This week's PBIS winners. Congratulations!
6th Grade: Nick Tuthill
7th Grade: Zelda Sloan
8th Grade: Chaisdy Washington
6th Grade: Nick Tuthill
7th Grade: Zelda Sloan
8th Grade: Chaisdy Washington
WIN time action this morning with students working on communication skills using Legos. They learned the importance of clear communication, checking for understanding, asking questions, and encouragement.
SMMS Students Launch an Experiment Into Space! 🚀
During the 2021–2022 school year, 8th grade students at SMMS took on an out-of-this-world challenge—entering a national competition through NASA TechRise for a chance to send their own experiment into space. A team from Ms. Prince’s class was selected for the challenge!
Their mission? To explore how Oobleck—a fascinating non-Newtonian fluid—behaves in microgravity. The students spent weeks designing and building their experiment, which was then shipped out to fly aboard a Blue Origin rocket!
Although the launch was originally scheduled for late 2022, it faced several delays due to rocket availability. But now the wait is over—the New Shepard flight launched September 18 at 9 am EST from a site in Texas.
Now that the payload has returned from space, the experiment will be sent back to SMMS, where students will be able to see the results of their cosmic creation. Students Lauren Cox, Alex Spruell, Marie Blomeley, and David Ballum made up the winning team, who are now seniors at CCHS. Students from the CCHS robotics team also provided their expertise in coding to help ensure that the experiment worked flawlessly.
During the 2021–2022 school year, 8th grade students at SMMS took on an out-of-this-world challenge—entering a national competition through NASA TechRise for a chance to send their own experiment into space. A team from Ms. Prince’s class was selected for the challenge!
Their mission? To explore how Oobleck—a fascinating non-Newtonian fluid—behaves in microgravity. The students spent weeks designing and building their experiment, which was then shipped out to fly aboard a Blue Origin rocket!
Although the launch was originally scheduled for late 2022, it faced several delays due to rocket availability. But now the wait is over—the New Shepard flight launched September 18 at 9 am EST from a site in Texas.
Now that the payload has returned from space, the experiment will be sent back to SMMS, where students will be able to see the results of their cosmic creation. Students Lauren Cox, Alex Spruell, Marie Blomeley, and David Ballum made up the winning team, who are now seniors at CCHS. Students from the CCHS robotics team also provided their expertise in coding to help ensure that the experiment worked flawlessly.
SMMS Yearbook information
A huge thank you to SWFLANT and Jeff Brewer, STEM Engagement Lead, for generously providing our school with a STEM Makerspace cart! We’re excited to see our students explore, create, and innovate with these new resources. Scan the QR code to see an example of our cart.
Students in 6th grade practiced measures of central tendency using Skittles today. They sorted the candy to complete a tally chart/frequency table and then calculated mean, median, mode, and range. Thank you to all of the families and our PAWS PTO for donating Skittles so we could have this fun activity today!
Congratulations to Rosalie Cox for winning yesterday’s cross-country race in Brunswick. This was her 3rd straight 1st place finish of the season in the 3.1-mile race. She finished with a time of 22:35. On the boy’s team, Phoenix Usher finished 3rd overall out of 90 runners with a season best time of 19:37. Congratulations, runners!
Good afternoon! Wednesday was Constitution Day, a day to celebrate the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. This important document established the foundation of our government and protects the freedoms we enjoy today. Take a moment along with our SMMS students to reflect on what the Constitution means and how it continues to shape our country.
Have a great afternoon.
Have a great afternoon.
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Apply today for the chance to connect, learn, and make a difference in our schools and community!
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📆Deadline: September 24th
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Bobcat Athletics for the week of 9/22.
Dear Camden County Families: We are excited to feed our students with the National School Breakfast, National School Lunch, and After School Snack Program. The Provision 2 Breakfast Program allows us to serve breakfast for free to all students! Eating school meals helps to provide funding for schools and can lower your grocery bill at home! Breakfast is still free for ALL students in Camden County Schools.
HOCO Week: Aliens vs. Agents
SOCCER TRYOUTS
Girls and Boys Soccer tryouts will start October 16th.
Interested students should sign-up in Coach Campbell’s Room (Room 512), and grab an information sheet.
All players are reminded that they need to have a current physical on file to participate in conditioning or tryouts.
Girls and Boys Soccer tryouts will start October 16th.
Interested students should sign-up in Coach Campbell’s Room (Room 512), and grab an information sheet.
All players are reminded that they need to have a current physical on file to participate in conditioning or tryouts.
The deadline to submit your Free & Reduced Lunch Application is at midnight TONIGHT! Please follow the link below to apply!
https://www.myschoolapps.com/
Homecoming Week Dress Up:
Teacher/student Swap Day!
Minions vs. Simpsons
Teacher/student Swap Day!
Minions vs. Simpsons
Mrs. Brown’s Marketing Skills WIN group learned about Free enterprise, needs, wants, goods, and services. Then, students completed a marketing scavenger hunt to find ads and products at school or home to determine what product or service was being marketed, and what message the advertisement is sending to the consumer.
Continuation of swap day pics. Everyone did a great job!
Teacher/kids Swap Day!!
Students dressing as Solano today, and Zion Henderson as Dr. Lang.
September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month
This is a time to celebrate the heritage, history, traditions, and cultural diversity of Hispanic Americans whose heritage is rooted in Spain and 19 countries and territories:
· Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.
This heritage month is celebrated mid-September to mid-October to highlight the independence of several countries.
· September 15 is the day that five Latin American countries celebrate their independence from Spain: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras.
· Mexico celebrates its independence on September 16
· Chile on September 18.
· Also, Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day, or DĂa de la Raza, in mid-October, falls within this 30-day period.
The national observation began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period starting September 15 and ending October 15 of each year. It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402. Each year the President of the United States has issued a proclamation at the start of the observance.
SMMS PBIS Winners!!
6th grade: Hayden Head
7th grade: Wyatt Gibbs
8th grade: April Ponce
6th grade: Hayden Head
7th grade: Wyatt Gibbs
8th grade: April Ponce
