This week, SMS celebrates our Pentagames Team, The Builders Club and Archer Industries Team.
The SMS Pentagames Team competed in Salem last Friday and took 3rd place overall! Coaches, Heather Grimm and Elizabeth Strausbaugh would like to congratulate all those students who participated in Pentagames this year as well as the families taking part in this great opportunity.
Pentagames is a five-event math contest for 7th and 8th-grade students that consists of Math Tac Toe, 35-minus, CR2 (Compare, Revise, Revise), Solve that Problem, and the Math Relay.
The 7th-grade team (Anna H, Winnie P, and Will S) placed 1st overall!
The 8th-grade team (Hayden C, Krista L, and Alex X) placed 3rd.
Open team member: Matthew L.
Individually, Anna H placed 3rd and Winnie P placed 5th.
The Builders Club of SMS successfully organized, sorted, and delivered over twenty care packages to Portland's Blanchet House, a nonprofit offering food, clothing, and life-saving shelter and residential programs for people experiencing homelessness. Thank you to students in Mrs. Pavlicek, Mrs. Clyde and Mrs. Marstellar’s first period classes for their generous donations of hygiene supplies as well as the Kiwanis Club of Tigard for their contributions. It was amazing to see service and leadership in action here at SMS. If your student is interested in participating in Builders Club, please contact Amy Christie at achristie@sherwood.k12.or.us. New members are always welcome at our meetings, which take place on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month, after school in Room W27.
OUTDOOR SCHOOL:
If your 6th-grader is planning on attending ODS and needs supplies (raincoat, sleeping bag, suitcase, water bottle), please reach out to his/her/their school counselor.
If you have questions about ODS, please contact your 6th-grader’s Science teacher.
STATE TESTING:
School Need: Tissues and Disinfecting Wipes
Allergy season is among us! Our current stock of tissues and disinfecting wipes has been cleared out as students and staff power through allergy season. Any donations of disinfecting wipes or tissue would be greatly appreciated. Donations may be dropped off in the main office of the school. Thank you!
Has a SMS staff member gone above and beyond for you or your student? We would love to hear about your experience and celebrate that staff member. You are invited to nominate any staff member in the building to be recognized using the super quick form linked here.
This spring, the Ride 360 app that our district uses to provide families with student transportation information will be replaced by a new app called My Ride K-12. This new app can be downloaded now in the Apple and Android app stores at the links below.
The Ride360 app will be discontinued during the month of May. In order to continue receiving up-to-date information about your student's bus transportation, you will need to download the My Ride K-12 app as soon as possible.
Once you have downloaded the new My Ride K-12 app, you will use your existing Ride360 log-in credentials to access the new app. No further sign-up is needed - all of your student's information, including route, will automatically transfer over to the new app!
For questions or assistance with the new My Ride K-12 app, please contact our Transportation Department at 503-825-5900 or by email at transport@sherwood.k12.or.us
