Friday, November 18-A-Day
7th and 8th graders are invited to sign-up for interscholastic basketball try-outs. The sign-up sheets are at the office in each building. All students must have a current physical on file with the nurse and a completed try-outs expectation form handed in to the office before the first try-out on Monday, November 28. Forms can be downloaded from the website.
On 11/28, boys will try-out at Sanborn from 2:30-4:30. Girls will tryout at Peabody from 2:30-4:30. Please see the community events calendar for updates on try-out locations and times.
Lego Robotics: Meets every Thursday and Friday from 2:30 – 4:30 at Sanborn in room 108. If you have any questions contact Ms. Moss at smoss@concordps.org.
8th Grade Reminder: The deadline to sign-up for this year’s Washington Trip is Wednesday, November 30th. If you still need a registration form, please get one from the Sanborn or Peabody office. All Parent Information for the trip, except the Registration Form, is available online through the CMS Website. There is an Information Form that needs to be filled out and turned in by all families going on the trip. Scholarship forms are due to Mr. Stern at Sanborn by Friday, November 18th.
Math Counts meets every Friday at Sanborn in room 101 from 2:30 to 3:40. Students who enjoy mathematics prepare for and participate in a regional math tournament solving problems as a team and as individuals. Success can lead to state and national tournaments. Advisor: Aram Boornazian
8th Grade Reminder: The 8th Grade Cookie Dough Sale ends on Friday, November 18th. All order forms and money must be brought to Ms. Funaki at Peabody or Mr Stern at Sanborn by the end of the day. Late orders CANNOT be accepted. If you have not picked up the form and information yet, you can get it from Mr. Stern at Sanborn or the front office at Peabody. The Cookie Dough pick-up is on Friday, December 16th at Sanborn from 2:45 pm until 6:00 pm. This is the only day for pick-up.
CMS Presents our Fall Play. The Lorax and scenes from The Diary of Anne Frank.
Performances are Friday November 18th and Saturday November 19th.
7 pm. Tickets are $3.00 and are available at the door.
The next Engineers’ Club Saturday field trip to MIT will be on December 3.
This month’s focus will be Physics and will be presented by MIT’s Women of Physics. The bus will leave Sanborn at 9AM and return around 1:30 PM. Lunch can be purchased at the MIT Student Center. Parents and siblings are encouraged to attend. Pick up a permission slip in the Office for more details.
Girls Who Code is Coming to CMS! If you are interested in joining GWC or want to know more about it, please complete this short form Girls Who Code Interest and join our introductory meeting Monday, November 21st in Sanborn room 208 from 2:40-3:40pm. Founded in 2012, GWC is a nationwide club whose mission is to narrow the gender gap in technology by helping girls learn coding to create, design, solve problems, and have fun doing it. Email Ms. Beattie at lbeattie@concordps.org with any questions. I hope to see you there!
Updated deadline, Monday am: Water Around the World: Through Monday am, 11/21, make your mark! Bring in dried up markers, pens, & mechanical pencils from home. They will be recycled through Terracycle and at the same time will make money for clean drinking water around the world! For every terracycling item received, 2¢ are donated to Charity Water. A drop off box is located in both Peabody and Sanborn’s libraries and main offices. There will also will be a drop off box at the fall play on 11/18 and 11/19.
Learn more about Charity Water at https://www.charitywater.org/whywater/.
Monday Is Game Day In The Library: November 19th is International Game Day! Since it falls on a Saturday, help us celebrate on Monday, November 21 – Stop by the library to play for Boggle, Jenga, checkers, puzzles and more. A special event is planned for lunches.
The Media AV club’s next meeting will be Thursday,December 1 from 2:30-3:30 in room 102 at Sanborn. Bring a laptop and a sense of humor, as we will be creating slides to announce each of the school clubs.
New members always welcome to tryout a meeting. Just show up!
Student Leaders is selling CMS t-shirts! They will be sold for $20 during all lunches on Thursday and Friday. If you want to get your t-shirts by maroon and gold day, please purchase your t-shirts on these two days. All proceeds will be going to the charity of the year! Thanks!