Town Crier on Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Happy Wednesday!
October 27, 2010.

PTO Booster Club Contributions -
The deadline to make a contribution to the PTO Booster Club has been extended. While contributions are welcome any time, in order for the contribution to count toward the fundraiser prizes, the donation must be received by this Friday, October 29, 2010. Please make all checks out to PTO Booster Club and include your child’s name on the check. The checks can be given to your child’s homeroom teacher.
“All contributions are much appreciated and will be used to purchase additional technology for the MCMS student body.”

Sports Eligibility - Friday, October 29th is sports eligibility day. On Friday teachers will review student grades to see if those of you that wish to participate in sports are eligible by meeting the requirements.

Costume Contest - On Friday Oct. 29th we welcome you all to dress up in your greatest Halloween costume! Please note that costumes must be appropriate for school.
Halloween Costume Guidelines:
1. Students must be dressed and ready prior to coming to school.
2. If face painting is part of your costume, it must be completed at home and may not create a mess within our school.
3. NO masks will be allowed.
4. No costumes relating to violence of any sort will be allowed.
Let’s have fun with this event. Prizes will be awarded at the end of the day in two categories.
a. General Halloween theme
b. Summer read themes –“Stormbreaker” or I’d Tell you I Love You, But I’d have to Kill You”
If in doubt about what are wearing, please talk with your homeroom teacher or an administrator.
Our PTO will also be handing out sweet treats to start off a safe and fun Halloween weekend.

Basketball for Boys – Attention any 7th or 8th grade boy interested in playing basketball this year, we will be an open gym on Thursday, October 28th from 3:15 – 5:00 pm. Please come dressed ready to play and have your ride here to pick you up promptly at 5:00 pm.

Football - Please dismiss the football team today, Wednesday at 2:25 for the 5:00 away game at Pamlico Middle School.

Cheerleader - The cheerleaders will not be attending the Pamlico game today, Wednesday due to travel complications and schedule conflicts.
Cheerleaders will practice today, Wednesday, October 27, and on Thursday, October 28th in Mrs. Hopkins Room # 27.
*On Saturday, February 12th the cheerleaders will host a Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser at Applebees. We would love for you to make plans to attend. In the meantime, we are looking for two people, students and /or staff to take the pancake challenge of who can eat the most pancakes. The winner receives a gift card for a free meal from Applebees. If interested, see Dega Lancaster this week.

Volleyball – Last night the Lady Minutemen Volleyball Team took the bark out of the Broad Creek Bulldogs. Our ladies put up great serves and fantastic defense winning against Broad Creek in two games with scores of 25-9 and 25-16.
We had 12 awesome serves from Ruthie Brady, Emma Gomez with a whopping 23 serves for both combined games. In our second match the mighty Minutemen won their game against Beaufort 25-20 with Payton “Macaroni” McLaughlin serving 12 in that first game.
The Lady Minutemen took a hard loss to Beaufort Middle in the last two games with scores of 15-25 and 12-15. The referee told Coach Tarter after the game that she had never seen two middle schools play so well. What a great compliment girls! Thanks to all who came out to support the Team!
PRACTICE TODAY! We will be back on the road to Pamlico Middle School on Thursday, October 28th.

Boys Golf – The boys’ golf team finish the season with 2nd place finish at the conference match yesterday afternoon. Broad Creek won with a score of 208, MCMS had a score of 217, and Beaufort Middle came in 3rd place with a score 236.
Jacob Robertson led the Minutemen with a score of 52 which was good for 3rd place overall. The other top scores for MCMS were Sam Utz with 54, Duncan Ross with 55, and Jack Rixey with 56. Great Job Guys! Please turn in your team golf bags this week.

Boys Soccer – NO SOCCER PRACTICE TODAY, WEDNESDAY! Our 1st boys’ soccer game will be TOMORROW Thursday, October 28th at Newport Middle School.
*Please note that the boys’ soccer game that was schedule on Monday, November 1st has now been changed to Thursday, November 4th. Soccer games begin at 3:30 pm.

Media Mania News …. Don’t get caught without a BOOK!

Meal Payment Program - The Board of Education approved the LunchPrepay.com program in early September and it is now up and running.
Information can be found on the school system's website - just look on the right side in the Headline section.

General Mills Box Tops Fundraiser – Attention Parents...You can make a difference! Collect Box Tops from participating General Mills and affiliates products and earn cash for MCMS!!! Just clip the marked Box Top labels and send them in to MCMS with your student. Each top is worth 10 cents and it adds up fast!!! Also, please ask family and friends collect the tops, earning extra money for school needs will be so easy!

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Have a Great Day!