IGHMS Daily Announcement Monday, March 9th
Published on Mar 9, 2020 14:23

 

 

Inver Grove Heights Middle School Daily Announcements

Monday, March 9th

 

New Announcements

 

Please visit our Social Worker, Ms. Mohn's website if interested in attending community/family events and classes on topics listed below:

  • Parenting the Love and Logic Way
  • Building a SMART Stepfamily
  • Love Them First - documentary by KARE 11 with Lucy Laney Elementary School
  • Know Your Neighbor - conversation around trauma, safety, and mental health
  • ADHD Tools & Techniques
  • Adolescent Depression & Anxiety
  • Parent Adolescent Daughters
  • Understanding the Adolescent Brain: Tools & Tips for Responding to Risky Teen Behaviors

https://sites.google.com/isd199.org/knowledge-is-power/family-educationclassesevents/upcoming-classesevents

 

 

Check out what’s happening at IGHMS!

Follow us on Twitter @IGHMS_Spartans and Instagram IGHMS_Spartans

 

 

 

Continuing Announcements

 

 

Please join us for the March Middle School PTSA meeting Tuesday, March 17th at 6:30 pm. The meeting will take place in Ms. Wendel's office. We will be discussing end of year business and mini grants!

 

 

Attention Golfers, Spring is Almost Here!!

The first practice of the 2020 golf season will be on Monday, March 16th in the Flexible Learning Space.  Athletes must register on Feepay at www.invergrove.feepay.com  before the season starts to participate.

Players in grades 6-8 have the option to participate in the Golf Boosters Middle School program which will begin on Monday, April 20. Those athletes participating in the Middle School program will have a separate meeting that will be announced at a later date. More information will be posted soon. Please send any questions to [email protected].

 

 

Yearbooks- IGHMS Yearbooks are still available to order at ybpay.lifetouch.com. Please use Yearbook ID Code 7768920. Deadline is March 27th, 2020 and cost is $25.

 

 

 

PTO Fundraising News

We are excited to share with you that we have 3 new ways to drive funds for our school! Please share these links with family and friends, it's easy to use the links and we earn money that can be used for teacher mini grants, supplies, 6/7/8th grade parties and more!

 

Amazon (corrected link) - it's so easy to support the school every time you make a purchase from Amazon! Just use this link set up specifically for our school https://smile.amazon.com/ch/41-2019679 and for eligible purchases the AmazonSmile foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the Middle School PTO. Save the link on your desktop and mobile phone!

 

Shutterfly - we have a new fundraising opportunity with Lifetouch and Shutterfly, who’ve joined forces to capture, preserve and share. With their help, we’ve created a custom online storefront where you can shop the extensive Shutterfly collection of photo books, gifts, keepsakes, home décor and so much more—and for every purchase made, Shutterfly will donate 8% to our organization.

 

It’s easy to support us:

1.     Visit our Shutterfly Storefront at: http://ighmspto.shutterflystorefront.com/

2.     Click through to start shopping!

3.     Purchase thoughtful gifts and keepsakes for friends, family and especially yourself.

4.     That’s it! For every purchase made, 8% of the proceeds will go toward helping our organization.

 

It’s that easy. Plus, you can even use applicable Shutterfly discount codes to save on your entire order.

 

 

Office Depot / Office Max - 5% of qualifying purchases are provided in credits back to the school. Just use ID 70054083 when shopping online or in-store! 

 

Please feel free to share this information with your friends, family and co-workers—the more orders we receive through these special links the more our school earns!

 

 

Ms. Mohn, IGHMS Social Worker, is in need of art therapy and play therapy materials and the PTO wants to help. We hope to gain parent and student help in getting these items to Ms. Mohn and her students by collecting donations. Please follow the Signup Genius link below to find out what is needed. Donations can be new or gently used-if you have extra art materials or games laying around at home that you no longer use, this is your chance to give them a second chance and help Ms. Mohn and your classmates all at once! You can drop your donations off in the office - look for a marked box or ask Jen where to put them. Thank you from the IGHMS PTO!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050F45ADA62EA75-arttherapy

 

 

 

Extended Learning Days

In 2017, the Minnesota legislature amended its state statute on school year requirements to allow schools to use “e-learning days” when faced with dangerous winter weather. Schools can use these e-learning days, known as Extended Learning Days in the Inver Grove Heights Schools District, for up to five days per school year when schools close due to inclement weather. Each Extended Learning Day that schools use counts as a full school day to keep student learning on track and alleviate the need to add makeup days at the end of the school year.

 

Extended Learning Days will be used after two Snow or Cold Days cancel school. On the third day, families will receive an automated call that will state the reason that school will be canceled and that it is an Extended Learning Day. Click here to learn more about Extended Learning Days.   

 

 

 

Clothing Closet:

*At this time no clothing is needed. We will post requests as needs occur.  Thank you for supporting our Spartan Clothing Closet!

 

 

 

Sports Schedules

All middle school & high school sports game schedules can be found at www.metroeastconference.org - click on Simley.  Whenever there are changes to the schedule, the change will be made here.  This is the official schedule. 

**If you would like to receive a notification whenever a change is made, you can sign up for that on this site. This is a very helpful feature particularly in the Spring when are dealing with so many weather issues.  Go to www.metroeastconference.org - click on Simley. On the right hand side of page, there is a box "Notify Me" - click on "Notify Me" - create an account, choose your preferences & you will be notified.  There is also a box to get the mobile app.

 

 

*Important Reminder for all students & parents

All middle school students must be accompanied by an adult guardian when arriving to Simley sporting events.  Students without an adult guardian will not be allowed to attend these events. Also- no back packs will be allowed in to events so plan ahead to leave them at home.

 

 

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