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A Message from Mrs. Dargatz, Principal
Welcome to Sycamore Middle School! We are proud to provide an excellent middle school experience for our students! Middle School is the most difficult time in a student’s educational career. Everyone at SMS knows this and works hard to maximize students’ success despite what is going on within them as they grow and mature. Our staff is well-equipped to work with adolescents, and they have each chosen this level because of their understanding of middle school students. We love this challenging age, and we believe there is no better student to teach!
Middle School Philosophy embraces the need to provide connections for our students, a connection and transition from elementary school to high school and even more! We feel it’s important for students to have a personal and affective connection with staff members, connection among curricular areas, and an opportunity to connect appropriately with peers. Middle School Philosophy wraps around a student, as all staff work together in teams, so they can strategize and communicate about students, about interdisciplinary curriculum, and to take a big school and shrink it into a small school within the wider school.
In addition, we provide many different learning opportunities for our adolescents. Not only do they have a rich academic curriculum, but they also explore their talents and abilities in music, technology, Family and Consumer Science (cooking, childcare, and sewing), Industrial Tech (wood shop), Art, Photography, and health.
Our beliefs are powerful:
At Sycamore Middle School we believe that…
• The core values of honesty, integrity, trustworthiness, loyalty, fairness, caring, respect, citizenship, responsibility, and cooperation are important to be taught and modeled.
• All students, with support, need to accept responsibility for their own achievement.
• All students can learn and succeed in different ways and through a variety of learning opportunities.
• All students need to feel cared for and safe.
• All students have a desire and a right to learn.
• All students have the intrinsic potential for good.
• All students need positive feedback.
Our expectations are high, yet reasonable for a middle school student.
SMS Behavioral Expectations
• Respect: for learning, surroundings, yourself and others
• Relationships: Positive interaction utilizing effective communication, empathy, and problem solving skills.
• Responsibility: Accountability for one’s choices, actions, and obligations
We are proud of our school! Our students are great, our staff is exemplary, and our goal is to work together with parents to make middle school the most positive experience it can be. We welcome feedback toward improvement as well as affirmation of our success!