It's the SCOOP for October 3, 2019
Your weekly news from Santa Barbara Middle School
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THE UPCOMING WEEK
Friday, Oct. 4
Sunrise Swim 6:45am at
Leadbetter Beach. We're looking for more volunteers to bring delicious coffee and donuts. You can sign up
here!
Saturday, Oct. 5 The Avocado Festival! SBMS musicians will be performing from 1pm to 2pm on the Guac & Roll Youth Stage!
Monday, Oct. 7 No Diamond Time this morning! Campus opens at 9:15am.
Monday, Oct. 7: Admissions Tours Begin on campus!
Monday, Oct. 7: Beauty and the Beast School Theater Auditions from 4-5pm
Tuesday, Oct. 8: Parent Association Meeting in Lotus at 8:30am. All are welcome!
Bianca will be talking about Growth Mindset and the new pilot for standardized testing.
Wednesday, Oct. 9: Beauty and the Beast School Theater Auditions from 4-5pm
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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
Saturday, Oct. 5:
Surf Team's first contest at Zuma Beach. Parents, look out for details from Erik!
Tuesday, Oct. 8:
3:45pm: Boys Soccer at Crane
3:45pm Girls JV Volleyball at Garden St. Academy
3:45pm Girls Varsity Blue Volleyball at Mt. Carmel
3:45pm Girls Varsity Gold Volleyball at SBMS (vs. Crane)
Thursday, Oct. 10:
3:45pm: Boys Soccer at Crane (vs. Notre Dame)
3:45pm Girls JV Volleyball at SBMS (vs. Marymount)
3:45pm Girls Varsity Blue Volleyball at Marymount
3:45pm Girls Varsity Gold Volleyball at Notre Dame
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
FROM THE WAREHOUSE
Yellow Ortlieb bags have been re-stocked in the warehouse so new students can come grab their bags before the fall trip. Please also remember to put names on all trip gear, bags and clothing before we leave.
Warehouse Hours:
- Mondays 8:30 - 9:30am - Erik
- Monday 2:30-3:30pm - Erin F
- Tuesday 9:30 - 11am - Erik
- Wednesday 8:30-10:30am - Erin F
- Wednesday 2:30-3:30pm - Erin F
- Thursday 9:30 - 11am - Erik
- Fridays 8:30 - 9:30am - Erik
FROM THE OFFICE
If you were unable to make it to Back to School Night or you didn't get a chance to sign up for the parent-student-teacher conference, please call the office at 805-682-2989 to schedule your conference.
CAREER STUDY WEEK
Reminder that students need to contact their employer to briefly describe the program and set up an appointment to meet in person for an interview. Students need to have their job lined up and confirmed by
October 9. Once they have met with their employer and confirmed the job, students should log on to Google Classroom (Career Study Week 2019) and complete the form: Job Confirmation Sheet for Kara. If the job does not work out, contact
Kara@sbms.org ASAP for help securing another position. Any questions or requests
for additional information for employers can also be sent to Kara. Thank you!
FROM THE THEATER
DATE CHANGE
: Monday Oct. 7 and Wednesday Oct. 9 from 4-5pm, auditions for Big E and Maureen's Beauty & the Beast will be held in Lotus. Snacks provided!
Performers will be meeting after school every Monday and Wednesday from 4-5pm until the May performance.
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EVENTS
UCSB MATH CIRCLE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
UC Santa Barbara's Association for Women in Mathematics is inviting middle-school female students to the UCSB Math Circle. They encourage the students to broaden and deepen their math understanding while incorporating them into a supportive math community. The next meeting will be Friday, October 10 at 4pm.
Learn more here!
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MUSIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY ROLL N ROCK PRODUCTIONS
RnR Productions is a music initiative and programmatic arm of SBMS dedicated to creating music performance opportunities for the young people of Santa Barbara.
AVOCADO FESTIVAL: The Guac and Roll Youth Stage will be featuring local youth performers both Saturday and Sunday all day! Our SBMS musicians are diving in and sharing their gifts and will perform Saturday, October 5, 1-2 pm.
Please RSVP to
daniel@sbms.org if you are planning on participating. Please be at the youth stage at 12:30pm. All equipment will be provided by SBMS. You are welcome to bring your own instrument if you like.
AND don't forget to check out Marco’s band, Echoswitch, who will be playing at the festival Saturday night at 7:30pm!
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NEW! BIKE CONCIERGE
Hello Families!
As you know, time flies by and before you know it, it’s that time for another bike expedition! There is something new this year, regarding bikes post-fall and post-spring expedition: a Complete Bike Preservation! We have very limited space and resources for this, so it is a first-come-first-served reservation system. What this means for you is that when you sign up, we reserve a place in the trailer to bring your child’s bike back to campus after the expedition, clean it, tune it up and for an additional fee, transport the bike to your home. Cost for the clean and tune-up will be $100.00. Transportation to your home will be an additional $25.00.
There are only 15 spaces available after the fall expedition, so please let us know ASAP by emailing
jesse@sbms.org
if you would like to reserve one.
Bike Monkeys will clean and tune the bikes, and the funds generated from this will go toward their program.
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FROM THE PARENT ASSOCIATION
PA MEETINGS
Mark your calendars, the next PA Meeting will be on
October 8, 8:30am social, 8:45am meeting
in Lotus. Bianca will be talking to us about Growth Mindset and the new pilot for the standardized testing this year.
PARKING LOT COFFEE
The first parking lot coffee will be on Wednesday,
October 16 at 8:30am
. Stop by for a cup of coffee and some morning treats and socialize with other Middle School parents.
PARENT FALL SOCIAL - SAVE THE DATE
Our Parent Fall Social will be
October 24, 6:30-8:30pm at Third Window Brewing Co.
Come socialize with other SBMS parents while the kids are on the Fall Expedition. Appetizers will be provided by the PA and drinks can be purchased at the bar. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated back to SBMS.
HOMECOMING, OCTOBER 26, PARENTS ARRIVE AT 1:30PM
The Homecoming event is right around the corner! We had our first committee meeting this week. Thank you to Helen Somogyvari, Dermott Downs, Holly Becker, Lauren David, Heather Copp, Lisa Revis and Amy Drown for being on the committee.
We will be hosting Sign-Making Parties on
Monday, October 21, 8:30-10am and Wednesday, October 23, 6-8pm in the Art Room.
Please join us to create a festive welcome home sign for your child.
Keep your eyes out for a Homecoming Signup genius that will be coming your way via email. Please sign up to bring food, beverage, or help the day of the event. Many hands make for lighter work, so please help to make this year's Homecoming a great one!
Have a great week!
Debbie Popovich
PA Chair
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BIANCA'S BLURB
Struggling at home to find ways to motivate your child? Wondering how to avoid fear-based punishments but still hold your child accountable for their actions and help them learn from their mistakes?
Positive Discipline, also known as the humanistic approach, roots itself in a few key ideals. Be kind, yet firm. Enforce logical consequences, not punishments. Empower, don't enable. This week we will focus on motivating your child. When talking about teenagers, here is a list of tips for encouraging and motivating your child.
- Compliments- "people do better when they feel better." What do you appreciate about your child? Find something they did well that week or something special and unique that you love about them. Share it at dinner.
- Humor- "Teenagers enjoy a sense of humor and respond to it much better than to lectures and nagging." Avoid sermons. Listen to them. Teens are more apt to do something when they don't feel like you're nagging them.
- Let's Make a Deal and Using Collateral- "It's another version of give-and-take, a concept that appeals to a teen's sense of fairness and logic." Good deals are realistic and ones that you will follow through upon! It may feel like you are bribing them, but you are setting the boundaries and in control of what deals you're willing to strike. Are they dying to do a sleepover or go to a concert? Great! They can go when they finish their missing assignments or after washing the dishes/doing laundry.
- Joint Problem Solving- Your 7th grader wants a cell phone...NO WAY, you think...well, solve the problem TOGETHER. Let the teen share their goals/issues. Then you share. Brainstorm options to meet in the middle. Pick an option together that you both can live with. Including the teen in the process will make them feel like their opinion matters and that they are respected.
Next week I will talk about logical consequences and how to follow through when your child doesn't uphold their end of the bargain.
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ON THE HORIZON
Wednesday, Oct. 16:
First Parent Association Parking Lot Coffee at 8:30am
Friday, Oct. 18:
Early Dismissal, 2pm
Monday, Oct. 21: Saturday, Oct. 26:
Fall Expedition
Thursday, Oct. 24:
6:30pm, Parent Fall Social, Third Window Brewing Company
Saturday, Oct. 26:
Homecoming
Monday, Oct. 28:
Recuperation Day - No School!
Tuesday, Nov. 5:
MAP Testing
Monday, Nov. 11:
Veteran's Day - No School!
Tuesday, Nov. 12:
MAP Testing
Monday, Nov. 18:
Early Dismissal, 2pm
Tuesday, Nov. 19 - Tuesday, Nov. 26
: Conferences & Career Study Week
Wednesday, Nov. 27 - Friday, Nov. 29:
Thanksgiving Holiday
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