Starr-Iva Middle School

❄️ Winter Weather Update ❄️

Due to anticipated winter weather impacts over the weekend, Anderson 3 will observe eLearning Days on Monday, January 26, and Tuesday, January 27.

Schools will communicate eLearning information directly with students and families. We understand that winter weather may result in power outages or connectivity issues ⚡📶, and flexibility will be provided as needed. Please be reminded that students have five (5) school days to complete the assigned eLearning work following the date that school operations resume.

For warming center and shelter information, as well as other community resources 🏠🔥, visit https://bit.ly/WinterStorm2026
or call 2️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ ☎️.

“𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓸 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽.”
-𝖣𝗋. 𝖬𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝗇 𝖫𝗎𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖪𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖩𝗋.

Anderson 3 schools and offices will be closed on Monday, January 19, in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.
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Looking for a GREAT place to work? We are hiring a Math Teacher for Starr-Iva Middle for the 2026-2027 School Year!
Apply Now!🐯💛

➡️➡️➡️: bit.ly/A3Jobs

Mark your calendars for our Winter Open House & SIMS has Talent on 2/19/26 at 5:30pm! Students who want to try out for the talent portion need to be prepared to stay after school with Mrs. Wilson on Thursday, February 5th.

Check out what's going on at SIMS this month!

In Mrs. Johnie Cape’s Gateway to Technology classes, learning truly takes flight as students designed, built, and launched their own rockets. 🚀✨🔥 Mrs. Cape guides students through key concepts of flight, engineering, and design before giving them the opportunity to test their work. 🚀✨

Congratulations to Dr. Nora McMillan for being our December Staff Spotlight. Her hard work and dedication to our SGA doesn't go unnoticed, and I am thankful for the school and community service projects they have completed this year! Keep up the great work.

Our 2026-2027 Academic Calendar is here! 🆕🗓️

🎓Crescent Class of 2027 Commencement - May 20, 2027

To download or print visit: https://aptg.co/nCcY3P

We haven’t done positive referrals in a couple of weeks, so they definitely added up! 🙌 Congratulations to these awesome kiddos for being great, and a big thank-you to their teachers for recognizing their hard work and character. 🐯✨ We’re proud of you!

More broccoli and goats during Ag Class!

🌱🐐 Our Ag Department is on the move! Mrs. Caldwell and our Agriculture students have been busy at SIMS—delivering home-(school)-grown broccoli to Mrs. Wilson for a healthy snack 🥦 AND welcoming our Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Zinn, along with her Boer goats from Cherry Blossom Creek! Students even helped take blood samples on a few of the goats to check for pregnancy—results coming in about a week. Talk about real-world learning! 💚📚

Bundle up and join us for a magical night of music at Starr-Iva Middle! ❄️🎵

It's almost time for Winter Break! ❄️🗓️

Anderson 3 will dismiss students early on Friday, December 19, 2025. Please make a note of these early dismissal times! ❄️☃️

-10:30 a.m. Crescent High
-10:45 a.m. Starr-Iva Middle
-11:45 a.m. Flat Rock, Iva, & Starr

🍴Breakfast and Lunch will be served.

Starr-Iva Middle 8th graders had a blast at the annual AOP Business & Industry Showcase, exploring the career pathways available to them across Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens Counties! 🤖⚡🛠️

Before Thanksgiving Break, our amazing SGA led a canned food drive to support our local food bank. Our SIMS students showed up in a big way! Congratulations to our grade-level homeroom winners: • 6th Grade: Mrs. Lollis • 7th Grade: Mr. Hewell • 8th Grade: Mrs. Pujols These homerooms will enjoy a pizza party this week as a thank-you for their generosity! 🍕💛

Positive referrals for last week are posted here! We are so very thankful for our kiddos. ❤️

We are thankful for YOU!

Congratulations to Carrie Caldwell for being our November Staff Spotlight. Her tireless efforts to bring Ag to life at SIMS and cultivate leadership in our school have not gone unnoticed! We are so very thankful for you, Mrs. Caldwell!

🐅✨ Congratulations to our SIMS Spelling Bee Champion, Darla Moore (6th grade), and our runner-up, Selah Burdette (7th grade)! 🐝 These kiddos did a fantastic job and stretched out the Bee with so many words spelled correctly. We are very proud of them! 🐅🐝