Dear Sherwood Community,
Thank you for taking time this past week to review our Grade Level Meeting presentation with your child and remind them about the need to live out our core values and focus on their learning each day. We have seen a significant improvement this week in student behaviors and academic effort, so thank you! We know that we are a stronger and more positive community when we all work together to achieve a common goal.
Speaking of common goals, all students and staff took time during Morning Meeting this week, to take this pledge and focus on what steps each of us can take to ensure that all members of our community feel a sense of belonging.
We ask that you too take time to reinforce this message with your child at home. For as Martin Luther King Jr. once said, "the time is always right to do what is right." We appreciate your continued support of your child and our school community.
With Gratitude!
Jon, Heather, and Karen
Soup & Salad is a Big Hit!
The soup and salad were a big hit this week! In addition to the menu below, our salad bar is now open everyday and available as a meal for students. Hot soup is also now available on Tuesdays and Wednesday for an additional $2.50. Thank you to our students for advocating for this change!
Grade 6 Winter Concert: Monday Night at Oak
The concert starts at 6:00PM this Monday night in the Oak Middle School Auditorium.
Students should plan to arrive at 5:30PM for concert warm-ups. The concert will consist of (2) performing groups- 6th grade orchestra and 6th grade chorus. We anticipate the concert being over around 6:45PM at the latest.
Students have working hard this year on their concert repertoire and they are prepared for what should be an excellent concert. We look forward to seeing you there!
Dress Code: White top, dark bottom: pants , skirt (below the knee or longer) & dark shoes
SHERWOOD NIGHT OUT This Friday 1/27/23 @ 6:30pm
The PTO is hosting the SHERWOOD WINTER NIGHT OUT on Friday, January 27th from 6:30-8:30PM for Sherwood students (snow date 2/3). (Ticket sales have ended for this event.)
We are still in need of donations to make this night happen, and could always use more volunteers!
**PLEASE NOTE: We have sign-up slots for both 1/27 AND 2/3 so that we have volunteers for the snow date if needed.
Please use this link for volunteer and donation opportunities:
Winter Art Exhibit
The Visual Arts department is excited to share a virtual art exhibition of student work from the beginning of the school year. A Spring Art Exhibition is planned for May.
2023 Shrewsbury Public School K-12 Winter Art Exhibition (Virtual)
Thank you for your continued support of your child and our program!
The Visual Arts Department
Our annual Scholastic Book Fair is almost here!!
We are very glad to announce that we will be hosting a Book Fair from Monday, February 6 through Wednesday, February 15.
Every year, our students get incredibly excited about our Book Fair and enjoy the time they spend browsing and buying books! The Book Fair is a fun and energetic event that promotes reading at our school, and all of the purchases from the Book Fair raise money for our school's Media Center, so that we are able to add more books to our collection for everyone.
More information can be found on our Book Fair webpage. On that same page, you can also add money to your child's e-wallet, so that they can shop on their Book Fair day without needing to remember to bring money with them. (If you had funds left over in an e-Wallet from a previous fair, you should be able to add that money to your e-Wallet for this fair by logging in to your Scholastic account.)
We will definitely need volunteers! If you would like to volunteer at the Book Fair, please email our Media Specialist at hclegg@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us with the day and time you are available for volunteering!
You can find the date for your child's class visit here: (To check the specific timing of your child's Book Fair visit, you can look at this spreadsheet.) so if you would like to volunteer,
Please add it to your calendar so that you can remember to send Book Fair money if you want to allow your child to buy books!
February PTO MEeting
The February PTO meeting will be Monday, February 6th, @ 7PM in the Oak Media Center.
Join us as we look ahead to:
- Our Power of Purpose fundraiser in March
- A 7th Grade dance in March
- An 8th Grade dance in May
- Plans for Teacher Appreciation Week
**The PTO is looking for members to join and help fill roles. including fundraising coordinator and communications, as we have current members leaving at the end of the school year.
The SMS PTO serves both Sherwood and Oak and we welcome parents from grades 5-8!
Additional Reminders
ABSENT/TARDY
If your child will be absent or tardy, please call the Child Safe line (508-841-8670) by 8:00am. You may also call the day or night before. An automated phone call goes out every morning at 9:15 and if we do not receive a message by 8:00am you will receive a phone call. This is a child safety procedure that is in place to ensure the well- being of all of our students.
DISMISSAL
If you are dismissing your child early, you must call the Main Office at 508-841-8670 (instead of emailing team teachers).
LATE BUS
We are now offering a FREE late bus services for all Sherwood students on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. The buses will depart from Sherwood at 4:00pm.
- There are three bus routes with centralized stops coming from each campus. Please look at the middle schools map to decide which route and stop is best for your family.
- Times are approximate and the actual time your child gets off the bus may be different from the time posted in the schedule.
- Parents are responsible for making arrangements for their students to get home from the centralized bus stops.
- Families will need to sign up for the late bus via the middle schools Google form by noon on the day your child will take the bus.
Please contact April Yu (transportation@shrewsbury.k12.ma.us) with questions.
Sherwood Middle School
