SMS NEWSLETTER

As we sit on the cusp of the 2024-2025 school year, it is hard to believe how quickly the summer has flown by. We have spent time with our families, vacationed, and enjoyed the volatile weather of the summer. Our teachers have done the same along with curriculum planning and summer training to prepare for the new year. Sandwich Middle School has seen some summer improvements as well. A resurfacing of the parking lot, new sidewalks, and a facelift of the landscaping provides a new welcome. Within the building, restrooms have been improved, a complete resurface and repaint of the gym floor and gym itself has occurred, and new lighting will be installed. Our normal summer maintenance work has the lockers shining and the floors waxed. It is time and we are ready.

Please join me in welcoming our newest staff members to Sandwich Middle School.

Aelis Qualls will be joining our 6th Grade team as Special Education Teacher.

Mollie Minard will be joining our 7th Grade team as Special Education Teacher.

Relocating from HED to our Special Education Team is Vicki Loess.

Also relocating from HED to 8th Grade Language Arts is Amber Harmon.

Joining our Office Staff from Prairie View is Robin Huhn.

As part of our agreement with the local Police Department, Detective Eric Bright will be very visible for the student body this year.

I’m looking forward to partnering with you to ensure your student’s health and safety while they

are at school.

Medication - All medications, including over-the-counter products, require a Medication

Authorization Form to be completed and signed by a student’s healthcare provider and their

parent/guardian.

If your student has a health concern that we have not already discussed, please call (815-786-

2138) or email me at sjoiner@sandwich430.org

Sandwich Middle School values a safe educational environment for our staff and students. No persons other than the parent/guardian, parent designee, legal guardian, government officials, those pursuant to warrant or subpoena, or school personnel will have permission to see a student during school hours without being verified by showing a driver's license/state issued ID.

All visitors or venders who may need to go beyond the office are required to display a visitors’ badge during their stay and must provide a driver's license/state issued ID to be scanned in order to generate a name badge/lanyard. Visitors must be escorted at all times while in the building.