SOMS Summer Library Hours

Spring Oaks Summer Opportunity:

July 20 through July 30 -–9:00 to 1:00

July 20, Monday–9:00 to 1:00

July 21, Tuesday–9:00 to 1:00

July 22, Wednesday–9:00 to 1:00

July 23, Thursday–9:00 to 1:00

July 27, Monday–9:00 to 1:00

July 28, Tuesday–9:00 to 1:00

July 29, Wednesday–9:00 to 1:00

July 30, Thursday–9:00 to 1:00

Final Exam Schedule 2015

Spring Oaks Middle School

2014-2015

December 16^th & May 29^th

7^th & 8^th Period Finals Schedule

6th GRADE		7th GRADE		8th GRADE
1	8:15 – 8:45	1	8:15 – 8:45	1	8:15 – 8:45
2	8:49 – 9:19	2	8:49 – 9:19	2	8:49 – 9:19
3	9:23 – 9:53	3	9:23 – 9:53	3	9:23 – 9:53
4	9:57 – 10:26	4	9:57 – 10:26	4	9:57 – 10:26
Lunch	10:26 – 10:56	5	10:30 – 10:59	5	10:30 – 10:59
5	11:00 – 11:29	Lunch	10:59 – 11:29	6	11:03 – 11:32
6	11:33 – 12:02	6	11:33 – 12:02	Lunch	11:32 – 12:02
7 (Exam)	12:06 – 1:46	7 (Exam)	12:06 – 1:46	7 (Exam)	12:06 – 1:46
8(Exam)	1:50 – 3:30	8(Exam)	1:50 – 3:30	8(Exam)	1:50 -3:30

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December 17^th/June 1st: 1^st & 2^nd Period            

December 18^th/June 2nd: 3^rd & 4^th Period          

December 19^th/June 3rd: 5^th & 6^th Period

6th GRADE		7th GRADE		8th GRADE
Exam 1	8:15 – 10:05	Exam 1	8:15 – 10:05	Exam 1	8:15 – 10:05
Exam 2	10:09 – 11:59	Exam 2	10:09 – 11:20	Exam 2	10:09 – 10:45
Lunch	11:59 – 12:30	Lunch	11:20 – 11:50	Lunch	10:45 – 11:15
		Exam 2	11:54 – 12:30	Exam 2	11:19 – 12:30

SOMS 8th Grade Dance

A Night in Paris

8^th Grade Dance Information and Guidelines

Many of our parents are working hard to plan an enjoyable fun evening for our students as they get ready to move on to High School next year. There will be a DJ, Photo Booth, Food, and Fun. Our theme for the evening is A Night In Paris. In order to take every opportunity to make the evening as enjoyable as possible there are some rules and guidelines that need to be followed.

General Information:  

                Date:  May 22, 2015
                Time: 6:30 – 9:00
                Place: SOMS Cafeteria

·         Only Eighth Graders that currently attend Spring Oaks Middle School may attend. Students that are eligible to attend will receive an invitation the week of the dance. A student must receive an invitation to attend. 

·         No one may enter the dance after 7:30PM. If a student wants to leave early, he/she must sign out and will not be permitted to re-enter the dance.

·         Any inappropriate dancing or behavior will result in immediate removal from the dance.

·         Students may not enter with backpacks and girls purses are subject to search.

Dress Code Requirements:

• Girls: Party Dress or Dressy Pants such as Palazzo Pants
• Articles Not Allowed: Strapless dresses, extra short dresses, off-the-shoulder dresses, and dresses with a low neckline in the front or back, long ball gowns, or jeans.
• Articles Allowed: Dress length where the hemline is at the fingertips with arms fully extended or longer. Beaded dresses or semi-formal dresses, Dresses with spaghetti straps worn with a jacket, sweater, or shawl.  Dress pants and nice blouse.
• Boys: Must wear a buttoned dress shirt and nice pants. Shirts must be tucked in with a belt. A jacket may be worn but is not required. 
• Articles Not Allowed:  Tuxedos or jeans.

Behavior Guidelines:

Administration reserves the right to refuse admittance to any student that has had persistent misbehavior or excessive tardiness. Any student serving time in ISS or repeated or prolonged stays at DAEP will not receive an invitation. Any student with persistent failing grades based on refusal to do work will also not receive an invitation to the dance. Each student’s case will be reviewed on an individual basis.

Students not meeting the above guidelines and requirements will not be allowed to attend the dance.

Please see Mrs. Gates, 8th grade Assistant Principal for more informantion.

SOMS Student Wins Scholastic's "Grant My Wish" Contest

SOMS Student Wins Scholastic's "Grant My Wish" Contest

ELA teacher, Regina Cooper and Contest Winner, Cain Trevino

Cain's winning drawing.

6^th grade ELA teacher Regina Cooper encourages all of her students to showcase their gifts when opportunities arise.  Cain Trevino, a talented artist in Mrs. Cooper’s class, entered Scholastic’s “Grant My Wish” drawing contest.  Cain was one of six students selected as a winner out of over 10,000 entries from all over the country!  Cain’s effort has afforded him the opportunity to select $250 worth of books and materials from Scholastic.  As an added bonus, Mrs. Cooper will also have her choice of books from Scholastic in the amount of $250.  Hard work definitely pays off!  Congratulations, Cain, for a job well done!

Scholastic Reading Club Contests

Spring Oaks Student Selected for 2015 JASON Argonaut Research Team

8th grade Science Teacher, Kari Young with Blondine Delva

Congratulations to Blondine Delva, who won a national scholarship competition to become a member of the 2015 JASON Argonaut Science Research Team. Blondine will travel to the Bahamas with a team of professional scientists and 10 other scholars from around the country to study science topics such as climate change and marine biology. This $12,500 scholarship is generously funded by Chevron. In order to win this award, Blondine wrote four essays, got two teacher referrals, and made a video introduction for the scholarship board. Blondine’s hard work paid off with an awesome scholarship. 

Congratualtions, Blondine! You will represent SOMS well!

Spring Oaks MS Choirs Awarded Sweepstakes at UIL Competition

JV Girls Choir

Advance Choir

On March 2, 2015, the Spring Oaks Middle School JV girls choir and advanced choir went to UIL competition.

  

The students receive ratings from 1 to 5 – one being the highest – in two different areas of competition.

In the concert competition, the students sang music that they had prepared for a panel of three judges.

In the sight reading competition, the students sang a piece of music that they had never seen, for a panel of three different judges.

Choirs that receive a rating of 1 (superior) from both panels of judges, receive what is called a "sweepstakes" award.  This is the highest rating that a choir can achieve at UIL competition.

We are so proud that BOTH the JV girls choir and advanced choir received a sweepstakes award at UIL competition this year.

Way to go Spring Oaks choir!

This year is the 17th consecutive year in which a Spring Oaks choir has earned a sweepstakes award. Congratulations choir members-because of your hard work and dedication, the long tradition of excellence continues!

Panther Profile

During Generation Texas Week in November students were asked to create posters listing characteristics that they associate with successful students. Those characteristics were put together to create the Panther Profile.