SCMS PTO Newsletter The Shocker Spring 2019 Spring 2019 1 Leer from the Principal PTO Updates 2 Box Tops 2 Shocker Sports 3 Chorus/Orchestra 4 Dance/Band/Orchestra 5 Band News 6 The Lile Mermaid 7 Media Center News/NJHS 8 Odyssey of the Mind 9 Grade-Level Updates 10 INSIDE THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT DATES 6/3: Math 2 NCFE/ELA make-ups 6/3: 6:30 p.m., NJHS Induction Ceremony 6/5: Math 1,2 and Math 6,7,8 make-ups 6/6: Spanish, CTE, PLTW, Social Studies, Science make-ups 6/6: 11 a.m., 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony, Carmel Baptist Church 6/7: 7th Grade Field Day 6/7 Last Day of School Dear Parents, Though our school year is quickly coming to a close, it seems that our staff and students are picking up speed and energy to accomplish the end of year tasks. From field days to spring con- certs to final research papers to End of Grade tesng, each day has purpose and is an opportunity to see students’ aca- demic, social, and personal growth. Academically, this has been another great year of success. Our spring MAP scores show that our students’ growth again beat the naonal average of growth. We look forward to excellent results on our EOG and NCFE tests. Our academic clubs did very well this year. A South Charloe Odyssey of the Mind team will be traveling to Michigan at the end of May to compete in the World Finals. Our Math Counts and the Bale of the Books teams did an outstanding job winning several events. We thoroughly enjoy seeing our Fine Arts students grow and excel, and I appreciate the amazing work of our FAN parents who support the programs. We all enjoyed the fabulous Lile Mermaid producon at the beginning of May. I am proud of the service-oriented a- tude that our Naonal Junior Honor Society members have demonstrated this year. The Mental Health Awareness Commiee and the Kindness Commiee worked creavely this year to promote posive acons among our students and staff. Athlecs, fine arts, clubs, and academic teams are all valuable opportunies for students to grow socially, discover their interests and talents, and work for a common goal. Many of our staff received recogni- on this year. Ms. Kailey Kiker was named N.C. Support Person of the Year by the Middle Levels Educator Associa- on; Ms. Meagan Barger was honored as MeckEd Teacher of Excellence as well as the May CMS Beginning Teacher of the Month; Ms. Kimberly Ivey won Teacher Assistant of the Year for the Southwest Learning Community, and Ms. Kae Butler won Teacher of the Year for the Southwest Learning Community. Truly, we have an excellent faculty. A significant task of fourth quarter is preparing student schedules for next year. Registraon for next year spans several months. If you have specific quesons about placement, please con- tact your student’s current math/language arts teacher(s), as he/she will have the most relevant informaon regarding this decision. The success we see each day at South Charloe Middle is due to the strong commitment from our community. I truly appreciate the many ways you support our students—from helping your child set up a study schedule at home to volunteering at school to en- couraging your child to do his best each day to aending a school event. It is the involvement from the whole community that makes our school great. It is a joy to work with your students each day and see them grow academically and socially. I look forward to a strong finish. Kindest regards, Lisa Bailes, Principal
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SCMS PTO Newsletter
The Shocker Spring 2019
Spring 2019 1
Letter from the Principal
PTO Updates 2
Box Tops 2
Shocker Sports 3
Chorus/Orchestra 4
Dance/Band/Orchestra 5
Band News 6
The Little Mermaid 7
Media Center
News/NJHS
8
Odyssey of the Mind 9
Grade-Level Updates 10
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
IMPORTANT DATES
6/3: Math 2 NCFE/ELA
make-ups
6/3: 6:30 p.m., NJHS
Induction Ceremony
6/5: Math 1,2 and
Math 6,7,8 make-ups
6/6: Spanish, CTE,
PLTW, Social Studies,
Science make-ups
6/6: 11 a.m., 8th Grade
Promotion Ceremony,
Carmel Baptist Church
6/7: 7th Grade Field Day
6/7 Last Day of School
Dear Parents,
Though our school year is quickly coming to a close, it seems that our staff and students are picking up speed and energy to accomplish the end of year tasks. From field days to spring con-certs to final research papers to End of Grade testing, each day has purpose and is an opportunity to see students’ aca-demic, social, and personal growth. Academically, this has been another great year of success. Our spring MAP scores show that our students’ growth again beat the national average of growth. We look forward to excellent results on our EOG and NCFE tests. Our academic clubs did very well this year. A South Charlotte Odyssey of the Mind team will be traveling to Michigan at the end of May to compete in the World Finals. Our Math Counts and the Battle of the Books teams did an outstanding job winning several events. We thoroughly enjoy seeing our Fine Arts students grow and excel, and I appreciate the amazing work of our FAN parents who support the programs. We all enjoyed the fabulous Little Mermaid production at the beginning of May. I am proud of the service-oriented atti-tude that our National Junior Honor Society members have demonstrated this year. The Mental Health Awareness Committee and the Kindness Committee worked creatively this year to promote positive actions among our students and staff. Athletics, fine arts, clubs, and academic teams are all valuable opportunities for students to grow socially, discover their interests and talents, and work for a common goal.
Many of our staff received recogni-tion this year. Ms. Kailey Kiker was named N.C. Support Person of the Year by the Middle Levels Educator Associa-tion; Ms. Meagan Barger was honored as MeckEd Teacher of Excellence as well as the May CMS Beginning Teacher of the Month; Ms. Kimberly Ivey won Teacher Assistant of the Year for the Southwest Learning Community, and Ms. Katie Butler won Teacher of the Year for the Southwest Learning Community. Truly, we have an excellent faculty. A significant task of fourth quarter is preparing student schedules for next year. Registration for next year spans several months. If you have specific questions about placement, please con-tact your student’s current math/language arts teacher(s), as he/she will have the most relevant information regarding this decision. The success we see each day at South Charlotte Middle is due to the strong commitment from our community. I truly appreciate the many ways you support our students—from helping your child set up a study schedule at home to volunteering at school to en-couraging your child to do his best each day to attending a school event. It is the involvement from the whole community that makes our school great. It is a joy to work with your students each day and see them grow academically and socially. I look forward to a strong finish. Kindest regards, Lisa Bailes, Principal
The Shocker
2 Spring 2019
Thank You,
School Store Volunteers
The School Store has been open
every Tuesday and Thursday during
lunch throughout the school year
for our middle schoolers. If it
weren’t for our generous
volunteers, we could not offer this
service to our children and
parents. A HUGE heartfelt thanks
goes out to these volunteers for
their time:
Niki Koesel, Trish Baker, Karen
Webb, Shannon Kinlaw, Tara Hill,
Theresa Joiner, Nancy Knox, Krista
Harman, Karen Wolfe, Gennie
Saffer, Kathy Porter, Cara Dalton,
Anje Seufert, Reyna Watson, Marty
Metzl, Amy Sutton, and Kim
Anderson.
I know there are others that have
jumped in to help at the last mi-
nute! We couldn’t have done it
without you this year!
The school store closed May 21 for
the school year, and we’ll see you
back for our fall opening.
Thanks!
Dawn Hamilton,
School Store Committee
Keep Clipping Box Tops for Education
We will send in our last Box Tops submission in June, so please turn in Box Tops by the last day
of school, June 7. Students can drop them off in the mailbox in the parent waiting area for easy
delivery. Thank you to all who participated this year in the Box Tops fundraiser.
Don’t forget to clip this summer!
PTO News
As we approach the end of the 2018-19 school year, I want to thank you
for your continued support of the PTO. Thank you to our PTO volunteers
who gave their time to support our students, teachers and staff throughout
the year. In the second semester, PTO volunteers honored our teachers
and staff with a fantastic Staff Appreciation Week, tirelessly worked to se-
cure EOG proctors, organized honor roll parties, 6th and 7th grade Field
Days and the 8th grade Sports Connection outing, helped with school pic-
tures and yearbook sales, assisted with Chromebook collection, promoted
and sold great merchandise in the school store, led school tours, created
and distributed newsletters, organized and submitted Box Tops, coordinat-
ed all of the volunteers, and so much more! We appreciate all you do!
Thank you for your continued donations to our annual fund, which raised
more than $30,000, making it possible for us to make additional purchas-
es in the second semester, including three metal picnic tables to provide
outdoor seating next to the bus lot and much-needed materials for the en-
tire Math Department. Thank you also for linking your Harris Teeter VIC
card and clipping and submitting so many Box Tops.
Finally, I want to thank the members of the PTO Executive Board for their
tireless commitment and dedication to the students, teachers and staff of
South Charlotte Middle School. To Heather Collier (VP of Fundraising), Beth
Cotton (Assistant Treasurer), Theresa Joiner (VP of Communications),
Nancy Knox (Treasurer), and Kim Zusi (Secretary), thank you for a great
year.
To all SCMS families, have a great summer!
Katharine Willis, PTO President
From the PTO President
The Shocker
Spring 2019 3
SHOCKER SPRING SPORTS IN ACTION Baseball, Boys’ Track, Girls’ Track, Boys’ Soccer, Girls’ Soccer, Tennis and Lacrosse Want to Play
Fall Sports
at SCMS?
Summer is a great time to
begin preparing for fall
sports. Here’s what student
athletes will need:
• An up-to-date physical
within 365 days of Sept.
3, 2019, the start date
of fall sports, from a
duly-licensed physician.
• A 2019-20 sports
insurance pack.
• A 2.0 GPA from the
previous semester.
All paperwork can be found
on the athletics home page.
Calling All Runners!
Cross country for boys and girls is one of a handful of clubs representing South Charlotte Middle School. The team is entering its eight sea-son competing against Char-lotte metro region teams. This club team is open to all sixth through eighth graders, and there are no tryouts—you only must be willing to work hard and be a good teammate. Practices will be Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 3:30-5 p.m. at SCMS. The first practice will be the Thursday after Labor Day, and there will be five races of 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) during the season. The program cost of $50