Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet School is designed for the serious student. Our students will be provided with opportunities to take challenging classes for high school credit. These classes will include: French and Spanish, Algebra I, Geometry,  and Physical Science. The students will achieve a deeper meaning to their learning by taking enrichment classes to enhance optimal learning.

Our commitment is to afford a variety of course offerings that will increase intellectual and personal growth. Students will learn through the integration of research, writing, and technology.

Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet is a 4 Star school!

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Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet PTO is sponsoring a PRE-ORDER SCHOOL SUPPLIES PROJECT.

Sherwood will begin handing out textbooks and class schedules along with collecting instructional fees and taking student ID pictures on July 27th. (NO Checks will be accepted)

Fees to be paid:

• Instructional Fee $30
• P/E Uniform Fee $25 (If your child already has a Sherwood P/E uniform and it is still in good condition, then a new uniform is not necessary)
• Other items can be purchased on this day, but they are optional.

Please see the schedule below in order to make your plans to attend.

• July 27th- 6th Grade   8am-11am
• July 28th- 7th Grade   8am-10am
• July 28th- 8th Grade   10:30am-12

We will also be conducting a 6th Grade Orientation Meeting with all incoming 6th graders and their parents. We understand that entering middle school is a big transition time and we want to ease some of the anxiety and answer some questions.

We ask that the students bring their student planners and class schedules. (they will have received these on July 27th).

Students should have attended the event on Monday July 27th in order to have their daily class planner and class schedule that we will be using at this orientation, but it is not mandatory.

Some of the topics we will cover are:

• Using the planner
• Homework and Test prep strategies
• Avoiding Tardies
• Lunch Schedules
• Understanding the A/B class schedule
• Tour the school to locate your classes
• and much more!

This meeting will be held on Wednesday July 29th 10:30am to 12 noon. Please make your plans to attend. (If you are new to Sherwood Middle and will be in the 7th or 8th grade and would like to attend in order to benefit from this presentation, please feel free to join us)

For a copy of the 6th grade supply list, click HERE

A parent called and offered this wonderful idea. With the A/B class schedule students are going to be challenged trying to keep their binders in order.

It looks like there is a new product on the market that may help alleviate this problem. It is called Z-Binder and it is made by Case-It. It is a 2-in-1 organizer that has two binders built into one. It comes with many pockets and zippered areas to store supplies. You may want to check Office Depot, Target, Walmart or other area stores for this item. It retails for about $22.

(click on the Play button and listen to this edition of Sherwood's News-approximately 7 minutes and 32 seconds.)   

For a copy of the summer reading list and projects click the appropriate link below.

Summer Reading List and Projects (Word doc)

Summer Reading List and Projects (pdf file)

Mrs. Hamilton wants to remind the parents and students that she has copies of these books in the school library that can be purchased. This will save you a trip to the local book store.

Get started early so that your summer fun time isn't taken away by this assignment.

Students will be able to take their summer reading AR test on two dates this summer. We have one date left that the tests will be available.

• THURSDAY JULY 16

The time that the test will be available for student will be 9am unitl 11am.

Baton Rouge's Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet School serves grades 6-8 in the East Baton Rouge Parish School District. It is among the few public middle schools in Louisiana to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.

Here are two testimonials recently posted by parents...

• After receiving custody of my niece I enrolled her at Sherwood. She had low self esteem, very little motivation and absolutely no confidence in her ability to learn. Once I convinced her that she could successfully attend this school, she put forth minimal effort, almost putting herself on academic probation. With open communication and the help of the amazing teachers, as well as an excellent program she now realizes that not only is she capable, but she actually enjoys school! In my nieces words, 'Sherwood rocks!' 5 stars... all the way! This school is awesome!

• My child has been at Sherwood for two years. When she started she was quite insecure about her ability to succeed. With support from home and the amazing teaching staff, as well as an excellent program, she has turned into a student with confidence who LOVES school! I find the teaching staff to be one of the most amazing...The teacher's are EXCELLENT! In the words of my little girl, 'Sherwood ROCKS!' I think her words speaks volumes!

Here are the recent percentage results for the LEAP and ILeap tests.

(These results are in PERCENTAGES)

8th Grade	ELA	Math	Science	S. Studies
Advanced	4	24	13.4	6.5
Mastery	41.3	21.1	38.8	46.3
Basic	51.2	54	42.3	45.3
App. Basic	3.5	.9	5.5	1.9
Unsat.	0	0	0	0

 7th Grade iLEAP results in PERCENTAGES

7th Grade	ELA	Math	Science	S. Studies
Advanced	13.4	19.2	3.6	13.4
Mastery	36.6	30.3	40.6	49.1
Basic	46.9	48.7	49.6	35.7
App. Basic	3.1	1.8	6.2	1.8
Unsat.	0	0	0	0

6th Grade iLEAP test results in PERCENTAGES

6th Grade	ELA	Math	Science	S. Studies
Advanced	4.8	15	5.9	19
Mastery	33.7	24.2	34.8	25
Basic	57.9	57.1	50.5	48.7
App. Basic	3.6	3.3	7.7	6.9
Unsat.	0	.4	1.1	.4

Our students have worked hard this past year raising their acheivement levels through reasoning and higher order thinking skills. Their hard work has paid off as seen here by the actual number of students in each grade level who scored Advanced or Mastery.

Actual number of students scoring in the top two categories of LEAP and iLEAP.

8th Grade	ELA	Math	Science	S. Studies
Advanced	8	48	27	13
Mastery	82	42	77	92
Both (Adv/Mstry)	90	90	104	105

7th Grade	ELA	Math	Science	S. Studies
Advanced	30	43	8	30
Mastery	82	68	91	110
Both (Adv/Mstry)	112	111	99	140

6th Grade	ELA	Math	Science	S. Studies
Advanced	13	41	16	52
Mastery	92	66	95	68
Both (Adv/Mstry)	105	107	111	120

We have a NEW and wonderful Accelerated Reader guide for parents. Please read over it and contact your child's ELA teacher if you have any questions.

(File size: 1.89MB pdf)

For a copy of the summer reading list AND the required projects click HERE

(RAD defined: very good, excellent, tops)

For a link to the Positive Behavior Support page, click HERE

In an effort to instill in our students the character traits that will help them become successful, the Postive Behavior Support team will be posting each week, three character traits that students can think about and apply in their lives.

Here are three...

Joyfulness vs Self-Pity Maintaining a good attitude, even when faced with unpleasant conditions

Justice vs Corruption Taking personal responsibility to uphold what is pure, right and true

Loyalty vs Unfaithfulness Using difficult times to demonstrate my commitment to those I serve

Click HERE to see the entire list.

Parents and Guardians,

The online gradebook access is now live. You should have already received your letter in the mail giving you your username and password.

Many parents are now using this valuable tool so that they can keep up to the minute on their child's performance in their classes.

The passwords were sent to parents from the school board office.  We do NOT have the original passwords here at Sherwood Middle.  We can only reset a password that has been lost or if the parents have locked themselves out.  If a parent didn't receive the information, we ask that you verify your current address with the address we have on file. The letter was sent to the address we have on file. 

We need a note from the parent before we reset the password.  Passwords are assumed to be private information.

To make things a little easier we post the A/B block schedule. We will begin posting these days once again when school begins in August.    

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At Sherwood Middle, we have many talented, knowledgeable and gifted teachers who have a genuine desire to see your children succeed. And even though we would like to spotlight every one of our great teachers, we do take the opportunity to highlight one each month. We have a bulletin board set up in our Commons Area where teachers across the campus write notes about how a teacher has helped them, another student or in some way helped out someone else. These teachers don't do this to gain recognition, but they do it because they love their job.

This past year these were the teachers who were voted as the Most Valuable Professionals.

• Mrs. Johnson- Community Based Class Teacher
• Mr. Berthelot- 6^th Grade Social Studies/6^th-8^th Pre Law
• Mrs. Hale- 8^th Grade English Language Arts
• Mrs. Morrison-6^th Grade Social Studies
• Mrs. Cavanaugh-8^th Grade English Language Arts
• Ms. Defoe-Choir Director
• Mr. Segura- 6^th-8^th Mathematics
• Mrs. Daniels- Mathematics
• Ms. Kimbrough-8^th Grade English Language Arts
• Mrs. Ryan-Student Services

Middle School is the time to start preparing for your child's future. Look at this website for lots of great ideas to help you and your child make those plans.

http://www.greatschools.net./articles/54/Middle-School

Sherwood Middle Academic Magnet is proud to have as our Partners in Education...

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These companies are very generous in their support of our school, so we ask that you support them as well.

For information on Box Top for Education go to this great site!

www.BoxTops4Education.com

Want to support Sherwood financially and not do anything more than you are already doing? Click HERE to find out how!

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