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SMS is looking forward to another excellent year of Progress Over Perfection! Join us on August 5th for Open House! We can't wait to see you! #POP
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Southside Middle School students have enjoyed several opportunities for camp this summer including Math Camp, Robotics Camp, Empowering HER & Empowering HIM Camps! We appreciate all faculty & staff who made the camps a great success for our students! Keep POPping, SMS!
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Rising 8th Grade SMS Parents: There is another FREE Camp Opportunity through GEAR UP Achieve! See below for details!
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SMS is being well represented at Auburn University's GEAR UP Achieve Camp! We are very proud of Hurley & Madison for extending their learning beyond the classroom this summer! Keep POPping, SMS!
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Southside Middle School is now hiring a new Library Media Specialist! Come join our school family as we continue to POP with Progress Over Perfection!
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372 students ACCEPTED & MET the Under 18 Attendance Challenge this year at SMS! We are so proud of the improvements, & we celebrated their progress today with the Cyber Game Truck! We can't wait to share our about our attendance progress! Stay tuned!
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SMS Honors Day will take place tomorrow, 5/22 for all grade levels. We look forward to celebrating the success of our students!
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Congratulations to our SMS Scholar of the Week, Owen Johnson! We are very proud of your academic success and focus! Keep POPping, SMS!
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Rising 5th Graders & families were welcomed to SMS on Tuesday night & all students came on Wednesday to learn more about their transition to middle school next year! Thank you to everyone who made these events possible to support our upcoming students! Let's get ready to POP!
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SMS Extra Yearbooks - Limited Number Available - $35
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Congratulations to our POP Star at SMS, Mrs. Courtney Watson! We are so thankful for all the hard work and dedication you pour into making SMS POP with Progress Over Perfection!
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Teachers & Staff at SMS have enjoyed a beautiful week of treats, prizes, & more! Treats from France, a lunch from Italy, Chicken Minis, doughnuts, & "welcome home" goodies polished off our week! We would like to thank our sponsors & parents again for making all of this possible!
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SMS Band performed an incredible concert last night at the Tallassee Performing Arts Center! We appreciate all of the hard work Ms. Perry, Dr. Glasscock, Mr. Quinty, & Mr. Bird have poured into our program! Thank you, parents & students for your commitment & dedication as well!
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Congratulations to JC McGhee for being selected as our SMS Scholar of the Week! We are so very proud of his academic focus and success! Keep POPping, SMS!
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Happy School Nurse Appreciation Day! SMS would like to extend a special thank you to our School Nurse, Mrs. Jennifer Osborne! We are very appreciative of your service and care!
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SMS welcomed Mrs. Stephanie Lantz from the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service through Elmore County Extension to provide a lesson on internet safety to our 8th grade students! We look forward to our younger grades receiving internet safety courses over the next two weeks!
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SMS Teacher Appreciation Week is off to a great start! We would like to thank our INCREDIBLE sponsors who have contributed to make this week wonderful for our teachers & staff! Travel snack bags, a taco lunch, doughnuts, & numerous giveaways have brightened our week so far!
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Next Week: Family Engagement Night on Tuesday at J.E. Hot O'Brien Stadium + SMS Band Concert on Thursday at the THS Performing Arts Center!
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Congratulations to our SMS Scholar of the Week, Norma Mateo! Her teachers wanted her to be recognized for her outstanding performance in the classroom! Keep POPping, SMS!
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Our 7th & 8th grade SMS Band members provided a mini concert for TES 3rd & 4th grade students this morning! Our students represented SMS very well, & we look forward to continuing the growth of this program! Check out the SMS Band's upcoming concert at the TPAC on 5/9 @ 6:30 p.m.
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