Each month CMS Student Council selects two Navigators of the Month from nominations submitted by students, parents, and staff.
Mr. Bailey, Ms. Betz, Mr. Darveau, and Ms. Ditter have already been named Navigators this year!
We invite you to take a moment of your time to nominate any adult at CMS for the December Navigator of the Month: https://forms.gle/K8pdGJ5LVsqdZjg99
The CMS Food Service staff are getting into the holiday spirit during this year's competition between the school buildings! Let's Go Discoverers!!! #proudtobeCMS #schoollunch #godiscoverers
CMS Parents:
On Friday there will be no parking in the Trinity Lutheran Church Parking lot after school due to an event they have there. Please make other arrangements for this day when picking up your child/children after school on Friday. Thanks
Mark your calendars and plan to attend a community feedback session. CPS wants to hear from you! During these sessions you will learn more about the growth and needs of CPS as well as have an opportunity to give us your input as we shape our facility priorities for the future.
STUCO is excited to announce the winners of our Food Drive Castle Contest!
Most Items: Ms. Earley's Advisory
Best of 8th Grade: Ms. Earley's Advisory
Best of 7th Grade: Ms. Wildman's Advisory
Best of 6th Grade: Ms. Rosno's Advisory
Best of 5th Grade Ms. Wulf's Advisory
Most Creative: Ms. Ditter's Advisory
Best Overall Castle: Ms. Wulf's Advisory!
Don't forget to join us tonight for the Lighting of the Anchor at Columbus High School from 5:30pm-7:30pm!
The annual CMS food drive finished up yesterday. We collected a total of 3,555 items for the Platte County Food Bank! Thank you to everyone who donated, STUCO is reviewing the castles and will announce the prizes next week!
8th Grade Activity Night is this Friday!
We still need help from parents to make this night successful. Please see the image attached for ways you can help!
Mrs. Earley's class had an amazing time creating their castle for the CMS food drive. Thanks so much to the families who donated.
Students happily help carry food donated for the CMS food drive.
Tomorrow is the final day of the CMS Food Drive! Advisory classrooms will build castles out of their collected food and STUCO will vote for the winners of Overall Best Castle, Most Items, Best Per Grade Level, and Most Creative. Have you donated food items yet?
CPS families we want to hear from you. If you have not completed the CPS Families Survey yet please do so today!
https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/202287/p1006
Sometimes you Just Dance! Mrs. Gustafson's language arts class averaged an 89% on their vocabulary test this week, so a few minutes of celebrating was in order! Great work, 7th graders!
8th Grade Activity Night is coming up on Nov. 18th!
8th GRADE PARENTS, we need your help and support in order for this to be a successful evening. Please check the attached flyer to see if you are able to provide assistance. Any help is greatly appreciated!
CMS STUCO is hosting a Food Drive the week of Nov. 7th. Bring non-perishable food items to your advisory! Classes will build castles with the food they collect and STUCO will vote for the Best Castles at the end of the week! All food collected will be donated to the Platte County Food Bank.
8th grade science has had a busy week building roller coasters. Students needed to demonstrate knowledge of forces and how energy changes in order to be successful.
The 7th graders celebrated Halloween by creating their own Spooky Black-Out Poetry from excerpts of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. These girls from Mrs. Foster's class even came in during their free time to work on more poems! Here are some examples. Enjoy!
Mark you calendars and plan to be at CHS on November 17, 2022 and join the CPS Foundation for the Lighting of the Anchor!
With the start of Quarter 2, the 7th grade LA students started a new reading unit. It's informational text all about brain science. Ask your student what happened to Phineas Gage!
Parents & Community Members,
Please consider joining Columbus Community Hospital and Smart GEN Society next week for a timely presentation on keeping your family safe in this digital world. RSVP is requested by 10/22/2022 For more information visit https://bit.ly/3ghMB7k.