Sterling Middle School

Sterling Middle School

 

Sterling Spotlight Parent News

Volume 12: Information for the Week of        November 3-7, 2025

 
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Looking at the Week Ahead to See What Is Happening:

Sunday, November 2: Daylight Savings Time..... Set your Clocks back 1 hour.

Monday, November 3: Fall Picture Day! 

    • 7 Mindsets- Unit 3: We are Connected- 3.3 Build Your Dream Team

    • 12:25-1:00 7th Grade Good Guides Lunch Bunch

    • 2:30-3:45 Math Counts for 6th-8th grade with Dismang in room 205

   

Tuesday, November 4:  

     • Mindsets- Unit 3: We are Connected- 3.3 Build Your Dream Team

     • Horizons 6th-7th Grade during lunches- moving back to the community room- Room 135

     • 2:45-3:45 PTO Meeting

     • 3:45 Girls' Basketball Game AWAY @ Mark Bills- wear white jerseys-

       JV game starts at 3:45, Varsity will follow- players cannot get to Mark Bills until 3:15.

 

Wednesday, November 5: 

     • 7 Mindsets- Unit 3: We are Connected- 3.3 Build Your Dream Team

     • 9:30-11:30 8th Grade PSA Auditions @ Peoria High

     • 11:05-1:00 Speech and Debate during Lunches- room 135 Community Room

     • 2:30-4:00 Speech and Debate Practice in the Community Room- Room 135

 

Thursday, November 6: 

     • 7 Mindsets- Unit 3: We are Connected- 3.3 Build Your Dream Team

     • 3:45 Girls' Basketball Game AWAY @ Harold B Dawson-

       JV game starts at 3:45; Varsity will follow- players cannot get to HBD until 3:15. 

 

Friday, November 7: 

     • 7 Mindsets- Unit 3: We are Connected- 3.3 Build Your Dream Team

     • 11:05-1:00 Power Lunches- Community Outreach

 

Sterling PTO Fundraiser Restaurant Night:

slow hand
wraparound supports

ROAR Team Thanksgiving Food Drive:

Sterling's ROAR team will be sponsoring the food drive. Homerooms will be collecting canned food items. Items collected will be boxed with a turkey for a "thanksgiving dinner" and handed out to our families in need. A QR code will be sent out to our families closer to Thanksgiving to sign up if they are in need of a Thanksgiving dinner.

Thanksgiving Food Drive Flyer

7 Mindsets and Ron Clark Connections:

We are Connected 7 Mindsets unit highlights the power of relationships and working together. We will be making connections throughout this unit to the following Ron Clark Essential 55 Rules.

Rule #1: Respond to an adult when spoken to.

Rule #2: Make eye contact when spoke to.

Rule #3: Congratulate a classmate.

Rule #4: Respect other students' comments, opinions, and ideas.

October Lunch Menu:

oct lunch

Tutoring Option Available:

America Reads is a free tutoring program that pairs kids grades K-8 with a Bradley student to help them with reading comprehension, but if needed they can also help with homework. Starting September 22nd, these sessions are 45 minutes at 4:30, 5:30, and 6:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday, and kids can attend up to three sessions per week. These sessions take place on Bradley's campus. See the link on the flyer for the application to enroll your child today.

america reads

8th Grade Important High School Registration Dates:

8th grade registration

Girls' Basketball Schedule:

bball 1
bball 2
bball 3
save the date

Upcoming Dates:

November 3, 2025- Sterling Fall School Picture Day for Staff and Students- all day- students can wear any school appropriate attire for school pictures

November 5, 2025- 8th Grade PSA Auditions at Peoria High

November 11, 2025- 8th grade Fieldtrip to the HULT Center- 2 groups AM and PM- class split

November 11, 2025 PTO Fundraiser Night at Slow Hand from 11:00 AM-8:00 PM

November 17, 2025 - 5th grade Fieldtrip to the Riverfront Museum in the AM

November 18, 2025- 6th grade Fieldtrip to the Riverfront Museum in the AM

November 19, 2025- 7th grade Fieldtrip to the Riverfront Museum in the AM

November 20, 2025- 8th grade Fieldtrip to the Riverfront Museum in the AM

contact us

Principal, Mrs. Lynn Lane

lynn.lane@psd150.org

Assistant Principal, Ms. Katie Malahy

katherine.malahy@psd150.org

If you have any general academic, attendance, athletic, or other student concerns, please contact the school at 309-672-6557 or at sterling@psd150.org. Parents, please continue to check your email, our Sterling website and/or our Facebook for important announcements.