Month: January 2017

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Punctuality

*Quote of the Day: “The while we keep a man waiting, he reflects on our shortcomings”  French Proverb

Happy Birthday: AnnaLaura Green

*Announcements:

*Tonight is the Montevallo Chess Night at Montevallo Elementary School from 4-6 in the MES Cafeteria.  All students and parents are invited to attend.

*This Friday will be break so make sure that you do not have any tardies or silent lunches this week.

*The BETA Club induction will be held on Friday morning at 8:15am.

*8^th Grade students:  There will be a parent meeting at Montevallo High School on Wednesday, February 15^th at 6:30 pm for all 8^th grade students and their parents to learn about high school graduation credits, course selections, and extra-curricular activities at the high school.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until today. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*Montevallo Day of Pageants forms are due back by Friday.

*Any student interested in participating in “Black History’s Untold Heroes” at the University of Montevallo on February 18^th, needs to pick up a permission form in the office.

*There will be a Valentine’s Dance on Friday, Feb 10^th.

*8^th grade Scholar’s Bowl has a match after school today with Calera in the Library.  The 7^th grade will practice after school on Wednesday.

*Congratulations to Janie Gray for being selected Outstanding Delegate at the Junior United Nations Assembly ! Janie was selected as one of three outstanding delegates. She was selected from among 300 delegates competing for this award!

 

Have a Terrific Tuesday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Punctuality

*Quote of the Day: “Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person’s money as his time”   Horace Mann

Happy Birthday:

*Announcements:

*Don’t forget about the free basketball game tonight at the University of Montevallo.  The free ticket you received on Friday gets your entire family into the girls and boys games beginning at 5:30pm.

*Math tutoring begins today after school in Mrs. Whitt-Wright’s room from 3-4pm.  Make sure your parents know to pick you up at 4pm.  You must have a parent permission form in order to stay.

*Tomorrow night is the Montevallo Chess Night at Montevallo Elementary School from 4-6 in the MES Cafeteria.  All students and parents are invited to attend.

*This Friday will be break so make sure that you do not have any tardies or silent lunches this week.

*The BETA Club induction will be held on Friday morning at 8:15am.

*8^th Grade students:  There will be a parent meeting at Montevallo High School on Wednesday, February 15^th at 6:30 pm for all 8^th grade students and their parents to learn about high school graduation credits, course selections, and extra-curricular activities at the high school.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until Tuesday. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*There is a Sock Drive for the needy students of Montevallo.  New socks, underwear, or T Shirt’s donation boxes are in the office and in the school cafeteria for students who would like to donate to this worthy cause. The donations need to be placed in the box before tomorrow.

*Montevallo Day of Pageants forms are due back by Friday.

*Coupon Books are here! Only $25.00

*Any student interested in participating in “Black History’s Untold Heroes” at the University of Montevallo on February 18^th, needs to pick up a permission form in the office.

*Congratulations to the student of the week:  Jaime Diaz.  He was nominated by Mrs. Guraya.  Mrs. Guraya states that Jaime has demonstrated outstanding work ethic in his academics and always has a positive attitude.

 

Have a Marvelous Monday

*MMS will begin a free after school tutoring program for math on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-4 pm.  Please return permission form if you are interested in taking advantage of this program. Tutoring begins on Monday, January 30^th, after school.

* Montevallo Community Chess night will be held on Tuesday, January 31^st, at Montevallo Elementary School from 4-6 pm in their cafeteria. All students and community members are invited to attend.

*8^th Grade Parents: There will be a parent meeting at Montevallo High School on Wednesday, February 15^th, at 6:30 pm for all 8^th grade students and their parents to learn about high school graduation credits, course selections, and extra-curricular activities at the high school.

*Today students received free tickets to the UM Basketball game that will be played on Monday, January 30^th.  The tickets are good for the entire family to attend.

*The BETA Club (8^th Grade Honor Society) Inductions will be held on Friday, February 3^rd.

*Progress Reports will go home on Wednesday, February 8^th.

*6^th grade Scholar’s Bowl will compete at the County Tournament on Wednesday, February 8^th, and 7^th and 8^th grade Scholar’s Bowl will compete on Friday, February 10^th.

*The Montevallo Day of Pageants will be held on Saturday, February 11^th.  Any girl K-12 wanting to participate must fill out the registration forms.  The forms are available in the MMS office.  Registration forms and fees are due to the MMS office by Friday, February 3^rd.

*The University of Montevallo offers a Free Community Counseling Program (ages 5-adult) that is available on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6-9 pm at the Wallace Center on the UM Campus.  Attached to this email is a flyer about their program.

*The Montevallo Community is sponsoring a “Sock Drive” to help needy students with new socks.  Students and community members can bring in new socks, underwear, or T Shirts for donation at MES, MMS, MHS, UM Wills Hall, and at the It’s About Time Barbershop.  MMS will have a box in the front foyer. The Sock Drive will end on January 31^st.

*The University of Montevallo’s NAACP Chapter is sponsoring a “Black History Untold Heroes” program at UM on February 18th.  Any MMS or MHS student wanting to participate in this program, needs to pick up an application at MMS or use the attached application form.

*Shelby County Schools in partnership with Alabama Power are sponsoring a Girl’s Can Camp for 8^th, 9^th, and 10^th grade girls interested in construction or engineering in June.  Applications are due by April 17^th.  Any girl interested can get an application from Mrs. Fenn-Lusco at MMS or Mrs. Allen at MHS.

Congratulations to the student of the week for the week:  Jonathan Blackerby

Congratulations to the MMS JUNA team who had their resolution on Bolivia accepted by the Mock United Nations.

Parents please take the Speak Up Survey if you haven’t already:

Here’s the link:  http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2016/

 

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Self Control

*Quote of the Day: Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.  ~Author Unknown

Happy Birthday: Casey Tibbals and Korbin Neal. Saturday to Andrew Thompson and Sunday to Alex Mejia.

*Announcements:

*Today we will be on an activity schedule for COTS

*The physical field trip is today.  Listen for the announcement of where and when to meet.

*Students please bring back your tutoring forms that were given to you on Friday. Math tutoring will begin on Monday after school from 3-4pm.

*Tuesday night is the Montevallo Chess Night at Montevallo Elementary School from 4-6 in the MES Cafeteria.

*8^th Grade students:  There will be a parent meeting at Montevallo High School on Wednesday, February 15^th at 6:30 pm for all 8^th grade students and their parents to learn about high school graduation credits, course selections, and extra-curricular activities at the high school.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until Tuesday. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*Yearbooks are on sale now for a discounted price of $25.00 until Tuesday. Hurry and reserve your copy before the price increases in February.  See Mrs. Harding or a yearbook member for details.

*Today students and their families will be given free tickets to the UM Basketball game that will be played on Monday, January 30^th.

*There is a Sock Drive for the needy students of Montevallo.  New socks, underwear, or T Shirt’s donation boxes are in the office and in the school cafeteria for students who would like to donate to this worthy cause. The donations need to be placed in the box before January 31^st.

*Montevallo Day of Pageants forms are due back by next Friday.

*Any student interested in participating in “Black History’s Untold Heroes” at the University of Montevallo on February 18^th, needs to pick up a permission form in the office.

*Congratulations to the JUNA team.  Their resolution for Bolivia was accepted by the UN.

 

Have a Fantastic Friday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Self Control

*Quote of the Day: “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” Jesse Owens

Happy Birthday:

*Announcements:

*Tomorrow will be COTS.

* JUNA will compete today and tomorrow.

*The physical field trip is tomorrow.  Please bring your PE clothes to change into when you are called out of class to do so.

*Students please bring back your tutoring forms that were given to you on Friday. Math tutoring will begin on Monday, January 30^th after school.

*Next Tuesday night is the Montevallo Chess Night at Montevallo Elementary School from 4-6 in the MES Cafeteria.

*8^th Grade students:  There will be a parent meeting at Montevallo High School on Wednesday, February 15^th at 6:30 pm for all 8^th grade students and their parents to learn about high school graduation credits, course selections, and extra-curricular activities at the high school.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until the end of January. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*Yearbooks are on sale now for a discounted price of $25.00 for the month of January. Hurry and reserve your copy before the price increases in February.  See Mrs. Harding or a yearbook member for details.

*Tomorrow students and their families will be given free tickets to the UM Basketball game that will be played on Monday, January 30^th.

*There is a Sock Drive for the needy students of Montevallo.  New socks, underwear, or T Shirt’s donation boxes are in the office and in the school cafeteria for students who would like to donate to this worthy cause. The donations need to be placed in the box before January 31^st.

*The Montevallo Day of Pageants will be held on Saturday, February 11^th.  Any girl K-12 wanting to participate must fill out the registration forms.  The forms are available in the MMS office.  Registration forms and fees are due to the MMS office by Friday, February 3^rd.

Have a Thoughtful Thursday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Self Control

*Quote of the Day: Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” Lao Tzu

Happy Birthday:

*Announcements:

*This Friday will be COTS.

* JUNA will compete tomorrow  and Friday.

*Students please bring back your tutoring forms that were given to you on Friday. Math tutoring will begin on Monday, January 30^th after school.

*Students that are interested in being an athlete at MMS or MHS next year who need their current physical updated or are a current 6^th or 7^th grader who has never had a physical need to see coach Jett, Coach Horton or Coach Knight for a form to attend the Sports Physical Field Trip this Friday. The cost is $10.00

*Next Tuesday night is the Montevallo Chess Night at Montevallo Elementary School from 4-6 in the MES Cafeteria.

*8^th Grade students:  There will be a parent meeting at Montevallo High School on Wednesday, February 15^th at 6:30 pm for all 8^th grade students and their parents to learn about high school graduation credits, course selections, and extra-curricular activities at the high school.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until the end of January. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*Yearbooks are on sale now for a discounted price of $25.00 for the month of January. Hurry and reserve your copy before the price increases in February.  See Mrs. Harding or a yearbook member for details.

*On Friday, students and their families will be given free tickets to the UM Basketball game that will be played on Monday, January 30^th.

*There is a Sock Drive for the needy students of Montevallo.  New socks, underwear, or T Shirt’s donation boxes are in the office and in the school cafeteria for students who would like to donate to this worthy cause. The donations need to be placed in the box before January 31^st.

*The Montevallo Day of Pageants will be held on Saturday, February 11^th.  Any girl K-12 wanting to participate must fill out the registration forms.  The forms are available in the MMS office.  Registration forms and fees are due to the MMS office by Friday, February 3^rd.

 

Have a Wonderful Wednesday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Self Control

*Quote of the Day: “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” Jesse Owens

Happy Birthday:

*Announcements:

*Tomorrow will be COTS.

* JUNA will compete today and tomorrow.

*The physical field trip is tomorrow.  Please bring your PE clothes to change into when you are called out of class to do so.

*Students please bring back your tutoring forms that were given to you on Friday. Math tutoring will begin on Monday, January 30^th after school.

*Next Tuesday night is the Montevallo Chess Night at Montevallo Elementary School from 4-6 in the MES Cafeteria.

*8^th Grade students:  There will be a parent meeting at Montevallo High School on Wednesday, February 15^th at 6:30 pm for all 8^th grade students and their parents to learn about high school graduation credits, course selections, and extra-curricular activities at the high school.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until the end of January. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*Yearbooks are on sale now for a discounted price of $25.00 for the month of January. Hurry and reserve your copy before the price increases in February.  See Mrs. Harding or a yearbook member for details.

*Tomorrow students and their families will be given free tickets to the UM Basketball game that will be played on Monday, January 30^th.

*There is a Sock Drive for the needy students of Montevallo.  New socks, underwear, or T Shirt’s donation boxes are in the office and in the school cafeteria for students who would like to donate to this worthy cause. The donations need to be placed in the box before January 31^st.

*The Montevallo Day of Pageants will be held on Saturday, February 11^th.  Any girl K-12 wanting to participate must fill out the registration forms.  The forms are available in the MMS office.  Registration forms and fees are due to the MMS office by Friday, February 3^rd.

 

Have a Thoughtful Thursday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Self Control

*Quote of the Day: “If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.  ~Benjamin Franklin

Happy Birthday:

*Announcements:

*This Friday will be COTS.

*The LOT students will be on a field trip today.  JUNA will compete on Thursday and Friday of this week.

* 7^th grade Scholar’s Bowl has a match today at Chelsea MS.  6^th Grade has a match at Columbiana this afternoon.

*Students please bring back your tutoring forms that were given to you on Friday. Math tutoring will begin on Monday, January 30^th after school.

*Students that are interested in being an athlete at MMS or MHS next year who need their current physical updated or are a current 6^th or 7^th grader who has never had a physical need to see coach Jett, Coach Horton or Coach Knight for a form to attend the Sports Physical Field Trip this Friday. The cost is $10.00

*Next Tuesday night is the Montevallo Chess Night at Montevallo Elementary School from 4-6 in the MES Cafeteria.

*8^th Grade students:  There will be a parent meeting at Montevallo High School on Wednesday, February 15^th at 6:30 pm for all 8^th grade students and their parents to learn about high school graduation credits, course selections, and extra-curricular activities at the high school.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until the end of January. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*Yearbooks are on sale now for a discounted price of $25.00 for the month of January. Hurry and reserve your copy before the price increases in February.  See Mrs. Harding or a yearbook member for details.

*On Friday, students and their families will be given free tickets to the UM Basketball game that will be played on Monday, January 30^th.

*There is a Sock Drive for the needy students of Montevallo.  New socks, underwear, or T Shirt’s donation boxes are in the office and in the school cafeteria for students who would like to donate to this worthy cause. The donations need to be placed in the box before January 31^st.

*The Montevallo Day of Pageants will be held on Saturday, February 11^th.  Any girl K-12 wanting to participate must fill out the registration forms.  The forms are available in the MMS office.  Registration forms and fees are due to the MMS office by Friday, February 3^rd.

 

Have a Terrific Tuesday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Self Control

*Quote of the Day: “Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances”’   Thomas Jefferson

Happy Birthday: Haley Pogue

*Announcements:

*This Friday will be COTS.

*On Friday, Students and their families will be given free tickets to the UM Basketball game that will be played on Monday, January 30^th.

*8^th grade Scholar’s Bowl meets today for practice and 7^th grade has a match tomorrow at Chelsea MS.

*Students please bring back your tutoring forms that were given to you on Friday.

*Students that are interested in being an athlete at MMS or MHS next year who need their current physical updated or are a current 6^th or 7^th grader who has never had a physical need to see coach Jett, Coach Horton or Coach Knight for a form to attend the Sports Physical Field Trip.  No student can participate in athletics without a physical. We will reserve a spot for the first 100 Students that bring back the field trip form and the physical form completed with $10. The date of the trip will be Friday, January 27 at 9:30 in Alabaster. Please see any of the coaches if you have questions.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until the end of January. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*Yearbooks are on sale now for a discounted price of $25.00 for the month of January. Hurry and reserve your copy before the price increases in February.  See Mrs. Harding or a yearbook member for details.

*There is a Sock Drive for the needy students of Montevallo.  New socks, underwear, or T Shirt’s donation boxes are in the office and in the school cafeteria for students who would like to donate to this worthy cause. The donations need to be placed in the box before January 31^st.

*The Montevallo Day of Pageants will be held on Saturday, February 11^th.  Any girl K-12 wanting to participate must fill out the registration forms.  The forms are available in the MMS office.  Registration forms and fees are due to the MMS office by Friday, February 3^rd.

*Congratulations to those students who made the MMS Tennis Team:  Emily Dutton, Allie Honeycutt, Jaden Moody, Haley Pogue, Timyriana Purnell,  Veronica Ramos, Kayce Sankey, Ashley Scott, Melissa Scott, Clara Smith, Cynthia Valencia, Kali Yancy, Robert Kincaid, Brij Patel, Daniel Campbell, and Anthony Welsh.

*Congratulations to the student of the week: Jonathan Blackerby.  He was nominated by Mrs. Bishop.  Mrs. Bishop states that Jonathan performs extremely well in her class and demonstrates the character traits of respect, politeness, and cooperation.

*Congratulations to Janie Gray who is the MMS Representative for the Character in Action Award sponsored by the Shelby County Drug Coalition.  She will be honored on Wednesday.

 

Have a Marvelous Monday

DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

*Character Education Theme of the Week:  Tolerance

*Quote of the Day: Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. ” Mahatma Ghandi

Happy Birthday: Zion Dukes and Kelsey Nelson.  Saturday to Diezy Maya de la Cruz

*Announcements:

* Today we will be on break schedule. Check with your teacher to see if you can attend.

*Students that are interested in being an athlete at MMS or MHS next year who need their current physical updated or are a current 6^th or 7^th grader who has never had a physical and you want to play sports,  you need to see coach Jett, Coach Horton or Coach Knight for a form to attend the Sports Physical Field Trip.  No student can participate in athletics without a physical. We will reserve a spot for the first 100 Students that bring back the field trip form and the physical form completed with $10. The date of the trip will be Friday, January 27 at 9:30 in Alabaster. Students will attend first period, then leave MMS around 9:00 and arrive back by lunch. Please see any of the coaches if you have questions.

*Mrs. Moore will be accepting literary magazine submissions until the end of January. They can be poems, artwork with a writing selection, essays, or short stories.  All students are encouraged to submit something.

*8^th Graders:  If you want to order the 8^th grade Panoramic picture that you took on Friday, please order on the website: PanoPhotoInc.com by this Saturday or use the mail in envelope that you received on Friday.

*Yearbooks are on sale now for a discounted price of $25.00 for the month of January. Hurry and reserve your copy before the price increases in February.  See Mrs. Harding or a yearbook member for details.

*The Montevallo Day of Pageants will be held on Saturday, February 11^th.  Any girl K-12 wanting to participate must fill out the registration forms.  The forms are available in the MMS office.  Registration forms and fees are due to the MMS office by Friday, February 3^rd.

 

Have a Fantastic Friday