The Raven Report

December 16th will be a dress down day. Dress down payment must be made prior to the scheduled dress down day. Payments for dress down are made through School Cash Online. Please use the link below to access. You may need to register for an account if this is your first time using School Cash Online.

https://sccpss.schoolcashonline.com/

Please adhere to the school policy for dress down. Short athletic/running shorts, tank/halter tops, and ripped/torn jeans/pants are not allowed. Skirts, dresses, and shorts must be fingertip-length or longer. Leggings must be worn under the appropriate length jumper, skirt, or dress. Leggings are not to be worn as outerwear or pant bottoms.

All shoes must be enclosed and fastened/tied properly. Slides, flip flops, and Crocs are not allowed at any time. The next scheduled dress down day is Friday, January 27th.

December 16th will be the last day of the second 9-week period, and the end of first semester. Students and school staff will observe Winter Break from Dec 19- Jan 2, and return January 4th.

We wish everyone Happy Holidays!

Jenni Treats Ice Cream is coming to STEM for students Brain Break on Thursday Dec 15th. Ice cream options costs: $2, $3, $4
Please come and support your STEM Academy PTSA! Go Ravens!

Dear Parents or Guardian,
If you and your family are currently experiencing an economic hardship and your children are in need of new shoes and/or book bags, please email Ms. Rachel Newsome at rachel.newsome@sccpss.com and submit the google form via the link below by Tuesday, December 13th at 12 noon. Your request will be kept confidential.

https://tinyurl.com/59nava49

Please use the following form to notify Nurse Marcy if your child is sick or has been diagnosed with COVID-19, Flu, or RSV. Nurse Marcy will contact you if any additional information is needed or to discuss return to school dates if applicable. Thank you for helping keep our school healthy!

https://forms.office.com/r/k7hhNMFhWc

Scoliosis screenings will be conducted the week of January 9, 2023 for 6th and 8th grade students by the school nurse. Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine. If detected early, it is possible to treat the condition and prevent it from becoming more serious. Please see the attached screening letter for additional information.

If you do not want your child screened for scoliosis, please return the signed letter to your child’s homeroom teacher by January 6, 2023.

If you have any questions regarding the screenings, please contact Nurse Marcy at 912-395-3502.

(English version) Letter (Spanish version)

The STEM PACE Department in partnership with the STEM FBLA and TSA chapters will be conducting a Canned Food Drive at the STEM Academy from Dec 1st - Dec 15th. All collections will be donated to the Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia to help those in need.

Donation may be sent with your child or dropped off at the school.

Let’s come together in this season of giving and donate to those who can use our help!!

Yearbooks are on sale now for $35. Keep your middle school memories alive and order yours today!

https://tinyurl.com/STEMYB22

We want our students to be focused and ready to learn each day. Cell phones can cause significant distractions to the learning environment. Cell phones need to remain in the student’s pocket, purse, or book bag at all times. Students are not allowed to have their cell phones out at any time during the school day without permission from a teacher or an administrator.

Please visit stem.sccpss.com and click on the iPad banner to view information about school iPads with links to the agreement form and insurance.

The online agreement form and insurance must be purchased before the iPad is issued to students.

*Parents please ensure students are bringing their screen protectors (6th graders only) or case (7th & 8th graders only) to school for iPad delivery.

This school year the district is using a program called ClassLink to manage student passwords. Any of your student's teachers can reset the password. The media center does not have access to reset or lookup passwords this year.

Once the teacher resets the student password the student may be prompted to change it. The passwords that students set must be complex and follow these requirements:

-Cannot reuse the last 3 passwords or phrases in previous passwords
-Password must be changed each year
-Minimum length is 8 characters.
-Must have upper case, lower case, numbers, and symbols.

This same password will be for district email, google drive, itslearning and classlink. Thank you as we adjust to this new password management system.

Use the link below to view uniform guidelines. https://www.sccpss.com/schools/stem/Documents/School%20Uniform%20Policy%20rev.pdf

Morning drop off is 7:10 am-7:40 am. The earliest drop off time is 7:10 am. There will not be adult supervision available prior to 7:10 am. School begins at 7:40 am.

Dismissal begins at 2:35 pm. Students will need to be picked up by 3:10 pm.

We ask that you please be patient and follow the directions of staff members and campus police to ensure car rider drop off and pick up are safe for everyone.

To assist with traffic flow, we have developed a color code system to designate car riders by grade level. Parents will be able to pick up their assigned color card at open house in the cafeteria. We ask that parents write their child's first and last name on the color card to display in your windshield during morning drop off and afternoon pick up.

6th Grade (Green)

7th Grade students whose team is on C-wing (Yellow)

7th Grade students whose team is on D-wing (Red)

8th Grade (Blue)

Carpools (White)

Click on the link below for morning drop off and afternoon pick up directions for your color code.

Every parent/guardian should monitor his/her child's grades at least once a week. Parents can have direct access to each teacher's gradebook. Grades will begin posting after the 10th day of school and will be updated at least once per week. Student report cards will be viewable online at the end of each quarter via Power School Parent Access.

If you had access last year at any SCCPSS school, your login information and access code remain the same. If you have never had access before, please use this link for accessing the Request for a PowerSchool Parent Access account: https://spwww.sccpss.com/dad/sis/Pages/Parent-Access.aspx

Students should have access so they may monitor their own grades as well.

Attention Parents of Rising 7th graders:

This is a reminder that your student is in the need of additional immunizations before beginning 7th grade in Georgia. Please make your child's appointment with his/her health care provider or visit the DPH/other medical clinic as soon as possible; facilities will be exceedingly busy as the summer progresses and may not be able to accommodate your child on short notice.

After receiving the vaccinations, please request a copy of FORM 3231 from the health care provider and assure both boxes at the top right corner of the page have an "X", confirming your child's immunization record is "Complete For K through 6th grade" and " Complete For 7th through 10th Grade. Please submit a copy of Form 3231 to Nurse Marcy as an attachment in an email at marcy.mitchell@sccpss.com or drop off a copy at the school. If your child is not immunization compliant, he/she will need to be withdrawn from school, per Georgia law.

Important Reminder: Students may never bring medication of any type to school - no aspirin, Motrin, vitamins, prescriptions, inhalers, epi-pens, sunscreen, over-the-counter products, etc. All medication and over-the-counter products must be signed in with Nurse Marcy by a parent or guardian.

With proper physician orders, inhalers and epi-pens may be issued to students by Nurse Marcy to carry on campus. Please have your child's physician sign the form from this link. https://spwww.sccpss.com/District%20Public%20Forms/Authorization%20for%20Self%20Administration.pdf

Social media can be a positive tool however, there are times when social media is misused particularly, when mean and unkind things are posted. We cannot stress enough how important it is that parents regularly review their child's text messages, social media, pictures, videos and other communications.

We encourage everyone, especially our students, to THINK before posting:

• T - Is it True?
• H - Is it Helpful?
• I - Is it Inspiring?
• N - Is it Necessary?
• K - Is it Kind?

Please complete this form if your student is feeling sick or if they have been exposed to COVID-19. By filling out this form you understand that a staff member from the school will contact you prior to the student returning to school.

If you have not been contacted DO NOT report to in person school. In addition to completing the form, feel free to contact the school.

Please consider joining the Athletics Boosters Club to support athletics at STEM. Please click on the link below to get more information.

Booster Club information

Payment Links:

Family Membership link https://square.link/u/BfCGDPSy

Business Level Donations link STEM Athletics Booster Club

Students must have the Sports Physical and Athletic Packet on file with Coach Stephen Routh, our Athletic Director, prior to participating in tryouts. Sports physicals are valid for one calendar year.

The SCCPSS athletics packets may be found at this link. https://bit.ly/SportsPhysicalPacket

Interested in solving the world's problems? Future Problem-Solving meet every Tuesday until 4pm. The club will meet in room B6. For further information please email Christine.Hooker@sccpss.com

Dec 01 - 15: Canned Food Drive

Dec 13: Schoolwide Spelling Bee

Dec 15: Jenni's Treats at Brain Break

Dec 16: Dress Down Day; End of Second 9-Week Period / First Semester

Do you have good news to share with Raven Nation? Email catherine.young@sccpss.com or mary.woodard-thompson@sccpss.com to add it to our social media channels and/or to our Raven Report.

Email: jimmie.cave@sccpss.com
Website: stem.sccpss.com
Location: 207 East Montgomery Cross Road, Savannah, GA, USA
Phone: 912-395-3500
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Twitter: @The_STEM_Academ