These procedures require that the parent of a student with low achievement be notified as early in the school year as possible. A Student Study Team process with the student, parent and teachers will be convened to identify potential strategies to make the student successful. SMS goes to great lengths to help students be successful. Student Study Teams develop plans and classroom strategies, and numerous parent conferences are held to try and establish a pattern for student success. A student who is not successful at SMS chooses to not be successful, and even then, they are given all the help available.
Students earn promotion points by successfully completing the subject for each grading period.
Each core subject, math, science, language arts and social studies, is worth one point each nine-week grading period. Sixth grade electives are worth two-thirds of a point for each six week period. Seventh and eighth grade electives are worth one point for each nine-week grading period. Reading is worth one point for each nine-week grading period. Students should earn 16 points each year to be promoted to the next grade.