Mr. Devlin kicked off Monday morning with our 8th grade discipline review! Students were attentive as he shared important information on being a leader at South Middle!
Kicked off the year strong at SMS! Week 1 and our Mustangs are already showing what a Caring, Capable, Connected Community looks like. 🎥🐴 #GreatDayToBeAMustang
Some of our amazing teachers cheering on our Mustangs today! #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
Ms. Reardon and her class were doing a fun “left to right” team building activity! These are super important during the first few days of school! #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
Ms. Siddell is teaching students diaphragm exercises to help with their breathing and singing! What a fun way to incorporate movement and key concepts! #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
Week 1 is kickstarting connections, but it is ongoing throughout the school year! Strong relationships are the foundation of everything we do at SMS! ✨
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Math + teamwork = Success!! ✨ Mrs. Hitt's 6th graders are kicking off the year with some group problem-solving magic! 🧮 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
What an amazing first day seeing all of our Mustangs! It is going to be an awesome school year. #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
Welcome Back to the 2025-2026 school year! Watch our welcome video here: https://tinyurl.com/kk56rjkd 🐎#ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
So proud of our SMS Science TEAM! Our department set a goal last year for 6 MPI points of growth on the Science MAP test. We worked so hard all year, keeping our goal at the forefront of everything we did. We got our results back and had over 16 POINTS of GROWTH, which is phenomenal! We had to celebrate the fact that we were able to grow these students' learning so much!
Friendly reminder: Kona Pre-Pay for the Year ends tonight, August 13th at 10:00pm. 🍧Scan the QR code below or visit: https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K6817821641 #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
Shoutout to our amazing Mustang 🐴 Carter, for representing SMS at the Southside Pep Rally! He had the honor of introducing our new superintendent. We’re so proud of the way he showcased our caring, capable, and connected community. #SouthSideStrong
Congrats to Mrs. Krystal Deterding, SMS special education teacher, for being named a St. Louis Regional Finalist for Educator of the Year! We’re so proud of you! 🎉 She also spent the day giving speeches at our district Pep Rallies. Thank you for all you do to inspire others.
We had an amazing morning welcoming our staff to the 2025-2026 school year! We even had a friendly competition with Rock, Paper, Scissors. #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
Our new SMS teachers are off to a fantastic start at the Fort Zumwalt New Educator Welcome! Their passion, energy, and commitment to students have us excited for the 2025-2026 school year. We also got to hear an inspirational speech from our district Educator of the Year, Mrs. Deterding! It’s going to be a great year for our Mustangs! 🐎
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On August 7, we brought in all of our new teachers for a welcome, introduction, some professional development, and a tour! They also got to listen to the SMS and FZSD Educator of the Year speak. We are very excited about our amazing group of new hires!
🚧SMS Main Entrance Temporarily Closed 🚧While concrete repairs are underway in front of the SMS Main Entrance, please use the MIDDLE building doors to enter. See map.
We had a wheel-y good time meeting our amazing bus drivers and monitors! 🚌👏 Here's to a smooth ride this school year! #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
🍧Kona Days are BACK!🍧 This year you can purchase a Kona Yearly Pass. Purchase all 5 Kona Days for the 2025-2026 school year. Prepay window closes on August 13th at 10:00pm. Individual purchase opportunities will be available throughout the year as well as cash, card & tap on Kona Days. #ItsAGreatDayToBeAMustang
Join us for 6th grade Open House on August 14 to learn more about South Middle School!
