SMS Announcements-Wednesday, Oct. 23rd-A Day
THURSDAY-B DAY
MAGIC THE GATHERING
Summit has renewed our Magic the Gathering Club! Come join us in Ms. Ites’ room (#137) from 2:50 – 3:50 on Mondays when we have school. Please be sure to have your own ride home. No supplies necessary, but you are welcome to bring your own cards if you’d like.
SHOW CHOIR
Silver Group Wednesdays
Purple Group Fridays
Mrs. Hendrickson’s room at 7:00 am
BOOK CLUB
Meeting on October 21
STUDENT ART CLUB
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
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!
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 from 3:00 – 4:00. Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 29.
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
Dragon Dispatch
At Summit we have a student newspaper called the Dragon Dispatch. This newspaper is written by the students in Media Literacy. Here is a link to the October edition of the Dragon Dispatch.
Book Club
Our Summit Book Club will be meeting on Monday, October 21st after school. Please have rides available home at 3:30. Anyone is welcome to join at any time!
Featured Book of the Week
Check out this new mystery book, South of Somewhere. When Mavis’s house gets surrounded by FBI agents, her mom goes on the run. Mavis’s dad is not saying much, and Mavis can’t help but wonder what her mom did or is accused of doing. Read to discover the real story!
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!