Seventh graders Julia Elder and Avery Finke are students at Montgomery County Middle School working on a FCCLA STAR Event project to help get children physically active. On October 15th through the 18th, they hosted a “Let's Get Active!” session with four sessions offered to Kindergarten through 3rd grade students at Jonesburg Elementary School.
The camp consisted of physically active games to keep the children moving while showing them how much fun physical activity is. Everyday started with fun stretches and a warm up. On Tuesday, they played a game of kickball. On Wednesday they had relay races that included three-legged race and crab crawl. On Thursday, Avery and Julia taught the children how to do the Cupid Shuffle and Macarena during the bubble dance party. And on the final day they played tug-a-war.
The children were full of giggles as they got active, played hard and had fun. Julia and Avery want to extend a big thank you to everyone who participated. They will continue to keep these kids active with activity cards they send home periodically this year with the camp participants. Those who participate in the at home challenges will receive prizes.
Sixth Grade Wildcat Families--Check out these flyers for an exciting new reading challenge presented by the MCHS FCCLA. Happy Reading, Wildcats!
The MCMS Winter Concert has been RESCHEDULED for Wednesday, January 22 at 6:00PM. We hope you are able to join us in the MCMS gymnasium for a night of great music!
Today we celebrated our students by allowing them to choose different fun activities to participate in. It was great for students to get to interact with teachers and in spaces they normally don't. A fun day was had by all!
A new tradition at MCMS is an end-of-quarter celebration complete with fun games and spirit competitions! Second quarter reindeer games were a lot of fun to watch. Eighth grade won 2 of the 3 games (with sixth grade winning the third) AND eighth grade won the very festive Spirit Bucket for having the loudest decibel cheer!
Students in Mrs. Healy's ELA classes have been hard at work the last few days solving the mystery of the destroyed snowman. Students are using their close reading, inference, and reasoning skills to help them narrow down the suspect list and solve the mystery.
We are so fortunate to live in a community that truly supports our students, teachers, and schools. Thanks to a mini-grant provided by several local civic organizations, Mrs. Gilbert's FACS students were able to choose from a number of fun, relevant fabrics with which to make their sewing projects.
On our last day of the semester, we will offer a concession stand to students. Attached, please find the list of items and prices should you choose to send money with your student. We hope everyone has a safe and restful holiday break!
Help us support Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital by bringing in hygiene and personal care products to the basketball game THURSDAY night. Please see the attached flyer and list of items.
Santa, Mrs. Claus, and reindeer and elves all made an appearance on our dress up day today!
Grayson and Myles developed a career fair for our students for their FCCLA Star Event project before we left for Thanksgiving break. They invited in many different members of the community in to share about their careers with the student body.
We are very proud of all the hard work that went into making this event successful. Way to go, Wildcats!
It is almost time! Students and staff, join us in celebrating with Twelve Dress-Up Days of Christmas beginning next Tuesday.
Students in Mrs. Henke's ELA class are reading "Twelve Angry Men."
We are very fortunate to work in a community that supports our schools, staff and students. Tonight recipients were recognized at the Board of Education meeting.
We are very proud of (left to right) Mrs. Godsil, Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs. Woods, Mrs. Healy and Mrs. Clements (not pictured) and cannot wait to see the great things their grants can do.
Mrs. Clements ELA and Learning Skills classes will soon have a new activity added to their weekly schedules! Thanks to many local organizations, our classroom was chosen for a mini grant. We know that journaling can help students improve communication skills, as well as attention to task. It can aid in setting and achieving goals. Research has shown it can help boost memory and improve comprehension by providing organizational practice, which can lead to a reduction in stress! This grant has allowed us to purchase all of these amazing items for a journal station!! Each student will have their own personal journal. I can't wait for our students to put "pencil to paper" as they say! Or marker!
Huge thank you to Montgomery City Kiwanis, Jonesburg Lions, Jonesburg Optimist, Jonesburg Lady Lioness, Montgomery City Lions, and Montgomery County Rotary for their support!!!!!
The Wildcat Warehouse, the school store at MCMS, which is used to support the efforts of students who are working to exhibit positive, respectful, and responsible behaviors has recently gotten many new items added to the inventory. These items were able to be added because of the generosity of many local civic organizations making donations to support the mini-grant program for educators in our community. A special thank you to: Montgomery City Kiwanis, Jonesburg Lions, Jonesburg Optimist, Jonesburg Lady Lioness, Montgomery City Lions, and Montgomery County Rotary for their support. Pictured from left to right with the store’s new inventory are: Chance W., Gary T., Ember F., and Raylynn G.
Students in Mrs. Gray's Math classes worked in cooperative groups to solve multi-step equations!
Basketball season is under way! Pictures of the boys' games to come soon!
Picture re-takes are this coming Tuesday, November 12. Students and staff members who did not have their picture taken on the original date need to plan to have theirs taken. Those who were unhappy with their first set of photos need to return them to get retakes.
If you have an athlete who needs a meal for after school on game days, FCCLA can help! See the attached link for a Google Order form for On-the-Go Sports Packs to be delivered to your athlete!
https://tinyurl.com/OTGSports