📣 Attention 8th Grade Families! 📣
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School invites all current 8th graders and their parents to attend The Cougar Blueprint: Drafting Your Path to Graduation!
🗓 Thursday, February 26
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 SFHS Auditorium
Come learn about high school credit requirements, explore freshman year classes, discuss your 4-year plan, meet high school teachers, and discover all the activities SFHS has to offer!
This is a great opportunity to start planning for a successful high school experience. We hope to see you there! 🐾💙
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School invites all current 8th graders and their parents to attend The Cougar Blueprint: Drafting Your Path to Graduation!
🗓 Thursday, February 26
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 SFHS Auditorium
Come learn about high school credit requirements, explore freshman year classes, discuss your 4-year plan, meet high school teachers, and discover all the activities SFHS has to offer!
This is a great opportunity to start planning for a successful high school experience. We hope to see you there! 🐾💙
We are excited to be sharing details about our Washington D.C. 2027 Trip for current 5th and 6th grade students!
We will be hosting an informational meeting to discuss the trip, review important details, answer any questions you may have, and assist families who would like help signing up.
📍 Location: Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School – Library
📅 Date: February 19, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
If your student is already signed up for the trip, you are welcome to attend the meeting, but attendance is not required. We can discuss any fundraising ideas and opportunities you might have in mind.
The trip is open to students as well as any parents or grandparents who would like to attend.
If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like more information, please feel free to email me at maherr@sfcougars.k12.ia.us.
We look forward to sharing this exciting opportunity with you!
We will be hosting an informational meeting to discuss the trip, review important details, answer any questions you may have, and assist families who would like help signing up.
📍 Location: Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School – Library
📅 Date: February 19, 2026
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
If your student is already signed up for the trip, you are welcome to attend the meeting, but attendance is not required. We can discuss any fundraising ideas and opportunities you might have in mind.
The trip is open to students as well as any parents or grandparents who would like to attend.
If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like more information, please feel free to email me at maherr@sfcougars.k12.ia.us.
We look forward to sharing this exciting opportunity with you!
Middle School Jazz Band practice for tomorrow morning, Feb. 13, has been canceled.
Ashley and Jess visited the 7th grade careers and 5th & 6th guidance classes today to talk about financial literacy topics with our students! A special thanks to Luana Savings Bank!
Something suspicious is happening in 7th grade…
Our 7th graders are kicking off a Crime Study Argumentative Writing Unit—and it’s all about the evidence. Students will investigate case files, analyze clues, question motives, and piece together what really happened as an investigative team. Their mission? Write a powerful argument to convince a jury of a conviction. Was it an accident… or a crime? The jury (and the teacher) will decide. Stay tuned—this classroom is officially a crime scene.
Our 7th graders are kicking off a Crime Study Argumentative Writing Unit—and it’s all about the evidence. Students will investigate case files, analyze clues, question motives, and piece together what really happened as an investigative team. Their mission? Write a powerful argument to convince a jury of a conviction. Was it an accident… or a crime? The jury (and the teacher) will decide. Stay tuned—this classroom is officially a crime scene.
SFMS readers logged a total of 43,572 minutes during Quarter 3 for Read Bowl 2026. Way to keep the momentum going!
Top Reading Classes:
1st Place: 6th Grade Lit 2 – Avg. 332 minutes
2nd Place: 6th Grade Lit 1 – Avg. 331 minutes
3rd Place: 7th Grade Lit 2 – Avg. 308 minutes
Top Readers by Grade:
5th: Amber Walvatne
6th: Lucille Kleiss
7th: Lily Shepard
8th: Faith Chandler
We are proud of our SFMS readers and their commitment to reading every day. Keep logging those minutes as we continue working toward a spot on the Read Bowl leaderboard. #ReadBowl @ReadWithMalcolm
Top Reading Classes:
1st Place: 6th Grade Lit 2 – Avg. 332 minutes
2nd Place: 6th Grade Lit 1 – Avg. 331 minutes
3rd Place: 7th Grade Lit 2 – Avg. 308 minutes
Top Readers by Grade:
5th: Amber Walvatne
6th: Lucille Kleiss
7th: Lily Shepard
8th: Faith Chandler
We are proud of our SFMS readers and their commitment to reading every day. Keep logging those minutes as we continue working toward a spot on the Read Bowl leaderboard. #ReadBowl @ReadWithMalcolm
Conferences = No Cooking Required!
We know conference nights are busy—so let us take the stress off dinner!
Tuesday, Feb. 24 | 3–7 PM
The Meatery will be serving up delicious food from the SFMS concession stand.
Carry out or dine in
Thursday, Feb. 26 | 3–7 PM
Boyd’s Food Truck & Catering will be parked on the west side of SFMS.
Grab it to-go or enjoy during conferences
Both nights are open to the public, so bring your appetite, invite friends, and enjoy a great meal.
We know conference nights are busy—so let us take the stress off dinner!
Tuesday, Feb. 24 | 3–7 PM
The Meatery will be serving up delicious food from the SFMS concession stand.
Carry out or dine in
Thursday, Feb. 26 | 3–7 PM
Boyd’s Food Truck & Catering will be parked on the west side of SFMS.
Grab it to-go or enjoy during conferences
Both nights are open to the public, so bring your appetite, invite friends, and enjoy a great meal.
The sixth grade students presented their nonfiction reports to each other this week! They researched a topic, wrote an essay, and created a slideshow to share with their classmates.
SFMS readers logged an impressive 44,447 minutes during Quarter 2 of Malcolm Mitchell's Read Bowl
. We are proud of the dedication and effort our students continue to show.
Top Readers by Grade:
5th: Bella Wilson
6th: Ryleigh Walton
7th: Lily Shepard
8th: Theo Johnson
Top Reading Classes:
1st Place: 6th Grade Lit 2
2nd Place: 6th Grade Lit 1
3rd Place: 5th Grade Lit 2
We’re building strong reading habits and working toward seeing SFMS on a Read Bowl leaderboard. Keep reading and keep logging those minutes. #ReadBowl @ReadWithMalcolm
. We are proud of the dedication and effort our students continue to show.
Top Readers by Grade:
5th: Bella Wilson
6th: Ryleigh Walton
7th: Lily Shepard
8th: Theo Johnson
Top Reading Classes:
1st Place: 6th Grade Lit 2
2nd Place: 6th Grade Lit 1
3rd Place: 5th Grade Lit 2
We’re building strong reading habits and working toward seeing SFMS on a Read Bowl leaderboard. Keep reading and keep logging those minutes. #ReadBowl @ReadWithMalcolm
SFMS 7th Graders conducted a speed and motion lab today. They measured a distance, took turns moving across that distance with three different motions (heel to toe walking, normal walking, and running), and used stopwatches to record the time it took to complete the motions. Then they used both speed and kinetic energy equations to calculate meaningful data to draw conclusions about energy and energy transformations.
Malcolm Mitchell’s Read Bowl 2026 – Quarter 1 Success!
SFMS readers showed up in a BIG way! Our students read and logged 45,302 minutes in Quarter 1 — incredible work!
Top Readers:
5th Grade: Amber Walvatne 6th Grade: Lucille Kleiss 7th Grade: Lily Shepard 8th Grade: Theo Johnson
Top Classes:
1. 8th Grade Lit 1 – Avg. 520 minutes
2. 6th Grade Lit 2 – Avg. 352 minutes
3. 5th Grade Lit 2 – Avg. 215 minutes
We’re proud of our readers and ready to see SFMS on a Read Bowl leaderboard — keep reading and logging those minutes! #ReadBowl@ReadWithMalcolm
SFMS readers showed up in a BIG way! Our students read and logged 45,302 minutes in Quarter 1 — incredible work!
Top Readers:
5th Grade: Amber Walvatne 6th Grade: Lucille Kleiss 7th Grade: Lily Shepard 8th Grade: Theo Johnson
Top Classes:
1. 8th Grade Lit 1 – Avg. 520 minutes
2. 6th Grade Lit 2 – Avg. 352 minutes
3. 5th Grade Lit 2 – Avg. 215 minutes
We’re proud of our readers and ready to see SFMS on a Read Bowl leaderboard — keep reading and logging those minutes! #ReadBowl@ReadWithMalcolm
SFMS readers are on a roll! 📚
Students have logged 45,000+ minutes in the Read Bowl so far. Please help remind them to read at home and track their minutes on a reading log or scratch paper. Turn in your minutes on Monday!
Let’s keep reading strong! 💪
#ReadBowl2026 #ReadWithMalcolm #ReadBowl
Students have logged 45,000+ minutes in the Read Bowl so far. Please help remind them to read at home and track their minutes on a reading log or scratch paper. Turn in your minutes on Monday!
Let’s keep reading strong! 💪
#ReadBowl2026 #ReadWithMalcolm #ReadBowl
MS Girls Wrestling Families - the meet tomorrow, Jan 23, at Riceville has been postponed and rescheduled for Feb 5 due to the forecasted weather.
-stay safe and warm this weekend.
-stay safe and warm this weekend.
MS Families, strength and conditioning for tomorrow morning, Jan 22, is canceled due to weather conditions.
MS Families - due to the weather Nashua-Plainfield will not be traveling. Today's boys basketball game will be postponed. We will let you know when it has been rescheduled. The boys basketball team will have practice today after school. The shuttle will leave the MS at 5:15. There will not be cheer practice today. The girls wrestling meet is still on for today. -- Everyone stay safe out there.
7th Grade Science students at SFMS designed their own experiments to test the Laws of Gravity. Designing an experiment is a high-level skill as it requires students to plan, write, organize data tables, identify and isolate variables, hypothesize, calculate averages, form conclusion statements, and much more! Oh, and we can't leave out that students needed to collect materials and run their tests while trying their best to keep all but one variable controlled. 7th graders did an outstanding job doing all of these things and had some fun testing gravity along the way.
SFMS wants to thank Allanda and Ashley from the Luana Savings Bank for teaching a lesson on financial literacy to the Careers and Guidance exploratory classes this past week. Students learned skills in savings, banking, and money management.
2nd Quarter 8th grade robotics class designed, built, wired, coded and then raced automated vehicles for their end of quarter project. While there was a clear winner, all groups did an outstanding job!
7th Grade students in Mrs. Rucker's science class created models and then demonstrated various relationships between the Earth, moon and sun. They modeled lunar phases, seasons, and solar and lunar eclipses. Knowledge and application were shining brightly today in class!
SFMS Student Council organized a food drive during the month of November, resulting in 474 items being donated to our local food pantry. We want to thank all students and families who donated items!
