Newsletter – May 2015
May 2015
Issue 9
Summit Middle School/ 515-986-0318
Fine Arts Night
Summit Talent Show and PBIS Celebration
May 12th - 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
(during 7th grade vocal music
concerts) Please stop in to see
student art displayed throughout
the building.
To celebrate our student’s exceptional behavior the last month of
school, Summit Middle School will hold an end of the year PBIS
Celebration on Tuesday, May 26th. The celebration will include
two events: Intramural Games and a Talent Show. Students will
have the opportunity to choose from a variety of activities such as
a social, kickball, swimming, ultimate frisbee, basketball and
watching a movie. For the Talent Show, students will show off
their talents and skills while enjoying the cheers and support from
their friends and teachers. Auditions for the show will be the
week of May 6-13. Students interested in being a part of the
talent show can pick up their entry form at the PBIS student
store during their lunch time starting April 28th. All SMS
students will have the chance to be part of the fun as long as
they do not have more than one (1) MINOR (two minors and
you are out) and NO office/bus referrals from Monday, May
4th through the day of this event. This PBIS Celebration is a
great way to reinforce positive behavior and show appreciation
to our students for a GREAT 2014-2015 school year!
Band Concerts:
7th Grade, May 5th – 6:30/7:30 p.m.
Summit Cafetorium
Students Learn to Give Back:
CommUNITY Day 2015
6th Grade – May 4th
Summit Cafetorium
5:30 and 6:30 p.m.
Important Summit
Phone Numbers
Summit Attendance
986-0941
Summit Nurse
986-0931
Summit Guidance
Mrs. Heston 986-0318 x6236
Mrs. Cunningham 986-0318
x6157
Mentor/Mentee
986-2007
The Summit PTO, with the help of many volunteers and teachers,
held the 4th annual CommUNITY Day on April 15th. This year,
PTO chose to give back to our community through the Friday
Friends program at the Johnston Partnership. Friday Friends
packages bags of food to send home with about 80 kids in Johnston
every week on Friday. This gives kids a little something to get them
through the weekend in homes that do not have food security.
Activities sponsored by PTO designed to raise funds and food items
included a social/dance at Summit, skating parties at Skate North,
and a coin drive competition between the building basecamps. The
goal of this year’s CommUNITY Day was for each student in
Summit to package one Friday Friends food bag, or a total of 1,050
bags. Students raised a total of $4,819 through the basecamp
coin drive competition…an amount that showed an amazing
commitment of our students and families to our
Summit Nutrition
986-0938
Summit After School
(SAS)/Comm Ed.
986-0929
Cheerleading Tryouts
(for current 7th Grade students)
Mandatory Clinics:
3-5 p.m. on 5/7 & 5/8 - SMS Gym
Tryouts:
2:30-5:30 p.m. on 5/13 – SMS Gym
(Girls will be assigned a group number at clinics so
they will know order of tryouts. Students free to leave
after their tryouts.)
If you still haven’t turned in your
student’s registration packet,
please send it with your student
ASAP!
Schoolwide Yearbook
signing on May 22nd!
Let’s Fill Up The
Bike Racks At Summit!
Summit Student Leaders are sponsoring
the annual BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY on
Wednesday, May 6th. The goal of Bike
to School Week is to increase the
number of participants who ride their
bikes to school. Students who ride their
bike to school can register for prizes.
Helmets are encouraged! For those
students who cannot ride their bike to
school because of distance or safety,
they can ride their bike in their
neighborhood and still be eligible for
prizes. Students can pick-up a raffle
prize slip from Mr. Hiatt and have a
parent/guardian sign it saying that the
student rode their bike for 1/2 an hour at
home.
community. Students were asked to bring food items as
admission to the social and skating parties. Over 1200 food
items such as juice boxes and microwaveable meals were
collected at the skating parties and socials. On the morning of
April 15, PTO and Johnston Partnership volunteers, led by
Chelsey Tanke of the Summit PTO, coordinated assembly
tables for the packaging of the food bags. This event was so
well organized and orderly. Congratulations to Chelsey Tanke
and all the rest of the volunteers for making this such a
successful event and for focusing our students on the
importance of being good citizens and giving back to their
community. The staff, students and administration of Summit
are all very proud of the results of this year’s CommUNITY
Day. Thank you PTO – Well Done!
Attention: Parents of
6th Grade Students!
All students entering the 7th grade are required by Iowa Law to have the T-Dap
which is a booster vaccine for Tetanus, Diptheria, and Pertussis. Proof of this
vaccine is due by the first day of school. If your child has not had this vaccine,
please schedule an appointment prior to the start of the 2015-16 school year. If
your child was not given the immunization due to religious/medical reasons,
please obtain an exemption form from your physician
and provide a copy of it to the school nurse.
Spring Band Concerts
The 6th grade band concert will be held on Monday, May 4th at 5:30
and 6:30 p.m. The 7th grade concert is Tuesday, May 5th at 6:30 and
7:30 p.m. The 7A Band and the 7B Band will perform at 6:30
(reporting at 6:15) and the 6B Band and the 8A Band will perform at
7:30 (reporting at 7:15 Students will bring home information regarding
the specific time schedules for their concert. The instrumental music
department would like to thank the Johnston Community for its
continued support of music education at Summit Middle School, and to
invite members of the community to attend the spring band concerts.
First Grade Buddies
Summit Middle
9500 Windsor Parkway
School
P.O. Box 10
Johnston, IA 50131
PHONE:
515-986-0318
FAX:
515-986-0952
The 2015-16 school year class
assignments will be mailed in
early August.
We’re on the Web!
See us at:
www.johnston.k12.ia.us
Important Dates
5/1 Dance Team Tryouts
(For current 7th Gr Students)
5:30 p.m. @ JHS Gym A
5/3 & 4 – Adventureland Honors Band
5/4- Nat’l History Day State Comp
State Historical Bldg 7:30-4:00
5/4– School Brd Mtg
6 p.m. @ ARC
5/4 - Gr. 6 Band Concert
5:30/6:30 p.m. @ SMS
5/5 - Gr. 7 Band Concert
6:30/7:30 p.m. @ SMS
5/6 Bike to School Day at Summit
5/5– PTO Meeting
7:00 p.m. in LMC
5/6 – Gr 7 Academic Award Breakfast
8-9 a.m. @ SMS
5/7 – Gr 6 Academic Award Breakfast
8-9 a.m. @ SMS
5/11 – Gr 6 Vocal Music Concert
6:30/7:30 @ SMS
5/12 – Gr 7 Vocal Music Concert
6:30-Boys/7:30-Girls @ JMS
5/12 – Fine Arts Night @ SMS
6:30-8:30 p.m.
5/18 – School Brd Mtg
6 p.m. @ ARC
5/22 – Schoolwide Yearbook Signing
5/26 – Last Day of School
PBIS Talent Show and Celebration
Regular Dismissal Time – No Backpacks
Vocal Music Concerts
Grade 6 – May 11 @ SMS
6:30 and 7:30 pm
Grade 7 – May 12 @ JMS
6:30 and 7:30 pm
(written and submitted by Halle Van Roekel and Willow Applegate, seventh graders at Summit)
If you ever see a happy group of seventh graders walking from
Summit Middle School to Horizon on a Friday morning, you
may be seeing the Buddy System at work. Five years ago,
middle school teachers Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Irvine began
partnering with teachers at Horizon Elementary. Now, once a
month, Mrs. Irvine’s and Mrs. Kielhorn’s seventh grade
students help Mrs. Moore’s and Mrs. Heikes’ first graders with
their academic work in reading, writing, and math. Students
enter the room and are greeted with hugs and high fives all
around by their buddies. The students help their buddies with
writing stories, reading books and finding the key ideas. They
also use storytelling kits from Heartland AEA to practice and
tell stories to our buddies, incorporating the use of props.
During some of the past visits, the buddies worked on the
….computers, illustrating and typing stories. Bradley Vu, a seventh
grader said, “One of my favorite memories of hanging out with the
buddies was when we read to them or when they read to us.” Seventh
grader McKenna Straley said, “I enjoy reading to them because I
think it’s fun to teach kids.” The children at Horizon also very much
enjoy their buddies. From Mrs. Moore’s class, Ryne Condon said,
“My buddy is like a brother to me. He helps me with my work and
he laughs.” Zach Johnson said, “My buddy is my neighbor. My
mom and dad like her. She keeps me working. I like her too.” First
grader Layla Flowers commented, “My buddy listens to me. She is a
good writer. She can also read very good.” The buddies will hold
their final meeting at Summit Middle School, when the seventh
graders will hold a storytelling festival and celebration for their first
grade friends.
President Academic Award
Students who have earned all A’s in all Summit coursework and
achieved proficiency scores in both math and reading on the Iowa
Assessments (formerly ITBS) will receive the Presidential
Academic Excellence Certificate and be recognized with their
peers at a breakfast ceremony in May. This award was established
in 1983 to provide recognition from the President of the United
States and the US Secretary of Education. Letters notifying
recipients were mailed on April 24th.
The Academic Award breakfasts
presenting the
Presidential
Award of Excellence
will be held in the Summit
Cafetorium as follows:
7th Grade
May 6, 8-9 a.m.
Printed Activity Calendar
and Planner Available for Purchase
If you would like a printed wall calendar (11X17) or planner (8.5X11) with district
activities listed, you can order one through Johnston Community Education.
Calendars will be printed with school activities as set at the time of printing. The
online calendar will maintain the most up to date information. Wall calendars are $5
and planners are $10. To order, go to Revtrak via the district website
(https://johnston.revtrak.net/tek9.asp?pg=products&grp=110). There you will find a
form to print or you can process your order online with a credit card. Forms were
also sent home to PK-6 grade students the end of April. Orders will be taken until
June 12, 2015. For questions or to place your order via phone, call
Johnston Community Education at 278-0552.
Last day of School is May 26th--regular dismissal time. No
backpacks allowed on last day.
6th Grade
May 7, 8-9 a.m.
Congratulations!
To Seventh Graders Willow
Applegate and Alicia
Burleson, who have been
awarded certificates for their
participation in the
LETTERS ABOUT
LITERATURE 2015
National Reading and
Writing Promotion Program.
The two authors earned
Semifinalist Awards. Out of
840 writers, only 30 were
selected for this honor.
Summit TSA Competes at State TSA:
Congratulations
to all our TSA Champions!
Conference/Competition
Summit TSA had a successful State TSA Conference/ Competition.
They brought home many trophies and smiles. They also captured the
State Middle School TSA Championship for the 2nd consecutive year.
They were accompanied by advisors Mr. Rob Robison and Mr. Ron
Trobaugh and chaperone Mrs. Linda Trobaugh along with some
parents. Placing for Summit TSA were the following students:
Career Challenge: James Grimm 2nd place
Challenging Technology Issues: Joe Arthur & Owen Smith 1st Place
Chapter Team: TEAM #1_Luke Rothmeyer, Joe Arthur, Owen
Smith, Andrew Ritchie, Hailey Higby, Noah Thompson 3rd Place
Chapter Excellence: Shreya Shrestha 1st Place
Communication Challenge: Savannah Dennis_1st Place
Community Service Video: Liz Jones & Shreya Shrestha 3rd Place
Dragster: Liz Jones 1st Place
Flight: Laura Paul 3rd Place
Go Green Manufacturing: Andrew Ritchie, Noah Thompson &
Trey Randall 2nd place
Promotional Design: Nathaniel Skinner 1st place
Prepared Speech: Prithvi Jamadagni 1st place,
Cole Clark 2nd place
Structural Engineering (bridge): Noah Thompson and
Karshana Kalyanaraman 1st place
Technical Design: Owen Smith & Cole Clark 2nd place,
Gordan Huand James Grimm 3rd Place
Technology Quiz Bowl: TEAM #1 Prithvi Jamadagni , Cole Clark,
Karshana Kalyanaraman 1st place
Junior Solar Sprint Vehicle: Hailey Higby & Madison Schmidt 2nd
place, Laura Paul &Shreya Shrestha 3rd Place
VEX Robotics: Chris Johnson & Sneh Mistry 1st place, 2nd place