Montgomery County Middle School

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

We were very fortunate to have some of our students' very favorite veterans join us today as well! (Veterans Day, Part 2)

Today we were truly honored to be able to recognize the brave men and women who have served this country in our Veterans Day Assembly. The assembly, created and run by our students, was truly a beautiful representation of the gratitude this school community feels for their service. (Part 1)

Montgomery County Middle School would like to recognize our October Wildcats of the Month. The theme for October was COOPERATION and we are very proud of Riley, Kelsey, and Katherine, who are all stellar examples of cooperative students. Way to go, Wildcats!

Notice: MCMS Winter Cheerleading practices will begin on Thursday 11-7-24 & Friday 11-8-24 after school until 4:45pm. Participants must have an updated activity physical exam on file with the school before beginning practices. A practice plan and schedule will be given to the girls on Friday afternoon outlining the dates and practice times moving forward.

Sixth graders in Mrs. Farrar's Science classes are learning about Plate Tectonics.

Students this past week took advantage of the lovely weather to utilize Luxury Lunch Passes purchased from our Wildcat Warehouse. With Class Cash earned through Class Bank for being positive, respectful, and responsible, students can purchase a number of items, including this pass which allows them to bring a friend and enjoy lunch in our outdoor picnic area. Way to go, Wildcats!

We are excited to announce that our school will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week from Tuesday, October 29-Friday, November 1. This week is dedicated to promoting drug prevention and encouraging healthy lifestyles among our students. Red Ribbon Week is a nationwide event that encourages children to make healthy choices and avoid drugs. It’s a wonderful opportunity for our school community to come together and show support for living a drug-free life. Our theme this year is, "Life is Movie, Film Drug Free!" To make this week engaging and fun, we invite students and staff to participate in our dress-up days! Here’s the schedule: TUESDAY: "Don't Sleep on Your Future!" Wear your favorite school-appropriate PJ's. WEDNESDAY: "Too Smart for Drugs!" Students dress like teachers and teachers dress like students. THURSDAY: Hats off to a Drug Free Life!" Wear your favorite hat FRIDAY: We are RED-dy to say no to Drugs! Wear red in support of Red Ribbon Week! Thank you for your support. Together, we can help our students understand the importance of making healthy choices.

An FCCLA Star Event project involves collecting items for pets in need. If you are willing and able to donate, we need all items turned into AcLab by this Thursday, October 24.

MCMS celebrated the end of the quarter on Friday with a pep assembly full of Minute to Win It games and a class spirit competition. Seventh grade took home the spirit bucket this round. We look forward to celebrating again soon! It's a great day to be a Wildcat!

Please do not forget we have a flu clinic next week, October 24. Deadline for registration is October 22. Please see attached letter and handout.

At MCMS, we have been enjoying great success with our students using our new program, ClassBank, to teach student’s financial literacy while simultaneously rewarding them for displaying the traits of being positive, respectful, and responsible. Students are able to spend their earnings at our school store, the Wildcat Warehouse. We are able, in part, to keep our store stocked through the generous donations of our community. If you are interested in donating via our Amazon wishlist, we have added items that will help restock our inventory. Our wishlist can be found linked here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3S0VVB1EWWV1B... If you are interested, you can make a charitable donation via our school's Webstore linked here: https://mc-wildcats.revtrak.net/montgome.../ms-donations/... Thank you again to the community for the support you have shown us, we appreciate you!

Volleyball season concluded tonight in Mexico with a few hard-fought sets. Way to go, Wildcats!

MCMS FCCLA Officers attended the State Leadership Conference at Tan-Tar-A this weekend. They are excited to bring back the many new tips and tricks they learned. Way to represent MCMS, Wildcats!