Thursday, December 14 – C DAY

Picture retake is TODAY in both buildings.  If you would like your picture taken again, please return your pictures that day.  If anyone was absent, please stop by the office for an order form.

Intramural floor hockey is open to all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students and will be held at Peabody on Mondays and Thursdays starting on Thursday, Dec. 14 from 2:30-4:30.  Because of all of the Monday’s off, the schedule will look like this: 12/14, 12/18 & 12/21, 1/4, 1/8 1/11 1/18/,1/ 25, 1/29 & 2/1, 2/5 & 2/8. Take bus 30 to Peabody at dismissal.

Intramural basketball is open to all 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students and will be held at Peabody on Wednesdays and Fridays from 2:30-4:30. The schedule is as follows:  12/15,12/20 (none on Friday before break)1/3 & 1/5, 1/10 & 1/12,1/17 & 1/19,1/24 & 1/26,1/31. Take bus 30 at dismissal to Peabody,

Yearbook is cancelled TODAY.  We will meet again on Monday.

Fashion Club meets TODAY  from 2:30-4:30 in the Sanborn FACS room.

Green Team meets TODAY from 2:30-3:40 in room 109 at Sanborn.

Model UN meets TODAY from 2:30-3:40 in Sanborn 203.  We will be distributing country and topic assignments for the Bentley Conference in March 2018.  Please make sure someone from your group will be attending this meeting.  Please see Mr. Murphy or Mr. Robbins if you have any questions.

Magic the Gathering meets today in room 102 at Sanborn until 3:40.

RUBIK’S CUBE meets every Monday until our competition on Saturday, January 20, 2018.  All cubers who plan to participate in the competition should attend the meeting next Monday, December 18.

The Coats for Kids Club is having an exciting competition between homeBASES which ends on Friday,December 15th!!  The homeBASE that brings in the most coats during this week will win gift cards for each homeBASE member.   Coats MUST be brought to homeBASE to be counted. Ask your relatives and neighbors.  If you get a new winter coat, please consider donating your old one. We are ONLY collecting winter coats in good condition, NO fleece, raincoats, vests, snow pants or sweatshirts. Anton’s Cleaners cleans all coats donated. They work with over 90 distribution partners comprised of social service agencies, schools, and religious groups in Southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts that take the cleaned coats and distribute them throughout the local communities where they see the most need. Let’s work together for a great cause!!!!

Lego Robotics:  There will be practice for Team 14142 TODAY and Friday for the Championship Meet at WPI from 2:30 – 4:30 at Sanborn in Room 108.  If you have any questions, please contact Ms. Moss at smoss@concordps.org.

March Madness is our ‘almost-year-long’ reading program – help determine which books will make it to the March Tournament!  December is Wildcard Month – we are receiving lots of submissions from students who would like to see a favorite book included in the competition! More information in the library and on the library website

Did you know we have an eBook/Audiobook platform with a large selection of titles? Come to the library to create an account – or watch the tutorials on the Commonwealth eBook page of our website.

CMS will be holding our annual National Geography Bee in January. It is a nation-wide contest, organized by National Geographic “to inspire and reward student’s curiosity about the world.” A contest will be held in each social studies class during the month of January and the winner of each class will go on to the school-wide Geography Bee. If you would like to play some games to help prepare for the Geography Bee Ms. Tranghese will be holding a study session in room 203 at Sanborn on: Monday, December 18th from 2:30-3:30.