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SMS School Hours
First Bell 9:15 a.m.
Dismissal: 4:15 p.m.

Mrs. Karen Rose, Principal
4826 Ashton Road, Sarasota, FL 34233
Phone: 941-361-6464  Fax: 941-361-6798

School Hours: 9:15 a.m. (first bell) - 4:15 p.m.
School Supervision from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Student Absence Link/Phone: 361-6583

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PALS VOLUNTEERS

PALS On-Line Volunteer Application/Reapplication: Available on the Main Office computer. ALL PTSO volunteers and chaperones MUST be PALS approval. This must be done on-line and every year. Please complete the application now! We appreciate our volunteers!


All volunteers must be PALS approved. This requires a yearly on-line application/reapplication. Parents and volunteers may apply on-line at SMS in the front office. SMS values volunteer assistance. We need volunteers immediately in the following areas:

  • Renaissance – giving out treats on Fridays – begins second quarter
  • Staff recognition
  • Tutoring a single student
  • Media Center – checking out books, shelving books, helping students select books
  • Chaperoning field trips and events
  • Writing articles for the newsletter
  • Answering the phone
  • Greeting guests in the reception area
  • Mentoring a student
  • Helping with book fairs
  • Assisting with health screenings

PALS volunteer procedures:

  • Sign in at the computer in the front office
  • Put on your PALS name badge
  • Sign out at the computer in the front office when you leave. This logs in your hours.
  • Please park in a designated parking space.
  • You are invited to eat lunch in our staff lounge in the cafeteria building or in the front office building lounge. Food service sells adult lunches.
  • Telephones are available in the front office and the media center.
  • SMS is a nonsmoking campus.

We appreciate and welcome all of our volunteers.

Thank you!

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