Every Wednesday morning, the students of Ms. Sheets can be found walking door to door in the middle school with a coffee cart. They sell cups of coffee for $1 each with all of the profits going to different charities throughout the year. During the month of September, the money raised selling coffee to teachers […]
Scott Tjeerdsma has been named Middle School Athletic Director of the Year for the Southeast Iowa District by the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association. Scott does a tremendous job working in multiple roles as Middle School Math Teacher, Middle School Dean, and Middle School Athletic Director. We are grateful for his time and talents […]
KNIA/KRLS Story: Pella Eighth Grader Recognized for Creating Program to Help Families in Need Posted: Friday, September 29th, 2017 at 4:59 am Author: KNIA/KRLS News – Andrew Schneider
This fall an 8th grader named, Callista Webb, combined her baking skills and loving heart to make a difference in the world. Callista received $50 from her church and needed to use the money to do something good in the world. After taking time to consider all her options, she decided upon helping out children […]
Pella MS Students Present Checks to Non-Profits
The 7th grade class at Pella Middle School packed 20,700 meals in the middle school on Thursday, February 9. Hannah Nedder, a 7th grader in Mrs. (Kristin) Schulz’s Social Studies class wrote and obtained a $2000 grant toward this project as a result of the annual 7th grade social studies “Go Make a Difference/Change the […]
Students in the Pella Middle School are using their skills learned in the social studies classroom to make a difference in their community. The students in Mrs. Sadler’s 7th grade Social Studies class created a business through the problem solving process they learned about in class. They are selling old football and track jerseys, as […]
There is a new Peer 2 Peer Pella Program changing lives at the Pella Middle School. This Peer 2 Peer program is a peer mentoring program in which general education students partner up with their special education friends who have various disabilities & impairments. These mentoring opportunities take place during study halls, lunch/recess time, or […]