Saber News
Get the latest and current news from Sunset Middle. Stay up to date on Saber activities and events. Dr. Haymon sends a principal newsletter each week to the parents' email on file with blackboard. Please contact Beth Stubblefield in the front office if you are not receiving the newsletter.
Upcoming Events
January 15, 2025, 6:00 PM: IGuardian Internet Safety workshop for parents in the NHS auditorium.
January 16, 2025: Rising sixth grade basketball game. Come see the Sabers play at your future middle school!
January 16, 2025, 6:00 PM: International Baccalaureate Program information meeting in the Franklin High School Library.
January 24, 2025: Blizzard Ball, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, Sunset Middle Gym. Online advance sales through your SchoolCash Online account.
January 20, 2025: Martin Luther King Holiday; System Closed
February 7, 2025: Heart of the Matter SMS Art Contest. Check Dr. Haymon's newsletter email for full details, or contact Ms. Hunter.
Art Contest Rules:
· All artworks must be two-dimensional. Three-dimensional works will not be accepted due to space.
· Artworks may be any size.
· Artworks may be in any medium. If you choose to work with charcoal or pastels, please spray a clear coat to protect your work and prevent dust.
· Please include your name, grade, and homeroom teacher on the back of the artwork. Do not sign the front of the artwork.
· All artworks must be original. Traced or copied artwork will be disqualified from the contest.
· All artworks must be school appropriate to be considered.
February 13, 2025, 6:00 PM: Rising Parent Night at NHS
February 14 - 17, 2025: Mid-Winter Break
March 7, 2025: PBIS, Club/Sports Pictures, Quarter 3 Ends
March 10 - 14, 2025: Spring Break
March 27, 2025, 6:00 PM: Rising sixth grade Parent Night in the PAC at SMS
April 18, 2025: Spring Holiday, no school
May 21, 2025, 10:30 AM: Eighth grade Promotion
May 22, 2025: Last Day of School
Other Important School Year Information
For a more detailed explanation of the below, please refer to the Sunset Middle School Student Handbook.
- Attendance: Please know we value providing ongoing quality academic support. Therefore, if your student has an extended absence, we encourage promptly contacting classroom teachers. Teachers will provide instructional materials, zoom access, or Schoology information as pertinent to that instruction. Also, you are always welcome to contact Beth Stubblefield for attendance questions and/or Nurse Terri Rappe' should you have specific medical questions.
- Tardies: Once a student has five (5) tardies, they will be assigned to Friday Opportunity School. For every tardy students accrue after that, they will be assigned to Friday Opportunity School.
- Students should come to school each day with a charged Chromebook.
- Yearbooks: Order early for the best price!
- GoFan App for Home Games: Saber Fans! Please sign up for the GO FAN app on your smartphone. Search for Sunset Middle School. This covers your home admittance ONLY for every sporting event at Sunset Middle School. Sign Up Today! After the app is downloaded and the family pass has been purchased, give the email address and password to each family member that will be redeeming the tickets. Input the email and password into their phone. Each person will be able to check in separately thru the app if arriving at the event at different times.
- Paying School/Athletic Fees: Need to pay any class fees? Sports Fees? Buy PE uniforms? Use our SchoolCashOnline payment system.
Featured in InFocus
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Two WCS elementary schools and four middle schools are within the Top 10 highest-ranked schools in Tennessee according to US News and World Report's 2025 Best Elementary Schools and Best Middle Schools lists.
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On their first day back after summer break, teachers at Sunset Middle School boarded a bus and hit the road to meet parents, students and community members while collecting bottled water for local charities.
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Elementary students had fun building and programming their own robots at this year's CCTE Robotics Camp at Thompson's Station Middle and Sunset Middle.
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Middle school track and field athletes finished the school year with successful runs at the Tennessee Middle School Athletic Association (TMSAA) State Championship in May.
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What better way to end the school year than with a kickball tournament? That's the tradition at Sunset Middle where students competed in a single elimination tournament on the next to last day of school.
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Future entrepreneurs showed off their business ideas May 2 at the MX Showcase in Franklin.
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For the second consecutive year, Ravenwood High won first place at the Tennessee State Science Olympiad and will be competing in the national tournament.
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This week's featured schools are Sunset Middle and Thompson's Station Elementary.
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Sunset Middle students are putting their programming skills to the test in Jared Turner's robotics class.
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Legacy and Sunset middle schools tennis teams met on the court Thursday, August 16.
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