Sanford Middle School's Winter Band and Chorus Concert is tomorrow night, December 11th, at 6:30 pm at the Sanford Performing Arts Center! Come out and support our SMS musicians.
7 months ago, Sanford School Department
Sanford Middle School's Winter Band and Chorus Concert is tomorrow night, December 11th, at 6:30 pm at the Sanford Performing Arts Center! Come out and support our SMS musicians.
Sanford Middle School students earned a special shoutout on CNN10, a national current events show for middle and high school students! Mr. Kumka's social studies class created a unique drone photo spelling out anchor Coy Wire's name and sent him a student-signed Sanford jersey. The class starts each day with CNN10 to study current events and geography, making this recognition extra special. Sanford’s shoutout comes at around the 7:55 mark of this video: https://www.cnn.com/cnn10
7 months ago, Sanford School Department
Coy CNN 10
Proud moment for Sanford Middle School! Nearly 20 students recently returned from the Maine Youth Action Network's Leadership Summit in Augusta! Over two days at Thomas College, these young leaders: Connected with students from across Maine 📱 Got hands-on with professional multimedia equipment 🏛️ Toured the State House 🤝 Networked with nonprofit organizations 💡 Participated in leadership workshops These future leaders are already bringing their new skills and connections back to make the school community even stronger!
7 months ago, Sanford School Department
Proud moment for Sanford Middle School! Nearly 20 students recently returned from the Maine Youth Action Network's Leadership Summit in Augusta! Over two days at Thomas College, these young leaders: Connected with students from across Maine 📱 Got hands-on with professional multimedia equipment 🏛️ Toured the State House 🤝 Networked with nonprofit organizations 💡 Participated in leadership workshops These future leaders are already bringing their new skills and connections back to make the school community even stronger!
Proud moment for Sanford Middle School! Nearly 20 students recently returned from the Maine Youth Action Network's Leadership Summit in Augusta! Over two days at Thomas College, these young leaders: Connected with students from across Maine 📱 Got hands-on with professional multimedia equipment 🏛️ Toured the State House 🤝 Networked with nonprofit organizations 💡 Participated in leadership workshops These future leaders are already bringing their new skills and connections back to make the school community even stronger!
Proud moment for Sanford Middle School! Nearly 20 students recently returned from the Maine Youth Action Network's Leadership Summit in Augusta! Over two days at Thomas College, these young leaders: Connected with students from across Maine 📱 Got hands-on with professional multimedia equipment 🏛️ Toured the State House 🤝 Networked with nonprofit organizations 💡 Participated in leadership workshops These future leaders are already bringing their new skills and connections back to make the school community even stronger!
Good Afternoon, the SMS Parent Series meeting that was scheduled for tonight has been postponed. More information about when it will be rescheduled will follow. Thank you.
7 months ago, Audree Sheldon
Students enjoy a visit with the Animal Welfare Society and welcome Scotch!
7 months ago, Pam Lydon
Welcome Scotch!
Parker Sumislaski prepares for the 8th grade field trip to Baker Company!
7 months ago, Pam Lydon
Baker Company
From vaping prevention panels to powerful guest speakers, Sanford Middle School students learned important lessons about healthy choices during Red Ribbon Week! Read more about how our students and staff came together to promote drug-free living in our latest article: https://www.sanford.org/o/sanford-middle-school/article/1882947
7 months ago, Sanford School Department
From vaping prevention panels to powerful guest speakers, Sanford Middle School students learned important lessons about healthy choices during Red Ribbon Week! Read more about how our students and staff came together to promote drug-free living in our latest article: https://www.sanford.org/o/sanford-middle-school/article/1882947
Attention SMS Parents that purchased holiday pies!! Pie pickups will be at SMS tomorrow, Thursday 11/14 from 4:00pm - 6:00pm under the awning out front of the middle school!!
8 months ago, Joe Mastraccio
Last Friday, our Sanford Middle School 7th and 8th graders heard from Rob Holla, a nationally recognized youth advocate who spoke their language while delivering crucial facts about vaping risks. Using real medical cases and stories that resonated with our kids, he tackled tough questions about peer pressure and health dangers head-on. Read more about it here: https://www.sanford.org/article/1871436
8 months ago, Sanford School Department
Last Friday, our Sanford Middle School 7th and 8th graders heard from Rob Holla, a nationally recognized youth advocate who spoke their language while delivering crucial facts about vaping risks. Using real medical cases and stories that resonated with our kids, he tackled tough questions about peer pressure and health dangers head-on. Read more about it here: https://www.sanford.org/article/1871436
Important Notice for Parents: Join us for an informative Mental Health Conversation at Sanford Middle School TONIGHT from 5:30-6:30 PM. This valuable session, organized by NAMI Maine, will help parents and students learn to recognize mental health challenges, combat stigma, and support peers effectively. Dinner will be provided!
8 months ago, Sanford School Department
Important Notice for Parents: Join us for an informative Mental Health Conversation at Sanford Middle School TONIGHT from 5:30-6:30 PM. This valuable session, organized by NAMI Maine, will help parents and students learn to recognize mental health challenges, combat stigma, and support peers effectively. Dinner will be provided!
Good evening. Here is the link to the latest Sanford School Department newsletter - the 'Sanford Spotlight' https://bit.ly/42svBxF. It includes news on Marching Band Finals, JMG Haunted Woods, Sights Around Our Schools, Alumni Stadium Sign, Staff & Alumni Spotlights and Community Announcements Process. Enjoy!
8 months ago, Matt Nelson
Please view the SMS Family Newsletter for November at the following link: https://5il.co/30do5
8 months ago, Audree Sheldon
Tonight at 6:30 PM and Saturday at 1:30 PM, Sanford Middle School’s theater troupe presents Pure Imagination in the cafeteria! Doors for the audience open at 6:15 and 1:15, and tickets are four dollars for students and seniors and six dollars for adults.  You can buy your tickets right at the door before the show.  Come out to support your friends who are cast and crew members, and find out what our main stage show will be in the spring at the Sanford Performing Arts Center!
8 months ago, Sanford School Department
Sanford Middle School is having its Haunted Woods 2024 hosted by the JMG students tomorrow (Tuesday, October 29th) at Gowen Park! The event goes from 6 pm-8 pm. Admission is $5.
8 months ago, Sanford School Department
Sanford Middle School is having its Haunted Woods 2024 hosted by the JMG students tomorrow (Tuesday, October 29th) at Gowen Park! The event goes from 6 pm-8 pm. Admission is $5.
Sanford Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Basketball and Cheerleading registration are now open. Please use the following link to sign up your student-athlete if interested: https://students.arbitersports.com/sanford-high-school-and-middle-school/sanford-middle-school-athletic-registration-winter-2024
9 months ago, Audree Sheldon
Navina Allen and Natalia Revers entered Science class by creating a model of the Bathymetric Map of the Sun.
9 months ago, Pam Lydon
Science Class!
Get ready for a night of fun, music, and friendly competition at the Sanford Backpack Program's "Lip Sync Showdown!" The event will take place on Saturday, October 19, at 7:00 p.m. at Sanford Performing Arts Center. This event is presented by the Sanford Backpack Program, with all proceeds directly supporting the program’s mission to provide food for local students in need. Some of the area’s most recognizable faces will hit the stage to battle it out for lip-sync supremacy, as voted by the audience in attendance. Performers include the Sanford School Committee, The Sanford City Council, SHS Staff, SRTC Staff, SMS PTA, Kiwanis and Rotary Club, SHS Field Hockey and Football Teams, the Sanford Police Department and more! After each round, the power is in the audience's hands to vote for the winning team, making this a night of friendly competition you won't want to miss. All proceeds from the event will support the Sanford Backpack Program in their mission to ensure that children in our community go home with a backpack full of nutritious, easy-to-prepare food every weekend. Your participation helps these children return to school on Monday ready to learn and thrive. Don’t miss the excitement, the music, and the chance to make a difference! Purchase your tickets in advance to guarantee one of the best seats in the house! https://ci.ovationtix.com/35877/production/1212982
9 months ago, Sanford School Department
Get ready for a night of fun, music, and friendly competition at the Sanford Backpack Program's "Lip Sync Showdown!" The event will take place on Saturday, October 19, at 7:00 p.m. at Sanford Performing Arts Center. This event is presented by the Sanford Backpack Program, with all proceeds directly supporting the program’s mission to provide food for local students in need. Some of the area’s most recognizable faces will hit the stage to battle it out for lip-sync supremacy, as voted by the audience in attendance. Performers include the Sanford School Committee, The Sanford City Council, SHS Staff, SRTC Staff, SMS PTA, Kiwanis and Rotary Club, SHS Field Hockey and Football Teams, the Sanford Police Department and more! After each round, the power is in the audience's hands to vote for the winning team, making this a night of friendly competition you won't want to miss. All proceeds from the event will support the Sanford Backpack Program in their mission to ensure that children in our community go home with a backpack full of nutritious, easy-to-prepare food every weekend. Your participation helps these children return to school on Monday ready to learn and thrive. Don’t miss the excitement, the music, and the chance to make a difference! Purchase your tickets in advance to guarantee one of the best seats in the house! https://ci.ovationtix.com/35877/production/1212982
Students in the life skills program at Sanford Middle School are making a difference, collecting aluminum can tabs to support the Ronald McDonald House. The initiative, which began in their classroom, has quickly grown to include the entire school. The project aims to collect as many aluminum can tabs as possible. These tabs, when recycled, generate funds that help cover the costs of children’s cancer treatments at the Ronald McDonald House. According to Special Education teacher Sara DiStefano, one gallon of can tabs filled equals about an hour of a child’s cancer treatment. What started as a class project has expanded throughout the school. Students have taken ownership of the initiative by creating eye-catching posters to place around the school and distributing containers for collecting tabs in the halls. Read more about it here! https://www.sanford.org/article/1809537
9 months ago, Sanford School Department
Students in the life skills program at Sanford Middle School are making a difference, collecting aluminum can tabs to support the Ronald McDonald House. The initiative, which began in their classroom, has quickly grown to include the entire school. The project aims to collect as many aluminum can tabs as possible. These tabs, when recycled, generate funds that help cover the costs of children’s cancer treatments at the Ronald McDonald House. According to Special Education teacher Sara DiStefano, one gallon of can tabs filled equals about an hour of a child’s cancer treatment. What started as a class project has expanded throughout the school. Students have taken ownership of the initiative by creating eye-catching posters to place around the school and distributing containers for collecting tabs in the halls. Read more about it here! https://www.sanford.org/article/1809537
Challenge Day for 7th graders is on October 28th for LC4 and October 29th for LC5. The goal of Challenge Day is to build and strengthen the sense of community within our teams. We are hoping to help students re-engage with school and their classmates after so much that they have been through. If you would like more information about Challenge Day, please go to their website at www.challengeday.org. If you have not returned your student's permission slip to their homeroom teacher, either giving them permission or opting them out of this event, please do so as soon as possible.
9 months ago, Joe Mastraccio
Don’t miss updates from the Sanford School Department! 📱✨ Download the Sanford School Department app on your mobile device to: - Get customized notifications from your child's school - Stay updated with our live news feed - Check sports schedules and dining menus - Access crucial documents Plus much more to keep you connected! Want a quick guide? Watch our tutorial video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_PIcEeXnA
9 months ago, Sanford School Department
Don’t miss updates from the Sanford School Department! 📱✨ Download the Sanford School Department app on your mobile device to: - Get customized notifications from your child's school - Stay updated with our live news feed - Check sports schedules and dining menus - Access crucial documents Plus much more to keep you connected! Want a quick guide? Watch our tutorial video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_PIcEeXnA