Who We Are - SMS

Our staff and students will lead by example and will encourage a positive environment for learning. In our daily activities, we will be safe, we will be challenged, we will be collaborative, and we will be exceptional.

Sidney Middle School serves students in grades 5-8. The school year is divided into two semesters, with four 9 week grading periods. The school day runs from 7:30 AM to 2:40 PM; classes are 55-64 minutes long. 

Sidney Middle School seeks to meet the needs of gifted students through acceleration. Acceleration occurs when students move through traditional curriculum at rates faster than typical. Among the many forms of acceleration are grade-skipping, or subject-based acceleration (e.g., when a fifth-grade student takes a 6th grade math course). Students at SMS have the opportunity to take high school level classes by walking across the SHS/SMS campus. 

SMS is accredited in Ohio by the Ohio Department of Education and is a member of the Greater Western Ohio Conference and Ohio High School Athletic Association in athletics.

Sidney City Schools offers more than 70 extracurricular activities for students from 6th grade on. Sports at Sidney Middle School include football, boys & girls basketball, co-ed track, co-ed cross country, girls volleyball, boys wrestling, and sideline and competition cheerleading, Sidney Middle School students can also take part in Academia, Breakfast Club, Builders Club, and student council. 

Sidney City Schools has a proud tradition of excellent performing arts programs including choir, concert band, marching band, and orchestra.

We are very proud of our school, our staff, and our students. Jacket pride is community pride.