2012 Conservation Day

On Tuesday, April 24, the Chadron Middle School 5^th graders enjoyed participating in many activities during the 9^th Annual Upper Niobrara White Natural Resource District Conservation Day. 

The students learned about how to conserve water and how harmful pollutants can be to our water supply. They created an edible aquifer and enjoyed the fun snack. The other stations dedicated time to teaching students about how to use a GPS, how birds feed their young, noxious weeds, and different types of soil. The water rockets station was a hit. By experimenting with levels of water in a pop bottle, students created their own water rockets and competed against their peers to see whose rocket traveled the farthest. This station also gave the students a chance to cool down by getting sprayed with water!  

The 5^th graders want to thank the Upper Niobrara White NRD and all of the presenters for providing such a fun, educational day!

Spring Flowers...Where are the Showers?

Chadron Middle School Students in the CMS After-School Program took time on Monday afternoon to work on a campus beautification service project.  Despite the hot day and the dry conditions, students planted flowers in front of the school under the guidance of the CMS After-School Program staff.  Now we need to hope for some rain so that new flowers can take root.

The After-School Program has done several service projects over the course of the school year that have focused on campus clean-up and campus beautification.  We all appreciate their efforts in making Chadron Middle School look good on the outside as well as on the inside.

National History Day National Qualifiers

Congratulations to Greta Welch and Alison Gardner on qualifying their National History Day (NHD) Project for Nationals in Washington D.C.  The girls created a website about Cesar Chavez and did a tremendous job.  You can check out their website at - 53018313.nhd.weebly.com

I also want to congratulate all of the CMS students that took NHD projects to State this past weekend and thank them for being good ambassadors for CMS!

April Upcoming Events/Activities

Up Coming Events/Activities:

April 6^th- 9^th – Easter Break

April 10^th – Begin NWEA/MAPS testing at CMS

April 12^th – 1 PM - 6^th grade all A’s Field Trip

April 13^th – 7^th and 8^th grade Scholastic Team @ Gering

April 20^th – 1:30 Dismissal

April 20^th – 9:30 Students leave for State National History Day

April 21^st – State National History Day Competition

April 24^th – 5^th Grade Conservation Day @ Assumption Arena

May 3^rd – 7 PM - 6^th-12^th grade vocal music concert @ HS Auditorium

May 4^th – NeSA and NWEA Testing Window Closes

May 8^th – 7 PM – 6^th – 12^th grade band concert @ HS Auditorium

Athletics:
April 13^th – 2:00 p.m. Track @ Gordon Invite – Bus leaves @ 12:45

April 17^th – 3:30 p.m. Girls’ Track @ Scottsbluff – Bus leaves @ 12:30

April 17^th – 3:30 p.m. Boys’ Track @ Gering – Bus leaves @ 12:30

April 19^th – 2:30 p.m. Track Chadron Quad. – Track athletes dismissed @ 1:35

April 28^th – 9:00 a.m. Track @ Scottsbluff Invite – Bus leaves @ 6:00

May 1^st -  3:30 p.m. Track @ Gordon Quad – Bus leaves @ 2:15

May 5^th  – 8:30 a.m. Track Western Conference @ Alliance – Bus leaves @ 6:30

May 12^th  – Middle School State Track @ Gothenburg TBA

April Good News From School

Good News From CMS

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Conservation Day

On April 24^th, 5^th grade students from CMS will attend Conservation Day at Assumption Arena in Chadron.  All 5^th grade students and core 5^th grade teachers will attend the event for the entire day.  Students will need to pack a lunch for the day, or place an order for a sack lunch through their homeroom teacher.  A letter with more details will be sent home with 5^th grade students in the next couple of weeks.

Scholastic Team Competition

On March 28^th, Chadron Middle School hosted its first scholastic competition in more than 20 years!  The entire middle school faculty, as well as a few faculty members from CHS and the elementary schools helped with the event.  In total, nine schools: Chadron, Mitchell, Gering, Bridgeport, Hay Springs, Gordon-Rushville, Crawford, Banner County, and Hemingford competed in the academic contest.  Chadron’s 7^th grade team took 2^nd place and our 8^th grade team took 3^rd.  It was fun day and we hope that it will become an annual event.  Thank you to the parents that set up the hospitality room and those that were able to come watch a few of the contests.

School Climate Survey

Thank you to all of the parents that returned the school climate survey that was sent home with your students in March.  I appreciate the feedback that we received and we will use that information as part of our school improvement efforts.

Health Screening Day

CMS had our annual Student Health Screening day on March 30^th.  Overall, the day went very well and students were given basic hearing, vision, dental, and blood pressure screenings.  Students’ height and weight were also taken.  Thank you to all of the community partners that helped throughout the day.

 

Spring Testing

Testing is well underway, with the NeSA Math, Reading, and Science tests completed.  We will continue with testing through the first week of May as our students begin to take the NWEA –MAPs tests in Reading, Language Arts, Math, and Science.  Although the testing schedule is long, please know that we use the results to make instructional decisions that have an immediate impact in the classroom.  Thank you for encouraging your students to do their best on these assessments and for ensuring that your students are well rested, well nourished, and present at school every day, but especially during the testing window.  The testing schedule is posted at www.chadronschools.org under the CMS tab and at http://mrdressel.blogspot.com .

Get Texts from the Principal

Remind 101 is free online software that allows Mr. Dressel to send school related information to parents via text message. If you are interested in receiving text messages from the principal, please text the message @cmsprinc to (925) 304-6118.  Twenty-one parents have signed up so far and we hope that more will join this service.