UPCOMING

DATES

Dec. 7 American Indian Study Night 5:30 pm

Dec. 7 PTA fundraiser at Pizza Hut

Dec. 9 MathCounts at Roncalli

Dec. 14 PTA 6:30 pm

Dec. 14-18 Winter Olympics

Dec. 21 Holiday Concerts at SMS -

5:15 for 6th grade;

7:00 for 7th & 8th grade

Dec. 23 End of 2nd quarter

Dec. 24-Jan. 5 Winter Break

Jan. 6 Classes resume

Kelly Northrup, Principal Tina Board, Assistant Principal Phone 725-7900 Fax 725-7999

HOLIDAY CONCERT

Simmons Middle School will pre-

sent their annual Holiday Concert

Monday, December 21, at the

Simmons Middle School gymnasi-

um. Due to rising class sizes the

concert will be split into two separate perfor-

mances. The 6th

grade music classes will per-

form first with a starting time of 5:15 p.m. The

6th

grade band, orchestra, and general music stu-

dents will be involved in the first portion of the

concert. Beginning at 7:00 p.m. all 7th

and 8th

grade music students will perform. This involves

7th

and 8th

band, orchestra, and choir. All stu-

dents in 6th

grade general music, 6th, 7th and

8th grade orchestra, 6th, 7th and 8th

grade band, and 7th and 8th grade vocal clas-

ses are required to participate. The students’

preparation, etiquette, and performance in the

rehearsals and concert will be a significant part

of their quarter grades for those classes. Stu-

dents will be expected to dress nicely for the

concert – we especially insist on staying away

from blue jeans, casual tee shirts, sweatpants,

and sweatshirts (let Mr. Panerio, Mrs. Hansen, or

Mrs. Neitzert know in advance if this presents a

real difficulty for your child). Students will need

to arrive at SMS that evening no later than 5:00

p.m. if they are a 6th

grader, and 6:40 if they are

a 7th

or 8th

grader. The performances are both

free and open to the public.

DECEMBER 2015

SIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOL 1300 S. 3RD ST. ABERDEEN, SD 57401 PHONE 605-725-7900 FAX 605-725-7999

www.aberdeen.k12.sd.us SimmonsMiddleSchool.Wikispaces.com

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WINTER BREAK

Students will be dismissed at 3:10 on Wednesday, Dec. 23 for winter break and will return to school on Wednes-day, January 6. Enjoy your break!!

SCHOOL CLOSINGS &

LATE STARTS

Information regarding late starts or cancella-tions will be sent out via School Messenger. It is our goal to send the message out at approx-imately 6:30 am. Please keep the office updat-ed on current phone numbers. Thank you!

ORCHESTRA NOTES

Happy December to you. The first half of the school year has flown

by. Thank you for great kids! As you start or finish your holiday shop-ping, a few musical gift ideas for you. For your young musician, a metronome

or new set of strings, for your violinist or violist, a shoulder rest helps posture and makes playing easier, for your bassist, new rosin or a bow of their own, for

a cellist an anchor strap. If you’re looking for more ideas let me know. Our winter concert is Monday, December 21. 6th grade at 5:15 pm

and 7th and 8th grade at 7 pm at Simmons Middle School .

STUDENT DROP OFF

& PICK UP

Students are not allowed in the building until 7:25 am. Also, students need to be picked up promptly after school. We dismiss each day at 3:10. Students should be off the premises by 3:20. Supervision is not provided after that time.

ICU

ICU is every Monday and Wednesday from 3:10-4:15 for all students who

have missing or late homework. Your child will contact you during school

hours on Monday every week to notify you that he/she will be staying af-

ter school. If you have any questions or concerns, please call the school

or email Mrs. Board at 605-725-7900 tina.board@k12.sd.us

CROSSWALK

Just a reminder that students should be us-ing the crosswalk to cross 5th Street each morning and after school. Cars are aware of the crosswalk but not always alert to stu-dents crossing outside of the crosswalk. Thanks for being safe!

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“FLEECE NAVIDAD” Youth Power is doing a project to benefit pa-

tients at Avera Cancer Center. Youth Power members may earn points by making

fleece tie blankets or purchasing fleece for a blanket. Youth Power members who choose

to purchase fleece need to buy two yards of fleece. The fleece may be one solid yard and one printed yard, or two yards of solid colors. We will have scheduled times to make the blankets. The time will be 3:15-4:00 for all of the dates. If students wish, they may purchase the fleece and make their blanket at home and then bring the blanket to school. The blankets will be distributed to the patients before Christmas. We would like to have 100 blankets to give to the Avera Cancer Center. Please keep in mind that the blankets will be for adult men and women when choosing fleece. We are happy to accept any donations of fleece material. We would like solid and printed fleece. Thank you for your thoughtfulness!

PTA NEWS

A special thank you to those parents who volunteered to help sell concessions

during our social last month. Your help was very much appreciated.

Just a reminder that our students collect receipts and labels throughout the

school year and turn them in to their homeroom teachers. The PTA sends in

these labels and receipts and the companies in turn give money back to our

school. Each month the homeroom that collects the most coupons and receipts

wins a treat from PTA.

Please save the following labels and send them to school with your student:

General Mills (Box Tops coupon)

Campbells (UPC code)

Please save and send in the following grocery receipts:

Ken’s Super Fair Food

Kessler’s Grocery

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PIZZA HUT FUNDRAISER

A Pizza Hut Fundraiser is a dedicated night

where up to 20% of all the sales made to our

group will be returned in a check to SMS

PTA.. It’s that simple—eat pizza and earn

money for our school!

The fundraiser will be the first Monday of the

month.

The fundraiser can by used on dine-in, deliv-

ery or carryout orders. Voucher tickets must

be turned in to the server or driver upon pay-

ment so Pizza Hut can enter the coupon code

and give us the proper credit. Voucher tick-

ets may be picked up in our school office or

you may print the voucher ticket on this

page.

You may also order online using our group’s

online coupon code: SIMMONS. This auto-

matically credits the order to our group.

Organization Name: SIMMONS MIDDLE

SCHOOL PTA

Fundraiser Date(s): 12.7.2015

Online Coupon Code: SIMMONS

Restaurant Coupon Code: 1116

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE 1ST

MONDAY OF THE MONTH!!

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