MMS Daily Announcements - Monday, January 9, 2017
Published on Jan 9, 2017 10:13

Battle of the Books:
Thank you to those who showed up for the meeting last Friday.  We missed the other five teams that weren't able to be there.  If you thought you wanted to be in the Battle, but have changed your mind, could you please stop into the LMC and let Ms. Erickson know.  Remember, mark your calendars again for a little fun competition this Friday, January 13th during CARES, right after announcements.

Reminder...Leadership Group this morning in the General Music Room.

Science Olympiad:
Last Saturday, 44 or our Middle School Science Olympiad students traveled to the University of Minnesota for the Gopher Invitational.  Our students competed against 26 other teams from Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota.

We are proud to announce that our students brought home the 2nd place trophy!

3rd Place Bronze medals went to:
Ellen Dingwall and Chloe Oehler in Disease Detectives
Molly Smith and Walter Webinger in Dynamic Planet
Morgan Selchow and Jenna Blomquiest in Ecology
Carben Weghorn and Patrick Schwartz in Wright Stuff
Peter Bendel and Teagan Christianson in Road Scholar

2nd Place Silver medals went to:
Summit Fox-Schultz and Andrew Jevne in Food Science
Molly Smith and Carben Weghorn in Meteorology
Molly Smith and Kira Nevin in Mission Possible
Patrick Schwartz and Summit Fox-Schultz in Optics

1st Place Gold medals went to:
Kira Nevin, Summit Fox-Schultz and Kevin Leach in Experimental Design
David Ding and Peter Bendel in Wright Stuff

Many students were just out of medal range:  We had three 4th place finishes and seven 5th place finishes.  Well done everyone!

The Science Olympiad teams will now begin to prepare for the Regional Tournament in February.  Practice will resume this Thursday on January 12th.

Attention Yearbook Staff: 
All members are needed!  Please come to one or both of our meetings this week.  We will work from 3:00-4:00 pm on Tuesday, January 10th and Wednesday, January 11th.  We have some pages to submit next week and we need all members to help.  See you tomorrow or Wednesday.

MMS Trex Challenge:
8th Grade Maroon won by collecting the most plastic bags during December.  This leaves the score at:
2 wins for 8 Maroon, 1 win for 7 Silver and 1 win for 7 Gold.

The team with the most winning months will earn an ice cream party at the end of the school year. There are five months left...so ALL SIX TEAMS still have the opportunity to win.

Keep collecting those clean and dry plastic bags!

Junior Optimists
will meet this Thursday at 1st and 2nd lunch.  Bring you lunch and your optimism!

The Public Library is hosting Minecraft Club at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, January 11th.  All are Welcome at the Menomonie Public Library.

Heads up on Saturday, January 28th at 3:00 pm, the Public Library will be hosting "Add a Dimension" involving 3D printers.