January 25, 2016

Irmo Middle School

6051 Wescott Road
Columbia, SC 29212
(803) 476-3600
www.lexrich5.org/ims
School Hours:
8:20 a.m.3:35 p.m.

The Buzz at Irmo Middle School

Creating successful students for the challenges of tomorrow
rsjackso@lexrich5.org

Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., Principal

https://twitter.com/IMS_Principal

Inside this issue:

Women's Summit Form
2
Honor Roll
3
IT / STEM Careers
4
DreamBox
4
Bowling
4
Student Led Conferences 5
Basketball Schedule
5
Middle Years
6-7
Individual Graduation Plans 8

At

IMS on Choice

or 6th Grade Magnet,

then you DO have to complete a Choice Application
within the window which

ends Feb 5th at 5 pm.

Already Zoned for IMS,

then you do NOT have to
complete a Choice Application.
for 7th or 8th grade.

Dates to Remember:
Tues 1/26
G40 Mtg. 7:45-8:10
Media Center
SIC/PTSO Mtgs. 5:30
Front Conf. Room
Thurs 1/28
C Team Basketball @
DFMS 5:30
Fri 1/29
FCA Mtg. 7:40-8:10
AM Room 904
Sat 1/30
IMS Science Field Trip
to Newberry College

D5 CHOICE and Magnet Programs for School Year 2016-2017

Can be found at: http://www.lexrich5.org/departments.cfm?subpage=90210
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Your are Invited to Brunch

connecting forward thinking teen girls with career
women.
Saturday Jan 30th
Capital City Club
1201 Main Str, #2500
Columbia SC 29201
Meet powerful women in the arts, business, education, industry, healthcare and more. Learn their secrets of success and
find out how they made their dreams reality.
Event is open to all young women, 712 grades.
Door Prizes / $15.00 per student.

If you have news for the

Buzz, email Allison Redick
at aredick@lexrich5.org.

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At IMS, the expectation is that all students maximize their potential and demonstrate
skill attainment through their academic performance. We are pleased to announce
the 262 students who have earned outstanding recognition through the "A" and "AB"
Honor Rolls for the 2nd Quarter. The "A Honor Roll" includes 73 students making all A's
for the 2nd Quarter. The "AB Honor Roll" includes 172 making all A's and B's for the 2nd
Quarter. In addition to the names that are on this released list, 17 additional students
whose names could not be released due to media release requests also made the A or AB
honor roll. The students who are being recognized via this media release are:
"A" HONOR ROLL (73): Kelvin Anderson, Ny'Asia Badger, Breana Belton, Karis Bland, Jackson Bosworth, Dakota Bruccoli, Sophie Bull, Gracie Burdette, Julia Bykalo, Megan Cipolla, Nicolas Colorado, Rachel Cruz, Caroline Culbreath, Abigail Curran, Christina Dobrowolski, Lauren Dodds, Matthew Dudley, Isabelle Field, Abrigail Gadson, Devyn Gragg, Gracelyn Grant, Morgan Grooms, Cathrine Hall, Demuntae
Harris-Morris, Claire Henke, Juliana Hoke, Serenity Hunter, Carlos Iglesias, Shruti Jadhav, Abby Jones,
Janhvi Kartik, Joshua Knight, Aniya Lee, Christopher Lewis, Paul Matheny, Victoria May, Nykia Miller,
Andreneikki Mobley, Zachary Mosley, Shawn Moya, James Ostergaard, Zachary Paschal, Harrison Pham,
Sierra Prince, Zachary Raouf, Allie Ray, Neha Rayala, William Reeves, Kaila Reid, Sydney Rhue, Kamontrey Robinson, Calvary Romleski, David Ross, Mark Sheldon, Abigail Shirley, Tanvi Singh, Gavin Singletary, Kendall Smith, Victoria Smith, Bryson Stutts, Meghna Subramanium, Benedek Szalai, Reid Taylor, Benjamin Tidwell, Curtis Tillmann, Trinh Tran, Lindsey Vane, Meaghan Waddell, Jada Washington,
Sean Wright, Kevin Yang, Arianna Yoder, and Jessica Zwisle
"AB" HONOR ROLL (172): Robert Abernethy, Kahlei Aguilar, Wafa Al-Shaeri, Isaiah Allgeyer, Elizabeth
Anderson, Prisca Arendash, Quentin Armstead, Seth Bailey, Katherine Bannister, Timothy Barr, Andrzej
Baruk, Emma Bassett, Emily Beale, Tomiah Berry, Margaret Blankenship-Brown, Mary BlankenshipBrown, Natalie Boan, Caitlin Boisture, Alec Bowie, Autumn Boykin, Christian Braswell, Alena Brown, Cadaisha Brown, Ezra Brown, Y'Keria Bunch, William Burgin, Alaura Cakley, Sophia Caley, Angel Camarena, Cameron Ciriello, Reece Clifton, Alice Constable, Charity Cook, Henry Cooper, Caylin Cowley, Mariyah Curbeam, Summer Davidson, Victoria Davis, Jake Debenport, James Denning, Glenn Dillon, Taylor
Donohue-Wix, Carleigh Duffie, Jamia East, Corinne Everling, Lexington Fairbanks, Savannah Faust, Cierra Felder, Madeleine Felkel, Addison Floyd, Khalil Fludd, Timothy Free, Brendan Gall, Akyra Garrett, Shania Gaston, Joseph Gentry, Mikaili Gilliard, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Tyreek Graham, Richard Grover, Sai
Gudapati, Emma Gutshall, Mallory Haney, Terrance Hardnett, Da'Marcus Hare, Saquoia Harris, Andrea
Hartman, Elisha Heflick, John Heflick, Connor Hempy, Sophia Henderson, Helen Hewitt, Coleman Hilton,
Simon Holland, Kennidy Jenkins, Audrey Johnson, Danielle Johnson, Jordan Johnson, Shaniece Jones,
Meredith Joyner, Fozaan Khan, Corali Kimura, Savannah Kitchens, Leena Latham, Shellene Lawrence,
Megan Layton, Simya Levine, Mia Louden, Rivaldy Louis, Zoe Lyles, Bri'Aunna Manns, Makayla Martin,
Kyla McBeth, Kaima McCary, Jarell McCray, Jailah McDaniels, Makenzie McFadden, Seneca McFarland,
Isabella Mendenhall, Emelia Miano, Lawrence Miao, Mosebh Micah, Neghemi Micah, Anthony Mieras,
Alexis Miller, Donald Mills, Eric Mistoler, James Morris, Julexy Mota, Caitlyn Murphy, Liana Negron, Bailey Nicholas, William Nye, Uchenna Ogbonna, Emily Olivieri, Andrew Olshine, Alexis Palmer, Leslie Parker, Noah Parker, British Perkins, Robert Petruzzi, Laura Marie Phipps, Ashton Porterfield, Kendall Pressley, McKenzie Priest, Anthony Ramirez Leyva, Elijah Ramos, Jahqui Rather, Amari Rice, Kynsley Robbs,
Isabel Roberts, Wyatt Robinson, Catherine Rooney, Cody Russell, William Salter, Shekinah Sanders,
Matalyn Schellinger, Zachary Schellinger, Hayden Scudder, Parker Shaffer, Logan Shealy, Emma Shirley,
Tamia Simpkins, Carson Sims, Victoria Skinner, Tyler Smith, Olivia Solet, Teagan Spearen, Kaliyah Spencer, Rachel Stephens, Brayden Stevens, Cory Stewart, Cade Stocker, Grant Stroman, Korinna Stroud, Alexander Su, Ryan Thiret, Jhamari Thomas, Madeleine Thomas, Zakary Thomas, Sylvester Tran, Alyssa Tucker, Hannah Vaughan, Carly Vega, Samantha Welch, Alexis Westbrook, Kamille Whaley, Shannon Williams,
Alexander Winfree, Trista Lynn Winfree, Ollie Wooden, Elise Yandle, and Andre Zelaski.
We would like to congratulate these 262 students along with their parents and teachers for their accomplishments. Also, we want to encourage them to continue their scholarly pursuits toward high academic
recognition and master our Habits of Scholarship that will allow them to accomplish their college and career
goals.

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Are you interested in IT/STEM careers?

We are thrilled to announce IMS students have been selected
by Midlands Education and Business Alliance (MEBA) to participate in an IT/STEM day at Colonial Life.
All IMS students interested in IT/STEM careers are eligible to
attend. 30 IMS students, 10 (6th graders), 10 (7th graders), and
10 (8th graders) will be able to participate in this experience at Colonial Life on March 8th, 2016 from 10 AM-1
PM. Our students will receive hands on experiences with IT/STEM. Some of the activities may include a scavenger hunt, learning about creating apps, and building a simulator.
Lunch will be provided while at Colonial Life. The total expense for each student will be $6 for the bus cost. We
are not being charged for the experience or lunch.
The goal of the event is to promote careers in IT/STEM and share what Colonial Life actually does.
How to reserve your spot: Starting February 1st at 8:30 AM, the first 10 students from each grade that pays their
$6 to the Career Specialist, Allison Redick, in Records across from the School Counselors office, will have their
space reserved to attend. Registration will end on February 8th. At the time the students pay, they will then be
given 2 forms to be signed by a parent/guardian:
A District permission form
A Colonial Life media release form.
Also, we have 2 spaces for parent volunteers. There is no charge for the parent volunteers. Parents, if you are
interested in attending, please contact Allison Redick at 476-3668 or aredick@lexrich5.org.
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Project Dream Box

#DreamBox Project for the

Jefferson Awards Foundation and the LEAD 360 organization

Please help us to collect 36 shoe boxes in 20 days filled with new and gently used school
supplies, journals and letters of encouragement
Please send all items to Mrs. Hilton Room 900

Thanks for your support!

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Bowling Teams
Two Irmo Middle School students were invited to join 2 of District 5's High
School Varsity Bowling Teams. Since Irmo High does not field a team students are able to play for any of the other District 5 schools.
Alana Haynes is bowling for the Dutch Fork High School Girls Team and
Joe Gentry is bowling for the Chapin High School Boys Team.
They Bowl on Wednesday or Thursday evening at 3 lanes in the Columbia
Area.
Thursday 1/28 they will be at Royal Z lanes on Two Notch at 5pm.
Thursday 2/4 they be at Anchor Lanes at 5pm.

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Attention Parents:
Student Led Conferences
Student-Led Conferences (SLC) are conferences in which students communicate their progress towards academic learning targets and Habits of Scholarship.
Why are we doing them at Irmo Middle School? How does it impact student achievement? When students
are a part of the conferences, they have more ownership in the learning process with increased student success.
Students have an opportunity to present their work and reflect on learning.
When: Student-Led Conferences will take place in March 2016 for all IMS students.
6th Grade March 7-11
7th Grade March 21-25
8th Grade March 14-18
What Should Parents Expect: Students select work as a part of their Student Portfolio to present. They have an
opportunity to self assess progress and areas for improvement. Parents have the opportunity to share in their
students development and see first hand student growth.
Look out soon for your students personal written conference invitation to attend their SLC!!!

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What are Individual

Graduation Plans (IGP)?
The Economic Development Act (EEDA) was passed in 2005. The implementation of this law was designed to
better prepare yourself for what you want to do after high school and to help you and your parents/guardians
make informed decisions about your education and future. The core of this law is the idea of planning. You,
along with your parent, will begin to create an IGP in the 8th grade as you prepare to enter the high school. During this time, you will select a cluster of study as you map out courses to take in high school. A career cluster is a
way of organizing classes around an occupational group. Each year in high school, you will review your IGP with a
guidance counselor and changes can be made based on your interest.
The Guidance Department will be scheduling the IGP meetings for 8th graders. You will receive a letter in the
mail over the next few of months which will have a scheduled appointment time. This meeting will allow your
student to choose a cluster of study. This plan can be changed and will be re-visited each year during registration. If you have a conflict or unable to attend the assigned appointment time, please contact Allison Redick at
803-476-3668 or email at aredick@lexrich5.org.

Tips for Parents

In helping your child
chose a Career path:
Start young. Develop career awareness by discussing career opportunities when reading books and
newspapers, watching television and observing
worksites.
Support you childs efforts to assess his or her own
interests, aptitudes, values and work styles.
Share your job experiences. A child delights in hearing about his or her parents jobs.
Encourage participation in job shadowing and internship opportunities.
Help your child understand the value and importance of his or her academic courses for success in a future
career.
6. Advise your child that there is more than one education pathway to a good job. More than 50% of the fastest growing jobs require an associates degree. There are a variety of routes to success: on the job training,
technical college, four year college, apprenticeships or the military.