May 29, 2013

• Safe Sitter Classes - Training Adolescents for Safer Child Care - Safe Sitter classes are available through Cleveland Regional Medical Center.  A fee of $40 covers the one-day program.  Classes begin at 9am and end at 4:30pm - June 20th, July 30th, and August 13th -
  For more information, have your parent or guardian call 980-487-3826 - Class size is limited. Pre-registration is required.
• EARLY DISMISSAL - Students will dismiss at 11:30am on Friday, May 31st. 

May 28, 2013

• Early Dismissal - School will dismiss for middle and high school students at 11:30am on Friday, May 31st. NO lunch will be served on this day.
• Yearbook supplies are LIMITED...and they look GREAT this year!  Our theme for the book is "Make Your Mark."  Students may still purchase a book by bringing $35 to the front office...while supplies last.  They will be distributed on Monday, June 3rd! 
• Last day to check out a book - May 29th
• Algebra 1 EOC - May 29th
• AR Cutoff for the year - May 31st
• EOG Tests - June 4th is Reading, June 5th is Math, June 6th is 8th Grade Science
• Field Day - June 6th - Morning Session for 7th grade Field Day - Afternoon Session for 8th grade Field Day
• Awards Day  - June 10, 2013 at 8:45 am in the gym...please join us for our end of year celebration. 
• Cheerleading Tryouts - May 30th, 31st, and June 3rd
• FCA Field Trip - After school on June 7th

May 23, 2013

• Awards Day  - June 10, 2013 at 8:45 am in the gym...please join us for our end of year celebration. 
• Yearbook supplies are LIMITED...and they look GREAT this year!  Our theme for the book is "Make Your Mark."  Students may still purchase a book by bringing $35 to the front office...while supplies last.  They will be distributed on Monday, June 3rd! 
• Holiday - Monday, May 27th - Enjoy your long weekend!
• Last day to check out a book - May 29th
• Algebra 1 EOC - May 29th
• AR Cutoff for the year - May 31st
• Dismiss at 11am - May 31st
• EOG Tests - June 4th is Reading, June 5th is Math, June 6th is 8th Grade Science
• Last School Dance (TODAY) - Friday, May 24th from 6-8:30pm - Admission is $5 - Must be on level to attend!
• Sports Physicals (TODAY) - Friday, May 24th - $10 - During PE - 7th and 8th graders
• Field Day - June 6th - Morning Session for 7th grade Field Day - Afternoon Session for 8th grade Field Day

May 20, 2013

• Yearbook supplies are LIMITED...and they look GREAT this year!  Our theme for the book is "Make Your Mark."  Students may still purchase a book by bringing $35 to the front office...while supplies last.  They will be distributed on Monday, June 3rd! 
• 7th and 8th Grade Social Studies MSL Testing - Tuesday, May 21st - A parent letter was sent home with students today with important testing information!
• 7th Grade Science MSL Testing - Wednesday, May 22nd
• Holiday - Monday, May 27th
• Last day to check out a book - May 29th
• Algebra 1 EOC - May 29th
• AR Cutoff for the year - May 31st
• Dismiss at 11am - May 31st
• EOG Tests - June 4th is Reading, June 5th is Math, June 6th is 8th Grade Science
• Beta Club Spirit Night - @ McDonalds in Kings Mountain on Tuesday, May 21st from 5-8
• Beta Club Service Project - Students will plant flowers uptown after school on Wednesday, May 22nd.
• Last School Dance - Friday, May 24th from 6-8:30pm - Admission is $5 - Must be on level to attend!
• Sports Physicals - Friday, May 24th - $10 - During PE - 7th and 8th graders
• Field Day - June 6th - Morning Session for 7th grade Field Day - Afternoon Session for 8th grade Field Day

May 14, 2013

• Early Dismissal - The middle and high schools in CCS will dismiss students at 11:30am on May 31st.  Middle and high schools will dismiss students at 11:30am on June 10th. 
• Spirit Night at McDonald's - Beta Club is sponsoring a Spirit Night at McDonald's on May 21st from 5-8pm.  All of the proceeds will go to support the backpack program that was started at our school this year. 
• Band Concert - @ KMHS on Tuesday, May 14th
• Pizza Celebration - for Girls Soccer and Boys Track at 3pm on Wednesday, May 15th
• Field Trip - The Stingray Team will be on a field trip on Friday, May 17th
• Testing - May 21st - 7th and 8th grade Social Studies MSL testing (end of grade testing for Social Studies)
• Testing - May 22nd - 7th grade Science MSL testing
• School Dance - There will be a school dance on May 24th from 6-8:30pm.
• Holiday - May 27th is a Memorial Day - No school for teachers or students 
• Shoes 4 Water - Don't forget to bring your unwanted shoes to KMMS to help supply water to communities in Kenya!  This project is sponsored by the Beta Club. 
• Sports Physicals - 5/22 - Rising 9th grade physicals at KMMS during PE; 5/24 - Rising 7th and 8th grade physicals at KMIS and KMMS during PE!
• Scholastic Book Fair - May 13th-17th - This will be our buy one get one free sale.  It is a great time to stock up on some good books for the summer!  Our supply is limited...so shop early!   
• Proctors Needed! -  June 4th, 5th, and 6th - If you are available and would like to help our school in this way, please click on this link or contact the school at 704-476-8340.  You may volunteer for only one test date, or as many as works with your schedule.  Thank you in advance for your support! 
• Library News - Do you owe a late fee for overdue books in our library?  If so, all you have to do is to turn in all library books by May 31st and your late fees will be waived.  Fees for damaged or lost books will still need to be paid by the end of the year.  Report cards will not be distributed until all fees are paid.  The last day to check out a book is May 29th.  AR cutoff is May 31st, and all books are due on the 31st! 

May 13, 2013

• Spirit Night at McDonald's - Beta Club is sponsoring a Spirit Night at McDonald's on May 21st from 5-8pm.  All of the proceeds will go to support the backpack program that was started at our school this year. 
• Band Concert - @ KMHS on Tuesday, May 14th
• Pizza Celebration - for Girls Soccer and Boys Track at 3pm on Wednesday, May 15th
• Field Trip - The Stingray Team will be on a field trip on Friday, May 17th
• Testing - May 21st - 7th and 8th grade Social Studies MSL testing (end of grade testing for Social Studies)
• Testing - May 22nd - 7th grade Science MSL testing
• School Dance - There will be a school dance on May 24th from 6-8:30pm.
• Holiday - May 27th is a Memorial Day - No school for teachers or students 
• Shoes 4 Water - Don't forget to bring your unwanted shoes to KMMS to help supply water to communities in Kenya!  This project is sponsored by the Beta Club. 
• Sports Physicals - 5/22 - Rising 9th grade physicals at KMMS during PE; 5/24 - Rising 7th and 8th grade physicals at KMIS and KMMS during PE!
• Scholastic Book Fair - May 13th-17th - This will be our buy one get one free sale.  It is a great time to stock up on some good books for the summer!  Our supply is limited...so shop early!   
• Proctors Needed! -  June 4th, 5th, and 6th - If you are available and would like to help our school in this way, please click on this link or contact the school at 704-476-8340.  You may volunteer for only one test date, or as many as works with your schedule.  Thank you in advance for your support! 
• Library News - Do you owe a late fee for overdue books in our library?  If so, all you have to do is to turn in all library books by May 31st and your late fees will be waived.  Fees for damaged or lost books will still need to be paid by the end of the year.  Report cards will not be distributed until all fees are paid.  The last day to check out a book is May 29th.  AR cutoff is May 31st, and all books are due on the 31st!

Shoes 4 Water

The Junior Beta Club at Kings Mountain Middle School is sponsoring a project called Shoes 4 Water. 

We are asking students and staff to provide shoes that are wearable.  There should be no holes, rips, tears, mold or mildew, and any style shoe is needed--from high heels to tennis shoes to flip flops to boots. Men, women, and children shoes are all welcome.   If the shoes have laces, just tie the laces together. If the shoes do not have laces, then either place them in a grocery bag loosely tied or you may rubber band or zip tie the shoes tougher. These shoes are then transported to Kenya, Haiti, and South America and distributed among needed villages. Shoes in good conditions are then sold in these countries for pennies on the dollar and then that money is used to provide drilling water wells, drilling equipment, filtration devices, pumps, and other related supplies.

Here are some facts of interest for these countries:
1) Million of Kenyans have inadequate access to water--16 million Kenyans rely on water kiosks, protected wells, rainwater catchment, and open water sources such as flowing streams and shallow open wells to meet their daily water needs.
2) Poor people in urban areas pay much more for water --The poor buy water at a cost many times higher than the price paid by non-poor consumers who have access to piped water.
3) It will take at least 30 years for rural areas to have acceptable water coverage---The government is working to bring water to urban areas first.
4) In urban areas water coverage is declining--The cities have rolling outages in the pipeline systems in to provide each district it's needed water.
5) Women suffer the most especially where there is a lack of water. In such a scenario, a woman will be forced to wake up very early in the morning, walk over long distances to just get water.
6) Children Suffer--some of the children walk the long distances to search for water, forfeiting hours of schoolwork. Not to mention the exposure to water related illness.  *** More people die each year from UNSAFE WATER than from Wars*****

Thank you for your support!

May 9, 2013

• Sports Physicals - 5/22 - Rising 9th grade physicals at KMMS during PE; 5/24 - Rising 7th and 8th grade physicals at KMIS and KMMS during PE
• Sports Update - Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches for a GREAT season!  We crowned 5 Tri-County Championships in Football, Golf, Girls Cross Country, Boys Track, and Girls Soccer. 
• Beta Club Project - Our Beta Club is sponsoring a project that turns your shoes into water.  100,000 lbs of shoes = 1 drill rig that can provide drinking water to remote villages in Kenya!   Empty out your closets of unwanted shoes...tie, bag, or rubber band pairs together...and drop them off in the collection bin in the entryway of our school.  Not only does your donation help in the purchase of a drill rig, it also provides shoes for people who cannot afford new shoes, and it keeps shoes out of land fills.  For more information, you may visit www.Shoes4Water.org.
• Library News - Do you owe a late fee for overdue books in our library?  If so, all you have to do is to turn in all library books by May 31st and your late fees will be waived.  Fees for damaged or lost books will still need to be paid by the end of the year.  Report cards will not be distributed until all fees are paid.  The last day to check out a book is May 29th.  AR cutoff is May 31st, and all books are due on the 31st!
• Proctors Needed! - During the time in which our students take the End-of-Grade Tests, we are required to have an additional adult in every classroom.  We need approximately 40 volunteers on each of our testing days...June 4th, 5th, and 6th.  Proctors help pass out testing supplies and monitor students during testing.  There is a brief training session prior to proctoring in a classroom, and you will need to be available for about 4 hours (8am-12pm).  Parents are not allowed to proctor in their child's classroom, and proctors must be 18 years of age or older and out of high school.  If you are available and would like to help our school in this way, please click on this link or contact the school at 704-476-8340.  You may volunteer for only one test date, or as many as works with your schedule.  Thank you in advance for your support!
• Scholastic Book Fair - May 13th-17th - This will be our buy one get one free sale.  It is a great time to stock up on some good books for the summer!  Our supply is limited...so shop early!  

May 7, 2013

• Spring Chorus Concert - May 9th @ KMHS
• Beta Club Project - Our Beta Club is sponsoring a project that turns your shoes into water.  100,000 lbs of shoes = 1 drill rig that can provide drinking water to remote villages in Kenya!   Empty out your closets of unwanted shoes...tie, bag, or rubber band pairs together...and drop them off in the collection bin in the entryway of our school.  Not only does your donation help in the purchase of a drill rig, it also provides shoes for people who cannot afford new shoes, and it keeps shoes out of land fills.  For more information, you may visit www.Shoes4Water.org.
• Library News - Do you owe a late fee for overdue books in our library?  If so, all you have to do is to turn in all library books by May 31st and your late fees will be waived.  Fees for damaged or lost books will still need to be paid by the end of the year.  Report cards will not be distributed until all fees are paid.  The last day to check out a book is May 29th.  AR cutoff is May 31st, and all books are due on the 31st!
• Cheerleading - (TONIGHT) There will be a meeting for parents of rising 7th and 8th graders who are interested in Cheerleading for the 2013-2014 school year on Tuesday, May 7th at 6pm.
• Drivers Education - A new method for registering for DRIVERS EDUC class at KMHS will begin with the summer class. Go to www.kmhigh.org  and click on "DRIVERS EDUC CLASS" for the schedule.  Follow the path to learn how to register.  
•  Proctors Needed! - During the time in which our students take the End-of-Grade Tests, we are required to have an additional adult in every classroom.  We need approximately 40 volunteers on each of our testing days...June 4th, 5th, and 6th.  Proctors help pass out testing supplies and monitor students during testing.  There is a brief training session prior to proctoring in a classroom, and you will need to be available for about 4 hours (8am-12pm).  Parents are not allowed to proctor in their child's classroom, and proctors must be 18 years of age or older and out of high school.  If you are available and would like to help our school in this way, please click on this link or contact the school at 704-476-8340.  You may volunteer for only one test date, or as many as works with your schedule.  Thank you in advance for your support!
• Scholastic Book Fair - May 13th-17th - This will be our buy one get one free sale.  It is a great time to stock up on some good books for the summer!  Our supply is limited...so shop early!  

May 3, 2013

• Beta Club Project - Our Beta Club is sponsoring a project that turns your shoes into water.  100,000 lbs of shoes = 1 drill rig that can provide drinking water to remote villages in Kenya!   Empty out your closets of unwanted shoes...tie, bag, or rubber band pairs together...and drop them off in the collection bin in the entryway of our school.  Not only does your donation help in the purchase of a drill rig, it also provides shoes for people who cannot afford new shoes, and it keeps shoes out of land fills.  For more information, you may visit www.Shoes4Water.org.
• Library News - Do you owe a late fee for overdue books in our library?  If so, all you have to do is to turn in all library books by May 31st and your late fees will be waived.  Fees for damaged or lost books will still need to be paid by the end of the year.  Report cards will not be distributed until all fees are paid.  The last day to check out a book is May 29th.  AR cutoff is May 31st, and all books are due on the 31st!
• Cheerleading - There will be a meeting for parents of rising 7th and 8th graders who are interested in cheerleading for the 2013-2014 school year on Tuesday, May 7th at 6pm.
• Drivers Education - A new method for registering for DRIVERS EDUC class at KMHS will begin with the summer class. Go to www.kmhigh.org  and click on "DRIVERS EDUC CLASS" for the schedule.  Follow the path to learn how to register.  
•  Proctors Needed! - During the time in which our students take the End-of-Grade Tests, we are required to have an additional adult in every classroom.  We need approximately 40 volunteers on each of our testing days...June 4th, 5th, and 6th.  Proctors help pass out testing supplies and monitor students during testing.  There is a brief training session prior to proctoring in a classroom, and you will need to be available for about 4 hours (8am-12pm).  Parents are not allowed to proctor in their child's classroom, and proctors must be 18 years of age or older and out of high school.  If you are available and would like to help our school in this way, please click on this link or contact the school at 704-476-8340.  You may volunteer for only one test date, or as many as works with your schedule.  Thank you in advance for your support!
• Scholastic Book Fair - May 13th-17th - This will be our buy one get one free sale.  It is a great time to stock up on some good books for the summer!  Our supply is limited...so shop early!  

May 1, 2013

• The Lady Patriots faced RS Central Middle yesterday in the Championship.  KMMS defense held RS scoreless in an 8 - 0 win.  The Patriots scored 8 goals in the first half.  Scoring goals for KMMS were Cassidy Calhoun with 2, Paloma Detloff with 2, Virginia Dellinger with 1, and Sara Pasour with 3.  Paloma Detloff had an assist.  Congratulations to the Lady Patriots on winning the championship and for an undefeated season! The team is coached by Tammy Harmon and Amber Crouse.
• A new method for registering for DRIVERS EDUC class at KMHS will begin with the summer class. Go to www.kmhigh.org  and click on "DRIVERS EDUC CLASS" for the schedule.  Follow the path to learn how to register. 

May 2, 2013

•  Proctors Needed! - During the time in which our students take the End-of-Grade Tests, we are required to have an additional adult in every classroom.  We need approximately 40 volunteers on each of our testing days...June 4th, 5th, and 6th.  Proctors help pass out testing supplies and monitor students during testing.  There is a brief training session prior to proctoring in a classroom, and you will need to be available for about 4 hours (8am-12pm).  Parents are not allowed to proctor in their child's classroom, and proctors must be 18 years of age or older and out of high school.  If you are available and would like to help our school in this way, please click on this link or contact the school at 704-476-8340.  You may volunteer for only one test date, or as many as works with your schedule.  Thank you in advance for your support!
• Scholastic Book Fair - May 13th-17th - This will be our buy one get one free sale.  It is a great time to stock up on some good books for the summer!  Our supply is limited...so shop early!  
• North Carolina Family Health Information - Being the parent of a teen is hard.  Keeping them healthy shouldn't be.  Everything you need to know about free or low-cost health insurance for children and teens is only a scan or text away! (This information was sent to us by our local health department.)  NCfamilyhealth.org
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