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:
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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
On Saturday, February 26, the Mid-Prairie Individual Events Speech team competed at Tri-County Schools for the Iowa High School Speech Association Individual Events District Speech Contest. Of the 14 students with 22 events that competed, 19 events are advancing to State IE Contest at Grinnell High School on Saturday, March 12. The results are as follows:
Diego Ayala: Division 1 rating in Spontaneous Speaking
Haydon Bailey: Division 1 ratings in Solo Acting and Solo Musical Theatre.
Alex Burnham: Division 1 rating in Storytelling
Jacob Carrillo: Division 1 ratings in Solo Acting and Solo Improvisation
Liv Caskey: Division 1 ratings in Solo Musical Theatre and After Dinner Speaking.
Avery Frede: Division 1 rating in Solo Improvisation.
Isadora Goode: Division 2 rating in Spontaneous Speaking, Division 1 rating in Interpretive Poetry
Jack Greiner: Division 1 rating in Solo Improvisation
Logan McClellen: Division 1 rating in Storytelling.
Terra Richardson: Division 1 ratings in Solo Acting and After Dinner Speaking.
Emily Righter: Division 1 ratings in Radio News Broadcasting and Public Address
Daniel Rodgers: Division 2 rating in Reviewing, and Division 1 rating in Interpretive Poetry.
Avery Slaubaugh: Division 1 ratings in Interpretive Prose, and Solo Musical Theatre
Sam Stacey: Division 2 rating in Radio News Broadcasting
At the IHSSA State Individual Events Contest, the performers will have the chance to be nominated to perform at the IHSSA All-State Individual Events Festival, which will occur on Monday, March 28 at UNI in Cedar Falls. 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.
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