East Minico Middle School

Hello Pirates!
Here is your Pirate Post for the week: https://secure.smore.com/n/nqxbt-pirate-post-10-18-2025

Hello Pirates!
What will the middle school musical be this school year? Click this link to find out: https://youtu.be/1Z6exdHBG9M

Our East Minico choir put on a great show tonight! Thank you Mrs. Birch for preparing these students so well!

What a great concert by our orchestra tonight! Mrs. Johnson really trains these students well!

🏴‍☠️ Ahoy, Mateys! 🏴‍☠️ Feast yer eyes on these treasures — our brand-new 3D printed Pirate Pride ships! ⚓️💀 Each one a symbol of the East Minico spirit, crafted with precision and Pirate passion! A huge shoutout and hearty thanks to our talented crew at Minico High School for bringing these beauties to life. Your creativity and craftsmanship help keep the Pirate flag flying high! 🏴‍☠️⚓️

Let's hear it for our 8th grade volleyball team for their resilience and hard work. They finished 2nd place in the conference tonight!

8th grade volleyball championship vs Burley! Let's go Pirates!

Hello Pirates!
Here is your Pirate Post for the week:
https://secure.smore.com/n/h3br6-pirate-post-8-10-3-2025

What an amazing opportunity it was for our students to attend the Hale Centre Theatre for a matinee of Sister Act: The Musical today! The students loved every minute of it, and they represented our community so well! Thank you to the theater for providing the tickets, to the bus garage for providing the transportation, and to the chaperones who helped with the students! We hope to be able to do this again!

Awesome and Julian are the amazing winners of our Connect 4 tournament. 🥇🥇They both received a drink from fizz farm and play credits to Arcadia! Good job boys! More fun lunch activities to come. 🏴‍☠️🥤

Big win for our 8th grade volleyball team tonight! they advance in the tournament!

We had our Powderpuff football game last Thursday! It was so much fun! The two teams tied in the end. In addition to our football players, we had referees, announcers, dancers, and cheerleaders. Thanks to Mr. Larson for organizing this event each year!

This is our bye week, but that isn't stopping our boys! we worked out a matchup with Declo tonight on our turf! #football #eastminico #gopirates

We had a quadruple-heder tonight! Two #volleyball games vs Jerome and two #soccer games vs West. We love our #pirates 💜🏴‍☠️💜🏴‍☠️

Mr. Larson teaching his class how to fold the American Flag.

Mrs. Kraus' class did their "Probability with M&Ms" lesson Wednesday and Thursday. We will be using the data to make bar graphs and circle graphs. Mrs. Van Every's ELA class is collaborating on it. She is using the M&M theme this week to do their narrative stories.

6th Grade Science Lab Highlights On Thursday, our 6th graders explored Phase Changes through a hands-on lab! Students observed how the temperature of ice changes as it is heated and investigated what happens during a phase change from solid to liquid (and eventually to gas). Key Concept: Heating a substance doesn’t always increase its temperature. During a phase change, the added energy is used to change the state of matter—like melting ice into water—instead of speeding up particle motion. Students did a fantastic job recording observations and connecting them to the science behind energy and matter!

Dear Families,
We are excited to invite you to a Washington DC Coast Trip Information Session where we’ll share all the details about an unforgettable journey filled with history, learning, and adventure!
This year’s trip will be extra special as we’ll be celebrating America’s 250th anniversary — a once-in-a-lifetime milestone! 🎉 Imagine standing where our nation began, walking the same streets as our Founding Fathers, and experiencing the very places where our country’s story was first written.

Fun Facts to Get You Excited:
The United States will officially turn 250 years old in 2026, marking a quarter-millennium of independence!
You’ll get to see, touch, and feel history in a way that books simply can’t capture.

📅 Date: September 24th
⏰ Time: 6pm
📍 RSVP: https://bit.ly/3IlUK9d

During the session, we’ll go over the itinerary, costs, fundraising opportunities, and answer all your questions. This trip isn’t just about sightseeing — it’s about creating memories that will last a lifetime and giving our students a deeper connection to the story of our nation.
Those that RSVP will be entered for scholarship opportunities so don't wait too long to RSVP!
-Whitney Ward

Mrs. Gerard's class learned about extracting honey today!

East football vs West! Always one of the funnest games of the year! Props to our band and cheer team for providing a fun environment for our fans!