Sarasota

Middle

A Community of
Caring School

School

Sarasota County School Board Link

On the prowl in search of excellence . . .

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.

In the News at SMS

Second Front Page, our past events from the year.

Click HERE to go to our FCAT Power Words.

Renaissance Celebration from
4th Quarter of the 2006 - 07 Year.
Please click here for more pictures.

Click for SCSB Bus Stop Information Link.

Team Building Exercise
with Mrs. Watson and Mr. Grossenbacher
Another fantastic example of building a Community of Caring at SMS.
Please click here for more pictures.

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.

The International Coastal Cleanup
was fun AND we cleaned up our environment!
Thank you to everyone that helped!
Please click here for more pictures!

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
CLICK HERE for more information.

Safety 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.

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

2007 - 2008 Revised Supply Lists
are now available.
Please click here

          Car Riders: Student Drop Off and Pick Up
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.