CMSS Newsletter
Let Your Dreams GROW Wild! Jan 9 - Jan 13, 2022

Mr. Sheets, Principal * Mrs. Green, Assistant Principal * Mrs. Tokarz, Assistant Principal
-Sprouts of the Week- Service!
Keiki Cardona, Kimberly Villalobos, Drake Sharp, Luke Wood, and Ja'Marcus Hutchison
6th Grade:
Kaleb Van, Maya Biggers, Payton Human, Jackson Haywood, and Jacob Gullingsrud
These students are being recognized by their teachers for showing Service- our character word of the week for 01/02/23-01/06/23

Cabot Panther Foundation * Father/Daughter Ball

6th Grade Musical Performance

Cafeteria Christmas Story Contest Winners!
Go Guardian
The Cabot School District has enabled a mobile app to help keep parents/guardians aware of their children’s activity on school-issued devices. This app provides parents with the ability to pause their children’s internet, block specific websites, and schedule internet availability on district-managed Chromebook devices outside of normal school hours.
GoGuardian Parent is a companion to the classroom management and internet filtering tools that your child's school uses for devices issued to students. Through the use of this app, we hope to encourage more open and honest conversations between parents and children that will result in safer practices and responsible browsing habits.
Please click HERE for detailed instructions on how to access the GoGuardian App.
Power Panthers January 3, 2023
Our first group of amazing Power Panthers was introduced at the January 3, 2023 basketball game.
“Power Panthers” is a student recognition program sponsored by the Cabot Panther Foundation and the Cabot School District. The program honors students in the third through sixth grades who have demonstrated the power and motivation to improve or excel in academics, behavior, or citizenship.
Emmalyn Heathwaite
Tristan Sharp
Harlee Glover
Austin Minnix
McCaylee Ervin
Kyndal Burks
Adrianna France
Kyler Duncan
Jada Smith
McKenzie Jennings
Tyler Underwood
Nathan Forrest
CMSS Word of the Week- Dedication
Each week, CMSS will have a Word of the Week. Teachers will use their Advisory time to discuss the word and what it means/looks like at school, home, our community, and around the world.
This week's Word of the Week is....DEDICATION.
Dedication comes from the Latin word dedicationem, meaning consecrate, proclaim, affirm, and set apart. The English version means the giving of oneself to some purpose.
"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen." - Frank Lloyd Wright
Green Thumb of the Week
This week's "Green Thumb" award winner nominated by her peers is Mrs.Haynes!
Get Your Yearbooks Now!
Supply Fee
Middle School Supply Fee (5th-6th) - There is a one-time $25 fee that includes all necessary school supplies and a class t-shirt. In addition to the supply fee, students are asked to bring a backpack, pencils, paper, and a water bottle.
The K-6th $25 supply fee can be paid during Open House (August 18th) by cash or check. Or you can pay online now at https://cabot.revtrak.net. Click on middle schools, and then select Middle School South
*Please note there is a fee for paying online.
FREE Breakfast and FREE/REDUCED Lunch Prices
Families who believe they may qualify for free or reduced-price meals based on household income are strongly encouraged to submit an online meal application as soon as possible through www.ezmealapp.com. This website is secure and confidential and is a faster and easier way for parents to apply.
Completing your application can help our district and students in many areas beyond just free or reduced-price meals. These include:
- Increased state and federal funding for schools to ensure students receive the support they need and deserve (district social worker, math/literacy/dyslexia interventionists) to help struggling learners, as well as many other academic needs.
- Discounts on fees associated with applying for college.
- Discounts on fees associated with academic tests such as the ACT and SAT.
- Access to two (2) concurrent credit (college classes) opportunities at no cost to the family.
What's for Lunch?
Pre pay your school lunch account here.
Middle School
Breakfast: Free
Lunch: $2.65
Menu: Jan 9 Jan 13
Monday-Corndog/Pizza Pro Cheese Pizza
Tuesday- Taco Max Snax/Pizza Pro Pepperoni Pizza
Wednesday- Grilled Ham n Cheese/Pizza Pro Cheese Pizza
Thursday- Chicken Tenders
Friday- Pizza Pro Pepperoni or Cheese Pizza
Cell Phone Policy
For more information about cell phones or access to the student handbook, click the link below
Box Tops for Education
Did you know that you can support CMSS through Box Tops for Education! Box Tops for Education is still going strong and each box top counts as cash for CMSS! Since 1996, General Mills has donated over $913 million to schools just like CMSS.
You can continue to send in your Box Tops with your student OR you can download the Box Top App and choose CMSS at your school. Then, simply scan your grocery receipt and CMSS will be credited for each eligible item you purchased.
Upcoming Dates
media pages, or future newsletters for more information about the following dates.
- Jan 10: Power Panthers
- Jan 16: No School
- Feb 14: Power Panthers
- Feb 20: No School
- March 16: End of 3rd 9 Weeks
- March 13 and 15th: Spring MAPs Testing
- March 14 and 16th: Parent/Teacher Conferences/ 2:00 Dismissal
- March 15: Spring Pictures
- March 17: No School
- March 20-24: Spring Break
Car Rider Procedures
Avoid dropping off/picking up your student in the parking lots. This creates traffic that could result in an injury to our students and staff. Parking lots are reserved for those parking and entering the building.
Morning Drop Off
- Drop off is 1 lane. Use the lane closest to the building.
- Please pull as far forward as possible when dropping off your student. This allows more students to exit the cars and speeds up the drop off line.
- Students will enter the building through the front doors.
Afternoon Pick Up
- Pick up is 2 lanes after entering the CMSS driveway. Cars must use the "Merge" lane to create 1 lane of traffic heading toward Kerr Station Road. Panther Trail is a city street and must remain open for through traffic.
- Present your placard to the caller as you approach the beginning of the car line.
- Students will listen for their name and go to the number called with their name.
- Cars will pull up to the number called. (#1 is near the 6th grade hall/closest to the Kerr Station exit/#10 is near the 5th grade hall/closest to the caller).
- Students will wait until the vehicle comes to a complete stop to load their car.

Cabot Middle School South
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