Sawtooth Middle School

Sawtooth Student Council and Sources of Strength would like to welcome all students and families back to school. Here’s to an epic 2024-25 school year ahead!

Mark your calendar for Back to School Night!

Picture Day is scheduled for Wednesday, September 4th! Students will receive packets to take home during the last week of August. 📸

Back-to-School Guide West Ada School District (WASD) MISSION STATEMENT: The mission of West Ada School District is to prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s...

6th grade and new student orientation will be held on Thursday, August 8 from 9 AM to 10:30 AM. We will start with an assembly in the main gym followed by free time for students to walk their schedules and practice their lockers.

📌 We have additional open hours on
August 6 & 7 from:

8 AM to noon &
1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

📌 August 8 from:

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM

📍There will be no additional open hours after August 8 as teachers and staff will be busy getting ready for the new school year! ✏️📓📖

Thank you Flying Pie Pizzaria!!!!!!!!! Our Paras do so much for our schools, teachers and students - we love to celebrate them!!!!! And who doesn’t love 🍕!!!

Here are the details…

ARE YOU A PARAPROFESSIONAL?!!
TOMORROW IS YOUR DAY!🎉💓 ALL LOCATIONS!
Quick Reminder of the rules for IYD!
Official Rules👏
1. Ya gotta have I.D.
2. There are specific times where this happens (for
making pizzas in the kitchen)🍕📷
3. This is not an entitlement! You are a guest and have
to do what the crews say.
4. If you get too serious about any part of it, we may
have to throw you out.
Note: No open toe shoes will be allowed in our
kitchens. Long hair must be pulled back.💯✔️
(From 2-4 PM and 8-10 PM The number of folks we can
let play our game safely ranges from 5-20 per shift.)
Full details- flyingpie.com/iyd

Yearbooks are available to purchase again!

Pay for one online at myschoolfees.com with a credit card or at the Bookkeepers office with cash or check made payable to SMS for $30 beginning tomorrow morning (Thursday) at 8am.

Any yearbooks purchased online will be distributed to students after 9am tomorrow. 📕

A friendly reminder that today is Voting Day. Your participation is crucial, and we encourage everyone to exercise their right to vote.

Get Ready to Vote! - https://adacounty.id.gov/elections/election-day-information/

The polls are open from 8:00am to 8:00pm, and you can find your voting location by visiting the Polling Place Locator - https://gisprod.adacounty.id.gov/apps/electionday/ #/

Your vote is important to the future of our schools and community. Thank you for taking the time to make your voice heard. For information on the West Ada Supplemental Levy on today's ballot, please visit: https://www.westada.org/page/supplemental-levy-2024

Idaho Disclosure: The estimated average annual cost to taxpayers on the proposed levy is $27.13 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, per year, based on current conditions. This proposed levy replaces an existing levy expiring on June 30, 2024, which currently costs $27.43 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. Therefore, if approved, the proposed levy is expected to decrease the tax per $100,000 of taxable assessed value by $0.30.

Thank you to our Sources of Strength peer leaders for planning our first annual COLOR RUN. We celebrated our STRENGTHS and had an awesome time!!! Thank you to our staff, parents, and Sawtooth Middle School PTSA ❤️https://youtu.be/SsIBoCmiCk8

SMS Sources of Strength Color Run 2024

Don’t miss out on a yearbook. $30 + processing available at myschoolfees.com

Last chance!
Visit myschoolfees.com 🤩

Congratulations to our West Ada Literary Games Reading Challenge participants! Readers delved into a book from each of 30 unique categories, recording their literary adventures in a journal to snag a sweet reward. Bravo, bookworms! 📕

Storm Nation,

We are super excited to announce our boys and girls basketball summer camp at the end of this month.

Details:
🏀 May 28 - 29
🏀 9:00 - 12:00 PM
🏀 K-3 @ Star Middle School, 4th - 8th @ Owyhee High School
🏀 Registration form:
https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=ShareFormPage&subpage=design&m2=1&id=KyXW4JNKfkeIXDoD7rx3UxL3f8xYM_dEl_v-gj1JCwpUNkFMOEFZRk1TRFBPNTg5R0ZZWUtSRTlBSC4u
🏀 Payment link: https://forms.office.com/r/DdyJKm1uwy

forms.office.com

Youth Football Camp at OHS
June 17 - 19

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🎉 Happy Lunch Hero Day! 🍎🥪 Today, we celebrate our incredible School Lunch Heroes who work tirelessly to provide healthy meals for our students. Let’s take a moment to thank them for their hard work, dedication, and the love they put into every meal. You truly are heroes in our school community! 💪❤️

16 more days until the SMS Color Run!!!

The Color Run focuses on our STRENGTHS and what makes us STRONGER.

Everyday we will feature a Source of Strength from the Wheel leading up to our event!!

🥏 HEALTHY ACTIVITIES: when we feel stressed, HEALTHY ACTIVITIES- whether they are social, physical, or emotional- help us unwind, lift our mood, and gain clarity.

The Sources of Strength Color RUN is free and includes a water bottle and popsicle for all participants.

🥏 This 1 mile run is after school, May 17 until 5 PM. Students will run from station to station across our field and receive a burst of color to celebrate their strengths!!!
🥏 Please order a t shirt if you are interested at https://1st-annual-color-run.cheddarup.com
(Last day for pre order shirts is May 5)

Sawtooth Drama Department Presents, A Midsummer Camp’s Dream! Performed by the Sawtooth Theatre II Players.
🎭 Thursday, May 9
🎭 Doors open at 5:30 PM, show begins at 6:00 PM
📍SMS Cafeteria

🗣️🚨 8th Grade Families! We need your RSVP for our picnic lunch celebration! We are still missing half the class - use the link in our bio (www.linktr.ee/sawtoothptsa) or check your emails from Sawtooth Middle School.

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🗳️✨ Don’t miss the May 21 ballot, where you’ll find a crucial measure directly impacting education quality and safety in our district: the West Ada School District Supplemental Levy. It’s essential to understand that this levy isn’t a new tax but a replacement, designed to sustain vital support for our educational programs.  

💼💰 Here’s a breakdown: 
Salaries and benefits for 152 Teachers: $12,983,251 
Contracted Services for 19 Student Resource Officers: $867,404 

The estimated average annual cost to taxpayers on the proposed levy is $27.13 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value, per year, based on current conditions. This proposed levy replaces an existing levy expiring on June 30, 2024, which currently costs $27.43 per $100,000 of taxable assessed value. Therefore, if approved, the proposed levy is expected to decrease the tax per $100,000 of taxable assessed value by $0.30. 

Your vote matters! 

For further details or if you have any questions, please the West Ada website.

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📣 Sawtooth Sabercat Cheer Team!!!
Information Meeting - Thursday, May 16th @ 3:15 in the cafeteria 🎉

Choir Concert 🦋

Spring Concert 🌸

We are taking t shirt orders for the 1st annual Color Run! Follow the link or QR code. 🤩

Our two IBOB teams, the Book Worms and All Booked, had a great Saturday under the direction of their all-star coach, Cristal John! Both teams represented Sawtooth so well on the “Read” carpet! 📕📖📚