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  • This Week @ IHS 3/20-3/24

    🎉We are proud to announce that IHS Sophomore Stevie Gross has been accepted to participate in the Michigan Health Sciences Pre College Exposure Academy (SPEA) this summer at the University of Michigan. Have a blast Stevie and learn lots!

     

    🤝Scheduling update: In the last 2 weeks, students have started planning out the courses they are interested in taking in the 2023-2024 School Year. We encourage you to have an in-depth conversation with your IHS Student about these classes. If you have additional questions, please contact the Counseling Office at 616-841-4015.

     

    🧪Science Olympiad: Congratulations to the Science Olympiad team, who competed in their regional competition this past Saturday. Mr. Ondersma reports that the team performed very well and were led by seniors Christian Perez, Sage Mason and Jason Bates. Click here for full Results.

     

    🏆On Thursday morning we held our March Students/Citizens/Athletes of the month ceremony. Congrats to these gritty students!

     

    📝All 9th-11th grade students received study guides with tips, suggestions and practice questions in their ELA classes this week to best prepare them for the PSAT/SAT testing that will take place on April 12th. Please review this with your student soon and often!

     

    💵Attention Seniors: You will find scholarship resources HERE and are linked under the"Scholarships" tab on the IHS website. DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, MARCH 30TH @ 3 PM!

     

    🏫IHS Family School Guild (formerly IHS PTG) Update: Our 1st ever Executive Board - President Traci Flanner, VP Mary McGuire, Secretary Siri Sims and Treasurer Cassondra Keller - invite you to follow us on Facebook or email us with your compliments/concerns/suggestions at ihsfsg@ioniaschools.org. 

     

    Next week @ IHS 3/27-3/31: IHS Inclusion Spirit Week

    • Monday: PJ Day 

    • Tuesday: Tie Dye Day, SADD Meeting during Achieve

    • Wednesday: Bulldog Blue Day, Unified Sports Basketball Game during Achieve - watch this video!

    • Thursday: Crazy Socks Day

    • This is our last week of the 10 Weeks to Peak Academic Challenge with KhanAcademy.org

      • Fresh/Soph = Focus on Geometry

      • Juniors = Complete Math (Calculator Ok) Section of Practice Test 1, Review your results and correct answers with a friend

      • Seniors = Careers: Choose 3 Career fields of interest and explore!

      • Study Buddies will meet during Achieve on 3/27 & 3/28

    • 🌴😎🌴Spring Break! (No school on 3/31-4/9 - see you on Monday, April 10th)

    • 🕺Prom: Save the Date💃

    Thank you for your support from home. Have a great week and GO DAWGS!  

    This Week @ IHS 3/13-3/17

    🎶On Monday, the IHS Chorale traveled to Grand Haven to compete in the District Festival. The ladies performed 2 songs and were OUTSTANDING receiving a Division 1 rating with 2 perfect scores. Congratulations to the performers and Mr. Peterson.

     

    🗪On Thursday, 2007 IHS graduate Tara (Reisbig) Falcone spoke to our Bulldog Scholars and Senior Scholars about overcoming her adversity as a teenager and the tools she used to preserve, set goals and achieve those goals. We will share that video out to everyone once it has been edited.

     

    🎉Congratulations to our March Students/Citizens/Athletes of the Month. There will be a ceremony held on Thursday morning at 7:15 a.m. in the Learning Center. Winners and their families are invited to attend this ceremony where each recipient will be recognized.

     

    🏆Congratulations to IHS Educator of the Month Wayne Moak!

     

    🕊️Staff ended the school week with a full day of PD that focused on “The Power of Hope.” Here we discussed tools on how to take care of ourselves while teaching with hope and working with our students. “With compelling evidence (case studies) that hope contributes to academic success … teaching and developing hopeful thinking in the classroom may be one of the most effective and efficient efforts faculty can make to contribute to their student’s success” (inspired-engagement) Plus we ate pizza and played cornhole at lunch as a group. Love this group of educators! 

     

    🍀Best of luck to both our Forensics and Science Olympiad teams as they compete on Saturday along with our band as they perform at the sole and ensemble festival. #GODAWGS

     

    Next week @ IHS 3/20-3/24

    • Tuesday: Student Council Meeting

    • Thursday: There will be a ceremony held for March Students/Citizens/Athletes of the Month on Thursday morning at 7:15 a.m. in the Learning Center. Winners and their families are invited to attend this ceremony where each recipient will be recognized. Prom committee meeting during Achieve.

    • Next week is week 9 of the 10 Weeks to Peak Academic Challenge

      • Fresh/Soph = Focus on Operations and Algebra

      • Juniors = Complete Math (No Calculator) Section of Practice Test 1, Review your results and correct answers with a friend

      • Seniors = Financial Literacy: Complete Consumer Credit Unit Test with 100%

      • Study Buddies will meet during Achieve on 3/22 & 3/23

    Thank you for your support from home. Have a great week and GO DAWGS!

    This Week @ IHS 3/6-3/10

    📰Family Survey: If you have not already done so, we would greatly appreciate it if you would share with us your feedback about the job we are doing at IHS.

     

    ⚕️On Monday, students attended Adult Advocate classes where they explored the topic of Social Awareness: Digital Literacy and Cyberbullying. We encourage you to continue the conversation at home with your student using these home resources: 9th grade, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade.

     

    🎷On Thursday, Mr. Beyer and the IHS Jazz Ensemble traveled to Caledonia to compete at the District Jazz Festival where they earned a division 1 rating. Congratulations!

     

    🎖️We are proud to announce our 2022-23 Bulldog Scholars. These are freshmen, sophomores and juniors that have earned a cumulative 3.5 GPA or higher. These students are making great strides towards earning Senior Scholar status during their graduating year.

     

    🏆Congratulations to Camden Meir who was invited to the individual Quiz Bowl tournament on April 2. This is only for the top Quiz Bowl players in the country; only one other IHS student has ever been invited. Congratulations also go out to Lucas Shadoff who was a top-10 JV scorer for Quiz Bowl.

     

    🔦Social Studies Spotlight: As a way to wrap up their Ancient Egypt unit in Mr. Cairns’s Ancient Civilization class, students played games from 5000 years ago. They include Dogs and Jackals (sort of like Sorry and Chutes and Ladders), a form of checkers called Alquerque, Mancala, and Senet.

     

    🐶One of our Bulldog Scholars, Bryant Janetzke, is not only a ‘Dawg in the classroom but in the showmanship arena as well. Learn more about how Bryant’s grit has translated to success outside the classroom with this article by Showsight magazine.

     

    📺WoodTV8 visited school on Thursday to film a student of the week segment. See the story and video here. 

     

    GVSU is offering free K-12 Connect Homework Help Tutoring (not IPS sponsored).

     

    Next week @ IHS 3/13-3/17

    • Tuesday: SADD meeting during Achieve

    • Thursday: We are excited to welcome home 2007 IHS graduate Tara (Reisbig) Falcone to speak to our Bulldog and Senior Scholars about her journey from the small town of Ionia to making it big on Wall Street with a focus on entrepreneurship.

    • Friday: No school for students, all day professional development for staff

    • Next week is also week 8 of the 10 Weeks to Peak Academic Challenge

      • Fresh/Soph = Improve Mastery by ≥ 2 % in 4 of 4 categories

      • Juniors = Complete Writing and Language Section of Practice Test 1 then review your results and correct answers with a friend

      • Seniors = Entrepreneurship: Beth Schmidt - Founder of Wishbone.org and Choose 1 video from the “Sal chats” series to watch

      • Study Buddies will meet during Achieve on 3/13 & 3/15

    • Spring Sports start March 13th 

      • All students and parents must have completed the 2022-23 IHS Sports Registration (If you completed for the fall or winter season you do not have to complete it again).

      • All students must have an updated physical on file in the athletic director's office.

      • Contact the varsity head coach of the sport you are interested in if you have questions

    Thank you for your support from home. Have a great week and GO DAWGS!

    This week @ IHS 2/27-3/3

    🤝Thank you all that attended conferences this week! It was great to see so many of you as we continue to strengthen our community relations. On behalf of the staff, I want to say “thank you” for your continued support from home. If you were not able to attend, please reach out to your student’s teacher(s) with any questions or concerns via email or contact the school at (616) 527-0600.

     

    🎷Congratulations to Mr. Beyer and both concert and symphony bands for earning straight 1’s at the District Festival on Thursday. Mr. Beyer is thankful to all of his wonderful student musicians and their families for their dedication to the program and their belief that we can do great things. Watch here (video courtesy of John Milewski)

     

    🎉We are very proud and excited to announce that 3 of our very own AP teachers - Mrs. Aves, Mr. Cairns and Mrs. Pfaller - have been selected to read AP tests for College Board this year. Here, these staff members will gain an in-depth understanding of the AP Exam so they can better assess students’ work and workshop best practices with other AP teachers across the country.

     

    🎓2022 Graduation Rates were released on Tuesday. Ionia High School is up 2.3% from 2021, 96.49% overall.

     

    🎖️Congratulations to senior Sam Eppler who was accepted into West Point. The Ionia Sentinel Standard wrote a very nice article about this high honor. 

     

    💵Attention Seniors: You will find scholarship resources HERE and linked under  the"Scholarships" tab on the IHS website. 

     

    Next week @ IHS 3/6-3/10

    • Monday: Adult Advocate during Achieve

    • Tuesday: Student Council meeting during Achieve

    • Thursday: District Jazz Festival

    • Friday: Unified Games during Achieve

    • Next week is also week 7 of the 10 Weeks to Peak Academic Challenge

      • Fresh/Soph = Improve Mastery by ≥ 2 % in 3 of 4 categories

      • Juniors = Complete Reading Section of Practice Test 1 then review your results and correct answers with a friend

      • Seniors = Growth Mindset - High School Activities: Keep going. Keep growing.

      • Study Buddies will meet during Achieve on 3/8 & 3/9

    • Spring Sports start March 13th 

      • All students and parents must have completed the 2022-23 IHS Sports Registration (If you completed for the fall or winter season you do not have to complete it again).

      • All students must have an updated physical on file in the athletic director's office.

      • Contact the varsity head coach of the sport you are interested in if you have questions

    Thank you for your support from home. Have a great week and GO DAWGS!
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