Principal's Message
Welcome to all new students and welcome back to all returning 7th and 8th grade, Cougars!
Hello, Sylvan Families,
We have had a great first two days of school! Having students back on campus makes our school complete. I want to thank you for your patience in the parking lot. Pickup and drop-off have been much safer and smoother already this year. We used the first two days of school to help get students acquainted with their schedules and our campus. Our tardiness tracking system will go live on Monday and students will begin accumulating tardies if they are late to class. If you have current contact information in our district communication system, you will receive real-time updates when your child is tardy. The system will also track and assign progressive consequences for tardies. Please continue to talk to your child about getting to class on time. Every instructional minute counts and we want our students to have them all. Our school electronics policy will also be enforced beginning Monday. We gave students lots of warnings and reminders during the first two days of school. Moving forward, when a student has received three warnings, parents will be called to pick up electronics. Please remind your child that electronics are not allowed during instructional minutes, but they may use them before school, during passing periods, during lunch, and after school.
Thank you to everyone who came to Back to School Night. It was a great opportunity to meet new students and families and reconnect with returning families. On August 29th we have another opportunity to learn together through Parent University. There will be tons of valuable information in the presentations, and we look forward to connecting and sharing with you. Please see more details below regarding this event.
Respectfully,
Nicole Latimer
Principal, Sylvan Middle School
(916) 971-7873