The Herald for the week of February 11 15, 2019 Monday: Chicken Tender Salad, Breaded Chicken Sandwich, Mozzarella Cheese Sticks/Marinara, Veggie Sticks, Sriracha Beans, Fruit and Milk. Tuesday: Grilled Chicken Salad, Orange Chicken & Rice, Hamburger, Tossed Salad, Parsley Potatoes, Fruit, Milk. Wednesday: Hot & Spicy Chicken Salad, Sausage, Egg & Cheese Biscuit, Ham & Cheese Pocket, Tomatoes, Tater Tots, Fruit and Milk Thursday: Taco Salad Meal, Chicken Smackers/Roll, Deli Turkey Sandwich, Broccoli/Dip, Cheesy potatoes, Fruit and Milk Friday: Popcorn Chicken Salad Meal, Pizza, Fish Sandwich, Creamy Cole Slaw, Curly Fries, Fruit and Milk Activities This Week: 2/11 NJHS 3:15 PM 3:30P M Ms. McIntire The Hub Table Top Games 3:30 PM Heath Nantz Conference Room 6 B Basketball 6:00 PM @ Charlestown Charlestown 2/12 NJHS 7:45AM 8:00AM Ms. Abner 105 Bible Club 7:45AM 8:15AM Choir Room Book Club 7:50 AM Mrs. Rowe esports 3:30pm 4:30pm Opening Day The Hub CAST Tutoring 3:30 PM 5:00 PM Bus to Southern Hills Church 2/13 NHD Club 7:15 AM 8:00 AM Mrs. Wrye Room 233 DC Meeting 10:53am 11:05AM Mrs. Day PAC FCA 3:20PM 4:30PM Mr. Stinnette FACS NHD Club 3:20 PM 4:30 PM Mrs. Wrye STEAM Club 3:20 PM 4:30 PM Ms. Barrett, Mahuron, Napier in Science Rooms Math Tutoring 3:20 PM 5:00 PM Mr. Nantz Conference Room Girls Scouts 6:30 PM 8:00 PM Brock Creek Cafe 2/14 StuCo 7:45 AM Mrs. Nice Library Football 2019 10:53am 11:05AM Coach Hartsfield PAC CAST Tutoring 3:30 PM 5:00 PM Bus to Southern Hills Church Wrestling 6:00 PM @ E Washington/Corydon At Pekin 2/15 Prognosticators 7:50 AM 8th G Football Fans meet in the Hub. Sisters 7:50 AM Ms. Hartsfield 105 Tie Guys 7:50 AM Mr. Mullins 205 2/17 7/8 Club Baseball 3:00pm 6:00pm Tryouts ROC BLISS Tri Hi Y 4:00pm 6:00pm Girls, 12 to 22 Salem High School Nerf War 5:00pm 7:00 pm K-12 at SHS Gym Sponsored by Football Announcements The Valentine s Day Dance is February 15th from 6:00 pm 8:00 pm. Tickets are $5. Tickets will go on sale next Tuesday, February 5th. The last day to purchase a ticket is Tuesday, February 12th. There will be no late sales. If you intend to purchase, do so by the 12th. Remember you must not have had ISS, OSS or OSA this semester to attend. Plan to dress up for this event. Snacks will be provided. Nominations for the King and Queen of Kindness, for each grade, will be taken. Give some thought to who you want to nominate. Is there someone who always goes out of his or her way to help someone else? Or maybe someone who is friendly to everyone on a consistent basis. That s who we are looking to crown. Nominations should be turned in to Mrs. Nice.
Cubs Collaboratory Maker Space will open on Monday. Take a look at the bulletin board upstairs for the upcoming activities, including Star Wars Snowflakes, bobsleds and downhill skiers. See Mrs. Nice to obtain a pass to create during study hall or lunch. Club Baseball Tryouts for 7th and 8th grade Boys. (This is not a school-sponsored team) Sunday, February 17 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the ROC (Ray Oppel Court) at Salem Middle School. Tennis shoes only no cleats on the gym floor. Enter at Door 9. Tri Hi Y invites all young ladies from Middle School to College to BLISS Beauty Love Ignite Savior Spirit Guest Speaker Tricia Hancock Sunday, February 17 4 pm 6 pm Salem High School Call Jennifer Martin, 812-883-3904, for more information. Sponsored by SHS Football Team Sunday, February 17 5:00 PM $10.00 per person (K 12) at the door. Bring your own gun (with your name on it) and protective eye wear. Call SHS, 812-883-3904, with questions. Thursday, February 7. Order forms are also available in the office.
Please contact Mrs. The Salem Rotary Club is hosting their annual Daddy/Daughter Dance on February 23rd at Southern Hills Church. Photos begin at 5pm and the Dance is from 6 pm to 8 pm. Girls are welcome to bring Dad, Uncle, Grandpa, etc. to enjoy a night of dancing and making memories. Tickets are $25 per couple in advance or $30 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at Loy and Fordyce Insurance Agency, YMCA, Jason Wade State Farm, and Country Cookin Restaurant. Each year on the third Monday of January we celebrate the life and the dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a time for the nation to remember the injustices that Dr. King fought. He fought for the freedom, dignity, and equality of all races and peoples. The state of Indiana is sponsoring an essay contest based on the quote, If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way. This contest is open to all students in grades 6-12, and each school is limited to 5 essay submissions. If interested in submitting an essay, please see your Social Studies/Geo/ History Teacher or LA teacher for more info. Entries must be submitted by February 28th. The Indiana State Department of Health, along with the American Lung Association, is hosting a statewide Indiana Radon Poster Contest. Indiana citizens ages 9-14 are eligible to create a radon poster that will increase public awareness of radon gas and encourage other Hoosiers to test their homes. Three winning posters from the entire state of Indiana will be selected to receive awards; the first place winner will receive $200, second place winner, $150 and the third place winner, $100. More information is available with your Science or Art teacher, the Indiana Radon Hotline at 1-800-272-9723 or by emailing PosterContest@Lung.org. Your Vote Counts: Young Hoosier Books will hit the shelves this week. Students who read five from their grade category and pass the read and quiz test, will become an eligible Young Hoosier voter for the state competition. Young Hoosier voters will receive a free book at the voter breakfast which takes place in April. Once you ve taken the quiz see Mrs. Suvak or Mrs. Nice for a Young Hoosier slip. Tutoring and Homework Help CAST Tutoring meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at Southern Hills Church. Transportation is provided from school to the church. Students meet in Commons area of the cafeteria to board the bus. See Mrs. Smith in the office for more information. Math Help is available on Wednesdays with Mr. Heath Nantz in the office conference room, from 3:30 to 5:00 pm. Student pick up is outside the cafeteria doors (#18). See Mrs. Smith in the office for more information.
Activities and Clubs Mondays: Tabletop Games with Mr. Heath Nantz and Mr. Brenden Davidson after school (3:30 4:30) in the Conference Room to play table top games such as Checkers, Monopoly, and Dungeons and Dragons. Parents should pick up at 4:30 at the cafeteria doors. Tuesdays: Bible Club meets at 7:30 AM in the Choir Room with leaders Ms. Allison Ezzell and Mr. Cash Hunsley. G.E.M (Girls Empowerment Movement) meets at 3:30 PM in the FACS Room with leader Ms. Megan Broughton from the Purdue Extension Office. Wednesdays: FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes including, but not limited to athletes) meets at 3:30 PM in the FACS Room with leaders Mr. Donald Stinnet and Mr. Cash Hunsley. NHD (National History Day) Club Do you like history? Is there a favorite time period or topic you like to read and learn about? Why not put that interest go good use? Be a participant in this year s National History Day Competition. The time to start working on a project is now! This year s theme, Triumph and Tragedy in History has lots and lots of possibilities. So, if you like creating exhibits, directing documentary films, designing websites, or bringing history to life through history plays, plan to join the NHD group on Wednesdays beginning September 26. The competition at Hanover College is March 16 th, but it is definitely not too early to start. Salem Middle School has had lots of students go on to win awards at the state contest in Indianapolis and even the national contest in Washington, DC. You can be the next outstanding history representative for Salem Middle School. See Mrs. Wrye in for details. Meet with Ms. Deb Wrye either before school from 7:15-8:00 or after school from 3:20-4:30 in Room 233. STEAM Club is looking for members who wish to explore the possibilities of Science! The club is accepting applications now through October 1st. Please pick up your application from Mrs. Barrett, Mrs. Mahuron, or Mrs. Napier in the upstairs north wing. Meetings will be in the Science Rooms beginning October 17th at 3:30 PM. Thursdays Book Club is open to any seventh or eighth grade student. Those interested in joining should take an information sheet from the pocket outside Mrs. Rowe s room (Room 229). Fill out the information form and return to Mrs. Rowe. Book Club is limited to the first fifteen students. Students will also be encouraged to respond to and post discussion questions on the Google classroom. The first book is titled Peak. When fourteen-year-old Peak Marcello s long lost father presents the opportunity for them to summit Mt. Everest together, Peak doesn t even consider saying no even though he suspects there are some strings attached. If he makes it to the top before his birthday, he will be the youngest person to stand above 29,000 feet. Told in Peak s own words, this is the exhilarating, gut-wrenching story of what happened on that climb to the top of the world a climb that changed everything. Meet in The Den on Thursday morning from 7:50 AM -8:14 AM Student Council meets in the Library at 7:45 AM with Ms. Nice. 6th Grade Student Council applications will be distributed in December. Fridays Prognosticators Club Are you a college game or pro fan? Why not put that interest to good use? Join other prognosticators to talk about Football, and predict the winners and losers of the weekend games. Bring your Chromebook in order to make your predictions. The prognosticators will meet on Fridays until after the NCAA Championship game and the Super Bowl. The student with the best picking percentage will win a prize. See you Friday in the Den!! SISTERS will meet at 7:45 AM on Fridays in Room 105 with Ms. Bailey and Ms. Hartsfield. TBA SADD Students Against Destructive Decisions will meet with Ms. McIntire. NJHS National Junior Honor Society Members will meet periodically with Mc. McIntire.
Middle School Information: cell phones should be turned off and stored in lockers at the start of the day. Please remember: power off to focus on school when you arrive. Doors #1 and #2 open at 7:15 am. Students should report directly to the cafeteria. Breakfast service begins at 7:45 am. Students may go to lockers at the 7:50 am bell, then report to 1st period classrooms. Class begins at 8:15 am after the Pledge of Allegiance. Students are dismissed at 3:14. Students may be picked up at Door #2. Students should be picked up 3:45-4:00 if they do not ride a bus. Students should arrive in class each day with Chromebooks charged and ready for use. Beginning Wednesday, August 15 If you forget your device at home or if it is not charged for class, a Silent Lunch will be issued. Remember that charging stations are available in the cafeteria before school and during lunch if needed. At lunch, chairs should not be moved to other tables. Please pick up after yourself when finished. Students will be dismissed to outside by monitors. 7th grade students will be escorted to class by teachers at the end of lunch. Reminder: North Harrison Street is for bus traffic only. Please drop students off at Door #2 in the horseshoe driveway. Students: When you are called to leave school you must sign out in the Student Services Office with Mrs. King. You should not exit through the glass doors during school hours. Remember: students attending home events or participating in Practices as a student Athlete / cheerleader / Manager are not permitted to stay after school unsupervised. You must be with a coach at the designated place and time and will not be allowed in the building until then. If you are attending a home event, Doors open 30 minutes prior to the event. Physicals must be on file to practice or tryout for any sport. Please be sure to stop by the office to pick up Physicals, Concussion forms, and Drug Test Consent Forms if you have not done so.