GROUNDS MAINTENANCE SERVICES NEEDED
Roane County Schools is currently soliciting bids for grass mowing and trimming at its school and operational campuses for the 2023 calendar year. More details can be found in the linked bid advertisement.
Complete bid packages are due to the Board of Education Offices at 813 Capitol Street, Spencer, WV, 25276 by 2:00 pm on Monday, March 6, 2023. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
Bid Package - https://5il.co/1ppnw
Spencer Middle School will be hosting a PAC meeting and a LSIC meeting on Thursday, Feburary 23rd, starting at 5:00 PM in the library. We would love to have your input and suggestions. Hope to see you there!
Spencer Middle School will be hosting a PAC meeting and a LSIC meeting on Thursday, Feburary 23rd, starting at 5:00 PM in the library. We would love to have your input and suggestions. Hope to see you there!
Hello Spencer Middle School Families, tomorrow Monday,February 6th is Blue and Gold Day at school. All students and staff are asked to wear yellow jacket clothing or blue and gold to support our winter sport teams wrestling, girls basketball and boys basketball. Let’s paint our school blue and gold with all the spirit! Thank you and have a good evening.
Students -
Are you ready for the first day of school?
Mrs. Kristen Myers’ math class were in the dark today!! They were doing their math using black light activities
A little late posting but these are the April Students of the Month for Spencer Middle School. 8th Grade Lillian Blosser; 7th Grade Tanner Saunders; 6th Grade Wade Rhodes; 5th grade Landon Williams. Congratulations!
Spencer Middle School staff members would like to congratulate Becky Hildreth as the Service Person of the Year for the 2021-22 school year.
Spencer Middle School staff members would like to congratulate Sara Chapman as the 2021-22 Teacher of the Year.
These three eighth grades will represent Roane County and Spencer Middle School on June 14th when they become a Lady and Knights of the Golden Horseshoe. The Golden Horseshoe began in 1931 and recognizes the top-scoring students in WV History in each county. Their WV History teacher is Christopher Blosser. Representing SMS will be Lexi Mitchell, Gabriel Gainer and Joshua Gorby, Jr.
Who would like a cup and help out the National Junior Honor Society? NJHS will be selling tickets for a drawing on April 28th. Tickets are $1 each or 6 for $5. Students may see Miss Harper to purchase their tickets. Any one else interested in helping out the NJHS can stop by SMS during regular school hours to purchase their tickets!
It's a Blue and Gold Dance!
On May 17th, the NJHS will be holding the Blue & Gold Dance for 7th and 8th graders only. The dance will be held from 5-6:30. This dance will be semi-formal. Students may wear dresses and other semi-formal wear, but it MUST follow the school dress code. Also, since the dance is being held from 5-6:30, students will not be permitted to stay afterschool for the dance, unless they are at PATCH. More information about this will be sent home in May.
Notice to Parents from WVDE:
A draft revision of West Virginia Policy 2419, Regulations for the Education of Students with Exceptionalities, is currently on comment on the West Virginia Department of Education website until May 16, 2022 at 4:00 p.m. The link to the document and online comment form can be found at http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/
In order to meet the federal obligation to provide public hearings to collect feedback and answer questions regarding the policy or the proposed changes to the policy, details of scheduled public hearings follow:
May 2nd 6pm-8pm at Woodrow Wilson High School Auditorium, 400 Stanaford Road, Beckley, WV
May 3rd 6pm-8pm at Musselman High School Auditorium, 126 Excellence Way, Inwood, WV
May 4th 6pm-8pmM at Wood County Technical Center 1515 Blizzard Drive, Parkersburg
Another school calendar reminder -- Kindergarten students will NOT attend school in-person tomorrow (Friday 4/15) so that our K teams can welcome next year's Kindergarteners for registration.
All other students will be released two hours early for Faculty Senate.
SMS Stakeholders, as we start planning for the 2022-23 school year, it was brought to my attention that I did not publish our 2021-22 Strategic Plan. For those who would like to see the strategic plan, you can go the the Spencer Middle School website and find it under documents.
https://www.roanewvschools.com/o/sms
Spencer Middle 5th and 7th grade parents, we have two teachers currently teaching your students who are not fully certified. Kristen Myers the fifth grade math teacher is currently a student teacher and will be fully certified in May of 2022. Kathy Short the seventh grade Career Literacy teacher, has a bachelor's degree in another field and is currently working on a substitute permit issued by WVDE. Since SMS is a Title I School and receives federal funding, it is our duty to report to parents when their student is taught by a teacher who is not fully certified. Thank you!
Due to widespread high water and continuing inclement weather, Roane County Schools will now be closed today, Friday, February 4, 2022.
Due to forecast ice and snow overnight, Roane County Schools will be operating on a two-hour delay in the morning, Friday, February 4, 2022.
Remember - there will be no school this Thursday, November 11, as we honor those who have served in our nation's armed forces on Veterans Day.
Roane County Schools is hiring! Full-time jobs include health insurance, retirement, attendance incentive, and annual pay raises. Part-time (substitute) jobs have flexible scheduling and may earn experience toward annual pay raises. More at https://roanewvschools.com/apply
