This years Dan McCullough award recipient is, Emily Blackwell! The Dan McCullough Scholar Athlete Award is given annually to the eighth grade student athlete who exhibits good sportsmanship, character, integrity, and exemplifies academic skill. Congrats, Emily!
This years DAR award recipient is Sydney Broadwell! The Daughters of the American Revolution Youth Citizenship Award is presented to an 8th grade student who displays honor, service, courage, leadership, and patriotism. Congrats, Sydney!
There are a few Yearbooks (very limited) available for purchase tomorrow in the library. See Mrs. Russell in the library to purchase your Yearbook.
On Monday, June 3 and Tuesday, June 4, Starr-Iva Middle School will operate on a regular schedule. School will dismiss at 3:15pm.
On Wednesday, June 5 school will dismiss at noon, and on Thursday, June 6 school will dismiss at 10:30am.
From SIMS:
End of the year reminders:
Please join us for awards day June 4th
Eighth Grade 8:30am
Seventh Grade 11:00am
Sixth Grade 1:00pm
Yearbook signing will be June 3rd
Yearbooks will be on sale on a first come
first serve basis.
All lunch balance must be paid
for students to participate.
All medications must be picked up from the
nurse by June 5th.
Please join us for Award's Day!
Yearbooks will be distributed on Monday, June 3. Students must have all lunch bills paid in order to receive a previously purchased yearbook and/or participate in the outdoor yearbook signing.
8th grader, Sydney Broadwell, hosted a paint workshop to raise money for tuition to the SC Governor's School. She was selected to participate in the Arts Odyssey Program. Jessica Wiles (right) was also selected to participate in the Theater Program at the Governor's School!
Ready or not the 2019-2020 school year will be here before you know it! Here is a look at our district calendar for the upcoming school year. You can also view and print a pdf version here -->> http://bit.ly/ACSD3Calendar
Please see the following link about the after school dance on Thursday, May 23rd. http://bit.ly/SchoolDanceInfo
This is a reminder that state testing starts back tomorrow with all students taking SC Ready Math. Please make sure your student gets plenty of sleep and is ready to do their best.
Please see link for information regarding medication for 7th and 8th grade field trips:
http://bit.ly/medicationInfo
Parents and students remember that tomorrow is the first day of state testing for Starr-Iva Middle School. All students will take SC READY reading. We want everyone to come prepared to do their best and show the progress you all have made all year long. Please make sure to get a full night of rest, take any medications needed before coming to school, eat a healthy breakfast, and be on time. Also, remember to leave smartwatches and phones at home as they cannot be in the testing rooms. We look forward to a productive day of testing.
Test Dates and Information are located at
http://bit.ly/simstestinfo
This morning the administration at Starr-Iva Middle School received a report that a student had a gun in his book bag. Administration and law enforcement immediately investigated and determined that it was a toy gun. The district is following appropriate discipline policies and procedures at this time. If you have any questions, please contact the administration at Starr-Iva Middle School.
Eighth-grade students were given parent surveys today from the SC Dept. of Education. We are asking that parents complete these and have them turned in no later than Friday, May 3rd. The parent survey results are a vital role in helping our school identify better ways to work with parents. The results of the parent surveys will be included anonymously in our school report card.
Crescent and Starr-Iva students participated in Solo & Ensemble on Saturday at West Oak Middle School. During the event, students formed small chamber groups and rehearsed independently. Four of the groups received a Superior rating, and five groups received an Excellent rating. Additionally, the Crescent Percussion Ensemble received a perfect score.
The Spring Concert will be held at Iva First Baptist next Thursday, May 9th beginning at 6 PM. It will feature the SIMS Beginner/Concert Bands, and Crescent Percussion Ensemble, Concert Band, and Jazz Band. Several student compositions will be featured as well!
SIMS Literacy Night, A Taste of SIMS: Seasoned With Literacy, will be held on Tuesday, April 30 at 6:00 p.m. The night will feature students' work, book talks, and projects.
SIMS State Testing
Fri May 10 SC READY Reading
Tue May 14 SC READY Math
Wed May 15 SC READY Writing
Fri May 17 SC PASS Science 6th & 8th Grade
Fri May 17 SC PASS Social St. 7th Grade
8th Grade Honors Students
Mon May 20 EOC Writing
Tue May 21 EOC Alg I
Wed May 22 EOC Eng I
From Starr-Iva Middle School: Awards day will be Tues. June 4th for all grade the times will be:
8th Grade-8:30 a.m.
7th Grade-11:00 a.m.
6th Grade-1:00 p.m.