Sarasota

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Middle

A Community of
Caring School

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School

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Mrs. Karen Rose, Principal

4826 Ashton Road, Sarasota, FL 34233

Phone: 941-361-6464   Fax: 941-361-6798

School Hours are from 9:15a.m. (first bell) to 4:15p.m.

School Supervision from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m.

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Student Absence Phone Number: 361-6583

In the News at SMS

Second Front Page, our past events from the year.

Congratulations
Mrs. Melanie Taylor

Sarasota County
Middle School Teacher of the Year

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Mrs. Taylor, Math Teacher on the 7th Grade Leviathan Team, pictured with her husband, Jim, was surprised by the SCSB Prize Patrol and awarded the honor of Middle School Teacher of the Year for Sarasota County. Please click here for a 7 minute video of pictures from Mrs.Taylor’s award ceremony on March 6th and of pictures from November when she was awarded the SMS Teacher of the Year.

212 The Extra Degree
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Review for FCAT with our FCAT Power Words.
12 words you should know.

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Please click here for pictures from our
Feb. 21 Boot Camp

Our SMS Health and Wellness Fair. We learned a great deal about fitness and health. Thank you PTSO!

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SMS Renaissance Celebrations
Congratulations to our SMS students for a wonderful first quarter!
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Ice Cream Social
Congratulations to our
second quarter 4.0 students
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Congratulations to
our SMS
Teacher of the Year
Melanie Taylor
Mrs. Taylor is the Math Teacher on our
7th Grade Leviathan team!
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Congratulations to Sonya Teran
SMS Classified Employee
of the Year.

Ms. Teran works in our cafeteria.
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Click here for pictures from our Winter Spectacular Music Concerts

Congratulations to our 1st Quarter Straight A Students!
They celebrated with an
Ice Cream Social
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CRISS Strategies presented at SMS.

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SMS Renaissance Celebrations
Congratulations to our
SMS students for a
great second quarter!
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Valentine’s Dance.

Our students had a great time.
Thank you PTSO for a wonderful dance!

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Geography Bee Held at SMS.
 Pictured from left: Mr. Abel, (Social Studies teacher on the Mustang team), Tyler, Geography Bee Winner from the Gnu Team, Ike, runner up from the Pioneer Blue team, and Mrs. Akin, (Social Studies teacher on the Leviathan team).
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Congratulations to the cast and crew of
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!
A special thank you to Mr. Brian Nichols,
the faculty sponsor and play director.
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Congratulations to our FCAT Scholars.
These students received a perfect score on
one of last year’s FCAT tests.
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Riverview High School Kilties
come to SMS
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SMS Panther Run!
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House of Poe
Presented at SMS
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Attorney General Bill McCullum Visited SMS
SMS was pleased to welcome Attorney General McCullum to talk with students about being safe on the internet. SafeFlorida.net is a website created by the Attorney General’s Office to emphasize the need for cybersafety. Attorney General McCullum’s top priority is protecting Floridians from cybercrime and today, the internet itself plays an important role in carrying out that mission.
 Please click below to go to Attorney General Bill McCullum’s SafeFlorida SafeSurf website.
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Mr. Durrance, Attorney General Bill McCullum,
Mr. Grossenbacher and Mrs. Rose during the
Attorney General’s visit to SMS. Safe Surf logo
Please click here for more pictures from the event.

Our SMS Choir students enjoyed a VocalMaster Class with the
Riverview High School students.
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Pioneer Silver Students
Jordan M., Joie S., Hanna M., and Hannah H. represented SMS in the first Sarasota County Youth in Philanthropy Day on Sept. 29th. The “Do Your Part” activities educated students about how they can make a difference in the community through volunteerism, grant writing and school based philanthropic projects.Youth in Philanthropy med

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Please click HERE for pictures from our “Take Your Dad or Special Adult to Breakfast” on September 26th and 27th

Coach Lori Neal received a
Sarasota Middle School
Community of Caring Award.
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L to R:  Mr. Grossenbacher (AP), Coach Neal, Mrs. Ohman, Mrs. Burke, (Guidance Counselors) and Mr. Durrance (AP)

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Renaissance Celebration from
4th Quarter of the 2006 - 07 Year.
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Team Building Exercise
with Mrs. Watson and Mr. Grossenbacher
Another fantastic example of building a Community of Caring at SMS.
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Flu Season is here. Please click here for more information.

Thank you to our Business Partners for their continued support. Please consider these fine businesses when making buying decisions. For a list, please click HERE.

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The International Coastal Cleanup
was fun AND we cleaned up our environment!
Thank you to everyone that helped!
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Assistant Principal, Mark Grossenbacher is awarding bus driver Vicki Comeau a Sarasota Middle School Community of Caring Award for her dedication toward making a Community of Caring on her bus.

We are continuing our General Mills Box Tops for Education fund raiser.
Please start clipping and saving your General Mills box tops
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J0178639Safety Announcement

A new sidewalk has been installed along the east side of our campus. This new sidewalk will allow all SMS walkers and bike riders that travel Ashton Road to the east of the SMS campus to have a much safer route. All SMS walkers and bike riders will be required to:
  * Use the new east sidewalk and cross Ashton Road at the Ashton 
       Elementary crosswalk (eastside).
  
OR
  
* Use the Bliss Road crosswalk to cross Ashton Road (westside).

SMS students will not be allowed to cross at the sidewalk at the parent pick-up/drop-off drive that enters the school from Ashton Road before or after school. 

Thank you for your understanding and commitment to the safety of all our students.

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Immunizations are required for school. Please click here for more information and click here for clinic locations.shot pic

2007 - 2008 Revised Supply Lists
are now available.
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Parents may drop off and pick up students only in the designated areas east of the school. Students enter/exit cars only in the lane next to the covered walkway. Once your child is out (a.m.) or in (p.m.) the vehicle, pull into the outside lane and exit the area. parents may also park in the lot and walk to the covered area to pick up a student. All students are to be picked up by 4:20 p.m. All school rules and guidelines apply to students waiting for parent pick up.
* The school speed limit is 15 mph on Ashton Road from 9:00 - 9:30a.m. and from 4:00 - 4:30 p.m.
* Only the School Resource Officer (SRO) may direct traffic.
* Please drive cautiously in the parent drop-off and pick-up loop on the East side of campus.
* No traffic is permitted in the bus loop AT ANY TIME on the West side of campus.
Students are expected to:                    Parents are expected to:
 1. Wait respectfully and orderly                  1. Be on time picking up your child by 4:20p.m
 2. Keep hands/feet to self                       2. Obey traffic laws
 3. Use appropriate language                     3. Follow staff directions
                                           4. Exhibit courtesy and caution
Just as a reminder, in the event of inclement weather, student dismissal may be delayed until it is deemed safe for our students to walk to parent pick up. Safety for our students is our first concern. Please be patient while we follow specific weather dismissal procedures.