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Sylvan Middle School September 9-13

Starbuck's Issues After School

There have been several negative incidents after school at Starbuck's across the street from Sylvan. Police have been called on more than one occasion. We have met with the Starbuck's store manager and we want all Sylvan families to understand that allowing your students to go to Starbuck's after school unsupervised could possibly lead to being banned from the store if they do not act appropriately. Sometimes the store is filled with upwards of 40 students. When they get into large unsupervised groups they do not listen and are rude and disrespectful to the Starbuck's staff. Sylvan does not have the staff to supervise the student after school inside the Starbuck's. For your student's safety and peace of mind, please choose an alternative location to pick up your students after school.

Looking for a place for your student to go after school?

Academic Resource Center

Sylvan is proud to offer our Academic Resource Center (ARC) to assist students everyday after school. Some of the services available are: retaking tests, completing homework, use of Chromebooks, readily available project supplies, tutoring, and more. The ARC is open five days a week and it is FREE. Please let your student know they have a place for more assistance if needed with four adults waiting to help.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday - 2:40-3:30

Thursday - 1:20-2:30

Dangerous Trend on Campus

Sylvan Families,

Recently there has been a dangerous trend of male students participating in the "game" of "sack tapping" or "ball tapping," as it is called. This is where a boy will try to slap of flick the groin of another boy to inflict discomfort or pain. For some reason this "game" has become popular at Sylvan. It is not just a "game" for bullies, it's kids doing it to their friends. The issue has the potential of causing severe trauma and possibly rupturing a testicle, which would require surgery. Please have a talk with your male student about the potential damage this "game" can cause. Administration will not be lenient when encounter these "games" being played on campus.

PTO Meeting

Math Block

What is Math Block?

You may have heard from your student that we had our first Math Block rotation on Friday. Math Block is an embedded support time that we use to provide targeted support in Math for our students. Math Block occurs everyday except for Thursday and each cycle is 5 weeks long. The Math Block is scheduled after 3rd period, but the class itself rotates, so that students will have an opportunity to be with each of their scheduled teachers for a Math Block rotation. We also have some students being pulled into other Math Blocks where the teacher is targeting a specific math skill. The rotation seems confusing at first, but the students get the hang of it quickly and we have staff members out during passing period, helping to remind them where they go as well as announcements over the intercom and on our school news. The current Math Block class is your child’s 1st period teacher. This Math Block will run until September 20th.

The schedule is as follows:

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Math Block (with 1st period teacher)

1st lunch/4th period

4th period/2nd lunch

5th period

6th period

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