Knightly News 11-20-2021

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Knightly News 11/19/2021 Edition

Announcing The 21-22 Troyberry

The TSD Middle School Media Centers are proud to present the 22nd annual Troybery Award Program! On Monday, November 22, the 2022 Troybery Nominees will be revealed on Mrs. Chatel’s Media Schoology group as well as on Twitter @medialoguer. Make sure to check out the list—there are many great titles perfect for holiday gifts!

ATTN 8th Grade Parents: Announcing Court in Schools

Our 8th grade students will be attending court in our school on Monday, November 29th. These will be real court cases and Judge Hartig. This has always proved to be a great experience for our students. In order for our 8th graders to participate in this event, you must be dressed appropriately.

All students must be dressed in dress clothes, your teachers will speak with you about appropriate attire.

Examples, but not limited to

boys: dress pants, shoes, button down or polo shirts tucked in. ties are not required, but welcome

girls: skirts, pants, dresses, business attire

Any students dressed in (non-dressy) street clothes will not be allowed to participate.

If any student has specific questions about what to wear please touch base with your counselor, Mr. Mueller, or Mr. Mele.

If any students does not have dress clothes, please speak with your counselor, Mr. Mueller, or Mr. Mele.

Students, we will be reminding parents in our Knightly News and in school messenger reminders over Thanksgiving break.

Mr. Mueller spent some time in Life Skills Classes this week teaching students how to prep a turkey for Thanksgiving.

6th graders have been finishing books rapidly and clapping for one another in celebration! Here is a book stack of some returned books in Mrs. Taylor’s class this week. We are looking forward to the upcoming Troybery titles and the book fair!

Student Council students did a great job with their Knights + artwork on the walls!

Students in Mr. Eve’s Creation Lab class created instruments and other games/controllers from cardboard and brought them to life using a device called a ‘Makey Makey’. They were responsible for coding all of the sounds in ‘Scratch” and making hidden features that surprised users!

Our Robotics team, CIRCUIT RUSH, participated in “MI Rochester Hills ROCBOTS United Qualifier '' and won the MOTIVATION Award and stood second for the CONTROL Award category. CONGRATULATIONS!!! We are very proud of how the team performed and the efforts the team put into spreading the word about Smith Middle School and FTC to various tech companies, motivated kids by visiting Troy Public Library and talked / demonstrated the Robot to kids. Circuit Rush team consists of (6) Sixth Graders – Abdullah Noor, Arav Garg, Davi Rodrigues da Cunha Duarte, Lucas de Almeida Schulte, Solomon Araya, Zayd Siddiqui, (1) Seventh Grader - Rudolph Moussa and (1) Eighth Grader – Haasini Changalvala.

IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS IN A CLUB AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORDER THE ACTIVITY PHOTOS...PLEASE FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS BELOW.

Smith Athletics and Clubs

Smith Robotics News

Smith Robotics Team Techno Knights Selected to Participate in The State Tournament

Congratulations!!!!!!

On Saturday 11/13, “Techno Knights” participated in “MI Rochester Hills ROCBOTS United Qualifier". Team achieved 2nd place in Qualifier competition by scoring 778 points in 5 matches. Team won all matches in the competition. Team scored 216 as a high score in one match. Also, the team received an award as Captain of Finalist Alliance Award and then selected for the state championship tournament.

Techno Knight team consist of (7) sixth graders – Arnav Narare, Beya Weslati, Jatin Bhatia, Kavin Venkat Sankar Ganesh, Lonis Weslati , Rayan Patil and Saathvick Saravanan, (1) Seventh Grader - Paul Lei and (1) Eighth Grader – Arnav Dighrasker.

Home Sporting Events Reminders

Homework Help

Munch Lunch

This is a great way for students to get help in math during the school day.

Frequently Needed Links Below

Staff Emails

Smith Website

Important Pages for Parents

Technology and iPad Support

Link to Technology and Ipad support

TSD Calendar

District Calendar Link

All School Start and End Times

All School Start/End Times Link

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