SMS Announcements-Thursday, Oct. 3rd-B Day
FRIDAY-A DAY
JOHNSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS WRESTLING (7TH AND 8TH GRADE)
Practice begins October 21. See attached for more details.
CHESS CLUB
A chess club is starting here at Summit!! Come play chess against your friends and classmates on Wednesdays from 2:50 to 3:30 PM, starting on October 2nd.
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.
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
Thursdays starting Oct 3rd and then every other Thursday from 2:50-3:30 in Mr. Lauridsen’s room/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. They will meet after school every-other week, on Mondays, starting the first week of October in Ms. Lewis’s room in Team Mission. Our first meeting is Oct. 1 (Tuesday).
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.
VARSITY FOOTBALL FANS
If you will be cheering on the Johnston Dragon Football team, please see the attached guidelines. Go Dragons!
LIBRARY
From the Library
Book in a Jar
The book in the jar was The Hunger Games. 14 people guessed correctly! Come to the library if you guessed The Hunger Games to get a prize! The grand prize winner was Annabelle Ver Huel!
Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 – October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month! Stop by the library to check out the display and read a book by a Hispanic author!
Featured Book of the Week
We have a new sports series in the Summit Library called Ultimate Road Trip. Each book takes you on a tour of the most famous stadiums or arenas for each sport (MLB, NFL, College Football, NHL, etc). Come learn if your favorite team’s venue made the cut!
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!