Literacy Month Comes to An End

March has been jammed packed with literacy, competitions, give aways, and all sorts of fun literacy activities. As the month ends and students begin their spring break, many will leave feeling as if they have accomplished a great deal. That is in fact, because they have!

The 8th grade reading team made up of seventeen 8th graders won the Student -Teacher Read Off. The 8th graders accumulated 317 points during the month of March.

Megan Samson was the winner of the iPod Shuffle. She was the top reader for the month of March. During literacy month she accumulated 124 AR Points. The iPod Shuffle was donated by Wade Flowers and State Farm Insurance. Two students, Sam Franklin and Keilah Coverstone, completed book reviews and qualified for a free personal pan pizza.

Noah Young was the winner of the monthly library drawing, also receiving a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Last, several students also received 2 free Hot Rod Baseball tickets for participating in the Hot Rods Reading contest.

The first annual literacy month at CCMS was a huge success. Way to go CCMS, but don't stop reading because literacy month has ended, continue to make reading part of your every day activities.

Until next time...Happy Reading!!!

Reading Madness

March madness is in full swing at CCMS. Yet, the competition isn't basketball, although we are pulling of UK and U of L in the NCAA, the compeition is Reading. Each grade level and the teachers formed reading teams in early March to see who could accumulate the most AR points duruing literacy month. At the close of the 3rd week of March the standings are:

8th grade has 278.4 points
7th grade has 231 points
6th grade 211 points
Teachers Team has 569 points

Points will be totaled for the final time Thursday March 29th, at 10 AM. The winning team will be announced that afternoon. Great job CCMS....Keep working towards being the winning team. Until next time Happy Reading!!!

iPod Give Away

As part of literacy month, students have the opporunity to win a FREE iPod Shuffle. Wade Flowers, and State Farm Insurance is donating an iPod to be given to the student that accumulates the most AR Points during the month of March. As of today there are several students that are working towards winning the iPod Shuffle.

In first place is Megan with 90.3 points.
In 2nd palce is Keilah with 59.9 points.
3rd place is Rachel with 53.6 points.

There ae several other students that have 30 plus points. Good Job CCMS. Keep up the good work.

Until next time....Happy Reading!

Student Book Review

During literacy month students have the opportunity to submit book reviews to the library blog. The following blog is by 8th grader Keilah.

Flowers for Algernon Book Review
By
Keilah

Want a suspenseful sci-fi but don’t know where to look? Flowers for Algernon may be what you’ve been waiting for. Written by Daniel Keys, this fiction story describes one man’s (Charlie Gordon) long and treacherous journey to a genius I.Q. Charlie has always been mentally handicapped and has an IQ of about 60. He had a difficult childhood; parents unsure of what to do with him, and a sister who practically disowns him. When Charlie is in his 30’s he is recruited for an experiment. Scientists tell him that he has been chosen to experience an intelligence increase that might possibly make him a genius. The experiment had been tried on a mouse in the lab named Algernon. Charlie is told to keep progress report updates of how much he has learned. As Charlie becomes smarter he begins to notice women in a whole different light and falls in love with a teacher and scientist, Alice Kinnian. Alice isn’t ready for a relationship and this troubles Charlie. He continues to read, learn other languages, test Algernon, and write progress reports. In the midst of all this Charlie learns something that could change his life forever. Will he be able to keep his intelligence, or will it start to slip away day by day?
Because of the many sexual references and language, I would recommend this book to those 15 and up.

Hot Rods Tickets

Literacy week is in full swing. To kick off the week students were visited by a special mascot from the Hot Rods Minor League Baseball team. Our very own CCMS Panther and Hot Rod Mascot, Axel went head to head in a dance off competition. The entire student body agreed that our very own Panther was hands down the winner.

During the month of March the Hot Rods are giving away two free tickets to any student that reads 3 books and completes the AR test. To register for your tickets read any 3 books, complete the 3 AR test with 80% or better, then register with your Language Arts Teacher. Until next time...Happy Reading!

A.R. Students take a trip to the bowling alley

13 CCMS students met their AR goal for the 3rd goal period. These students were rewarded with a trip to the bowling alley. As you can see from the pictures, everyone had a great time. Everyone agreed that it was worth their hard work and effort to get to join in the fun. The last goal period of the year is now underway and will end on May 4. If you have questions about your goal see Ms. Nathalie in the library. Until next time...Happy Reading!