🌱 In 5th grade science, students are exploring where plants get the matter they need to grow! Today’s focus was on learning how to analyze and interpret data from a plant experiment conducted by someone else.
Our young scientists practiced working with data tables and graphs, then interpreted what the information revealed. This was a great step in understanding how scientists use data to make sense of the world around us! 🔬📊
Our young scientists practiced working with data tables and graphs, then interpreted what the information revealed. This was a great step in understanding how scientists use data to make sense of the world around us! 🔬📊
We'd like to present Ms. Dawson! This is her first year teaching at CMS. She went to college in Wayne and got her degree in special education K-12. She likes to teach her students and wants the best for them, helping them achieve everything they dream of. In her free time, she LOVES to read books and watch anime. In fact, her favorite anime is called ¨One Punch Man." One piece of wisdom that she would like to share is that it's okay to not know what you want to do right out of high school. You can take a couple of years to figure that out, and you don't have to be stressed. Overall, this is Ms. Dawson, and we hope she has a great first year teaching.
Our 5th graders put their geometry vocabulary to the test in a fun listening game! Each student described their hidden geometric creation from behind a folder while their classmates worked hard to recreate it using only the clues.
What a great way to practice precision, listening, and teamwork—all while having fun with geometry! 📐✨
What a great way to practice precision, listening, and teamwork—all while having fun with geometry! 📐✨
🎉 Congratulations to our CMS Cross Country team! 🎉
They kicked off the season today competing in their very first meet at Boone Central. 🏃♂️🏃♀️
A special shoutout to our medalists—Oscar placed 2nd and Carter placed 9th! 🥈🏅
Way to represent, CMS—we’re proud of you! 👏💙
They kicked off the season today competing in their very first meet at Boone Central. 🏃♂️🏃♀️
A special shoutout to our medalists—Oscar placed 2nd and Carter placed 9th! 🥈🏅
Way to represent, CMS—we’re proud of you! 👏💙
🌟 A huge shoutout to our amazing Seniors! 🌟
We are so excited to have these role models take time out of their busy schedules to help our 5th graders every Friday! From tackling tricky math problems to mastering the brand-new skill of opening lockers, their support makes such a difference.
The best part? You should see our 5th graders’ eyes light up when the Seniors walk into the room! 💡✨
Thank you, Seniors—you are AWESOME, and we appreciate you! 🙌
We are so excited to have these role models take time out of their busy schedules to help our 5th graders every Friday! From tackling tricky math problems to mastering the brand-new skill of opening lockers, their support makes such a difference.
The best part? You should see our 5th graders’ eyes light up when the Seniors walk into the room! 💡✨
Thank you, Seniors—you are AWESOME, and we appreciate you! 🙌
🎶✨ 5th Grade Language Arts got creative with Musical Metaphors & Similes!
Students listened to short music clips and then described the sounds using similes and metaphors. From “as smooth as melted chocolate” to “a drumbeat like a racing heart,” their figurative language skills came alive!
They wrapped up by sharing their favorites with the class—such a fun and musical way to practice writing with creativity and expression. 🎼📝💡
Students listened to short music clips and then described the sounds using similes and metaphors. From “as smooth as melted chocolate” to “a drumbeat like a racing heart,” their figurative language skills came alive!
They wrapped up by sharing their favorites with the class—such a fun and musical way to practice writing with creativity and expression. 🎼📝💡
🔦✨ Our 6th graders are kicking off the year with an exciting study of light and matter!
Students explored how a one-way mirror works by experimenting with a box model made up of two “rooms.” They tested how changing the light in each room affects what can be seen through the mirror.
💡 Light in one room, darkness in the other... what happens?
💡 Light in both rooms... or dark in both... how does that change what we see?
Through these hands-on investigations, students are discovering how light plays a huge role in what (and how) we see the world around us! 🌍👀
Students explored how a one-way mirror works by experimenting with a box model made up of two “rooms.” They tested how changing the light in each room affects what can be seen through the mirror.
💡 Light in one room, darkness in the other... what happens?
💡 Light in both rooms... or dark in both... how does that change what we see?
Through these hands-on investigations, students are discovering how light plays a huge role in what (and how) we see the world around us! 🌍👀
🎉 Columbus for the WIN! 🎉
Our middle schoolers brought the energy last night at the Columbus vs. Norfolk High School football game! 🤍🙌 They were on their feet cheering the entire time and made it such a fun, spirited section!
Our middle schoolers brought the energy last night at the Columbus vs. Norfolk High School football game! 🤍🙌 They were on their feet cheering the entire time and made it such a fun, spirited section!
📸 Last Week's Yearbook Fun! 📸
Our amazing yearbook staff went on a photo scavenger hunt around the building last week! 🎉 Students got hands-on practice with the cameras while putting their photography skills to the test—learning how to capture creative and interesting shots.
Now it’s time for YOU to join the fun! Each team has chosen their favorite photo, and we need your votes to decide the winner. 🏆
💡 How to Vote: Just hit the 👍 like button on your favorite picture below. Every like = 1 vote!
✨ The winning photo will earn 50 points for their team!
Here are the contenders:
🔹 Team 1 – Gym Class
🔹 Team 2 – Volleyball on the Discoverers logo
🔹 Team 3 – Playing Piano
🔹 Team 4 – Stack of Books
Which photo will take the crown? Let the voting begin! 🎊
Our amazing yearbook staff went on a photo scavenger hunt around the building last week! 🎉 Students got hands-on practice with the cameras while putting their photography skills to the test—learning how to capture creative and interesting shots.
Now it’s time for YOU to join the fun! Each team has chosen their favorite photo, and we need your votes to decide the winner. 🏆
💡 How to Vote: Just hit the 👍 like button on your favorite picture below. Every like = 1 vote!
✨ The winning photo will earn 50 points for their team!
Here are the contenders:
🔹 Team 1 – Gym Class
🔹 Team 2 – Volleyball on the Discoverers logo
🔹 Team 3 – Playing Piano
🔹 Team 4 – Stack of Books
Which photo will take the crown? Let the voting begin! 🎊
🧪✨ Things got bubbly in 7th grade science!
Students put bath bomb ingredients to the test to see which ones react with water to produce gas. A fun way to explore chemical reactions and the science behind the fizz!
Students put bath bomb ingredients to the test to see which ones react with water to produce gas. A fun way to explore chemical reactions and the science behind the fizz!
🗺️ Our 7th grade geographers have been busy this week! Students practiced analyzing maps to identify location, keys, symbols, scale, grids, and more. Now, they’re putting their learning into action by creating maps of their own—complete with all the essential elements.
✨ Our 5th graders have been diving into the meanings behind names in Language Arts! ✨
This week, they began a special writing assignment exploring what makes their name special!
This week, they began a special writing assignment exploring what makes their name special!
🧩 A puzzle isn’t complete with a missing piece—and every student is an important part of our CMS puzzle! 💙
This week, our 6th graders created puzzle pieces to represent themselves during advisory. Each piece highlights their unique personalities, talents, and interests, showing how together they make our school community whole.
This week, our 6th graders created puzzle pieces to represent themselves during advisory. Each piece highlights their unique personalities, talents, and interests, showing how together they make our school community whole.
🎨🍴 Our 8th Grade artists are bringing creativity to the table—literally! Students are hard at work shaping and designing clay food sculptures. We can’t wait to see their deliciously creative masterpieces!
🎶 After-school activities are in full swing at CMS! 🥁
Our Middle School Drumline is putting in the work after school to build rhythm, teamwork, and school spirit.
Check out some snapshots from today’s rehearsal! 📸👏
✏️📐 The Maroon 5 math students are off to a flying start this school year! 🚀 They’ve been busy classifying two-dimensional shapes and building a strong foundation for the exciting math challenges ahead.
💡✨ Students in Mr. Solamillo’s Language Arts class dove into the fascinating world of Bionic Superhumans!
As part of their learning, they teamed up for an activity called “Bionic Body: Design and Narrative.” Each group designed a unique bionic technology for a fictional character of their choice, then wrote a creative narrative exploring the physical, emotional, and social changes their character experienced.
As part of their learning, they teamed up for an activity called “Bionic Body: Design and Narrative.” Each group designed a unique bionic technology for a fictional character of their choice, then wrote a creative narrative exploring the physical, emotional, and social changes their character experienced.
🚗💥 Our 8th grade science students have been exploring the science of collisions! Today, they wrapped up a hands-on lab by crashing vehicles on a track and observing the results. Each car had a different type of bumper, and students compared how the impacts changed with each design. 🧪🔬
✨ More snapshots from 5th Grade Science! ✨
Our students explored nurse logs today and discovered just how much life is happening under and around them. 🪵🐜🌱 Some critters even made a few kids squirm—but that’s part of the fun! It was a great day in 5th-grade science. 💚
Our students explored nurse logs today and discovered just how much life is happening under and around them. 🪵🐜🌱 Some critters even made a few kids squirm—but that’s part of the fun! It was a great day in 5th-grade science. 💚
5th Grade science students are kicking off the year by exploring “Nurse Logs.” Nurse Logs are fallen trees that become a home and a source of life for other living things. Today, they investigated what lives in, on, and around these fascinating logs.
This hands-on exploration launches our new unit on Matter and Energy Cycling. We can’t wait to see what our students discover next! 🌱🐞🍄
This hands-on exploration launches our new unit on Matter and Energy Cycling. We can’t wait to see what our students discover next! 🌱🐞🍄
