Sanford School Department

Hello Families! SMS Fall Sports information is available on the school website under the athletic link. Please check this out for details on opportunities for grades 6-8. https://www.sanford.org/o/sanford-jr-high-school/page/sports--55 Have a wonderful day! Pam Lydon Principal

Good afternoon. Information regarding York County moving to a green designation and extracurricular activities and athletics can be found at this link: https://www.sanford.org/article/328257?org=sanford-school-department Please stay safe and healthy. Enjoy the weekend.

Some great information from our Sanford Backpack Program. 🍎The Sanford Backpack Program has bags of pantry goods and dry nutrient rich foods for your student to take home each week. These bags have canned tuna or chicken, pasta or rice, canned veggies and fruits as well as pasta sauce, breakfast items and more. This definitely helps with bridging that meal gap over the weekends when school meals are not available. Nothing to sign up for and no qualifications to be met. Just let your school nurse, counselor or teacher know you want to participate in this program, or email lori@strongersanford.org Like their facebook page to stay up to date, get recipe ideas, and see where and when their next fresh food distribution will be. They are also holding a Halloween Decoration contest hosted by The Paranormal Five. Here is a link to check it out. https://www.mightycause.com/story/Sbphalloween 🍎

City of Sanford Residential SanfordNet Fiber/High Speed Internet Survey regarding a super-fast broadband/internet service in Sanford-Springvale FMI: https://www.sanford.org/article/327694?org=sanford-school-department

A BIG shout out to our AMAZING middle school students as they have been navigating the start of the year well! A special thanks to the SMS staff as they have been juggling the hybrid model and always putting our students first. This is an interesting year to say the least and we can't everyone enough for the support. SMS families and friends we are blessed to have the ongoing support! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Greetings, Exciting news for CJL families! The Sanford Backpack Program will be present at tomorrow's dismissal. They will have boxes and bags of fresh food for ALL CJL families to take home. They will also have backpack food bags to give out to families to see if they are interested in receiving them weekly, hassle free. The backpack program will be set up near the parent pick up area at 2:45pm and look forward to seeing lots of CJL families between dismissal and till 5:00pm. Thanks so much, Lori Williams Sanford Backpack Program

Sanford schools will host influenza vaccination clinics following COVID-19 safety guidelines at each of our schools this fall. For permission forms, sites and dates, go to https://www.sanford.org/article/326011?org=sanford-school-department .

Starting tomorrow, Ledgemere busses will deliver free lunch and breakfast-to-go at many of Sanford’s bus stops on Wednesdays only. Access the full news item, including bus stop info at https://www.sanford.org/article/325538?org=sanford-school-department . FMI call 608-8762.

Good afternoon. Sanford High School and Sanford Regional Technical Center will return to in-person learning next Tuesday, Oct. 13th and follow the previous hybrid model that was in place before the shutdown. We have communicated with the Maine CDC and MDOE and enough time has elapsed since we were last in school on Sept. 18th and our last positive case was confirmed on Sept. 28th that we can return to in-person learning. Enjoy the long weekend and Indigenous Peoples' Day holiday and please stay safe and healthy.

Hello SMS Families, This is a reminder that tomorrow there is no school either in person or remote. Staff will be participating in a teacher workshop day. Have a wonderful long weekend ahead.

SUBMIT YOUR FREE & REDUCED MEAL APPLICATION TODAY! There's still time to complete a free & reduced price school meal application. Application materials are available at https://www.sanford.org/article/321276?org=sanford-school-department or call 608-8762 FMI.

Good Afternoon. Important update on SHS & SRTC return to in-person instruction can be found at this link: https://5il.co/lrkf

Even the geese at Sanford Middle School are practicing social distancing! What a GREAT first in-person week! Our students and staff ROCK!!

BACKPACK DRIVE THRU sponsored by Stuff the Bus occurs tomorrow, October 1, 2020 from 4 to 6 pm in front of Willard School. Grades K-3 go to Station A; Grades 4-12, go to Station B. Homeschoolers welcome. FMI, check out the Stuff the Bus Maine Facebook Page.

Good afternoon, Sanford Middle School Families. We are contacting you to let you know that an alarm panel on the second floor in a custodial closet was activated this afternoon at approximately 12:30 pm. All students and staff evacuated the building safely. The Sanford Fire Department responded on site immediately and at approximately 12:50 pm determined it was safe for all to return into the building. We are very proud of our students and staff on how well they handled this unplanned evacuation. We are working with our contractors to identify the specific cause for the alarm. Thank you and have a good evening.

School Meals Available for Students Enrolled in Sanford School Department’s Distance Learning - New Location! Beginning Wednesday, September 30, 2020 additional meal pick up locations will be open on Wednesdays for students enrolled in Sanford School Department’s Distance Learning Program. See our news article at https://www.sanford.org/article/315912?org=sanford-school-department or FMI, call the School Nutrition Program office at 608-8762.

Good Evening Sanford Middle School Families! Sanford Middle School day starts at 7:40 and ends at 2:20. Buses may drop off sooner and we are prepared to support students. For clarification this week: Monday-Group A -Students Grades 5 and 7 in -person (Group B will access remote learning through Google classroom) Tuesday- Group A- Grades 6 and 8 in -person (Group B will access remote learning through Google classroom) Wednesday is a full remote day. Thursday - Group B - Grades 5 and 7 in- person (Group A will access remote learning through Google classroom) Friday - Group B- Grades 6 and 8 in -person(Group A will access remote learning though Google classroom) Looking forward to seeing our students this week!! The Sanford Middle School Leadership Team!

Good evening. One additional positive COVID-19 test today at Sanford High School. Use the link below to access the "Daily Summary of Active Positive Cases" identified by individual schools that we have added to the COVID-19 page on our website: https://www.sanford.org/covid-19--155 Be sure to click on the "By the Numbers" icon.

Good evening. New update on positive COVID-19 positive cases after meeting with Maine CDC this afternoon. Please use the following link to access the letter: https://5il.co/l949 Stay safe and healthy.

Good morning, The Sanford School Nutrition Department would like to update families on the expanded meal services for our distant and remote learning students beginning Monday, September 21st. All enrolled Sanford students may now pick up free school meals at Lafayette School (Front Entrance) or Sanford High School/Regional Vocational Center (Door #4 Public Entrance) from 11:00 to 12:00 on days when there is school. Meals should be pre-ordered by 7:00 p.m. the night before. The form to pre-order meals can be accessed via this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_rq5pVQEGL_ZqPNXp4yHNnRROdpl9lrIy6oe5Giy1ehOhdA/viewform. For more information call the School Nutrition Program office at 608-8762.