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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 25

Inside this issue: Get Connected: Order Yearbooks CFA Sales Donate Backpacks 8th Grade Social Fine Arts Night 3rd Quarter Honors Parents Guide to MAP Testing

Dates to Remember:
Tuesday, April 30 Student Government 7:45-8:45 a.m. Fine Arts Night 6-7 p.m. Girls Soccer Varsity Soccer @ Northwestern 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 Beta Club Officers 7:35-8:20 a.m.

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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.

Tuesday, April 30th, will be a big evening for our student-artists, as Visual and Performing Arts Night will be held in the IMS Media Center from 6-7pm! This will be a fantastic opportunity for IMS artists to display their talents to the Irmo community. For music lovers, members of the Irmo Middle School Band, Orchestra, and Chorus will be on hand to perform selections. For visual connoisseurs, pieces created from a wide variety of materials will be on display. Drop by, enjoy some great food, and see why our student-artists are indeed #IrmoStrong! See page 4 for more information on the Fine Arts Night!

Thursday, May 2 Beta Club 7:35-8:20 a.m. Girls Soccer JV 5:30 p.m., Varsity 7 p.m. Friday, May 3 Band Solo and Ensemble (Friday Monday) Orchestra Spring Trip to Gatlinburg/ Pigeon Forge, TN (Friday Monday) Chick-Fil-A Biscuit Sales 7:30 a.m. FCA 7:35-8:05 a.m. Ice Cream at Lunch 11a.m.-2 p.m. See page 2 for continuation...

PASS Testing Reminder: Tuesday, May 7Friday, May 10 will be PASS Testing Days. Please schedule outside appointments for after noon on these days to not interfere with testing times.

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Dates to Remember:
Continued from Page 1 Monday, May 6 Teacher Appreciation Week Girls Varsity Soccer Playoffs Tuesday, May 7 PASS Testing Student Government 7:45-8:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 8 PASS Testing Girls Varsity Soccer Playoffs Unity Task Force 3:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 9 PASS Testing Friday, May 10 PASS Testing Interims Go Home Girls Varsity Soccer Playoffs FCA 7:35-8:05 a.m.

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) 6758432 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: www.facebook.com/irmomiddle See what going on through our Blog: www.irmomiddleblogspot.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/irmomiddle Principal Asst. Principal 7th Asst. Principal 8th Asst. Principal https://twitter.com/IMS_Principal https://twitter.com/glennhutto1 https://twitter.com/jemccray https://twitter.com/jasonbaileyims

Yearbooks are still on sale at Irmo Middle School!

Buy your student's yearbook online with a credit card at www.yearbookforever.com (a $1 convienience fee will be added to online purchases) or at school with cash or check (made out to IMS). Payments can be turned in to the IMS Front Office or Mrs. Fuseler (rm. 733). Don't wait - yearbooks are on sale for only $45.00 and are sure to go fast! Yearbooks will be distributed on May 24th and are sold on a first come, first serve basis. Once we sell out, no more yearbooks will be available. Don't miss out on your chance to help your student remember all of the exciting events happening this year! If you are unsure as to whether you already purchased a yearbook at registration, please email me at efuseler@lexrich5.org

Friday, May 3rd will be our last day for Chick-fil-A biscuit sales. Thank you for all your support this year of your Irmo Middle School PTSO.

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3rd Quarter Academic Scholars at Irmo Middle

At Irmo Middle School, the expectation is that all students maximize their potential and demonstrate that through their academic performance. We are pleased to announce those students who have earned outstanding recognition through the "A" and "AB" Honor Rolls for the 3rd Quarter. The "A Honor Roll" includes students making all A's for the 3rd Quarter. These students are as follows: Robyn Abernethy, Zachary Amend, Christopher Avera, Ian Bain, Kara Bane, Kristen Bane, Chase Batten, Ashley Bauer, Anna Baxley, Ashton Beasley, Carter Bennett, Michael Bennett, Donna Birdsong, Tristan Bonnert, Daija Brown, Anna Buck, Matthew Burlew, Brennora Cameron, Gabriel Carrilho, Emily Carter-Booth, Davis Cassell, Eric Cipolla, Rachael Clark, Brandon Cooke, Rachel Cruz, Vihar Dalal, Andrea Davis, Romeer Desai, Jason DeTouche, Adam DiMaggio, John Doudoukjian, Madeleine Edenton, Sarah Fields, Jonathan Floyd-Evans, Devyn Gragg, Collin Harris, Lila Holland, Lauren Holliday, Ann-Claire Isbell, Sunjay Jayaram, Rayshawn Jenkins, Zachary Juarez, Tae Kim, Payton Lang, Malia Langston, Hannah Lawson, Marley Lockman, Preston Long, Jacob Madsen, Sunny Mayall, Sydney Mitchell, Shawn Moya, Isaiah Nesbit, Zachary Paschal, Abigail Pierce, Grace Pierce, Amanda Pillow, Sanatana Reddy, Stephan Reed, Emily Rexrode, Katherine Shealy, William Stallings, Donavon Tally, Melat Tarekegne, Khoa Tran, Lauren Turner, Ameer Williams, Chandler Williams, Justin Wilson, and Benjamin Yang The "AB Honor Roll" includes students making all A's and B's for the 3rd Quarter. These students are as follows: Laura-Ellen Adair, Mascot Agho, Sajid Ahmed, Celeste Alexander, Bryce Allen, Logan Amick, Austin Andes, David Ballentine, Paige Banaszak, Hana Bigby, Justiss Blair, Benjamin Boisture, Rebecca Bott, Mikala Bouknight, Karim Brazile, Taylor Brown, Nolan Burdette, Eric Burkett, Sophia Butler, Maria Bykalo, Brialyn Cakley, Michael Calamas, Sunny Carter, Daesung Chong, Kelsey Chong, Paul Coleman, William Colgan, Benjamin Collinsworth, Molly Corbett, Alexa Cropley, Dorien Deas, Emma Debenport, Luke DiMirra, Leslie Dodgins, Jackson Doudoukjian, Nigel Dow, Emmanuel Dreher, William Dudley, Rachel Dukes, John Eason, Haley Epting, Carson Ewing, Meridy Farrell, Jordan Ferrer, Baye Gakou, William Galan, Julia Gambill, Balin Gambrell, David Garcia, Hannah Glassie, Diana Gleaton, Dimaunri Glover, Jose Gonzalez, Kelsey Gordon, Brianna Gorman, Caroline Gossett, Karis Gutshall, William Hallman, Malik Harkness, Victoria Harris, Parsa Heidari, Aaleeyah Housey, Jonathan Humphries, William Humphries, Shaniqua Jacobs, Taji Jenkins, Kendale Johnson, Marcus Johnson, Vanessa Johnson, Adam Johnston, James Karl, Sydney Kay, Eric Keeler, Brianna Kennedy, Brooke King, Zechariah King, Taniyah Knight, Lindsey Knowlton, Jacob Kobus, Zachary Kochert, Reilly Kohn, Lawson Lacomba, Sable Land, Michelle Lane, Keely Lassiter, Joseph Law, Phuong Le, Allison Legaux, Andrew Lofurno, Darron Long, Joshua Lowry, Blythe Lybrand, Elizabeth Mahoney, William David Mangum, Lexi McCarty, Chelsea McDonald, Shai'ane McLeod, James Merriman, Kamea Miller, Allison Monson, Nicholas Moore, Jalen Murray, Jordan Murray, Sean Nguyen, Tien Nguyen, Federico Obando, Bailey Pacific, Tyler Payne, Jasmine Pleasant, Sierra Pleasant, Trinasia Powell, Turner Ragland, Shaheen Ramezani, Gregory Rast, Anna Grace Ray, Lindsey Ray, Jacqueline Renner, Essence Reynolds, Garielle Richards, Dontray Richardson, Morgan Riegel, Justin Risher, Wetherly Robbs, Diamond Robins, Creighton Shelby, Matthew Sheldon, Samuel Sherer, Zestiny Simmons, Michaela Sims, Christina Singletary, Carson Smith, Eva Smith, Jasmine Smith, Jason Smith, Tate Smith, Madison Spencer, Robert Stark, Jerome Story, Ashlyn Stratford, Robert Stutts, Shoba Swaminathan, Haley Tapp, Erin Taradash, Theodros Tarekegne, Ashley Taylor, Paxton Taylor, Savanna Thomas, Preston Thompson, James Toole, Leah Tucker, Carol Turner, William Turner, Hayden Tuten, Jacqueline Vega-Gonzalez, Lauren Waddell, Michael Wade, Colin Welch, Kayla Wendland, Ryan Whalen, Stephen Whitaker, Brianna White, Azaria Williams, Edgar Williams, Kiaria Williams, Tyler Williams, Sarah Witt, Mariah Wormely, Lancelot Wright, Melody Wurtz, and Kyra Yoder We would like to congratulate these students and encourage them to continue their pursuits toward high academic recognition. By: Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., Principal

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