December Good News From CMS

December 17^th, 2012

Good News From CMS

Dear Parents/Guardians:

Congratulations to the 8^th grade class on collecting the most non-perishable food items for the Caring for Sharing Food Drive!  The 8^th graders collected 1416 items, 6^th grade collected 1402 items, 5^th grade collected 399 items and the 7^th grade collected 150 items.  For winning the class competition, the 8^th graders have elected to play the MS faculty in a basketball game on December 21^st.  The game will start at 12:40 and we will play six, four-minute periods.  We will also hand out our end of the 2^nd quarter awards at halftime.  The game promises to be a lot of fun and we hope that you will be able to join us.   Below is the bell schedule that we will use on December 21^st.

December 21^st Bell Schedule

08:00 – 08:42                          Period 1

08:45 – 09:18                          Period 2

09:21 – 09:54                          Period 3

09:57 – 10:30                          Period 4

10:33 – 11:06                          Period 7

11:09 – 11:42                          Period 5

11:06 – 11:42                          7^th and 8^th Grade Lunch

11:42 – 12:18                          5^th and 6^th Grade Lunch

11:45 – 12:18                          Period 6

12:21-12:30                             Attendance in 8^th Period – Dismiss to Gym at 12:30

12:40-01:30                             Basketball Game

The following 8th grade students will have one or more of their poems published: Alison Gardner, Kaci Waugh, Michael Giesler, Spencer Margetts, Walter Mays, Cassie Sloan, and Kiana Wright. Congratulations to these students and there will be more opportunities for 8^th graders to submit written pieces for publication next semester.

There is a 6^th-12^th grade vocal and instrumental concert on December 20^th in the Chadron High School auditorium.  The band concert will begin at 6 PM and the choir concert will begin at 7:30.  We are looking forward to some great holiday music to get us into the Christmas spirit.

On December 11^th, 8^th grade students participated in the Chadron High School’s FBLA Monopoly game.  The purpose of the game was to teach students about the value of money and commerce.  The FBLA club did an excellent job organizing the event and it was a lot of fun.  Thank you to all of the local businesses that set up booths for the game and to FBLA for including the 8^th graders.   

On December 18th, we will begin construction in room 103 in the middle school.  Room 103 is the old Industrial Technology room and it is being converted into a flexible space where students will be able to gather on cold mornings and during lunch when it is too cold to go outside.  The room will also be available for teachers to use during the school day.

Up Coming Events/Activities:

December 24^th – January 2^nd – Winter Break – No School

January 3^rd  – School Resumes

January 7^th – After School Program Resumes

January 18th - 12:00 PM Dismissal

Athletics:

December 18th – Boys’ Basketball Meeting - 3:30 in the MS Gym

January 3^rd – Boys’ Basketball Practice Begins

January 12^th – 7^th and 8^th BBB vs. Valentine - 11:00 AM MS Gym