Town Crier on Wednesday, January 19, 2011.

Happy Wednesday!
January 19, 2011

Athletic Boosters - Athletic Boosters needs you! We will be planning our "Winter Wonderland" activity day as a fundraiser for our athletic program. Much help will be needed in planning this event that will take place on Friday, January 28th from 3:00–5:00 pm, (please note the date change from the 21st to the 28th). Entry charge of $5 will be required. Activities will include candy bar bingo, an igloo competition, karaoke, DJ, guitar hero, Dance Revolution. Come dressed for this wintery scene and pose in our photo booth-$2.00 (2-4X6s) with your friends. Concessions will be offered and may include...pizza, smores, hotdogs, etc. We will need some help decorating for this winter scene and manning these stations. So send in any extra icicle and snowmen decorations you may be able to donate to the office.

Basketball Camp Summer Scholarship - Attention all basketball fans Touchstone Energy Cooperatives are once again providing an all expense paid scholarship for 27 young women to attend the Kellie Harper Basketball Camp at NC State and 27 young men to attend the Roy Williams Basketball Camp at UNC this summer. Rising 6th through 8th graders are eligible to apply. The deadline is March 21. See your physical education teachers for an application. Our very own Rodney Mitchell won a scholarship last summer so if you are curious ask him about how much fun he had.

Parks and Recreation – The Parks and Rec. will have basketball games here at MCMS Saturday from 9 am to 12 pm. Come out for an exciting time and watch the games. Absolutely No charge to get in!

Sports Eligibility - Friday, January 21st is the day teachers check students grades for sports eligibility for basketball, wrestling, track, baseball, softball and girls golf.

Glee Club – We will have NO Glee Club Meetings during the month of January. We will start fresh in February. See you then!

Wrestling Match – Good Job to all of our wrestlers last night as we challenged Broad Creek Middle. The following wrestlers won matches last night: Joseph Mason, Dustin Smith, Nathan Ameen, Timmy Mendoza, and Arturo Velazquez.
Our next wrestling match will be on Monday, January 31 @ Newport Middle School.

Girls’ Basketball – The girls will be back in action today, Wednesday, January 19th as we challenge Arapahoe Charter School at home at 4:00 pm.
Tomorrow, Thursday, January 20th the team will play at home again with Pamlico County Middle School.

Boys’ Basketball Team - Our next game will be today, Wednesday, January 19th following the girls’ game.
Come out and support our Minutemen!
Pamlico County Middle School will be here on Thursday, January 20th for a home game with Morehead Middle’s Minutemen.

Cheerleaders – Make plans to come out and join us for a pancake breakfast at Applebees on Saturday, February 12, 2011. See a cheerleader for a ticket. Walker Whitley has taken the flap jack challenge and we need a challenger. The object is to see who can eat the most pancakes. The flapjack contest will take place at 9:00am on 2-12-11.

Seashore Soccer Team – Congratulations to some of MCMS’s students that represented Carteret County this weekend in Florida on the U12 Hurricanes Team which is one of the Seashore Soccer Teams coached by Kevin Vann.
These athletes qualified for the Nationals in Kansas City.
Way to Go Team!

Media Mania News …. Don’t get caught without a BOOK!
Battle of the Books -
MCMS students and parents, this year we've had over 100 students reading Battle of the Books (BOB) titles. Each team has a BOB team that meets weekly and in some cases daily during academic coaching. The time has come to have a school wide competition to find out which team is our school winner. This competition will be held in the library on Friday, February 11, 2011 from 8:30 to 11:30am. From 8:00 - 8:30, we would like to have a celebratory breakfast reception in our cafeteria. We need parents who would like to volunteer to coordinate the reception. If you are interested, please contact Dega Lancaster. Parents are invited to attend the school wide competition on February 11, 2011.

MCMS Battle of the Books Team to Compete at the County Level -
Due to state regulations of BOB teams, each school is only permitted to have 12 students in the county competition. All students who are currently on a BOB team are invited to express interest in participating at the county level by submitting qualification forms to their BOB Coach. The coach will then determine the number of BOB titles read by each interested student. The students with the most number of BOB titles read will comprise our MCMS BOB team. In the case of more than 12 students reading all 2011 BOB titles and are interested in competing at the county level, a paper-pencil test will be given. The 12 highest scores will make up the MCMS BOB team. The county competition is on March 11, 2011 and is a day-long event for students.

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!!! Our first turn in from October earned our school $176! The next and final deadline for the school year is Friday, February 18th, please send the trimmed Box Top labels in earlier if you can. Also, please ask family and friends to collect the tops, earning extra money for school needs will be so easy! Remember, every Box Top label counts!!!

Lowe’s Food Gift Cards - Our PTO continues to sell Lowe's Food gift cards for $50 each. Our school profits 6% on each card sold. Please plan to purchase a Lowe's gift card by writing a check to MCMS PTO or paying cash. This is a great way to support our school. Parents may come into the office to purchase cards at any time.

Bojangle Gift Cards - MCMS PTO is also selling Bojangle Cards for $5 each. They are a $15 value at Bojangles. Bojangle cards are available in our office.

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Have a Great Day!