Winter Holidays / Mon-

day, December 23—

Friday January 3

(School is closed). Stu-

dents return January 6.

Teachers return January

2.

December 7—Mattress

Fundraiser at SVHS

December 19—Spelling

Bee in the Library

Breakfast over Books is a free

“book club”. This is the pro-

gram’s 8th year!

December’s book is Three Times

Lucky by Shelia Turnage. The

meeting date is December 18 at

7:25.

Stay tuned for information on

January’s book selection!

At a Glance Calendar

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Breakfast

over Books

1

Mattress

Fundraiser

2

Basketball

Schedule

3

Clubs & Tu-

toring

4

Spelling Bee 5

6th Grade

Field Trip

5

Lunch Menu 5

Breakfast over Books

I R O N D A L E M I D D L E

S C H O O L

Mountie Messenger D E C E M B E R 6 , 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 4

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Next Book

Club—

December 18

Winter Band

Concert new

date

Basketball

Schedule

Spelling Bee,

December 19

Money Due

for 6th Grade

Field Trip

Toy Drive

This is a free book club! Break-

fast is served!

This book is a 2013 Newbery

Honor book and the genre is

mystery. Click here for more

information! http://

www.scholastic.com/teachers/

book/three-times-lucky

FBLA

FBLA took up a grand

total of $286 for the

March of Dimes for pre-

mature babies fund

raiser. The FBLA did a

great job in collecting

money. Mr. Passmore

was the winning class

and Ms. G’s class was in

second place. Great job

to all students and teach-

ers who helped with this

worthy cause.

The NJHS is sponsoring a

toy drive from December

5th – December 12th. Stu-

dents are asked to bring

new, unopened toys for

children in need. Please

bring the toys to Mrs. Wil-

liams in the choir room

every morning. The top 2

first period classes will re-

ceive a Chic-Fil-A break-

fast party! Mrs. Fason’s

first period class is cur-

rently in the lead!

P A G E 2

Have a coke or

powerade and a

smile!

Buy a mattress at a

reduced price!

Boys & Girls Basketball Fundraiser

Band Events:

Fundraiser Extravaganza... Save the Date!

Shades Valley High

School Soccer, Base-

ball, and Softball teams

are hosting their sec-

ond annual mattress

sale fundraiser on Sat-

urday, December 7th,

from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Name brand mattress

sets will be sold at 30-

60% below retail

prices . The sale is one

day only and proceeds

go directly to the

teams. For additional

information, please

contact Charlie

Colwell of Custom

Fundraising Solutions

at

ccolwellcfs@yahoo.co

m. $50 off purchase of

any mattress set over

$500 with this newslet-

ter mention.

sale and needs to be

turned in to Coach

Dudley.

Funds will be used

to purchase equip-

ment for the basket-

ball team such as

Toss Back racks, a

shooting machine,

balls, etc. A sign-up

sheet is available in the

office as well.

Every flavor from

Powerade to Fanta or-

ange is available.

Please check with a stu-

dent to purchase or e-

mail Coach Dudley at

bdudley@jefcoed.com.

Thirsty? Then you may

want to buy some soft

drinks from the boys

and girls basketball

team.

Cases include twenty-

four 20-ounce bottles

for $26. All money is

collected at time of

Band News

Abounds!

M O U N T I E M E S S E N G E R

The new date for the Winter Band

Concert is Monday, December 16, at

IMS.

www.priesters.com

Winter Band Concert

IMS Basketball Schedule 2013-2014

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 4

November 4, 6 and 7th (Girls Only) @ Homewood MS Tournament

November 4th-6th (8th grade boys only) @ Hewitt-Trussville Tournament

November 8th-9th (7th grade boys only) @ Simmons MS

November 8th-9th (Girls Only) @ Ramsay High School

November 12th IMS vs. Hueytown @ IMS

November 14th IMS vs. McAdory @ McAdory MS

November 18th IMS vs. Rudd @ Rudd MS

November 19th IMS vs. Bottenfield @ Bottenfield MS

November 25th IMS vs. North Jefferson @ IMS

December 2nd IMS vs. Rudd @ IMS

December 3rd IMS vs. Pleasant Grove @ IMS

December 5th IMS vs. Bottenfield @ IMS

December 6th IMS vs. Southview (@Tuscaloosa, AL)

December 9th IMS vs. Erwin @ IMS

December 10th IMS vs. Chelsea @ IMS

December 12th IMS vs. Hueytown @ Hueytown MS

December 17th IMS vs. McAdory @ IMS

December 19th-21st (8th grade boys only) @Oakland MS (Murfreesboro, TN)

December 27th-28th (7th grade boys only) @ North Jefferson MS

January 7th IMS vs. North Jefferson @ NJ MS

January 8th IMS vs. Erwin @ Erwin

January 9th IMS vs. PGMS @ Pleasant Grove MS

Jefferson County Tournament (Dates to be announced later)

December 17 & 18: North Jefferson Women’s Center will present “Changes”

presentation to the 6th grade Science Classes.

Jan 9: Shades Valley IB School will be here to talk with students about the appli-

cation process with the 8th grade students.

Counseling News

P A G E 4

More information

soon on Computer

Science Education

Week

Math Team & Hal-

loween Dance

First Priority:

Band Uniform Closet

Clubs and Tutoring... Math Team News:

Irondale Number

Crunchers will com-

pete at the Jefferson

County Math tourna-

ment on November

2. All math team

members should report

to Clay Chalkville

Middle School by 8:00.

Tutoring in the Li-

brary:

Shades Valley High

School Beta Club

Members come Tues-

days and Thursdays to

the library for tutoring

in the following sub-

jects:

Math, Science, Eng-

lish, Social Studies,

Test Studying, Orga-

nizing Notebooks.

All sizes are needed.

If anyone has any of

these items that they have

outgrown, please con-

sider donating them to

the band uniform closet!

We are in need of uni-

form items for our band

kids. Any solid black

dress clothes are needed.

Black dress slacks, black

long sleeve dress shirts,

black belts, black closed

toe shoes for boys and

girls.

Band Uni-

form

Closet

M O U N T I E M E S S E N G E R

Watch for more information on

Computer Science Education

Week December 9-15.

First Priority meets every Wednesday morning at 7:30 in the sixth grade science lab.

We have a youth pastor from First Baptist Church Leeds who comes each Wednesday

and shares with the students. We started out with only 2 students and we have had 25

to 28 students the last 2 weeks. It has been a great blessing and we hope more students

will join us.

STEAMED BROCCOLI

WK CORN

MIXED GREEN SALAD

FRUIT

Thursday: CHICKEN & SAUSAGE

GUMBO W/RICE & CRACK-

ERS OR SOFT TACO

MEXICAN BEANS

Monday:

PIZZA OR CORNDOG

ITALIAN VEGGIES

ROASTED POTATOES

MIXED GREEN SALAD

FRUIT

Tuesday: CHICKEN FINGERS OR COUNTRY

FRIED STEAK

SWEET POTATOES

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

MIXED GREEN SALAD

WW ROLL

FRUIT

Wednesday: CHILI W/GRILLED CHEESE OR

BBQ SANDWICH

PARMESAN TUSCAN SALAD

COOKIE

FRUIT

Friday:

HAMBURGER OR HOT HAM

& CHEESE SANDWICH

SANDWICH TRIMMINGS

BAKED BEANS

RAW CARROTS W/RANCH

MIXED GREEN SALAD

FRUIT

The spelling bee will take place

December 19 in the library. A copy of

the words is available in the library and

online at www.spellingbee.com.

The Spelling Bee

Lunch Menu for December 9—13

IMS

Www.jefcoed.com

6th Grade Field Trip to

Space and Rocket Center

IMS sixth grade field trip to the U.S.

Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville

will take place on Friday, February

21st. All money and paperwork for

students and chaperones are due on or

before Friday, January 31st.

We will meet at the school at 6:15

am for a 7:00 am departure and arrive

back at IMS at 6:00 pm. The cost is

$40 per student and $20 per adult

chaperone. Money is due to the stu-

dent’s science teacher (Mrs. Gray or

Mrs. Miller.)

No money will be accepted after

January 31st for ANY

reason.

P A G E 6

Please continue to

collect Box Tops!

A Sampling of Jew-

elry for Sale for Spe-

cial Olympics fund-

raiser!

Box Tops Classroom Winners

Special Olympics Jewelry Sale The Special Olympics

Team will be selling

holiday jewelry, key

chains and ornaments as

gifts for their special

Olympics fundraiser.

Each piece costs $1

and money can be

turned into Mrs. Dia-

mond or Ms. Camp-

bell.

M O U N T I E M E S S E N G E R

A special thanks to the following classes for being diligent in bringing Box Tops for

our school!

8th grade: Mrs. Fason’s 1st period class

7th grade: Mrs. Duley (class will be selected)

6th grade: Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Brown (will select their class)

Box Tops collection is not over though! Please continue to send them in and three

more classes will be selected as winners to receive a brownie or cookie party as

thanks.

Box Tops pay for new computer monitors, laminating film, paper, and toner car-

tridges along with decorations for our display cases and new books.

Thanks for your support!

Meet a

few of our

Special

Olympi-

ans!