Pirate Post 10/3/2025

🏴‍☠️💜💛This past week has been busy. It's that time of the year where parent teacher conferences is coming up an we have last minute planning and paperwork to get hammered out. I'm hopeful that this week both myself and Mr. Kniep will have a little bit more time to mingle with students. That’s where we truly want to be—seeing the incredible things students are doing every day. I continue to be impressed by our parents, especially when motivating middle schoolers can feel particularly challenging. Your work matters, and I see the impact it’s having.

Now that we’re into October, we all know the pace is about to pick up. Once Halloween arrives, we head straight into the holiday season—fun, but also a bit chaotic. On top of that, parent-teacher conferences are only three weeks away. Wow how time flies when we are having fun! This has been by far the most exciting start up of any year that I have been involved in!

Thanks for all you do every day for our students and school. I am so blessed to be a Pirate!⚓🏴‍☠️💜💛

📅 Monday, October 6

Bell Schedule D (pictured below)

2 – 3pm: Fall Sports Assembly

4:30: 8th grade volleyball tournament vs O'Leary

📅 Tuesday, October 7

All day: ELA SICA Testing (Day 1/2)

3:45 – 4:45pm: Builder’s Club @ Rupert Elementary

4 – 8pm: Football vs South Hills

4 – 6pm: Volleyball Practice

📅 Wednesday, October 8

All day: ELA SICA Testing (Day 2/2)

1 – 2pm: PTO Meeting

4:30 – 8:30pm: Volleyball District Tournament vs TBD

📅 Friday, October 10

Non-Contract Day!

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Future Dates:

📅 Monday, October 13

3:15 – 3:45pm: Wrestling Meeting

6 – 8pm: Cheer Practice

📅 Tuesday, October 14

11:15 – 11:45am: Builder’s Club

12:24 – 12:54pm: Builder’s Club

4 – 8pm: Football vs TBD (at Burley?)

6 – 8pm: Cheer Practice

7 – 7:30pm: East Minico Orchestra Concert – At East Minico Middle School

📅 Wednesday, October 15

9 – 11am: Choir Rehearsal at Minico

6 – 8pm: Cheer Practice

7 – 8pm: Middle School Choir Concert @ Minico

📅 Thursday, October 16

8:30 – 9am: Office Meeting

5 – 10pm: Wizarding

6 – 8pm: Cheer Practice

📅 Friday, October 17

8 – 10am: 7th Grade Volleyball Practice

5 – 10pm: Wizarding

COMMUNCATE

• Parents, please take a look at Powerschool to see that your students are passing their classes. We really want to make sure that students have work turned in as the quarter is winding down.
• We will be following bell schedule D on Monday. You can see it below. Students will go to advisory to take attendance and drop off bags, then to the assembly, then back to advisory before the bell rings.
• Math SICA Testing is this week in math classes.
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Our publications team is seeking 8th grade baby pictures to be put in the yearbook this year. Please send baby pics of your 8th graders to alarson@minidokaschools.org.