Scarborough Middle School

Hello Scarborough Middle School Families,

We want to thank our middle school families for taking the time to attend our recent parent-teacher conferences and hope that your conference provided you with some valuable insight into your child’s progress in school. We look forward to our continued partnership throughout the remainder of the school year.

On another note, with a shortened week ahead of us, there will not be a newsletter next week. We want to take the opportunity now to extend our wishes that you are all able to enjoy the upcoming break from school with your families.

Respectfully,

Kathy Tirrell, Principal

Chris Murphy, Assistant Principal

The Class of 2029 and Red Storm Strikes out Cancer are in need of your help! We are holding a fundraiser called Shop for a Cure.

First, we are looking for families to donate new or gently used items. We are looking for items that you think students would be interested in purchasing as a gift for a family member, friend, or perhaps for themselves. Items can be dropped off to SMS between November 25 - December 10.

Students will have an opportunity to purchase these items on December 12th and 13th. Proceeds will be split between these two groups. Please see the below flyers for more information.

Scarborough Middle School was happy to partner with The Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness on November 18th and 19th. Our 6th grade students took part in some great conversations about abilities, respect and inclusion. This fit perfectly with Scarborough Middle School's own efforts to build kindness and respect for all students.

The Cromwell center is a Maine non-profit working with local schools to build kindness, respect, and inclusion. Since 2004, they have brought programs into more than 8,000 Maine classrooms! They do not charge schools for these sessions; they rely on individual donors, community groups, local businesses, and grants to make this work possible.

If you would like to support The Cromwell Center's work:

1) Look for @cromwellcenter on Facebook, like our page, and please post a comment if there’s something your child shared with you about what they learned or enjoyed.
2) Invite us to speak at your PTA, church, or local service club.
3) Make a donation online or by mail using the info below, donate an item to our annual
auction, or choose us as a beneficiary if you are involved in local fundraising events.

To learn more:
The Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness
97A Exchange Street, #205 , Portland, ME 04101
207-775-9955 info@cromwellcenter.org
www.cromwellcenter.org

The SMS Scholastic Book fair is still available online until November 24 you can shop online here .

Thank you for supporting our school!

Cold and Flu season is here! We go through many many boxes of tissues here at SMS. If you could please donate any boxes of tissues it would be greatly appreciated! Please have your student drop off any tissue donations with the main office to be distributed around the school.

Thank you in advance for your help!

To our SMS Friends and Families,

The clinic is in need of your help. We are looking to stock some commonly asked for items that fall just outside of our yearly budget in the clinic. These are items that over the years we have maintained a small stock of mostly through donations and purchasing some with our own funds. As the need for frequent snacks has increased, we are now turning to our community and asking for help to stock our clinic with the extra things our students need. Sometimes it's a simple request like, “do you have any deodorant I forgot to put some on this morning”. Other times it’s more pressing, the need for menstrual products, bathroom accidents or soiled clothing. And while sometimes parents are able to get right over to school with fresh clothes, that's not always the case.

We have included the link to an amazon wish list with items that would be most useful to us in the clinic. If you don’t use amazon and would still like to donate please take a look at the list and feel free to drop something similar off to the middle school.

Please help us continue to support our students in as many ways as possible.

Nurse Amanda and Nurse Laurel

8th Grade Middle School Families,

Families are encouraged to send in a baby picture of their 8th grader to include in the Yearbook! These are due by Wednesday, December 11th, 2024. Please see details below:

• There is no charge to submit baby picture

• Recommend age: newborn to 3 years old

• Submit your picture directly to Jostens at the following link:

https://images.jostens.com/0KiwIHIvzRlftNjwhdyKs2g


• Under "Image Information" make sure to include the student name.

• You do not have to put a description, but if you do, put 8th Grade Baby Picture

• Please upload only one picture per student.

• No written messages accompany the baby picture - Student Recognition Ads include written messages and are due Feb. 5th, 2025 and can be created here.

• Please note: Pictures will be cropped to fit in a template. If the picture you submitted does not appear to fit the template, we will reach out for you to submit another one.

Please reach out to Mr. Cabana (wcabana@scarboroughschools.org) with any questions or concerns.

2024-2025 SMS Yearbooks are now on sale! Pre-order now and check it off your to-do list for the year! You can also take advantage of a back to school offer for up to 4 icons when you order a personalized book. Please visit the SMS Yearbook Website for more details on how to order.

Visit our SMS Yearbook Website for additional details, including more tips for ordering a yearbook. If you still have questions after visiting the website, please reach out to Mr. Cabana (wcabana@scarboroughschools.org).

Families should report their middle school student's absence from school by calling the SMS main office at 207-730-4800 or by email at msoffice@scarboroughschools.org. A reason for the absence must be stated, otherwise SMS office staff will reach out to determine the reason for the absence.

Excusable reasons for an absence:

• illness
• appointment
• religious holiday
• family emergency
• planned absence

For Planned Absences (a day out of school which is not illness or medical appointment related), families should fill out the Scarborough Middle School Planned Absence for which is found here.

For questions about attendance, please contact the Scarborough Middle School main office at 207-730-4800 or email us at msoffice@scarboroughschools.org

2024-25 Scarborough School Calendar

NOVEMBER:

Thanksgiving Break- No School

• Wednesday, November 27- Friday, November 29

DECEMBER

Early Release Day

• Wednesday, December 11

SMS Shop For a Cure

• December 12 & 13

December 23- January 1

• No School, Winter Break
  
• Last full day of school before Winter Break is Friday, December 20th
• Students return to school from Winter Break on Thursday, January 2nd

Looking Ahead:

MAY

6th Grade Dance-

• Friday, May 2 from 5:00pm-7:00pm

7th Grade Dance-

• Friday, May 16 from 5:00pm-7:00pm

JUNE

8th Grade Celebration and Dance

• Friday, June 6

Email: msoffice@scarboroughschools.org
Website: https://sms.scarboroughschools.org/
Location: 21 Quentin Drive, Scarborough, ME, USA
Phone: (207) 730-4800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scarbmeschools/
Twitter: @scarbmeschools