On Saturday, March 12, the Mid-Prairie Individual Events Speech team competed at Grinnell High School for the Iowa High School Speech Association’s Individual Event State Speech Contest. Of 19 entries, 16 received Division 1 ratings, and six of those are nominated to perform at the Iowa High School Speech Association’s Individual Events All-State Festival on Monday, March 28 at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. Haydon Bailey: Division 1 ratings in Solo Acting and Solo Musical Theatre. Bailey is nominated for All-State Performing in both of his events. Olivia Caskey: Division 1 ratings in Solo Musical Theatre and After Dinner Speaking. Caskey is nominated for All-State Performing in After Dinner Speaking. Logan McClellen: Division 1 rating in Storytelling. McClellen is nominated for All-State Performing in this event. Jack Greiner: Division 1 rating in Solo Improvisation. Greiner is nominated for All-State Performing in this event. Avery Slaubaugh: Division 1 ratings in Interpretive Prose and Solo Musical Theatre. Slaubaugh is nominated for All-State Performing in Interpretive Prose. Diego Ayala: Division 1 rating in Spontaneous Speaking Alexander Burnham: Division 1 rating in Storytelling Jacob Carrillo: Division 2 ratings in Solo Acting and Solo Improvisation Avery Frede: Division 1 rating in Solo Improvisation. Isadora Goode: Division 1 rating in Interpretive Poetry Terra Richardson: Division 1 ratings in Solo Acting and After Dinner Speaking. Emily Righter: Division 1 rating in Public Address, and Division 2 rating in Radio News Broadcasting. Daniel Rodgers: Division 1 rating in Interpretive Poetry. At least two of three judges in each performer's center must nominate a student for them to qualify for All-State. Participants in the IHSSA All-State Individual Events Festival represent the top 5% of all IE participants across the state of Iowa. #mphawks #seethestars #seeforyourself

Congratulations to Thaddeus Shetler! He got 3rd in the 1600 and ran 4:37.23. Great work! #mphawks

Congratulations to Cain Brown! He won the High Jump at Iowa State (got the Blue Standard), breaking his old school record. He cleared 6'7". Cain also got 6th in the 60 High Hurdles. Great job! #mphawks

Please visit the link below to complete the Mid-Prairie Community School District Superintendent Search Survey: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UAfhu8KBbX12r1DLsFlPDHdK_c46gHUR/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=115096444010613947518&rtpof=true&sd=true #mphawks

Outstanding support at the Boys Basketball State Tournament! #mphawks

Congratulations to these mathletes! They received 2nd place as a team in the Southeast Iowa Region! Ava was again in the top 25th percent and was 9th in our region! #mphawks #seethestars #seeforyourself

1st grade students stretching their minds using deductive thinking with attribute blocks! #mphawks #seethestars #seeforyourself

MPHS students of the week for the week of March 7 - 11 are Will Cavanagh, Jackson Pennington, Carter Harmson, Ethan Kos, and Justice Jones. They are the senior basketball players on this year's state qualifying team! Great athletes, students, and people. You had a great season! #mphawks #seethestars #seeforyourself

Thank you MP East Parent Volunteers! This past week they were asked to volunteer to sign up to cover teacher’s recess duties on Parent Teacher Conference Days! We can’t thank you enough for your gift of time! #mphawks

MP East 2nd Grade Library Book Helpers love going classroom to classroom each morning picking up the returned books for our Library staff. #mphawks

MP Elementary Math Interventionist, Mrs. Pennington, taught MP East 2nd graders another Math game called 15 Supreme that is very similar to Memory. The kids loved it! Thanks again, Mrs. Pennington! #mphawks

Thank you to members of the MP FFA who came to read agriculture themed children’s books to MP East 2nd grade classes as they kicked off National Agriculture Month! #mphawks

Washington County Conservation Naturalist Miss Megan recently taught a hands-on animal measurement lesson with MP East 2nd grades. Students measured different furs, feathers, footprints and scat of 5 types of common animals in this area! #mphawks

High school dance, wrestling, speech and basketball teams came to West for a pep assembly to celebrate all their successes! Let’s go Golden Hawks!! #mphawks #seeforyourself

Congratulations to Lilou Beachy (senior)! Her story, Home Grown, received first place in the senior division in the Future Problem Solving Scenario Writing Affiliate competition (State of Iowa)! Lilou will be traveling to the FPS International Conference at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst this summer! Congratulations also to Maelys Beachy (7th Grade) for placing 4th in the junior division with her story, Vita Venator! Phoebe Shetler (sophomore) received offers from the scoring team to write future scenes for FPS Global Issues Problem Solving with her story, BurmaNL’s Latest Venture-New Life for Millions? #mphawks #seethestars #seeforyourself

5th Grade ELP students participated in the Scholastic Tech 4 Innovation Contest. After learning about AI, cybersecurity, privacy, and more through lessons provided from Scholastic, students used their STEM skills to envision, design, and propose a unique tech idea to help our community. #mphawks #seethestars #seeforyourself

MPMS just got a big boost of help from @caseys and its Cash for Classrooms grant program. We will receive $15,000 to replace desks with flexible seating options. Wow!! Check out @caseys Rewards program to donate dollars to schools too: www.caseys.com/rewards. #HereForGood

Congratulations to MP-West's February PBIS winners! Keep up the great work! #mphawks #seethestars #seeforyourself

In math at MPMS, sixth graders explored solving one-step equations while battling in a Connect Four tournament. We have crowned 5 champions! It was great to see students having fun solving equations while also being competitive. #mphawks #seeforyourself #bartelssmarties

Check out this link to learn more about Alternative Kindergarten at Mid-Prairie! #mphawks https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pWk9_3h5ZoNpLjrHQdWpOuLVZD6xOapv/view?usp=sharing