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Please welcome our new 5th grade special education teacher, Allison Estal. She is originally from Dubuque, IA. She graduated from the University of Dubuque. This is her 6th year teaching special education. She has taught grades K-8 in a variety of different positions but most of her experience is working with students in 5th/6th grade. She decided to go into teaching because she enjoys working with kids and helping them reach their goals. She loves special education because she is able to support and motivate students who struggle academically to make growth towards their goals and be the best learners they can be! She chose to work at a middle school because she loves this age group because they are learning more complex content but they are also still at that age where they want to please their teachers and do their best.
She moved to the Cedar Rapids area this past summer because her fiance is from this area. She has two kids, a ten-year old girl and one-year old boy. She has two dogs and enjoys doing anything outdoors when the weather is nice.
Fun Fact: I grew up with a dad who loves cars and racing so when I was younger I had a Junior Dragster and would drag race at a track in Earlville, IA.
Students in Mr. Stearns' 7th grade math classes are learning about integers, integer value, and combining integers through the game of Integer Football. Students had to roll dice and combine their values (each color represented a direction to move) to try and score! This helps students begin to conceptualize how they will add and subtract integers for real! #vmsinspire
Our 5-8 VMS choirs had an awesome performance at the Marion Choral Showcase Tuesday night. #vmsinspire
Photo Credit: Tia Hale
Mrs. Hale’s 6th grade artists are studying color schemes- how they affect our opinions and purchasing decisions, and what that might say about our personalities. They each picked a specific color scheme to put on a basketball shoe, and laid them out to display. Then artists decided what shoe they would buy if it were in a store. #vmsinspire
Happy 🌎 Down Syndrome Day!
Last week 7th grade Social Studies students played World Landmark Bingo with our Coe College Practicum teacher, Mr. Thoma. They were given two clues and called on if they knew the landmark. #vmsinspire
Today is the day! Join us for the Marion Stadium Ribbon Cutting today, March 20th at 4:30pm. View the turf, the concessions, and the track! #MISDinspire #MISDOwnYourFuture
A few snippets of the VMS Washington DC trip! #vmsinspire
VMS Jazz Band and Velocity toured the elementary schools today and put on an awesome show. #vmsinspire
Photo Credit: Tia Hale
Students in Mrs. Jones' 7th grade social studies classes completed research about World Heritage Sites and Famous World Landmarks in Social Studies. Digital resources in Classlink like Britannica Online, Gale, and Explora Middle answered student-generated questions. Each student created a poster about their project and used talking points from Mr. Hahn, Vernon Middle School's instructional coach, to show and share. #vmsinspire
Due to the weather, Marion ISD will be running a 2 hour EARLY DISMISSAL today, March 9th. No evening activities, no PM preschool.
A huge thanks to all the volunteers that came to Vernon to speak to our 5th and 6th graders about careers yesterday! #vmsinspire
Congratulations to the VMS Jazz Band for earning a Superior rating at the NEIBA Jazz Festival on Saturday! Two students from our band also received "Outstanding Soloist" awards. Congratulations to Ari G. for his vibraphone solo and Abram B. for being named the overall "Outstanding Soloist" for the festival on trumpet/flugelhorn. Way to go, VMS Jazz Band! #vmsinspire
Please welcome our new 5th grade literacy/social studies teacher, Will Norton. He graduated from Mount Mercy College. He decided to go into teaching because he always enjoyed working with kids. An opportunity in high school to help with the basketball youth camp was when he first thought teaching might be a good option. He has taught for 16 years at a variety of different grade levels ranging from 2nd-8th. He chose to work at a middle school because middle school is an influential time and he feels like teachers can have a significant impact on student success and he loves to see kids grow.
He’s been married for 11 years and has a 1 year old daughter. He also coaches volleyball at Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School. He grew up on a dairy farm and he show cows at the Iowa State Fair.
What do you do when the power goes out right before school starts and buses have already dropped off students? Get out basketballs and chess boards or have some good conversations!
MISD Bands presented their annual Parade of Bands Concert on Tuesday evening, featuring the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and High School Bands, as well as a combined performance by all bands at the end of the concert. Congratulations to Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Waymire, Mr. Vander Wiel, and all of our Marion band students! #vmsinspire
Congratulations to the VMS Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Grade Bands, which all received Superior ratings at the NEIBA Middle School Large Group Contest at Anamosa High School on Tuesday! #vmsinspire
Please see the information below on VMS Fastworks for March 23rd. Please register by March 17th!
Students in Mr. Vanderhei's 7th grade literacy classes are starting a Public Speaking Unit. One activity that they do at the beginning is an impromptu speech game. The students pick a topic out of a bowl and talk for 30 seconds on that topic. The goal is not to use or have more than three 'umm's", "like's", or long pauses. It's a fun way to work on avoiding verbal fillers while public speaking.
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