April 6-9- Washington, DC trip

April 12- Spring Pictures

April 13- Cookie Dough Pick-Up/Club Day

April 15-22- Book Fair

April 19- SIC Meeting @ 4 PM in Media Center

April 26-29- State Testing

April 27- Interims Issued

April 28- Beta Club Induction 6 PM in Big

Gym May 2016

May 11-27- SC PASS Testing, Online

May 12- Athletic Banquet @ 5:30 PM

May 17- Chorus Concert 6 PM

May 19- Band Concert 6 PM

May 24- Awards Day 8th grade- 8:30 AM

May 25- Awards Day 6th grade- 8:30 AM

Field day 7th grade

Half day-Dismiss at 11:30 AM

May 26- Promotion Ceremony 8th grade 8:30 AM

Field day 6th grade

Half day-Dismiss at 11:30 AM

May 27- Awards Day 7th grade- 8:30 AM

Field day 8th grade

Half day-Dismiss at 11:30 AM

May 30- Memorial Day – No School

May 31- Teacher Work Day- No School

June 2016

June 1- Last Day for Teachers

Pennies for Patients donations ran through

the month of March!

Thank you to everyone who donated.

1st place: Ms. Studer's HR $166.49

2nd place: Ms. Dippel's HR $109. 81

3rd place: Ms. Templin's HR $ 94.66

Total donated $1029.00

MID-CAROLINA

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Important dates for April 2016

April 2016

Beta Club News Jr. Beta Club News:

The annual Jr. Beta Club Induction

Ceremony will be held on Thursday, April 28th

at 6:00 PM in the big gym. All current Jr. Beta

members are expected to participate in the

ceremony unless they submit a written excuse to

Mrs. Ricard prior to April 28th. Please plan to

wear dress clothes. Students that participated in

Songfest at the State Convention will perform at

the ceremony and will practice for this during

club day on April 13th during school in the

multi-purpose room.

MCMS students not already in Jr. Beta

Club who have maintained a 93 overall average

with no grades below 85 during the 1st, 2nd, and

3rd nine weeks grading periods this year should

have received a letter of invitation to

join. Applications and membership fees were

due to Mrs. Wendy Shealy in the sixth grade

hall by Tuesday, April 5th in order to participate

in the Induction Ceremony. All new inductees

will have a practice on club day during school

on April 13th in the large gym. All new

inductees are expected to wear dress clothes to

the Induction Ceremony.

Documentation for the second semester

service hours are due to Mrs. Ricard by

May 20th. Students should have earned a total

of 20 for the year. Thank you to all students

who participated in all of our club service

projects this year.

Mission

To facilitate optimal learning for all students to enable them

to lead fulfilling lives in a rapidly changing and

increasingly complex society.

Vision

To create unity within the school, district, and community

forming a culture where collaboration is expected and all ideas are valued.

We believe:

Mid-Carolina Middle is Committed to continuously creating Meaningful and engaging opportunities which are Socially relevant and academically challenging for all students.

Congratulations to our March

Teacher of the Month,

Mrs. Kerri Frick, 8th Grade Math

Teacher and our March Support

Staff of the Month,

Officer Bishop, R.O.

Our Career Day is Tuesday, May 10th.

We surveyed the students for their top interests and will have a variety of professionals here

that day to present information and interact with students in a

classroom setting!

March Students of the Month: Emma Bundrick, Cal Smith, Eliza McManus, Grayson Long, Kendal Boland, Jeremy Hollowell,

Ingrid Escobedo, Zach Frick, Justin Spells, Alexis Glymph, Chandler Rodgers, Taylor Carpenter, Ashlyn Kinard, Travis Griffin, Scotlyn Lominick, Alan Garcia, Tyrese Gray, Ashly Charpentier,

Tevon Boyd, Morgan Shealy, Aiden Gunwall, and Kaitlyn Brown.

Atención Familias Hispanas: Si usted necesita

traducción de este informativo, por favor

comuníquese con el sr. Núñez al teléfono

803-271-2256

MCMS Media Center News:

MCMS Library April Updates

Overdue Books/Library Fines/Fees

**All books are due to the library by Friday, May 13th Parents and students –fine notices were sent home with report cards on Wednesday,

March 23rd. A reminder that students with overdue books and/or fines of $.51 or

more will not be able to check out. They must either return the overdue books or get

the fine below $.50. After interims, students that have any fines at all will not be allowed to

check out books from the library. (A wide selection of books is available for students with overdue books or fines.)

Homerooms are competing to win a special prize from Mrs. Westwood and Mrs. Glessner – the first 5 homerooms to have no overdue books and no library fines by

May 10th will get this special prize! If you have any questions or concerns regarding library fines or fees, feel free to

contact Mrs. Glessner in the library

(aglessner@newberry.k12.sc.us or 803.364.3634 x18404). School Library Month

April is School Library Month. To celebrate, library trivia will be featured randomly on the WMCMS news show. Students may turn in their guesses at lunch to Mrs.

Glessner in the library to get their names entered in a drawing to win awesome

prizes from the MCMS Library and Mrs. Glessner. April is National Poetry Month

The MCMS Library is celebrating Poetry Month by inviting students to write poems to be featured on the poe-tree in the library. Students who turn in poems will receive

special rewards for their participation! See Mrs. Glessner for more information! The WMCMS News Show will be randomly featuring poets and their works that can

be found in the MCMS library. Be sure to come check out the poetry and display!

Scholastic Book Fair The annual Buy One, Get One Free book fair will be April 15th through April 22nd.

There will be a book fair night on Wednesday, April 20th from 3:15 pm until 6 pm.

Please contact Mrs. Glessner for more information!

March Madness Winner The 2016 MCMS Library March Madness winner was 5th Wave by Rick Yancey!

Congratulations to Ashlyn Howe and Cassi Murphy – they tied for first with their

brackets! Carolyne Hornsby came in 3rd and Charlotte Delk was the only student to correctly guess which book would be the overall winner! These students were

rewarded with signed copies of books from popular authors.

ATHLETIC NEWS:

MCMS ATHLETIC BANQUET INFORMATION

DATE: Thursday/May 12, 2016

TIME: 5:30 PM

Location: MCMS Cafeteria

MCMS Athletes will eat free courtesy of the MCMS Athletic Department.

Tickets will be $10.00 for everyone else that will be eating.

Tickets will be sold ahead of time. Letters will go home at the end of April.

MCMS Sports: MCMS Cheerleading, MCMS Volleyball, MCMS Football,

MCMS Girls Basketball, MCMS Boys Basketball

If your child is interested in participating on a MCMS or MCHS Sports Team

during the 2016-2017 School Year, then you will need to make sure you have

your primary caregiver/physician fill out the "NEW SCHSL PHYSICAL

FORM." This form is now being implemented by the SCHSL and all middle

and high schools in South Carolina have to use the updated form for their

athletes. (FYI:-Please Note- There are 3 Pages to this form

(SCHSL Physical Forms & SCHSL Parent Permission Form)

--ALL 3 WILL NEED TO BE TURNED INTO COACH JONES

http://www.schsl.org/2013Forms/2013PPE.pdf

In addition, the NCSD requires all MCMS student-athletes to have their

parents fill out the "NCSD Concussions Form." This form can be found at the

MCMS School Web-site under the "Athletics" Link.

Note: A total of 3 forms have to be turned into Coach Jones in order for your

child to participate in tryouts or practice. (1) SCHSL Physical Form,

(2) SCHSL Parent Permission Form, & (3) NCSD Concussions Signature

Page)

Any rising 7th, 8th, or 9th graders that would like to join the MCHS

swim team for the fall, needs to see Mrs. K.L. Hawkins (room 319)

to fill out a form for summer contact information. Practice will

begin before the start of the 16-17 school year. You must have a

sports physical, concussion form, and parent permission form

completed prior to the first practice.

Congratulations to all girls who participated in the 2016 Miss MCMS Pageant!

Dorothy Jacobs, Loralei Traylor, Natalie Hobgood, Aleah Cromer, Skyler Ammons, Makayla Wright, Emma Grace Connelly,

Reagen White, Lea Hamilton, Abby Berry, Averial Vanlue, Hannah Cook, and Carolyne Hornsby.

Miss MCMS 2016 Reagen White Pageant winners were: Miss Congeniality- Hannah Cook Miss Photogenic- Dorothy Jacobs People’s Choice Award- Makayla Wright Miss Sixth Grade 2nd Runner Up- Natalie Hobgood Miss Sixth Grade 1st Runner Up- Loralei Traylor Miss Sixth Grade- Dorothy Jacobs Miss Seventh Grade 2nd Runner Up- Skyler Ammons Miss Seventh Grade 1st Runner Up- Makayla Wright Miss Seventh Grade- Emma Grace Connelly Miss Eighth Grade 2nd Runner Up- Hannah Cook Miss Eighth Grade 1st Runner Up- Carolyne Hornsby Miss Eighth Grade- Abby Berry

The School District of Newberry County recently recognized students as junior scholars. Students had to score a 50 or higher on the PSAT

to qualify. MCMS students were: Jimmy Berry, Matthew Boland, Samuel Bullard, Abigale DeLavalle, Charlotte Delk, Emma Fulmer, Fritz Lewis, Koedy Longshore, Joseph Murray, and Abigail Shealy.

The Gift of Poetry Poetry is truly a very special gift.

It can come in a gift box or a nice gift bag. Once you open it, treasures you will find.

Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Rudyard Kipling ---- their poems are definitely one of a kind.

And then there’s Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, and Nikki Giovanni --- so many different styles of wonderful poetry.

But once the gift it opened, you mustn’t stop there, For now it is time for the real fun to begin, it is time to share.

Share the poems that will make you laugh and cry. Others may cause you to think and possibly wonder why.

Some poems can make you happy, glad, or sad. Whatever the case may be, hopefully they won’t make you mad.

Once the gift is opened and it has been shared, There is only one thing left to do and that is to celebrate.

Celebrate and enjoy great poetry!

Open the gift! Share the gift!

And most importantly, CELEBRATE THE GIFT! From: Writings From Down Through the Years by Author and ESOL Teacher Tacardra Rountree