Salem Middle School

Ms. Myers 6th grade students have been studying bacteria and viruses. They spent a day in the STEAM lab testing why soap and hand washing are important!

Save the date! The SMS library is bringing back the book fair this year! Students will be able to shop from Dec. 4-8, just in time for Christmas! Set up your child's eWallet for easy shopping by going here: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/salemmiddleschool4

Honor students in Mrs. Mahuron's sixth grade science classes are using their creativity to learn about the process of photosynthesis by painting clay pots and planting spider baby plants they have rooted in water. (Photos by SHS Sophomores Cheyenne Brading and Harper Timberlake)

Reminder to all 8th grade students in Mrs. Bailey's PCC Class: Your Finance Park Field Trip permission slip, lunch paper, and $6 are due by Friday, November 10th. Permission slips were sent home with students with students earlier this week.

Congratulations to the 2023 Student Council Officers! 6th Grade Representative--Clark Zinzer 7th Grade Representative--Adleigh Day 8th Grade Representative--Luke Baldwin Treasurer--Maddox Sparkman Secretary--Claire Shouse Vice President--Bailee Robbins President--Cynthia Elliott

Students of the Month for October are: sixth graders Ava Abbott and Ethan Cooke; seventh graders Izzy Baughman and Riley Jones; eighth graders Jenna Little and Jaden Doyle. Congratulations to these students for their leadership! We are proud of you.

Students in Mrs. Morgan’s Project Based Learning class designed and made Halloween signs in the STEAM lab.

Retake Day at SMS will be Tuesday, October 24th. If you would like your child to have retakes make sure they bring their current picture package back with them that day. Any student who has not had a school picture will have one taken that day too.

SMS school pictures have arrived and will go home with students today!

The Halloween Dance Party is Friday! There will be a costume contest, games and SADD will host a haunted walk in the auditorium. Don't miss out, buy your ticket! The event is for students in grades 6-8.

This morning Room 104 at Salem Middle School, also known as Lions 104, went on a field trip to visit the West Washington High School American Sign Language classroom taught by John Harkness. Dusty Baker, who teaches Lions 104, said the group watched presentations by class members and then everyone had an open exchange between students-to-students and teachers/chaperones and Mr. Harkness. "My students enjoyed the visit and wanted to stay longer," said Baker. "They were able to recognize many of the signs we've learned in class and learned new ones using context." Baker said the class sent Harkness a thank you email and this was his response, "Thank you for coming! My students were excited and I was pleased with everyone's behavior. My students took a very profound viewpoint on the visit. They considered the idea of their ASL class might impact lives outside of our walls. Pretty deep for freshman and sophomores. "I look forward to any other opportunities for us to work together for all our kids!"

SMS Students of the Month for September are: 6th Graders Breeley Brown- Nominated by : Mrs. Abner & Mrs. Mahuron Corbin Ponder- Nominated by: Mr. Lewis 7th Grade Adleigh Day- Nominated by: Mr. Lewis Clara Ziner- Nominated by: Mr. Early 8th Grade Ethan Cooper- Nominated by: Mrs. Ellis, Mr. Lewis, & Mrs. Ponder Adlar Cox- Nominated by: Mr. Malloy Congratulations!

Mrs. Ponder's first period class won the Rock Your Future trivia contest this week! Way to go 8th grade!

Club's Choice fundraiser orders will be delivered on Tuesday, 10/3. All orders can be picked up at Salem Middle School from 3:00-5:00pm on Tuesday. Please come to the main office area during this time to pick up items.

College Go Week is next week! The theme is Rock Your Future. We hope everyone participates in the dress up days! We will have competitions throughout the week with trivia and prizes will be awarded! Stay tuned!

Art students in grades 6th and 7th have been in the STEAM Lab playing an art version of the Food Network cooking show “Chopped.” Students were given only certain art materials and had to come up with a creative plan to make something with only those supplies.

Mrs. Mahuron’s sixth grade science classes visited the lab this week to design and build musical instruments. They have been studying sound waves and the fact that vibrations create sounds.

Students in Amy Abner's language arts classes took a virtual field trip to the 9-11 Memorial in NYC as part of a student-led inquiry projects about 9-11.

SMS students will join the high school for Spirit Week next week for homecoming. Here are the dress up days.

Bailee Robbins came in second at the SMS Invitational last night! Coach Gwinn Miller said Bailee and the Corydon runner battled to the very end! Congratulations, Bailee!