Menno School District

Penny Wars information!

Activities for the week: Today - BB double header here with Viborg-Hurley Boys’ C game 4:00 in old gym JV’s 4:30 – girls in new gym, boys in old gym Varsity girls 5:45, Varsity boys 7:30 Ticket sellers: Sharla & Rose Rachel & Kristin Concessions advisors: Kristi & Cindee Sharla & Erin Wednesday - Juniors to Career Fair in Marion, leave at 8:15 back by 11:30 FCA 7:30 p.m. Thursday - BB double header here Freeman Academy/Marion-Senior Night Boys’ C game 4:00 in old gym JV’s 4:30 – girls in old gym, boys in new gym Varsity girls 5:45, Varsity boys 7:30 Ticket sellers: Christa & Brenda Trishia & Betsy Concessions advisors: Martin & Carly Amie & Glenda Friday - BBB at Scotland 6:30, leave at 5:30 – Military Appreciation Night All military personnel will be admitted free to the game. Saturday - Wrestling Region Tour at Freeman 10:00

The dress up for the games Thursday will be Hawaiian theme for Senior Night.

The Et Cetera Shoppe in Freeman is running low on the following clean, gently used clothing: lightweight long-sleeved shirts, cardigans, hoodies, exercise gear and athleisure, lightweight pants, and dresses for chilly spring days. Therefore, the Menno FCCLA Chapter will sponsor a clothing drive on Tuesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 17 from 8 am to 8 pm. Look for a silver-colored Envision parked by the new gym door entrance to drop off the clothing.

There will be HS Quiz Bowl practice every Thursday morning at 7:30 until March 10th.

The Middle School Quiz Bowl Practices will start tomorrow, Wednesday the 16th at 7:45AM in the Library and Thursday the 17th right after school (3:15PM) for those able to come to one or both.

These two men did a wonderful job at the Sioux Falls Robotic Competition. Looking forward to the State Competition on February 26th!!!

Reminder of the Post Prom Bake Sale on Feb. 15th during the DH and that all Juniors need to bring at least two dozen items to the school kitchen by 4pm Tuesday. All items should be ready for sale when they are delivered to school.

The 8th grade Earth Science class is learning about different cloud types according to the shape and altitude. This is a fun project that helps the students build a scale model of different types of clouds and their relative location to each other.

The Et Cetera Shoppe in Freeman is running low on the following clean, gently used clothing: lightweight long-sleeved shirts, cardigans, hoodies, exercise gear and athleisure, lightweight pants, and dresses for chilly spring days. Therefore, the Menno FCCLA Chapter will sponsor a clothing drive on Tuesday, February 15 and Thursday, February 17 from 8 am to 8 pm. Look for a silver-colored Envision parked by the new gym door entrance to drop off the clothing.

Thank you to the students and staff who donated food during Souper Bowl Week. It was a huge success! Here is what was collected: 1061 packages of ramen noodles, 143 boxes of crackers, 2 graham cracker pie crusts, and 315 cans of soup, vegetables, and fruit. Fifty-three boxes food are being donated to the Bethany Food Pantry in Freeman which serves the communities of Olivet, Menno, and Freeman.

The 2nd graders had a baby shower for their teacher, Mrs. Harris, today!

Menno VEX Robotics Team is back in competition, after a two month off, due to COVID issues at another site. Looking forward on how the team competes in Sioux Falls CTE Academy on Saturday. VEX State competition is at Rapid City Douglas in two weeks!!

Grab your change and dollar bills and get ready to buy some Menno Wolves surplus athletic items on Saturday at the DH bball games vs. Ethan. Items will be sold for a quarter. Get your retro Menno gear now!

Yes, there is still a Box Tops for Education program! However, fewer items have the special Box Tops for Education coupon to clip. Instead we are to download an app from the web site and then scan our grocery receipts for the qualifying items. Go to this web site to find out how to download the app and to learn ways to earn bonus points for Menno Elementary School. https://www.boxtops4education.com/

Activities for next week: Monday - School Board Meeting 6:00 Tuesday - BB double header here with Viborg-Hurley Boys’ C game 4:00 in old gym JV’s 4:30 – girls in new gym, boys in old gym Varsity girls 5:45, Varsity boys 7:30 Ticket sellers: Sharla & Rose Rachel & Kristin Concessions advisors: Kristi & Cindee Sharla & Erin Wednesday - Juniors to Career Fair in Marion, leave at 8:15 back by 11:30 FCA 7:30 p.m. Thursday - BB double header here Freeman Academy/Marion-Senior Night Boys’ C game 4:00 in old gym JV’s 4:30 – girls in old gym, boys in new gym *Senior Night--Varsity girls 5:45, Varsity boys 7:30 Ticket sellers: Christa & Brenda Trishia & Betsy Concessions advisors: Martin & Carly Amie & Glenda Friday - BBB at Scotland 6:30, leave at 5:30 Saturday - Wrestling Region Tour at Freeman 10:00

Activities for the week: Today - Wrestling Tournament at Montrose 1:00 Saturday - Robotics Club to Sioux Falls, leave at 7:30 am BB double header here with Ethan – Military Appreciation JV girls 2:00 (new gym), JV boys 2:00 (old gym) Var girls 3:15, Var boys to follow Ticket sellers: Rose H. and Brenda M. Erin L. and Rachel S. Concessions: FCCLA

DH games vs. Ethan on Saturday--Games in the new gym will be live streamed for free on Wolves Ticket TV. http://wolves.liveticket.tv/ It will also be Military Appreciation Night. All military personnel are admitted free to the game. This is for retired and active military and includes those from Ethan and Menno. We will also honor four senior girls with a certificate for the National Girls and Women in sports day before the start of the girls’ varsity game. The FCCLA will be sponsoring the concession stand for the basketball games. The menu will consist of taverns, hot dogs, chili dogs, chili cheese dogs, nachos, super nachos, & pizza. Thank you for your support.

Third & fourth graders, remember that FCCLA members are planning Little Chef classes for March 7, 8, & 9 in the family and consumer sciences (FCS) classroom. Come to the FCS classroom when you are dismissed from school. the classes go until 5 pm. FCCLA members conducting the classes are Grace Nusz, Raygen Diede, Paityn Huber, and Maggie Miller.

Tomorrow is the last day to donate soup and crackers for Souper Bowl Week. The elementary students are in the lead with 239 points and the MS/HS is trailing with 79 points as of Wednesday, Feb. 9.