SMS UPDATE

Welcome to the Shelbyville Middle School ListServ. We will periodically send out emails to inform you of upcoming events, and/or exciting events that have already taken place. Please contact us if you have any questions throughout the school year.

Next week, May 5th-9th is Teacher Appreciation week! We want to thank all of our staff members for all of their hard work and dedication to SMS! We would love to have everyone reach out to a staff member and let them know how much we appreciate all that they do!

If your child plans to participate in athletics at SMS next year, they will need a physical before they can participate. All paperwork must be done through Final Forms. Attached is information on how to register your child.

As we enter the last few weeks of the school year, we would like to remind everyone that any outside drink, with the exception of water cannot be brought into classrooms. Drinks such as Starbucks, energy drinks, etc should be consumed before the 8:30 bell or at lunch. We continue to encourage our students to bring a water bottle to drink throughout the day.

Lost something? A sweatshirt, water bottle, lunchbox or something else. Make sure to check the lost and found at the end of the choir/enginerring tech hallway. Anything not claimed by the last day of school will be donated. Don't wait too long to look!

Below is a link to a video that shows how to download the Nutrislice app to your phone. The Nutrislice app allows you to view the weekly/daily cafeteria menus as well as view nutritional information.

https://vimeo.com/1036478457/3c9e3ee982?share=copy

We are excited to inform you that our school has enrolled with STOPit!

STOPit is an online reporting tool designed to deter and mitigate bullying, cyber abuse, and other inappropriate behaviors, consisting of an app and a back-end incident management system for school administrators.

Our students will have access to the STOPit mobile app, which has two simple but powerful features.

Report can be used by students to report incidents to school contacts anonymously.

Messenger can be used to engage in anonymous two-way communication with school contacts.

Both Report and Messenger empower students to stand up for themselves and for one another. Students have the power to help put an end to harmful and inappropriate behavior they see online through social media and other means. They can use STOPit to reach out for help if they or a peer are facing a personal crisis or experiencing bullying, abuse, or are otherwise in need of assistance. Our goal with STOPit is to create safer, kinder, school communities both online and off.

No student information is needed to use STOPit. The only way personally identifiable information will be accessible through STOPit is if a student voluntarily includes it within the content of a report or message.

More information and resources can be found online at https://scs.shelbycs.org/apps/pages/stopit

SMS ACCESS CODE: SMSGoldBears

The Shelbyville Middle School FCA convenes every Friday morning before school, providing a welcoming environment for all SMS students.

Attendance is open to everyone, irrespective of athletic or religious affiliations, without any fees or registration requirements; simply attend.

Doors open at 6:41 AM and close promptly at 7:00 AM, so it is important that all students arrive on time. Donuts will be available during this period, followed by engaging activities such as games, a brief lesson, and optional open gym sessions when scheduling allows.

To stay updated on announcements and events, you can join our GroupMe Announcement group by following this link: https://groupme.com/join_group/101997422/qKupPGrK

For further inquiries or information, feel free to email the SMS FCA Coach, Warren Robison, at warren@smsfca.org.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS SUPPORTERS: All supporters must have a registered Kroger Plus card account online to be able to link their card to SHELBYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

· If you do not have a Kroger Plus Card, you can obtain a digital Kroger Plus Card when creating an account online or at any Kroger store.

Link your card at www.KrogerCommunityRewards.com.

• If you have an existing account, click on “Sign In”, otherwise click on “Create an Account”.
• If you are a new online customer: You will need to enter your email address, create a password, enter your zip code, click on favorite store, and agree to the terms and conditions.
• Once you are done entering your information you will get a message asking you to check your e-mail inbox and click on the link within the body of the e-mail that was sent to activate your Kroger account.

Already have a Kroger.com account?

• Enter your email address and password and click on “Sign In”. Click on Community then on Community Rewards” then click on enroll now, complete personal information, click on save.

• Enter your organization’s number (WI312) or SHELBYVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL and then click on “Search”.
• Select your organization and click on “Enroll”.
• To verify that you enrolled correctly, you will see your organizations name on the right side of your account settings page.
• Once you are linked, you can start earning rewards immediately toward Shelbyville Middle School.

(Note: The message saying that you are supporting an organization through the Kroger Community Rewards program will start printing on your receipt about 10 business days after you linked your card.)

Please be sure to check Infofinder at http://www.infofinderi.com/ifi/?cid=SCS5QTZ7SAUC for your bus and bus stop information.

To encourage students to eat a healthy breakfast, we will be running Universal Breakfast at Shelbyville Middle School. Universal Breakfast means that breakfast is FREE for all students.

The School District is able to provide this through Government reimbursements.

If your child does not eat breakfast at school, we encourage you to consider having him or her do so.

If you have any questions about this program, or would like more information about our breakfast menus, please contact SMS Cafeteria Manager at 317-392-2551 ext. 3334.