🚨 BIG WIN! 🚨 The IRMS Step Team, River Dynamics, crushed their 1st competition on Saturday!!! They won 1st Place 🏆 AND Best Theme 💥 (“Insane Asylum”)! These girls have worked tirelessly all year, their performance was amazing, and we are SO proud of them! 💙👏
🌸🎉 Get ready to show your school spirit! Spring Spirit Week is coming next week! 💐✨
IRMS 8th graders had the opportunity to visit the Michael and Kimthanh Lê Planetarium at Old Dominion University this week! 🚀 @cpschoolsva
📚 Lauren Burnell represented Indian River Middle at the VSLA Literacy Jam yesterday. Lauren read aloud a poem, written by herself, which will be featured in the 2025 Literacy Jam Book. Well done, Lauren! 📚 @cpschoolsva
🎉 Huge congratulations to 8th grader Lauren Burnell and speech coach Beth Carter for being recognized at this week's school board meeting for taking 1st place in the Prose Reading category at the recent speech tournament! 🏆 @cpschoolsva #CPSCelebrates
🎶 March is Music in Our Schools Month! 🎵 We’re celebrating the power of music all month long! We love all of our musicians and music teachers at IRMS! 💙💙
Congrats to the girls volleyball team for a 3-0 victory yesterday! 🏐🎉 Let's go Braves! @cpschoolsva
It was a win for the girls' field hockey team yesterday with a 5-0 victory against Crestwood! 🔥🏑 Way to go, Braves! @cpschoolsva
Our 7th graders had a wonderful time at the Norfolk Zoo! 🐍🐢🌿 They explored exhibits, went on an EdVenture, and discovered the amazing adaptations of an African python, African tortoise, and Australian tree skunk!
🌍✨Last week, IRMS celebrated National Foreign Language Week! 🎉 Students explored how language differences are not a barrier, but a pathway to learning!✨ 🌎 #CPSCelebrates @cpschoolsva
📚✨ Get ready to celebrate Reading Spirit Week at Indian River Middle School next week! 🎉 📖💙
⛈️ Due to inclement weather, all after-school and evening activities for today, March 5, 2025, are canceled. Please note, this includes YMCA child care and Boys and Girls Club.
💻 For more weather-related updates, visit https://www.cpschools.com/emergency
📚🎉 Happy Read Across America Day & the beginning of Reading Month! This year, IRMS Braves are Escaping Through Literacy: Unlocking Worlds, Igniting Minds -- Let's inspire a love for books, spark imagination, and celebrate the power of reading—one page at a time! 📖✨ @cpschoolsva #readingmonth
Mrs. Guilfoyle's @cpschoolsva chorus students celebrated Black History Month by learning about a new Black musician each day! 🎶 They explored their history, listened to their music, and discovered their lasting impact. 🎼#CPSCelebrates
Huge thank you to all the incredible speakers who joined us for Black History Month! Your stories, wisdom, and inspiration made a lasting impact on our students. We appreciate you! @cpschoolsva #CPSCelebrates
📢 Does your child have an IEP or a 504 plan? SEAC is your voice!
🗓 When? March 11
⏰ Time? 6:30 PM
📍 Where? School Admin Building
🎯 Topic of Discussion: I'm Determined: Transition & Inclusion
Join us for an important conversation about empowering students with disabilities through transition planning and inclusion!
🔗 Learn more: https://www.cpschools.com/o/cps/page/special-education-advisory-committee
Does your child have an IEP or a 504 plan? Then SEAC is your voice!
JOIN US:
When: March 11
Time: 6:30pm
Where: School Administration Building
TOPIC OF DISCUSSION: Science of Reading
For more Info: https://www.cpschools.com/o/cps/page/special-education-advisory-committee
💻 The Chesapeake Virtual Academy (CVA) is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year. CVA offers full and part-time online learning for K-12 students in Chesapeake.
📝 The deadline to apply is March 10, 2025.
🔗https://www.cpschools.com/article/1951420
❄️ While we kept the learning going remotely on our snow days, our @cpschoolsva staff and students also took time to enjoy the rare winter wonderland right here in Chesapeake! ⛄#IRMSnowday
🌨️ Weather Alert: Remote Learning Day 2🌨️
Due to the ongoing severe winter weather impacting our area, Chesapeake Public Schools will continue with asynchronous remote learning on Friday, February 21, 2025. 💻
🏫 All school buildings & offices will be closed. Additionally, all school activities and athletic practices are canceled for Friday, February 21, as well as all school activities and athletic events scheduled for the weekend.
We will continue to monitor weather conditions and provide updates as needed.
🔗 For the latest information, please visit www.cpschools.com/emergency
❄️Stay warm and stay safe! ❄️
