Though there are only 15 school days left before our wonderful winter break, there is still so much to accomplish. It’s important that students are here each and every day. We have an attendance initiative going on right now to encourage students to be present, especially with state testing taking place the first week of December. As we continue to focus on academic growth during this season, we are also looking forward to the various holiday-related activities along the way. Please keep up to date on everything by joining our social media and Remind platforms. We are also still looking for items for our faculty/staff appreciation activities throughout the month. Please see below for more information.

We continue to see the positive impact that our school climate and culture make each and every day. We truly hope this month is filled with learning and lasting memories. Our wish is that the same can be said for your family at home. Please take time to create memories and spend quality time together. If I have learned anything, it is that time is precious and each moment matters. However you choose to celebrate this holiday season, I hope it is filled with joy!

Christina Harrell

SCMS, Principal

This past week, in Ms. Bergman's and Ms. Reyes's classes students collaborated while analyzing relationships and their impact in the story. It was great to see the use of graphic organizers and students talking about their thinking in a structured collaborative setting! Also, it's amazing to see the 7th grade Reading PLT working so closely together! Great job!

Students have been hard at work catching lots of bass. Even one of our awesome Deans joined in on the fun and caught a bass right away!

The 6th graders had an awesome time at the Osceola Magic game!

• December 4th-Wrist band sales begin for dress down day
• December 5th-Math PM2 Testing, Dress down day wrist bands on sale
• December 6th-Last day to purchase wrist bands for dress down day.
• December 9th-Dress down day (See flyer below for dress down day guidelines)
• December 10th-ELA PM2 Testing, Dance Ticket on Sale $5
• December 12th-Orchestra Winter Concert @ SCHS Auditorium 7pm
• December 13th-Winter Dance @SCMS 6:30pm-8:30
• December 17th-SAC Meeting @ 5:30pm, Chorus Winter Concert @ SCHS Auditorium 7pm
• December 23-Dec 31-Winter Break

Looking Ahead...

• January 1-Jan 6-Winter Break
• January 7th-Classes Resume
• January 14th-End of second grading period
• January 15th-Start of 3rd grading period
• January 20th-No School-Martin Luther King Jr Day

Beanstack Reading Incentives,

Did you know that Mustangs can log their daily reading to win prizes and help SCMS be the top middle school in Beanstack? Beanstack is a district-wide reading incentive program where students can log their reading minutes each day to win individual and grade level prizes! There are monthly challenges and a leaderboard that is updated weekly to see which school is reading the most and we want SCMS to be on the top of the leaderboard! In November, student logged over 78,000 reading minutes and over 230,000 minutes since August bring us over halfway to our 400,000 minute goal for the year! 69% of students have logged minutes in Beanstack so far this year, so let's see if we can get to 100%.

The current December challenge has begun, and students can start logging minutes to complete this challenge by finding Beanstack in their Classlink. Once in Beanstack, they can log reading by using the Log Reading button in the top left corner. Mustangs can log minutes after reading or start a timer before reading to see how many minutes they can read in one sitting. We know our Mustangs are reading every day and they deserve to be rewarded for it! Thank you for supporting your Mustangs by logging reading in Beanstack daily. Let's see if SCMS can be the top Beanstack school for December.

Best,

Ashley Ford

Below you will find our most current student bell schedule.

ALL SCMS students receive FREE breakfast and lunch. Please click the files below to view the breakfast, lunch and snack menus for the month of October.

Parents may also add funds to the students account to purchase things such as chips, ice cream or drinks. You may add funds by either giving the student cash to put into their lunch accounts or by visiting My School Bucks using the link below.

*Parents if your student is participating in any sports you must set up an account on www.aktivate.com and upload all student and sports physical information.

• Dember 9th-SCMS Boys Basketball tryouts (6th-7th Grade 8am, 8th Grade 4:30-5:25pm)
• December 10th- SCMS Boys Basketball tryouts (6th-7th Grade 8am, 8th Grade 4:30-5:25pm)

You must have and Activate account as well as a completed up to date SPORTS PHYSICAL by December 9th in order to participate. Below you will find the correct physical form needed to be filled out by a doctor. For more information regarding tryouts please reach out to Coach Herbert via email at Robert.Herbert@osceolaschools.net.

Reminder to ALL Parents for any student wanting to attend any home games they MUST have a parent present at all times.

*Student should have their laptops fully charged every day for school.

*All students must have their IDs on and visible at all times.

*Parents, you no longer need a parent portal pin. Focus only requires that you have an email on file. As long as the email is in focus and the email used to create the parent portal matches, you will automatically be connected with your student. If your email has since changed or you would like to use a different email for your portal, you must come to the front office in person to make that change. You must complete a form and provide your ID to make that change.

*Parents, please make sure that students are following the school dress code

• Shirts must have a collar (Colors: Navy Blue, White, Black, Maroon, Gold)
• Spirit shirt may be worn any day of the week; Military/College shirts only on Thursdays
• Pants may not have rips anywhere above midthigh (Colors: Khaki, Navy Blue, Black, or Blue Denim). Student's shorts must also reach midthigh.
• Closed-toed shoes must be worn at all times (No Crocs)
• Hoodies may not be worn unless they have a zipper that goes all the way down

*Please remind students that we are a no-phone zone per state law. This also includes all forms of electronics unless medically necessary. If phones are brought to school, they must be off and in their backpacks at all times.

*Mustang LEAD spirit shirts may be purchased in our front office for $10 cash or check.

• Arrival time is between 9:00-9:25 am. The late bell rings at 9:30.
• Dismissal time is at 4:25 pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fri. Wednesdays are early days, and students are dismissed at 3:25 pm.
• Parents, your students need to be picked up no later than 4:25 on regular days and 3:25 on early dismissal.
• For parents wanting to dismiss students early, we ask that they are picked up no later than 4:00 pm on Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Fri. For early pick-up on Wednesdays, we ask that you please pick students up no later than 3:00 pm.

WALKERS & BIKE RIDERS:

• ALL walkers and bike riders must wait by the Osceola Virtual School gate. The gate will be open no sooner than 9:00 am. Once they are let in, they will walk on the school sidewalk to the SCM side gate. They will then be let into the school, where they will then proceed to their first-period classrooms.
  

CAR RIDERS:

• ALL car riders are to be dropped off and picked up at the front of the school. Students will be let into the car rider gate no sooner than 9:00 am.
• Parents, please pull all the way up the car rider lane to ensure a fast and efficient arrival and dismissal.
• For the safety of our student's parents, please do not attempt to drop off or pick up your students in the front parking lot. Please always go through the care rider lane to drop your student off safely at the gate.

BUS RIDERS:

• ALL students must have their IDs so that they may scan them to enter and exit the bus.
• Please see the flyer below for any further questions or concerns regarding transportation.

For parents needing a before and after-school program for their students, you may sign them up through the YMCA program offered here at SCMS. See the YMCA flyer below the transportation flyer for more information.

Please upload all medical and written excuses for absences or tardies on the Focus Parent Portal

Instructions:

• Log in to the parent portal
• Select the three dashes at the top of the page and then select absences
• Once there, it should show you which day/s student has missed you will then click on the date/s, and the options "Scan, Upload, or Take Picture" will appear
• Click which option you would like and upload the written or doctor's excuse on the portal
• Once you upload it, no further action is necessary; it will then be sent to attendance for processing.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please email Fransua.Gonzalez@osceolaschools.net

Please help make the holiday's extra special for our amazing Mustang teachers and staff. Any of these donations would help us reach our goal!

Students will earn mustang money for their donations!

We would love if all donations were sent in by November 22nd so that we may plan accordingly for our December Holiday Celebrations!

Thank you so much in advanced for all your help!!

Below you will find the file to easily download and view this year's school district calendar.

Are you interested in joining in some fun around town with the family? Check out the flyers below for some fun activities going in November...

As we prepare for the 2nd Semester to begin on January 15th, the elective change request form is now available for Semester 2. The form will be available starting today until 11:45 pm on Tuesday, December 10th. Please remember this form is only for elective change requests.

Below you will find the link to make the request for an elective change or you may scan the QR code that is below as well.