Month: September 2020

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Dominican American writer Julia Alvarez has been enchanting readers with her words since the early 1990s. Alvarez was born in New York City in 1950 before her family moved to the Dominican Republic when she was a baby. They stayed there throughout Alvarez’s childhood until her father’s involvement in a failed attempt to overthrow the militant dictator forced the family to flee to the United States in 1960. The traumatic event has since made its way into several of Alvarez’s works, including the poem “Exile” in which she recounts the night her family fled. She went on to become one of the most critically revered Latina writers and has published poems, novels and essays throughout her career. 

• Don’t forget our Homecoming Week activities have been moved to next week, October 5th through 9th. Monday, October 5th’s dress up theme is “Camo Day”

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell
• STUDENTS…..Don’t forget we still have Gourmet Lolipops for sale. Purchase for yourself, family or friends you would like to send a gram to. 
• The final deadline for our Schoolwide Fundraiser is this Friday, October 2nd. 

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Have a Wonderful Wednesday

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

A pioneer of the game, Roberto Clemente paved the way for Hispanic Americans in Major League Baseball.The prolific right fielder was born in 1934 in Puerto Rico, joined the island’s amateur baseball league when he was 16 and made the professional league two years later at 18. Clemente, wearing the iconic number 21, went on to become the first Latin American and Caribbean to win a World Series as a starting player in 1960. The athlete died in a plane crash in 1972 while on his way to Nicaragua to deliver aid to earthquake victims when he was 38. In his honor, the MLB renamed the Commissioner’s Award to the Roberto Clemente Award, given to the player who all-around exemplifies sportsmanship and community outreach. He was also inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, making him the first Latin American and Caribbean honoree.

• Don’t forget our Homecoming Week activities have been moved to next week, October 5th through 9th. Monday, October 5th’s dress up theme is “Camo Day”

• Thursday October 20th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness. Our Football team is also scheduled to play Jemison Middle on this day.
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell
• STUDENTS…..Don’t forget we still have Gourmet Lolipops for sale. Purchase for yourself, family or friends you would like to send a gram to. 
• The final deadline for our Schoolwide Fundraiser is this Friday, October 2nd. 

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

 

Have a Thrilling Tuesday

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  Ambition is an idol, on whose wings great minds are carried only to extreme and to be sublimely great or to be nothing.”  Robert Southey

Announcements:

• Our Hispanic Heritage Month Fact is about Cesar Chavez. Born in Arizona to a Mexican American family, Cesar Chavez grew up around the people he later helped through his activism. The defining moment in Chavez’s life came when his family moved to California during the Great Depression to become farm workers, cementing his fight for farmers rights.After receiving an honorable discharge from the Navy, Chavez worked as a lumber handler in San Jose, where he helped set up a chapter of the Community Service Organization, a pivotal civil rights organization for Latinos in California.
• Don’t forget our Homecoming Week activities have been moved to next week, October 5th through 9th.

• Thursday October 8th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness
• Friday October 16th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell

Teachers Please take lunch count: (Pause for a few seconds)

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Have a Marvelous Monday

 Quote of the Week:  “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”  Oscar Wilde

Announcements:

• Our Hispanic Heritage Month Fact is about Jorge Ramos. Ramos is a Mexican-American journalist who anchors the Spanish language Univision nightly news, an English language news program, and was named one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People. Known as “The Walter Cronkite of Latino America,” Ramos left Mexico for America at 24 after the Mexican government censored a critical story he produced, and he became a U.S. citizen in 2008. Having co-moderated presidential debates, interviewed world leaders like Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, and been an outspoken pro-immigrant voice, Ramos will continue to be a major figure in Hispanic-American life.
• Unfortunately, our game against Calera is canceled. We will move our Homecoming game and dress-up days to the following week, October 5th through 9th.

• Thursday October 8th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness
• Friday October 9th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Picture day is tomorrow
• Sign up dates for Boys Basketball tryouts are,  Sept. 28 – Oct. 9, 2020 with Coach Horton. Tryouts will take place October 14th and 15th 
• Girls Basketball tryouts are Oct. 6, 7,8 from 3:15-5:00pm.  To sign up, please see Coach Jett or Coach Hartsell

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Have Thrilling Thursday

Announcements:

• Hispanic Heritage Month Fact: Before being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Obama in 2009, Justice Sotomayor was on the board of directors of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and an instructor at New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School.
• Born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican-born parents, Sotomayor was in the majority in two major Supreme Court landmark rulings in the last term: King v. Burwell and Obergefell v. Hodges.
• Spirit Week is coming up next week. We will begin selling Gourmet Lollipops tomorrow so get your dollars ready!  Our Dress up Day Themes for Spirit week are- Monday: Heroes vs. Villains. Tuesday: Decades Day, Wednesday: Twin Day; Thursday:School Spirit Day; Friday:Camo Day
• Thursday October 8th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness
• Friday October 9th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Picture day is this Friday,  September 25th instead of September 29th
• Our Bulldog Volleyball team will have a home game today and our Football team will compete this Thursday. 

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less”  

Have a Thrilling Tuesday

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”  Oscar Wilde

Announcements:

• Spirit Week is coming up next week. We will begin selling Gourmet Lolipops this week so get your dollars ready!  Our Dress up Day Themes for Spirit week are- Monday: Heroes vs. Villains. Tuesday: Decades Day, Wednesday: Twin Day; Thursday:School Spirit Day; Friday:Camo Day
• Thursday October 8th is Pink Out Day in support of Breast Cancer Awareness
• Friday October 9th: Please wear your Sombrero for Hispanic Heritage Month Hat Day, the cost is $1
• Picture day is this Friday,  September 25th instead of September 29th
• Our Bulldog Volleyball team will have a home game tomorrow September 22nd and our Football team will compete this Thursday. 

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

 

Have a Marvelous Monday

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”  Oscar Wilde

Announcements:

• I will be sending out the 8th grade Hispanic Hertitage Month Videol, be sure to check it out in your email.  Also, get those dollars ready!!! We will be selling Gourmet lollipop grahams during homecoming week. More details to follow next week. 
• We want to send a huge shout out to our Athlete of Month!!! Congratulations to Rebekah Brantley
• Don’t forget to begin selling items from our school fundraiser that went home Tuesday afternoon. 
• Tryouts for the MMS baseball team are today. Please see Mrs. Whitson for more details.
• Picture day is September 25th instead of September 29th

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

 

Have a Fantastic Friday

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”  Oscar Wilde

Announcements:

• Mrs. McGrew- National Hispanic Heritage Month Video Challenge winner goes to…………….. 8th grade!!!
• ATTENTION ALL MMS Students: Don’t forget to begin selling items from our school fundraiser that went home Tuesday afternoon. 
• Tryouts for the MMS baseball team are tomorrow, Friday, September 18th.  See Mrs. Whitson for more details.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Have a Thrilling Thursday

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”  Oscar Wilde

Announcements:

• National Hispanic Heritage Month Fact- Did you know the countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua Celebrated their Independence Day on Yesterday. Mexico will be celebrating their Independence Day on today. 
• ATTENTION ALL MMS Students: We will have a school wide fundraiser to raise funds for the 2020-2021 school year.  Fundraiser information went home yesterday; be sure to share with your Parents
• Tryouts for the MMS baseball team have been moved to Friday, September 18th  See Mrs. Whitson for more details.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Have a Wonderful Wednesday

Monthly Character Theme: Ambition

 Quote of the Week:  “Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.”  Oscar Wilde

Announcements:

• Mrs McGrew- Hello students. Today kicks off the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month. Each week we will have an activity or challenge for students to complete.  This week, we will begin with a challenge for each grade level to submit five facts about Hispanic Heritage Month. The grade level that submits the video first will have break at the end of 7th period on a scheduled day.  Look for the rules of this challenge to come to your email address from Mrs. McGrew. 
• ATTENTION ALL MMS Students: We will have a school wide fundraiser to raise funds for the 2020-2021 school year.  Fundraiser information will go home today; be sure to share with your Parents
• Tryouts for the MMS baseball team have been moved to Friday, September 18th  See Mrs. Whitson for more details.

And Students Remember: “Here at Montevallo Middle School We Expect Success and Nothing Less” 

Have a Thrilling Tuesday