
5-8th grade Battle of the Books teams completed the in-school qualifying round quiz on Wednesday. After the scores are tallied, two fifth grade teams, and two 6-8th grade teams will advance to the next round of competition.








Jr. High Girls Wrestling meet in Waukon has been Canceled due to cold temperatures 🥶. This will not be made up. Girls will meet after school tomorrow. Please bring uniform and school issued gear to turn in at that time.

Our 7th and 8th grade students competed in the MathCounts competition at Hawkeye Community College on Friday, February 14—and they did an amazing job!
A special shoutout to Connor Mitchell, who placed 31st out of 106 students! Our team also showed great effort, placing 10th out of 13 teams. Each year, our students continue to improve, and we’re so proud of their hard work and dedication!


Good morning S-F parents & families.
S-F schools will be closed today due to extreme cold. Students and staff will follow virtual learning day protocols for today, Feb. 18th. No AM Activities, No AM or PM Preschool. Stay safe and stay warm!

Good evening S-F parents & families,
S-F schools will be 2 hours late tomorrow, Tuesday Feb. 17th. No AM Activities; AM Preschools will run from 10:00 - 11:20 AM
Stay warm, stay safe.

Mrs. Mizer's 3rd graders love to READ,
No surprise that they are in the LEAD!
Aubrey Morse (Week 2 Top Reader) is no fool,
She knows reading makes her powerful and cool.
The Traveling Trophy will stay in this grade,
Can they keep it up or will their reading minutes fade?



SFMS ended the 4th Quarter of the ReadBowl last week and the winners were awarded this morning! The top readers last week were: 5th Grade - Lucille Kleiss, 6th Grade - Madilyn Pagel, 7th Grade - Theo Johnson, and 8th Grade - Greg Baker. The top class was 6th Grade Lit 3! Over the entire challenge, we were able to log almost 200,000 minutes! Way to go, Cougars!



Good morning S-F parents & families,
We will be dismissing 1 hour early today (2.14.25) due to the incoming snow and wind. There will be no practices today/tonight after school and no evening activities. Please look for additional information about Saturday's activities & possible changing times.
Drive safe and have a great weekend!

As part of the "Throw a Snow Sphere" Cougar Way Reward, FES classes did a Snowball Toss game. Each student got three snowballs to throw in buckets with different point levels. Piper Gruenberg and Vivyan Fayer were the only two students to land their snowballs in the most challenging bucket worth 10 points. Eben Brincks had the highest point total with 15. The 1st grade class had the highest class average, so they will get an extra recess once the weather gets a little warmer!







Due to cold weather there will be no morning weight lifting at Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School Thursday 2-13

Good morning S-F parents & families,
S-F schools will be closed today (Wed., 2/12) due to accumulating snow throughout the day - this will be an actual "snow day" - no virtual learning today. No practices & no evening activities. Stay safe!

FES students earned a Cougar Way Reward today. The message on the board said, "Throw a Snow Sphere." Classes played Snowball Dodgeball this afternoon. Each class sent its winner to the Championship Game. The Snowball Dodgeball Champion is Alexis Hagen. The staff also competed, and the winner was Miss Njus for the second year in a row! The winner of each class got a Hostess Snowball.











Congratulations to our Quarter 3 Read Bowl winners: 8th Grade-Zak Willems, Jayden Haverkamp, 7th Grade-Theo Johnson, 6th Grade-Tay Marvin, and 5th Grade-Lucille Kleiss. 6th Grade Lit 3 were our class winners this week.



More Beach Party fun!










Durant students had a blasts at their Beach Party. We celebrated the student's hard work and good behavior during the first semester. They enjoyed a treat, hula dancing, the limbo, Bingo, and beach ball fun!









Mrs. Mizer's 3rd grade class read the most for Week 1 of Reading is Fun Month at FES. The Traveling Trophy made its way to this classroom with the song "We are the Champions" playing upon its arrival. Myla Strempke was the overall top reader.



FES Preschool students had a Valentine Date Night where they came to the school with their parents, took photos in our Photo Booth, made a Valentine for a loved one and then mailed it. Students were excited to choose someone to send a Valentine Hug!






FES is so proud of our Star Cougars for the month of January! Way to start off the new year showing the Cougar Way! Mr. Volker presented certificates to students who had perfect attendance for the first semester. FES also celebrated January birthdays. Thank you, Mr. Seney, for being a cool superintendent who is willing to join in our elementary fun...the staff and students loved seeing your dance moves during the birthday song!








FES had its January Cougar Way Assembly last Friday. In the skit, Miss Henniges was the teacher and explained that February is Reading is Fun Month. Dorothy and Scarecrow went home and read. They showed RESPONSIBILITY by turning in all 4 reading slips, so they earned a bowling party. Tin Man went home and played video games because he said, "My HEART just isn't into reading." He didn't turn in his reading slips, so he couldn't go bowling. After getting a selfie from his friends at the bowling alley and seeing how much fun they were having, he said he wished he would have put his HEART into reading and showed RESPONSIBILITY by turning in his reading slips. We hope our FES students put their hearts into reading this month and reach our goal of 120,000 minutes!











Good morning S-F families & parents,
All S-F buildings will be on a 2 hour delay schedule today due to icy road conditions;
No AM Activities;
AM Preschool will be 10:00 AM - 11:20; PM Preschool will be regular time
Drive safely!