The middle school will be attending a special chapel program next Tuesday morning, 12/13. Please look for emails about the event and transportation.

Middle School PTF

MS PTF Facebook page

Next Box Top Collection for middle school will be Friday January 20th. This is the last big collection of box tops for nut cards this school year. Happy Clipping !!!!!

Many thanks to our PTF for the teacher appreciation luncheon this Friday. We appreciate all that you do for us!

Counselor

See the link for our current Christmas installment from Ms. Dixon and for the December issue of The Middle School Years:

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Yearbook Info

8th Grade Ads are due by 12/16/16.

To Order Online:

1. Please visit www.jostensyearbooks.com.

2. Under yearbooks drop down menu select “Order Your Yearbook Ad.”

3. Choose “Shop Your School” and enter “Savannah Christian Middle School.”

4. Choose “Yearbook Recognition Ads” and select size option.”

Early Year Special Pricing. Order by Friday September 30th for this price. Total cost will increase by $5 for the remainder of the Fall Semester Order Period (through 12/31/16).

If you are having trouble locating the area where to create the ad, go here and sign in to create it.

Jostens 8th Grade Ad Creator

https://www.jostens.com/apps/shop/yrbk_ra_flash.asp?CID=272401&PFID=2016120604162750061

This is a hyperlink and the actual site address.

Yearbook order form: orderform-1

Parents, the “ReplayIt” link below will show you how to submit photos to the middle school for possible use in the yearbook. Contact Josh Kerkau at jkerkau@savcps.com.

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Q2 Exams

Before we know it, the end of the first semester will be here. We wanted to share this important information about exams so you may start planning.

Exams will be administered in the morning and should conclude by 12:00 each day. These are not official half days of school for the middle school, but students may be checked out early and be counted present for the day. Lunch will be served and buses will run as usual at regular dismissal. Students who are not checked out will participate in enrichment activities until the end of the school day. If your child does not have exams on a particular day, he/she is not required to attend (nonattendance will not be counted).

Thursday, December 15 Exams for periods 1 and 5

Friday, December 16 Exams for periods 2 and 4

Monday, December 19 Exams for periods 3 and 6

NEW!!!Tuesday, December 20 Make up for exams. This will be a half day with buses running at 12:00 (attendance not required if all exams have been completed.)

If your child will be picked up by someone other than you the parent, please send a note to your child’s HR teacher.

Snapshots & Happenings

Special thanks to Amy Martin from the lower school who spoke at our chapel program this week. Mrs. Martin spoke to the students about the historical roots of SCPS and our founder, Reverend George Akins. Thanks for sharing Mrs. Martin!

Members of Student Leadership recognize Ms. Rosa Brown and Mr. Lewis Wright for everything they do to keep SCPS Middle School up and running every day.

THANK YOU!

On Thursday December 8, our Student Leadership Group had the privilege of spending the afternoon at Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia foodbank. There, we packaged over 300 boxes of food for our neighbors who are less fortunate. The students did an incredible job and Savannah Christian Middle was well-represented.

Over the course of the next week, the Student Leadership Group has asked their fellow classmates to partner with them in collecting canned goods for Second Harvest. Homerooms will compete against each other for the most cans and incentives will be offered to homerooms who actively participate each day.

Please check your pantries for the following goods: canned meats (chicken, tuna, ham), peanut butter, jelly, beans, vegetables, fruits, soups. Your donations truly go a long way and help feed those who are hungry throughout southeast Georgia.

Isaiah 58:6-8

6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:
    to loose the bonds of wickedness,
    to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed[b] go free,
    and to break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
    and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
    and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
    and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you;
    the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.

On December 8th, the SCPS band performed for a packed crowd of parents and special friends. Pictured below is our very own Mrs. Jenee Hobgood, conducting a Christmas arrangement with the 6th grade band. The 7th/8th grade band performed as well as the SCPS concert band. Great job to all the students!

After researching a geologic era, Ms. Rea’s 6th grade Earth Science students created interactive posters where all 4 eras are represented. On presentation day the students take a walk through the geologic eras, interacting with the posters and gathering information.