Cumberland County Marching Band

The Cumberland County Marching Band kicked off their competition season Saturday with an exhibition at Adair County. The marching Panthers were terrific! To watch their exhibition performance click on the link below.

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GOOD LUCK THIS SEASON, MARCHING PANTHERS!!

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

The August SUPER STAR Employee of the month is Mrs. Charla Morrison. The start of each new school year wouldn't go nearly as smooth without Mrs. Charla. Thanks Mrs. Charla for going above and beyond what is expected of you!

Your are appreciated more than you know by the CCMS family!!!

CCMS AUGUST SUPER STARS

Each month the faculty and staff of CCMS votes and selects one student from each grade level to be the monthly SUPER STAR. SUPER STARS are chosen based on a number of factors observed by faculty and staff, such as attitude, classroom behavior, work ethic, kindness to others, service to our school and much much more!!!

CCMS SUPERSTARS for the month of August are:

8th Grade: Mason

7th Grade: Laketra

6th Grade: Korran

CONGRATULATIONS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!

PROJECT ALERT

7th graders at CCMS began Project Alert with Mrs. Henson. Project Alert is a weekly drug prevention program that helps students understand the negative effects of drugs on their body and mind. Project Alert also provides students with the necessary skills to avoid and resist negative peer pressure through role play, group discussions, video clips, and much much more! Thanks Mrs. Karen for investing in the youth of CCMS!

Piracy Presentations

Students in the 8th grade technology class conducted research on Internet piracy, music and movie piracy, the consequences of piracy, how to avoid piracy, the meaning of copyrights, and plagiarism. Students used their research to create presentations using Power Point, as well as advertisements to encourage others not to break the law when it comes to online information.

Students chose from voki.com, vocaroo.com, or Photo Story to complete their advertisements. Student advertisements and presentations were a big hit with their classmates!

THE INCREDIBLE EDIBLE CELL

In conjunction with the lesson on cells, 8th grade science students created the Edible Cell. Student groups created a cell model using all edible materials. There were four awards up for grabs with this class activity, Most Accurate, Most Attractive, Most Creative and Most Delicious. All students agree this was a creative and "tasty" way to learn and remember the structure of both animal and plant cells.

CCMS STUDENTS AT WORK

CCMS students take their turn working concessions during basketball games to earn money for their club.

Lady Panther Basketball

CCMS Lady Panther coach Kristen Rowe, and the Lady Panthers, kicked off the 2012-2013 basketball season this week. The 6th, 7th, and 8th grade Lady Panthers faced rival, Monticello Trojans. The 8th grade Lady Panthers won their first home game, while the 6th and 7th grade teams came up a little short. Great Job Lady Panthers, Good Luck this season!

Students Learn How To Be A Good Digital Citizen

What does it mean to be a good digital citizen? The 6th grade technology class conducted research to answer just that question.

Research was then used to prepare presentations to share with their classmates to explain the 9 elements of digital citizenship, and what behaviors would be considered good digital citizenship.

Play Dough Economics

Trade or Barter? That was the question that Ms. Brittany's

Economics students were trying to answer.

Students in Ms. Brittany's Economics class participated in Play Dough Economics to compare and contrast bartering and trading with money. Students got to use their creativity and imaginations to produce goods from Play Dough and classroom materials, to trade and barter. Students found that trade with money has many advantages over bartering!

CCMS TAKES A STAND AGAINST BULLYING

Bullying peaks at the middle school ages for most children. Guidance counselor Dorothy Smith has developed a “Bully Box” for each classroom, along with a Bully Form. Students can identify bullying of any type, even if they’ve only witnessed someone else being bullied. That report goes in the bully box. Each report is investigated by administration and consequences are delivered when we believe bullying has taken place. We believe every student deserves to feel safe at school and promise to do everything we can to stop bullying at CCMS.

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RENOVATIONS COMPLETE

Anonymous surveys can say a lot. The parents, staff, and students of Cumberland County Middle School were given the opportunity to answer questions about our school. The overall results and comments were overwhelmingly positive. Two concerns were mentioned multiple times: the issue of bullying, and the condition of our bathrooms.
As many are aware, CCMS went through numerous renovations over the last school year. The last of those renovations and updates included the bathrooms. The bathrooms were the last to be completed right before the start of the 2012-2013 school year. Each bathroom received a new vanity, automatic faucets, automatic flushers, new hand dryers, and even new stall dividers. The completed bathrooms capped off the updates and now our building is in the best shape it’s been in since it was built.

THE ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL DANCE

6TH GRADERS ENJOYING THEIR FIRST CCMS DANCE!

STUDENTS PROVED THEY COULD HULA-HOOP,

AS DID THE TEACHERS!

SOME TEACHERS WERE BETTER AT HULA-HOOPING THAN OTHERS!

THE BACK TO SCHOOL DANCE WAS A HUGE SUCCESS!

CCMS MAKES USE OF THE SMART CLICKERS

CCMS students use the SMART Clicker Response system during a formative assessment.

Library Student Helper

Mason working hard to help Ms. Nathalie get the new 2012 Bluegrass Books on the shelves.

Bus Duty

Ms. Lisa completes her bus duty, riding an evening route with the students.

1st DAY OF THE 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR

So glad to be back!

All smiles!

2012-2013 Back To School Bash

CCMS produces a lot of smiles. :)

Pizza for everyone at the Back to School Bash.

Welcome 6th Graders!

Welcome Aboard

CCMS Welcomes our new 8th Grade Math Teacher, Ms. Kristen Rowe, and the new CCMS Principal Mr. Tim Parson.