Welcome to Shumate Middle School
MEAP Score Explanation
Click here to watch a helpful video.
Helping Everyone Have a Happy Holiday
Fire broke out at at Marina Bay Club Apartments in Gibraltar that destroyed eight units and leaving many families homes. Several of the families affected are part of the Gibraltar Schools family. The School District is working to help the families of the students that were a part of this tragedy. You can help ...
Click here for information on the fire and how you can be a part of helping us help these families.
Help Us Recycle
We will be holding our recycle days on Dec 30 and Jan 5. Click here for the list of acceptable and unacceptable items that we can turn in. If you have things that you are trying to get rid of, please bring them to Carlson High on those two days.
Award Winner
Darin Piazza, a sixth grade student at Shumate Middle 
School, won runner up in a world-wide writing contest hosted by tweentribune.com. Students were to express why they feel technology makes the world a better place in 100 words or less. Students were first placed in categories according to their grade level and then one winner and five runner ups where chosen. Darin was one of the 50 runner ups chosen from 3,300 entries. Darin will be receiving a cash prize for being a runner up. Below you will find Darin’s creative and well-written poem…
Discovery
Before technology night was powered by gleaming candles; it was a quiet time, a dark time, a time of work, a time of survival. When technology was first born it was in the clouds in the sky, a flicker of light… lightning! It was a glimmer of hope for the world. Although it gave us light, it was our ruination lightning destroyed and set fire to the people. Finally the people learned to trap lightning and at last technology was born.
Great job, Darin!
Important Cold & Flu Information
The following are helpful tips from our school nurse:
When to keep your student home
Bus Information? Pick-up? Time?...this can be found at gibdist.net, then Click on Our District, Click on Bus Routes (located on Navigation Bar on left), Click on Bus Routes PDF file. Also have copies available in our office, office hours next week are Monday thru Wednesday 8am to 3:30pm. Office closed Monday 11:30am to 12:30pm for District In-Service.
Schedules? Changes in Schedules? Locker Assignment and Combination? Map?...All students will receive their new schedules, locker assignments and map during Advisory, 6th grade students will receive their information in cafeteria, as they report to cafeteria first thing on the 7th. Due to reduction in staff at SMS, schedules will not be changed unless there is an obvious error in student schedule. Many classes are at capacity and a few are over due to these changes in staff. Any and all changes must to addressed with Mr. Coon, Principal. Counselors have been instructed not to change any schedules as of August 30th.
Immunizations...6th grade students and students new to the district must have three new shots, they are; Tdap, Varicella, and Meningococcal. Students may bring these records to the office the first week of school.
New this year is an Activity/Athletic Fee for $50. This is a one-time fee per school year if your child is involved in more than one activity or athletic team. Some clubs will have additional cost (ex. ski club and bowling club). Any student participating in a Fall sport must pay Activity Fee in full before they can participate in any game or contest with another district team. Please make check or money order (NO CASH) payable to GSD. Check or money order must be paid in SMS office.
