The eScoop
November 17, 2017
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School Closed All Next Week for Thanksgiving Break. Enjoy the break!
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Online Calendar
and filter by Shaker Heights Middle School for more upcoming events.
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Hello Shaker families!
Thank you to all of our families, students, friends, staff and faculty members who came to our Thanksgiving Dinner earlier this week. As always, the event was a great way to celebrate our amazing community and to enjoy each other’s company. A big thank you to the PTO, and coordinators
Emily Braman, Christina Bordonaro, and Carrie Rhodes
, as well as SMS teacher Ms. Lasley, for their support in making this annual event such a success. Also, a huge shout out to our Honors Choir and Step Drill Team for wonderful performances. We have a lot to be thankful for and it was great to celebrate with our Shaker Middle School family.
Last week, I had the opportunity to see how technology is transforming our learning environment. Using the Google Hangout video conferencing platform, groups of 8th grade students in Mr. Oryl’s science class mentored and tutored groups of 3rd graders from afar, to help them learn about designing earthquake-resistant structures. Thank you to Mr. Oryl, our District instructional coaching team and the teachers and students at Onaway for making this happen. We look forward to integrating many more of these types of experiences in our classrooms!
This is a reminder that students will not have school next week, because of Shaker teacher professional learning days and the Thanksgiving holiday. Thank you to everyone for your support of our community and I hope you have a great holiday!
Sincerely,
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From Your PTO Co-Presidents
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We want to thank Emily Braman, Christina Bordonaro, Carrie Rhodes, and Frankie Lasley for their hard work on the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner on Monday! Over 350 people attended the event and everything was amazing! The food was delicious, the entertainment was fantastic and it was a great night to visit with old friends and meet new ones. It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces sitting around a table and enjoying each other's company! We also want to thank the SMS Honors Choir and Step Drill Team as it was such a treat to see and hear them in action.
The SMS PTO wishes everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving and we hope you enjoy time with your families and friends.
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ELL International Dinner
TONIGHT, Friday November 17, 6:30
The Shaker Heights City Schools’ English language (ELL) teachers are hosting an evening of fun and food for our international students and their families and friends. This is a district wide event, so international families from all of Shaker's schools are invited. Meet your friends and make new ones, too!
Please join us at in the Shaker Heights Middle School cafeteria at 20600 Shaker Boulevard on Friday, November 17, from 6:30-8pm. Please bring a dish of food to share with others (with no pork or beef please). Also bring a serving spoon for your dish. We will provide plates, utensils, cups, and paper products.
Art supplies and some games will be provided. Please bring a game to play with other families. We hope to see you there on this fun evening!
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Help needed for SMS Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on December 8
On Friday, December 8, we will be holding our annual SMS Teacher and Staff Appreciation Luncheon. The PTO is providing the main course from Zoup but we would love to have some donations for drinks, salads, and desserts. Items can be dropped off on Friday, December 8, from 8am-10:15am. Empty dishes can picked up after 2pm. Please
click here
to sign up.
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College Credit Plus (CCP) offers students the opportunity to earn college credit while still in High School. This is called "dual credit," since a student earns both high school and college credit for the same course.
The program is open to students in grades 7-12. Currently, Shaker students are earning credits through Tri-C, CWRU, CSU, JCU, Notre Dame College, Kenyon College, and Lakeland Community College.
Families interested in 2018/19 or future years are encouraged to come to our
College Credit Plus Information Meeting
on
Wednesday, January 10, at 7pm in the Large Auditorium at SHHS.
College representatives and school counseling staff will provide an overview about the benefits and challenges of the program. Contact Gabrielle Perrin, College Credit Plus Coordinator, with questions or for more information at
[email protected]
or 216-295-4220.
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DC Trip T-Shirts Available
T-shirts are available for purchase to raise money for scholarships for the 8th grade Washington, DC trip. The cost is $12 per shirt and all proceeds go directly to scholarships so that as many students as possible may travel to Washington this year. There will be many opportunities to purchase the shirts including upcoming band concerts and at the Thanksgiving dinner on November 13. For more information please contact
[email protected]
or
[email protected]
.
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Box Tops
Welcome back! SMS has been very fortunate to have amazing parents and students who are diligent about collecting Box Tops. If you have a stash of Box Tops that you have been collecting over the summer, please send them into the office. Each Box Top collected earns the school 10 cents. That adds up quickly!
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Heinen's Teaming Up for Education
Don't forget: when you use your Tasteful Rewards Card throughout the school year, Heinen's will donate 1% to Shaker Middle School. Be sure to select SMS as your preferred school this year, either online at
Heinens.com/schools
or in-store at the Customer Service Desk.
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