Town Crier on Thursday, May 6, 2010.

May 6, 2010
Happy Thursday!

MCMS will have a prosperous 2009-2010 School Year.

We are in Desperate Need of Your Help!!!
EOG's will be given on each of the following dates: 5/11, 5/13, 5/18, 5/19, 5/20, 5/21, 5/25, 5/26, 5/28. Each day we will need approximately 45 proctors to help out with monitoring our state exams. Currently, we only have about 6 proctors that have confirmed for each of the dates above. If, by any chance, you are free and available from 7:30-10:30am any of these dates, we would be very grateful for your time. Please contact Carol Tabor, Libby-Tripp-Cox, or Jason Miles.
Proctor Training Times:
Today, Thursday, May 6th 5:15 pm in the Media Center before the Band Concert.Thanks for your Help!

carol.tabor@carteretk12.org
jason.miles@carteretk12.org

Band News - Morehead City Middle School Band Concert:
The Band will perform their Spring Concert on Thursday, May 6th from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
· The 6th grade band will perform at 6:00 pm in the MCMS Gym. All 6th grade students must be in the band room at 5:30 pm ready to warm up. Dress for this concert is “Sunday Dress to Impress”.
· The 7th and 8th grade band will perform beginning at 7:00 pm in the MCMS Gym. All 7th and 8th grade students must be in the band room at 6:30 pm ready to warm up. Dress for the concert is “Sunday Dress to Impress”. All track, softball and baseball members should arrive as close to 6:30 as you can.
· All band students participating in the Solo & Ensemble Festival this Saturday should meet in the bus parking lot at 8:00 am with their instrument and music. Remember to bring $8 - $10.00 for lunch on the way home.
· Anyone interested in Jazz Band can meet in the band room this Friday after school. We will rehearse until 4:30 pm.
Come join us for an evening full of sweet, sweet music!

Sport Physicals for rising 9th graders - "Sports physicals will be available to all West Carteret High School athletes, including rising 9th graders, on WEDNESDAY, MAY 19 FROM 6PM - 8PM IN THE FRONT OFFICE OF WCHS. Area medical providers will provide this service, and a $5.00 donation to the Athletic Booster Club would be appreciated. Physical forms are available in the front office of WCHS or may be printed off the WCHS website under the Athletics tab. Parents are asked to complete as much of the form as possible before coming and need to accompany their student on May 19. Sports physicals are required each year and must be completed before any practice or tryout for a team at WCHS."

Track News – Conference Championship will be held at East Carteret High School today, Thursday, May 6th.
Coaches Meetings will be at 1:00 pm. The track meet begins at 1:30 pm.
Please dismiss the track team at 11:30 today to eat lunch before the bus leaves at 12:15 to travel to East Carteret High School.

Softball News – The MCMS softball team played a great game yesterday against Newport! The ladies really came together as a team and played the best they have all season! Fantastic job ladies! Come out and support us today at our home game against Pamlico!

Baseball News – The Baseball team defeated Newport 12 - 4. Trent Carpenter hit two home runs, and pitched four scoreless innings. MCMS will play its last game of the season today at Swinson Park at 4:00.
Come out and cheer!

Media Mania News …. Don’t get caught without a BOOK!
BEAT THE WORLD RECORD: Be sure to sign up for Beat the World Record. If everyone in our school participates and records the minutes they read per day, we could be one of 20 schools to be recorded in Scholastics Book of World Records. It's easy. It's free. There are other activities on the site you might find interesting. Check it out. Visit the media blog under the Student menu on the school website for more information. For your convenience, the link is below
www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/record

Summer Golf Clinic – Minutemen, do you like to play golf? If so, the Morehead City Country Club is offering a Junior clinic this summer for boys and girls ages 6-11. They are also offering an Advanced golf clinic for boys and girls ages 12-up. These summer long clinics offer high quality instruction at a very reasonable price. It would be a great way to learn how to play golf if you are interested in trying out for the golf team. It would also be an excellent way to improve the skill you have. For information and an informative flier see Mr. Lewis.

2010 Youth Entrepreneurship Camp – Open to rising 7th graders through rising 9th graders:
This camp is sponsored by Carteret Community College and NC REAL Enterprises and will run from June 21-25, 2010 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM. For more information stop by the school office and pick up your application or contact Betsy DeCampo at (252) 222-6116.

Birdhouses for Sale - Buy a birdhouse and help our feathered friends and our school! Students from Ms. Lawrence and Mr. Butlers classes are making and selling birdhouses in order to raise funds for classroom materials and supplies. Not only are our students learning a hands-on approach to building but they are giving our feathered friends a nice home and raising money for their classrooms. The bird houses are on sale for $20. If you are interested in purchasing a bird house, please contact Ms. Lawrence or Mr. Butler at the school by calling 252-726-1126.

Bright Ideas – What a Bright idea! The MCMS Office is selling CFLs (Compact fluorescent light bulbs) for $2.00 each. Most stores sell them for $4.00 to $6.00 each, so this is a quite a deal. We have 75 and 100 watt bulbs available, and 100% of the funds from this fundraiser stay with MCMS. Please see any staff member in the office to purchase your CFLs today!

Earn $$$ for MCMS - A big thank you to everyone who linked their Harris Teeter VIC card to MCMS last year! Please remember to link your Harris Teeter VIC cards to MCMS again for this school year as well. All you have to do is go to www.harristeeter.com and select the Community Tab, then Together In Education (on the left side). At the bottom of that page click on Link your VIC card to your school now! Just fill out the next page, entering our school code of 7643, and you’re all set to help MCMS earn much needed funds for the 2009-2010 school year. If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Brown in the office.

Lowe’s Gift Cards – Lowe’s Gift Cards are now available to purchase in the school office for $50.00. Morehead Middle School receives 10% of this when one is purchased from our school. Come by the office soon and get yours!

Have a Great Day!