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 New-

man

Secretary: Mrs. Theresa Watts

Bookkeeper: Mrs. Vanessa Burnette

School Colors: Blue and Gold

School Mascot: The Bulldog

THE BULLDOG BANNER

2017

Hello Bulldog Parents and Students,

I find it hard to believe that we have already completed the first 9-weeks grading period for this school year! New staff, students,

and families are hopefully now acclimated to our Bulldog PRIDE here at SMS. Our daily commitment is to “BE RESPECTFUL, BE

RESPONSIBLE, and BE PRODUCTIVE.” We hope that our students are shar ing these core values, and that they are str iv-

ing to meet these expectations at home as well. We continue our practice of BARK card distribution to students to recognize & re-

ward positive behaviors, and hundreds of cards have already been earned this school year. Please know that we also continue to

incorporate regular safety drills into our school days to prepare for any emergency situations that could arise while your child is here

at SMS.

Our 6th grade students enjoyed a “Welcome” dance at the beginning of the school year, and the Athletic Department is sponsoring an

upcoming holiday dance for all grade levels on December 15 from 3-5 pm. The fall sports season has recently concluded for all of

our teams. Our girls’ soccer team, girls’ basketball team, and football team all completed successful seasons, with girls’ soccer

finishing undefeated in the regular season and football defeating TMS in the consolation game of the county football tournament.

Congratulations to all! Tryouts for boys’ basketball and wrestling began this week, and we look forward to the winter sports season.

Our music students are again busy making preparations for winter concerts in December – after some outstanding performances at

our Veterans Day Tribute on November 10 (special thanks to Deputy Curtis Padgett, our current SRO and a former member of the

Army Reserves, for being our guest speaker on Veterans Day). And new this year, our 7th grade recently enjoyed a field trip on

Veterans Day to the National Marine Corps Museum at Quantico.

Our library has hosted a successful fall book fair for students, and will host another book fair in the spring. Our PTO has concluded

their annual fundraiser involving magazine subscription & cookie dough sales. PTO also recently hosted our annual Spaghetti

Dinner/Family Photo Night at SMS, and we saw a record-high in attendance at this event by Bulldog families. Thanks to our PTO

for their continuous support of programs here at SMS. And thanks to all of our parents for your help and support during the

fundraiser and other efforts. The students and staff greatly appreciate all of these efforts.

Finally, on behalf of the staff & administration at SMS, I would like to wish all of our students & their families a peaceful, restful,

and enjoyable upcoming holiday season. As always, I encourage everyone to take some time to brighten the experience for someone

else during the holidays. GO BULLDOGS!

Sincerely,

Lane Byrd

Principal

SPOTSYLVANIA MIDDLE SCHOOL

HONOR ROLL FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS

*Denotes All A’s (As of 11/9/17)

6th Grade

*Corey Ahl

Mahum Aiesha

*Charles Aiken

Adam Alhinty

Angel Amaya, Jr.

*Yvonne Ankah

*Aaron Anwar

Li Li Avery

Iyonna Baker

William Bartram

David Basham

Eryn Bean

Olivia Bean

*Arjun Beeravalli

*Jillian Bennett

*Megan Blake

*Jacob Boardman

Joseph Branham

*Shelby Brewer

Olivia Briganti

Robert Bristol

Nyla Brown

Shianne Brown

Kristin Broyles

*Brady Butler

*Julia Bywaters

Landon Cain

Maddox Calder

Kassandra Carlson

Aleksandra Carpenter

Alivia Carter

Sebastian Carter

*Leah Chong

Sebastian Congdon

Landyn Courtney

Loren Cox

*Torin Craig

*Aden Curry

Lourdes Davis

Charles Dean, III

Ellie Derrick

*Lawrence DiBella, IV

Maile Dickhute

*Rylee Dolan

Pierson Dunavant

Emma Duncan

Cecilia Duro-Emanuel

*Aiden Eckenrode

Madison Elrod

Christian Esquivel

Landon Eye

*Connor Fitzpatrick

Kelsey Franklin

*Carter Frezza

Caroline Frost

*Taylor Frye

*Anthony Gallimore

*Sophia Garcia

*John Garecht

*Aniya Gee

Jayceon Giron

Jada Gordon

Madison Gowing

Adele Granger

Jacob Greene

Sophie Hamako

*Ethan Hardy

Lucy Harold

Addison Harrison

Joshua Hartsfield

Devon Hawes

Elizabeth Herman

*Lauren Hieber

Thanhcat Ho

*Kendall Hoisington

Brianna Hollandsworth

Benjamin Hood

Emily Hoskins

Eleanor Hrcka

Will Hurd

Julie Hutton

Diego Iglesias-Bernier

*Madelynn Jaca

Sawyer Johnston

*Amanda Jones

*Nicolas Jones

Zulfiqar Juda

Natalie Kau

*Frederick Klein

*Damian Kooistra

*Djamilatou Koura-Bodji

*Jackson Kourouklis

Toby Lavoy

James Lavoy

Elissa Lewis

Shawn Lillis

Jason Lotito

Savannah Mahan

Andrew Mathews

Layton McCartney

*James Merideth

Russell Meyer

*Mona Milani

*Vivien Mitchell

*Dominic Morello

Peyton Mullins

Ronald Natee

Aliyah Naziri

*Jamie Newton

*Carter Nguyen

Erik Oglevee

James Ohlsson

Connor Olson

*Ishaan Patel

Michelle Pendleton

Mia Pietrandrea

Blake Pittman

Elena Pittman

*Carmen Pope

Kiley Raulerson

Alexander Ray

Diaja Reeves

*Raymond Rhoderick, III

Christian Richards

Liam Riggan

Isaiah Ro

Stephen Roberts

Alexander Romanov

Kaitlyn Russell

Justin Sandy

Carlos Santos

*Yasin Shehata

Macy Shropshire

Cameron Sibley

*Katherine Sides

*Emily Simmons

Mason Sirico

*Lilliana Smith

*Hayden Snyder

Carolyn Spruill

Tanner Stempin

*Izabelle Stuchell

Shelby Terry

Joshua Texidor Ocasio

*Arabella Thelen

Allen Thompson

*Ayden Thomson

*Allison Thrift

*Lytron Tolson

Hezekiah Trejo

*Canyon Valencia

Bayleigh Valentine

Jasmine Vega

*Evan Voisin

Aidan Walker

Jermaine Walton, Jr.

Makayla Watson

Savannah Wayman

Melanie Wilhoite

Schyler Woodson

Charlotte Young

*Michael Zackius-Shittu

Zoe-Makayla Zackius-Shittu

Allen Zahneigh, Jr.

7th Grade

Elijah Adduru

*Carissa Afonso

Deysi Amaya

Josue Amaya Andrade

*Francis Ammaturo

Cameran Atchison

Brianna Barron

*Nicholas Bartram

Jonathan Baten Francisco

Markayla Bell

*Katelyn Bennett

*Kaylie Billig

*Brett Billingsley

Jonathan Blake

Noah Blesi

Brianna Bourne

*David Breaux

Christian Brewer

Alexander Brito

*Maggie Buckingham

Jazzalyn Burke

Jewel Butson

Jada Carpenter

Tatyana Carroll

*Chazz Carson

*Courtney Chaney

Chloe Christiansen

Carlie Clements

Jayden Cleveland

Kimoree Colbert

*Maeghan Colby-Correa

Ibrahim Conteh

Ryan Cotton

*Montgomery Cox

Jordan Creel

Kemala Cuffy

Kyra Cyphert

William Denbo

Melvin Diaz

Dale Dillard

Daniel Dockendorf

Chelsea Dolan

*Jaliyah Dorsey

Robert Downs

*Madelyn Duggins

Aiden Dunn

*Damien Dwyer

Karsten Ellia

Colton Elliott

*Jack Ellis

*Allison Frankenreiter

Lydia Fraser

Simone Fripp

Faith Fulford

Alexiya Gadsden

*Arowen Gagnon

*Zachary Gallimore

Derrick Genao

*Olivia George

Julia Goetz

Kelcy Gomez

Kyle Gonzalez

Amber Gordon

Aidan Gough

Henry Gouldman

Eric Granados

Hamani Gyden

Justin Hackler

Jaxson Hall

*Kalie Hamilton

Aniah Hardy

Antonio Harris

Deana Harris

Jonathan Hawkins

John Hayden

Madelyn Hayes

Benjamin Heffernan

Alexa Hewson

SPOTSYLVANIA MIDDLE SCHOOL

HONOR ROLL FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS

*Denotes All A’s

Anthony Hicks

Janay Hill

Rayne Hilliard

Sarah Hoburg

*Delaney Holloran

Natalie Holt

James Hutton

Taylor Jeter

Zoe Jeter

Jocelyn Johnson

Kenneth Johnson

*Lorenzo Johnson

Luke Johnson

*Alani Jordan

Justin Kamer

*Abigail Kangas

Isabella Keller

Aaron King

Emma Knapp

Adison Knighting

Trinity Lamb

Rya Lefler

*Morgan Lehocky

Jacob Leitch

Chassidy Lewis

*Miranda Lewis

Samira Lewis

Dylan Lipscomb

Cadince Lloyd

Jorge Lopez

Katelyn Lotito

*Regan Lovell

Devlin Lynch

Amanda Malie

Ashley Manrique Barreto

Jade Manrique Hernandez

Jeremy Maradiaga Lanza

Juliann Martinez

Aviela Mathis

Chanan Mathis

Coleton Mauck

*Aniya Maze

*Mia McDermott

*Kamryn McKinney

Payton Meadows

Brayden Meyer

Joseph Meyer

Alyssa Mickels

Adrianna Minor

Adrian Montague

*Genevieve Moore

Mya Morales

McKenzie Morefield

Hannah Morgan

Jasmyn Myers

Harris Naderi

Evelyn Nappier

*Brendan Nave

Sydney Nevitt

Kameron Newman

*Lauren Park

Vincent Peasley

Callie Peek

*Arwen Pemberton

Reagan Perchalski

*Kathryn Perdue

Lauren Perez

*Yahaira Perez-Solis

*Jeslyn Peterson

Isaiah Phillips

Myles Posey

Brenda Ramirez Aquilar

Chase Randolph

Christian Reid

Aidan Reilly

Ian Richey

*Ella Ridgeway

Jesus Rios

Elizabeth Ritchey

Kloe Rivers

Jaime Rodriguez

Juan Rodriguez Monroy

*Calvin Rogers

Michael Roque

McKenzie Ruhlen

*Genesis Ruiz

Jaqueline Sanchez

Ever Sanchez Ferman

Mikilyn Sankey

*Cristina Santana

Ashlyn Sapp

*Adeline Sappenfield

Joseph Schiavo

Aidan Schueler

Morgan Scordellis

Kyra Shartzer

Brooks Shawaryn

Kylee Sheaffer

Yusef Shehata

*Nathan Sherwood

Mike Shirazi

*Benjamin Siwula

Emerson Slater

Eli Smith

Elijah Smith

Emma Stack

*Abigail Starkey

Ethan Strain

Cavin Strawser

Noah Stretton

Megan Strickland

Jaidyn Taylor

*Alexis Thai-Nguyen *Lauren Thamvanthongkham

Victoria Thomas

*Brayden Thompson

Anna Thompson

*Amber Todd

*Aniela Marie Tolero

*Anna Tuck

*Adrian Velez Haselhorst

Joshua Villanueva

Kim Vo

Sophie Voisin

Lillian Wadas

*Ian Wagner

*Bridget Walsh

Madison Watts

Ethan Wells

Kaitlin Wells

Deven Wesley-Jones

Gavin White

Alyssa Whitman

Olivia Whittaker

Isabella Wickens

Megan Wimer

Liam Wojciechowski

Tiffany Wolfe

Garrett Wright

Hayley Wuethrich

*Davon Wyatt

*Jacob Zahabi

Bisma Zahir

8th Grade

Madison Affeldt

Joshua Alger

Zoe Allen

Brandon Archie

Yorick Armstrong

Ethan Asimacopoulos

*Mark Asimacopoulos

Connor Atchison

Carson Baiz

Mekaiyla Baker

Logan Beeson

*Walker Berndt

Christian-Michael Bide

*Jacob Billingsley

Dalton Bond

Carson Bowens

*Samantha Brewer

*Jasmine Brockington

Megan Brooks

*William Brooks

Avery Brown

*Christopher Brown

Nathan Bruce

Trevaughn Burgee

Meleanna Butterfield

Amyah Bumbrey

Matthew Caiafa

*Mikaylah Cain

Chase Callan

Jacob Callaway

Alivia Campbell

Angelina Capots

Monika Carlson

*Lydell Carroll

Adrianna Castiglia

Andrew Christopher

*Justin Clay

Alimamy Conteh

Britney Corral

*Sara Daniels

William-Paul De Jesus

*Lucia DeRosa

*Katherine Doering

*Jeremy Donfack

*Jerome Donfack

*Hunter Drake

Ethan Drew

Landry Duncan

Cody Dupriest

Daijah Durante

*Sophia Durham

*Kiersten Dwyer

Kaitlyn Elrod

Allison Embrey

Ashton Evans

*Zachary Failor

Caitlyn Fairfield

Lana Fayad

Robert Fitzpatrick

*Abigal Flowers

Briyah Ford

Tiana Foster

*Brooke Fox

*Sara Frensley

*Chloe Frum

*Ayanna Gaines

Erick Guevara Flores

Logan Gulick

William Gutting

Juana Guzman Virbes

*Emma Hamako

Ajia Hamilton

John Harvey

Shimya Hendricks

Alexis Hockney

Megan Hollister

*Jaida Hooks

Josiah Hrcka

Nikolas Huynh

*Syed Mohammad Jafri

Aiden Johnson

*Alexus Johnson

*Hunter Johnston

Ethan Jones

Katie Karl

Rory Kerrigan

Jailynn Keyes

Emily Kukanich

Katelyn Kuppert

*Cole Lainhoff

*Phillip Lam

Odehe Lamptey

Nathan Lashley

*Indeya Lewis

*Nina Li

Rachael Low

Ian Lowman

*Nolan Macdiarmid

Seth Manrique Hernandez

Teresa Marchetti

SPOTSYLVANIA MIDDLE SCHOOL

HONOR ROLL FOR THE FIRST NINE WEEKS

*Denotes All A’s

*Brayan Marquez

*Paola Marquez

Vincent McCall

Joseph McDonnel

Reece McFadden

Olivia McNamara

Trinity Meekins

Kaitlyn Mickle

*Sevda Milani

Owen Mitchell

*Jacob Montgomery

Sean Moore

Riley Morgan

*Kyleigh Mummert

*Edrees Naderi

*Devin Naziri

Megan Niemynski

Madison O’Brien

*Kate Oliveros

Wamile Palomino

Jessica Paniagua

Diego Pantoja

*Yash Patel

Yazleen Paz

Shelby Peterson

Amarion Phillips

Ashton Pierce

Jaiven Plummer

Madison Poole

*Riley Pugh

Christa Quaye

Alexander Ramsey

Ibrahim Raza

Cross Remsen

*Danielle Robbins

Yasmin Roblero Lopez

Earnest Rogers

John Romano

Andrew Sandy

*Alexander Sappenfield

Gwyneth Schueler

Dana Sexton

*Savanna Shappley

*Emma Shropshire

*Gabriel Sides

*Michael Simmons

*Juliet Smith

Leah Stewart

*Caden Strawser

Mary Sublett

Charlotte Swope

Wayne Tallman

Jasmine Thomas

Keble Thomas

*Mallory Thompson

*Jalen Tolson

Ethan Tyrrell

*Bryce Valentine

*Sabrina Van

*Jacob Vanbenschoten

Valerie Vega

Amber Villanueva

*Brandon Walsh

Kaylee Warwick

Giovanni Wells Stokes

Charles Welsh

Dayonna Whitehurst

Cheyenne Williams

Grace Williams

Morgan Williamson

Emma Winter

Kayla Wright

*Alayna Zinser

Emali Zumbrook

Nov 14th - 6th grade Spelling Bee Nov 16th - 8th grade Spelling Bee Nov 17th - 7th grade Spelling Bee Nov 18th - Music Dept Car Show Fundraiser, 12-4pm Nov 22th-24th - Holiday for teachers & students Dec 1st - Early release for students, 11:45 am Dec 7th - PTO Big Blast and VIP Party 2-4:30pm Dec 14th - B Day interims sent home Dec 15th - A Day interims sent home - Athletic Dept Holiday Dance, 3-5pm Dec 21st-Jan 1st - Holiday for teachers & students Jan 2nd - Teacher Planning and Development, no school for students Jan 11th - Parent/Teacher Conference Night Jan 15th - Holiday for teachers & students Jan 26th - Early release for students, 11:45am End of 9-week marking period Jan 29th - Teacher Planning and Development, no school for students Feb 1st - Report Cards issued Inclement weather days will be made up in the following order: Day 1 January 29th Day 2 February 19th Day 3-7 Will not be made up Day 8 April 13th

Congratulations to all of the new National Junior Honor Society members for 2017-2018! Meetings will

be held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 3:00-4:00pm in room 10.

President - Zoe Allen

Vice President - Lucia DeRosa

Secretary - Mallory Thompson

Parliamentarian - Kiersten Dwyer

Treasurer - Jacob Vanbenschoten

Historian - Ian Lowman

We collected $182.27 for our first Service Project, Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF! Thank you for your generosity

Bulldogs!

Citizenship Award

Congratulations to the following students who have been chosen as the Citizens of the Month by their

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

September

6th Grade John Garecht Charlotte Young

7th Grade Melvin Diaz Cadince Lloyd

8th Grade Avery Brown Ethan Jones

***SCA***

Thank you to all of our candidates that ran for SCA Office. You all did a fabulous job with

your campaigns and I look forward to your continued leadership with SCA.

Congratulation to our 2017-18 Officers:

President - Ethan Jones

Vice President - Alex Denbo

Secretary - Sevda Milani

Treasurer - Jaliyah Dorsey

Historian - Avery Brown

SMS ORCHESTRA NEWS

Congratulations to the following orchestra students have been selected to represent Spotsylvania Middle

School as part of the 2017 Spotsylvania County Schools All County Orchestra:

2017-2018 SMS MUSIC DATES

November 10,11 Regional Orchestra Event – Colgan HS or Battlefield HS

November 10 8 am- 12 pm SMS Veteran’s Day Concert

November 18 10 am – 4 pm Music Department Car Show

December 7 7:00 pm SMS Band Winter Concert

December 14 7:00 pm SMS Chorus & Orchestra Winter Concert

Dec 8 or 15 8:15-11:15 Recruitment Concerts at CES, CRES

January 13 9 am - 1 pm Middle School All-District Band Auditions - AG Wright MS, Stafford

January 20 Snow Date - Middle School All-District Band Auditions - AGW MS

February 9,10 All-District Chorus Event - Spotsylvania High School

February 16,17 Middle School All-District Band Event - Brooke Point High School, Stafford

February 15,16 or 22, 23 All-County Orchestra Event - Massaponax High School

February 22,23 Snow Date -All-County Orchestra Event - Spotsylvania High School

March 2,3 Middle School All-County Band (Concert at Culture a la Carte – March 3)

March 3 11 am – 4 pm Culture a la Carte—location tbd

March 14,15 All Day District Chorus Assessment (Middle School) - Spotsylvania Middle School

March 21,22 Middle School Band Assessment - Massaponax High School

March 27-29 District Orchestra Assessment – Mountain View High School, Stafford

April 23-26 4 - 9 pm Solo & Ensemble Festival (Band & Orchestra) – Courtland High School

May 10 7:00 pm SMS Orchestra Spring Concert

May 17 7:00 pm SMS Chorus Spring Concert

May 24 5 - 7 pm SMS Bulldog Expo

May 31 7:00 pm SMS Band Spring Concert

May 25 9 am - 9 pm Kings Dominion Festival (8th grade Band, Chorus & Orchestra)

May 29-31 3:00 pm Massaponax HS Mini Band Camp

June 5-7 3:00 pm Courtland HS Mini Band Camp

TBD Spotsylvania HS Mini Band Camp at SHS

Sabrina Van- Concertmistress

Nina Li- 14th chair 1st Violin

Owen Mitchell- 15th chair 1st Violin William Hills- 8th chair 2nd Violin

Isabella Keller- 11th chair 2nd Violin

Danielle Robbins- 17th chair 2nd Violin

Walker Berndt- 5th chair Viola

Christa Quaye- 7th chair Viola

Jonathan Blake- 9th chair Cello

Declan Congdon- 13th chair Cello

Mikaylah Cain- 15th chair Cello Kate Oliveros- 4th chair Bass

Anshu Pathak- 5th chair Bass

Zachary Gallimore- 6th chair Bass

Cheyenne Williams- 7th chair Bass

Hamani Gyden- 1st Bass Alternate

IT’S A LIBRARY THING

*****YEARBOOKS******

The sponsor for the

yearbook is Mrs. Saffy.

See Mrs. Belcastro in the

library or the link below to

purchase your color yearbook.

Yearbooks are $30.00

$35.00 after February 28th

http://jostensyearbooks.com

We are collecting

Boxtops for Education

Please bring them with the

homeroom teachers name marked on the

envelope. The top homeroom will be

rewarded each 9 weeks.

Thank you and good luck!

Congratulations to Mrs. Gray,

Ms. Bennett and Mrs. Foster!!!!

CANNED FOOD DRIVE

November 13—December 15

The 7th Grade is sponsoring a canned food drive.

Donations will be given to the Spotsylvania Emergency Concerns Association (SECA).

The school-wide goal is 2017 cans.

Cans are to be turned in to your A1 teacher.

Please consider donating.

Thanks!

As usual, things are always changing in the library. We had an good book fair and want to thank all the parents who helped. All of our profit will go to buy books and reading incentives for our students. The spring book fair will be a BOGO fair again. Our new citation generator is Noodle Tools, which is the same one that the high schools use. This will allow more continuity when our students go to 9th grade. The library has gotten an influx of new technology and we are waiting for just a few more pieces to make these new things work. Our new items are not only fun, but can teach coding and interactive learing. We, and most other schools received the following: a Smart TV, interactive table with projector, 3D printer, Raspberry Pis (which you don't eat!), Spheros and Ozobots. In the midst of all the technology, we never forget the power of a good book and importance of read-ing. This year the Spotsy Reads program has involved many students in the school and we are constantly adding new books to our collection.

This year we are happy to have the following 8th grade students as our library aides: Brandon Archie, Jeremy

Donfack, Jerome Donfack, Chloe Frum, Briana Hayden, Nathan Lashley, Amarion Phillips, Riley Reid &

Morgan Tune. These student aides are available to assist you in checking out your materials, finding specific

books and resources, shelving books, and maintaining a neat and clean library for everyone here at SMS.

THE BULLDOG BARK:

FOR SMS NEWS AND INFORMATION

Bulldog Bark is back again and ready to report. The first team of the year is as follows:

A Day: John Harvey, Briana Hayden, Taylor Jeter, Aniya Maze, Lizzy Ritchey; B Day: Lourdes Davis,

Drew Sandy, Chase Santmyer, Michael Simmons & Sabrina Van

FRENCH CLUB NEWS

The French Club met in September and October. We had delicious French foods brought in by the students.

We enjoyed making French Club T-shirts with the help of Mrs. VanRooy.

Merci to all the students who ran for an office in French Club. Congratulations to the following students who

were elected as OFFICERS for French Club for 2017 - 2018:

Secretary: Jeremy Donfack gr. 8

Vice President: Owen Mitchell gr. 8

And President: Yazleen Paz gr. 8

Our next meeting is Wednesday, November 15, from 3:00-4:30 in room 206.

Le Congrès de Français

The 6th annual Congrès de Français (French Convention) was held at Courtland HS on Saturday, November 4th.

Fifteen students from SMS and 1 student from Post Oak Middle attended this day of French language and cul-

ture! Mrs. Perret Dowd presented a session on making Croque Monsieur and playing Pétanque. Over 150

French students from our region attended this fun French event!

FCA

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Teacher Leader - Mr. Wood

Meetings are held Wednesday mornings

in the gym at 7:00 a.m.

We come and fellowship together, cool activities,

refreshments and have fun.

For God so loved the world that He gave his only

begotten Son and whosoever believeth in him

should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

SMS Homework Club

Homework Club is held each Wednesday after school until 4:00 p.m. Students have the opportunity to work on their homework with support from SMS teachers and peer tutors, overseen by the teachers.

Students must have a signed permission slip each Wednesday to stay after school.

Students are dismissed and must be picked up from the main entrance of the school at 4:00 p.m.

BULLDOG SPORTS LADY BULLDOG

BASKETBALL TEAM

Mekaiyla Baker Tinasha Figgers

Ayanna Gaines Madelyn Hayes

Janay Hill Nevaeh Johnson

Trinity Meekins Kiley Raulerson

Danielle Robbins Morgan Scordellis

Jaidyn Taylor Amari Wanzer

Coach

Mr. Highlander

Managers

Briyah Ford, Aniya Gee,

Megan Wimer

SMS FOOTBALL TEAM

Ethan Asimacopoulos Mark Asimacopoulos Mathias Barnwell

Christian Bide Cole Bruce Trevaughn Burgee

Lydell Carroll Carlos Cole Brent Donald

Jack Ellis Tyreek Ford e Quentin Fortune

Trevontaz Hall Ben Heffernan Darius Holcomb

Josiah Hrcka Nik Huynh Lorenzo Johnson

Hunter Johnston Aaron King Christian Law

Kyron Malbon Monte McMorris Brandon Park

Jaiven Plummer Earnest Rogers Chris Simpson

Isaiah Spearman Caden Strawser Cavin Strawser

George Thorne Gary Washington Liam Wojciechowski

Al-Tariq Woodall

Coaches

Head Coach: Kevin Race

Managers

Andrew Christopher, James Lavoy, Toby Lavoy

LADY BULLDOG

SOCCER TEAM

Madison Affeldt Samantha Brewer

Tatyana Carroll Carlie Clements

Britney Corral Madelyn Duggins

Daijah Durante Madison Franklin

Sara Frensley Aniah Hardy

Delaney Holloran Rya Lefler

Rachael Low Paola Marquez

Sydney Nevitt Jessica Paniagua

Avelinn Roles Emma Shropshire

Reese Slater Lauren Thamvanthongkham

Madison Watts Kaitlin Wells

Coach

Aubrey Elliott

Managers: Teresa Marchetti, Tessa Campbell

From the PTO… 11/2017

Hello Bulldog Parents!!

What an amazing start to the school year! It's hard to believe how many events we have already

tackled with the help of so many dedicated volunteers.

Our 2017 Fall Fundraiser event was better than ever! THANK YOU! Students who sold enough

items to earn the Limo Lunch at Golden Corral will be attending that spectacular event on November

9th, followed by the end of fundraiser Big Blast and VIP party, scheduled for December 7th.

The PTO Community Spaghetti Dinner was a great success. We had many students show up with

their families to enjoy the food, family photos, and performances from our talented school musicians!

Thanks to the NJHS students for serving in the kitchen, and to all of you that donated the delicious

desserts that were served that evening.

New Spirit Wear styles were introduced this year including a long sleeve shirt in both Blue and NE-

ON! And as always, the performance hoodie is a huge hit. The Bulldog students look great. Spirit

wear is always for sale, and is a great way to show your Bulldog pride at school and in the communi-

ty. Remember that every Friday is Bulldog Spirit Day!

If you would like to get more involved, but have a hard time coming in to volunteer, our Hospitality

Committee is always looking for people to donate food items for teacher appreciation, special staff

luncheons/thank-you breakfasts, and for our annual Holiday Dessert Buffet (coming up on December

14th!). We appreciate any help we can get - contact us!

Get those card dobbers ready...Bulldog Bingo is just around the bend in the new year!

Be sure to check us out on Facebook for all the latest news and upcoming event information. Our Fa-

cebook site is: Spotsylvania Middle School PTO.

Thank you again for all your support this year! It is wonderful to have so many parents and staff

working together to make a wonderful learning environment for our students and teachers. SMS

families are truly the best!

~ The SMS PTO

spotsypto@gmail.com