If your student will be absent for one or more period(s), please notify the office at (805) 682-2989 or office@sbms.org. All voicemails and emails will go directly to Chiara and are checked regularly. Please have your student email their teacher(s) as well to collect any make-up work. 

We are hoping to get (safely) back on the road in October if the county permits it! Get your bikes ready, make sure you have a helmet that fits and start practicing your biking. These first rides will be orientations, so don't worry about having all your biking supplies right away. If you are having trouble finding a bike for your child, please reach out to Jesse K. so we can try and assist you in the search. More details to come!

Does your child need a duplicate copy of school materials due to dual parent households? If so, please reach out to your child's grade-level dean to coordinate a campus pick-up for these materials. We are happy to supply them with the materials they need to be successful at both homes.

Thank you to all the parents and families who joined Jenna, Marco and the 6th and 7th grade teachers for Back-to-School Night. If you were unable to attend, you can watch a recording of the evening here at your leisure.

7pm Back to School Night for 8/9

12pm Town Meeting

SBMS has set a goal to accumulate a total of 5,000 miles as a school during the month of September. We’re asking every student to pedal, hike, walk or run 26 miles. Why 26 miles? That is what each student rides during the Orientation ride. If you have not joined the SBMS Strava Club yet, you can do so here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/SBMS

SO FAR STUDENTS AND FACULTY HAVE REACHED 2,164 MILES!

SBMS is once again selling Axxess Books! And this year it is easier than ever to order one. Simply go to axxesscard.com/fundraising, add a book or books to your cart. At check out, it will ask you if you are buying from a non-profit or a school. Select the school option from the drop-down menu and then choose SBMS.

Book: Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship

Where: Zoom link here

We are so excited to bring back the parent book club this September. Our first read is a beautiful memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta. The Seattle Times calls it "Powerful." The book deals with a very timely social issue -- the inequity of education (and so many other things) between races in our country today. We hope you will join us in a few weeks. Happy Reading! 

Thank you to our SBMS counseling team -- Steve, Jazzmyn and Emily -- for sharing tips on optimizing well-being in a distance learning environment at last week's meeting (Thurs., September 10). If you missed it, you can read the meeting notes on the PA Resource Board in the HUB or watch the full meeting here.

Please take the PA survey to register your areas of interest for guest speakers this year! It takes less than five minutes, and you can do it on your phone. Thanks! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/sbmsparents

Wednesday, September 30: SBMS Book Club at 9:30am

TBD