 Principal's Corner
Upcoming Events
September 19 - PTA Meeting 7 - 9 pm
September 20 - Moe's Fundraiser - 5 - 8 pm
September 23 - Band Car Wash - 9-3 Belle View ES
September 27 - Back To School Night - 6 - 8:30 pm
September 29 - Free Breakfast for all students (in support of Feed VA)
Dear Sandburg Panther Families,
We are ending another awesome week of teaching and learning
at Sandburg MS. Teachers are designing and facilitating meaningful lessons,
while our students are actively engaged in the classrooms. If you haven’t had a
chance, please follow Sandburg MS on Twitter @Sandburg_MS and my Twitter handle
is @PrincipalBarker. We use this platform to highlight the great things that
our happening in our school and we have a live Twitter feed on Sandburg’s
website. I invite you to continue your active involvement and support of
Sandburg MS. Strong school-community partnerships help kids thrive, as they
navigate their middle school years. I look forward to seeing you at our first
PTA meeting on Sept. 19, 7:00 p.m. and our Back-To-School-Night on Sept. 27,
6:00 p.m. Have a pleasant weekend!
Darwin Barker, Principal
After-School Program Flyer:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13Bhh1ow7gwMhcBlIOY5XFeGgAFGVL8D3MjBAS6saVd8/edit?usp=sharing
News from Student Services ~
Counselors will be in classrooms on September 19 and 21 to give training lessons on Sexual Harassment and Bullying Prevention.
Depression Screening:
The Carl Sandburg Middle School Student Services will be conducting the Wellness
Screening-SOS Program for all 7th grade students on Tuesday, October 3rd through 2nd period. Please
see the link below for more information. A hard copy was sent home with
your child on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. Parents interested in
previewing the Time to ACT video and taking a look at the Wellness Screening
can do so at 5:15pm Wednesday, September 27th in the
auditorium at Carl Sandburg MS, before Back to School Night. Please
contact your
student’s school counselor
if you have
any further questions
or concerns regarding this.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Hw6YY2cmMSmaqZYstW-B84UiX5N5J0hVY2JZc8eAlZs/edit?usp=sharing
Spanish Version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18CyWRHH3__2P0IGm53skofJ-wB-4m6gazOZLD1ZKYW0/edit?usp=sharing
Credit
Exam for World Languages
The
2017 Credit Exam for World Languages will be administered at Sandburg Middle
School at 2:30pm on November 15, 2017. This exam is designed to assess
students’ first language proficiency and enable them to earn credits toward
fulfilling the world languages requirement for the advanced studies diploma.
The
credit exam is intended for students in grades 7 through 12. The exam gives
students the opportunity to earn one or two credits in their first language
that count towards the world languages requirement for the advanced studies
diploma. Passing this exam will also award students with the Biliteracy Seal
upon graduation.
The
exam is available in 26 languages: American Sign Language, Amharic, Arabic,
Bengali/Bangla, Chinese/Mandarin, Farsi/Persian, French, German, Hindi,
Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Pashto, Punjabi, Russian,
Sanskrit/Samskritam, Spanish, Somali, Tagalog/Pilipino, Tamil, Telugu,
Tigrinia, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
Students may register for the exam by contacting their
school counselor. Registration closes at 4pm on October 11, 2017. There will be
no late registrations. (Attached flyer)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OulC9q3PRYMYBwwWy_SNb7TNiDQHJBPClJNisY1yU50/edit?usp=sharing
Schedules:
Parents, please check your student’s schedule carefully to
ensure that they are in the correct level of core classes. Please keep in mind that there are different levels of classes at Sandburg to
include teamed classes, general education, honors, and AAP. If you find an
error, please contact your student’s counselor immediately.
Thank you.
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PROGRAMMING
The first PTA meetings
is Tuesday, September 19 at 7pm at Sandburg.
Mr. Cleckley (After School Specialist) will be our guest speaker. He will
highlight the after-school program, logistics of arrival and dismissal, and the
process used to add new clubs/activities to Sandburg’s offerings.
MEMBERSHIP
You
can still join the PTA ($20 dues per family); we will have forms at our first
PTA meeting (September 19) and at Back to School Night (September 27).
For
questions regarding becoming a member, please e-mail Jenny Morris at jennymichelmorris@hotmail.com.
FUNDRAISING
Welcome
to Moe’s....and Sandburg's first Restaurant Night on Wednesday, September 20. For this fundraising
event, Moe's will donate 40% back to Sandburg so go mucho mucho hungry.
Please remember, the PTA only gets credit for the customers who print and bring
the attached flyer in (or display it on their phone).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw6-zrwgRI-YMXZ1MThfTDNMUDg/view?usp=sharing
Did
you know you can support Carl Sandburg's PTA just by shopping at AmazonSmile? Please click the link below
for more information and to select our PTA as your charity. And, please keep in
mind, purchases made from mobile devices WILL NOT generate funds for the PTA.
We thank you in advance for making purchases on your desktop or/or laptop.
http://tinyurl.com/ybmg237z.
COMMUNICATION
The
PTA’s Facebook page will be used throughout the year to promote school and PTA
events and programs; go ahead and like us now at https://www.facebook.com/carlsandburgms.pta/.
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