April 11, 2016

The Buzz at Irmo Middle School

Irmo Middle School

6051 Wescott Road
Columbia, SC 29212
(803) 476-3600

Creating successful students for the challenges of tomorrow

www.lexrich5.org/ims
School Hours:
8:20 a.m.3:35 p.m.

rsjackso@lexrich5.org

Robert S. Jackson, Ed.S., Principal

https://twitter.com/IMS_Principal

Inside this issue:

Relay for Life
2
SC Pass Essentials
3-6
SC Youth Diabetes
7
Camp Catch Your Breathe 8
ITOLOGY
9

EQUIP

10

Dates to Remember:
Tues 4/12
G40 Mtg. 7:45-8:10
Media Center
Field Trip: Dance Class
to Irmo High
Wed 4/13
Late Start for Students
at 9:20
Field Trip: SC Vocal
Performance
Assessment at Spring
Valley Presbyterian
Church
Thurs 4/14
Field Trip: Team
iGrow at Saluda Shoals
C Team Track Meet at
Irmo High 5 PM
Band Concert IMS
Gym 7 PM
Junior Scholars
Ceremony at Irmo
High Aud. 7 PM
Fri 4/15
FCA Mtg. 7:40-8:10
AM Room 904
Band Concert AM
Assembly

If you have news for the

Buzz, email Allison Redick
at aredick@lexrich5.org.

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PLANT SALE
Saturday 9:00am-1:00pm
Our 6th grade students from team
iGrow, are hosting our annual plant sale.
Tended and grown in our very own, oncampus greenhouse, plants for sale will include: spring and summer vegetables, herbs, and a selection
of flowers. The sale begins on Saturday, April 16th from 9am-1pm in
the IMS greenhouse - which is located behind the 7th grade building.
All proceeds from this sale will be used to fund future horticulture projects at IMS. Please support your Irmo Middle School community and
help to provide our students with unique and relevant learning experiences by attending the plant sale!
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IMS students are working hard to raise money for the fight against cancer.
(Sponsored by Student Government)
Paint Your World Purple Day was 4/5
Give Cancer the Boot Day was 4/6
Join the Team to Fight Cancer Day was 4/7

Crew competitions are being held to raise awareness and money!

Students are donating dimes to fill water bottles-Silver Saves Lives Drive
Lets fill those bottles this week!
Crews have been busy decorating doors and creating Fight Songs under the theme
of
Lets Unite to Fight Back
Irmo/Chapin Relay for Life community event:
Friday, May 6th,
7 PM-Midnight
Chapin High School Track
For more information, contact Allison Redick at aredick@lexrich5.org or 476-3668

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South Carolina Youth Diabetes Association (SCYDA) is pleased to announce that camp applications are now available online at: www.campsweetescape.com. We offer two summer
camping opportunities in 2016: 1) CSE-Midlands in Batesburg from June 4 - 8 and 2) CSEUpstate in Marietta, SC from July 16 - 20. Camp Sweet Escape promotes healthy diabetic
habits, independence, and a support network, all of which can make all of our jobs more rewarding. Whats better than watching a child grow and mature in a healthy, self-sufficient
way? We encourage everyone who is interested to apply early while space is still available!
At SCYDA, we feel that children with diabetes need ongoing support for the best outcomes and dont think this
should stop after Camp is over. Therefore, we are also busy with several other advocacy projects, including
our goal of providing a Diabetes Emergency Supply Kit (D.E.S.K) to all South Carolina public schools, maintaining
the current opportunity for free continuing education credits for schools nurses (co-sponsored by SC AHEC),
and supporting diabetes education for foster parents and SC Department of Social Services caseworkers.
As a previous public school nurse in the Lancaster County School District, I know first-hand how crazy busy
your job is. Although I apologize for requesting you add something else to it, I feel you understand how vital it is
to help students with diabetes learn to better care for themselves.
I think we have a mutual goal: we want all children to grow into healthy, responsible adults that can help make
the world a better place. To accomplish our goals we really need your help. Specifically, we need your help promoting Camp Sweet Escape to students & families and your help developing new sources of funding to support
these projects. Lets work together to make this happen.
Take the lead. Please consider Dress Down for Diabetes Day in April 2016. Funds raised at your school can
be earmarked to ensure children with diabetes from your school are able to attend Camp Sweet Escape. Its
simple:
Ask your school administrator to consider a faculty (or student) Dress Down for Diabetes Day. This could be
a jean day or t-shirt day, etc.
Pick a day in April 2016 for your Dress Down for Diabetes Day.
Charge $5.00 for each faculty participant (or $1.00 per student participant). (We had an awesome bookkeeper
at the school I worked in; she would always volunteer to collect the money for this. I didnt really have to do a
thing except talk it up.)
Send the money to SCYDA with the name of any children in your school with diabetes that you would like to
financially support.
If you dont have any children with diabetes at your school, please know there are many other financially challenged children with diabetes in the state that could benefit from your efforts. Again, I know you are very busy,
but I ask that you please take the time to help these students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to
attend camp.
Thank you for all that you do for these children and families. You DO make a difference!
Warmest regards,
Traci P. Scott, RN, CDE
Cell (803) 804-4978

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