SPERRENG MIDDLE SCHOOL E-NOTE 11/22/13 CHARACTER WORD OF THE MONTH (NOVEMBER) FRIENDSHIP Friendship is: Developing relationships with others based on acceptance, compassion, sharing, and trust. UPCOMING SPERRENG DATES: November 27-19—NO SCHOOL—Thanksgiving Break December 4—Band Concert, 6th Grade (SMS/TMS) December 11—Early Release Day (12:35 p.m.) December 11—Band Concerts, 7th and 8th Grade (SMS/TMS) December 12—SMS/TMS Mothers’ Club/PTO Holiday Luncheon December 15—Choir Concert (SMS/TMS) December 17—Orchestra Concert (SMS/TMS) December 20—End of Quarter (2nd Quarter) December 23—NO SCHOOL—Record Day December 23-31—Winter Recess SPERRENG ’ S NEW MOTTO FOR 2013-2014: “ GET ‘ E R DONE! ” CORE VALUES: Respect, Responsibility, Caring, Honesty Thank You, Lindbergh Teachers! The week of November 18-22 was American Education Week. Thank you to all our teachers for making a difference each day and ensuring that every child receives a quality education. Our teachers are the reason Lindbergh Schools has ranked No. 1 in academic achievement for four consecutive years and we appreciate all that they do!
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SPERRENG MIDDLE SCHOOL E-NOTE
11/22/13
CHARACTER WORD OF THE MONTH (NOVEMBER) FRIENDSHIP
Friendship is: Developing relationships with others based on acceptance, compassion, sharing, and trust.
UPCOMING SPERRENG DATES: November 27-19—NO SCHOOL—Thanksgiving Break December 4—Band Concert, 6th Grade (SMS/TMS) December 11—Early Release Day (12:35 p.m.) December 11—Band Concerts, 7th and 8th Grade (SMS/TMS) December 12—SMS/TMS Mothers’ Club/PTO Holiday Luncheon
December 15—Choir Concert (SMS/TMS) December 17—Orchestra Concert (SMS/TMS) December 20—End of Quarter (2nd Quarter) December 23—NO SCHOOL—Record Day December 23-31—Winter Recess
SPERRENG ’ S NEW MOTTO FOR 2013-2014: “ GET ‘ E R DONE! ”
STEP UP The mission of StepUp! Is to provide leadership, education and
resources to address and prevent substance abuse and un-healthy choices among Lindbergh area youth through the active collaboration of area schools, students, parents and all sectors
of our community. Visit their website to learn more about StepUp! Www.StepUpstl.org
Girls Basketball Clothing Fundraiser
The LHS Girls Basketball Team is hosting a Flyer clothing fundraiser to help support the team. If interested, check out the link below to order. You can pay online with a credit card. http://eFlyerOrder.com/LHSGIRLSBBALL
WRESTLING WITH TEACHERS!
On Tuesday, November 26, the high school
wresting team will take on their coaches
in the big gym after school. The cost is
$1.00 with 100% of the proceeds going to
the juvenile diabetes foundation. For fur-
ther information, please see Mr. Hansel in
room 217.
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
Science Olympiad still needs people to join the
team. If you like science and are interested in
finding out more about the Science Olympiad
team, see Mrs. Sears in the library!
FIDDLER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS
Fiddler Christmas ornaments are on sale now. If you have not purchased your 2013 collectible glass ornament, the final 25 will be available for $10 at the beginning of the Fiddler concerts in December until sold out. Please support the Fiddlers by purchasing an ornament.
Sperreng Orchestra Events:
The middle school winter orchestra concert is Tuesday, December 17 at 6:30 pm., start-ing with the pre-concert recital of original middle school string compositions. At 7:00 p.m. the winter middle school string concert will begin, which will feature the Fiddlers, the 7th and 8th grade Orchestra, the 7th and 8th grade Truman Orchestra and the com-bined 6th grade strings from both middle schools. The Colonial Fiddlers will perform a concert free to the public at noon on Saturday, De-cember 7th at the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis with the Illinois celtic group The Peacocks!
ROTARY CLUB OPERATION WARM The Crestwood-Sunset Hills Rotary clubs will be hosting a project that provides new winter coats to elementary school students in Lindbergh Schools. You can help by do-nating to their Operation Warm Fund. Every $20 contributed provides one additional child with a new winter coat. Rotary acquires their coats from Operation Warm, a 501(c)(3) charity that has provided new winter coats to ovr 1 million children across North America in just over a decade. With your help, they hope to provide 150 local chil-dren with new coats this winter. Learn more at: http:/www.operationwarm.org/crestwood-sunsethills
HEROIN EPIDEMIC SPEAKER TREND will be hosting a guest speaker from NCADA to talk about the heroin epidemic in St. Louis on Wednesday, December 4 from 3:00-4:00 in Truman’s cafeteria. We encour-age kids and parents to attend. SMS kids can ride the shuttle bus over. Kids can take the 4:00 activity bus home.
CANNED FOOD DRIVE
Interact Club hosted a food drive during the week of November 11-15.
Each team at Sperreng had a box to collect canned and dry food
items. There was a competition between the teams to see which team
could collect the most cans. The winning team was Team 6 Green, who
will win a Krispy Kreme donut for every student on that team! The fol-
lowing number of canned foods per team is as follows:
Team 6 Green—506—WINNER!!!
Team 6 Gold—299
Team 7 Green—420
Team 7 Gold—302
Team 8 Green—105
Team 8 Gold—104
TOTAL COLLECTED: 1,736
GREAT JOB BY ALL SPERRENG TEAMS!!
MOTHER’S CLUB CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON
The Sperreng and Truman Mothers’ Club/PTO Christmas Luncheon will be held on Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at Café Pro-vencal, 427 South Kirkwood Road, Kirkwood, MO. See the flyer in the virtual backpack for RSVP information and menu!
CRESTWOOD ELKS DRUG AWARENESS ESSAY CONTEST
The Crestwood Elks are sponsoring an essay contest to promote Drug Awareness. Twelve students will win $25! See the flyer in the
virtual backpack.
SPOTLIGHT ON DIGITAL LITERACY AT SPERRENG
In Digital Literacy class, sixth grade students are creating ebooks
for elementary students in the Lindbergh District. Seventh graders
are creating and advertising video games to see who can create
the best game. Eighth graders are creating apps for their mobile
devices.
SPOTLIGHT ON ART AT SPERRENG
Art students just finished a paint unit and produced
some gorgeous values. Students have created an
Art Hallway Gallery on the second floor.
Currently, students are working on Crayon Batiks in sixth grade,
Tissue Paper Stained Glass in seventh grade art class and Metal
Repousse work in 8th grade art classes.
The colorful adventure continues!
7TH GRADE COTILLION
The 7th Grade Cotillion will begin on January 9th and will run through February 27th. Visit the virtual backpack for
more information and registration forms. Payments and reg-istration are now available online at http://
go.lindberghschools.ws/Page/8332.
The cotillion volunteer spot is “live” now. Please check out this link to sign up: http://vols.pt/Ei7uU4.
SPERRENG BOOK CLUB
For Parents, Students, Teachers and Staff
Does your student have a hard time meeting his or her reading
requirement?
Do you like to read what your child is reading?
Do you want to read awesome, current books from popular au-
thors?
Then, join the Sperreng Book Club! No long term commitment!
Join only for the books you want to read. Read the book on your
own or with a partner during the month and meet one evening
that month to discuss.
The November Book Selection is:
Will at the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 by Laurie Calkhoven.
Book Discussion on Tuesday, December 3 after school at 3:00 p.m. in the Li-
brary.
Description: A 2013 Missouri Mark Twain Award Nominee: Twelve year old Will always wanted
to be a drummer for the Union army, but that was before the soldiers came. Now, with Con-
federate rebels occupying his hometown of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and with the Union ar-
my fast on its way, Will wonders if he really is ready for battle. And when a colonel entrusts
Will with an important but dangerous task, Will must decide what in this war is worth risking
his life for.
TOYS FOR TOTS
Beginning November 18th, Lindbergh High School
will begin collecting for Toys for Tots. Last
year they collected over $4,000 worth of toys. The goal this year is
$6,000.
Toys will be accepted, as well as cash and check donations. Checks should
be made payable to Lindbergh Schools.
Toys for Tots has been a U.S. Marine Corp charity since 1947. Their goal
is to deliver a message of hope to less fortunate children in our community
by presenting them with a new toy for the Holidays. Please consider help-
ing out LHS with this worthwhile cause!
TYPHOON COLLECTION
Builders Club collected donations at the front door on Monday and Tuesday of this week for the victims of the typhoon in the Philip-pines. All money will be donated through UNICEF. UNICEF has a special fund for the victims of this tragedy. Good job, Builders
Club on this worthy effort! They collected a total of $70.03!!
LHS HOLIDAY HOUSE TOUR The Lindbergh High School Mothers’ Club is holding its 38th annual Holiday Houe Tour on Sunday, December 8 and is looking for crafters and vendors
for the accompanying Boutique. Approximately 500 tickets are available for the event. The boutique will be open to both ticket holders and the general
public from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The boutique will be held at a new location in the heart of the Lindbergh School District, Concord Elementary School, 10305 Concord School Road. For more information, please go to
lhsmothersclub.com and click on the link for the 2013 House Tour.
Friendship is: “Two people getting along, being themselves around each other and be-ing nice to each other.” - Lizzy, 7th Grade
PARENT DROP OFF JUST A REMINDER: please remember to drop off your students in the morning in the side
parking lot—not the front lot with the busses. Thank you for your help!
Lindbergh Growth If you didn’t get a chance to see Dr. Simpson on KMOV discussing both our
successes (Congratulations to Sappington elementary for becoming a Blue Ribbon School) and our increasing student population, I encourage you to
watch the videos here:
http://go.lindberghschools.ws/Page/9772.
LUNCH MONEY
REMINDER: Please put all checks and
cash in a lunch envelope with your stu-
dent’s first and last name before it is de-
posited into the drop box.
ALL STUDENTS ARE REMINDED EACH MORNING TO
“DRESS UP, NOT DOWN”.
PLEASE HELP YOUR STUDENT REMEMBER TO DRESS APPROPRI-
ATELY EACH DAY FOR SCHOOL AT SPERRENG MIDDLE SCHOOL!
Thought of the Week at Sperreng Middle School: One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be under-
stood.” - Lucius Annaeus Seneca
KRISPY KREME FUNDRAISER
TREND is sponsoring a fundraiser selling Krispy Kreme certificates for $7.50 (good for a dozen glazed donuts and no purchase necessary) and cards for $12.00 (buy a dozen, get a dozen free glazed donuts=a total of 12 dozen donuts for a dollar each!) These will make great stocking stuffers and/or Kris Kringle gifts!! Money is due up front by December 4th. TREND will deliver by December 18th.
November 27-29 NO SCHOOL—Thanksgiving Break
December 4 Band Concert, 6th Grade (SMS/TMS) 7:00 PM LHS Auditorium
22 8th Grade Recognition Ceremony 8:00 AM (Sperreng) LHS Auditorium
23 End of Quarter (4th Quarter)
23 Half Day-LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 11:05 AM
26 NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day Holiday
28 Report Cards Mailed Electronically
June 2-26 Summer Band Camp 8:00 AM-12:00 PM LHS
STUDENT ATTENDANCE Please remember to use the Sperreng Attendance Line to report your child’s absence. The number is 729-2425. You can leave your information on the voicemail any time day or night and the information will be retrieved by our Attendance Aide. Please do not call the Sperreng main number to report your child’s absence. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated!
OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY CONNECTED:
Facebook: Like us at www.facebook.com/sperrengmiddle Google Calendar: http://go.lindberghschools.ws—Sperreng Home Page—Calendar Twitter:www.twitter.com/sperrengflyers
DR. EGGERS’ REMIND 101 Sign up now for Dr. Eggers’ Remind 101 messages for 2013-2014! Here’s how: To receive messages via text, text @sperre to (314) 332-1748. You can opt-out of mes-sages at anytime by replying, ‘unsubscribe @sperre’. To receive messages via email, send an email to [email protected]. To un-subscribe, reply with ‘unsubscribe’ in the subject line. What is remind 101 and why is it safe? Remind 101 is a one-way text messaging and email system. With Remind101, all personal information remains completely confidential.
INFORMATION RACKS There are two informational racks hanging on the wall in the commons outside of the Guid-ance Office. Information on Clubs and Activities will be located there as it becomes availa-ble. Make sure your student looks there for all current club and activity information.
BE SURE TO CHECK THE SPERRENG WEBSITE! http://go.lindberghschools.ws/sperrengms Don’t forget to check the Sperreng website each day for the Sperreng Daily Announcements and other important information!