MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE

Parents,

Some important dates are on the horizon for our students and teachers here at SMS.

Listed below is the SOL test schedule for May & June. Please take a moment to note your child’s test dates

and speak to them about their preparations. Please encourage your students to study in the upcoming days

and ensure that they arrive to school well-rested and on-time for those test dates. GO BULLDOGS!

Thank you,

Lane Byrd

Principal

Spotsylvania Middle School 8801 Courthouse Road

Spotsylvania, VA 22553

540-582-6341

Principal: Mr. Lane Byrd

Assistant Principal: Mr. Scott Wilson

Instructional Coordinator: Mrs. Margaret Newman

Secretary: Mrs. Theresa Watts

Bookkeeper: Mrs. Vanessa Burnette

Nurse: Mrs. Brenda James

www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/sms/index.htm

THE BULLDOG BANNER

2016 SOL SCHEDULE

(Subject to change)

May 20 - Science 8 June 1 - Math 8/Algebra 8

May 23 - Make up June 2 - Math 6/MSII 6th graders

May 24 - English 6 June 3 - Math 7/Algebra 7/Geometry

May 25 - English 8 June 6 - English Retakes

May 26 - English 7 June 7 - Civics Retakes/Make up Testing

May 27 - Make up Testing June 8 - History 6 Post Assessment/

May 30 - Holiday Make up Testing

May 31 - Civics 7 June 9 - Math Retakes/

Make up Testing

6th Grade

Madison Affeldt

Joshua Alger

*Zoe Allen

Nicholas Amato

Brandon Archie

*Ethan Asimacopoulos

Mark Asimacopoulos

*Connor Atchison

*Nasir Baig-Johnson

Courtney Bailey

Mekaiyla Baker

Elogan Ballhaus

Logan Beeson

*Walker Berndt

Dalton Best

Jaden Binette

*Dalton Bond

Carson Bowens

*Samantha Brewer

*Megan Brooks

*William Brooks

Avery Brown

*Christopher Brown

Kaydence Brown

Nathan Bruce

Amyah Bumbrey

Meleanna Butterfield

*Mikaylah Cain

*Chase Callan

Alivia Campbell

Tessa Campbell

Angelina Capots

Adrianna Castiglia

*Andrew Christopher

Jaden Clark

Jackson Clarke

*Justin Clay

Kimberly Collins

Declan Congdon

Alimamy Conteh

*Britney Corral

Logan Creel

Emily Davis

Mason Dawson

William-Paul De Jesus

*Lucia DeRosa

*Katherine Doering

*Jeremy Donfack

*Jerome Donfack

Elexis Doy

*Hunter Drake

*Ethan Drew

*Regan Duceman

*Landry Duncan

Cody Dupriest

Daijah Durante

*Sophia Durham

*Kiersten Dwyer

*Allison Embrey

Ashton Evans

*Zachary Failor

*Caitlyn Fairfield

Isaiah Foster

*Tiana Foster

*Brooke Fox

Madison Franklin

*Sara Frensley

*Chloe Frum

*Ayanna Gaines

*Elena Guadamuz

Erick Guevara Flores

Logan Gulick

*William Gutting

Brendan Harrison

*John Harvey

*Briana Hayden

*Macy Henry

Ashton Hilton

Alexis Hockney

Ethan Hood

*Josiah Hrcka

Nikolas Huynh

*Zachary Janson

Aiden Johnson

*Alexus Johnson

*Dylan Johnson

Kyle Johnson

*Hunter Johnston

*Ethan Jones

Madison Jones

*Katie Karl

Jailynn Keyes

*Emily Kukanich

*Katelyn Kuppert

*Cole Lainhoff

*Phillip Lam

*Odehe Lamptey

Nathan Lashley

Jaquari Law

Navar Lewis

*Ian Lowman

*Nolan Macdiarmid

Teresa Marchetti

Brayan Marquez

*Paola Marquez

Benjamin Matarese

Mason Mayer

*Vincent McCall

Carter McCormick

Joseph McDonnel

Reece McFadden

Monte McMorris

*Trinity Meekins

*Kaitlyn Mickle

*Sevda Milani

Rachel Miller

Madison Mills

*Dexter Mitchell

*Owen Mitchell

Alexa Molina

*Jacob Montgomery

*Sean Moore

Jacob Muollo

Edrees Naderi

Xavier Nasseri

Devin Naziri

Megan Niemynski

*Kate Oliveros

Isabella Olman

Jessica Paniagua

Diego Pantoja

*Brandon Park

Javier Parker

*Yash Patel

Naveya Paul

Yazleen Paz

Rosemary Perry

Brittney Perts

*Shelby Peterson

Amarion Phillips

*Ashton Pierce

Aidan Pittman

Jaiven Plummer

*Madison Poole

Ethan Porter

Luke Porter

Trevor Powers

Trinity Preston

*Riley Pugh

Christa Quaye

Samantha Quillen

Ibrahim Raza

*Danielle Robbins

Isaac Rodriguez

Hannah Salyards

Andrew Sandy

Chase Santmyer

Gwyneth Schueler

*Savanna Shappley

*Lilly Shelton

*Emma Shropshire

*Gabriel Sides

*Michael Simmons

Christopher Simpson

Carli Skebo

*Kathryn Slater

*Juliet Smith

Sophia Stannard

Andre Stewart

*Caden Strawser

Briana Fitton

*Ryan Flores

Dylan Fox

*Colin Friend

*Austin Gagnon

Robert Gallahan

*Annika Giese

Alyssa Hall

*Alexis Hardisty

Danyja Harris

Sabrina Hart

*Julia Hayden

Katherine Haynes

*Olivia Haynes

Brittney Hilldrup

Caitlyn Hokenson

Jamilah Holcomb

Kaylee Hollandsworth

*Elena Holt

*Zachary Houk

Ronni Howard

Ayana Ingram

*Bailey Jenkins

Aaliyah Johnson

*Elaina Johnson

Christian Jones

*Mikaela Jones

Lacey Kangas

Tyler Knowles

Cheickna Koura-Bodji

*Brianna London

Jonathan Maready

Elizabeth Marples

Andrea Martinez Alvarado

Alaya Mateo

*Madison McDermott

*Jessica Meyer

*Ariana Mickels

*Colton Mutty

*Gwendolyn Narkinsky

Peter Niemynski

Madalynn Nofplot

Kasiah Norbrey

*Savannah Normand

*Megan Norris

*Sydney Norris

Chidera Nosike

Vincent Osso

Ebony Parker

Kelly Paz

*Carli Perkins

Adriana Perry

*Grace Pietro

Alexis Pollock

*Carson Porter

Ian Richardson

*Olivia Rigby

SPOTSYLVANIA MIDDLE SCHOOL

HONOR ROLL FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS

*Denotes All A’s (As of 4/26/2016)

*Charlotte Swope

Wayne Tallman

Jasmine Thomas

Keble Thomas

*Mallory Thompson

*Mary Todd

*Jalen Tolson

Morgan Tune

*Sabrina Van

*Jacob Vanbenschoten

Valerie Vega

Ashley Vela

Amber Villanueva

Joshua Walker

Giovanni Wells Stokes

*Charles Welsh

Dayonna Whitehurst

Cheyenne Williams

*Grace Williams

*Morgan Williamson

Emma Winter

Kadin Wolfe

*Kayla Wright

Justin Young

*Alayna Zinser

Emali Zumbrook

7th Grade

*John Ackuayi

*Hannah Aiken

*Minahal Aisha

*Melinda Arthur

Allison Ashton

Lourdes Ayala

Brockman Ayers

Thomas Ballard

Nakyla Banks

*Chasity Beeson

Rachel Bernard

Makenna Billig

Vincent Briganti

*Sydney Brown

Emily Broyles

*Emily Catlett

Alanna Clark

*Journey Cole

Jackson Collier

Aleena De Sir

*Alyssa Defrancisco

Mason Degraef

Ausha Denson

Gage Dilworth

Esperanza Dobbs

Gabriel Eckenrode

*Kyle Ernandes

Brianna Farnsworth

*Connor Ferares

*Alex Fetea

Sebastian Brooks

*Hailey Bruce

*Macy Burnette

Rebecca Calderone

Laila Campbell

Jacob Carmichael

Santos Carranza

Cameron Chronister

Arkese Claiborne

Joshua Cole

*Melani Corral

Joshua Coss

Andreius Cox

Tristen Craig

Daniel Curry

Nikeejah Dallas

*Mia Daniel

Grant Davis

Jonathan Delarosa

Gianna Derosa

Mason Dickhute

Joaquin Diego

Bryce Dillard

Ryan Doering

Christopher Dotson

*Dylan Duceman

*Meredith Duncan

Logan Ealley

*Zachary Ellia

*Andrew Ernandes

*Chad Flowers

Aidan Forster

Zane Fox

Megan Fraser

John Freemyers

Nicole Freemyers

*Lauren Frensley

David Gondek

*Brooke Granger

*Sofia Harris

*Maia Harrison

Michaela Harrison

*Lavell Hart

Brian Heidler

Annalise Henzler

*Daniel Hieber

Emily Hinkson

Noelle Hodges

Jordan Holmes

Logan Howard

Sarah Hybl

Abriana Ingram

Donovan Jackson

Corey John

*Monique Johnson

Alyssa Jones

Jonathon Keller

*Haley Kerhart

*Mikaila Keyes

Keana Keys

*Zachary King

Olivia Knerr

Mason Kozloff

Blake Lainhoff

*William Lazo

Blaize Lewis

Iyana Lewis

Morgan Long

Isaias Lopez

Tyler Lowe

Addison Lowman

Keith Macdonald

Grace Mahon

*Lillian Martinez

Kyiam Mathis

Jackson Mayer

Laney McCullough

Kirsten Metts

Yaire Montesinos

Faith Montgomery

Rohina Naderi

Ethan Neller

*Riley Nevitt

Madeline Newhouse

Deaquan Nichols

Ian Osborne

*Emma Ostrander

Haley Ostrander

Jonathan Paniagua

*Will Park

Roberto Perez

*Emily Peterson

Dionyssios Polo

*Jordan Powers

Hunter Pugh

Briggs Randall

Kylie Reid

Owen Reilly

Victoria Richardson

Savannah Roark

Jesse Roberts

Anna Robinson

*Megan Rodriguez

Elisha Ruhlen

Gabriela Santana

Destiny Sealy

Loyd Shelton

*Jada Sherald

*Alec Sherwood

*Caitlyn Simmons

Emily Simmons

*Matthew Skinner

Catherine Slattery

*Jacob Solanto

Carter Sprinkle

*Grace Sprinkle

*Mackeon Sprinkle

William Stargell

*Christopher Stinson

Ahdriana Sullivan

Elana Terembes

Sarah Thrift

Jessica Tolliver

*Caroline Van

Antonio Vazquez

Nayari Villanueva

*Billy Virganio

Jason Walker

*Taylor Welsh

Zachary White

*Zoe Whittaker

Julius Williams

*Major Willkie

Jonathan Windsor

Michelle Yaafi

Trinity Zavilla

Lorenzo Zuniga

Brianna Rivera

*Keely Rivers

*Julia Ro

*Andrea Rodriguez

Nicholas Rose

Kaitlyn Ruhlen

David Ruiz-Rivera

Jasiah Sacra

Michael Salvary

Laura Sandoval

Dylan Scott

Taliyah Seabron

Megan Shaughnessy

Jonathan Shepherd

Trinity Simms

*Elle Slater

Cailtyn Smith

*Charlotte Smith

Davis Smith

Jacob Smith

Sara Smith

Viviana Smith

*Cameron Smith-Carroll

Gabrielle Spears

Matthew Spicer

*Anna Stevens

*Matthew Stretton

Allyson Swann

*Natalie Szenas

*Minh-Tuan Thai-Nguyen

*Blake Thamvanthongkham

*Atlee Thompson

Erica Thompson

Ewan Thomson

Liam Thomson

*Anika Tosh

Joseph Travis

*Emily-Rose Truslow

Gianpaul Velez-Rivera

Jackson Vollbrecht

Nathan Warren

*Chariti Washington

*Destini Washington

Ethan Weinhold

*Louis Wiltenmuth

Charlotte Zinck

8th Grade

*Amiah Ablack

Diego Afonso

Ridha Alhebshi

Martin Arellano

Jedrek Bahena

Shyanne Bailey

Melviah Banks

*Rebekah Bautista

Kylee Berry

Duncan Bowles

SPOTSYLVANIA MIDDLE SCHOOL

HONOR ROLL FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS

*Denotes All A’s (as of 4/26/2016)

May 3rd - Athletic Physical Night,

6-9pm

May 19th - B Day interims sent home

May 20th - A Day interims sent home

May 30th - Holiday for teachers &

students

June 4th - 8th Grade Dance, 6-9pm

June 10th - Field Day

June 14th - 6th Grade Awards Assembly

@ 9am

June 15th - 7th Grade Awards Assembly

@ 9am

June 16th - 8th Grade Awards Assembly

@ 9am

June 15th-17th - Early release for

students, 11:45 am

June 17th - Last Day of School

Final report cards will be mailed

IT’S A LIBRARY THING

LIBRARY

BOOK CHECKOUT

The last day for book checkout will be Friday, May 27th.

All library books will be due no later than Friday, June 3rd.

During SOL testing we are closed if tests are being administered in the library that day. HOWEVER, we are always open during homeroom. Many students claim they can never return their overdue library books while testing, but this is not true. If the student arrives too late for homeroom, they can always leave their book in the library mailbox or give them to the office aide. Overdue notices will be sent out more often as we near the end of school so students can keep up with their books and debts. Remember, elementary debts are still on your child's account. These do not go away! Several fun events are planned for the end of the year, but your child may not be able to participate if they have debts. Don’t wait until the last minute to take care of them – library, cafeteria, gym, and textbooks. Have your child check their account on Destiny. It will show overdue books and ALL fines, not just the library.

Café Book (7th & 8th grade) will end the program by voting for their favorite book and enjoying a field trip and pizza to the Snow Library in May. Permission slips will be sent home soon. Summer reading is important to prevent a slide in reading level. The suggested summer reading lists will be posted on our website before the end of school. This will include the books for our in-house reading program, Spotsy Reads. The public library often has a summer reading program that is lots of fun and gives incentives for reading.

Yearbooks can be purchased for $30 in the

Library during homeroom. You still have

time to reserve your copy before they

arrive. After May 20th, you may

purchase a yearbook with cash only.

No checks will be accepted.

NOTE FROM THE NURSE

“Reminder to Parents”

Students must have new medication orders at the

beginning of each new school year.

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Please pick up all medication from the clinic by

3:00pm on June 16th.

Medication can not be sent home with the student. Spring Pictures

Pictures were taken on March 8th & 9th.

Students will be bringing home their

spring portraits to be previewed. You

need to return them or pay for the por-

traits once you have decided. They can be

paid for online by a credit card but you

need to bring in the confirmation number

on the order so your student will be re-

moved from the debt list. They can also

be purchased at school.

Box Top

Please bring them marked with the

homeroom teachers name on

the envelope.

The top homeroom in each grade level will be

rewarded each 9-week grading period.

Thank you and good luck!

CITIZENSHIP AWARD

The Spotsylvania Middle School Citizenship Award is given to students whose contributions to our SMS

community are recognized through positive attitudes and genuine support of their fellow students. These

students have shown themselves to be respectful, responsible, and productive.

The following students were recognized with PTO Citizenship Awards for January, February and March:

January February

Angelina Capots - All Stars Team Chris Conde - All Stars Team

Nolan MacDiarmid - Champions Team Katie Karl - Champions Team

Olivia Haynes - 7th Grade Melinda Arthur - 7th Grade

Louis Wiltenmuth - 7th Grade Jasiah Sacra - 7th Grade

Hunter Pugh - 8th Grade Meredith Duncan - 8th Grade

Caroline Van - 8th Grade Austin Eye - 8th Grade

March Ethan Drew - All Stars Team

Kaitlyn Mickle - Champions Team

Gabe Eckenrode - 7th Grade

Alyssa Noble - 7th Grade

Will Park - 8th Grade

Caitlyn Simmons - 8th Grade

Athletic Physical Night

**$15.00**

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Time: 6:00 - 9:00 pm

Spotsylvania Middle School

SMS Athletic Department is hosting an Athletic Physical Night for any middle or high school

students who needs a sports physical for the 2016-2017 athletic seasons. It is on a “first come, first

serve” basis. Local physicians and physician assistants, and nurse practitioners (about 10-15 will be

on site) are donating their time for this fundraising event. All proceeds will go toward the SMS

Athletic Department.

Please use the gym side entrance.

SMS will have current Athletic Physical Forms available. Any questions; contact Mr. Kevin Race at

540-582-6341 ext. 6535 or krace@spotsylvania.k12.va.us

Field Day will be on

Friday, June 10th.

All debts need to be paid by Tuesday, June 7th in order to participate.

Upcoming Events

April 26th & 28th - Solo & Ensemble Festival (Band & Orchestra) - Fredericksburg Academy

April 28th - SMS Bulldog Expo - 5-7pm

May 12th - SMS Orchestra Spring Concert - 7:00 pm

May 19th - SMS Band Spring Concert - 7:00 pm

May 26th - SMS Chorus Spring Concert - 7:00 pm

May 27th - Kings Dominion Festival (8th Grade Band, Chorus and Orchestra) 9:00am-9:00pm

May 31st, June 1st & 2nd - Massaponax HS Mini Band Camp

June 1st, Courtland HS Mini Band Camp at SMS

June 2nd, Courtland HS Mini Band Camp at CHS

FRENCH News

A French Afternoon

5 students from SMS attended “Un Après-midi Français” (A French Afternoon) on Saturday, April 16 at Chancellor High School : Zach Ellia, Anna Stevens, Charlotte Zink and Sara & Caitlyn Smith. They enjoyed making Belgian waffles, competing in French Trivia, Learning about Pokeman, playing French board games and more! Also, they got to meet and talk to the students taking French in local high schools. French Club Students researched famous French such as Napoleon

Bonaparte, Charles de Gaulle, Vincent Van Gogh and

othere. They presented their Power Points during French

club. Journey Cole brought some French cheese,

croissants and Perrier—yum! Our last meeting will be

on Wednesday, May 18. We will be playing pétanque!

DEBATE TEAM

The Bulldogs competed in the most recent Spotsylvania County Middle School Debate League tournament held at Ronald Reagan Middle School in Prince William County. The SMS Debate Team

continued to make significant improvement by finishing in second place overall. SMS had three teams who were undefeated: Gabe Sides & Walker Berndt, Emily Catlett & Makenna Billig and Zach Ellia & A.J. Ernandez. The Bulldogs will enter five teams in the final tournament which is called the “The Great Debate” at Ni River Middle School on April 30th.

24 COUNTY WIDE TOURNAMENT

Congratulations to the following students who

represented SMS at the county wide tournament on

April 20th at the School Board Office and won the

county championship!

6th Grade 7th Grade

Mark Asimacopoulos Katie Hayes

Jaquari Law Bailey Jenkins

Sabrina Van Elaina Johnson

(alternate –MJ Stretton)

8th Grade

Zachary Ellia

Briggs Randall

Christopher Stinson

BULLDOG

ATHLETICS

LADY BULLDOG

SOFTBALL TEAM

Emily Broyles

Hailey Bruce

Kayla Compton

Alyssa DeFrancisco

Sophia Harris

Ronni Howard

Elaina Johnson

Haley Kerhart

Lillian Martinez

Savannah Normand

Sarah Thrift

Paige Vassallo

Managers

Mattison Clift, Danyja Harris, Vincent Osso

Coaches

Mrs. Lorrie Saffy

Mr. David Highlander

LADY BULLDOG

TRACK TEAM

Hannah Aiken

Rebekah Bautista

Rachel Bernard

Laila Campbell

Emily Catlett

Tristen Craig

Mia Daniel

Aleena DeSir

Lauren Frensley

Mia Hall

Olivia Haynes

Annalize Henzler

Noelle Hodges

Abriana Ingram

Monique Johnson

Makaila Keyes

Chelsea King

Olivia Knerr

Brianna London

Alaya Mateo

Grace Pietro

Jordan Powers

Kylie Reid

Julia Ro

Savannah Roark

Megan Rodriguez

Caitlyn Seagrest

Jada Sherald

Elle Slater

Viviana Smith

Imani Spears

Carter Sprinkle

Grace Sprinkle

Reagan Steele

Managers

Mia Harrison, Grace Mahon,

Zoe Whittaker

Coaches

Ms. Jen Nelson

Mr. Kevin Race

BOYS TRACK TEAM

Jedrek Bahena

Tre Brooks

TyShaun Colbert

Josh Cole

Josh Coss

Daniel Curry

Leaonard Diaz

Ryan Doering

Dylan Duceman

Kyle Ernandes

Michael Estur

David Gondek

Jeo Guadamuz

Maurice Howard

James Johnson

Micalib Johnson

Jackson Mayer

Darion Moore

Roger Mullins

DeaQuan Nichols

Will Park

Keidrick Peay

Cristian Sanchez

Matt Spicer

Ryan Strother

Coaches

Ms. Jen Nelson

Mr. Kevin Race

BOYS SOCCER TEAM

Brandon Brito

Santos Carranza

Alex Fetea

Mason Kozloff

William Lazo

Alan Maready

Kyle Meissner

Colton Mutty

Erick Paniagua

John Paniagua

Julian Perez

Briggs Randall

Alec Sherwood

Cameron Smith-Carroll

Corbin Skebo

Matt Skinner

Blake Thamvanthongkam

Ewan Thomson

Liam Thomson

Garrett Underhill

Gianpaul Velez-Rivera

Julius Williams

Minani Zairos

Coach

Mr. Stephen Hafner

Welcome to the

SMS Parent and Teacher Organization

Hello Bulldog Parents from Your PTO

We want to take this opportunity to thank you ALL for helping us make our annual Bulldog BINGO night such a huge success! Special thanks to Kelly Olson, Heidi Davis, Lynette Salvary, and Jenny Lossing for all the work they put into getting such awesome prize donations, and to Tracy Lowman for making and printing our programs for the event. It’s parents like you all who make these events run super smoothly and enjoyable for everyone!

Teacher appreciation week is right around the corner. We need parents to help show the love by donating desserts for the Staff Dessert Bar on Thursday, May 5. Please look out for the sign up or contact us at spotyspto@gmail.com. Please consider sending in a donation to help the teachers feel special!

We are currently looking for positions for the PTO board next year, specifically Vice President, Treasurer, and Fundraiser Chair and Co-Chair Persons. If you would be interested in more information about any open positions for next year please email us at spotsypto@gmail.com. Donating your time goes a long way to help our school, teachers, and students, so please consider helping out in this manner. We truly appreciate our Bulldog parents!

Thank you to each and every student, parent, staff member, and administrator who contributed in making each of our events a complete success this year. Thank you again for all the support you have shown the PTO and our school this year! It’s hard to believe we are winding down so quickly!

Sincerely, Spotsylvania Middle PTO