M 'n M

• • 6th Grade
  • 7th Grade
  • 8th Grade

Strongsville Middle School was host to the Ohio Music Education Association District Large Group Adjudicated Event (contest) this weekend where two of our SMS music groups participated. We are proud to announce that the 7th grade band received an “excellent” rating and the chamber strings received a “superior” rating. These are the two highest ratings that can be achieved. We are also thankful for the approximately 35 SMS students as well as additional parents & high school students who volunteered their time to help make the event a success. All throughout the weekend, we received compliments about how wonderful our middle school student volunteers were. We are very proud of how you represented our school and how much you helped our many visitors.

At this event, bands, orchestras and choirs perform a program of three pieces for a panel of judges who provide educational feedback and a rating on the performance. SMS was host to a total of 14 music ensembles from 8 different schools for a total of 800 students!

Lexi Seiler was selected by JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) in January to be one of their Youth Ambassadors for 2024. The JDRF Youth Ambassador program was created for children and teens living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who are interested in becoming involved with the educational, fundraising, and volunteer efforts of their local JDRF community. On April 26th, Lexi participated as both a youth ambassador and volunteer at the 2024 JDRF Cleveland Promise Ball, hosted at Cleveland Browns stadium, which raised over $600,000 to support research in finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes.

We look forward to seeing Lexi do great things in this role and we are so proud of her. Congratulations!

PTA Council celebrated our evening custodian, Mr. Nick Kelly, this past week. He is the HELPING HANDS award recipient this year for Strongsville City Schools. Mr. Kelly is dedicated and hard working, always giving his best effort and kindness. He goes above and beyond and we are grateful to have him part of our staff at SMS. Thank you PTA Council and congratulations, Mr. Kelly!

Our Unified sports team was taken out of the building and paraded down Pearl Rd. Friday to celebrate their final games and success this school year. THank you to all of our community service partners for their help with this event, and Mr. Wilson for organizing such a wonderful event!

MAY 24-

BRING YOUR LUNCH to school- lunch lines will not be open on the last day of school. Brown bag needs to be packed, 8th grade will have pizza and cookies for their DARE graduation.

Water Bottles: students will need to bring a water bottle on the last day of school for field day. water Stations will be available for students to refill their bottles throughout the field day activities

Parents,

We are looking for parent volunteers for our last day of school activities May 24, 2024. Sign up HERE if you are willing to stop in and help. All volunteers should be on our approved volunteer list for our district. Reach out to hmalloy@scsmustangs.org with any questions. Thank you for your help!

Middle School Summer Learning Invitations

Invitations for summer learning were emailed to parents last week. Please check your email to see whether your child was invited. (Additional invitations will be sent the last week of school after OST results are received.) We encourage families to register their child for this free opportunity.

Wednesday, May 15 - 6:00pm & 7:30pm

SMS Spring Orchestra Concert
6:00pm - 6th Grade / 7:30pm - 7th & 8th Grade
Strongsville Middle School Auditorium

Friday, May 17 - 6:00pm-9:00pm
Strongsville DARE Dance - for 5th & 6th grade students
Strongsville Recreation Center (18100 Royalton Road)
* Find More Dance Info and Purchase Advance Tickets HERE

May 21- 6th Grade 8:30-10:30

May 22- 7th 8:30-10:30

May 23- 8th 8:30-10:30

Students who will be in Attendance:

• Students who have earned 3.0-4.0+ average for the 23-24 school year, special awards by Department and Teams (this has been emailed and a letter was sent home for these awards)

Live Taping will be available for families. 2 members can attend per student

KINDNESS CAMP

The Arts In Strongsville’s Chalk Walk event planned for tomorrow (Saturday • May 11) is being canceled due to weather. The forecast predictions show rain for several hours Saturday morning. The ground and pavement will be soaked. The temperature is expected to be in the 50s. These are not ideal conditions for this event. We will look to reschedule later in the summer. We hope to announce a makeup date soon.

Even though the rain has canceled the event, we invite you to chalk on your own (in your driveway, sidewalks, wherever!) and post your chalk masterpieces to our Facebook page – just search for Arts In Strongsville. We look forward to seeing you later in the year for this free, fun family event. Stay dry, Strongsville!

Athletic Director: Mr. Jason Keppler: jkeppler@scsmustangs.org

HERE is this week's SMS Athletics Newsletter.

Parents/students have access to our anonymous reporting system. CLICK HERE to access. The more information shared when reporting, the better chance we have to investigate and support.

Main Office: 440-572-7090

Building Secretary: Mrs. Hallie Malloy, hmalloy@scsmustangs.org

6th Grade Principal: Mrs. Justina Peters jpeters@scsmustangs.org

7th Grade Principal: Mr. Chris Howell chowell@scsmustangs.org

8th Grade Principal: Mr. Bryan Szczepanski bszczepanski@scsmustangs.org

Strongsville Middle School Principal: Mrs. Jessica Boytim, jboytim@scsmustangs.org

Follow SMS on Instagram @STRONGSVILLEMIDDLESCHOOL

Email: jboytim@scsmustangs.org
Website: https://sms.strongnet.org/
Location: 13200 Pearl Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: 440-572-7090
Twitter: @mrsboytim