Come to CMMS from 5:30-6:15 then 8th graders head to the High School for the Freshman Showcase at 6:30.
The 2023 Women's History Month theme is Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories. This year, the National Women's History Alliance "will encourage the recognition of women, past and present, who have been active in all forms of media and storytelling including print, radio, TV, stage, screen, blogs, podcasts, news, and social media."
Boys MS track practice is canceled this afternoon to give athletes a day to recover. NO track this afternoon.
The Wyoming Territorial legislature gave every woman the right to vote in 1869, according to History.com. They elected the country's first female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, in 1924.
Coach Beans Principal of Applied Engineering's 4th period class took to a Sphero obstacle course in The library created by Mrs Whitlock. Students had to manually drive the sphero course in the least amount of time w/out course penalties one day and then turn around and us block code to program their Sphero to autonomously drive the course.
Women's organizations, including the National Women's History Alliance, campaigned yearly to recognize Women's History Week. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter declared the week of March 8 Women's History Week across the country.
Passport to CMMS.....come and meet your students teachers and see what we have been working on all year. Passport is an "Open House". Come take a trip and get your students Passport stamped! Current 7th & 8th graders from 5:30-6:30. Incoming 7th graders 6:30 - 7:30 after your Intermediate dance. Concessions will be available for your trip!
An education task force in Sonoma County, California kicked off Women's History Week in 1978 on March 8, International Women's Day, according to the National Women's History Alliance. They wanted to draw attention to the fact that women's history wasn't really included in K-12 school curriculums at the time.
Cheer tryouts today after school today have been cancelled.
MS track practice is canceled for this afternoon due to impending inclement weather. Students will be released @ 3:20 pm.
February 28, 1909 marked the first Woman's History Day in New York City. It commemorated the one-year anniversary of the garment workers' strikes when 15,000 women marched through lower Manhattan. From 1909 to 1910, immigrant women who worked in garment factories held a strike to protest their working conditions.
Case and his brother Colt showed their Ag Mechanics project at the San Antonio Livestock Show this weekend. The boys received another Blue Ribbon and won 2nd place in their class.
Mrs. Parker's students are building prior knowledge by participating in a murder mystery. They are gathering facts, making inferences, and asking questions to solve the case! We cannot wait to find out who solved the case next week!
Having a burger luncheon was just what CMMS staff needed! We even had a few visitors join us for a burger. #2710
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Mae Jemison (1956- )
Mae Jemison isn’t just the first African American woman who orbited into space aboard the shuttle Endeavour. She's also a physician, teacher, and Peace Corps volunteer; after her work with NASA, she founded the Jemison Group, which develops scientific and technological advancements. Jemison continues to work toward helping young women of color get more involved in technology, engineering, and math careers.
Mr. Hervey had a Q&A with some Leadership classes today about himself and what it's like being a principal. Building relationships while building our students into leaders. Taking care of #2710
Maria P. Williams (1866-1932)
Thanks to the early accomplishments of Williams, who has been called the first woman of color producer, we have female directors and producers like Oprah, Ava DuVernay, and Shonda Rhimes. Williams's 1923 film The Flames of Wrath had a team of all people of color, and beyond that, the former Kansas City teacher was an activist and writer (she detailed her leadership skills in My Work and Public Sentiment in 1916).
Our drill is complete.
We are conducting a lockdown drill