Good Morning!!  It’s Friday, May 26th

• Today you will have the chance to vote for student council members for next year. You can vote for up to three people in your grade level. Also, please remember to only say polite and positive comments. People are putting themselves out there and we expect students to appreciate people's efforts and only say nice things.

• The 7th grade baseball "A" team defeated visiting Big Lake by a score of 5 -3 in yesterday's season finale. The pitching battery of Nolan R and Adam W combined for 7 strikeouts and only 3 hits. Jayden W continued his hot hitting streak with a 2 RBI triple in the 1st. Also getting hits for the Knights were Joey C, Nolan R, Cody S, AJ S, Tyler D, and Ethan N. Landon M made a running game saving shoestring catch in center field to seal the victory for the Knights.

• The Knights 8th grade baseball team faced off against Big Lake for the final game of the season and both A and B fought tought games and unfortunately ended in losses. The B game had some great plays. With Sterling catching 2 pop ups in left field and Riley getting 2 outs at second. Austin, Kolton Aiden S. and Sterling getting runs also. The A game had great pitching by Alex C getting 3 strike outs. Austin H. Stole home scoring the only run for the Knights.

• The school year is quickly wrapping up! FYI, all middle school "loaner" Chromebooks need to be returned by the end of the school day today. The Chromebooks will be available for daily checkouts, but students will no longer be able to take them home for the evening.

• Culture Club will have its last meeting on Tuesday 5/30.  Sorry for the rescheduling!  See you then.

• Any 6th, 7th, and 8th graders interested in learning more about debate should join Google Classroom with the code 65u2hzy to learn more about what debate is and to stay updated on the upcoming fall season.

• As we are nearing the end of the school year, PLEASE remember to bring your chromebooks to school, all charged and ready to go.  Helpful reminders would be to put a note on your backpack or charge your chromebook near your phone.

• Conservation crew will be having our final meeting of the year this Friday.  We will be digging and planting our prairie plants.  Please plan to stay after school this Friday, May 26th to do our garden planting.  See you after school today!

• Attention water lovers! Interested in learning to dive or improving your skills on the diving board?  There is an awesome opportunity to sign up for a summer dive camp! If you are at all interested, please pick up a flyer in the office or talk to Coach Scoblic in the office. 

• We want to remind everyone about the importance of following reasonable requests from teachers and staff. Reasonable requests are made for your safety, and the safety of others, and to help maintain a positive learning environment. 

  • Here are a few examples of reasonable requests:

  • Keeping our hands and feet to ourselves

  • Using kind words and actions

  • Staying in designated areas during lunch and recess

  • Wearing appropriate clothing and following dress code guidelines

  • Keeping the classroom and school grounds clean and tidy

  • When you follow these requests, you are showing respect for your school, your teachers, and your peers. It also helps to create a positive and safe environment for everyone.

• For all 8th grade boys and 7th and 8th grade girls interested in fall Cross Country here are some summer running times, locations, and days. Boys will meet at the Rec Center in Saint Michael on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7 AM. While the girls will meet at the Middle School West track Monday at 8:30 AM, Wednesday at 8:30 AM, and Friday at 7 AM. If you are interested and have more questions please contact Coach Cayo for boys and Coach Venaas for girls. Their emails are chaseca@mystma.org and matthewv@mystma.org. Hope to see you there!

• We are out back for recess today.

• The main entree is chicken bacon ranch flatbread.

• The pizza options are pepperoni, cheese, or all meat.

• The sides are spinach strawberry salad, assorted veggies, assorted fruit, and milk.

Have a great day, Middle School East!!!