IGHMS Daily Announcement Monday, October 29th
Published on Oct 29, 2018 13:13

 

 

Inver Grove Heights Middle School Daily Announcements

Monday, October 29th

 

New Announcements

Attention all girls interested in joining the gymnastics team. The informational meeting for all Middle School students is TODAY in Ms. Walsh’s Room EA 208 at 2:45.

 


The Simley Girls Swim Team made an impressive splash at JV Champs this past Friday.  The Spartans tied for 2nd out of 8 teams.

 

TOP FINISHES:

Freya Hesselbach - 1st Place 200 Medley Relay, 2nd Place 200 I.M., 3rd Place 100 Fly & 1st Place 400 Free Relay

Fil Sans - 1st Place 200 Medley Relay, 4th Place 50 Free, 2nd Place 100 Free & 3rd Place 200 Free Relay

Erika Eckstrom - 5th Place 100 Breaststroke, 4th Place 200 Medley Relay & 6th Place 400 Free Relay

Elisa McCloud - 6th Place 100 Back & 7th Place 200 Free Relay

Macy Bird - 6th Place 200 Free Relay & 8th Place 200 Medley Relay

Jaden Weierke - 7th Place 200 Free Relay

Becca Ockwig - 7th Place 200 Free Relay

Greta Ukestad - 7th Place 200 Free Relay

 

 

Want to be part of a FUN winning team? The BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING Middle School & High School teams are having a short Informational MEETING today, Monday. Oct. 29th at 2:45 p.m. in the Middle School lunchroom

 

The teams are open to all boys 6-12th grade. This meeting is a chance to meet the team and coaches and get all the paperwork your son will need to join a school sport.  The Boys Swimming & Diving Season is a winter sport and begins Monday, Nov. 26th. NOTE: this meeting is for the athletes.   Parents are more than welcome to attend, but they do not need to attend this meeting.  There is a parent’s meeting scheduled for Dec. 4th.  For more information please email Coach Lynn Newton at [email protected]

 

 

 

 

Continuing Announcements

 

Inver Grove Heights Families - WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Our school kicked off the annual Cookie Dough & Magazine Fundraiser!  Please renew your magazines through the school and purchase some delicious cookie dough too!  

Your support will bring in needed funds to pay for field trips, Class Activities and Technology Improvements!

 

You can support us by placing an order with your student on their order form or by shopping our online store!  The online store has more product options & new this year, you can select your cookie dough online to have it delivered to the school!

 

You can also make a donation to the school using the online store.

Shop online by clicking on either of the following links:

 

bit.ly/invergroveheightsms

 

http://www.gaschoolstore.com/landing.aspx?SID=2666816   Code = 2666816

 

40% of the retail price of the products will come back to our school to help enrich our students’ experiences.

 

Important Dates:

Friday, October 26 - FAST START for online sales - Top 3 Sellers online earn prizes

Wednesday, October 31 - “Coop-on” Day - Bring in signed Coop-ons to earn prize - on your honor!

Wednesday, November 7 - Orders forms and Money $ DUE for paper orders! - checks made out to IGHMS.

Thursday, December 13 - Cookie Dough Delivery!

 

We thank you for your continued support of our school and our students!!

 

 

Check out what’s happening at IGHMS!

Follow us on Twitter @IGHMS_Spartans and Instagram IGHMS_Spartans

 

 

Looking for volunteers to help run the 6th grade dance on Friday - Nov 2nd, please sign-up for a shift via the Sign-up Genius link below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4aacae2fa1fd0-igh6th

 

6th Grade Dance - Friday, Nov 2nd, from 6:30-8:30 PM

$5 Ticket includes: games, dance, slice of pizza, soda, activities and will be sold during lunch on 10/30, 10/31, 11/1 and 11/2

***ALL STUDENTS MUST BE PICKED UP AT 8:30PM***

 Donations- from families are being accepted for this event: 2-liter bottles of pop, cash donations and $5 gift cards.  All donations should be brought to the Office by October 26th.

 

 

NEW-IGHMS SPARTAN CLOTHING CLOSET

IGHMS is hosting a gently-used or new clothing drive for our recently opened IGHMS Spartan Clothing Closet located in the Library.  We are collecting clothes that can fit any middle school-aged student. The gently-used or new clothing can be donated in the front office at any time.


Suggested Items to Donate (please donate items that do not have stains or holes):

  • Winter Jackets or Coats
  • Winter Hats, Scarves, Gloves, or Mittens
  • Winter Boots
  • Jeans or Pants
  • Long-sleeve T-shirts or Short-sleeved T-shirts
  • Long-sleeve Dress Shirts
  • Sweaters or Sweatshirts
  • Shoes
  • Athletic Shorts
  • Dresses

 

 

Attendance Reminders:

Please call the attendance line 651-306-7878 when your student will be absent.

  • If you need to pick up your student before the end of the school day, please have your student bring a note to the office. Please include the name, if not a parent, of the person picking up your student. Your student will receive a pass to show their teacher. You must come into the office, show identification, and sign out your student.
  • If your student is not feeling well at school, they are to see the nurse, they should NOT text or call home.

The nurse will assess the illness and call the parent as needed.

 Excused absences and Tardies include: illness, appointments, funerals, religious observances, and vacations.

Unexcused absences and Tardies include:  oversleeping, missing the bus, traffic and other reasons without parent communication to the office.

 

 

Sports Schedules

All high school & middle school sports schedules are available at www.metroeastconference.org  -  select Simley. The Metro East Conference website is the most accurate & up to date schedule available. There are also several valuable features available to parents/guardians/athletes on this website.  

  • View the daily calendar of activities
  • View Schedules for all sports in the high school and middle school
  • Select a location on the calendar or schedule & get the address & map for other schools where our athletes are competing
  • Mobile App Information
  • Notify Me - Select the sports that your student is in and receive notifications of schedule/location changes

 

*Important Reminder for all students & parents

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

 

 

Si tiene preguntas, por favor póngase en contacto con Abbie Losinski (se habla español) en 651.955.6610.