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The Buzz
Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., Principal rsjackso@lexrich5.org
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at Irmo Middle School

Creating successful students for the challenges of tomorrow

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Issue 16

Inside this issue: Get Connected: IMS Blog, Facebook and Twitter Soles for Souls IMS Registration Schedule IMS Course Fair Night IMS Girls Soccer schedule and roster Beta Club Membership Career Corner

February is National Heart Month

Wear Red on Tuesday, Feb. 26 to show your support! Do you know how to keep your heart strong? The heart is a muscle and should be exercised to help keep it healthy and strong. To keep your heart healthy and strong you should be physically active for 30 minutes or more a day. A normal heart beats between 50 and 99 times per minute when you are resting. This heart rate gives a good indication of cardiovascular fitness. As you get in better shape your resting heart rate will go down because your heart is healthier. Regular physical activity not only strengthens your heart it also helps control your weight. Being overweight increases the risk of heart disease, raises blood cholesterol, and elevates blood pressure and risk of diabetes. It doesnt matter how you move, as long as youre physically active. Move until you breathe hard or break a sweat and you will be doing great things for your body and physical health. Being physically active improves your sleep and gives you a better attitude and extra energy boost during the day. Fueling your brain with physical activity before starting your homework can help improve your concentration and focus. Grab a friend and work out together, take a walk, jump rope, swim, play a team sport. Make stretching a part of pre and post workout sessions. It helps improve your balance which enhances coordination and athletic performance. By choosing to be healthy and making healthy choices you will feel better. So start making healthy choices today and be physically active. Visit the American Heart Association for more information and activities for kids http:// www.heart.org

Dates to Remember:
Monday, February 18 Honor Band Rehearsal 3:30-5 p.m. Girls Soccer Atlanta Bread Fundraiser 4-9 p.m. Tuesday, February 19 Student Government 7:45-8:45 a.m. Girls JV Soccer Scrimmage 5:45-7:15 p.m. Girls Varsity Soccer Scrimmage 7:15-8:45 p.m. Wednesday, February 20 Academic Team 3:30-4:30 p.m. Friday, February 22 Region Band Clinic All Day @ Lexington High School FCA 7:35-8:05 a.m. 1st Cultural and Talent Awareness Program 8:30-10:45 a.m. Girls Varsity Soccer Scrimmage 6-7:30 p.m. Saturday, February 23 Region Band Clinics All Day @ Lexington High School Girls JV Soccer Pre-Season Tournament All Day Sunday, February 24 Girls JV Soccer Pre-Season Tournament All Day

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If you have any school or athletic news that you would like to see published in the IMS Buzz weekly newsletter, please contact Julie Taradash at Juliet@sc.rr.com.

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Get Connected and Stay Connected

Our goal is to have every student, parent, and staff member follow our blog, our Facebook page, twitter feed, and register to receive regular updates from our website and free text messaging program (Remind 101). Please sign up to follow the blog and receive updates. You haveto use the links to the right of 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) 6758432 end_of_the_skype_highlighting. In the body of the text, write @parentsa and press send. You will be automatically added to the distribution list. Get connected here:

Join us on Facebook: See what going on through our Blog: Follow us on Twitter: Principal Asst. Principal 7th Asst. Principal 8th Asst. Principal

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"Soles 4 Souls"
Please donate your gently worn shoes, this is a great way to clean out your closet and help a wonderful cause! Disability Advocacy Day is rapidly approaching and The Arc of South Carolina will be heading up another fantastic shoe campaign! The shoes will be on display for the day to bring awareness to our community about the waiting list for services in our state. Then they will pack them all up and send them off to Soles for Souls, a shoe charity that collects gently worn shoes for those in need. We will be collecting shoes until the end of February. There will be a drop-box in the front lobby of the school. Thanks for all of your help and cooperation!

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IRMO MIDDLE SCHOOL

REGISTRATION CALENDAR 2013-2014
February 28 Elective forms sent home for selection (with interims) /DFMS/IMS Parent Meeting Elective forms returned to schools, and selections entered into PowerSchool MAP Testing End of third Nine Weeks Spring Break Placement available from Spring 2012 MAP scores & grades from 1st 3 Qtrs. PDF files registration forms & rosters sent to schools Principals & Registrars. Schools provide to ELA/Math teachers. Teachers contact parents to discuss recommended placement changes and waive procedures. Registration Forms sent home to parents (along with any recommended waiver forms) Registration Forms/Waivers returned by parent to schools Master Schedule submitted to District Office for Review

March 4 March 11 29 March 27 April 1 5 April 12

April 15-19

April 22

April 26 May 24

Thursday, February 28, 2013 Irmo Middle School Cafeteria 6:00 Informational meetinglearn how to complete registration forms 6:30-7:15 Visit our booths. We will share important registration information at this time. You will also have the opportunity to meet some of our teachers and learn more about IMS.

IMS COURSE FAIR NIGHT

View the 2013-2014 IMS Course Catalog at the Irmo Middle School website. http://www.lexrich5.org/IrmoMS.cfm

IIntegrity RRespect MMotivation OOwnership

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2013 Irmo Girls Soccer

12th 13th 15th 18th 19th 22nd 23rd 23rd 24th 24th 28th 2nd 2nd 4th 5th 7th 12th 15th 19th 21st 22nd 25th 26th 28th 9th 10th 11th 12th 16th 19th 19th 20th 20th 22nd 23rd 25th 30th Pre-season Banquet parent meeting @ IHS cafeteria vs Greenwood (Varsity scrimmage) @ South Aiken (JV/V scrimmage) Atlanta Bread Fundraiser vs White Knoll (JV/V scrimmage) @ Rock Hill (Varsity scrimmage) vs Irmo JV pre-season tournament (JV ONLY) vs Irmo JV pre-season tournament (JV ONLY) vs Irmo JV pre-season tournament (JV ONLY) vs Irmo JV pre-season tournament (JV ONLY) @ Viking Cup (Spring Valley) vs Cardinal Newman

February

@ Viking Cup (Spring Valley vs TBA) @ Viking Cup (Spring Valley vs TBA) @ Lexington (JV ONLY JV boys to follow) @ Lexington (Varsity ONLY Varsity boys to follow) vs Brookland-Cayce (JV ONLY) @ Blythwood ** @ Richland Northeast (Varsity ONLY) ** vs Ridge View ** Moes Night Fundraiser @ Lugoff-Elgin ** @ Chapin @ Spring Valley ** vs Blythewood **

March

7:00pm 6:00pm 5:30/7:00pm 4 9 pm 5:45/7:15pm 6:00pm TBA TBA TBA TBA 8:00pm 8 or 9:30am 2:00pm 5:30pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 5:30/7:00pm 5:30pm 5:30/7:00pm ALL DAY 5:30/7:00pm 5:30/7:00pm 5:30/7:00pm 5:30/7:00pm 5:30/7:00pm 5:30pm 5:30pm 5:30pm 5:30/7:00pm TBA TBA TBA TBA 5:30/7:30pm 5:30/7:00pm 6:00pm 6:30pm 5:30/7:00pm

@ Ridgeview ** vs Lexington (JV ONLY JV boys to follow) vs Lexington (Varsity ONLY Varsity boys to follow) vs Richland Northeast (Varsity ONLY) ** vs Spring Valley ** vs Irmo JV End of season tournament (JV ONLY) vs Irmo JV End of season tournament (JV ONLY) vs Irmo JV End of season tournament (JV ONLY) vs Irmo JV End of season tournament (JV ONLY) @ A.C. Flora vs Lugoff-Elgin ** @ West Florence (Varsity ONLY) @ Northwestern (Varsity ONLY)

April

2nd vs Dutch Fork Varsity Play-Offs 6th, 8th, 10th Bold Home Game

May

** - Region Game

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2013 Irmo JV Girls Roster

Grade 11 8 8 7 8 9 9 9 8 7 7 8 8 7 9 8 10 9 9 9 Andrews Bane Bane Fitzgerald Gambill Gause Knowlton Lanza Mayall McKoy Tarekegne Mitchell Rickenbacker Robins Slaughter Thomas Wagner Well Williams Zalants Number Allie 22 Kristen 4 Kara 16 Ashley 12 Julia 17 Zoe 7 Kaley 5 Shelby 2 Sunny 15 Kormina 10 Melot 19 Sydney 20 Janna 9 Diamond 21 Kathleen 18 Savanna 8 Mackenzie 14 Alexa 6 Allison 13 Rena 3 Trainer: Scott Douglas Manager: Tommy Moore

IMS Girls Soccer

Head Coach: Ley Linder Asst. Coach: Josh Puryear Asst. Coach: Morgan Cooke

BETA CLUB MEMBERSHIP DRIVE NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY

The IMS Junior Beta Club will meet this coming Thursday, February 7, 2013 in the Staff Development Room at 7:40 A.M. All Beta Club members are expected to attend. Please see Mrs. Johnson or Mrs. McKenzie before Thursday if you cannot attend. Interested members meeting the criteria of 3.3 G.P.A. or higher and obtaining eight (8) service hours are invited to attend. The membership drive is open until Thursday, February 28, 2013. We look forward to seeing you Thursday morning!

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Welcome to the IMS Career Corner! Allison Redick, Career Specialist

Job Shadowing is a great time to explore the world of work.

October 26, 2012 April 26, 2013 - Each year, Irmo Middle School students have the opportunity to participate in Job Shadowing. 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 workplace. Job Shadowing is considered a short-term experience to introduce a student to a particular 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 better understand the requirements of a particular career. All students are encouraged to participate in this activity. Important Information about Job Shadowing: Students and their parents/guardians will make arrangements for the student to shadow a parent/guardian, friend, relative or another person in a career of interest at the work site to include Transportation. Students are only eligible to have ONE day per school year for this activity. Job Shadowing can be completed in a couple of hours, an entire day, weekends and/or holidays Students provide their own lunch during shadowing, if applicable Students should demonstrate punctuality, honesty, good grooming habits, appropriate dress and willingness to learn. Students serve as an observer, not a worker Students are not permitted to shadow teachers at Irmo Middle school 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 for a particular career to job shadow please contact Allison Redick @ 476-3668 or email: aredick@lexrich5.org
Open House for K-12th graders College of Engineering and Computing University of South Carolina (Swearingen Engineering Center & 300 Main next door to California Dreaming on Assembly St.) Cocky 11:00-12:00 Saturday, February 23, 10:00-2:00: See a Longbow Apache and/or a Lakota helicopter up close and personal - shoot a soda bottle rocket into the air, walk on water in a cornstarch pool, computer game demonstrations and hands on, balsa wood bridge building competition, see a canoe built of concrete and learn how it floats and so much more. The College of Engineering and Computing invites you to come learn about what engineers do - it's all free and open to the public. Invite your friends and family. For More information: http://www.engr.sc.edu/eweek/index.html, scroll down to Open House heading