Month: September 2016

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Sportsmanship

*Quote of the Day: ““Sportsmanship for me is when a guy walks off the court and you really can’t tell whether he won or lost, when he carries himself with pride either way.”  Jim Courier

Happy Birthday: Tytianna and Taniya Harris

*Announcements:

*COTS will be tomorrow.  If you do not have all of your schoolwork done, you will not be allowed to attend COTS and will attend intervention COTS instead.

*The LOT students will be on a field trip today.

The Scholastic Book Fair is next week.  You will come to the bookfair on Monday, Oct. 3rd with your ELA teacher.  This isn’t a preview day, we are actually selling books beginning on Monday.  Then, Tuesday through Friday, you may come back to the library when your ELA Teacher gives you permission.   You must show them your cash or a check made out to Montevallo Middle before they let you come to the library.

You will be shown a preview video in your 4th period class some day this week.   You will also get a flier on Friday for you to take home to your parent or guardian.  You may circle the books you’re interested in to determine how much money to bring. See you at the book fair!

*Volleyball will have home games tonight at 5 and 6.  You may attend free if you bring two canned goods and are with a paying adult.

*All student council members need to meet with Mr. Weeks tomorrow morning after announcements.

*There will be no school on Monday, October 10^th but the Montevallo Teen Center will be open that day.

* Tuesday will be Pink Out Day where you will wear pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  We will have a home football game that night at 6pm.

Thrilling Thursday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Sportsmanship

*Quote of the Day: “Play to win, observe the rules, and act like a gentleman. It’s not so important who starts the game but who finishes it. -John Wooden, College Basketball Coach

Happy Birthday: Fernando Martinez (8^th grader)

*Announcements:

*COTS will be this Friday.  Your 4^th period teacher will tell you which COT you are assigned to and which room to report to.  If you do not have all of your schoolwork done, you will not be allowed to attend COTS and will attend intervention COTS instead.

*Today the 4-H club will make a presentation to the 7^th graders during PE classes.

*Next week is the MMS Book Fair so save up your allowance money to buy some books.

*Volleyball will have home games tomorrow at 5 and 6.

*All student council members need to meet with Mr. Weeks Friday morning after announcements.

*There will be no school on Monday, October 10^th but the Montevallo Teen Center will be open that day.

*Next Tuesday will be Pink Out Day where you will wear pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  We will have a home football game that night at 6pm.

Have a Wonderful Wishful Wednesday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Sportsmanship

*Quote of the Day: Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” ― Michael Jordan

Happy Birthday: Kavounte Britton and Kali Yancy

*Announcements:

*Tonight is the Homecoming Game.  The game begins at 6pm and the team is playing Vincent.

*Today we will be on an Activity schedule for the Pep Rally.

*If you are not caught up on all of your schoolwork, you will not attend the Pep Rally today.

*COTS will be this Friday.  Your 4^th period teacher will tell you which COT you are assigned to and which room to report to.  If you do not have all of your schoolwork done, you will not be allowed to attend COTS and will attend intervention COTS instead.

*Tomorrow the 4-H club will make a presentation to the 7^th graders during PE classes.

*Next week is the MMS Book Fair so save up your allowance money to buy some books.

*All student council members need to meet with Mr. Weeks Friday morning after announcements.

Have a Terrific Tackling Tuesday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Sportsmanship

*Quote of the Day: ““One man practicing sportsmanship is far better than a hundred teaching it”  Knute Rockne

Happy Birthday: Will Landers, Savana Smith, and Aiden Harper

*Announcements:

*Tomorrow is the Homecoming Game.  Wear your orange and blue and Montevallo spirit clothes. The game begins at 6pm and the team is playing Vincent.

*Tomorrow we will be on an Activity schedule for the Pep Rally.

*Tomorrow is Athletic Day where you can wear Athletic clothes (shorts and sweats) to school for $2.00 to benefit the MMS PTO.

*If you are not caught up on all of your schoolwork, you will not attend the Pep Rally tomorrow.

*The Volleyball team will play tonight in Thorsby  at 5:30pm.

*Teachers don’t forget to bring your items for the tailgate party tomorrow.

*COTS will be this Friday.  Your 4^th period teacher will tell you which COT you are assigned to and which room to report to.  If you do not have all of your schoolwork done, you will not be allowed to attend COTS and will attend intervention COTS instead.

*Congratulations to the student of the week: Timothy Waters.  He was nominated by Mrs. Harding.  Mrs. Harding states that Timothy demonstrated the character trait of service and he demonstrated initiative when he cleaned up Mrs. Harding’s room after another student made a mess without being asked by the teacher. .

Have a Magical Monday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Courage

*Quote of the Day: “One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest”  Maya Angelou

Happy Birthday:

*Announcements:

*We are on a regular schedule today.  COTS will be next Friday.

*For Homecoming Dress Up Monday it will be Twins Day.  Dress like twins with another student.  Tuesday will be spirit day.  Dress in Montevallo Spirit clothes.

*Kona Ice will be sold during the dance tonight.  The cost is anywhere from $3:00 to $5:00 depending in the size you get. Proceeds will support the MMS Chess Club.

*Tonight’s dance cost $5.00 to attend.  You will pay at the door.  Please remain in the classroom after the bell and listen for the announcements for your grade level to attend.  Your parents must pick you up right at 5pm.

*If you are not caught up on all of your schoolwork, you will not attend the Pep Rally on Tuesday.

Have a Fantastic Friday.

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Courage

*Quote of the Day: Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill

Happy Birthday:

*Announcements:

*For Homecoming Dress Up tomorrow it will be Celebrity Day. (Dress like your favorite celebrity). The Homecoming Dance will be tomorrow from 3-5pm.  The cost will be $5.00 at the door.  Your parents must pick you up right at 5pm.

*Kona Ice will be sold during the dance.  The cost is anywhere from $3:00 to $5:00 depending in the size you get. Proceeds will support the MMS Chess Club.

*Monday is Twins Day (dress like your best buddy) and Tuesday is Spirit Day (wear your orange and blue).   Every day there will be a competition between the grade levels and Mrs. Lewis will count how many students from each grade level dressed up.  At the end of the homecoming week festivities, the grade level with the best participation will win a prize.

*The volleyball team will play in Chelsea tonight at 5 and 6pm.

*FBLA officers will be on a field trip today.

Have a Thoughtful Thursday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Courage

*Quote of the Day: “The ultimate measure of a person is not where they stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where they stand at times of challenge and controversy”   Martin Luther King Jr

Happy Birthday: Kam’ron Goins

*Announcements:

*Today Homecoming Activities begin.    Tomorrow will be Decades day (dress from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s etc).  Friday will be Celebrity Day. The Homecoming Dance will be on Friday from 3-5pm.  The cost will be $5.00. Monday is Twins Day and Tuesday is Spirit Day.   Every day there will be a competition between the grade levels and Mrs. Lewis will count how many students from each grade level dressed up.  At the end of the homecoming week festivities, the grade level with the best participation will win a prize.

*The volleyball team will play in Chelsea tomorrow night.

Wonderful Wednesday

 

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Courage

Quote of the Day: “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Winston Churchill

*Announcements:

*Volleyball will play at home tonight with the game beginning at 5pm. f you missed the volleyball games last night, you have a chance to come again tonight against Calera starting at 5.  Adults are $4 and students get in free with 2 canned goods and parental supervision.  You must have an adult with you.  The lady dawgs got off to a slow start against Isabella and lost the first game 20-25.  They rallied back to win the second game 25-9, but lost a nail bitter deciding game 17-19.  Timyriauynna led all servers with 25 out of 26 and and 9 of those were ACES.  Hayden Dennis contributed  in that game with 11 out of 12 and 6 of those were ACES.  Jazmin Davis had 3 kills and Kayce Sankey put away 2 Kills.  In the game vs. West Blocton, the girls put them away with 2 straight games to win the match.  The first team dominated with Hayden Dennis serving 6 out of 8 and 5 ACES and Timy Purnell had 8 out of 9 with 7 ACES! Way to go lady dawgs!!!

*Tomorrow Homecoming Activities will begin.  Wednesday will be Tacky Tourist day (wear your Hawaiian shirts or other tourist wear).  Thursday will be Decades day (dress from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s etc).  Friday will be Celebrity Day. The Homecoming Dance will be on Friday from 3-5pm.  The cost will be $5.00.  Each day there will be a competition between the grade levels and Mrs. Lewis will count how many students from each grade level dressed up.  At the end of the homecoming week festivities, the grade level with the best participation will win a prize.

 

Have a Terrific Tuesday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Kindness

Quote of the Day: “Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows”-RG Ingersoll

*Happy Birthday: Amanda Boothe

*Announcements:

*For tonight’s home volleyball game there will be a canned food drive to benefit the Shelby County Emergency Assistance organization.  The game begins at 5pm.

*The Football team plays their game in Calera tonight at 5:30 pm.

*Tomorrow we will be on break schedule.

*Teachers don’t forget about Montevallo Connections today after school at 4pm.

*The MMS Cross Country Team will Race this Saturday at Veterans Park in the Spain Park Cross Country Event. The Girls race at 9:15 am and the Boys race at 9:45.  Come out to cheer for our Runners.  Look for the MMS Bulldog tent.

*Mr. Taylor will have an information meeting to discuss plans to take any 6^th, 7^th, or 8th grade student on the trip of a life time. The meeting will be next Wednesday, Sept 21 at 6:00 pm in the library. He will discuss plans to take a 5 day trip to New York and Boston. If you have any questions see Mr. Taylor.

 

Have a Thankful Thursday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Kindness

Quote of the Day: Our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. — The Dalai Lama

*Happy Birthday:

*Announcements:

* Today will be Picture Day during your PE class time.

*For tomorrow night’s home volleyball game there will be a canned food drive to benefit the Shelby County Emergency Assistance organization.

*Students please collect box tops.  For every 10 box tops that you turn into the office, you will receive two tardy to class passes.

*Friday we will be on break schedule so make sure that you do not have any tardies, silent lunches, or discipline write ups.

*Mr. Taylor will have an information meeting to discuss plans to take any 6th 7th or 8th grade student on the trip of a life time. The meeting will be next Wednesday, Sept 21 at 6:00 pm in the library. He will discuss plans to take a 5 day trip to New York and Boston. If you have any questions see Mr. Taylor.

 

Have a Wonderful Wednesday