Sanford Middle PTSA

🎉 Next Saturday is an Exciting Community Event! 🎉

Orlando Bal Vihar (Non-Profit Organization) is hosting the 2024 4th Annual Kid$ Bi$ Children's Business Fair! 🌟

COULD A TEN-YEAR-OLD INVENT THE NEXT ÜBER? 🚀

Find out at the Kid$ Bi$ Orlando Children’s Business Fair, showcasing kids’ entrepreneurial genius! 🌟 The event is being held on Saturday, July 27, 2024, from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Lake Eola, 512 E Washington St, Orlando, FL 32801, USA. This event is free to attend and open to the public. 🏞️👧👦

Kids create a product or service, develop a brand, build a marketing strategy, and then open for customers at this one-day marketplace. The children are responsible for the setup, sales, and interacting with customers.

“Today’s youth are tomorrow’s business innovators and leaders. The Kid$ Bi$ Orlando Children’s Business Fair gives students the opportunity to spread their entrepreneurial wings and get a head start on promising business careers,” said Jeff Sandefer, founder of the Acton School of Business, one of the sponsors of the fair. 💼🌟

Website: https://www.childrensbusinessfair.org/orlando-florida

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SMS PTSA attended the 2024 Florida PTA Leadership Convention this weekend. We look forward to applying what we learned in the upcoming school year!

SCPS Dividend Applications are open!

SMS PTSA has numerous volunteer opportunities throughout the school year from handing out Positive Behavior Reward or Award Ceremony treats to students, supporting teacher/staff appreciation events, or volunteering for programs such as Living On My Own. Volunteers must be a registered dividend to participate.

Submit your application at

Dividends Application Thank you for your interest in becoming a Dividends School Volunteer! The Dividends School Volunteer Program is a district-wide effort that encourages and promotes community involvement in the Seminole County Public Schools (SCPS).

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As we wrap up our school year and gearing up for summers, perfect time to work on your Reflections Entry! Theme for Reflections 2024-25 is “Accepting Imperfections”.
Six Art categories are: Film Production, Dance Choreography, Music Composition, Literature, Photography, Visual Arts.
Need some inspirations? Check past years winner entries at below link - https://www.pta.org/home/programs/reflections/awards #:~:text=Thanks%20to%20Paige%20Opaska%20from,2025%20Reflections%20theme%20Accepting%20Imperfection.

SMS Reflections Chair Contact - [email protected]

We’d like to recognize our PTSA Student Committee – Siddharth, Neha, Atharv, Prachi, Ashwin, Grace, Ansh, Maddie, Anika and Rishaant

Thank you for your help this year. We appreciate your dedication and creativity.

We would like to extend a warm welcome to the newly elected officers of SMS PTSA for the academic year 2024-2025. We are confident that they will lead us effectively and efficiently. We express our gratitude for the support and commitment shown by Katherine Wilson, Connie Ko, Jennifer Hahn, and Gouri Verma.

Our teachers and staff are busy doing testing this week, so we brought the treats to them! Our amazing volunteers went door to door delivering treats and drinks to our teachers and staff to help them push through the afternoon slump!

We were recognized at the 23-24 SCCPTA awards for communications, student leadership and business partnership. Thank you Sanford Middle School - Math, Science, and Technology Magnet administration, teachers, parents and students for all your support!

We love our Sanford Middle School - Math, Science, and Technology Magnet teachers and staff! Starting off our “Rock Star” Appreciation Week with Dani’s Mini O’s and goodies!

Over 300 thank you cards written today for teachers and staff! We can’t wait to deliver these next week for Teacher Appreciation Week!

Tomorrow, Monday, April 29, PTSA will have an Appreciation Station set up during lunch for students to write thank you notes to Sanford Middle School - Math, Science, and Technology Magnet teachers and staff. We hope to see your student there!

This Volunteer Appreciation Week we are recognizing our outgoing board members! Peggy is our current Vice President and spent the previous two years as our School Store Chair. She has managed the purchasing and volunteers in the school store. Thank You Peggy!

This Volunteer Appreciation Week we are recognizing our outgoing board members! Prachiti is our current Secretary and this was her first year on the board. This year she mentored our Student Committee Chair and student mentors. Thank You Prachiti!

This Volunteer Appreciation Week we are recognizing our outgoing board members! Amy is finishing her third year as President and spent her first year on the board as media chair. Thank You Amy!

This Volunteer Appreciation Week we are recognizing our outgoing board members! Laura has been our Positive Behavior Reward (PBR) Chair for the past two years . She started as a volunteer in the school store. When we wanted to begin recognizing students with PBRs, she saw a need and stepped in! Thank You Laura!

PTSA met our bus drivers as they pulled up to school this morning. With the help of our students we handed out 28 treat bags to drivers and their assistants 🚌♥️

Let's thank our bus drivers for all they do to get our kids from all over the county safely to our magnet School! Thank you bus drivers!

SCHOOL BUS DRIVER APPRECIATION DAY

School bus drivers play a crucial role in the education of our children. They ensure kids safety every time they step on the bus. On this day, let's express our gratitude and support for bus drivers and thank them for their dedication to taking care of our children.
Join us in sending heartfelt thank-you messages to all bus drivers, acknowledging their valuable contributions to our communities.

Tomorrow is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day! If your student rides the bus, remind them to thank their bus driver! SMS PTSA will be handing out treat bags to bus drivers tomorrow morning!

This Volunteer Appreciation Week we are recognizing our outgoing board members! Debbie is our current Treasurer and spent the previous two years as our Hospitality Chair. She also has been a frequent volunteer in the school store. Thank You Debbie!

Still 1-hour left! Come visit Ms. Cowsin! Dine-in or in the drive through say you are with Sanford Middle School - Math, Science, and Technology Magnet !

Tonight's the night! Come visit us as we EAT MOR CHIKN!
Families and fun plus a special visit from everyone's favorite AP Ms. Cowsin 🐮❤️💙💛

Thank you volunteers! And SCPS Dividends/Community Involvement and UF IFAS Extension Seminole County for a fantastic learning experience for our students! Living On My Own - can't wait to do it again next year.

We had a great night at the SCCPTA Reflections Awards! SMS students received county level awards for literature, photography and more!

Volunteers Needed: Monday, April 8 & Tuesday, April 9
Sign-up now >> https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084DACAF23ABF94-48142111-living #/

This experiential simulation assigns students an imaginary career and family that students then use their imaginary salary to purchase housing, transportation, food, insurance, and other monthly expenses.

This program is offered to the students taking LEAP-Career Exploration this semester – over 400 of them are taking the course this semester at SMS! So we need the community’s help to make it happen! Volunteers will sign up for approximately 2-hour time blocks that correspond to the block schedule.

If your student is taking LEAP this semester, we highly encourage parents and families to volunteer during their student’s block period. It’s a great lesson to experience with your students.

SMS families! To accommodate the solar eclipse school schedule, we have had to reschedule living on our own. If you are available for our new date on Monday April 8th (or April 9th), we could really use your help. And you will have fun! We promise 😁

Our clothing drive begins TODAY! It was great to welcome back our Warriors in carline this morning. You can bring your donations to carline every morning until April 5th. Or after school simply place your donations in the blue Phill the Box bins at the far end of the car line. Bus riders can also bring donations to the front office or carline donation bins
SMS receives $ .20 per pound donation.

We love our Sanford Middle School teachers and staff! PTSA served up coffee, tea and treats this morning!

FREE SPRING BREAK ACTIVITY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS!
Not sure how to keep your middle schoolers busy over break? SMS PTSA is here for you... asking you to CLEAN YOUR CLOSETS! Your middle schoolers, or any students, can spend time next week clearing their closet for clothes, shoes, accessories, coats and more to donate to those in need! Then, those same middle schoolers can load it in your car or bring it to school when we return from break. PLUS SMS receives $.20 cents per every pound. 💛💙💵