William D. Slider Middle

Hello Stallion community,

This is Brandon Rios, principal at William D. Slider Middle School. I am excited to announce that our student council and counselors will be hosting our annual 6th grade student orientation camp on Friday, July 25, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

All sixth-grade students are to report to the entrance of the campus and head to the cafeteria between 7:45 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. This welcome camp is available to all sixth graders attending William D. Slider Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year.

Our camp is designed to assist our students in transitioning from elementary school to middle school. Our student council and counselors are looking forward to welcoming you to William D. Slider Middle School this Friday.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 915.937.5400.

Best regards,

Brandon Rios
Principal
William D. Slider Middle School

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Good Morning, Slider Stallions! We’re excited to announce our Annual Uniform Drive! If you have any gently used uniforms you’d like to donate, please bring them to the front desk. As a thank-you for your generosity, you’ll receive a Free Dress Pass valid for the remainder of this school year! If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at 915-937-5400. Thank you for supporting our school community!

Good evening, Stallions! We’re excited to invite you to our Yearbook Signing Social happening tomorrow from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM in the courtyard! 🎉 Students who have purchased a yearbook are welcome to join us for this fun event—come hang out with friends and enjoy free ice cream while signing yearbooks and making memories. 🎓 Still need a yearbook? We have a few copies left for sale! Stop by the front office and see our campus secretary between 7:45 AM and 3:30 PM to purchase yours. For more information, please contact our yearbook sponsor, Ms. Powell, at 915-937-5400. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Dear Stallion Community, As we continue to prepare for the closing of the 2024-2025 school year, we want to inform you that backpacks will no longer be allowed on campus beginning Tuesday, May 27, 2025. Students will still need to bring a notebook they can carry along with a writing device. We also want to remind parents and guardians that attendance accountability is important through the last day of school for all classes, periods one through eight. We have a few students who are just one or two absences away from receiving a loss of credit contract and may have to make up hours owed to the campus. To avoid this situation, we need all Stallions to attend school daily and for all classes. Thank you for your attention to these important matters. Let’s finish the school year strong!

Good afternoon Stallion community, I hope this message finds you well. We want to inform you that we are currently experiencing some issues with our air conditioning system inside our gymnasium. As a result, we will be moving our choir, band, and orchestra end-of-year concerts to Montwood High School. The schedule is as follows: - On Monday, May 19th, the choir concert will be held in the blue gymnasium and will begin at 6 PM. - On Wednesday, May 21st and Thursday, May 22nd, the band and orchestra concerts will be held inside the Montwood High School theatre at 6 PM. We will provide additional information through our fine arts directors. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at 915-937-5400. Thank you for your understanding and support.

Dear 6th Grade Families, We are excited to remind you that our 6th grade field trip is this Wednesday, May 21st, from 9 AM to 1 PM. We will be going to see the El Paso Chihuahuas! Please ensure that all students wear a school shirt or a Chihuahuas jersey. Shorts are permitted as long as they adhere to our regular school dress code. Note that no outside food or drinks are allowed into the stadium, but one sealed bottle of water is permitted. Lunch will be provided; however, students are welcome to bring extra cash for food, beverages, and souvenirs. We kindly ask that students attending the field trip do not bring backpacks. The stadium has a clear bag policy that allows bags no larger than 12 by 6 by 12 inches. Thank you so much for your support!

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Stallion Country, our 7th grade class will be having our end of year field trip on May 29th to X-Zone. The cost for the field trip is $25. The fee will cover three hours of jumping time, 2 slices of pizza and a water/juice. If your student wants to attend, they must not have any discipline referrals for MP4, they must not owe any Loss of Credit or any technology fee (must adhere to MP4 student contract). Money, permission slip and waiver are due no later than May 16th to Mrs. Machin. They can be turned in before school, during lunch or after school. For any questions, please contact emachi@sisd.net Please note the deadline is tomorrow, May 16th.

On Friday, May 16th we will be hosting our Neon dance hosted by our student council, concessions will be sold by our Slider cheer. School Dance Schedule: • 6th grade during 1st period 1:19 p.m. – 2:22 p.m. Dance: 1:37 to 2:22 PM • 7th & 8th grade combined during last period (2nd) of the school day from 2:45 PM to 3:30 PM Tickets are only $3.00, and concessions will be sold. Tickets will be sold during lunch by our parent volunteers beginning Wednesday, May 14. Students must have an ID to purchase any tickets to school events. 7th and 8th grade students who purchased a ticket for the Spring dance will be provided a bracelet to attend without cost. Students with a referral for this nine-weeks will not be approved to attend the event, each student’s behavior record clears every nine weeks. Students with 4 or more unexcused absences will not be approved to purchase a ticket. If a student needs to purchase a replacement ID, they may do so before or after school with our campus secretary Mrs. Machin for only $5. Students are not allowed to bring backpacks or cell phones to the dance.

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2025-2026 Slider Athletics Forms Dear soon to be 7th/8th grade Slider Stallion's parents/students, My name is Gustavo Hernandez, and I am the athletic coordinator here at William D. Slider Middle School. We wanted to welcome our upcoming student athletes who will be partaking in the rich athletic history that William D. Slider has established throughout the years. Please be aware that all students must have a physical form on file and that their Rank one online sports documentation must be completed for a student to take part in 7th and 8th grade sports. Without the completion of these two items, students will not be allowed to participate in or tryout for any athletic sport. We are attaching the physical form and the instructions to complete the rank one sports online documentation. All physicals (except for cheerleading) must be dated after May 1, 2025. Physical paperwork is valid for ALL sports during the 2025-2026 school year. When both portions of the physical are completed, they will be turned into Coach Hernandez in room 211 and he will upload the physical and clear students for participation. Here is some information regarding physical forms: Parents fill out the following portion of the physical form and both student/parents sign the bottom highlighted section of the physical: PREPARTICIPATION PHYSICAL EVALUATION -- MEDICAL HISTORY Coach Gustavo Hernandez fills out the For School Use Only: portion on the front of the physical Coach Hernandez will also be responsible for uploading all physicals (we will make copies and give them back to students) Doctor fills out the following portion of the physical form: PREPARTICIPATION PHYSICAL EVALUATION -- PHYSICAL EXAMINATION May 16, 2025- As a way to help our community, Slider Middle School will be providing physicals from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. Physicals will be $20 cash and will be performed by Del Norte Chiropractic. Students will be called out by grade level and will go to the gym. Coach Hernandez, as well as the other coaches, will be at the gym to ensure all goes well. Parents do not have to be present for the physical. As long as the student brings the proper paperwork, they will be able to complete the physical portion. Rank One Sports Documentation If a student has never participated in athletic team activities, parents will have to create a Rank One Sports account. If a child has participated in athletic team activities, parents will need to update their RankOne account. There are two separate signatures that need to be signed electronically. Rankone one will give you confirmation of the signatures. It may ask you to upload the physical but you will be unable to do so. Only Coach Hernandez will be able to upload the physical to complete Rank One clearance. Again, please remember, students must have their physical on file and that the Rank One online documentation must be filled out. If any part of the Rank one documentation is not complete the student will not be allowed to participate in or even tryout for any sports. I hope this helps and if you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me at gherna20@sisd.net Again, this only pertains to students that will be an upcoming 7th and/or 8th grader this 2025-26 school year. Baseball, softball, and soccer for both boys and girls will start off our athletic year. Team meetings will begin in early August and will be held after school. Tryouts will begin the first day we come back from school in early August. Thank you, Gustavo Hernandez