Sheldon Middle School

The 5-6 Middle School Concert is TONIGHT December 8 - 5th &6th grade Band & Vocal 7pm HS Auditorium Please have your musician dress up for this event. Students will meet at 6:40pm the night of their concert. 5th graders should report to the HS Choir room and 6th graders meet in the HS Band Room. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their belongings during the concert. The concert will begin promptly at 7pm. Both bands will perform first. A short intermission will follow while the stage is reset. The concert will end with our vocal students. There is no admission cost for this concert.

The 5-6 Middle School Concert is coming up! December 8 - 5th &6th grade Band & Vocal 7pm HS Auditorium Please have your musician dress up for this event. Students will meet at 6:40pm the night of their concert. 5th graders should report to the HS Choir room and 6th graders meet in the HS Band Room. This will be where you can drop off and pick up your child. This is also where they can keep their belongings during the concert. The concert will begin promptly at 7pm. Both bands will perform first. A short intermission will follow while the stage is reset. The concert will end with our vocal students. There is no admission cost for this concert.

The staff members at the Middle School are always up for some fun and a challenge. This week they played a day long game of Human Scrabble. Each teacher had a different set of letters that they wore throughout the day. The challenge was that they had to make words with the other staff members as they met them throughout the day! Prizes were awards to the top point earners. Our students love to see their teachers and the enthusiasm and competitive edge that comes out in the school day. #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon #Staff

The Middle School is lucky to have some amazing staff members that go above and beyond for their students. The Middle School Custodian, Stephanie Madsen, decorated the lunch and commons area at the middle school for some holiday cheer. She does so much to bring joy to students! Thank you Stephanie for your work and dedication to our students! #LeadOn #Orabs #Sheldon

Sheldon Community Schools will be running a 2-Hour Late start on Monday, December 5. No AM Preschool.

The Sheldon Middle School will be getting in the holiday spirit starting Monday, December 12, with some holiday dress up days. Students and teachers are welcome to participate in the dress up days. #dressup #holiday #LeadOn #Orabs

We know some of you enjoyed the snow day yesterday, but it was great to be back at school today to see the students and staff again! #Sheldon #Orabs #middleschool #LeadOn

UPDATE: Due to weather, there will be NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, November 29.

Sheldon Community School District will be running 2 hours late today due to weather. There will be no AM preschool.

The 5th through 8th grade students each got a feather today to write something that they are thankful for. Once everyone had their feather done, students brought together their feathers to create a "Thankful Turkey." We have so much to be thankful for at the Sheldon Middle School! We hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! #Thankful #LeadOn #Orabs #Thanksgiving

What do you see when you look underwater? The 5th graders have been working on an art project showing what you would see if you looked underwater. The students had the option to draw or paint what they would see. Some students showed what it would look like in the ocean, while others picked what you would see if you looked in a lake. It is great to see how creative and talented our students are. #LeadOn #Orabs #art

There will be NO SCHOOL Wednesday, November 23 Thursday, November 24 Friday, November 25 Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break! #LeadOn #Orabs #Thanksgiving

The 6th graders focused on an activity this week that practiced Habit 6: Synergize, from the book, "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," by Stephen Covey. Students had to see which group could work together to build the tallest “Leaning Tower of Feetza.” The tallest tower was 72 centimeters tall! Throughout the year, our students continue to learn more about the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and apply the habits to everyday situations. #LeadOn #Sheldon #Orabs

Our High School Students have an option to take Community Service as a class for some of the year. These students can pick different areas in the community to do this class. Many students choose to help out at the Elementary and Middle School during this class. Some of the tasks the students help out with include helping our teachers prep class materials, work with students on homework and skills or just have a few minutes to hang out and form relationships with underclassmen. #LeadOn #Orabs

8th Graders presented their Science Fair Projects last night to the judges and public to be evaluated. Many weeks ago, students came up with a hypothesis and spent weeks testing, recording and evaluating their hypothesis. Once students were done with their testing and recording, they created a science report in the form of a board to display and explain their findings. Great job 8th grade! #LeadOn #Orabs #sciencefair

The Sheldon Middle School will be hosting a Food Drive from November 14-18. Donations can include non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products. The images have examples of what would be acceptable to bring. Items an be sent with your child throughout the week. #LeadOn #Orabs #fooddrive

Congratulations to Natilie Schmith on being selected as this year's winner of the Congressional App Challenge in Iowa's Fourth Congressional District! Natilie created a mental health app and was selected as a winner! As a winner, Natilie will be invited to the Day of Code at the US Capitol building, in Washington DC, in the spring. Her app will also appear on the US House's Website alongside winners from across the country. Congratulations Natilie for your work and selection! #LeadOn #Orabs #DayofCode

7th and 8th graders attend class daily in the technology lab. These students are currently learning how to build a robot that moves. Throughout the year students rotate to different "Expeditions" to learn more about that specific content area. At the "Expeditions" students participate in hands on learning, building, testing and more. Some of the Expeditions that students rotate to include: Rolling Robots, Optical Solutions, Flight Dynamics, Design Time, Communication, Tower Power, Thermal Physics and more. This is an awesome opportunity for our students to learn more about different content areas that they otherwise might not be exposed to and could potentially lead to some future career interests. #LeadOn #Orabs #Technology #STEM

The Sheldon Middle School will be hosting a Food Drive from November 14-18. Donations can include non-perishable food items and personal hygiene products. The images have examples of what would be acceptable to bring. Items an be sent with your child throughout the week. #LeadOn #Orabs #fooddrive

5th grade students in Ms. Nordahl's Science Class are learning about the four spheres of the Earth. Students have learned about the biosphere, geosphere and today the students dived into learning more about the hydrosphere. As an introduction to learning more about the hydrosphere, students worked in groups and traveled around the room to different learning stations. At each station they had to scan a QR code to bring up a video that would give more information about the hydrosphere. Students were responsible for recording information they learned about the hydrosphere as they traveled to each station. This was a great way to put the learning in the students hands and see what pieces of information they thought were important as they learned more about the hydrosphere today. #LeadOn #Orabs #technology #science