Thursday Thoughts

May 8, 2008

Principal’s Message

CMS is pleased to announce that Ms. Dickinson has been named as the new Principal of our school. She will assume her new duties and responsibilities July 1, 2008. (Way to go Ms. D.!) Additionally, CMS has been celebrating our achievement of making Adequate Yearly Progress through our NECAP results, and recognizing and honoring our teachers and support staff as part of Teacher/Support Staff Appreciation Week. As a community we have many reasons to celebrate!

Colchester District Art Show

The K-12 art show continues through Friday, May 9^th in the CHS gym. Work is on display from 8 to 8 on Thursday, and 8 to 4 on Friday. Teachers may be walking their classes over to CHS. If you would prefer that your child not go, please contact your child’s teacher or the art teacher, Mr. Albright via e-mail.

Odyssey of the Mind Fundraiser

This Saturday the 10^th, from 9-1, the Odyssey of the Mind Team will be hosting a yard/bake sale at CMS to help raise funds for the upcoming trip to the World Finals in Maryland. The sale is weather permitting, and the rain date is the 17^th. There will be all kinds of yummy baked goods as well as tons of treasures for folks to poke through. We're really excited about our upcoming trip!

8th Grade Photo

The 8^th grade photo is scheduled for Monday, May 12 at 12:30pm. Rain date is May 13, same time.

Track Meet Info

The track meet on Saturday, May 17^th is an away meet. Students need to be here at CMS by 7:30am; the bus leaves here at 8 and the meet starts at 10. The bus should return to CMC at 5:30pm.

Last day of School

The last day of school for our 8^th graders will be June 9^th and for the 6^th and 7^th graders June 10^th. More end of the school year information will be forthcoming in future issues of Thursday Thoughts.

Colchester Teen Night

The Teen Night is a great place for students to hang out with friends, play pool or ping pong, and listen to music. Admission is free. The snack bar is open to purchase burgers and other items. Teen Night is open this month on the 15^th, 22^nd and the 29^th, the LAST TEEN NIGHT of the school year. Contact Diane Casey at caseys4@comcast.net or 324-7736 with questions.

Shaw’s Receipts

We are continuing to collect Shaw’s receipts. Thanks so much for supporting us in this way.

New Library Web Page

Check out the new CMS Library web page off of the main school web site! The address is http://www.csdvt.org/CMS/library/library.html from a computer outside the district network. It includes a section with resources and information for parents.