Mustang Activities Dept Newsletter
For all Athletics & Clubs at Merrill Middle School
Monthly Round up
Sports
Note: Please check your parent portal through Infinite Campus for any outstanding participation fees. Each sport costs $15.00 and is due by week 2 of the sport beginning. Please contact Mr. Luft if you have any questions.
After school Clubs, Activities, and Fun, OH MY!
We want every student to be involved in some sort of extra curricular activity at Merrill. Because of that, we offer a ton of different ways to meet the interests of our students.
Here is a list of the current Clubs and Activities. Click on each one to learn more about them!
- Academic Pentathlon
- All People All the Time (APAT)
- Battle of the Books
- Best Buddies
- Brother 2 Brother
- Chess Club
- Drama Club
- Gardening Club
- Jazz Choir
- Lego Club
- Lego League
- MATHCOUNTS
- Minecraft Club
- Mustang TV
- Poetry Club
- Science Club
- Sketching and Creative Writing Club
- Sisters 4 Success
- Stomp out Stigma
- Wizarding Club
Looking ahead
Basketball
Girl's Basketball (8th grade only) season is right around the corner! First practice is October 17, 2022. Click here to see the game schedule.
Any students interested in playing Basketball but haven't signed up, please let Mr. Luft know as soon as possible.
Boy's Basketball (8th grade only) season will begin in January. Info will be shared closer to that time.
Wrestling
Boys and Girls Wrestling (7th and 8th Grade only) season is beginning as well! First practice is October 17th, 2022. Click here to see the schedule.
As a reminder: A current physical must be on file with the school nurse and the participation fee of $15.00, paid. The fee will be applied to student's accounts by October 19th for those of you that would like to pay the fee online. Otherwise, you can send cash or check to school with your student to deliver to the office manager, Mrs. Austin.
Calendar of Events
Click here to access the calendar on our Merrill website. This is updated daily and is a great resource for dates, times or place for any Clubs, Activities, or Sports practices and games!
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Merrill Middle School
Email: merrill@dmschools.org
Website: https://merrill.dmschools.org/
Location: 5301 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone: 515-242-8448