MMS Daily Announcements - Tuesday, April 4, 2023
Published on Apr 4, 2023 08:26

Menomonie Middle School Announcements –

Track and Field:  We will start this Thursday right after school, not Wednesday.

SAGA:  We will meet this Thursday after school in Mr. Dolan’s room.  Come and join us!

Girls Soccer:  We will meet Wednesday after school in the 8^th grade pod in Ms. Waddell’s room for a short informational meeting.

Science Olympiad:  State was fantastic! We are so proud of the exceptionally high level of competition that our students brought to the table! Our varsity team placed 2nd overall in the state, out of 48 teams. We were fairly close to 1st place, and well ahead of 3rd.

Individual medals were earned by:

Anat and Phys- 6th place- Eleanor Beck and Andrew Heckendorf, 6th place (JV)- Mia Osterhaus and Ethan Nyirongo

Bridge- 3rd place- Mathew Snavely and Tim Berends

Can't Judge a Powder- 4th place- Jai Hasse and Otis Yonko

Crave the Wave- 6th place- Logan Topper and Otis Yonko

Codebusters- 2nd place- Oliver Lugo, Emily Hoyland, and Noah Winder

Crime Busters- 5th place- Emily Hoyland and Ellie Moulder

Disease Detectives- 3rd place- Nora Skorczewski and Andrew Heckendorf

Dynamic Planet- 4th place- Nora Skorczewski and Carly Weber

Experimental Design- 3rd place- Oliver Lugo, Emily Hoyland, and Noah Winder

Fast Facts- 2nd place- Oliver Lugo and Mathew Snavely

Flight- 5th place- Alex and Andrew Heckendorf

Forestry- 5th place- Nora Trotter and Jai Hasse

Green Generation- 6th place- Otis Yonko and Nora Trotter

Horticulture- 2nd place- Eleanor Beck and Ellie Moulder, 2nd place (JV) Brianna Klimek and James Kong

Meteorology- 2nd place- Carly Weber and Andrew Heckendorf, 6th place (JV) Brianna Klimek and James Kong

Picture This- 4th place- Logan Topper, Noah Winder, Tim Berends

Road Scholar- 1st place- Mathew Snavely and Nora Trotter, 3rd place (JV) Seth Ray and Sydney Norby

Rocks and Minerals 1st place- Oliver Lugo and Jai Hasse, 6th (JV) Toni Fiorani and Carly Zack

Sounds of Music 4th place- Ellie Moulder and Alex Heckendorf

Storm the Castle- 4th place- Logan Topper and Noah Winder, 5th place Oliver Kerze

Virology- 3rd place- Nora Skorczewski and Eleanor Beck, 6th place Mia Osterhaus

Wheeled Vehicle- 3rd place- Tim Berends and Otis Yonko, 3rd place (JV) Ryan Hulbert and Ella Weinberger

Write it Do it- 1st place- Mathew Snavely and Jai Hasse

Autism Awareness Week:  This week is Autism Awareness Week.  Each day we will have a dress up contest.  The Cares with the highest number students who dress up will win Donut Sam’s donuts at the end of the week.

We will have a table at each lunch with small items for sale at each lunch with small items for sale with the profit going to a new addition to our sensory room. 

Finally, we are having a Penny War between all of the Pods.  The pod with the highest score by the end of the week wins ice cream treats! 

Wednesday – Blueout!

Thursday – Crazy Hair Day

Wisconsin Forward Testing:  Wisconsin State Testing will be held through April 6th at the Middle School. Take note of the following:

• Make sure your child brings their fully charged chromebook and charger to school.
• Make sure your child is in school and on time for the test dates.
• Make sure your child is well rested and eats a healthy breakfast.
• Make sure your child brings a set of earbuds.
• Please try to arrange appointments around these dates and avoid picking up during the school day as much as possible.
• If you do need to pick up your student early, please send a note with your student to give to the front office in the morning as we will not be able to call into testing rooms.

Boys and Girls Cheerleading Tryouts 2023-24:  Any current 8^th graders interested in Cheerleading next school year, check this out.  Practices will be Mon. April 17 – Thurs. April 20 from 4:00 – 6:00pm in the Cardio Room at the HS Fieldhouse.  Tryouts will be on Saturday, April 22 at 1:00pm in the cardio room at the HS Fieldhouse.  Please bring:  water bottle, tennis shoes, gym shorts & t-shirt.  Any questions, please email Megan at [email protected].

Quote of the Week:  What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity?  Our attitude toward it.  Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.  ~ J. Sidlow Baxter

Word of the Month:  Attitude