Town Crier on Tuesday, February 1, 2011.

Happy Tuesday!
February 1, 2011

PTO Meeting - Our next PTO meeting will be on Tuesday, February 8th at 8:15 am in the cafeteria lobby.

Make-up Days – Make-up days for the missed school snow days will be on Monday, February 21st and Monday, March 21st. Please put these days back on your calendar as student school days.

Yearbook Meeting – There will be NO Yearbook Meeting this week!

Freestyle School Pictures - School pictures will be on Friday, February 11th during your scheduled lunch time. These pictures will be freestyle pictures.
Plan to take a photo with a friend!

Sports Pictures – Sports pictures will also be taken on Friday, February 11th after school on the same day for the following sports:
Girls' basketball 3:15
Boys' basketball 3:30
Wrestling 3:45
Cheerleading 4:00

GOLF NEWS! - Any 7th or 8th grade girl who is interested in trying out for golf, tryouts will begin today, Tuesday, Feb 1st. Please plan on having your ride pick you up by 3:30. See Mr. Lewis for questions or concerns. You must have your sports physical and proof of insurance to participate.

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.

Upward Soccer League – The Open Door Baptist Church is starting up an Upwards Soccer League this spring for kindergarten students thru sixth grade students.
Come by the school office to pick up brochures that have more information or during lunch classes.

Wrestling Match – Yesterday afternoon MCMS Wrestling Team had great matches against Newport Middle and Beaufort Middle. Malique Johnson, Dustin Smith, Nathan Ameen, Dee Anna Gutierrez, Joseph Mason, and Arturo Velasquez beat both matches.
Peter Schultz, Keirstan Anderson, and Andrew Dale beat Newport Middle. Hunter Newman beat Beaufort Middle School. Congratulations team!
The next wrestling match will be tomorrow, Wednesday, February 2nd at Pamlico County Middle School.

Girls’ Basketball – Great Job Lady Minutemen for a job well done yesterday afternoon, winning the game against Down East.
Next game is a home game on Thursday, February 3rd challenging Broad Creek Middle School at 4:00 pm.

Boys’ Basketball Team – We Won! Team you make us proud! Great game yesterday against Down East. Home game on Thursday, February 3rd following the girls basketball game.
Come out and cheer!

Rachel’s Challenge Chain Link Meeting – The next meeting will be held on Thursday, February 10th in the school cafeteria from 3:00 to 4:00. Make plans to attend.

Cheerleaders – Cheerleaders are hosting a Flapjack fundraiser at Applebee’s. So come out on February 12, eat a yummy breakfast, and be served by our very own cheerleaders. The tickets are $7. It is Saturday, February 12th, 8-10 am at Applebee’s. There is a flapjack eating contest between Walker Whitley and Drew Bordeaux at 9:00. Don't miss it.

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.

Battle of the Books
We had 19 students qualify for our school, MCMS Battle of the Books team. Therefore, a paper pencil assessment will be given this Friday, February 4 during AC. It will come from the BOB questions and include a random sampling from most of the BOB titles. The top 12 scores will make our MCMS BOB county competing team. Don't forget, all of our team BOB members will compete in our school competition on February 11.

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!