Sullivan Middle School

Congratulations to Anderson Crouse for being selected via audition to play in the ILMEA District 5 Jazz Festival (on electric bass) and Band Festival (on clarinet)!

The 2019-2020 SMS yearbook is now on sale! Yearbooks are $20 and can be purchased online, or through Mrs. Wright at school. Any checks should be made out to Sullivan Middle School. Yearbooks will be distributed in May. The online link to order is https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1073752/Sullivan-Middle-School/2020-Yearbook/20190629052710790160/CATALOG_SHOP/

***SMS Red Ribbon Week*** Monday, Oct 28th Pajama Day “Your Choices are the Key to Your Dreams” Tuesday, Oct 29th Patriotic Day “I Pledge to be Drug Free” Break out your red, white, and blue clothing and accessories! Wednesday, Oct 30th 70s Day “Say Peace Out to Drugs” Break out your tie dyed clothing and accessories, peace signs, and braided hair! Thursday, Oct 31st Halloween “Your “Character” Defines Your Inner Superhero” Break out your favorite character or superhero costume/apparel/accessories! * FACES CANNOT BE COVERED! Friday, Nov 1st Redskin Rowdie “One Tribe…One Goal…Drug Free” Break out your best red and black to show your school spirit.

Monday kicks off Red Ribbon Week at the Middle School. Students are encouraged to participate in the following dress up days....

Johnathan Iacobazzi placed 93rd out of 237 at the state cross country meet. He also ran his personal best with a time of 11:58. This was a great way to end our amazing first SMS cross country season! #onetribe

Sullivan Middle School held its first quarter Breakfast of Champions this morning. Students were honored for demonstrating outstanding character both in and out of the classroom. Congratulations to Alyssa Taylor, Hayden Moody, Chance Kalmer, Reid Holloway, Kolton Wiley, Adalyn Cruitt, Rhett Lehman, Ivan Moxley, Luke Waelde, and Courtney Villalobos. We are #OneTribe!

SMS Cross Country competed in their first ever sectional meet  today in Shelbyville! All runners worked hard with many new PRs! Congratulations, to Johnathan Iacobazzi, who finished in 7th place overall and will be advancing to represent Sullivan for the first time at the state competition, in Bloomington, next Saturday! #onetribe

SMS Girls’ Basketball splits with Okaw Valley tonight. 7th grade come away victorious with a 5-2 record on the season and 3-0 in conference. 8th grade drops to 4-3 overall and is 2-1 in conference. The ladies are back in action, at Macon, Tuesday, in conference play against Meridian! Keep pushing ladies! #onetribe

5th and 6th grade girls basketball started their season on the road tonight! 5th grade was defeated by LSA, but 6th grade came home with their first win 24-16! Way to go ladies! #onetribe

SMS staff are ready to cheer on our Redskins tonight! #OneTribe!

Students in 6th Grade STEM are learning about supportive engineering designs by using uncooked spaghetti and mini marshmallows to see who can build the tallest structure - students had 23 minutes, so it was also a race against the clock! Winning tower stood 25.5 inches tall. #STEM #onetribe

7th Grade Lady Redskins defeat Argenta-Oreana 34-5. Leading scorers for the Redskins were Emily Miller and Shaelyn Ellis with 10 points each, Kendall Penberthy added 6 points, and Addison Stollard and Addison Minor ended with 4 a piece. The girls are 2-0 in conference and 3-1 overall. 8th Grade Lady Redskins came back from halftime to beat Argenta-Oreana 24-18. Kiley Dyer led the girls with 12 points, Bella Harden added 8 points, and Isabelle Stone put up 4 points. Ava Shriver stepped in and played a great game defensively! The ladies are 2-0 in conference and 4-0 overall! Not only did Argenta come with decorated cards, they presented red and white carnations to the girls before the game. Thank you A-O, a true class act! #onetribe ❤️🏀

SMS Lady Redskins are on the road at Argenta tonight. They arrived to find these encouraging words of support waiting for them on their bench. We cannot stress enough how gracious and supportive our surrounding communities have been! Thank you Argenta-Oreana Middle School Girls’ basketball for your love and support and reminding us that this game is bigger than basketball itself! #onetribe 💙🏀❤️

SMS Lady Redskins are on the road at Argenta tonight. They arrived to find these encouraging words of support waiting for them on their bench. We cannot stress enough how gracious and supportive our surrounding communities have been! Thank you Argenta-Oreana Middle School Girls’ basketball for your love and support and reminding us that this game is bigger than basketball itself! #onetribe 💙🏀❤️

8th Grade Lady Redskins take the win over Monticello 41-10. The girls are 1-0 in conference and 3-0 overall! Kiley Dyer lead with 16 points, Bella Harden added 11, Isabelle Stone finished with 6 — Lexie Hay, Marissa Fleshner, Mallory Batman and Keeliana Norton all finished with a bucket each. Great team effort! The Lady Redskins continue conference play at Argenta on Thursday! #onetribe

7th grade Lady Redskins get the nail biting win against Monticello, 19-18. 8th grade girls are up at halftime 20-7! Let’s go!! #onetribe

Mrs. Seeley’s class recently visited the Okaw Valley Orchard. We saw apples growing on trees, and sampled apples grown at the orchard, as well as other yummy items made from apples. We also saw goats, observed a honey bee display, and enjoyed some exercise on the playground. Funding for this field trip was provided by the Growing in the Garden Project grant through the Lumpkin Family Foundation.

The addition of 5th Grade to the Middle School has been great for science class! 5th graders got to go to the science lab today to test out mixtures and solutions. As an extra treat, they took home a “mixture” of homemade trail mix (which can be separated and is not spread out evenly). This was a great review before our test! 🧪 🧬 🧫 #scienceiscool #onetribe

SMS 7th grade girls basketball picks up the win over Arcola 23-20! #OneTribe!

7th Grade Girls Girls’ basketball up 13-2 at halftime against Arcola. #onetribe