8th Grade Night:  Girls' Basketball

8th Grade Night:  Cheerleading!

8th Grade Night:  Boys' Basketball 

8th Grade Night Girls' Volleyball

6th Grade Student of the Month!

7th Grade Student of the Month

8th Grade Student of the Month!

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Iroquois West Community Unit School District 10

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Just as our track team was about to leave today, we received word that the Nash Relay meet was cancelled due to weather and conditions of the grounds.   Our coaches will reach out to the team and parents at a later time if the meet gets rescheduled.&#x20;

Iroquois West Middle School

Nash Relays:  Cancelled

Monday - No School
Tuesday - Sloppy Joe on Bun, Green Beans, Applesauce, Yogurt, Rice Krispie Treats, & Milk
Wednesday - Turkey & Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Pineapple, Roll, & Milk
Thursday - Beef Tater Bake, Carrots, Pears, Roll, Smores Bar, & Milk
Friday - Beef Walking Taco with Doritos, Refried Beans, Oranges, Vanilla Goldfish, & Milk

IWMS Lunch Menu    April 21-25

**Track**:  Nash Rocket Relays today at 4:00 pm!    Bus Time:  2:45 pm.   Athletes will be dismissed from 5th hour classes at 2:35 pm.   Please get your assignments before you leave!                        

**Scholastic Bowl:**   Practice today from 3:30-4:30 pm for both teams!

**MS Cheer:**   There will be a meeting with Coach Makenna Pankey on **Wednesday April 23** during Exploratory for any 6th or 7th graders that are interested in trying out for next year’s IWMS cheer squad! 

**BB Open Gym**:   Since there is NO SCHOOL TOMORROW, there is **NO BASKETBALL OPEN GYM TOMORROW.**  It will continue next Friday April 25. 

**Spring Dance Reminder:**    In order to attend the IWMS dance next Friday, students must be **passing all core classes** & **NOT be on social probation for discipline or tardies**!    

**Homework Club**:     Tuesdays & Thursdays in Ms. Gorbett’s room! 

**7th Grade DC Group:** This group is selling Raider Beach Towels for your pool trips. We are also selling Benoit Greenhouse Gift cards that would make a great Mother’s Day gift! If interested, check with a fellow 7th grader!

**Happy Birthday:**&#x48;appy Birthday to Emma Matthews tomorrow!!!

**Fact of the Day:**  Continuing our end of the week wacky laws series:  Today, we travel to the American Southwest to the mysterious state of New Mexico:  In Albuquerque, NM, a resolution was created to ban Santa Claus from the city.  The matter was soundly defeated.  Also in Albuquerque, it is illegal for taxi cab drivers to reach out and pull potential customers into their cabs.  And, in Las Cruces: You may not carry a lunchbox down Main Street. &#x20;

Thursday April 17, 2025

**Track**:  Practice tonight from **3:30-5:00 pm** at the Nexus track.    Due to today’s early out, you will need to go home after school and then head back to the track for practice.                        

**Scholastic Bowl:**    The Raider varsity lost to Hoopeston last night, and unfortunately they didn’t have enough to play a JV match.     \***NO PRACTICE TODAY**\* 

**Volleyball Open Gym**:   Tonight at IWHS from 3:30-5:00.  Due to the early out, you will need to go home after school and then go to the HS for the Open Gym.

**Spring Dance Reminder:**    In order to attend the IWMS dance on April 25, students must be **passing all core classes** & **NOT be on social probation for discipline or tardies**!    Please work hard, be on time, & behave so you can attend!  

**Homework Club**:     Tuesdays & Thursdays in Ms. Gorbett’s room!

**7th Grade DC Group:** This group is selling Raider Beach Towels for your pool trips. We are also selling Benoit Greenhouse Gift cards that would make a great Mother’s Day gift! If interested, check with a fellow 7th grader! 

**Fact of the Day:** Scientists have discovered that the Greenland Shark can live to be 500 years old. This means there is a shark swimming today that was potentially alive when Jamestown was settled in 1609.

**Lunch For Today:**  Grilled Chicken Breast on Bun, Carrots, Pears, Snack Crackers, Fruit Roll Up, & Milk

Wednesday April 16, 2025

**Track:**  Please be advised that Track practice for this evening has been canceled.  Again, NO track practice this PM!!!                                  

**Scholastic Bowl:**    Congrats to our scholastic bowl team and Mrs. Wagner for sweeping the Iroquois County Tournament last night to bring home 1st place (last time we won the County Tournament was 2016)!   Eddie Wagner (10 correct toss ups) and Ethan Martinek (9 correct toss ups) were both named to the All-County team and led the Raider effort!      Tonight:  Home Matches Vs. Hoopeston at 4:00 pm.   Good Luck!  

**Volleyball Open Gym**:    7th & 8th grade girls who plan to attend the volleyball open gym at the **HS tonight** need to ride these buses:   7th grade girls who live in Onarga, Danforth, or Thawville need to ride Mrs. Hack’s bus.   8th grade girls from Onarga, Danforth, or Thawville need to ride  Ms. Denise’s bus.    **Players from Gilman should ride your regular bus**.   Mr. Kimmel can point you where to go if you need help after school!    

**HS Soccer: &#xA0;**&#x20;There was a meeting this morning in Exploratory for 8th graders interested in playing HS Soccer next Fall.  If you missed the meeting, but plan to play, please see Mr. Johnson or Mr. Kimmel for the information you missed.   

**Spring Dance Reminder:**    In order to attend the IWMS dance on April 25, students must be **passing all core classes** & **NOT be on social probation for discipline or tardies**!    Please work hard, be on time, & behave so you can attend!  

**Homework Club**:     Tuesdays & Thursdays in Ms. Gorbett’s room!

**7th Grade DC Group:** This group is selling Raider Beach Towels for your pool trips. We are also selling Benoit Greenhouse Gift cards that would make a great Mother’s Day gift! If interested, check with a fellow 7th grader!

**Happy Birthday:**  Happy Birthday to Ayla Nichols & Addysen LaMarr today!!!

**Fact of the Day:** The longest one-syllable words in the English language are "scraunched" and "strengthed." "Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

**Lunch For Today:**  Beef Nachos with Tostitos, Corn, Pineapple, Cinnamon Goldfish, & Milk

Tuesday April 15, 2025

**Track**:  Meet today at Fisher starting at **4:15 pm**.   The bus time is **2:35 pm** and athletes will be dismissed from 5th hour classes at **2:25 pm**.   Please get your 5th hour assignments before leaving!    Good luck tonight!                                                                 

**Scholastic Bowl:**    Iroquois County Tournament at Donovan *(Varsity Only)* starting at **4:00 pm!**    Bus time is **3:10 pm** and participants will be dismissed at **3:00 pm**!   Best of luck in the tourney!   

**Spring Dance Reminder:**    In order to attend the IWMS dance on April 25, students must be **passing all core classes** & **NOT be on social probation for discipline or tardies**!    Please work hard in the classroom and get to school and classes on time so you can attend that night!   

**IAR Testing:**  Thank you to all students and teachers for pushing through these last two weeks of IAR testing.  We only have a few make-up tests left so please be gracious as we pull some students.  Again, thanks for all your diligence and for adjusting and adapting to the scheduling!!!  Again, thanks for everything!!!

**Homework Club**:     Will continue Tuesday & Thursday this week in Ms. Gorbett’s room!

Student council: All student council members need to report to a meeting in Mrs.Huberts room today during your advisory time. 

**7th Grade DC Group:** This group is selling Raider Beach Towels for your pool trips. We are also selling Benoit Greenhouse Gift cards that would make a great Mother’s Day gift! If interested, check with a fellow 7th grader!

**Happy Birthday:**  Happy Birthday to Trinity Redenius!!!  Happy Belated Birthday to Mrs. Izquierdo!   (Please ask Mr. Kimmel today if you want to know her real age!)   

**Fact of the Day:**   One of the largest man-made islands is fashioned in the shape of a palm tree.  You can find this wonder in the city of Dubai, in the country of the United Arab Emirates.  

**Lunch For Today:**  French Toast, Hash Browns, Sausage Links, Peaches, & Milk

Monday April 14, 2025

**Track**:  Great job at the first track meet last night at Watseka!   Today:  No Practice 

**Basketball:**  Open gym (girls and boys) tonight from 3:30-5:00 pm.                                                                      

**Scholastic Bowl:**  No Practice Today.  

**Spring Dance Reminder:**  Just a heads up that two weeks from TODAY will be the IWMS Spring Dance!   In order to attend that night, students must be **passing all core classes** & **NOT be on social probation for discipline or tardies**!    Please work hard in the classroom and get to school and classes on time so you can attend that night!   

**Homework Club**:     Will continue next Tuesday and Thursday.&#x20;**&#xA0;**

**7th Grade DC Group:** This group is selling Raider Beach Towels for your pool trips. We are also selling Benoit Greenhouse Gift cards that would make a great Mother’s Day gift! If interested, check with a fellow 7th grader!

**Summer Baseball/Softball League:** Concession Stand/Volunteer Meeting:  **TODAY (April 11)  at 5pm at Mann/Gilman concession stand**.

**Happy Birthday:** Happy Birthday to Molly Wiltgen & Mikel Avalos today!!!  Happy Birthday to Callen Prater, & Iris Clendenen tomorrow!!!

**Fact of the Day:**   We continue with Wacky Law Fridays…in the great state of Delaware.  Delaware prohibits horse racing of any kind on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Also, please remember that it is illegal in Delaware to get married on a dare.  

**Lunch For Today:**  Grilled cheese, green beans, oranges, pretzels, ice cream cup, and milk

Friday April 11, 2025

Monday 4/17 - French Toast, Hashbrowns, Sausage Links, Peaches, & Milk
Tuesday 4/18  - Beef Nachos with Tostitos, Corn, Pineapple, Cinnamon Goldfish, & Milk
Wednesday 4/19 - Grilled Chicken Breast on Bun, Carrots, Pears, Dick & Jane Snack Crackers, Fruit Roll Up, & Milk
Thursday 4/20 - Chicken Strips, Broccoli, Applesauce, Roll, Slushies, & Milk
Friday 4/21 - No School

IWMS Lunch Menu   April 17-21

Iroquois West Middle School News

<div><img src="https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/491264901_1239045171564217_1070626887546049220_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=e5c1b6&amp;_nc_ohc=6JXFwjxYqFwQ7kNvwERw932&amp;_nc_oc=Adk5LZ3ErhHjEQyMgcOGLw5KeUcDLAnfF1TExnvQRPSLr1JdAA1sZPC2CcNZdOx6E-o&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=XBELWED3ofmWOkOquO2Cfw&amp;oh=00_AfE_VzkK_45pI1CYPnn29o3InVE-5Xr8MNrEpQIdIXxxcw&amp;oe=6807CE90" style="width: 100%;" /><div>Congratulations Mrs. Hubert!<br />We want to give a shout out to Kara Hubert, Science teacher at Iroquois West Middle School, for her dedication to teach her students about electrical circuits and programming. Eastern Illini sees value in the STEAM work being done by Mrs. Hubert and we contributed to the purchase of Micro:bits which teach basic coding.</div></div>

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Congratulations Mrs. Hubert!We want to give a shout out to Kara Hubert, Science teacher at Iroquois West Middle School,...

<div><img src="https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/491983370_1207920054671061_594482844041616821_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=e5c1b6&amp;_nc_ohc=GlqzOz_fnH8Q7kNvwFMXv2q&amp;_nc_oc=AdkIS4exZ5Mau57dTr9lT5EG-nvnXoR-_wXv3Pz-TW4-fQmNvCVEup0ElVJfvB3qys4&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=XBELWED3ofmWOkOquO2Cfw&amp;oh=00_AfETEYJ2JFO-BJf9iRtwrjeRy0sA_X9WnR48A4v1wUCrTg&amp;oe=6807B929" style="width: 100%;" /><div>There will be no school on Friday, April 18 nor Monday, April 21.  School will resume on Tuesday, April 22.<br /> Enjoy the long Easter weekend with your family and friends!</div></div>

There will be no school on Friday, April 18 nor Monday, April 21.  School will resume on Tuesday, April 22. Enjoy the lo...

The HS JV Baseball game scheduled at Bismarck for today has also been cancelled.

The HS Baseball game scheduled at home today vs Manteno has been cancelled due to poor field conditions.  It is uncertain at this time if this game will be rescheduled.

The HS Baseball game scheduled at home today vs Manteno has been cancelled due to poor field conditions.  It is uncertai...

<div><img src="https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/491915258_1207755128020887_1147736925015657979_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p843x403_tt6&amp;_nc_cat=100&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=e21142&amp;_nc_ohc=mznQUJwo2gwQ7kNvwG1sP9K&amp;_nc_oc=AdnxrGPvmGbM7TgieFP8iHdKlKwB-9GtTZM8b1vJYK0DqaYnE9k_b5jCHYJfflrp0tQ&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=XBELWED3ofmWOkOquO2Cfw&amp;oh=00_AfEd0dBzgaFethS4b70kMlZdii0JmkJsKV_J3CI5Z5dOZg&amp;oe=6807D1C8" style="width: 100%;" /><div>Attention 8th Grade Parents:<br /> It's getting close so IWMS is offer a class photo for all 8th graders.  We will take the photo on Thursday, May 1st at 8:30am.  <br /> Kathy Northcott will be taking the photo & the cost is $10.  <br /> We have placed the order form below.  Thanks!!!</div></div>

Attention 8th Grade Parents: It's getting close so IWMS is offer a class photo for all 8th graders.  We will take the ph...

<div>4/16 IWHS Softball<br /> Iroquois West 0 - Gardner-South Wilmington 10</div>

4/16 IWHS Softball Iroquois West 0 - Gardner-South Wilmington 10

<div><img src="https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/491992075_1207723238024076_2690177693425450780_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=e5c1b6&amp;_nc_ohc=xbWgMy4X-bkQ7kNvwECmCPr&amp;_nc_oc=Adnkass1a1u_-TIf4iXA4xjWApwGSNTO4gO56hCN9K0jdhFm0KO4YQRjkTj8_CUcxF8&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&amp;_nc_gid=6dZLTTKwfa4ZaZKdk9sjjg&amp;oh=00_AfHgeky6cEupviRpL-HqK8p7Mg5WtHCXpLfdWE3Sx6sbig&amp;oe=68073B4C" style="width: 100%;" /><div>IWHS Students!</div></div>

IWHS Students!

<div><img src="https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/492046830_1207721241357609_1937618257960792451_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=e5c1b6&amp;_nc_ohc=dbvE5DwJUxkQ7kNvwHSJ34L&amp;_nc_oc=AdlMqmsfwnKT0gNezQoMmmUCc5zGldKxOT6BPU3MABDHh1QerSfWQpuSnDvLELOxFvk&amp;_nc_zt=23&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&amp;_nc_gid=6dZLTTKwfa4ZaZKdk9sjjg&amp;oh=00_AfGZRFlO-aXe7MEOGjvL-INzCK9nkKirBYNQkIlLE04AYQ&amp;oe=680713F3" style="width: 100%;" /><div>IWHS Students:<br /> Club and organizational pictures will be taken on Wednesday April 23. Students are encouraged to dress appropriately. See your sponsor for any specific details. <br /> The Senior Picture will be taken at 1:00 PM on the front steps. December graduates and KCC students are encouraged to attend if possible. <br /> A detailed schedule will be sent out on Tuesday.</div></div>