SMS Announcements-Friday, Oct. 11th-B Day
NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, OCT. 14TH
TUESDAY-A DAY
UNITY DAY OCTOBER 16
PICTURE RETAKES OCTOBER 16TH
STUDENT LEADERS MTG OCTOBER 16TH
7th grade is 9:45 – 10:15.
6th grade is 1:30 – 2:00.
SHOW CHOIR
Silver Group begins Wednesday, Oct 16
Purple Group begins Friday, Oct 18
Mrs. Hendrickson’s room at 7:00 am
STUDENT ART CLUB
ART CLUB Application
Directions: This application must be turned in by Friday, October 18 to be considered.
Fill out the entire application and have your parent/guardian sign your application. To join, students must:
➢ Complete form that has been signed | To Apply Head to the following Link.
➢ Turn in by the deadline Friday October 18
All Students will receive an emailed confirmation with dates and important club information
Meeting Dates:
6th Grade Mondays 2:50 – 3:50 PM
7th Grade Thursdays 2:50 – 3:50 PM
6th Grade Meeting Dates will be 11/18, 11/25, 12/2, 12/16, 01/06, 01/27, 02/03, 02/24, 03/03
7th Grade Meeting Dates 11/21, 11/26, 12/5, 12/12, 01/09, 01/23, 01/30, 02/06, 02/13, 02/27
A Celebration of work and art show will be held on 03/04 and will remain up for parent/ teacher conferences.
*Any changes to schedule will be notified in advance*
No Meetings due to teacher conflict or no school:
6th Grade: 12/09, 12/23, 12/30, 01/13, 01/20, 02/17
7th Grade: 12/19, 12/26, 01/02, 01/14, 02/20
CHESS CLUB
Interested in the game but don’t know how to play? The Summit Chess Club welcomes all sixth and seventh graders! Mr. O’Brien and Mr. Meyer will teach you and have you challenging your friends in no time. Our expert student leaders can even give you strategies to dominate the board. Wednesdays from 2:50 to 3:30 PM.
PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST HAVE A RIDE HOME! The school and sponsors will not be providing transportation.
If you want to join, ask your parents and fill out the required form here: Click here. (Parents, please note that the form can only be filled out on the student iPads.)
Any questions about chess club? Email Mr. O’Brien or Mr. Meyer: riley.obrien@johnston.k12.ia.us or aaron.meyer@johnston.k12.ia.us
See you at the board!
RUBIK’S CUBE CLUB
Every Thursday from 2:50-3:30 in Mr. Lauridsen’s room in Mission – #128.
MATHCOUNTS CLUB
Come join the MATHCOUNTS CLUB!!!
More than a quarter million students participate in MATHCOUNTS programs or use their resources each year. At Summit, students meet to solve problems and build problem solving skills. We will meet after school every-other Monday (unless no school) in Ms. Lewis’s room in Team Mission. Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 15.
In January, students will begin meeting every week on Monday’s after school to get ready for 4 levels of competition. This is open to any student who enjoys problem solving with others in a competitive environment. Our school competition will be in January, a local competition in February, state in March and then the National Competition.
The coaches are Mr. Steve Skinner and Ms. Linda Lewis. Anyone is welcome to join and there are links on the Activities and Clubs Moodle page under MATHCOUNTS.
LIBRARY
October Library Contest
The Summit Book Club has organized a contest for October. Come into the library and see if you can find all the Halloween rings they have hidden! Don’t take or move the rings, just count them! And then record how many you found on the clipboard at the desk. Contest ends on Oct. 18th and the winner will be announced the following week.
Featured Book of the Week
Do you like a mix of history and ghost stories!?!? Check out this new series we just got in that combines the two! Read the Ghostly Guides to Alcatraz, White House, Tower of London, Gettysburg, and the Queen Mary. All these places are also now tourist places – spooky!
GARDEN CLUB
The Summit Middle School Garden Club has a mission of making a difference in our community while providing students the opportunity to connect, have fun, and learn gardening skills! So far this gardening season, we have provided over 600 pounds of produce to the Johnston Partnership and our garden is not done yet!
Students get to experience all layers of gardening from bed prepping, weeding, watering, harvesting, etc. In the winter months we have done donation drives for the Partnership, started seeds and planned our garden for spring, and celebrated teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week– we stay busy all year long!
We meet Thursdays from 2:50-3:30 in Mission Room 129. All 6th and 7th graders are welcome, and no gardening experience is necessary! Come with shoes and clothes that can get dirty.
Questions?! Please contact Allison Barlow via ParentSquare or at allison.barlow@johnston.k12.ia.us.
Please follow our journey on our SMS Garden Club Facebook Page!
JOHNSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS WRESTLING (7TH AND 8TH GRADE)
Practice begins October 21. See attached for more details
VARSITY FOOTBALL FANS
If you will be cheering on the Johnston Dragon Football team, please see the attached guidelines. Go Dragons!