For the week of: March 2nd – 6th

Events for this week

Monday 3/2 (Day 1)

Tuesday 3/3

Student Holiday

Wednesday 3/4 (Day 2)

Thursday 3/5 (Day 1)

Friday 3/6 (Day 2)

Pizza with a Purpose

Friday, March 6th

11:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Short Pump Mall

11800 W Broad Street

Show this flyer on your mobile device and

California Pizza Kitchen will donate 20%

of the check to Battle Across Board

supporting Relay For Life.

We are so proud of the accomplishments of our Pumas and are holding a

student recognition event for A Honor Roll, A/B Honor Roll, and Perfect

Attendance during the first semester of the 19-20 school year on

Wednesday, March 11th!

We are in need of food donations and

volunteers for our hot chocolate and

donut bars. Please review the

available slots and click this

link to sign up!

We appreciate your support!

All SPMS students will complete

the HCPS Climate survey on

Monday, March 16th, during

advisory. The survey will be

completed online and will be

anonymous.

On Friday, February 28th, all

students were given an opt-out

survey letter. If you do not want

your student to participate in

this survey, please return this

opt-out letter to their 1st block

teacher by March 6th.

Meet our new Track Coach

Lee-Davis High School Graduate

University of Mississippi: Long Jumper

Certified ACE Group Fitness Instructor

Certified ACE Personal Trainer

Level 2 Original Strength Coach through

Original Strength System Cooper Institute

Certified Functional Fitness Trainer Level 1

Fundamental Movement Screen

Certification through The Cooper Institute

Short pump athleticsTRYOUTS BEGIN

THURSDAY, MARCH 19TH!STUDENTS MUST have:

Sports Physical &Concussion Form

Turned in to Mr. Milcarek (Room 704) or Main Office.

Tryouts will begin on

Thursday, March 19th,

directly after school. All

those interested are

encouraged to bring

their gear, beginning

that Thursday, with

tryouts will concluding

every day at 5:30pm.

*To be eligible, you must have a completed athletic physical and concussion form on file

with Mr. Milcarek in room 704. If you need either of these forms, you may go to the

athletics bulletin board outside of the gym or the main office. If you have already turned in

these forms for previous seasons this year, your student/athlete will NOT need to do this,

again. Your 2019-2020 forms are still good.

Track, Softball, Baseball, Girls' Soccer and Boys' Tennis seasons are open

to all eligible 6th-8th grader that would like to try out to make a team.

Are you interested in being a part of the SPMS Career Fair?

Would you like to share your career with our future leaders?

For more information, contact Jentae Mayo

Phone: (804) 364-0837

E-mail Contact: jcsmayo@henrico.k12.va.us

We are looking for parents, community members, or

family members that are passionate about their

career to come present. We would LOVE for YOU

to be part of making this big event a success! If you

are interested or know someone that would be

interested in participating, please fill in the

information in this google form:

https://tinyurl.com/SPMSCareerFair2020

Thursday, April 2, 2020

8 am - 11am

7th and 8th graders

New Variance Deadlines for Middle & High Schools in 2020 Elementary & Middle Schools – April 15, 2020

High Schools – February 17, 2020

What is a Variance? School-age children who reside with their parents/guardians in Henrico County are required to attend the school that serves the area in which their parents/guardians live. However, certain circumstances stated in school board Regulation R6-03-011 allow a parent/guardian to apply for a variance for their child to attend another Henrico County school for a single school year. Applying for a variance does not guarantee one will be granted. Where can I get information or a variance application? Detailed information can be found in HCPS policy regulations at https://henricoschools.us/policies-regulations/ in “P6-03-011 and R6-03-011 School Assignment/Variance Procedures”. Forms are also available in the main office. Deadline exceptions per policy: Exception #1: The parents of a child who move into Henrico County after February 15 or April 15, as applicable, shall enroll the child in his or her zone school and shall have 30 calendar days following the date the student first enrolls in the zone school to submit a completed variance request to the principal of the zone school. Exception #2: The high school deadline does not apply for students who are eligible to receive a variance due to special program enrollment, such as ROTC.

Congratulations to Mr. Cross and the yearbook staff on receiving recognition

in the Herff Jones Best of 2019 Publication Portfolio!

Only 52 middle schools nationwide received this honor!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Student Holiday: Tuesday, 3/3

Spring Dance: Friday, 3/13

Writing SOL Part 1

Tuesday, 3/17

Writing SOL Part 2

Friday, 3/18

Battle Across Broad: Friday, 3/20

Student Half Day: Monday, 3/30

Spring Break: 4/6 – 4/13

Math NWEA: Tuesday, 4/21

Reading NWEA: Wednesday, 4/22

Memorial Day: Monday, 5/25

Half Day, Last Day of School:

Friday, 6/12

Attention 8th Grade Parents

There will be three summer options for HCPS students to complete the Economics and

Personal Finance course requirement. The W!SE exam is given in each of these options:

1. HCPS Online for rising 10th and 11th graders and rising 9th graders entering a Specialty

Center.

June 1-July 29, 2020

*Students must be present for the W!SE and final exams.

2. Site based at HCPS high schools Freeman, Hermitage, and Varina.

June 22-July 30, 2020

3. Online Longwood University click here for more information.

June 15-July 11, 2020

*Students must be present for the W!SE and final exams at LU during the last week

of the course.

Mark your calendars and come cheer

on your puma faculty in a winner takes all basketball tournament.

All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society

From Deep Run High School…

“Ask Any Girl”, a Deep Run High School production, will be performed March 26th-28th, 2020 at 7pm

each night. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $10 at the door.

Meg Wheeler felt stifled in her small hometown

where she's just graduated from college. So Meg

comes to New York intent on enlarging her

horizon—and by that she means finding exciting

work and love. She moves into a boarding house

in Manhattan that's filled with attractive girls,

most of them just as eager as Meg to find the

ideal man. Meg has a unique ability to invent

plausible statistics. "According to statistics," she

used to tell her parents, "eighty-two point four

percent of girls over sixteen are allowed to stay

out till midnight." However, when Meg tries her

homemade statistics on the mathematically

inclined Miles Doughton, head of the advertising

firm where she works, the system fails. To

complicate matters even more, Meg is dating

Miles’ handsome younger brother, Evan, who

doesn’t feel ready just yet to settle down.