November 3 through November 15, 2014

November Newsletter from Ms. Gentry

Please remember that there will be no school for students and staff on Tuesday, November 11, in honor of Veterans' Day.

Report cards will be distributed to students on Wednesday. Letter on grades from WSFCS Schools

Good luck to our volleyball teams. On Wednesday they will travel to Meadowlark for a 3pm match and then on Thursday they will play against East Forsyth Middle at home starting at 3pm.  The cost is $3 to enter. All students staying to watch the game should have their rides on campus by 4:45pm.

Good luck to our Robotics teams. They will compete on Saturday at Flat Rock Middle.

All students received their fundraiser packets last week.  This year we are selling holiday items from the Great American catalog. We encourage all students to participate. This year's prizes include admission to the Glow Party, admission to the BMX Bike Show, a Hummer limo lunch, and even cash! All money should be turned in by November 20. 

Monday, Nov 3, 2014--(A-Day)

• Faculty meeting at 2:15
• All-County Band Auditions at Jefferson Middle School

Tuesday, Nov 4, 2014 (B-Day)

• Voting in the Media Center
• Teacher grades due by 8:00

Wednesday Nov 5, 2014 (A Day)

• Make up picture day
• United Way Chili Lunch for teachers

Thursday, Nov 6, 2014 (B-Day)

• School Fundraiser Kickoff--Schedule
• 6th Grade Dragon's Field Trip
• National Academic League Tryouts from 2:00-3:00 With Mr. Black & Ms Coston
• Volleyball vs Clemmons at SEMS @ 3:00 pm

Friday Nov 7, 2014 (A-Day)

• 6th Grade Gladiators/Spartan Field Trip to Black Dog Athletics

Saturday, November 8, 2014:

• All County Chorus --Benton Convention Center

Monday, Nov 10, 2014--(B-Day)

• Professional Development Sessions after School for teachers 2:15 - 3:00
• Cheer-leading Safety Clinic at Mineral Springs @ 3:45

Tuesday, Nov 11, 2014 Veteran's Day Holiday--no School

Wednesday Nov 12, 2014 (A Day)

• Report Cards Go Home!
• Volleyball at Meadowlark Middle @ 3:00 pm

Thursday, Nov 13, 2014 (B-Day)

• Volleyball vs East Forsyth @ SEMS at 3:00 pm
• Student Council representatives and officers will have a Student Council meeting This is a change from my original date.  Students should bring coloring tools with them as we will be making posters for our United Way blow pop sale next Friday! 
  
  

Friday Nov 14, 2014 (A-Day)

• United Way/Student Council Blow Pop Sale

Saturday, November 15, 2014

• Robotics Competition at Flatrock Middle School

Upcoming Events:

Nov. 17 6th Grade Time to Tell Family Preview (SEMS, 6pm)
Nov.18 - 20th:  Math I Assessment
Nov. 18 Jaguar Book Club meeting, 2:15 - 3:00 in the Media Center
Nov. 18 Volleyball @ Mineral Springs (MSMS, 3pm)
Nov. 18 --6th Grade Gladiators Team Night
Nov. 19 Fundraiser Money DUE
Nov. 20 Volleyball vs. Hanes (SEMS, 3:30pm)
Nov, 21 - 22nd :  All-County Band Reynolds HS
Nov. 24-25th:  6th Grade Time to Tell Video Viewing
Nov. 26-30 Thanksgiving Break!
Dec. 2 Volleyball vs. Walkertown (SEMS, 3pm)
Dec. 3 Core and Encore Progress Reports go home!
Dec. 4 Volleyball @ Northwest (NWMS, 3pm)

• This year’s boys and girls basketball tryouts are scheduled earlier than in previous school years. All boys and girls tryouts will take place during the week of December 15. Tryouts are open to eligible 7th and 8th grade students. Grades, behavior, and attendance must be in good standing. Any students wishing to try out must turn in a signed intramural form and a complete, valid physical signed by a doctor.

Jaguar Book Club meetings:

• Nov 18, Dec 9, Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, Apr 14.  (May or may not meet in May) 

October 20 through October 31

October Newsletter from Ms Gentry

Sunday Night Announcements (10/26)

• We will have Reading and Math quarter testing on Monday and Tuesday this week. In addition, our 8th graders will take their Science quarter test on Wednesday during Science classes.
  
  Cheerleading tryouts will take place Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday afternoons this week.  Tryouts are open to interested 7th and 8th grade students. In order to try out, you must have a signed intramural form and a complete, valid physical form signed by a doctor.
  
  Good luck to our Cross Country teams. They will compete in the district Cross Country Championships on Tuesday afternoon starting at 4:00 at the Ivey Redmon Complex.
  
  The Music fundraiser cookie dough pickup will take place on Tuesday from 2-6pm at the school.
  
  Our next PTSA board meeting will be Tuesday night at 5:30pm at the school. Any parents or guardians are welcome to attend.
  
  This Thursday will be the last day of the first quarter.  There will be no school for students on Friday.  Congratulations to our students on a successful first quarter of the school year!

Monday, Oct 20, 2014--(B-Day)

• Volleyball Tryouts (2:00-4:00)
• SIT Meeting 
• Student Council Election Winners announced at 1:45
• Student Council/UNICEF Fundraiser (all this week)

Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014 (A-Day)

• Cross Country Meet at Paisley, 3:00-4:30
• Jaguar book club with Ms Turner in the Media Center, 2:15-3:00 (rescheduled from power outage date)
• Those students who are auditioning for All County orchestra, we will be rehearsing Tuesday 10/21 from 2:00 - 3:30. Students MUST have a ride home by 3:30. 
  
  Andre Oei 

Wednesday Oct 22, 2014 (B Day)

• Early Release Day! Student Dismissal at noon
• Early Release Schedule
• Unity Day--Wear orange to fight bullying! 

Thursday, Oct 23, 2014 (A-Day)

• TBA

Friday Oct 24, 2014 (B-Day)

• Music Fundraiser celebrations

Saturday, Oct 25

ROBOT RUN! at Atkins High School 

Monday, Oct 27, 2014 --(A-Day)

• Quarter Testing
• 1st quarter Revised Schedule
• FCCLA Field Trip to Chapel Hill
• Cheer-leading Tryouts, 2:00 - 4:00 

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2014 (B-Day)

• Quarter Testing
• 1st quarter Revised Schedule
• Mix It Up Lunch!
• Music Cookie Dough Pickup!
• Cheer-leading Tryouts, 2:00 - 4:00
• District Cross Country Championships starting at 4:00 at the Ivey Redmon Complex. 
• PTSA board meeting at 5:30 pm at the school

Wednesday, Oct 29, 2014 (A-Day)

• Cheerleading Tryouts, 2:00 - 4:00 

Thursday, Oct 30, 2014 (B-Day)

• PTSA Staff Luncheon
• End of 1st Quarter

Friday, Oct 31, 2014 (No School for students, teacher work day)

• Teacher workday, no school for students

Coming up

• Nov 3 - All-County Band Auditions @ Jefferson MS
• Nov 3 - Staff Meeting in MP room (no student activities)
• Nov 4 - Election Day, voting in the Media Center
• Nov 5 - Make-Up Picture Day!
• Nov 6 - Fundraiser Kickoff Assemblies!
• Nov 6 - 6th Grade Dragons Field Trip to Countryside Bowling
• Nov 6 - All-County Orchestra Auditions @ Wiley
• Nov 6 - NAL Tryouts with Mr Black and Ms Coston
• Nov 8 -  NC Honors Chorus at Benton Convention Center

Jaguar Book Club meetings:

• Nov 18, Dec 9, Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, Apr 14.  (May or may not meet in May) 

October 6 through October 17 2014

October Newsletter from Ms Gentry

Sunday Night Announcements (10/12)

Good luck to our Boys Soccer team. On Tuesday they will travel to WSPA for a 3:30pm match. Then on Thursday they will take on Kernersville at 3pm at Ivey Redmon.

Good luck to our Cross Country teams. On Wednesday they will have a meet at Ivey Redmon starting at 3pm.

Volleyball tryouts will take place on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons this week from 2-4pm.  Any 7th or 8th grade boys and girls wishing to tryout are required to have a signed intramural form and a complete valid physical signed by a doctor.

The PTSA will have their next board meeting on Tuesday night starting at 5:30pm.  Parents and guardians are welcome to attend.

All FCCLA Krispy Kreme orders are due on Monday.  The Krispy Kreme donut delivery will take place on Thursday from 8:30am - 6:00pm.

This week is Student Council Campaign Week! On Friday all of our students will view the candidates' video speeches and will vote for each office.  Winners will be announced next Monday afternoon. Good luck to all of our candidates!

Our 8th graders will have a field trip this Thursday to Reynolds Auditorium.  Also, our 7th grade Lightning Bolts and Cyclones teams will take their field trip to the zoo on Friday. 

Monday, Oct 6, 2014--(B-Day)

• 8th Grade Explore Testing begins (Schedule)

Tuesday, Oct 7, 2014 (A-Day)

• V'ball Intramurals, 2:00 - 4:00
• Boys Soccer @ Walkertown,  3:00

Wednesday Oct 8, 2014 (B Day)

• Boys Soccer @ Walkertown,  3:00 
• Drama Club will meet at 2:00 in the Multi-Purpose room.  All interested students are welcome.  C. W. Reynolds

Thursday, Oct 9, 2014 (A-Day)

• Boys Soccer vs. Northwest at Ivy Redmon
• V'ball Intramurals, 2:00 - 4:00

Friday Oct 10, 2014 (B-Day)

• 7th grade Storm Chasers/Tornadoes Field Trip
• Student Council Applications are due
• 6th Grade Social (2-4 pm) 

Monday, Oct 13, 2014 --(A-Day)

• Student Council Campaign Week (13-17)
• WSFCS Band Jamboree at West Forsyth
• SEMS Professional Development Sessions on Technology and Data Collection after school

Tuesday, Oct 14, 2014 (B-Day)

• Crosby Scholars Welcome Mtgs.
• Boys Soccer @ WSPA @ 3:30
• PTSA Board meeting at 5:30 
• Jaguar Book club meeting scheduled for today is postponed until Oct 21 2:15-3:00 

Wednesday, Oct 15, 2014 (A-Day)

• National Junior Honor Society Meeting at 2:20 in Ms Koester's room 310 
• 7th Eye Screenings in MP Room 
• Student Council Speech Videotaping--
• Taping of Campaign Speeches 2-3pm Room 708
  
  

  All candidates running for a student council office need to come prepared to tape a minute a half speech.
• Staff: Mobile HR on campus! 

Thursday, Oct 16, 2014 (B-Day)

• FCCLA Krispy Kreme Delivery/Pickup
• 7^th Grade Cyclones/Lightning Bolts Student Council voting @ 7:45am
• 8th Grade Field Trip to Reynold's Auditorium, 8:45 - 12:15

Friday, Oct 17, 2014 (A-Day)

• 7th Grade L.Bolts/Cyclones Field Trip to NC Zoo
• 6^th Grade, 7^th Grade Storm Chasers/Tornadoes Student Council voting @ 7:45am
                                  8^th Grade  voting at 9:45

Coming up

• Oct 20 - SIT Meeting 
• Oct 20 - Student Council Election Winners announced at 1:45
• Oct 20 -25 - Student Council/UNICEF Fundraiser
• Oct 21 - Cross Country Meet at Paisley
• Oct 21 - Jaguar book club with Ms Turner in the Media Center, 2:15-3:00 (rescheduled from power outage date)
• Oct 22 - Early Release Day! Student Dismissal at noon
• Oct 22 - Unity Day--Wear orange to fight bullying! 
• Oct 25 - ROBOT RUN! at Atkins High School 
• Oct 27 - 28 - Quarter Testing
• Oct 27 - FCCLA Field Trip to Chapel Hill
• Oct 27 & 29 - Cheerleading Tryouts, 2:00 - 4:00 
• Oct 28 - Mix It Up Lunch!
• Oct 28 - Music Cookie Dough Pickup!
• Oct 30 - PTSA Staff Luncheon
• Oct 30 - End of 1st Quarter
• Oct 31 - Teacher workday, no school for students
• Nov 3 - All-County Band Auditions @ Jefferson MS
• Nov 3 - Staff Meeting in MP room (no student activities)
• Nov 4 - Election Day, voting in the Media Center
• Nov 5 - Make-Up Picture Day!
• Nov 6 - Fundraiser Kickoff Assemblies!
• Nov 6 - 6th Grade Dragons Field Trip to Countryside Bowling
• Nov 6 - All-County Orchestra Auditions @ Wiley
• Nov 8 -  NC Honors Chorus at Benton Convention Center

Jaguar Book Club meetings:

• Nov 18, Dec 9, Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, Apr 14.  (May or may not meet in May) 

September 22 through October 3

October Newsletter from Ms Gentry

General Announcements from MS Gentry for this week (day to day schedule below)

• On Wednesday, September 10th,  students received copies of the "Student Technology Agreement and Parent Permission Form".  These "purple" forms must be signed by a parent and returned to students homeroom teacher no later than September 17th.  Here is an electronic copy if the original form is lost: English Form, Spanish Form. Also, here are Resources on Digital Safety  that teachers will be reviewing with students.

Here are the SEMS phone announcements for the week of September 29th:

• Good luck to our Cross Country teams. On Monday they will travel to Wiley to compete starting at 3pm.
• The 7th grade Social will take place this Friday from 2-4pm.  7th grade students wishing to stay for the activities should plan to turn in their money and permission slip to the PE teachers or Mrs. Griffin by this Friday. 
• Good luck to our Boys Soccer team.  On Tuesday they will play against Mineral Springs at 3:30pm at Ivey Redmon. Then on Thursday they will will travel to Hanes for a match starting at 3:30pm. 
• Volleyball intramurals will take place this Tuesday and Thursday from 2-3:30pm.  Students wishing to stay must have a signed intramural form on file. 
• Students, please don't forget that picture day is this Tuesday!
• Please remember that we will have an Early Release Day this Wednesday. We will dismiss school at 12:00pm.  The buses will run at noon on Wednesday. Please be sure that your transportation is taken care of on this day. 
• Calling all who love to read!  The Jaguaar Book Club is enrolling students now for membership.  Please stop by the media center for an enrollment form, due back October 13.  Our first meeting is October 14 from 2:00-3:00 and each 2nd Tuesday of the month.  Join us!

Monday, Sept22, 2014--(B-Day)

• TBT

Tuesday, Sept 23, 2014 (A-Day)

• Core and Encore Progress Reports
• Volleyball Intramurals, 2:00-4:00 in the Gym
• Boys Soccer vs. Meadowlark @ Ivey Redmon --3:00 PM 
• PTSA Board Meeting at SEMS 

Wednesday September 24, 2014 (B Day)

•  Core & Encore Progress Reports go home in Wednesday's folders

Thursday, Sept 25, 2014 (A-Day)

• Grade level meetings
• Honors Chorus Auditions in Greensboro
• Boys Soccer vs. East Forsyth @ Ivy Redmon Field @ 3:00 PM 

Friday Sept 26, 2014 (B-Day)

• 8th Grade Social 2:00-4:00

Monday, Sept 29, 2014 --(A-Day)

• Cross Country Meet at Wiley 3:00
• Staff votes on School Improvement Plan

Tuesday, Sept 30, 2014 (B-Day)

• Picture Day!(Schedule)
• Boys Soccer vs. Mineral Springs at Ivy Redmon Field @ 3:30
• Volleyball Intramurals, 2:00-4:00 in the Gym

Wednesday, Oct 1, 2014 (A-Day)

• Early release day @ 12:00 noon (Altered Schedule )

Thursday, Oct 2, 2014 (B-Day)

• Boys Soccer @ Hanes MS @ 3:30
• V'ball intramurals, 2:00 - 4:00
• Friends of Rachel Club meeting with Ms. Watson until 3:30

Friday, Oct 3, 2014 (A-Day)

• 7th Grade Social, 2:00 - 4:00

Coming up

• Oct 6 - 8th Grade Explore Testing begins
• Oct 7 - V'ball Intramurals, 2:00 - 4:00
• Oct 7 - Boys Soccer @ Walkertown,  3:00 
• Oct 8 - Cross Country Meet at Ivy Redmon, 3:00
• Oct 8 - Drama Club will meet at 2:00 in the Multi-Purpose room.  All interested students are welcome.  Thanks C. W. Reynolds, M.Ed. 
• Oct 9 - Boys Soccer vs. Northwest at Ivy Redmon
• Oct 9 - V'ball Intramurals, 2:00 - 4:00
• Oct 10 - 7th grade Storm Chasers/Tornadoes Field Trip 
• Oct 10 - Student Council Apps DUE
• Oct. 10 - 6th Grade Social (2-4pm)
• Oct 13-17 - Student Council Campaign Week
• Oct 13 - WSFCS Band Jamboree at West Forsyth
• Oct 13 - SEMS Professional Development Sessions on Technology and Data Collection after school
• Oct 14 - Crosby Scholars Welcome Mtgs.
• Oct 14 - Boys Soccer @ WSPA @ 3:30
• Oct 15 - National Junior Honor Society Meeting at 2:20 in Ms Koester's room 310
• Oct 15 - 7th Eye Screenings in MP Room
• Oct 15 - Student Council Speech Videotaping
• Oct 16 - FCCLA Krispy Kreme Delivery/Pickup
• Oct 16 - 8th Grade Field Trip to Reynold's Auditorium, 8:45 - 12:15
• Oct 17 - 7th Grade L.Bolts/Cyclones Field Trip to NC Zoo
• Oct 17 - Student Council Videos and Voting!
• Oct 21 - Cross Country Meet at Paisley
• Oct 22 - Early Release Day! Student Dismissal at noon