Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences is pleased to announce Ms. Tara Tahmosh's appointment as our new Principal effective February 1st.  I know you join me in saying congratulations.  SSA+S is truly a premier school and will continue on its path of excellence under the leadership of Ms. Tahmosh.  Should you need to reach Ms. Tahmosh, her email is taratahmosh@ssas.org and her extension will be 454.

I also want to thank you for the incredible support demonstrated during my tenure as Interim Principal.  I plan to stay involved and look forward to serving you in other ways.

Sincerely,

Dr. Marilyn Highland, Interim Principal

El colegio de Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences está muy alegre de anunciar  el nombramiento de Señora Tara Tahmosh como nuestra directora nueva, efectivamente el primero de febrero. Sé que uds. me juntan en decirla felicidades. SSA+S es, sin duda, una escuela impresionante y seguirá en su camino de excellencia debajo el liderazgo de Señora Tahmosh. Si uds. necesitan communicarse con Señora Tahmosh, su dirección de e-mail es taratahmosh@ssas.org y su extension será 454.

También quisiera decirles muchisimas gracias para el apoyo increíble que han muestro durante mi titularidad como Principal Provisional. Planeo de continuar mi participación y espero que puedo servirles de otras maneras.

Sinceramente,

Dr. Marilyn Highland, Principal Provisional

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Florida ranks every school in state

Officials today released a ranking of all Florida's 3,078 public and charter schools based mainly on test scores from the 2011 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test.

Sarasota School for Arts and Sciences was the top Sarasota County middle school, placing 12th out of the state's 583 middle schools.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012120139978

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 We Need You!!!

Celebration Homeroom Captains

 It is time to sign up to be a homeroom captain for Celebration. The captains help to coordinate their homerooms efforts in collecting items for the live and silent actions. They also help in the planning of the party. This is a fun and creative way to get your volunteer hours in and help raise the funds that keeps SSA+S the best middle school in Sarasota. To sign up contact your homeroom teacher and they will send your name to me.

The Next meeting is Thursday, January 19th.

For more information email MichaelReed@ssas.org.

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8th Grade Graduation Celebration Trip

May 18 - 19, 2012

Poster

Information Sheet

Permission Slip

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Sarasota School of Arts & Sciences
Parental Involvement Representative

The Florida Legislature passed a new law, SB 1546 (7)(d)1, which states:

(d)1. Each charter school’s governing board must appoint a representative to facilitate parental involvement, provide access to information, assist parents and others with questions and concerns, and resolve disputes. The representative must reside in the school district in which the charter school is located and may be a governing board member, charter school employee, or individual contracted to represent the governing board. If the governing board oversees multiple charter schools in the same school district, the governing board must appoint a separate individual representative for each charter school in the district. The representative’s contact information must be provided annually in writing to parents and posted prominently on the charter school’s website if a website is maintained by the school. The sponsor may not require that governing board members reside in the school district in which the charter school is located if the charter school complies with this paragraph.

Sarasota School of Arts & Sciences representative will be Jamie Bailey.   
Please feel free to contact her at 330-1855 #206 or email JamieBailey@ssas.org if you have any questions or  concerns.

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Business Partner Program

At Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences, we understand the importance of Community Relationships and the role they play in providing students enhanced educational opportunities.  We recognize that a partnership benefits both students and partners.  On behalf of the entire Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences family, we would like to extend a special welcome!

For further information, please contact Scott Black at sblack@flcin.com.

For more information and to see our current Business Partners, click here.

Thank You to our 2011-2012 Business Partners

Gecko's Grill & Pub

Freeman Orthodontics

Your Kind of Tree Service

JCI Jones Chemicals

Please support our Business Partners

Edline

Edline is an online service for parents and students to track their progress. Edline activation codes will be attached to your students schedule on the day of Schedule Pick Up. If you did not receive your activation codes or are having trouble signing on, please E-Mail  MichaelReed@ssas.org for assistance.

Edline.net