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🌟 Attention all aspiring actors! Auditions for "Beauty and the Beast" are now open to current 8th graders through juniors. 🎭 Sign up now for the chance to be part of this magical production! ✨🌹 #BeOurGuest #AuditionsOpen
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4AAEAA2DA1FFC43-49249905-beauty#/
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ISMS Student Council celebrated Lunch Hero Day by delivering donuts to our amazing Food Service staff. Thank you to those hardworking folks who prepare and serve us yummy breakfast and lunch daily. We appreciate you!!
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Today we're celebrating School Lunch Hero Day with a special shout out to the incredible cafeteria staff at our final two schools: Indian Springs Middle School and Columbia City High School! Thank you for fueling our students with nutritious meals and brightening their days.
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This Friday, May 3rd, we are celebrating Lunch Hero Day 🌟 Today we're featuring our amazing cafeteria staff from Mary Raber and Northern Heights Elementary Schools. These ladies keep our students and staff well-fed and smiling every day. Thank you for all that you do!
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Here are the ILEARN spirit days for the second week of testing (April 22-26).
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Last week 5th graders from Coesse, Mary Raber, and Northern Heights also visited ISMS to start the transition to middle school process. (Due to the rain, we don't have photos with the Northern Heights classes.)
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Here are the ILEARN spirit days for the first week of testing (April 15-19).
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ISMS will start ILEARN on Tuesday, April 16. We will test from 8:20-11:20 a.m. If students need more time, testing may be extended. We ask that you limit all appointments during this time as attendance is important during our testing window. Please make sure that your student eats a good breakfast each morning.
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The following student groups finished in the top three for the "Longest Roll" event of the 2024 Go West! wagon building competition for 8th-grade social studies.
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The following student groups won "Most Authentic" wagon in the 2024 Go West! wagon building competition for 8th-grade social studies.
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Yesterday ISMS was happy to welcome the 5th graders from Little Turtle as they begin the transition to middle school.
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Please join the 8th-grade social studies classes for the 2024 Westward Expansion in Art Open House this Thursday, April 11 from 3:45-5:30 p.m. Student artwork exploring the westward expansion of the United States will be on display in the Projects Area. Please use the main entrance.
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Registration for the 2024-2025 school year is open!
Begin the process at wccsonline.com/page/registration or through your Skyward account.
Spring registration closes on May 31.
#ExperienceWCCS
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Just a reminder that tomorrow, Monday, April 8, WCCS will hold an eLearning day. Lessons will be posted by 9 a.m. and teachers will be available from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. for any help.
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Yesterday 7th-grader Levi Sallee was crowned the first annual Ro-Sham-Bo Tournament winner. He defeated all his student competitors and Mrs. Dolby, the staff winner.
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Congratulations to the Eagles Above the Influence Week art contest winners!
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Today the Charitable Champions finalists made their pitches to members of the HANDS Foundation. After learning about philanthropy and the role of nonprofits in our community, students wrote a grant on behalf of a local nonprofit organization to help them fund a new program or project. The nonprofits represented in today's presentations were Giving Gardens of Indiana, Royal Family Kids Camp, Whitley County Council on Aging, The Forklift, Camp Whitley, and the Humane Society of Whitley County. Thank you to HANDS and the Community Foundation of Whitley County for partnering with us for this unique experience for every 8th grader.
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School Smiles is at Indian Springs on April 15.
Register today! https://www.wccsonline.com/article/1509146
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It's not too late to order a yearbook, yet. You can use the QR code or link below to order it using your phone. The last day to order is April 26!
https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/2095265/Indian-Springs-Middle-School/2024-Yearbook/20230927081624903121/CATALOG_SHOP/
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