Bobcat Bulletin October 21st-26th

Posted Date: 10/20/24 (3:33 PM)

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Bobcat Bulletin

October 21st-26th

Elementary Parents,

We have had to make a few adjustments to the calendar due to the State Cross Country Meet being held on November 2nd.

October 29th --JH Football game
Due to the Varsity Football game being moved up to allow travel time for the State Cross Country meet, we will be moving the Halloween Concert for the 4th-7th Grade Bands to Wednesday, October 30th at 2:30 pm. Please check out the attached flyer!
October 31st--Early Release
October 31st--Varsity FB @Plains 2pm
October 31st--Pep Rally 9:40am

Students can wear their costumes on Halloween. Masks may not be worn during school, and please no heavy face make-up during school. No scary costumes (blood). Students may not bring accessories such as swords, wands, etc. (We do not want them lost, and some are not appropriate for school).

Mrs. Gibson

Secondary Familes,

I just want to take a moment and praise our Band Students, Bands Directors and Band Boosters for all the hard work and dedication they have put in the past few months! Great Job! I also want to send Good Luck to our Regional Cross Country participants competing on Monday at Mae Simmons! We are Wishing you Luck! We have SAT testing on Wednesday for those who have signed-up. This Friday is the Black-out Pep-rally at 3:18 (Wear Neon). The Fall Festival is this Saturday from 3:00-6:00 in the PE Barn. We hope to see you there!

Mr. Pond

Candy Donations

Our Fall Festival is a community event being put on by many of our secondary classes and organiztions. We would love to see lots of kids there to enjoy the games and treats. Elementary classes are raffling off some great baskets of goodies. There will also be a cake walk and a haunted house. Admission for most games are free. The cake walk and haunted house are additional fees. There will also be a vendor that will be making custom t-shirts on site as well as food trucks!

Thank you to all that have donated so far!

In order to help the clubs, organizations and classes with candy, we would appreciate any candy donations. Donations can be brought to the school. We thank you in advance for any donation of candy!

Red Ribbon Week

Red Ribbon week is coming up and we have a lot of fun things planned to help students "SAY NO TO DRUGS" The theme this year is "Life is a Movie, Film Drug Free". We will have dress up days and a photo "Movie" booth for students to take pictures in making the pledge to be drug free. Dress up days start on Friday Oct. 25th- Friday Nov. 1st. This is a great time to start having conversations with your kids about why drugs/substances can effect their development and learning.

Mrs. Langill

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Football Information

October 24th--JH FB @Seagraves

October 25th-Varsity FB @Home vs Seagraves 7pm

Lady Cat Basketball

Girls Basketball officially started their season this past week. We are looking forward to a week of practices before our first scrimmage and game.

Scrimmage @ Slaton, 10/29 @4:00 PM, Game @ Lockney 11/2, Time TBD

Band News:

The Smyer High School Bobcat Band performed at the Region 16 UIL Marching Contest on Saturday. They had their best performance of the year. The band received a 2, 3, and 3 from the three judges. Our band put out a very entertaining show and they have worked very hard to get it on the field. I am very proud of their efforts and the product of their hard work. We will be performing the entire show one more time on Friday night at the home football game vs. Seagraves. We would love to have everyone stay and watch the show and show their support for these students and all their work over the past twelve weeks.

JH OAP

Please check out the weekly planner for the JH OAP. All actors need to be working on having their lines memorized. We've been having lots of fun at all of our rehearsals and can't wait to perform.

Claws Closet

Thank you again to Atoms Energy and PAWS Club for your huge donations to Claws' Closet. Thank you to all parents and students that have continued to donate. Please remember we are ALWAYS accepting shelf stable food donations!

Blood Drive

Smyer ISD will host a blood drive through Vitalant for the Smyer Community. Adults and children 16 years of age or older may participate if you weigh at least 110 pounds, and meet all donation criteria. *Minors must have the proper consent forms filled out by parent/guardian prior to the child donating. Vitalant offers "Honor Cords" for graduating seniors that donate at least 3 times with them before graduation. SISD had 3 seniors get this honor last year!! If you are interested in participating in the blood drive or would like to know eligibility requirements or would like more information, please contact Nurse Summer- summer.stracener@smyer-isd.net. Donating blood may help save a life, we appreciate anyone that is able to help!!

December 3, 2024 from 9:30 am - 1:15 pm in the Smyer ISD parking lot/Vitalant mobile buses

Attendance Matters

This school year we are going to focus on student attendance. Some say it takes 10,000 hours of quality practice in somthing (sports, music, reading, math) to become an expert in it. When a student misses school they are losing the ground to become the best they can be.

If a student misses 10 days in school year = 4,930 minutes/82 hours of instruction lost

If a student misses 10 days a year every year during their elementary years, they will have missed: 34,510 minutes/575hours of instruction. WOW!

We want our kids to be set up success and not struggling to make up the exposure they lost from being absent! This year we are going to have a STRIVE for FIVE goal--no more than five absences for the school year.