MMS Daily Announcements - Monday, April 9, 2018
Published on Apr 9, 2018 09:07

Tornado Safety:  In a home or building, move to a pre-designated shelter, such as a basement, and get under a sturdy table or the stairs.  A specially-constructed “safe room” within a building offers the best protection.

Multi-Cultural Club:  There will be a meeting during CARES on Tuesday, April 10th, after announcements in the Spanish Room.  We will be discussing our field trip and finalizing the t-shirt orders.  See you Tuesday after announcements!

Fuel Up to Play 60:  Reminder Fuel Up to Play 60 field trip is this Wednesday. Thanks and make it a great day!

Science Olympiad:  43 teams representing the top 28 schools from across the state met at UW-Milwaukee on Saturday to compete in the State Science Olympiad tournament.  In the end, our 31 scientists brought home 22 medals and 2nd place for Menomonie Middle School.  These students worked for six months studying, building, and never giving up to earn these achievements. 

Earning the gold medal for their chemistry prowess in the Potions and Poisons event were Ellen Dingwall and Autumn Larrabee.  Marlena Weghorn and John Kluge earned a silver medal for Dynamic Planet.  Allison Falkner, Isabella Kaufmann, and Teagan Christenson took home 2nd place for the Experimental Design.  Medeline DeVries was a one-woman-wrecking-crew earning second place by herself in the Herpetology event.  Who need GPS?  Peter Bendel or David Ding clearly do not after taking 2nd place in Road Scholar.  David Ding and Marlena Weghorn’s plane won the silver medal in the Wright Stuff event.  Ellen Dingwall and Shannon Mason earned the bronze medal in Disease Detective.  Kevin Leach and Allison Falkner placed third in Ecology.  Kevin with the help of Kayla Kelsey also took home the bronze in Rocks and Minerals.  Not to be outdone by Kevin and Kayla, Karissa Brunner and Grace Hasse also placed 3rd in Rocks and Minerals.  Peter Bendel’s tower earned him a bronze medal.

Other medalsits included:

Shannon Mason and Kajsaib Xiong in Anatomy and Pyhsiology

Marlena Weghorn and Autumn Larabee in Density Lab

Maddy Palmer and Ben Hecker in Dynamic Planet

Logan McCoy, Michael King, Ben Hecker and Matthew Glaus earned two medals in Fast Facts

Shannon Mason and Ellen Dingwall in Microbe Mission

Isabella Kaufmann and Teagan Christenson in Optics

Hayleigh Husby and Maddie DeVries in Potions and Poisons

Teams of Anne Dye, Dylan Foslid, and Emily Zukowski and Marlena Weghorn earned medals for their parachute deploying rockets in the Ping-Pong Parachute event.

And last, but most-definitely not least, John Kluge’s battery powered car sent him home with another medal.

 

Congratulations to all of you for being such an amazing group.  Your coaches and school could not be more proud!

 

Forward Exam Testing Notes: 

  1. Get at least 7 hours of sleep the night before.
  2. Be sure to eat a healthy breakfast and lunch on testing days.
  3. Make sure your chromebook is fully charged and ready to go!
  4. If you aren’t sure how to answer a question on the test or it is taking you too long to answer, flag the question, so you can come back and answer it later.
  5. Be sure to read the direction carefully.
  6. Familiarize yourself with all the helpful tools the test has to offer.
  7. Take your time and do your best.

Reminder:  Be sure to bring headphones or earbuds for the listening test this Thursday, April 12th.