November 22, 2024

IMS Presents: Haphazardly

The mean Princess Cinnamon (Kinsley Seitz, 6th grade), the not-so-bright Princess Peppermint (Maddy Percaciante, 8th grade), the vain Prince Hairgel (Freddy Averre, 7th grade), and the aptly named Prince Slacker (Liam Polter, 7th grade) are obnoxious, bratty adult children who do not live up to their royal titles — and they still live at home! King Barnabas (Alexander Jaworske, 8th grade) and Queen Mildred (Emilia Mikolic, 8th grade) try everything to help their children grow up and move out, but nothing seems to work. After hiring a therapist, bringing in teachers, and even trying to marry off their children, the king and queen are ready for a happily-ever-after that doesn’t involve their children living at home. They call upon a fairy godmother to help quiet the castle. But who knew hiring a fairy godmother came at such a ridiculous price? And the permits required are outrageous! The King and Queen decide to create a do-it-yourself fairy tale... and chaos abounds! Nothing goes as planned and musical, comical, royal chaos ensues. But despite the King and Queen’s DIY failure, the princes and princesses just might have been changed for the better.

The performances are on Friday, November 22 and Saturday, November 23, 7 p.m. in the middle school auditorium. Tickets are $8 at the door.

Seventy awesome IMS students make up this cast! Directed and Music Directed by Gretchen Obrovac, Choreographed by Rebecca Justice. A huge shoutout to the dozens of amazing parent volunteers.

Eighth-Grade All-Pro Parent Breakfast

All eighth-grade parents and students are invited to an All-Pro Parent breakfast in the IMS cafeteria on Friday, December 20th, from 7:15 to 7:40 a.m. The All-Pro breakfast includes a message for both parent and child to take away. This is a FREE event for all.

Boy's Basketball

There will be boys basketball open gyms on Tuesdays for the month of November starting Tuesday the 12th from 6:00-730PM at the middle school. These open gyms are for any seventh and eighth grade boy who is interested in playing basketball this year.

Jr. Biology Society

After listening to a briefing from an expert in the future of farming, young horticulturalists in Junior Biology Society got to work last week setting up the Fork Farms hydroponics system in the cafeteria. Over the next few weeks, the students will grow spinach, lettuce, herbs, and other greens to be used in cafeteria lunches - all the while learning how this technology can feed the world and preserve natural resources.

7th-Grade Science

Students in Mrs. Vincz's 7th-grade science class used their inquiry skills to try and balance a simulated ecosystem. The young biologists toggled with populations of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores to try and ensure the survival of all species over the period of 100 days. As they discovered, ecosystems are delicate and require a specific system of checks and balances for them to have thriving biodiversity.

Gamer Squad

This week, Officer Belin participated in the IMS Gamer Squad Super Smash Brothers tournament against some of our middle school students. The first round was against 5th graders Andrew Grzincic and Bobby Lewis. Round two was against 7th graders Cameron Bauman and Nathan Bakai. After the fight, other 7th graders joined in for a few rounds of games.

This Friday is our semi final match between Officer Belin and either Aubrey Volk or Sam Tighe.

Key Club: Blankets for Blue Devils

Are you dreading the cold winter chill coming our way? Do you love being warm and toasty when it's cold outside and enjoy some blue devil spirit wear? Well, Key Club can help with our "Blankets for Blue Devils" sale. Blankets are on sale for $30 and would be a great idea for a Christmas gift for your favorite Blue Devil fan.

All orders can be sent to the office (Attn: Jen Mackey).

If there are any questions or concerns, please feel free to direct them to either myself or Scott Maretka. We appreciate your support and hope that the families in your building will like the blankets and purchase some! (they are super soft and cuddly and would make a great christmas gift!)

Thanks so much for your support!

Jen and Scott

Co-Advisors of Key Club

Important Dates/Events

November:

22-23: School Play

27-29: Fall Break-No school

December:

4: Popcorn Day-Lunch Periods

4: Club & Candid Photo Day

10: Choir concert-7:00pm

12: Band Concert-7:00pm

17: PTO meeting-5:30pm

20: All-Pro Parent Breakfast -8th grade

*This is a change in the date

23-1/5: Winter Break

January:

8: Popcorn-Lunch Periods

16: End of second quarter

16: Parent/teacher conferences

17: No school-Waiver Day

20: No school-MLK Day

21: PTO meeting-5:30pm

31: All-Pro Parent Breakfast-5th grade

February:

5: Popcorn Day-Lunch Periods

17: No school-Presidents Day

18: PTO meeting-5:30pm

28: All-Pro Parent Breakfast-6th grade

March:

5: Popcorn Day-Lunch Periods

7: Waiver Day-No school

18: PTO meeting-5:30

21: End of third quarter

28: All-Pro Parent Breakfast-7th grade

April:

15: PTO meeting-5:30pm

18-25: Spring Break-No School

May:

20: PTO meeting-5:30pm

23: Spring Fest

26: No School-Memorial Day

30: All-Pro Parent Breakfast-8th grade

June:

2: 8th grade promotion

3: Last Day of School

3: End of 4th quarter

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