The Mustang Minute
April 13, 2018 - Issue 30
The season of Field trips has Arrived!
SEARCH: This week our students traveled around Gettysburg as part of the annual SEARCH Club trip. They made stops in Philadelphia and Amish country along with many other places. I have posted a few pictures below and have been tweeting out pictures all week!
Museum of Science: 7th grade students will be traveling to the Museum of science after vacation. They will do a couple of activities with the MoS staff and have time to explore.
Washington DC: On May 29th 149 grade 8 students head to DC. We will visit the Capital, monuments, the Newseum, and many other sites. I will be Tweeting while down there so make sure you follow!
I am sure there are a few more I am missing but as you can see we have just as much to accomplish after April Vacation as we have already done! I hope everyone has a wonderful vacation!
Betsy Ross
SEARCH Party!
Amish Life
Hoops for Hearts
Growth Mindset
PTO Corner
We need you!
We are looking for new board members and coordinators for 2018-19 school year. Positions include president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, fundraising, enrichment, hospitality, social media coordinator and more. If you are interested to help or you've held a role this year and would like to continue, please let us know.. We hope to have the new team signed up at our May 10 meeting. email us at coakleypto@gmail.com
Tree Top Adventures Fundraiser!
Looking for something to do outside next week and over the summer? TreeTop Adventures' 2018 season FUN-draiser (April 14-Nov 12th) means any time a customer uses the PTO promo code (COAKLEYNORWOOD) on their ticket purchase, $5 will be taken off of each ticket in their basket and $5 will be donated toward CMS PTO! www.tree-topadventures.com
The PTO meets the second Thursday of each month to hear an update from the principal and discuss planning related to enrichment, fundraising, activities and other topics of interest. You can also stay up to date with the CMS PTO by following us on Facebook. You can contact the PTO at coakleypto@gmail.com.
Have some time? Able to help out during CMS MCAS testing? Use the link below to sign up. Thanks in advance!
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0a48abaf23a20-mcas
Ongoing PTO Activities
The PTO is still selling bulbs, 8th grade 31 bags, and Coakley Gear Store. We are working on an Orange Leaf challenge for end April/May, which we do every year, where each grade goes one night and 20% to PTO.
Amazon Smile
On your first visit to AmazonSmile smile.amazon.com, select Coakley PTO as your charitable organization and receive donations from eligible purchases before you begin shopping. Every eligible purchase you make at smile.amazon.com will result in a donation.
2017-2018 Meeting Schedule
Meetings are held the second Thursday of each month from 7-8 p.m. in the middle school library.
• May 10
• June 14
Check out the Coakley Apparel Store through the link below!
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After School Club Updates
Bowling Club: Fridays 3:00-4:00pm at the Norwood Sports Center. No transportation provided.
Coakley Insider: Tuesdays at 2:10 in the library.
Drama Club: Mondays 2:15-3:00 pm
National History Day: Students choose either Tuesday or Wednesday
Friendship Club: Will meet Tuesdays starting later in October
Cartooning: Will meet Thursdays
SEARCH: Meets on Mondays
Student Council: Will meet on the last Tuesday of the month starting later this month.
Artists Club: meets Wednesdays starting October 18th.
CMS Book Club: This year we are reading “Ghost” by Jason Reynolds. Read the book and join us on October 26th after school in the library. See Mrs. MacTavish or Mrs. Lockwood with questions.
Math Club: Will be meeting on Thursday's
CMS Honor Chorus: Monday and Wednesdays 2:15-3:00 pm
CMS Jazz Band: Wednesday's 5-7:30 pm
CMS Honor Band: Rehearsal Mondays from 4:30-6 pm in the CMS auditorium.
CMS Honor Orchestra: Tuesdays 4:40-6:00 pm
Intramural Sports: please check the website (linked below) for all schedules.
Important Dates
MCAS Dates
ELA
Grade 8: April 25-26
Grade 7: April 30 and May 1
Grade 6: May 2-3
Math
Grade 8: May 7-8
Grade 7: May 9-10
Grade 6: May 14-15
STE
Grade 8: May 16-17
Guys and Dolls Jr.: Friday May 4th & Saturday May 5th @NHS
6th Grade Spring Concert: Thursday, May 31 @CMS
7th Grade Spring Concert: Tuesday, June 5 @CMS
8th Grade Spring Concert: Tuesday, June 12 @CMS
Grade 8 promotion ceremony/dinner/dance: June 21st PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE
Big Y Education Express
We have 20 people signed up and close to 8000 points already! Join in and earn points for CMS!
Dr. Margo Fraczek
Email: mfraczek@norwood.k12.ma.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/norwood.k12.ma.us/cms-principal/home
Phone: 781-762-7880
Twitter: @mfraczek