Our Mission
The staff at Sandwich Middle School is committed to establishing and maintaining an equitable and dynamic educational experience designed to meet the unique physical, emotional, and social needs of the adolescent learner. We realize that a strong home-school-community relationship, emphasizing good communications is crucial to the successful completion of our mission.Principal - BJ Richardson
Asst. Principal - Tim Gipe
Sandwich Middle School Morning Announcements - February 5, 2010
- Lunch Menu- Super Bowl Celebration-Buffalo Chicken Sandwich, Quarterback Wedges, Touchdown Orange Wedges. Purchase a buffalo sandwich and get a free speed pass.
- All eighth grade cheerleaders please return your uniforms to Ms. Gray as soon as possible.
- Be sure and stop by the Sandwich Public Library this month and check out the display case where Sandwich Middle School Industrial Art students have a sampling of projects on display for the month of February
- Students- please remember to sign the phone log when using the phone in the office.
- Recycling!!!! SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT!! Each classroom now has 2 blue bins: A small blue bin for Empty pop cans and a large blue bin for paper. Please help us to keep items out of landfills.
- All Washington D.C. participants need to turn-in their medical forms, behavior contracts, wreath-laying applications, and final payments by February 1st. See Mr. Crawley with questions
- A Reminder for all Sandwich Middle School Students - Please remember to bring your ID cards to the cafeteria for lunch. Those students who do not have an ID card will have to be served at the end of the line.
- SMS currently has coaching openings for the 2010-11 school year 7th gr. Volleyball, 8th Grade Boys Basketball, anyone interested can contact Tim Gipe, SMS Atheltic Director at 815-786-2138 or email tgipe@kidsroe.org
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Our school newsletter is only available online. February Newsletter
New Illinois Law
This is a reminder that as of January 1, 2010 a new Illinois law went into effect regarding cell phone usage in school zones. The new law states that a person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless phone at any time while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway in a school speed zone. There are exceptions for a person engaged in an emergency and when the phone is in voice-activated mode.Another new law that began on January 1, 2010, states it is illegal to compose, send or read text messages, read or compose e-mail, look at the Internet or otherwise compose or send any type of electronic message while driving.
SMS Spelling Bee
The SMS Spelling Bee will be held Monday, 1/18/2010 in the SMS library at 6:00 p.m. The top two spellers from this competition will advance to the DeKalb County Spelling Bee. This event will take place at Kishwaukee College in Malta on 2/27/10 at 10:00 a.m. The overall winner of this competition will win an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. to compete in a final spelling bee.
Emergency Day Information
There are several wasy that our building will communicate information about school closings. On inclement weather days, the school district encourages parents to check for up-to-date information on school closings by listening to the radio or watching television for closing information. We will send this information to WSPY (107.1 FM) and/or on the WGN television station.Parents may also go to http://www.emergencyclosings.com for school closing information and can sign up for e-mail notification of school closings.
Middle School Yearbook
Herff Jones, the yearbook publisher, has an online site where parents may order the yearbook and use a credit or debit card. If you order from the school, you MUST use cash or checks. This year’s yearbook will cost $25 until December 18th. After December 18th, the price will be $30. We will once again offer a name stamp for $5. This name stamp will put your child’s name on the front of the yearbook. For the convenience of using the website and your credit card, there will be an additional $3.50 service charge paid for by the buyer to Herff Jones. This site is operated by the publisher and will close on December 14th. Parents of 8th grade Middle School students may also order an 1/8 or a 1/4 page dedication to go in the yearbook on this site. Prices are available on the website.The order # for Sandwich Middle School is 8294
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