October 2014

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Volume 1 Issue 2
October 2014
Save the Date:
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Homecoming Week October
20-25
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Monday, October 20—CMS
Volleyball @ Jasper 5 PM
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Thursday, October 23, CMS
Football vs. Atlanta 4:30 PM CMS Band Performs @ Game
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October 27—31—CMS Bookfair
in Library
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Monday, October 27—
Volleyball vs Diboll 5:00 PM
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Thursday, October 30—
Football @ Texarkana Pleasant
Grove 4:30 PM
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Saturday, November 1, 2014—
CMS Monster Mash Dance 7—
10 PM
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Thursday, November 6—
Football vs. Gladewater 4:30
PM (CMS Band Performs @
Game)
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Friday, November 7—Eighth
Grade Band Performs with
High School Band @ Varsity
Football Game
Center Middle School 302 Kennedy Street Center, Texas 75935
From the Principal
Reminders
Time flies when you’re having fun! The
first six weeks is but a memory and
the second six weeks is well underway.
Life at CMS could not be any better.
Stay current with CMS activities and
upcoming events on our CMS campus
website.
2015 YEARBOOKS ON SALE!
See You At The Pole
Only a few more days left to purchase a
2015 CMS 96 page, hardback yearbook
for the low price of $22.
After October 31, the price will be $25.
Students have the option to personalize
their book with their name on front cover
for an additional $5.
All pre-sales before November 1 will be
in a drawing to receive their yearbook
free of charge! Drawing will be on November 3.
Contact Mrs. Andrews in Room 3, or see
any yearbook staff.
Monster Mash Dance
A record CMS crowd gathered for the annual ‘See
You At The Pole’ event, led by students and Mr.
James Greer. Students and teachers gathered in
small groups, praying for our school, our community, and our country. Show above with students
are teachers Cindy Tomlin, Holly Burns and Hiram
Harrison.
Meet Our Teachers
Ms. Renee Verdine has been working at Center Middle School as an ESL teacher for 34 years. She attended three universities, including Baylor, SFA, and
Sam Houston State. Her favorite thing about working with students is that most of them want to learn
and are very nice and thoughtful. She has eleven
dogs, two horses as well as Brahman cows! Her favorite quote is, “Hard work pays rich dividends.” In
one word, she thinks CMS is ‘AWESOME’!
Monster Mash Dance, on Sat. Nov 1st. 7pm
- 10pm for all middle school students. Wear
your costume! There will be door prizes, a
best costume prize and a "Thriller " dance
competition. Students need to get their
groups together and start practicing! There
will be a variety of food and drinks for sale
and also a "haunted photo booth" with crazy
pictures of students to be purchased.
If you can help, we are in need of pumpkins
and decorations to be donated for this event.
Coach Alex Cloudy is new to the CMS campus, but not to
Center ISD. He grew up in Center, graduating from CHS in
2009. He is an East Texas Baptist University Alumni. His
mother is CMS Assistant Principal, Felicia Cloudy. Coach
Cloudy says CMS is an amazing place to be. His favorite
quote is, “It is what it is, until you MAKE it something
more!” We are always pleased to see our CHS grads
come back to their hometown to make a difference in the
lives of our students. Welcome, Coach Cloudy!
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CMS Percussion Rocks!
6th Grade Pep Squad
Yes, he’s kind of a big
Coach Harrison pumping
deal...thanks, Coach Cratty up our Roughriders before
for being a great emcee!
the game.
Dance Team memCMS Roughriders, along with their principal, Matt Gregory,
are showing their Roughrider Pride while the CMS band plays bers giving an excellent performance.
our School Song.
HOMECOMING Wednesday—Twin Day
Thursday—Throwback
THEME DAYS
Friday—Purple Pride
Monday—Super Hero
Tuesday—Collegiate
Team
PEP RALLY THEMES
October 23—Throw-Back (retro) Wear
something from a past decade.
November 6—Pink Out (wear pink) Breast
Cancer Awareness
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Beta Club
Let us
lead by
serving
others.
CMS Beta Club
participated
in
the Poultry Festival 5K Chicken
Run.
Matt Haddox is shown above giving direction
to CMS Beta Club students in preparation
for Living Literature competition. Thank you,
Officer Haddox for your time and effort.
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fifty Six members of the Shelby
County Junior Chamber of Commerce gathered at the historic
Shelby County Courthouse for
orientation, followed by registering for volunteer hours at the
Poultry Festival. JCC members
are required to have six volunteer hours each semester.
See You At The Pole
James Greer conducted our program with the
help of CMS students. Mr. Greer
is shown at left
with JCC member,
Maddie Russell.
At left, Artis Nickerson
with
CISD
School Board Member, Jim Sawyer,
after completing 3
hours of JCC Volunteer hours preparing
the big stage for the
Poultry Festival.
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Behind the Scenes at CMS
Before our school year started this year, there was a lady working very hard to
make sure our classrooms and hallways were ready for students. She did
whatever she was asked to do with a smile on her face. Linda Tijerina is one
of our custodians at CMS. This is the second year she has been taking care
of CMS. Linda has two girls and three boys, and a total of 18 grandchildren
and one great grandchild. She says she really enjoys the people at CMS, and
the staff is so nice to her. She shared her least favorite thing to do is clean
the bathrooms!
Linda shared some pretty interesting stories with Mrs. Andrews and myself. If
you see Linda around the campus, ask her to give you some details!
Contributed by Mark Perkins
Yearbook/Journalism Student, Mark Perkins, is
shown with CMS custodian, Linda Tijerina.
F Y I
40 BOOK CHALLENGE has been issued by
Sharon Rice, CMS Reading Academy
teacher. Students have been challenged
to read 40 books this school year. Students choose the books they wish to read
and afterwards, write a letter to Mrs. Rice
about the book, discussing his/her feelings about the book. Students meeting
their goal will be invited to a celebration at
the end of the school year.
6th Grade UIL preparation has begun! Sharon
Rice is assisting Toni Ford this year and has
been assigned to organize sixth grade events.
Mrs. Rice asks parents to encourage their sixth
graders to get involved! For information about
different events, visit www.uiltexas.org and click
on ‘Academics’, ‘A+Academics’, then ‘Events’.
Please email Sharon.Rice@centerisd.org if you
have questions. Tryouts for events will begin
soon.
Coach Stephanie Morgan wants to remind
everyone there are only two games left in
girls’ volleyball this season. October 20
game will be played in Jasper, and our last
home game will be October 27 against
Diboll. This year’s team has worked hard,
learned a lot, and are getting better each
week. We will finish the season strong
and begin basketball season only a couple of weeks after volleyball. Come out
and support our CMS girls!
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Eighth grade students in
Mr. Rowe’s classroom
completing their Social
Studies lesson. Using
Ipads, students researched information for
their ‘Shay’s Rebellion
Web Hunt’ activity while
Mr. Rowe facilitated
learning.
Two seventh grade ladies
in Coach Alex Cloudy’s
Science classroom have a
choice of creating an entertaining, creative, informative presentation with Keynote, Imovie, or Powerpoint
to present research over a
catastrophic disaster.
Check our next newsletter
for presentation coverage.
Drama comes to
life in Karen Belrose’s seventh
grade classroom.
Students wrote
their own plays and
are acting them out
as their teacher
records.
Center Middle School GT students have been creating educational
and interactive activities for several weeks for the community to
enjoy. Their efforts will results in donations being made to CASA.
This event will be held October 21 at CMS gym from 5:00—7:30 PM.
Enjoy obstacle events, arcade style games, music, scavenger hunt,
concessions, cake walk, and prizes. For more information, check
out the flyer at https://www.smore.com/dxmy4-quest-for-casa.
CMS One Act Play practices are
underway each Tuesday and
Friday, from 3:30 until 4:30.
Students are preparing a new
version of Cinderella, titled “The
Toby Show.” One Act is directed
by CMS Art teacher, Allison
Smith.
Sixth grade students in Mary
Hockenberry’s Science class testing metals and non-metals.
Above, students love lab days
in Science. The students
above are conducting energy
lab experiments in Mary Hockenberry’s Science class.
Above, two very dedicated
yearbook students, Kurstan
Underbrink and Oseas Ramos,
create flyers to promote the
sale of 2015 CMS yearbooks.
The students are learning photography basics, marketing
skills, as well as basic journalism in order to publish a yearbook to showcase our CMS
campus.
Below, Coach Morris’ seventh
grade Social Studies class is on
its way to becoming a paperless
classroom with assignments being completed and turned in
online. Above, student’s San
Antonio Missions activity.
Matt Haddox enjoying enchiladas and all the trimmings,
thanks to Matt Duvon’s
students’ skills in the
kitchen. When Mr. Duvon’s
Diner is operating, we have
some delicious aromas in
the hallways at CMS.
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India White
Mallory Fausett
YEARBOOK SALES
Your support for our ad sales for our yearbook will enable CMS students to purchase their 96 page hardback yearbook for $22, the
same price as last year’s soft cover 48 page yearbook.
We will be selling the following ads:
Commercial ads—available to parents of CMS students with business
contacts
Buddy ads—Students may purchase a 1/4 page ad for a picture of
themselves with their friends.
Memory ads—Parents/Guardians may purchase an ad to publish
pictures and good luck wishes for their child.
Homework Help for Parents!
Help your child get the most out of homework!
Parents play an essential role in learning. Assisting with homework and test preparation is
one of the most important responsibilities parents have in their children's education.
Check out this link for ways to help your child
succeed.
http://www.pta.org/programs/content.cfm?Ite
mNumber=1411
From the Nurse
Attention Parents:
Students not up to date on their immunizations have until Friday October 24th to
do so. The state of Texas requires students to either receive their immunizations at school or provide an up to date
shot record from a doctor. Parents must
provide permission to have shots administered at school.
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BAND
TWIRL
Jasmine Guevara has
been chosen as an outstanding CMS band
member. Director Christina Smith says that Jasmine is working very hard
to learn music and has
become a better trumpet
player. Jasmine is just a
joy to be around.
Raylee Wilburn is known
for her wonderful disposition. She is dedicated to
twirling and works very
hard. The twirlers are an
integral part of the CMS
Spirit Family. Thank you,
Raylee for being an exceptional student.
CHEER
YEARBOOK
Esther Mergerson is a
team player in all situations.
Esther displays
exemplary character, and
is committed to cheer.
She is one girl who can
be depended on, no matter what is asked of her.
CMS is blessed to have
this girl on the 8th grade
cheer squad.
Mark Perkins has been in
Yearbook for two years.
He is our 7th grade
source of information.
He always comes to class
with a smile and does
anything asked of him.
He is enjoying getting to
know his 8th period
friends and we just love
having Mark with us.
DANCE
Recently, CMS Dance
Team went to Nacogdoches to compete in the
Pineywoods Dance Competition. They received
2nd place for their pom
routine performance.
“The girls have worked
very hard this year and
did a great job at the competition”, says their sponsor, Megan Loftice.
Submitted by Katie Nehring