sports, which are competitions for all. They will be brain teasers, simple races, and feats of logic that all can take part. We look forward to these friendly competitions.

As we continue to promote our ONE WORD theme this year of IMAPCT, we have asked your students to chose a one word goal for themselves. It can be a goal that they achieve in school or out of school. We have discussed goals and how they drive us and keep us focused. Ask your student about their ONE WORD!

We are working on finishing ClearSight testing this week. ClearSight allows us to see student progress towards mastering all of the Math and ELA grade level standards. We are excited to have your students share more about their progression in October at Student Led Conferences.

Thank you for trusting us with your children. Have a great week. Here is to another week of IMPACT.

SPARTY UP! SPARTYON!

Please take a moment to help us by filling out the consent below. The consent forms we are asking for you to review are - The Handbook Certification, The Consent to publish student photographs, and The PHM Mandatory Curriculum.

School Picture Day is September 6th. We are excited to welcome Derby Photos. You students brought home a picture form on August 30th but you can also order photos online. Please use the link below.

We're all Kingsmen! So we're all celebrating Penn High School Head Football Coach Cory Yeoman's who reached his 200th career with the victory over Mishawaka Friday, August 25th. For that milestone, Coach Yeoman was named Indianapolis Colts/NFL Coach of the Week for Week 2. Click for more details. We wish the Kingsmen luck as they take on Indianapolis Cathedral this Friday, Sept. 1. Watch for game updates on The Pennant X (Twitter) account; click here to follow.

Boys in grades 2nd to 8th are invited to participate in "Back to School" Basketball League at Penn High School. The league will give young Kingsmen the opportunity to play basketball and introduce them to the skills and team concepts that are needed to play the game of basketball. League runs Sunday afternoons in September and October. Registration info is on our website. SIGN-UP TODAY!

We are happy to share with you the addition of safety and security personnel for the 2023-24 school year. The safety and security of our schools are a priority as we foster optimal learning environments and aim to prepare your child(ren) for college and career readiness. Three (3) certified School Resource Officers (SROs), recently retired from local police departments, have/will join us as P-H-M Safety Agents in our schools. These officers will be housed in each of our middle schools and also serve feeder elementary buildings. The new P-H-M Safety Agents collaborate with our Principals, St. Joseph County School Resource Officers, and other off-duty police officials to further enhance schools as safe learning environments, prepare for emergencies, and ensure that all schools comply with safe school plans and practices as required by law.

New Safety Agents:

Retired St. Joseph County Police - Officer Kent Wickham

Retired South Bend Police - Officer Britton Pratt

Officer TBD (will announce later this fall)

Current Safety and Security Staff:

P-H-M Director of Safety and Security - Officer Tommy Teeter (tteeter@phm.k12.in.us)

P-H-M Lead Safety Agent - Officer Antwon Jones (located at Penn HS)

St. Joseph County School Resource Officer - Officer Mike Reppert

St. Joseph County School Resource Officer - Officer Ben Wilkey

Off-Duty Police Officials: Officer Greg Howard - South Bend Police

Officer Avery Minor - Roseland Chief of Police

Officer Scott Moniz - Osceola Police

Officer Corey Calvert - South Bend Police

VSS Security (contracted service) for Hallway Monitors at Secondary Schools.

Safe School Helpline

If you see something, hear something, say something! The Safe School Helpline is a convenient, confidential way for anyone to report information about situations that might affect safety at any P-H-M school or building. You can call the number any time of the day or night to report concerns about unsafe or potentially disruptive activities or situations including drug or alcohol abuse, weapons, harassment, bullying or threats.

All calls are completely confidential.

• 800-418-6423 (800-4-1-VOICE, ext. 359)

• TEXT: 66746, TIPS

• www.safeschoolhelpline.com

During Advisory on September 19, students will watch a presentation from our school counselors titled "Taking Care of Yourself and Your Friends". This presentation will include information about self-care, stress management, and healthy friendships. It will also include an introduction to material from our Lifelines Suicide Prevention Curriculum that we will continue with a lesson in our 7th grade Wellness classes on September 20, and 8th grade Wellness classes on September 21. If you have questions about these presentations or would like your students to not participate in these lessons, please contact Mrs. Smith or your child's school counselor.

Slideshow for "Taking Care of Yourself and Your Friends"

PHM Website information about Lifelines Suicide Prevention Curriculum.

The Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation’s ENL Services’ is sponsoring the District’s Community Connections Fair October 7th from 10 am-1 pm at Schmucker Middle School

56405 Bittersweet Rd., Mishawaka. This event is FREE and open to all families.

There will be community resources, activities for kids and families, and music and dance performances. Come check out what the Mishawaka, South Bend, and Elkhart communities have to offer to your families!

The fair will also include cultural performances from P-H-M students and families.

Knowing there is dialog around the state about the Indiana Academic Standards, we continue to follow the direction of the Indiana Department of Education and Dr. Jenner as provided in this letter. If you have any concerns about your child's education, please work with your child's teacher for clarification or reach out to me at anytime!

Questions? Please see the assigned staff at each site to help answer your questions.

Parents,

Families have the option of receiving weekly emails outlining your students online activity while using Chromebooks. This online service is free and it gives parents an opportunity to maintain a safe learning environment at school and at home. Please click on the attached links to learn more about how Securly can help you.

• Click to read and download a copy of the parent letter that provides step-by-step instructions on how to set up your Securly Parent Portal.

If you see something, hear something, say something! The Safe School Helpline is a convenient, confidential way for anyone to report information about situations that might affect safety at any P-H-M school or building. You can call the number any time of the day or night to report concerns about unsafe or potentially disruptive activities or situations including drug or alcohol abuse, weapons, harassment, bullying or threats. All calls are completely confidential.

• 800-418-6423 (800-4-1-VOICE, ext. 359)

• TEXT: 66746, TIPS

• www.safeschoolhelpline.com

• Chromebooks- Sokun Kit (skit@phm.k12.in.us )

• Attendance- Linda Brown (lbrown2@phm.k12.in.us)

• Textbooks and Fees- Ashley Kirkpatrick (akirkpatrick@phm.k12.in.us)

• Special Education Teachers

• 6th grade- Emily Morin (emorin1@phm.k12.in.us )

• 7th grade- Allison Steele (asteele2@phm.k12.in.us )

• 8th grade- Allie Chrise (achrise2@phm.k12.in.us )

• Multiple Grades-

• School Counselors

• Allie Piatt (Last Names A-G) (apiatt@phm.k12.in.us)

• Cara Watt (Last Names H-N) (cwatt@phm.k12.in.us)

• Andrea Hoover (Last Names O-Z) (ahoover@phm.k12.in.us )

• Athletics- Jim Modlin (jmodlin@phm.k12.in.us )

• Enrollments/Withdrawals/Address Changes- Aly Abel (aabel@phm.k12.in.us)

• PTO- (schmuckerpto@phm.k12.in.us)

Email: spsmith@phm.k12.in.us
Website: http://schmucker.phmschools.org/
Location: Schmucker Middle School, Bittersweet Road, Mishawaka, IN, United States
Phone: 574-259-5661
Twitter: @SMSSpartanPride