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Week of March 11, 2013 Is sue 19

The Buzz at Irmo Middle SchoolCreating successful students for the challenges of tomorrow

Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., [email protected] https://twitter.com/IMS_Principal

Dates to Remember:

Monday, March 11

MAP Testing All Week

Honor Band Rehearsal 3:30-5 p.m.

Spirit Night at Travinia 4-10 p.m. B-Team Baseball @ Blythewood

5 p.m.

Tuesday, March 12

Student Government 7:45-8:45 a.m

Girls JV Soccer @ Blythewood

5:30 p.m.

Girls Varsity Soccer @ Blythewood

7 p.m.Wednesday, March 13

Unity Task Force 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 14

Band Music FestivalOrlando

through Sunday

Dance Performance during lunches

IMS Talent Show 6 p.m.

B-Team Baseball @ Richland

Northeast 6:30 p.m.

Friday, March 15

FCA 7:35-8:05 a.m.

Girls Varsity Soccer @ Richland

Northeast 5:30 p.m.

See page 2 for continuation...

Inside this issue:

Get Connected:IMS Blog, Facebookand TwitterPass Testing Continued

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B-Team BaseballSchedule and Roster

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Spirit Night OutBattle of the DamSteppazzTdap Vaccination

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Kids DayFamily Literacy DayAnnual Garage Sale

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IMS High School Guardand Dance Team

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Allen UniversityIT-ology

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IMS Teacher andSupport Staff of the

YEARCareer Day @ IMS

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Irmo Middle School6051 Wescott RoadColumbia, SC 29212(803) 476-3600

www.lexrich5.org/imsSchool Hours:8:20 a.m.-3:25 p.m.

If you have any school orathletic news that you

would like to seepublished in the IMS Buzzweekly newsletter, please

contact Julie Taradash [email protected].

Students, Parents, and Guardians,

March 19thand 20th, allstudents atIrmo Middlewill be ad-ministeredthe writing

portion ofthe Palmetto Assessment of State Stan-dards (PASS). The writing test will begineach morning at promptly at 8:30 a.m. Thewriting portion is not timed but studentsgenerally take up to 3 hours to completethe tests. Therefore; parents are askedto schedule appointments after 12:00pm on these dates. Students must finisha test (in one sitting) once they begin tak-ing it. Parents should not ask for studentsto be dismissed during a testing period.We thank you for your cooperation and

support as our students prepare to take the"PASS!"

There are several steps parents can taketo help maximize their childs performanceon the "PASS" writing exam. Parents canmake sure their student gets a good nightsrest, eats a healthy breakfast, and reportsto school early (before 8:00 a.m.) on thesedates. It is also important for parents to talkwith their child about the writing portion ofthe PASS exam to help reduce test anxi-ety, praise their child when he or she per-

forms well on this portion, and encouragehim or her to try harder and focus whenthey encounter difficult portions on the test.

Students can also take steps to help themperform better on test day, such as arriveearly on test day, be comfortable but alert,and stay relaxed and confident. Whennerves take over, students should remem-ber to take several slow, deep breaths andrelax. During the test, students should tryto answer questions in a strategic order;Continued on Page 2 (PASS Testing)

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Page 2 The Buzz at Irmo Middle School

Get Connected and Stay ConnectedOur goal is to have every student, parent, and staff memberfollow our blog, our Facebook page, twitter feed, and registerto receive regular updates from our website and free text mes-saging program (Remind 101). Please sign up to follow theblog and receive updates. You haveto use the links to the rightof the blogpost. To sign up for the free Remind 101 program,send a free text message to the following number: (702) 675-8432 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting FREE(702) 675-8432end_of_the_skype_highlighting. In the body of the text,write @parentsa and press send. You will be automaticallyadded to the distribution list.

Get connected here:

Join us on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/irmomiddle

See what going on through our Blog:

www.irmomiddleblogspot.com

Follow us on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/irmomiddle

Dates to Remember:

Continued from Page 1

Saturday, March 16 Family Literacy Day,

10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

Stomp the Yard Step Competition

@ Camden Arena 11 a.m.

B-Team Baseball 1:30 p.m.

Monday, March 18

MAP Testing All Week

Honor Band Rehearsal 3:30-5 p.m.

B-Team Baseball 6 p.m.

Tuesday, March 19

PASS Testing (Tues-Weds)

Student Government 7:45-8:45 a.m.

Girls JV Soccer 5:30 p.m.

Girls Varsity Soccer 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 20

B-Team Baseball 6 p.m.

Thursday, March 21

PASS Testing Make-up (Thru Tues)

Girls Soccer Fundraiser Moes

Band Evening Concert @ Midlands

Tech Theater 7 p.m.

Friday, March 22

FCA 7:33-8:05 a.m.

SCMEA Concert Festival @ Keenan

High School

Band Concert 8:30 a.m. (Gym)

Girls Soccer (See Schedule for JV and

Varsity Games)

Continued from Page 1(PASS Testing)

that is, answer the easy questions first to build confidence and

tackle the difficult questions last. A final step for students is toreview their tests after completion (double checking grammar,sentence structure, voice, and clarity), making sure they did notforget to answer any questions, miss-mark any answers, ormade any other type of careless mistake.

These few simple steps could help Irmo Middle School studentsdemonstrate exemplary level writing skills on the writing portionof PASS. For more information about testing you can contactMrs. Connie Johnson, Guidance Director at 476-3600 or GlennHutto, Assistant Principal for Instruction @ 476-3612. Addition-ally, you can visit the South Carolina Department of Educationwebsite http://www.ed.sc.gov/agency/programs-services/45/

March 19 - Writing Day 1 for grades 7 & 8.

March 20 - Writing Day 2 for grades 7 & 8

March 21-26- Make-up Testing

Help us continue our tradition of excellent student performanceand show everyone that we remain IrmoSTRONG!

Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., Principal

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Congratulations to the following students for

making the Irmo B Team Baseball Team!

7

th

GradersSamuel Boone, Will Galan, Winston Hill, Tyler Johnson, Jamie Karl, MasonLassiter, Joseph Law, Patrick Parks, CJ Shiver, & Lance Wright

8th GradersBryce Allen, William Dukes, Cameron Felkel, Noah Loquist, Logan Man-

gum, Sully Mosley, Zach Smoot, Robert Stutts, & Alex Vinson

Come out and support our team throughout the season!

2013 Irmo B-Team Baseball Schedule

Day Date Opponent Site Time

Regular Season

Friday 8-Mar 50 Inning Game Irmo 4:00

Saturday 9-Mar Dutch Fork Dutch Fork 11:00

Monday 11-Mar Blythewood Blythewood 5:00

Thursday 14-Mar RNE RNE 6:30

Saturday 16-Mar Dutch Fork Irmo 1:30

Monday 18-Mar Ridge View Irmo 6:00

Wednesday 20-Mar River Bluff Irmo 6:00(DH)

Saturday 23-Mar Chapin Chapin 12:00

Monday 25-Mar Spring Valley Spring Valley 5:00

Wednesday 27-Mar Blythewood Irmo 5:00

RNE B-Team Invitational

Monday 1-Apr Ridge View Ridge View 1:30

Tuesday 2-Apr Dutch Fork RNE 4:00

Wednesday 3-Apr Westwood RNE 1:30

Regular Season

Monday 8-Apr Ridge View Ridge View 6:00

Thursday 11-Apr RNE RNE 6:00

Saturday 13-Apr Chapin Irmo 12:00

Monday 15-Apr Spring Valley Irmo 5:00

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Attention Rising7th Graders

Pass it along...

Way to GoIrmo

Middle

School

At the Battle on the Dam held March2nd, Irmo Middle School was recognized

for having the highest percentage ofparticipation of all the district's middle

schools. Thanks to all the students andfaculty who participated in this event -we had a great time and look forward

to seeing even more of youwalking next year!

CongratulationsIMS Steppazz

On Sat. March 9, the IMSSteppazz won 1st place at the Step

Competition at Columbia High. Theevent was hosted by St. Andrew'sMiddle School

1st IMS STEPPAZZ2nd DUTCH FORK MIDDLE3rd E.L. WRIGHT MIDDLE

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Annual Garage Sale

The IMS Special Education Department will hold a garage sale onSaturday March 23, 2012.

Funds raised will defray costs of functional activities and projects for our students.

We are in need of items to sell.

If you would like to donate gently used items.

Smaller, lightweight items may be sent to school with your child or dropped off at the front office during

school hours any day before March 22.

Larger, bulkieritems should be dropped off at IMSbetween 4:00PM 6:00PM

on Friday March 22 only

Please contact any special education teacher or [email protected] with any

questions.

Thank you for your support.

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Career Day at Irm oMiddle School

Irmo Middle School will be hosting a Career Day on Friday, April 19th from 8AM until 11 AM. Over 40 speakers representing many different career fields

will be at IMS talking to students about their exciting careers. We are truly ex-cited to be able to extend this learning opportunity to our students. Addition-ally, we are extremely grateful to all the parents/community members who arevolunteering their time to work with our students.

If any other parents/community members want to get involved,please contact Mrs. Reddick at 476-3600.

Allison Redick,Career Development Facilitator

IMS Teacher and Support Staff Persons of the Year Named!One of the most exciting things we do each year is name our Teacher and SupportStaff of the Year! After a lengthy process and initial balloting, we narrowed our listdown to five finalists and voted to select the following two deserving employees asour school level winners.

Teacher of the Year - Ms. April Garrett

Ms. Garrett is a ten year veteran of public education. She has been at Irmo Middle allten years. Ms. Garrett is a special education teacher who also doubles as a teachertechnology teacher. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Special Education fromWinthrop University and her Master's Degree in Educational Technology from theUniversity of South Carolina. On a daily basis, you will find Ms. Garrett displaying thelatest high tech instructional strategies in her classroom while holding planning-period and after-school sessions to help teachers with their powerteacher gradebooks and strategies toincorporate research-based technology tools in the classroom.

Support Staff of the Year - Mrs. Cheryl Cooley

Mrs. Cooley is a twelve-year veteran social worker who has enjoyed the past eightyears at Irmo Middle. Before coming to Irmo Middle, Mrs. Cooley worked for a programfor children with special health care needs. She received her Bachelor's and Master'sDegrees in Social Work and Public Health from the University of South Carolina. Mrs.Cooley is an amazing social worker that goes to great lengths (year-round) to servethe needs of our students and families. She works tirelessly in coordinating homelesssituations, maintains our food pantry, and created the CHOICES Program to help stu-dents work on healthier ways to deal with conflict. Day in and out, Mrs. Cooley worksto create a viable home-school-community connection so students are able to obtainthe necessary services so they can demonstrate successful attributes.

Irmo Middle School is very fortunate to have these two incredible employees on staff. We commend them on

a job well done and congratulate them on this very deserving honor. On April 11th, the teacher of the yearwill be recognized at Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce Teacher Recognition Reception.

Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., Principal

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