Congratulations Preston Morse! Preston was referred for a Pawsitive Bear call home from Mr. Medley today. Mrs. Kerwin reports that Preston has been working extra hard in math, especially is multiplication and division. And when it is difficult, he perseveres through the challenges. Way to go Preston!!
Fundraising University packets went home with students yesterday. Looking forward to another fundraising opportunity with amazing opportunities for cool rewards! Get messy when you get to mystery mess a mystery guest! How about an Arrowhead Stadium Tour?? Yes please! Go CHIEFS!
Recipients of October's Bear Paw drawing for practicing the three R's are reading to and being read to by Mr. Medley.
A big Woo-Hoo for kindergartener Michael Reiser. Michel received a Pawsitive Bear call home from Mr. Medley today. Mrs. Brown reported that Michael is doing an amazing job listening and following directions which resulted in him being the only student to do his math work correctly. Michael is also a great role model for his fellow peers. Way to go Michael! Go Bears!!
Activities Calendar
Flu Clinic:
Consent forms will be sent via email today for the upcoming Flu Clinic hosted by the Pottawatomie County Health Department. Please share the details of the flu clinic with friends, family, and any community members you think may be interested!
Last spring, K-2 students researched and planned a pollinator garden for the school as part of our project based learning. Kansas Native Plant Society donated plants and the maintenance team has quickly responded to our request for a raised flower bed next to our Outdoor Classroom to plant them in. Our hardworking SMGS children got to work planting beautiful plants and learned why our pollinators are important.
Next up, the plan is to install a rainwater collection barrel and have it water the garden!!
Our friends Fireman Dan and Mascot Marshall visited SMGS for Fire Prevention and Safety week. They visited with K-4th grade to guide students on what to look out for and how to navigate what happens when there is a fire nearby. Thank you to SMFD for keeping us all safe!!
Alright, alright, alright Nikolai! Nikolai got a Pawsitive call home from Mr. Medley. because he has worked really hard over the past several years to improve his handwriting. Because of his tremendous improvements, Mrs. Hammer has designated Nikolai an Official Graduate of the OT program! Congratulations Nikolai! You make us Bear Proud!
Congratulations to our September Students of the Month for being Ready, Respectful, and Responsible. Go Bears!!!
Sebastian K.
Genevieve K.
Rhett W.
Lilia C.
Ella R.
Eleanor K.
Samantha P.
Naomi G.
Annabelle M.
Tinley W.
Third graders working on multiplication!! Putting our fruit loop counters into equal groups!
It's National Custodian Appreciation Day!
We have some new creatures in our SMGS adventure! Thank you Cheryl!
Ms. Cheryl had the BEST helper today. Check out Jaxsen, the lunchroom Zamboni driver.
Congratulations to Naomi Gonzalez who received a Pawsitive Bear call home from Mr. Medley. Mrs. Stallbaumer reported that Naomi has been following directions and surpassing classroom expectations.-- certainly rocking the third grade!! Way to go Naomi!!
Save the date! Goblins and Grandparents--October 22nd!!
Congratulations Deannie Kovar on 47 years of driving!!! Thank you Deannie for safely transporting our kids for all these years!!
The fall PTCs are scheduled for the week of 9/30-10/3. Meeting times for your children's teachers at SMGS will be Monday and Wednesday. This year, instead of scheduling through Classtag we have a Sign-up Genius that includes all teachers schedules for Monday and Wednesday. The link is provided below. You will notice at the top of the page are the teachers to select and schedule with. We hope you find this easier to navigate from teacher to teacher and view schedules and book your time slot. Fall PTCs are NOT student-led and are intended for the teacher and parent.
Please make sure to take advantage of Family Activity Night that will be running concurrently where students, with their families, can play games and join activities.
https://www.signupgenius.com/tabs/13573DF03AECBE4C7A18-smgsteacher
Annual Family Activity Night
Mrs. Griffin's daughter, Briley, was selected for the NASA astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship. Briley spoke with SMGS classes today about her adventures with NASA like meeting the astronaut Charlie Duke and meeting other scholarship recipients from countries around the world! She also spoke about witnessing a naturalization ceremony at Mt. Vernon where 100 people from 54 different countries became naturalized as US citizens.
