Sheldon Middle School

Reminder that the K-6th grade Dance Clinic forms are due on Tuesday, January 31. Please make sure to turn your forms into the office by the end of the day Tuesday. #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #danceteam #dance

The 7th graders worked on practicing their integer addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division rules with a fun warm up game in math class. This is a great way for our students to practice their skills in a fun and different way. #math #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldon

8th Graders put their poetry knowledge to the test to try to escape the Poetry Escape Room. Students worked in groups to try to escape by analyzing poetry and depicting the meaning of the poems. This was a fun and interactive way for our students to review poetry before an upcoming test. Great work 8th grade! #LeadOn #orabs #poetry #sheldonorabs #middleschool

SCHEDULE UPDATE: The Central Lyon girls basketball game from Thursday, Jan. 19th has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 20th. MS Wrestling is in the MS gym that afternoon, so the 7th grade girls game will be played at the HS gym starting at 4:15. #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon

Sheldon CSD will have a 2-hour late start on Friday, January 20. There will be no AM preschool.

This week Mrs. Vogel's class practiced some of their cooking skills and made a meal for each other! The students enjoyed getting to eat the meal that they prepared for each other. Great work Orabs! #lifeskills #orabs #sheldon #LeadOn

The Middle School Girls basketball game vs. Central Lyon scheduled for tonight has been postponed. Make-up date is TBD. #middleschool #orabs #sheldon #basketball #leadon

Sheldon Community Schools will have NO SCHOOL on Thursday, January 19. High School term tests scheduled for today will now be on Friday. Evening activities TBD. Stay Safe!

Sheldon CSD will have a 2-hour late start on Thursday, January 19 due to weather. There will be no AM preschool.

Congratulations to David Arizmendi, Gavin Van Holland, Hallie Robinson, and Nora Bunkers who are the new Students of the Month at the Middle School. These students have shown what it means to be an Orab each day! Great work Orabs! #Sheldon #orabs #leadon #leaderinme #sheldonorabs #studentofthemonth

Seventh and eighth grade students attended the first middle school Computer Science Art Show. They talked about their Pixel art and digital paintings, as well as admired the enlarged Mario mural designed by Parker Kamstra and assembled by seventh and eighth grade volunteers. Congratulations to all eighth grade students for a successful semester of coding and computer science! Seventh graders begin their first semester of computer science this week. #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #art #pixelart

Congratulations to Lillian De Zeeuw, Claire Nilles, Devin Huitink, Ben Frahm, Libby Martens, Bentley Green, and Samuel Van Maaren for being selected to be part of the Strong Foundations Honor Band. These students practice with other Honor Band members from the area on Monday and then performed a concert that night in Sioux City that was open to the public. We are proud of your hard work and practice. Congratulations! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #honorband #band #middleschoolband #middleschool

The 8th graders have been learning how to solve different types of equations in math class. One way that the students have practiced improving this skill is by using manipulatives to help them visualize the equation. This is a great way for our students to not only learn how to solve the equation, but also for them to "see" the equation and understand how and why they got the answer they did. Great work 8th grade! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #math #middleschool

The School Board approved the snow make-up days last night at the board meeting. See below for a more detailed breakdown of the snow make-up day plan. Reminder we WILL have school next Monday, January 16 and all Wednesdays moving forward will be full days. Wednesdays, starting January 18, will be full days of school for the remainder of the school year, to allow us to reclaim lost instructional time. Teachers will have Wednesday professional development starting at 3:30pm and they will make up some additional professional development during Flex PD Days. This adjustment will account for our first five snow days. • Snow Day #1 – November 29 .... No Make-up Day Required • Snow Day #2 – December 9 .... No Make-up Day Required • Snow Day #3 – December 13 .... No Make-up Day Required • Snow Day #4 – December 15 .... No Make-up Day Required • Snow Day #5 – December 16 .... No Make-up Day Required • Remaining three snow days already missed: • Snow Day #6 – December 22 .... January 16 Make-up Day • Snow Day #7 – January 3 .... February 20 Make-up Day • Snow Day #8 – January 4 .... March 31 Make-up Day #LeadOn #Orabs #snowday #snowmakeupday

The 7th and 8th grade students just finished up their Archery Unit! In this unit students worked on their hand and eye coordination in their attempts to hit the targets around the gym. Some of our students even hit the target right in the bullseye! Way to go 7th and 8th grade. #Leadon #Orabs #Sheldon #PE

The Middle School Girls' Basketball games scheduled for this Thursday, Jan. 12 have been rescheduled for Friday, Jan. 20th. Start times will remain the same, 4:15 at both locations. We are going to flip 7/8th grade home/away. Locations are listed below. Jan. 20th 7th GBB @ Okoboji 4:15 8th GBB home vs. Okoboji 4:15 #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #basketball

The 5th graders in Miss. Baumgartner and Mrs. Simonsen's English Class recently finished the historical fiction novel, "Number the Stars" which is about two young girls who lived during the Holocaust. The 5th grade students then got the opportunity to connect with a living Holocaust survivor, Saul. Saul zoomed in with the class and was able to share his experience living through that time period. Saul also answered some of the questions that the 5th graders had. This was a great opportunity for the students to learn about that time period through their reading and then talk to a person who lived through it. Saul will be turning 99 next month. He currently lives in Los Angeles and moved there to be with his sister who also survived the Holocaust. Throughout his life he opened a painting company and also worked for an optical business. Thank you to Jordan Dykstra, a former Sheldon graduate who helped with this connection. Jordan lived with Saul for awhile during his time in Los Angeles. #LeadOn #Orabs #Connections #Sheldon #reading #Holocaust #zoomlearning

Sheldon will be running a 2-Hour Late start Thursday, January 5. There will be no AM preschool. Thank you to those that have been working to get the roads clear and safe throughout this winter.

There will be NO SCHOOL Wednesday, January 4 due to weather conditions.

Sheldon Schools will be starting two hours late on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. There will be no early dismissal.