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
Bayard Rustin (1912-1987)
Dr. King is usually credited for the March on Washington in August 1963. But it was Rustin who organized and strategized in the shadows. As a man who had controversial ties to Communism, he was considered too much of a liability to be on the front lines of the movement. Nonetheless, he was considered to be one of the most brilliant minds, and served his community tirelessly while pushing for more jobs and better wages.
Our CMHS Beta Students are Going to NATIONALS! They need your help to get to Kentucky this summer. Eat out Wednesday night to support them.
February 9th
Career Day 8th Grade Only Field Trip to TXA&M Commerce.
The busses will leave at 8:00am.
Basketball Pictures Tomorrow 2/7
Case and his brother showed their Ag Mechanics project at the San Angelo Livestock Show. They received a blue ribbon! Way to go Case representing CMMS and Caddo Mills FFA.
It is Counselor’s Appreciation Week and here at CMMS we certainly have one of the BEST! Thank you Mrs. Pounds for all that you do!
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
Congress is more diverse now than it's ever been. However, when Chisholm was attempting to shatter the glass ceiling, the same couldn't be said. During the racially contentious period in the late '60s, she became the first Black woman elected to Congress. She represented New York's 12th District from 1969 to 1983, and in 1972, she became the first woman to run for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Her campaign slogan "Unbought and unbossed" rings even louder today. Senator Kamala Harris paid tribute to Chisholm in her 2020 presidential campaign announcement by using a similar logo to Chisholm's.
Cheer parent meeting update.
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (1877-1970)
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., was the first Black general in the U.S. Army. He served for 50 years, beginning as a temporary first lieutenant during the Spanish American War. Throughout his service, Davis was a professor of military science at Tuskegee and Wilberforce University, commander of the 369th Infantry of the New York National Guard, and Special Assistant to the Commanding General, among other positions. He received the Bronze Star Medal and the Distinguished Service Medal and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
CMISD will have Late Arrival on February 3rd!
Last chance Fri 1/27 Order CMMS yearbook $35.
Mrs. Parker’s RLA classes are having a funeral for Dead Words. Students are saying goodbye to words that are overly used so they can make room for the larger and more descriptive vocabulary they have been working on! Awesome things are happening here at CMMS!
Join us this Thursday at CMMS! We cannot wait to see who our students and staff represent!!!
Caddo Mills High School is hosting their first car show. All information can be found by scanning the QR code. Pre- registration will receive a SWAG bag from our local businesses. Kona Ice will be present along with other local businesses.
