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                <title>SPMS Community Update 5/20/13</title>
                <description><![CDATA[SPMS Community Update Week of May 20, 2013 Calendar/Events: Monday: - All Schedule - Project Wisdom: Patience - &amp;ldquo;Artification&amp;rdquo; Day - Staff 8th Grade Awards Meeting at 2:30 PM - Booster Club Meeting at 6:00 PM Tuesday: - Odd Schedule - Project Wisdom: Hug Therapy - 7 th /8 th Boys&amp;rsquo; Volleyball (Home) at 3:30 PM Wednesday: - Even Schedule - Project Wisdom: Kindness - PTA Executive Board Meeting At 8:15 AM - 7 th /8 th Boys&amp;rsquo; Volleyball (Monrovia) at 3:30 PM Thursday: - Odd Schedule - Project Wisdom: Kindness - Assemblies - Bittersweet/RK Records Concert &amp;ndash; 7 th /8 th Boys&amp;rsquo; Volleyball (Clifton) 3:30 PM Friday: - Even Schedule - Project Wisdom: Memorial Day/Freedom - SPMS College Awareness Quick Notes: The school had a successful week of testing which is now complete. Results should be available by the start of school in August. The students will have some exciting learning experiences this week supported by the PTA. Monday will be our annual Artification Day. Students will have a chance to create an art project that will be displayed at 8 th Grade Promotion and then in the school office. On Friday, the school will be holding the second annual College Day. It will include a presentation in the auditorium, college booths in the quad, an interactive display in the library and activities in the cafeteria. Thank you to the PTA and the school counselors for their hard work on these two valuable student experiences. 7th Grade Parents: As listed on the back of the yellow elective forms, the yearlong Spanish taken as an elective for 8th grade year, does count as the first year of high school Spanish fulfilling the A-G requirements and counts for high school progress in foreign language. If you/your student would like to add Spanish as your elective for next year instead of what was originally selected, please contact your student&amp;rsquo;s counselor Marcile Vadell-Strickland mvadel@fc.spusd.net or Diana Olivarez Dolivarez@fc.spusd.net. Reminder: Monday, May 27th is Memorial Day. Open House is on Thursday, May 30th starting at 6:30 PM. Students will be dismissed at 2:00 PM on Thursday. P.T.A. Update: SPHS PTSA invites SPMS parents to a forum on underage drinking at SPHS on Monday, 5/20 at 7:30 p.m. in the SPHS Library. SPMS Artification Day is on 5/20 and is a school wide art project which every child participates in during their PE period. Volunteers are greatly appreciated, please sign up at SPMS College Awareness Day on 5/24 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. &amp;ndash; come represent your alma mater &amp;ndash; sign up at From the Parent Institute: Playing Board Games Builds Skills and Encourages Learning Board games provide an activity the whole family can enjoy. They also reinforce skills that inspire learning and thinking. Your child will benefit from: Following directions. Middle schoolers need to practice this skill. Just ask any middle school teacher! Lessons in logic, reasoning and strategy. For success at many games, your child will need to decide which move to make or card to play. This kind of decision making is helpful when she takes higher math and science classes. Reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary. Some board games are all about creating words and word puzzles. For others, your child must read and understand questions and clues. Creating and spotting patterns. Studies show success in recognizing, remembering and applying patterns is directly related to success in math. Reprinted with permission from the May 2013 issue of Parents Still make the difference!&amp;reg; (Middle School Edition) newsletter. Copyright &amp;copy; 2013 The Parent Institute&amp;reg;, a division of NIS, Inc. Source: L. Rodgers, Board games that increase brain power, Parenting, . Project Wisdom Quote on Kindness &amp;ldquo;A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy ~ Thomas Carlyle Have a great week David Kubela Principal, SPMS ]]></description>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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                <title>&quot;Pawsitive&quot; Award Winners for May 2013</title>
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                <pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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