MMS Daily Announcements - Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Published on Oct 20, 2021 08:57

Sport Sign Ups:  Second quarter sport sign ups will by held during lunch in the cafeteria on Thursday, October 20^th and Friday, October 21^st for 6^th, 7^th, & 8^th grade girls swim and 7^th & 8^th grade boys basketball.

Girls Tennis:  Your MMS girls tennis teams competed against Eau Claire Delong and Northstar yesterday afternoon.  Team 1 played fantastic and be Delong at home last night.  Winning double partners include:  All 16 girls!  They ALL won matches!  These ladies worked hard and ended their season with a win.  Team 2 played tough against Northstar but lost 4 – 10.  For those who are wondering, Sidney and Hailey finally lost a close match 6-5 and ended the season with a record of 13-1-1.  Congratulations to both teams!  Team pictures are tonight after school.  Teachers, you are invited to play these girls this Thursday after school at the High School Tennis Courts.

Unity Day:  Today is Unity Day.   As a way to show unity, we are wearing orange to help show that Menomonie Middle School staff and students are united against bullying.

SAGA:  SAGA Club will meet this Thursday after school in room 815.  All are welcome!

Baseball:  7^th grade baseball players:  There will be a meeting with Mr. Slowiak in his room (717) during lunch toady.  Please bring your gloves.

8^th grade baseball players:  there will be a meeting Friday morning in Mr. Slowiak’s room 717 at 7:00am.  Please bring your gloves.

Yearbook:  Yearbooks are on sale for $19 until October 29^th when the price increases to $25.  Get your yearbook today by ordering online through jostens.com/yearbook.

Yearbook Club:  We will be holding the first meeting of the year this Thursday, October 21^st after school in Mrs. Forster’s room in the 6^th grade blue pod.  Any student is welcome to join the yearbook club and we usually meet once a month for most of the school year.  Come to the meeting for more information!

Leadership Week: This week is Leadership Week!  We will be hosting a food drive throughout leadership week.  All donations can be brought to your CARES classroom throughout the week.  The donations will be given to Stepping Stones.  At the end of the week the CARES classroom in each grade that has the most donations will win a prize!  Thank you for being outstanding community leaders.

Unused Sock Drive:  We will be having an Unused Sock Drive from October 18 – 22.  Please donate unused socks in the color BLACK or GRAY, preferably crew length.  A drop box will be in the front office.  Socks will be donated to Stepping Stones and then the homeless.  Please donate socks!

My Teacher Rocks!  Kristo Orthodontics wants to know who you think the beast teacher. We all know how hard our teachers work, especially in the times we are in right now.  Give your teacher the well deserved thank you by entering them in the “Teacher’s Dream Survival” Basket Giveaway.  The winning teacher will be given a shout out and win a Teacher’s Dream Survival Basket filled with items all teachers need and want!  Fill out an entry form and submit it to the front office by October 30^th.  Forms are available in the front office.  The winning teacher will be announced November 5^th!

Quote of the Week:  Responsibility is accepting that you are the cause and the solution of the matter.

Word of the Month:  Responsibility

Reminders:  We continue to emphasize hand washing, physical distancing and respiratory etiquette.  A friendly reminder to all students to continue to hand wash or use sanitizer in the lunch lines.  We have sanitizing stations located throughout the building in pods, entry ways, lunch lines and in classrooms.  Please stay home if you are sick or if you or a family member are waiting on a Covid-19 test result.