SMS Announcements-Thursday, Sept. 26th-B Day
FRIDAY-A DAY
RUBIK’S CUBE CLUB
Informational meeting for Rubik’s Cube club will be after school on Tuesday, Sept. 24. It will be in Mr. Lauridsen’s room in Mission – 128. The meeting will last from 2:50-3:20. You will need your own ride home. We will gather info. to see which night after school will work the best for the club.
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
Remember to check your emails to see if you have overdue books! Those first rounds of books are due back at the library. Please return them or ask to renew them if you are still reading them. Thanks!
Book Club
Our student-led Book Club begins on Monday, Sept. 23rd. Anyone is welcome to join by just coming to any meeting! We meet from 2:50 – 3:30 in the library. Please be sure to have a ride home at 3:30.
Featured Book of the Week
When Mia spends the summer with her grandma in Maine, she discovers an unusual bird nesting a tree. Why is that bird there? What kind of bird is it? Read Home Away from Home to follow Mia’s journey as she discovers more about the mysterious bird while making a few mistakes along the way.
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 500 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!