The Last Month of School 2013

Posted by travis.hamblin on Apr 29, 2013 in Principal's Posts | Comments Off

There are many exciting events happening at SRMS during the month of May. We are extremely excited that our Falcon’s Against Bullying Ambassadors have been such an active part of the community. They have not only been active in the school enhancing this years focus of “respect”, but they even began presenting to elementary schools in the district. The Ambassadors work has even been noticed nationally and SRMS has been selected by Disney to be in one of their “Making a Mark’ series.

It is important to note that throughout May several activities will be happening. A few of the major ones are right at the end of the year including:

• Panoramic pictures – May 9th for 9th grade students. More information will be announced to students and sent home via Skyward.
• Progress Reports – Will be sent home on the 17th of May.
• May 28-31 will be finals week. All late a missing work will be due. Lockers & textbook turn in’s will happen as well.
• Memory Books. These will be handed out to all students on June 3rd about 1:30 PM. If students have not purchased a memory book the PTSA will have a few on sale that day. First come, first served. We will then have a memory book signing party including snow cones, a dance, and field activities until dismissal at 2:50 PM.
• Lagoon day is the 3rd of June and is only for 9th grade students. Students who have fines/fees that are unpaid will not be able to purchase a Lagoon bus ticket. Tickets will go on sale the 22-24th of May ONLY. Watch for an e-mail/Skylert with information.
• June 3rd is our 7th graders last day of school. There will be various activities throughout the day for both 7th and 8th grade students while the 9th grade students are at Lagoon. This is also Graduation day for High Schools in Jordan District.
• June 4th – The last day of the year for students. School will begin at 7:50 and dismiss at 12:05. Lunch will not be served this day.

Semester

Posted by travis.hamblin on Feb 6, 2013 in Principal's Posts | Comments Off

SRMS is a National Schools to Watch. There are only 9 schools in the state of Utah that have achieved this designation and three of the nine are in Jordan District.  As a part of that national honor we are required to focus our attention on best-practices that are research-based. We do this through four (4) main areas of focus. With each passing day we focus on being 1. Developmentally responsive, 2. Academically rigorous, 3. Socially equitable, and 4. Enhancing organizational effectiveness.

We are continually working to be better in all that we do. Improvement is an ongoing process and we are Learning by Doing. As a part of that process we are taking great strides to implement Standards (or mastery) – based grading. Standards-based grading focuses on assessment (in all its various forms) that informs both the teacher and the learner of their “proficiency” in a certain standard. This standards-based approach changes the way assignments, homework, and assessments are valued. If a student has not met proficiency on a particular standard they will be able to re-do that assessment until proficiency is achieved. The question we are asking ourselves is: “What evidence do I have that students are learning?”.

Being a part of the Schools to Watch program is hard work – but essential to our continual evolution in providing the highest quality instruction and learning programs possible.

Student Service Project

Posted by travis.hamblin on Dec 10, 2012 in Principal's Posts | Comments Off

Students at SRMS have set a goal to collect 12,500 non-perishable items for the Utah Food Bank by Friday December 14th. Students will turn their donations into their second period teacher each day. This service project is being led by the Student Body Officers with the support of the National Junior Honor Society, the Ambassador’s, and MESA. The generosity of our community is amazing and the passion students have to serve others is inspiring!