March 29, 2019

Dear Parents,

The success of our school is due to the strong support of our families and community. The Fine Arts Network (FAN) has been a big supporter of our school. FAN parents recently purchased a baby grand piano for our music program. Having a baby grand at SCMS will completely change the sound of our live concerts. The baby grand will be used for chorus, orchestra, and band concerts as well as other events in the school. The professional sound that is offered by a baby grand piano will match the high quality performances that are displayed by our students in every concert. Thank you, FAN.

This has been a banner year for South Charlotte Middle School with student and staff successes. Our Battle of the Books team beat 20 schools to win the district competition on Monday and will travel to the regional competition in two weeks. Our honors chorus traveled to Wingate on Tuesday and

received stellar ratings: 97, 98 and 99 - nearly perfect scores. Our spring sports are having great seasons: baseball (3-2), track (3-0 boys; 2-1 girls), soccer (4-1 boys and girls). It is not just our

students who are being recognized for their success. Ms. Meagan Barger was named a MeckED Teacher of Excellence. She will be honored at a dinner and ceremony in May. Ms. Kimberly Ivey was named Teacher Assistant of the Year for the southeast and southwest learning communities. It truly is an honor for me to work with such outstanding students and teachers.

Best,

Lisa Bailes, Principal

4/3 Chaperone Meeting—8th grade Field trip 6:00PM

4/4 HOME Track Meet vs. Carmel and JMR

4/4 Rising 7th and 8th Grade Parent Night 6pm

4/8 HOME Baseball/Soccer vs. Carmel 5pm

4/10 8th Grade Fieldtrip

4/11 8th Grade Fieldtrip

4/11 Track Meet vs. Quail Hollow & JMR @ JM Robinson 5pm

4/12 8th Grade Fieldtrip

4/15 Spring Break

4/16 Spring Break

4/17 Spring Break

4/18 Spring Break

4/19 Spring Break

Congratulations to Josh Economon

(6th), Sadie Cascio (7th), and Aubrey

Hamilton (8th)! They have been

selected by teachers as SCMS Shocker

Standouts. Shocker Standouts are

scholarly, honest, optimistic, caring,

kind, energetic, and responsible

(SHOCKER).

Please join us for a Rising 7th and 8th Grade

Parent Night

Date: Thursday, April 4, 2019

Time: 6pm—8:30pm

Where: South Charlotte Middle School

Who: Rising 7th and 8th grade parents

NJHS Interest Meeting and Application Process

Friday during Academic Enrichment there was an interest meeting for any 6th or 7th grader

interested in joining South Charlotte's chapter of National Junior Honor Society for next year.

Students must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA, have leadership and service experiences, and be a

student and citizen of good character. At this meeting, current NJHS officers discussed their

experiences with the organization, and the advisers, Ms. Bernier and Ms. Cummins, discussed

the application process, requirements, and timeline. An additional meeting will be held next

Friday to pick up applications and ask additional questions. If your student would benefit from

this opportunity, and they missed the meeting, please have them email

janicem.bernier@cms.k12.nc.us to obtain the information they need before next Friday's

meeting. Only eligible students will be given applications. They need to bring a copy of their

3rd quarter report card (or a print out from PowerSchool) showing they have met the

cumulative 3.0 GPA requirement in order to receive an application.

We are so excited to have Mrs. Whitney Matthews

back. She will resume her role as the 6th grade

counselor. She is happy to be back and looks

forward to working with all of her students. We

missed her! Welcome back Mrs. Matthews.

CMS Champions

Our South Charlotte Battle of the Books team competed in the CMS championship on Monday at Alexander

Graham Middle School. South Charlotte took on Bradley and

Highland Creek who were both zone winners. After nine rounds, South Charlotte outscored the closest opponent by 47 points.

During the quiz bowl type competition, students work in teams of six to answer trivia questions about the 27 books selected by the North Carolina School Library Media Association. Each question must be answered with the complete title and author of the book in only 20 seconds. Obviously these kids love to read and they work very well as a team. We're so proud of them!

The team will now travel to Union County on April 8th to compete in Region 6 against eight other county winners.

Team members are: Spencer Abrams, Kellyn Arnold, Anne Eilers, Katie Eilers, Lauren Gluck, Aniela Haines, Dave Hite, Sarah Kirkland, Charlie Kuhlman, Aspen Nelson, Elizabeth Payet, Sara Schubert, Kira Sheladia, Devere Shelmandine, Yls Virkler, and Angelina Yan.

Honors Drama will be performing at the North Carolina

Theater Conference Middle School Play Festival this Saturday,

March 30th at Blumenthal Performing Arts: Spirit Square.

They will be presenting a one-act play, "How I Got That Part", a

comedy about the challenges and fears of auditioning, being

cast in a show, and performing in front of an audience. These

seventh and eighth grade students have met at 7:00 am on

multiple mornings a week since January to prepare for this

production. They will compete with eight other local schools,

both public and private. We wish them luck. Break a leg!

Honors Drama

Performance

this Saturday

Spring Picture Day is scheduled for Tuesday, April 23 during first block only. Flyers will be

going home next week to remind you to mark your calendars. Only the students who order

pictures on Picture Day will have their photo taken. This process is different from the Fall

Picture Day schedule where every student is photographed. If you have any questions,

please contact Mrs. Seaman at mary.seaman@cms.k12.nc.us

Impact Sports Performance Work out

Head Football Coach Brad Bowles and Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, Wes Ward

These workout sessions will take place on Tuesday and Thursday Nights from 6:30-8:00pm at Provi-

dence High School on the upper Practice Fields. The focus of our training will help prepare the young

athlete for the next level of competition as well as help them be able to learn the fundamental movements

of high performing high school athletes.

The workouts will begin April 25th and will finish May 30th, giving the athlete a total of 10

workouts. We are charging $125 for 10 workouts. We believe that through our personalized training

and experience your young student athlete will not only see improvements physically, but will also grow

mentally, which will prepare them to become elite competitors in the future. While this personalized

small group training is offered to aid in transition to the large group football setting, please note that it is

not required in order to be a participant in the Providence High School football program, nor will lack of

participation negatively affect your athlete’s position on the team. We believe our training can benefit

any and all athletes.

Below, we have attached a PAYPAL link for you to sign up. If you do not have a PAYPAL account you can

sign up now and pay FULL Cash payments on APRIL 25TH. The cost for ISP Bridge Training is $125 and

space is limited to 25 Participants, so sign up today!! Once you sign up, we will email you with more de-

tails!

NEXT STEPS:

Registration Information (Google Form - more details will be emailed to you upon registering):

REGISTRATION FORM - CLICK HERE

PAYPAL Link (Payments must be received by APRIL 25th):

CLICK TO PAY VIA PAYPAL

Thank You and we look forward to seeing you on April 25th!! If you have any further questions, please

email us back @ impactfootballcamps@gmail.com

In compliance with federal law, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools administers all education programs, employ-ment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of gender, race, color,

religion, national origin, age or disability.

SOUTH CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL 8040 Strawberry Lane Charlotte, NC 28277 Phone: 980-343-3670 Fax: 980-343-3725 Office Hours: 7:45 am—4:15 pm Phones answered from 7:45 am—4 pm

South Charlotte is a member of the Southwest Learning Community. (980) 344-7160

To report an absence email scms.attendance@cms.k12.nc.us or you may phone the

school at 980-343-3670.

Online School Payments (OSP) - CMS has provided us with the opportunity to accept

payments for school events on-line. It is much like Athletics Pay-to-Play, comes with a

fee (4%), and allows you to pay at your convenience. If you choose to pay on-line, it also

relieves our teachers from the time taken to do the paperwork and to receipt and turn in

money or checks. Teachers will continue to take cash and checks as they always have.

Just sign in to: osp.osmsinc.com/CMS

Choose your student’s event and homeroom teacher, and make payment.

The teacher and Financial Secretary are sent advisements of your payment.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. Through the year, events will be

added including field trips, textbooks, fees, and other payments.

Re-link your Harris Teeter VIC card! Our TIE number is 1933.

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