Town Crier on Thursday, September 29, 2011.

Happy Thursday!
September 29, 2011
Welcome Back Minutemen!
We are off to a wonderful start! Together this will be a prosperous 2011-2012 School Year!
Tdap Vaccinations for 6th Graders - Thanks to all sixth grade families for making the Tdap vaccinations a priority. The deadline is fast approaching, so please make appointments this week!
PTO Meeting - Our next PTO meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 8:15 AM!
MCMS Athletic Booster Fundraiser - Parents, your MCMS Athletic Booster Club is hosting a fundraiser that will allow our club to receive 100% of the proceeds. Belk is hosting a special sale on Saturday, November 5 from 6:00 AM-10:00 AM. This is a private sale dedicated to support local organizations. This sale allows the customers to receive 20%-70% off purchases storewide, including special savings on rarely-discounted brands. If you purchase more than one ticket, you will have to ring up some items in multiple transactions to receive the multiple discounts. If you are interested in participating in the sale, but are unavailable to attend on November 5, you may reserve items beginning on October 30. Simply present your ticket to the cashier and ask them for details on how to reserve items.
The cost of the ticket is $5, which gives you $5 off your Belk purchase. WE are planning on selling these tickets in our carpool line on October 7th and October 21st. In addition to those dates, the tickets are on sale in our office and at our ball games.
Thank you for your support,
Morehead City Athletic Booster Club
Are you ready for some Quiz Bowl?
Students who are interested should give their name to their homeroom teacher. Homeroom teachers can email either me or Wendy the names of the students who are interested. Meetings will take place every Wednesday starting on Wednesday, October 12th and lasting until April 2nd. There is a $10 fee for students wishing to join our team and the first competition is on Wednesday, November 2nd, at Beaufort Middle School. We need all names by Monday, October 3rd. Hope to see you on October 12!

E-Grades - Many of you have asked about E-grades. This system of communication regarding your students’ grades has been and continues to be important to us. Due to scheduling challenges, we have had a delay in the implementation. We are hopeful that you will be able to access your students’ accounts within the next week. We will post information in our TC and our web page when we are officially up and running and appreciate your patience in the meantime.
Absences and Tardies - We’d also like to remind you of the importance of clearing absences and tardies when they occur. Students should bring notes to Ms. Becton in first class within a couple of days of the tardiness or absence. We thank you in advance for keeping our attendance records up to date.
Rachel’s Challenge – The First Rachel's challenge meeting will be Friday, September 30 during AC and Lunch.
*6th Grade will be in Room 134 (Kathleen Miller's Room)
*7th Grade will be in Room Number 10 (The old First Class Room)
*8th Grade will be in Room Number 7 (The Health Room)

*Rachel's Challenge Sign up with your homeroom teacher.
• Rachel's Challenge Chain Links Club is a group that seeks to start chain reactions of kindness and compassion throughout MCMS
• Meets Every week during lunch (Friday)
• Meets Every Other week during AC/Lunch (Friday)
• All year committment: Need to attend all meetings
Spirit Days at MCMS - "Spirit Day" is again on Oct. 6, Oct. 18, and Nov. 7. Students we encourage you to show your school spirit by wearing red, white, and/or blue or an MCMS t-shirt on Spirit Days.
Make-up Days – Make-up days for the school days missed due to hurricane Irene will be on Monday, October 10th and Monday, December 19th. Monday, December 19th will be an early release day also. Students will be dismissed from school at 12:00 noon. Mark your calendars!
SMILE /Picture Make-up Day – Today, Thursday, September 29th Lifetouch will be here to take make-up pictures. Pictures will be taken during your lunchtime or AC time beginning at 11:30.
Sports Pictures Scheduled: October 21st beginning after school at 3:15 the following teams will take sport pictures:
Football @ 3:15
Boys Golf @ 3:30
Girls Soccer @ 3:45
Cheerleading @ 4:00
Girls Soccer News – Next game is away today, Thursday 9/29 against Down East at 3:30 pm. Please dismiss the girls at 2:30 and report directly to the bus.
Boys Soccer Tryouts – Boys Soccer tryouts begin on Tuesday, October 11th at 3:15 on the back field behind MCMS. Must have a Copy of grades and sports physical MUST be in hand before they can tryout.
Football News - The Red Machine took on Broad Creek and fell short, 30 to 12. The game was close till the fourth quarter.
Tony Sharpe scored on a kickoff return and Fred Horne scored on a pass from Rodney Mitchell. Once again the offensive line came to play opening holes for the backfield. The team just could not put the ball in the end zone.
Defensively, the team hit hard but had trouble tackling.
I want to thank all the folks who came out and supported the team. It is greatly appreciated.
The team travels to Beaufort next week.
Girls Volleyball – Volleyball practice today!
Boys Golf Tryouts - Boys golf tryouts today, Thursday, September 29th at the Country Club of the Crystal Coast located in Pine Knoll Shores. Tryouts will start at 3:30 and end at 5:30.
All boys interested must have a current/complete physical and proof of insurance.
Media Mania News …. Don’t get caught without a BOOK!
Introducing our new LIP service, not a kissing game, but our literacy initiative program Fall into Fiction. We want to cover the media center in leaves as we fall into fiction. When you finish a book, you get a leaf from your teacher, media center, and some other locations around school. You write the title and the author on the leaf. Rate the book on a scale of 1 Boring snoring to 10 Phenomenally fabulous with a 1-3 word reason why. Be sure to include your name and your team because we will have competitions. Right now the Seahorses are in the lead followed closely by the MCMS staff. Our two shout outs go to Marley Varner who rated the Hunger Games a 10 due to being action packed. The last shout out is shared with two people Mr. Smith and Dr. Kreuser who both read The Help and gave it high rankings. Be sure to check out the fall action when you are in the media center and don't forget when you finish a book - fill out a leaf! We are falling like crazy over books!
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Have a Wonderful Day!