Middle School Daily Announcement - February 6, 2017
Published on Feb 6, 2017 09:15

Inver Grove Heights Middle School Daily Announcements

Monday, February 6, 2017

New Announcements

 TONIGHT - 8th Grade Parent Information Night

Tonight (Mon., Feb. 6) will be an informational meeting for parents of current 8th grade students.  Students are welcome to attend but it’s not necessary for them to attend.  The meeting will be held at 6:30pm in the Simley High School auditorium.

 

 Inver Grove Heights Schools is partnering with South St. Paul Public Schools and West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan to develop a plan to build equity, integration, and excellence in education for our students. We invite our families to add their voices at the Reimagine Minnesota conversation on Wednesday, February 22, between 6:00PM-8:30PM at South St. Paul Secondary, 700 2nd Street North in South St. Paul.


Transportation, childcare, and interpreters will be available, and a light dinner and refreshments will be provided. Please click here to RSVP, and in your RSVP, please let us know if you will need transportation or childcare. For more details about the event, please click here/see the attached flyer.

 

Extreme Robotics (Grades 6-8)

Super-Charged NXT LEGO Robotics Projects! Get ready to take ultimate control! Using the NXT Intelligent brick from LEGO®, servo motors, advanced ultrasonic, touch and light sensors, and specialized Lego technic engineering components, students will build extreme robots and overcome challenges. Students working in small teams will control the robot with NXT programs and then can experiment and modify the programs. Students will then be challenged to morph their projects in better, stronger or faster robots. Please bring a drink & snack.

Instructor Computer Explorers

 

IGH Middle School                           

11:15-2:15

Friday, Feb. 17- 1 session - $43

Friday, May 26- 1 session - $43

[register]

 

Wind in the Willows (Grades 3-8)

Join Badger, Mole, and the rest of the River animals in this charming tale as they try to rescue their friend Toad who has been arrested for stealing and crashing a motor car while wreaking havoc in the once peaceful River Valley.  These animals must serve double duty as they also work to protect Toad Hall from the incoming Ferrets and Weasels.  All the while, Toad must realize his wrongdoings, and work to make things right again with his friends and his home.

Directed by, Cassidy Hall

 

Simley Performing Arts Center

Rehearsal Dates: Mon.- Thurs., Feb. 13-16, 21-23, 27- Mar. 2, Mar. 6-8  6:15-8:00 pm

(Feb. 27 & 28 rehearsals will be in the Spartan Center)

Performances: Mar. 9 & 10 at 7pm

16 sessions- $100

[register]

 

Simley and Middle School Students!

Do you like to sing, dance or act? The Simley Theatre vocal/singing auditions for the Spring musical, “Anything Goes”, by Cole Porter will be held Monday, February 13 from 2:30-3:30 or 3:45-4:45 in the Simley Performing Arts Center. Sign-up sheets with more details are located outside the high school theatre office and in the Community Ed office near Cahill Court. Dancing/reading auditions will be held as a group on Wednesday, February 15 from 2:30-5:00 pm in the Performing Arts Center. No sign-up required for the Wednesday group auditions. High School students who play a musical instrument and would like to learn more about participating in the Orchestra, please contact the Community Ed office across from door 13 or call 651-306-7870.

 

The Simley Alpine Ski Team competed in a conference race at Afton Alps this past Monday.  Notable performances were Charlie Sayner - 3rd, Sarah Anaya - 6th, Mindy Kolodziejski - 11th, and Jacob Juers -13th.  They will be racing again this Thursday at 4:30 at Welch Village and next Wednesday in the State High School League Section 4 meet at Wild Mountain.  The Section meet is an all day event to determine the teams and individuals who will compete at the state meet the following week.  Go Spartans!

 

BRING YOUR BOXTOPS TO SCHOOL!!   

The Annual BoxTops for Pizza Contest is here now through February 16th! Collection Bags will be handed out this week.  

The Advisor Class in EACH GRADE with the most WINS PIZZA. Boxtops, Loaves4Learning and Milk Moola will all be accepted.

(Campbell's Labels4Educaton program has been discontinued, so we cannot count those.)

 

Continuing Announcements

Parks & Recreation Swimming Lessons

 

Parks & Recreation Learn to Skate

Chili's Give Back Program Flyer

Spartan Fast Pitch Summer 2017 Flyer

Start Time Decision Announcement

 

Chess Club will meet every Tuesday at 2:45 in room 8215.

 

WIN time will continue each Wednesday throughout the year. This is an after school homework help with 2-4 adults supporting students in organization and homework assistance. WIN time goes from 2:45-4:00 and students need to bring in a contract signed by a parent before they can attend.  Contact Ben Kissling with any questions 651-306-7294.  [email protected] 

For contract, click link below or see front office: WIN Time Contract

 

A new group here in IGH! The Latina Youth Leadership Academy (LYLA) is a mentor based program that provides leadership opportunities for Latina girls grades 7-12. We meet every Monday from 6-7:30 pm at 7950 Blaine Avenue in Inver Grove Heights. It’s free to participate. Participants are paired with a woman mentor who guides them and helps them through their goals and discuss leadership topics like; time management, public speaking, college readiness and others. We offer college scholarships to qualified seniors in High School. Come join us and learn more about your personal power and leadership potential! Contact us at 651-216-1589 or visit us at www.lylamn.com; this is a new partnership with TriDistrict Community Education.

The Latina Youth Leadership Academy (LYLA) es un programa basado en mentoria que prove oportunidades de liderazgo a Latinas en grados 7-12. Las participantes trabajan con una mentora quien les guia y ayuda a alcanzar sus metas y a discutir temas como; manejo de su tiempo, preparación para la unviersidad y otros.  Nos reuniomos todos los Lunes de 6-7:30pm en el 7950 Blaine Avenue, Inver Grove Heights, MN. Ofrecemos becas para estudiantes que califiquen de 12 grado para ir a la Universidad Participar es gratuito. Te invitamos a participar y conocer tu poder personal y tu potencial de liderazgo. Contáctanos al 651-216-1589 o visítanos en www.lylamn.com; esta es una asociación nueva con Educación Communitaria TriDistratal.

 

Family Support Group

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Minnesota provides support groups to help parents and caregivers discover resources to meet the challenges of raising a child with a mental illness, learn coping skills and develop problem solving skills.  Each of the support groups are facilitated by a parent who has a child with a mental illness and who has received specialized training. 

Inver Grove Heights

1st & 3rd Monday of the month   6:30-8:00 p.m.

River Heights Vineyard Church

6070 Cahill Ave. 55076

Free meal served at 6:00 for children and adults, free childcare available. 

***If you have further questions, you can contact Helen at NAMI at 651-645-2948, Ext. 133.


Check out IGHMS’s Twitter! https://twitter.com/IGHMS_Spartans

 

An Important Reminder for all students & parents…

All students must be accompanied by an adult in order to attend any home athletic events. This includes all middle school events as well as any high school events including the varsity football games. We will turn students away at the door if they are not with an adult. Please know that a parent cannot just drop a student off for the night. They must buy a ticket and be in attendance during the event.

 

Important Dates to Remember

 

Si tiene preguntas, por favor póngase en contacto con Abbie Losinski (se habla españ