Christa McAuliffe Middle School

CMMS CSO’s Emma and Alexa did a great job as emcee’s for the Chief Science Officer Celebration! We were so proud to hear them announced for this year’s Innovative CSO team award!

As of 5/18 we have 25 soft cover $18 yearbooks available for purchase. If you would like to reserve one please bring your money to school as soon as possible because they will go fast. These will be sold on a first come basis starting today, with students receiving their yearbooks starting next week.

Celebration of Talents As part of our Honors program here at CMMS our students participate in a social studies competition. Our 8th-grade US History students submitted their projects to the MCSS Social Studies Olympiad. The MCSS released the results yesterday and a number of our students have medaled. This would not have been possible without the hard work of our teachers and support staff in our district, the parents, and of course the students themselves. Congratulations to all of our students who competed. Current Event Map - The Current Event Map event is intended to help develop students’ knowledge of current events, their understanding about how geography influences current events, and their map making and presentation skills. Using a video, students must use a map to tell the story of any national or international events which have been in the news the past one to two years. Gold Medal Nora Goaley Silver Medal Grace Jankoska Bronze Medal Kenzy Bach Historical TV Newscast - Students create, produce, and direct a 10-minute video to simulate what a television newscast would have been in the past. Gold Medal Sean Wesolek Colten Beson Alex Armstrong Landon Kogelman Drew Bailey William Gallagher Poetry - Poetry can be of any style, rhymed or unrhymed, structured or free verse. Honorable Mention Brady Werner Online Presentation - Online presentations are tools that provide visuals, sounds, and words that increase people’s understanding of a subject. This event entails having students creating original digital presentations based on the theme. Bronze Medal Sienna Meininger Theme Graphic Design - Students submit an original graphic design representative of the Olympiad theme. Silver Medal Caeli Schultz Bronze Medal Eloise Laverty Mrs. Dutkiewicz 8th-Grade Honors US History

Christa McAuliffe Middle School will be hosting a 5th-grade virtual parent meeting on Tuesday, May 25th at 5:30 to share important information about the middle school. We will be recording this meeting for parents who are unable to attend. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86399315125?pwd=NWNobkZoRis0dmFEWWRxU2prcG04UT09 Meeting ID: 863 9931 5125 Passcode: 439360

UNLIMITED SCHOOL OF CHOICE OPENINGS IN BANGOR TOWNSHIP! Do you know anyone that wants to become part of Bobcat Nation, but doesn't live in Bangor Township? If you do, please have them consider submitting a school of choice application for the 2021-2022 school year. We encourage those interested to submit an application in the via the link below. You can fill out the digital application or print out a paper copy. Please share with your family and friends. https://www.bangorschools.org/article/458934?org=district

Attention Current 6th Grade Students: Please don't forget to sign up for your locker partner for the 2021-2022 school year. A message was sent to your student Skyward account as well as your school email. Please check those locations for a link to a Google form that will allow you to sign up for your locker partner. Before you fill out the form please be aware of the following: You must confirm with your partner that you want to locker together before filling out the form Only one of the two students needs to complete the form Boys must locker with boys and girls must locker with girls If you are unable to find a locker partner please just fill in your name on the form and the office will assign you a partner

The Scholastic Book Fair in the CMMS library continues through Thursday. Hours are 7:30 to 2:45. Parents may visit after school. Stop at the office first. There are over 60 bargain books priced between 2$ and 5$. Thanks for supporting literacy and the CMMS Library. If you prefer to shop online: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/christamcauliffemiddlesch3

CMMS Girls interested in trying out for sideline cheer for next year, please see below for the tryout information. They will be held May 19th and 20th and all students must pre-register per the photo attached.

Homepage link for the CMMS Scholastic Book Fair: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/christamcauliffemiddlesch3

CMMS will be hosting an in person/online book fair. The online fair is open now and the in person fair will be in the library next week. It will be open from 7:30 am to 2:45 pm Monday through Thursday. Check out our homepage for more information. Support literacy and our school library, visit the book fair today!

CMMS Students interested in playing youth football next year please see the attached photo for upcoming registration on Thursday May 20th at the JGHS Football Stadium!

CMMS girls interested in trying out for the middle school Pompon team next season, please see the flyer below and register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScq3tuPyn8o7fTQatyNxkg_mrH0pstFKYU9WqpiCTcBbdqwQQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Do you know anyone that wants to become part of Bobcat Nation, but doesn't live in Bangor Township? If you do, please have them consider submitting a school of choice application for the 2021-2022 school year. We encourage those interested to submit an application in the digital format via the link below. You can also go to www.bangorschools.org to download a printable copy that you can mail to the Edison Administration Building at 3359 E. Midland Rd. or fax to 684-6000. Online School of Choice Application: https://forms.gle/SZHzTxkwyMf6ZojJA

Bangor Township Schools is proud to announce that we will be offering the following Summer Learning options for our current K-8 students. Summer school is open and free to all current K-8th grade Bangor Township students. Summer School options and registration for current 9-11th students will be shared out the week of May 17th. For all Face to Face summer school options, transportation is the family's responsibility. A generous snack will be provided each day, however due to the nature of our summer meal program grant, we will NOT be serving meals during the Face to Face summer school program. More information on the summer feeding program will be shared by our amazing Food Services department soon. OPTION 1: Face to Face "Bobcat Academy" The program will run twice from June 14-24 and August 9-19, Monday-Thursday from 8:30-12:30. You may choose to participate in one session or both. The focus each day will be on Literacy, Math, STEM, mindfulness, and movement. Each day will include rotations through the focus areas with brain breaks in between each rotation. OPTION 2: Personalized Online Program with weekly check-in All current K-8 students in Bangor Township Schools will continue to have access to MobyMax over the full summer break. Students can work on their personalized goals on their own over the summer. In addition, if your student(s) needs that extra encouragement or adult support, Option 2 provides a weekly celebration and encouragement check-in. During the check-in the adult and student will review progress, growth, and adjust learning goals as needed. This option can be combined with Option 1 as well. A summer-long contest will be running for those students who meet their personal goals. Prizes will be awarded at the end of our summer school window. In addition, many teachers are creating optional summer practice packets as well. Plus, all current K-5 students are enrolled in Kids Read Now program in which they will receive a book a week throughout the summer, with activities to complete as a family. Summer School Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftrlWLWloiMdIJdPelur2wTjB2KlWBJCH3ZZOWq1WemEfDhA/viewform?usp=sf_link Registration is due by Wednesday, May 12th for current K-8th graders.

A Message From CMMS Principal Kevin Biskup: Many of you may have already heard of the news of the administration changes taking place at CMMS and JGHS for next school year. In case you have not heard, I did want to confirm with our CMMS family that I will be heading back to where my career began as a teacher and I will be taking over as the principal at John Glenn High School starting next school year. I am very excited to take this next step in my career and take the lead at John Glenn, but I am certainly sad to be leaving the wonderful staff and students at Christa McAuliffe. For the past ten years the middle school has been my home and I have had the opportunity to build wonderful relationships with our families, students, and staff. The good news is that the middle school will be in great hands as Mrs. Mrozinski will be taking over as the lead principal next school year. I am extremely confident that she will do great things as the principal of CMMS. As a result of these changes we will be hiring a new assistant principal at the middle school. The job was recently posted at the end of last week, so if you know of anyone in our community or beyond that may be interested in this position, please encourage them to submit their application and resume via the link below. https://www.applitrack.com/remc6/onlineapp/jobpostings/view.asp?internaltransferform.Url=&external=external&district=38157&category=Administration I am very thankful to have worked with so many amazing people at CMMS over the years and I wish everyone at the middle school nothing but the best in the years to come. Kevin Biskup CMMS Principal

Attention 8th Grade Students! Applications are now available for the 2021-20222 JG Student Senate. For anyone interested in applying, fill out the link below: https://tinyurl.com/JGSENATEAPP21 Important Dates: Application Period closes on Friday May 7, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. Campaign: Week of May 10, 2021 Voting: Week of May 17, 2021 Any questions, please reach out to Mr. LaRocque via email at larocquer@bangorschools.org.

Do you have a school library or math book at your home from last year? We still have over 100 checked out from last year. You can return books to CMMS or any of the other schools including the virtual school. There are boxes in the lobbies of the buildings. If you can't come during school hours please call CMMS at 989-686-7640 ext 3210 and we can make a plan to get the book. Thanks!!

CMMS Parents and Guardians, At last night's board meeting the school board approved the return to our previous hybrid model of remote learning beginning on Monday, May 3rd. As a reminder, this model allows parents the choice to keep their student at home for remote learning or the option to send their student to school to complete their remote learning in the classroom. We will follow the same schedule and procedures that were in place prior to our recent two week pause. If you would like to switch your student from at home remote learning to in person remote learning (or vice versa), please make sure to call the main office at 686-7640 to notify us of this change so that we can pass the information along to our teachers for classroom preparations. Thank you for your continued patience during this challenging school year. Kevin Biskup CMMS Principal

Bangor Township Schools will be offering summer learning opportunities for K-8th grades. Please see the attached flyer about Bobcat Academy "Summer School".

Please see attached information about Kindergarten and Y5 Registration.