FCCLA will begin our non-

perishable can food drive

on Monday, October 28th-

November 22nd. All food

items will be donated to

the Salvation Army for

Thanksgiving. Please bring

all food items to Ms.

Goudy’s class during 1st

period.

Thank you for your par-

ticipation!

November 11th

(Monday)-

Veteran’s Day—No

School

November 14—Cookie

Fundraiser pick up—3-

6 p.m. PTO asks that

you pick up items at

this time.

Scholastic Book Fair-

Online fair continues

October 28—

November 22 Canned

Food Drive

November 12 & 14—

Basketball

Breakfast over Books is a free

“book club”. This is the pro-

gram’s 8th year!

November’s book is Tales from

the Crypt: Diary of a Dead Kid.

The meeting date is November

28 at 7:25.

Stay tuned for information on

December’s book selection!

At a Glance Calendar

I N S I D E

T H I S I S S U E :

Mattress

Fundraiser

2

FBLA March

of Dimes

2

Clubs & Tu-

toring

4

Basketball

Schedule

3

Spelling Bee 5

Band Uni-

form Closet

4

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 N O V E M B E R 8 , 2 0 1 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1 1

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Can Drive 10-

28 to 11-22

March of

Dimes Au-

burn vs. Ala-

bama

Next Book

Club—

November 28

Winter Band

Concert

Basketball

Schedule

Book Fair continues online

through November 15th.

http://

bookfairs.scholastic.com/

homepage/

irondalemiddleschool

FCCLA

This is a free book

club! Breakfast is

served!

P A G E 2

March of Dimes

Auburn/Alabama

Event

Buy a mattress at a

reduced price!

FBLA-Future Business Leaders

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.

grades. Students will

write their names on

an Auburn or Alabama

card to be posted in

the main hallway. We

will also post the re-

sults each day of the

winning class and the

winning team. We are

looking forward to this

worthy cause to help

in treatment and research

for premature babies.

Picture courtesy

www.gastongazette.com.

FBLA will be conducting

our yearly Iron Bowl for

the March of Dimes for

premature babies the

week of November 18-

22. Students in 1st and 3rd

periods will be donating

money in those classes

each day. 1st period is for

8th grade classes, 3rd pe-

riod will be for 6th and 7th

Band News

Abounds!

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

The Band is selling Priester’s pecans

again this year through November

12. See a band member for more in-

formation. Money is due November

12.

www.priesters.com

IMS Basketball Schedule 2013-2014

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

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)

Scholastic Book Fair Continues online!

Shop online through November 15th . Orders ship to the

school library for free! Just create an account through the

website. Thank you for your support!

Our online fair begins when the regular book fair ends and can be accessed at http://

bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/irondalemiddleschool

P A G E 4

Winter Band

Concert

Math Team & Hal-

loween Dance

Winter Band Concert

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.

Winter Band Con-

cert is scheduled for

Tuesday, December

17th. All band

members will be

performing that

evening.

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.

Baked Beans

Mashed Potatoes

Mixed Green Salad

Animal Crackers

Fruit

Thursday: Spaghetti or Fish Nuggets

Italian Veggies

Mixed Green Salad

WW Roll

Fruit

Friday:

Hot Wings w/Breadstick or

Pizza

Raw Veggies w/Ranch

Parmesan Tuscan Salad

Fruit

Monday:

Happy Veteran’s Day!

No School

Tuesday: Sweet & Sour Chicken Country

Fried Steak

Rice w/Gravy

Green Beans

Sweet Potato

Fruit

Wednesday: Bbq Sandwich or Meatloaf w/

breadstick

The spelling bee

will take place in

December.

In the meantime,

be studying the

words to be prepared for the bee. Stop

by the library for assistance:

www.spellingbee.com.

IMS Students:

Are you interested in playing Baseball? Try-

outs for the Shades Valley Junior Varsity

baseball Team will be held Dec 2nd through

December 6th. Location will be the Baseball

Field at Shades Valley and times will be an-

nounced later in the month. You may sign up

in Mr. Passmore’s class, Room 103. Please

contact Mr. Passmore at rpass-

more@jefcoed.com if you have any ques-

tions.

The Spelling Bee

Lunch Menu for November 12-15

IMS

Www.jefcoed.com