September Happenings

September was full of energy and excitement as students attended their first month of the school year. The month of September included many events for students, one of those being our Homecoming week. This year our students participated in many events during Homecoming week including a Spirit Week, Homecoming Assembly, and the Homecoming Parade.

This experience was one full of lasting memories for our students!

In addition to the fun we had during Homecoming week, our students were introduced to a wide variety of supports at the middle school including our H.I.P. program and Academic Support website.

The H.I.P. program stands for Homework Is Priority and is a lunch program that we offer every day during lunch to support students in making sure they finish their homework, and prioritize homework. Make sure to check out the H.I.P presentation for more information!

Another support that we utilize is our Academic Support website. Many of our middle school students struggle with tracking their day-to-day work, and while we work with them on building these skills, we want to offer a level of support for parents and students to better understand what is going on in class each day, and what homework needs to be done each night. This is an added support for students who need organizational help, however, we still encourage and support students in creating their own system for tracking and organizing work - either digitally or in a paper/pencil planner. You can access the Academic Support website here, or you can go the Middle School district page and click on the "websites" drop down link. Under this link you will see the "Academic Support" website.

We look forward to what the month of October brings for our students! Some of the things they have to look forward to include:

• It's OK to Say Assembly - Friday, October 13th
• Band Concert - 6:30pm, October 19th
• First Middle School Dance - 2:30-4:30pm, October 26th