Wrangler Weekly

Hello Wrangler families --

Comal County Fair Weekend is here!

We hope you enjoy the long weekend and all the festivities that come with it, including the great parade. If you are there, give a cheer for our Wrangler band, dance, and cheer who will be representing us so well!

We want to extend a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our Go Gold Week to support Childhood Cancer Awareness. Your effort raised $981.46 that will be split equally between St. Baldrick's Foundation and The Seth Strong Foundation.

This coming Wednesday our 8th graders will be taking the PSAT 8/9. This assessment provides a window into a student's college, career, and military readiness. Please ensure that your 8th grader has a good night's sleep on Tuesday and a solid breakfast on Wednesday.

Also, 8th grade parents -- please mark your calendar for Wednesday, Oct. 18. This is the night SVHS will be inviting you in to see what your 8th grader has seen at the Rising Rangers event (SBMS eighth graders will visit SVHS on Tuesday, Oct. 17). It will be extremely beneficial to take advantage of this night as it will help you guide your child in determining their four-year-plan for high school. Even if you have had older students go through SVHS, each child is different and programs change. We need your help in guiding your soon to be high schooler toward electives and course planning that best suits their needs.

With the start of October comes our big push for PTA's Reflections Contest. SBMS intends to again lead the district in submissions. We have some amazingly talented students, and we are encouraging them all to FLEX! Whether their talent lies in visual arts or writing, dance or music, or even photography or film making. Give your kiddo a nudge and know that we will be doing the same! Please check the PTA corner below for details -- all submissions are due Nov. 3. We had MULTIPLE students go all the way to state and WIN recognition last year!

Finally, just a reminder to that when coming through the pick up line to post your car rider number in an easily visible spot. Some numbers get pushed down into the dashboard crevice and our team is struggling to see those and enter the information quickly. If you need another copy of your number, please call the school and we will send another home with your student. Thank you in advance for you help.

Go Wranglers!

Ms. Bratton

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September is National Attendance Awareness Month! We will be talking up the importance of consistent school attendance all month long and the positive impact it has on your student’s success! Our goal is to have 95% attendance weekly...and this week we accomplished a whopping 96.2%! Congratulations Wranglers!

SBMS Campus Attendance this week:

• 6th grade - 97.3%
• 7th grade - 95.6%
• 8th grade - 95.8%
• OVERALL - 96.2%

Our 8th grade students will be taking the PSAT the morning of October 4th. An email was sent to all 8th grade parents on Thursday regarding PSAT & College Board Account setup. Please look for that email and contact keely.zach@comalisd.org if you have any questions. A couple of reminders for this day:

• We will have a closed campus this day, so no bringing lunches or visitors.
• A restful night's sleep and a hearty breakfast is the best start to a PSAT.
• There will be no tutoring this morning as we set up for testing
• Please try to avoid scheduling appointments for this day, if possible

8th grade parents, this one's for you! In just a short time, your student will begin preparing for their high school career. In preparation for course selection, you and your student are invited to join us at SVHS to see all the opportunities that are offered. Please join admin, teachers, counselors and fellow students at 6pm on Wednesday, October 18th.

The 3rd annual SBMS Career Day will be Friday, October 20th. Would you like to share your career with our students? Do you know someone who would love to share their career with students? Please complete this form (SBMS Career Day Presenters) or contact Vera Borg at vera.borg@comalisd.org if you would like to help make an impact on the futures of SBMS students. We are excited to share the many different career opportunities our students have in their future. There is a future for every student, and we want to help them realize it.

Please know that our lost and found cabinet in the cafeteria gets very full very quickly, so we will donate any items still left at the end of each 9-weeks. The upcoming end of this 9-weeks is October 13th, so please remind your student to check the lost and found before then.

THE LONG WEEKEND IS A GREAT TIME TO GET STARTED ON A REFLECTIONS ENTRY! It’s time to submit entries to the Reflections Program…what a great opportunity for our students! If you enjoy drawing, dancing, writing stories or songs, taking photographs or making videos, writing your own music, then it’s time to unleash your imagination and let your creativity flow!

This year’s theme is: “I am hopeful because...” All entries must be submitted to Ms. Womble (Librarian) by Friday, November 3rd. Entry forms can be found in the Library, front office, or online (guidelines can be found online, too).

FB vs AHJH, 7th away, 8th home

CLOSED CAMPUS!! 8th grade -- PSAT

VB vs PRMS, 7th away, 8th home

XC at GVAC district meet

10/9 Student holiday/Staff development

10/10 Choir concert, 6pm

10/11 FB vs CMS, 7th home, 8th away

10/12 VB vs AHJH, 7th away, 8th home

10/13 Lost and Found cleanout

10/13-19 Library Book Fair

10/14 VB district tournament at DHS

10/17 FB vs PRMS, 7th home at SVHS, 8th away

10/18 Band Concert, 6pm

10/18 Rising Ranger Parent night, 6pm SVHS

10/20 Career Day

10/20 Pink Out for Breast Cancer Awareness Day

10/23-27 Red Ribbon Week

10/24 FV vs DMS, 7th away, 8th home

10/26 Pep Rally, Pink Out theme

10/26 Girls BB, 7th home, 8th away vs DMS

• SBMS Bell Schedule
• SBMS Athletic Calendars
• CISD Academic Calendar
• Comal Parent Center
• Cafeteria/Child Nutrition webpage
• Order Fence Signs and Spirit Gear here
• Hallway Heroes: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c4faaa728a20-20228 And as always, your volunteer background check must be on file for the current school year. The background check may take a few weeks to come back, so please plan accordingly.

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Email: brandi.norton@comalisd.org
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Location: 21053 Texas 46, Spring Branch, TX, USA
Phone: (830)885-8800
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