PTSA Game Night
Best of Luck to the high school football team as they compete in the semifinals!
SWMS will be rewarding students who have Perfect Attendance each month. In order to be eligible, students must be in school every day and not have a single tardy for that month. Tracking for Perfect Attendance will start over at the beginning of each month, making EVERY student eligible every month. School activities do NOT count against the student.
On November 3rd SWMS recognized 19 - fifth grade students, 26 - sixth grade students, 32 -seventh grade students, and 19 - eight grade students who had perfect attendance. The SWMS PTSA randomly selected one lucky student from each grade to receive a $5 coupon to the SWMS concession stand that was redeemed immediately. Five other students from each grade selected randomly were given the option to choose a gift card from Burger King, McDonalds, Pizza Ranch, the Hotel Sturgis - Coffee Shop, or the Sturgis Community Center. All perfect attendance students received popcorn during their lunch as well. How awesome to have 96 students with no tardies or absences. Thank you to Burger King, McDonalds, Pizza Ranch, the Sturgis Community Center, The Hotel Sturgis - Coffee Shop, and the SWMS PTSA for sponsoring this event.
On November 3rd SWMS recognized 19 - fifth grade students, 26 - sixth grade students, 32 -seventh grade students, and 19 - eight grade students who had perfect attendance. The SWMS PTSA randomly selected one lucky student from each grade to receive a $5 coupon to the SWMS concession stand that was redeemed immediately. Five other students from each grade selected randomly were given the option to choose a gift card from Burger King, McDonalds, Pizza Ranch, the Hotel Sturgis - Coffee Shop, or the Sturgis Community Center. All perfect attendance students received popcorn during their lunch as well. How awesome to have 96 students with no tardies or absences. Thank you to Burger King, McDonalds, Pizza Ranch, the Sturgis Community Center, The Hotel Sturgis - Coffee Shop, and the SWMS PTSA for sponsoring this event.
Today SWMS fifth graders showed off their creative and engineering skill by creating carnival type games for SES first graders to enjoy. Fifth graders also sharpened their communication and team building skills with this activity. Fifth graders worked in teams to create games for the first graders to compete in and then had to explain the rules of the game to the first graders.
Don't Forget
Today the Sturgis Kiwanis Club sponsored a free breakfast for students at SWMS. One hundred sixty one students took advantage of the opportunity to eat breakfast. We are so thankful for the support of Kiwanis Club and their investment in our school community.
On Thursday, Teens Against Tobacco Use students asked their classmates to sign the pledge during lunch to be drug free. This year's Red Ribbon Week theme was "Life is a Puzzle, Solve it Drug Free. A shout out to the Art club for designing the poster students signed.
On Tuesday, SWMS students wore western attire to "give Drugs the Boot" in honor of Red Ribbon week.
Mrs. Harris received a generous grant from Black Hills Federal Credit Union. Today, Pedro and Jillian delivered the donated items, which will greatly benefit our SWMS students. We are so thankful for their support and investment in our school community.
The SWMS student council would like to thank the Sturgis Scooper Basketball Club for their generous donation to our Go Gold Campaign. The Go Gold Campaign is raising money to be donated to an organization that supports children with cancer. Accepting the check are student council president, Berklei Iszler, and vice president, Aubree Pickett.
"We will have a 2-hour early release for students to give our staff time to practice district safety drills and reunification procedures. These drills are an important part of our safety planning and help us stay prepared to protect our students and reunite families quickly in the event of an emergency."
SWMS Student Council would like to thank the Sturgis Lions Club for their generous donation to our Go Gold Campaign. All money raised during this campaign will be donated to children's cancer research. Picture courtesy of Tim Potts.
On Wednesday, October 22nd, the Lawrence County Coalition sponsored a Leadership Day for middle school students from the Black Hills area. 40 of SWMS’ Student Council members had the privilege to attend.
Along with more than 140 aspiring young leaders from across the Black Hills area, SWMS students enjoyed team building activities, networking, and hearing from Nationally recognized speakers from the Rachel’s Challenge program… All in an effort to foster leadership skills.
Along with more than 140 aspiring young leaders from across the Black Hills area, SWMS students enjoyed team building activities, networking, and hearing from Nationally recognized speakers from the Rachel’s Challenge program… All in an effort to foster leadership skills.
On Tuesday, October 21 students at SWMS will enjoy jicama and purple sweet potatoes because of our Fruits and Vegetables Program grant.
Two - hour late start
SWMS will Go Gold on October 23rd to recognize young people with childhood cancer, honor those who have lost their battle to childhood cancer, and celebrate the survivors of childhood cancer.
October is breast cancer awareness month. The students of SWMS wore pink on Thursday, October 16 in honor of all those who have passed away, survived or are fighting breast cancer.
SWMS choir students treated patrons of the Sturgis Senior Citizen Center to a free concert on Thursday, October 9th.
SWMS would like to thank Girl Scout Troop 72143 for their generous donation to the Scooper Closet.
Support the PTSA after you support your child! The Loud American food truck will be at SWMS during Parent Teacher Conferences on Tuesday, Oct. 7th. 10% of sales will go to the PTSA.
