The AC vs Pierre softball games scheduled for April 1 have been postponed to April 22 in Pierre at 4:00pm. Go Eagles!
Let's celebrate spring! Dress up next week and celebrate with a Social on Friday!!
Race Cars in 8th grade Robotics! Congrats to the Grand Champions!
Lepkowski's homeroom is enjoying celebratory donuts and bananas for winning the staff vs. student free throw bracket!!
Check out this group of SMS 8th graders who attended the 2025 Women in Science conference, held every spring on the NSU campus. They had the opportunity to listen to many professional women in STEM fields speak about their experiences. A huge thank you to this cooperative effort to help inspire the next generation of female scientists!
🎉🏆 Congratulations to Mrs. Leidholt for winning our Staff vs. Student Free Throw Competition! Our students gave an impressive effort, but our staff proved unstoppable and got the trophy! Plus, we collected nearly 300 food items for our food drive. How awesome! 👏💙
Wednesday Morning Chess & MathCounts – On Wednesday mornings before homeroom, our MathCounts team spends time playing chess! It’s a fun way to build strategic thinking and problem-solving skills. All are welcome to join and challenge their peers! ♟️📊
Good afternoon, Simmons Middle School parents! We are looking for donations of 16oz bottles of soda/gatorade/powerade and snack sized candy (no peanuts, please) for our Apr. 4th social. All donations can be dropped off at the main office until noon April 4. We are also looking for a few parents to help sell concessions at the social from 3:00-5:00. Proceeds benefit SMS PTA. If you can help, please call or email Dr. Murley.
🏀We’re down to the Final4️⃣ in our Students vs. Staff Free Throw Contest! Don't forget - our food drive for the Salvation Army ends this week.🥫Bring in those non-perishable food items to support our community and give your team the advantage! #goEagles #AberdeenPublicSchools
A little Monopoly playing to take a break from the screen time in core today!
Happy St. Patrick's Day! We will be serving special treats at all schools to help celebrate! #AberdeenPublicSchools #GoEagles #StPatricksDay 🍀
Make plans to attend the final public performance of Simmons Singers at Center Stage, Aberdeen Central's home competition. Vocal jazz starts at 9:30, Holgate kicks off the show choirs at 12:55pm, and Simmons is at 1:10 pm.
There are great show choirs performing all day and the Finals for all high school groups will begin at 5:30 pm.
We hope you attend and support fine arts in our public schools but if you can't or have family out of town here is the live stream: https://www.youtube.com/@asdchs4370/streams
*All times are dependent on weather and can change*
Updated Schedule:
SMS student-led conferences are next week, March 18 and 19. We kindly ask that you bring your middle school student and his/her Chromebook.
You are welcome to stop by at your convenience:
March 18: 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
March 19: 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM
We look forward to seeing you!
"Blood" typing in 7th grade Medical Detectives!
Mrs. Conklin and Mrs. Wilkinson's 8th grade classes combined for a STEM Challenge: pasta cars!
Mrs Conklin's 8th grade Robotics students created Automatas using some of the mechanisms they've learned in class. The tops jump and/or spin when the cranks are turned. The tops and gears were designed and 3D printed by the students.
This afternoon we celebrated the homerooms of Brockhaus, Leidholt, Hansen, and A. Thompson for winning our attendance challenge! Their kids all averaged a daily attendance rate of 96.%!! #GoEagles
Ottenbacher's homeroom is ready for the free throw challenge! Bring in your non perishable food items!
8th grade ELA loves our silent reading time each week!
This month, the Simmons Middle School Student Senate is hosting a Basketball Food Drive for the Salvation Army, with staff vs. student free throw challenges during homeroom!
As part of the challenge, students and staff can bring in a food item and place it in the box of whichever competitor they want to have an advantage!
The event continues next week and donations are still needed, so don’t forget to bring in your food items! #GoEagles #AberdeenPublicSchools 💙🏀💛
