Summer Break
Irving MS
7th Grade 2024-25
8th Grade 2025-26
High School
100

This cartoon's theme song claims there's "104 days of summer vacation", but your summer vacation was actually 81 days long

Phineas and Ferb

100

Irving MS was built in THIS decade (Ex. 1990's, 2000's, 2010's, etc.)

1920's

100

THIS 7th grade boys team won the All-City championship last year

Track & Field

100

Next year's 8th graders will be a landmark class to finish at Irving, marking THIS number of classes to move on to high school

100 

100

Starting high school in the fall of 2026, this makes you the class of WHAT

2030

200

In 1936, Lincoln hit a record 115 degrees, and without technology or A/C systems, people were forced to sleep on the lawn of THIS Lincoln icon

Capitol building

200

Room 315's (this room) neighbor is a former Aardvark!

Mr. Bayne

200

This 7th grade girls team competed in the All-City championship last year

Volleyball

200

Some of you during Spring Break will be joining us on a tour of THESE two cities

Washington DC and NYC

200

Opening in 1871, this high school is only 4 years younger than the state of Nebraska

Lincoln High

300

This season for THIS aquatic summer-favorite is typically between Memorial Day and Labor Day 

Public pool season (Irvingdale pool)

300

This is the famous serial killer who attended Irving, killed 11 people before his arrest in Wyoming in 1958

Charles Starkweather

300

Mr. Davison attended 7th grade at THIS school in Omaha named after the richest man in Nebraska's aunt

Alice Buffett MS

300

THIS is the name of the new English teacher on third floor

Buell

300

Being the 99th class at Irving is cool and all, but if you attend Lincoln Southeast, which opened in 1955, you'll be the __th class to graduate

75th

400

These buzzing insects are famous for their loud mating calls in mid-to-late summer, and some species only appear every 13 to 17 years

Cicadas

400

The Irving Rec Center was built in this decade

1970's

400

In 7th grade World History, you learned that THIS novel was written by a Japanese woman named Murasaki Shikibu, it is considered the world's first novel

The Tale of Genji

400

If you live outside of city limits, you'll be able to drive to school thanks to THIS type of license, after you turn 14 years old

School permit

400

Omaha Central High School is the only public high school that is older than Lincoln High, opening in 1869, but the building was initially opened in 1859 as THIS important building for Nebraska Territory

Territorial Capitol

500

THIS university in the Iowa Great Lakes region is actually not a university at all, but a tradition of celebrating good times and camaraderie while on a boat or sitting on the dock with friends

Okoboji

500

This was Mrs. Kluck-Spann's first hire as principal of Irving (hint: they still work here as a teacher)

Mr. Davison

500

Stop by the 7th grade hallway this year and you'll notice some new faces, besides Mr. Davison moving up to the third floor, THIS math teacher moved back home to Chicago!

Ms. Gerl

500

If Mr. Davison was born in 2000, this was the year(s) he was in 8th grade

2013-14

500

Opening in 1941, THIS Lincoln high school is the second one after Lincoln High to open

Lincoln Northeast