Please join us in celebrating our students and teacher of the month! Alan Evans and Jailyn Gonzales are our February students of the month and Mrs. Parker is our teacher! Congratulations! #2710
Gordon Parks (1912-2006)
Parks was the first African American photographer on the staff of Life magazine, and later helped found Essence. He also was the first Black writer and director of a studio film, and his second movie, Shaft, helping to shape the blaxploitation era in the '70s. Parks famously told Life in 1999: "I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs. I knew at that point I had to have a camera."
Some of our CMMS students participated in a Livestock Judging Contest this weekend in San Angelo.
Kayson McAfee was 2nd overall
Sydney Taylor was 14th
Syler Barabas was 16th
Kayson, Sydney and Gracie Fruth were on the 4th place team.
CMMS Benchmark and STAAR Schedule for 2023
Alice Coachman (1923-2014)
Growing up in Albany, Georgia, the soon-to-be track star got an early start running on dirt roads and jumping over makeshift hurdles. She became the first African American woman from any country to win an Olympic Gold Medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She set the record for the high jump, leaping to 5 feet and 6 1/8 inches. Throughout her athletic career, she won 25 national titles—10 of which were in the high jump. She was officially inducted into the National Track-and-Field Hall of Fame in 1975 and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 2004.
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000)
Today, Brooks is considered to be one of the most revered poets of the 20th century. She was the first Black author to win the Pulitzer Prize (in 1950, for Annie Allen), and she served as poetry consultant to the Library of Congress, becoming the first Black woman to hold that position. She was also the poet laureate of the State of Illinois, and many of her works reflected the political and social landscape of the 1960s, including the civil rights movement and the economic climate.
Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
Waters first entered the entertainment business in the 1920s as a blues singer and then became a Broadway star. Later in life, she made history for her work in television—she was the first African American to star in her own TV show, The Ethel Waters Show, and she was nominated for an Emmy in 1962.
Robert Sengstacke Abbott (1868-1940)
Without Abbott's creative vision, many of the Black publications of today—such as Ebony, Essence, Black Enterprise, and Upscale—wouldn't exist. In 1905, Abbott founded the Chicago Defender weekly newspaper. The paper originally started out as a four-page pamphlet, increasing its circulation with every edition. Abbott and his newspaper played an integral part in encouraging African Americans to migrate from the South for better economic opportunities.
Bessie Coleman (1892-1926)
Despite being the first licensed Black pilot in the world, Coleman wasn’t recognized as a pioneer in aviation until after her death. Though history has favored Amelia Earhart or the Wright brothers, Coleman—who went to flight school in France in 1920—paved the way for a new generation of diverse fliers like the Tuskegee Airmen, Blackbirds, and Flying Hobos.
Our new CMMS Drill Team Officers for the 2023-2024 school year are..
Captain - Madison Phillips
Lieutenant - Reagan Shaw
Lieutenant - Memphis Ariola
Lieutenant - Jailene Rivera
Congratulations, ladies.
Jesse Owens (1913-1980)
Owens was a track-and-field athlete who set a world record in the long jump at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin—and went unrivaled for 25 years. He won four gold medals at the Olympics that year in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, along with the 100-meter relay and other events off the track. In 1976, Owens received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1990.
Why Caddo Mills ISD? Join us at the Teacher Job Fair on February 28th and here all the reasons why you should choose Caddo Mills ISD as your teaching home. Who better to tell you than the teachers who are here.
https://youtu.be/DLDdK50XW4k
Dorothy Height (1912-2010)
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Hailed the “godmother of the women’s movement,” Height used her background in education and social work to advance women’s rights. She was a leader in the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and the president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) for more than 40 years. She was also among the few women present at the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
We are wanting to take care of our CMISD students who are serving our country. Please send names and mailing addresses to apayne@caddomillsisd.org and we will send them support from home.
Annie Lee Cooper (1910-2010)
The Selma, Alabama, native played a crucial part in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights Movement. But it wasn't until Oprah played her in the 2014 Oscar-nominated film Selma that people really took notice of Cooper's activism. She is lauded for punching Alabama Sheriff Jim Clark in the face, but she really deserves to be celebrated for fighting to restore and protect voting rights.
Attention 8th Grade students.....don't forget to wear your Class of 2027 shirts tomorrow for our Career Day Field Trip!
Our amazing counselor, Mrs. Pounds visited with the Leadership classes yesterday to talk about what counselors do and how everyone works together to keep students happy and safe.
Don't forget CMMS 23-24 Cheer meeting tomorrow night!
Claudette Colvin (1939- )
Before Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1955, there was a brave 15-year-old who chose not to sit at the back of the bus. That young girl was Colvin. Touting her constitutional rights to remain seated near the middle of the vehicle, Colvin challenged the driver and was subsequently arrested. She was the first woman to be detained for her resistance. However, her story isn't nearly as well-known as Parks's.
Congrats to our Basketball Back to Back District Champs Lady Foxes 8th Grade A team!!! Way to go ladies! #2710
