Sheldon Middle School

A perfect fall day for some disc golf! 7/8 PE finished up their Disc Golf Unit with a trip to Hills Park to play the disc golf course. It was a beautiful day to spend outdoors playing the course! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #discgolf #outdoors #PE

Thank You Bus Drivers! First graders worked on a thank you for the bus drivers for driving the whole school body around for the bus parade during East Elementary's Blue Ribbon School Celebration last Friday. #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorab #blueribbonschool

Happy Boss's Day to all of the amazing people that make our school great! Thank you for your leadership and everything that you do for our schools. **Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Heather Honkomp** #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorabs #bossday

Important Information Regarding Parent Teacher Conferences We will be having a 1-hour early dismissal for Parent Teacher Conferences on the following days: Monday, October 30 Thursday, November 2 Wednesday will still a 1 hour early dismissal like normal. Tendremos las 2:15 p.m. Salida temprana en estos días de conferencia: Lunes 30 de octubre Jueves 2 de noviembre Por favor planifique en consecuencia. **Image created by Sheldon High School Mass Media Student, Carlie Westra** #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs

Fishing in Math! 8th graders in Mrs. Woelber's math class worked on proportions by determining how many fish were in their lake by tagging fish and then recapturing them. They set up proportions for 3 different trials to determine their totals and then talked about why their numbers weren't always the same and what might distort their data. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #learning #math

The Book Fair is Coming to the Sheldon Middle School! The Book Fair will be set up at the Sheldon Middle School from October 30-November 2. Stay tuned for more information. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #bookfair

The 6th graders were able to test their survival skills! 6th grade students are reading the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Matt Jurgens, with Osceola County Conservation, came to give the students some real experience with things that are happening in the book. Mr. Jurgens had three Survival Skill stations for the kids to try, cord making, atlatl throwing, and fire starting. #LeadON #orabs #sheldonorabs #sheldonmiddleschool #reading

Mrs. Woelber loves to use her new whiteboard table in math class to help students be able to collaborate as well as show their work in one area! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #learning #teaching #math

Congratulations to Mrs. Kiezer for being voted the McTeacher of the Month from McDonalds! Thank you for everything you do for our students, you are a fantastic part of our team. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #McTeacher #teachers

7th graders at Sheldon Middle School had a special Instagram Influencer visit with them this week. The 7th graders just finished reading some articles about internet influencers in class and were lucky enough to have one come and speak to them yesterday. Katie Koenecke, known for her life coaching and influencer work with Scooters, talked about her job as an influencer and what it takes to be in the business. Thank you Katie. for coming in to share more about your career with our students. #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorabs #influencer #orabs #sheldon #reading #lit #ELA

5th graders tested salt with different particle sizes to see if the size of the particle affects the amount of time it takes to dissolve in water in one of their science lab this week at Sheldon Middle School. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #science #learning #testing

5th graders worked on creating comic strips to show what they have learned about immigrants adapting to and shaping America in social studies at the Middle School. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #socialstudies #learning

Happy Homecoming Week Orab Nation. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #homecoming #hoco2023

The day might have been rainy and dull, but color was flying at Sheldon Middle School! Middle School students participated in their Color Run this afternoon. Prior to the Color Run, students raised money in the forms of sponsorship for their participation in the Color Run, equaling over $40,000. This money will go directly to funding student activities, field trips and more. What a FUN and COLORFUL day at Sheldon Middle School! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #colorrun #sheldonmiddleschool

7th & 8th graders went canoeing this week during PE and had a great time! Special thanks to Lindsey Kleinhesselink, the O'Brien County Naturalist, for providing all the equipment! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #sheldonmiddleschool #outdoorlearning

Students in 8th grade health class worked on learning more about each other and how we are alike by completing a hexagon activity. Students were able to connect their hexagons and see how they were alike or different from their classmates. The final student connections can be seen in the hallways at the Sheldon Middle School. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #learning #community

Homecoming preparation is underway at the Sheldon Middle School. TA groups are busy working on posters for next week. #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #homecomingprepepration #hoco #homecoming

The Sheldon Middle School Art Club is back in full swing, meeting weekly (Tuesdays 3:30-4pm). Students chose to either free draw with friends, or work together on our Color Run photo backdrop for our event later this month! Stay tuned to see the finished result! #LeadOn #orabs #sheldonorabs #art #artclub

Homecoming will be the week of September 25-29. All district buildings will be participating in the same Homecoming Dress Up Days. Homecoming - “Back in Black” Monday - Rock N' Roll Out of Bed (Pajamas) Tuesday - Retro (80's Day) Wednesday - "On Wednesdays We Wear Pink" (Pink Day) Thursday - Stars & Stripes Day (Red White & Blue) Friday - Orab Spirit (Orange & Black) #LeadOn #Orabs #sheldonorabs #dressupdays #hoco2023

Solving problems and mysteries in 5th grade! 5th graders are using their knowledge of multiplying by multiples of ten to solve the mystery: Who ran over the bike? #LeadOn #Orabs #math #middleschool #sheldonmiddleschool