Sullivan Middle School PE teachers, Coach Bales and Coach Tate, have been taking their classes fishing at Wyman Park this past week. The students really enjoy this unit. Here are a couple of pictures of the trophy fish that have been caught. #OneTrube
Thank you to Mrs. Hendry and the garden volunteers. Mrs. Seeley’s Early Childhood class had a great time planting flowers!
Congratulations to Cassidy Short and Brett Bushue on a great day at the IESA State Track meet.
The Sullivan Middle School Band had a great time tonight at Silver Star Skating in Mattoon. Mr. Schaefers and Mr. Ogle were the high scorers for the winning team in the second game. Mr. Schaefers even got in on the skating fun! #OneTribe
Quick pic of my Breakfast of Champions nominee for this semester Gaby Diener. Very proud of the strides she has made this year in the classroom!
Sullivan Middle School hosted its 4th quarter Breakfast of Champions this morning. Students were honored for hard work, kindness, helping others, and leadership. Honorees were: Nicole Lofland, Kyle Corkill, Cohen Winings, Alyssa Ray (not pictured), Tabitha Webb (not pictured), Gabby Diener (not pictured), Nevaeh Harminson, Kylie Swaim, Elira Halili, Carter Addison, Sofia Nuzzo.
6th Grade Science students are studying plants. It’s been perfect weather to help with the SES garden and take a nature walk!
Middle School Girls 5th - 8th Grade (Grade you are entering next school year) can participate in Girls Basketball Camp ran by Coach Sheri McCain! Stop by Coach Heddins room to grab a form! We are excited to get the summer kicked off! #onetribe
This Friday at Building 1225 - the Sullivan Jazz Bands will perform at 7pm for their final jazz night concert. Free entry!
The Middle School Girls Basketball team is hosting their first Summer Shoot-Off fundraising event! Join us on Saturday, June 8th for a fun day of shooting competitions! The event is open to 5th Grade - Adult! There are package deals for the whole family! Get everyone involved! Let’s pack the gyms and have some fun! Attached is a copy of the forms - forms can also be picked up in the Middle School and High School offices. Contact Coach Micah Heddins - heddinsm@sullivan.k12.il.us for any questions you may have! #onetribe
Congratulations to Trey M., Maverick P., Lara H., Ryan L., and Beau F. on their fantastic performance as part of the Frances Watts Johnston JH Honors Music Festival this past Friday! The students worked with Mr. Gunn from Taylorville HS, and performed with 55 other MS musicians.
Sullivan Middle School students who had perfect attendance, made honor roll and had no discipline referrals for the school year were treated to a Six Flags trip today to celebrate their accomplishment. SMS students who met the criteria are Paul Bates, Hannah Creek, Mae Dawkins, Kharli Kelly, Emily Miller, Addison Stollard, Mayci Strauf, Allison Rosine (not pictured), Tristan Ruppert, Kylie Voyles, Brycen Wildman, and Tristan Wright. Thank you to the Lee Robinson grant for making this trip possible.
7th grade STEM students met with Herb Bricker at the creek in Tabor Park to discuss the erosion issues and then helped to clean up the brush as part of the project.
7th grade science students designed and tested balloon cars to apply Newton’s laws of motion.
Sign up for the Sullivan Community Band by May 13th, and play with 40 other community and high school student musicians! See attached poster for dates and sign-up at sullivanband.wordpress.com/scb
Congratulations to the Sullivan 7th & 8th grade concert band on earning a Division I rating at the IESA Music Organizational this past Saturday! This is the first Division I the ensemble has been awarded since 2015.
Rogers and Garrett’s 7th Grade classes finished their “Up” Project. Learning about buoyant forces, they built LEGO houses and calculated how many balloons to attach to lift them.
The Sullivan Middle School 7th and 8th Grade Band, under the direction of Mr. Shaun Schaefers, competing this evening in the IESA Band and Choir Competition hosted by Sullivan Schools. #OneTribe
Ms. Heddins and Mrs. Garrett’s 6th graders created an interactive periodic table. Each box contains a QR code linked to a ThingLink.
5th Grade STEM students are recycling and building solar cars this week.
