This second semester has flown by. We have had some exciting things happen at the Ignacio Middle School. For the first time in five years, we held a school wide spelling bee this semester. Each language arts grade level class held class competitions and the top 12 students competed in the second round with six heading to the final round. The final three were:
- Kirstyn Jameson, 1st
- Brandon Guzman-Griego, 2nd
- Selia Montoya 3rd
We are so proud of all of our students for stepping out of their comfort zone and competing.
We also held two honor roll breakfasts (One in January and the other in March) to honor our students who made a 3.5 or higher GPA. There will be a district wide Academic Awards Banquet on Monday, May 1 beginning at 6 p.m. at the Ignacio High School auditorium. Invitations should arrive shortly. Academic Awards is a recognition of those students who have achieved a 3.5 GPA for three quarters. It is a fabulous honor.
We also held a Character Counts activity right before spring break. We held our annual lock-in where students spend an evening in the school watching movies, eating snacks, and playing games. It has been one of the favorite rewards students have had over the years.
We just completed state testing. Thank you to parents and guardians for getting your students to school on time every day for testing. We had one of the best years of attendance for state testing. We held a BEAT CMAS assembly to encourage and explain to students why the test is important and to follow four simple steps:
- Behavior, don’t do anything to distract your neighbor.
- Effort, don’t rush through the test-there is time.
- Attendance, be at school each day to avoid makeups.
- Thoroughness, go back and make sure you answered every question.
We know testing is hard, but it is an important part of education and even entering the workforce. Also, in terms of testing, we have five students in the 8th grade that will be taking the PSAT test next week.
We had two students who made it to compete at the state level for the science fair from the middle school and three from the high school. Students attended the Colorado State Science Fair in Fort Collins organized by Mrs. Redman, April 13-15. Although our middle school students didn’t receive official awards the experience was invaluable. Congratulations to IMS’ Paisley Vezeau and Selia Montoya for their time and effort in producing experiments worthy of the state bid, as well as high school students Dylan Brann, Autumn Schulz (received three awards, including a 1st place) and Max Montoya (received honorable mention).
In terms of athletics, IMS has students participating in both track and soccer. Our track athletes looking to break PR’s and soccer has enough students in its second year to have both and A and B team. Coach Duffy and Coach Jen Seibel are head coaches for track and Coach Talamante and Coach Lucero are coaches for soccer. All athletic events can be found on our website under athletics.
We are winding down our semester with our last month of school. We will be sending out summer school information soon, be on the lookout for it. As well as 5th and 8th grade transition tours will be happening. Our BAC meeting will be next Tuesday, April 25 at 4:15pm. We have a Facebook page and an IG page (@ignaciomidschool for both), please subscribe to keep up to date on info.