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Inside this issue:
Irmo Band 2IT-ology 3Irmo Spirit Shirts 4
ChicFilA Calendar Card Info 5ChicFilA Order Form 6Parent Portal 7Box Top Competition 7Reading Season 8-9Communities 10Sports Schedules 10Career Day 11Job Shadowing 11Individual Graduation Plans 12Counselor's Corner 13
Irmo Middle School6051 Wescott RoadColumbia, SC 29212(803) 476-3600
www.lexrich5.org/imsSchool Hours:
8:20 a.m.—
3:35 p.m.
If you have news for theBuzz, email Allison Redickat [email protected].
October 19, 20
Dates to Remember:
Mon 10/19 SIC Mtg 5:30 pm
Front Conf. Rm.
PTSO Mtg 6:45 pmFront Conf. Rm.
Tues 10/20 Volleyball Game 5:30 pm
@ Home vs. DF
Wed 10/21Late Start for Students@ 9:18 C-Team Football vs.
DF 5:30 PM @ IHSStadium
Thu 10/22 Crew Mtgs. 8:20-8:50
Volleyball Game 5:30@ ChapinFri 10/23 Make Up PicturesSat 10/24 Volleyball PAC Tourney
The Buzz at Irmo Middle School
“Creating successful students for the challenges of tomorrow” Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., Principal
[email protected] https://twitter.com/IMS_Principal
CRE W Community Meetings 8:20 - 8:50 am Thursday, October 22nd
6th Grade - Media Center
7th Grade - Gym
8th Grade - Cafeteria
Jen Cook, Lead Magnet Teacher, [email protected], 476-3735
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Teen Read Week is coming up October 18th -24th, and this year’s theme is “GetAway @ Your Library”. Students are invited to Read Around the World, using apassport to keep track of the number of books they read. For every book read thestudent will receive an entry for a prize drawing. Come and check out Irmo MiddleSchool’s Media Center!
Students participating in Read Your Way to the Big Game may also participate inTeen Read Week - you can never read too many books!
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Science and Engineering
Dear Parents, is your job related toScience and Engineering? If so, wewould love for you to consider beinga guest presenter for the Irmo MiddleSchool Science Team. We will becompeting against other middle
schools from South Carolina in 2016Science Olympiad at NewberryCollege. Events range from HumanAnatomy to Robotics. Please visit theScience Olympiad website linked here to review the wide variety of eventsoffered. We will meet after schoolon Wednesdays and would love for you to join and help us prepare for the competi-tion. Sincerely, IMS Science Team. https://www.soinc.org/2016_div_b_events.
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On July 27th, when most IMS students were enjoying their last days of summer break, many band studentsshowed up to the "grid" across from Irmo High School to start Marching Band Camp. They practiced for twoweeks, usually from 9 am until 9 pm. Each day started out with calisthenics, stretching and running laps. A lot otime was spent learning new forms and steps and music.
Now the band, including 28 IMS students, is heading into the competition season. On Saturday, they participatein the Gus Moody Memorial Tournament of Bands at Summerville High School. They won first place in Division2A and took top honors for the division in Music, Percussion, Visual, and Effect.
Next Saturday, October 24th the band will compete at West Ashley High School for theLower State Championships. State Championships will be the following Saturday at SpringValley High School. Come see some amazing bands & support the IMS band students!
Irmo Marching Band Jacob Briggs and Sarah Hinckley
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Margaret Rose Blankenship-Brown, Kyle Morgado,Kenny Newmeyer, Carl Creighton, Cameron Ciriello,Ari Yoder, Claire Henke, Abby Jones, Katie Rooney,Haley Gordon, Liam Minogue, Wyatt Robinson, MarkSheldon (staff member is Jonathan Milsap)
Isaiah Allgeier, Carl Creighton, Jacob Briggs, ClaireHenke, Kenny Newmeyer, Hayley Gordon, KatieRooney, Kyle Morgado,TJ Hartnett, Nealy Jordan,Lucas Howell, Liam Minogue,Caiti Boisture, MarkSheldon, Sarah Hinkley, Margaret Rose Blankenshp-
Brown, Jake Debenport.
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Building Character
Through Community Meetings
The foundation of a successful Expeditionary Learningschool is a community that brings out the best in studentsand staff. As an EL school, our learning climate is charac-
terized by safety, kindness, joy in learning, and positiveleadership by all staff and students. We often set asidetime to celebrate both student academic growth and char-acter development. In that regard, we held our first CrewCommunity Meeting yesterday to celebrate the contribu-tions of our students and Crew's. The purposes of ourcommunity meetings are:
1. Build and celebrate school culture.
2. Consistently communicate core messages regarding
school mission and vision.
3. Establish common rituals to connect every member ofthe school community.
4. Positively frame and affirm the current “moment” (whatever that moment may be for the school).
5. Set and maintain a positive, upbeat tone for staff and students.
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Career Day at IMS November 20
th, 8:30-10:30 AM
November is Naonal Career Month. The month is
designed to highlight the importance of lifelong ca-
reer development and the personal empowerment ofall people. It also gives us another opportunity to
show students how what they learn in school is relat-
ed to the skills they will need in the workplace.
On Friday, November 20th
from 8:30-10:30 AM, IMS
will be hosng Career Day. All students will have the
opportunity to listen to mulple speakers from various career paths.
Parents, if you are willing to share you career experiences with our students on Career Day, we wouldappreciate your parcipaon in this program. Please contact Allison Redick at 803- 476-3668 or email at ared-
Job ShadowingOctober 23, 2015 - April 22, 2016 Job Shadowing is a great me for your student to explore the world of
work. Job Shadowing gives students an opportunity to see that the skills
they learn in school are related to the skills they will need in the work-
place. Job Shadowing is considered a short-term experience to introduce a student to a parcular job by a one-
on-one pairing of a student with an employee in a work environment. The student “shadows” the worker up to
one day to beer understand the requirements of a parcular career. All students are encouraged to parcipat
in this acvity.
Important Informaon:1. Students and their parents/guardians will make arrangements for the student to shadow a parent/guardian,
friend, relave or another person in a career of interest at the work site to include Transportaon. This Job
Shadowing opportunity is oered in lieu of Take-Your-Daughter/Son To-Work Day and Groundhog Shadow-
ing Day.
2. Students are only eligible to have ONE day per school year for this acvity. Job Shadowing can be completed
in a couple of hours, an enre day, weekends and/or holidays.
3. Students provide their own lunch during shadowing,
4. Students should demonstrate punctuality, honesty, good grooming habits, appropriate dress and willingness
to learn.
5. Students serve as an observer, not a worker.
6. Students are not permied to shadow teachers at Irmo Middle School or Crossroads Middle School.
7. Any school work missed as a result of being absent for shadowing is the responsibility of the student.
If interested, please have your student contact Allison Redick, Career Specialist to pick up a packet or go to our
IMS Website under the Guidance Department/Career Specialist to print a packet. Also, if you need assistance fo
a parcular career to job shadow please contact Allison Redick @ 803- 476-3668 or email: [email protected]
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What are Individual
Graduaon Plans (IGP)?
The Economic Development Act (EEDA) was passed in 2005. The implementaon of this law was designed to
beer prepare yourself for what you want to do aer high school and to help you and your parents/guardians
make informed decisions about your educaon and future. The core of this law is the idea of planning. You,
along with your parent, will begin to create an IGP in the 8th
grade as you prepare to enter the high school. Dur-
ing this me, you will select a cluster of study as you map out courses to take in high school. A career cluster is a
way of organizing classes around an occupaonal group. Each year in high school, you will review your IGP with
guidance counselor and changes can be made based on your interest.
The Guidance Department will be scheduling the IGP meengs for 8th
graders. You will receive a leer in the
mail over the next few of months which will have a scheduled appointment me. This meeng will allow your
student to choose a cluster of study. This plan can be changed and will be re-visited each year during registra-
on. If you have a conict or unable to aend the assigned appointment me, please contact Allison Redick at
803-476-3668 or email at [email protected].
Tips for Parents
In helping your child
chose a Career path:
Start young. Develop career awareness by discuss-ing career opportunies when reading books and
newspapers, watching television and observing
worksites.
Support you child’s eorts to assess his or her own
interests, aptudes, values and work styles.
Share your job experiences. A child delights in hearing about his or her parents’ jobs.
Encourage parcipaon in job shadowing and internship opportunies.
Help your child understand the value and importance of his or her academic courses for success in a future
career.
6. Advise your child that there is more than one educaon pathway to a good job. More than 50% of the fast-
est growing jobs require an associate’s degree. There are a variety of routes to success: on the job training,
technical college, four year college, apprenceships or the military.
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Today’s young people are living in an excing me, with an increasingly diverse society,
new technologies, and expanding opportunies. To help ensure that they are prepared to
become the next generaon of parents, workers, leaders, and cizens, every student
needs support, guidance, and opportunies during adolescence, a me of rapid growth
and change. Early adolescents face unique and diverse challenges, both personally and
developmentally, that have an impact on academic achievement.
Middle school counselors are professional educators with a mental health perspecve who understand and re
spond to the challenges presented by today’s diverse student populaon. Middle school counselors do not wor
in isolaon; rather they are integral to the total educaonal program. They provide proacve leadership that en
gages all stakeholders in the delivery of programs and services to help students achieve success in school. Pro
fessional school counselors align with the school’s mission to support the academic achievement of all student
as they prepare for the ever-changing world of the 21st century.
~ American School Counselor Associaon
Department Sta
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