January 8, 2016

*IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 8th GRADE PARENTS! PLEASE READ!*

8th Grade Charleston Field Trip

Information about the Charleston field trip was sent home on Wednesday. Copies of

the forms can be found on our school website under “Announcements.”

Parent Chaperones:

If you are interested in chaperoning this trip, please complete the following steps:

Email Brooke Morgan at brookeb.morgan@cms.k12.nc.us

Register online at www.nationsclassroom.com and pay $99.00 by January 15.

Follow the instructions sent home with your student, but please choose “Adult”

as the Traveler Type.

We hope to keep the cost for adults around $99.00, but we will not have a final price

until we know how many students have signed up for the trip. Once we have more

information about pricing, we will let you know.

Important Dates:

Tuesday, January 12th – Parent Night Presentation in the cafeteria at 6:30 p.m.

Friday, January 15th – NationsClassroom Registration and signed forms due

We are excited about this opportunity and hope you are, too! If you have any

questions, please feel free to contact me at the school.

Brooke Morgan

Congratulations to Aaron Tuz (6th),

Ryan Zusi (7th) and Ariel

Willis (8th)! They have been

selected by teachers as South

Charlotte Shocker Standouts.

South Charlotte Shocker Standouts

are scholarly, honest, optimistic,

caring, kind, energetic, and

responsible (SHOCKER).

1/11 HOME Basketball vs. Comm House

1/12 8th grade Charleston Parent Mtg

1/13 Honors Dance Showcase

1/14 Basketball @ Quail Hollow

1/15 8th grade Charleston forms/reg due

1/18 HOLIDAY

1/19 Providence Parent Night (8th only)

1/20 Early Release Day (12:30PM)

1/21 Providence course cards due back

1/25 TEACHER WORKDAY

1/26 FAN Patron Night

1/27 Home Basketball vs. Carmel

1/28 Home Basketball vs. AG

This coming semester, our Counseling

Department is offering a small group focused

on dealing with grief. Kindermourn is the

organization that will be running the group. If your child has lost a loved one and may be

interested in participating – please contact Amanda Jones at amandap.jones@cms.k12.nc.us or 980-343-3670. She will provide you with additional in-formation and documentation at that time.

Sincerely – SCMS Counseling Department

South Mecklenburg and many other local high schools are going to begin registration in March. However, Providence is beginning early this year. The SCMS Counseling Department will be meeting with the rising 9

th grade

Providence students next week to give them their course card and instructions for filling out. Providence Counselors will be hosting a Parent Night at South Charlotte on January 19

th at

6:30pm in the Cafeteria. Course cards will be due back to homeroom teachers on Thursday, January 21

st. If you have any questions –

please ask your student once they have

attended the instructional assembly next week and please attend Parent Night on the 19

th.

SCMS counselors will then answer any

additional questions you may have. Again, your student should be bringing home their

Providence course card with instructions before next Friday. Thank you and congratulations to our rising 9

th graders!

KINDERMOURN

GRIEF

GROUP

PROVIDENCE

HIGH SCHOOL

REGISTRATION

IS

BEGINNING!

Greetings School Community, We would like to share some very exciting news with you regarding one of our school employees. We are very happy to announce that our very own Missy Matusiak has been nominated for LifeChanger of the Year! LifeChanger is a national program that recognizes educators for the positive difference they make in the lives of their students, for being a leader in the school community, for exemplifying excellence as an educator and for creating a nurturing atmosphere in our schools.

Ms. Matusiak certainly matches the description! Being nominated for LifeChanger of the Year is a very special achievement for Ms. Matusiak and we are so proud of all of the amazing work she does for the students of South Charlotte Middle School.

You can join us in supporting Ms. Matusiak’s nomination by leaving a comment on her profile on the LifeChanger of the Year website. Whether you are a parent of a student, co-worker, or friend, you can comment about how Ms. Matusiak has positively impacted your life too. www.tinyurl.com/lcoymatusiak

You can find other ways to congratulate and endorse Ms. Matusiak by visiting

https://lifechangeroftheyearnominees.com/showspirit

Save the date! The annual FAN Patron Night is scheduled for Tuesday, January 26th, at 6:30pm. Students

representing all of the SCMS arts programs (students from Honors classes and a select orchestra) will be performing or displaying their work. This promises to be a wonderful evening of entertainment to show our appreciation to our FAN Patrons. Tickets are $10 each and include a gourmet boxed dinner. Our Gold Patrons are eligible for 1 free ticket and our Platinum Patrons are eligible for 2 free tickets. It’s not too late to become a FAN Patron! You must RSVP to scmsfan@gmail.com to claim and/or purchase tickets by Friday, January 22nd.

PATRON

NIGHT

Thank you to the following people for bringing in

breakfast Items for the December Staff

meeting. It was very much appreciated!

Shari Tuz, Erin Malone, Christi Coverston, Helen

Kim, Christie Kautter, Aimee Miller, Lisa Malie,

Heather Herring, Bridget Cohen, Cathy Bettini,

Daphne Katz, Barb Beissert, Mary Skibinski, and

Maria Diamantis.

~The Hospitality Committee

MANY

THANKS

Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week will be

March 7 - March 11.

We would like to show the Teachers and Staff at

SCMS how much they mean to us! You can

contribute by signing up at:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4babae1-scms

TEACHER &

STAFF

APPRECIATION

WEEK

featured teacher

As a CMS psychologist for 14 years, I have worked with

children from 3 years of age through high school. I

currently serve SCMS, McAlpine Elementary, and Olympic High School-Biotechnology. In the summer I complete

Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessments (TPBA) for CMS as a contract psychologist. I am a Licensed

Psycho-Educational Specialist in South Carolina where I practiced privately from 2010-2015. I am married with two young children, 5 and 7 years of age. My wife teaches

pre-K at McAlpine. Personal interests include time with my family, physical fitness, and community outreach. I am

involved in a leadership capacity with an organization called F3 (Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith). I also coached my daughter's U8 soccer team this past fall. My only rule was no cartwheels on the field, especially during games.

MR. CARLSON,

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

A Healthier You

Let us take steps to encourage our South Charlotte Middle School family to be the best we can be. Please share your favorite fitness/health app, heart-healthy family recipe and student/family active fitness photos by emailing entries to kristin.kissmann@cms.k12.nc.us

New School Pacer and Push up Records With 146 laps in the book for 2015 Post Fitness Testing, 8th grader Connor Meehan broke his brother’s South Charlotte 8th grade School Record by 25 laps. He now possesses the overall school Pacer record and the 6th, 7th and 8th grade records. Connor also owns the 8th grade boys Push up record with 59 repetitions.

The 8th grade girl’s Pacer record is also new this semester. Avery Robertson broke the 100 length mark to beat the previous record by two laps. Claire Bengough now holds the 7th grade girls Pacer record completing 105 laps. We also have a new 6th grade girls Pacer record. Madeline St. Amand finished 101 lengths.

The following students met or exceeded the noted requirements to make the South Charlotte Post Fitness Testing Wall of Fame

Pacer- minimum 75 laps

Connor Meehan (146) William Belser (102) Jackson Walsh (101) Samantha Parrish (98)

Michael Basch (95) Morgan Caterino (77) John Darden (78) Josh Barksdale (78)

Simon Kane (80) Audrey Lytle (80) Maria Echeverry (75) Michael Tschirart(80)

Daniel Tse (75) Dylan Brackis (90) David Broud (109) Evan Hofland (76)

Tyler Moore (76) Cole Patton (76) Avery Robertson (100) Matt Yoon (87)

Josh Sorell (76) Julian Swann (76) Winston Workman (76) William Girling (106)

Zachary Nnaji (100) Andrew Perdomo (78) Ben Plaisance (84) Ethan Rahrig (84)

George Sleek (90) Sam Stamps (82) Claire Bengough (105) Cameron Carter (75)

Laura Davis (75) Hayden Girling (85) Riley Nygren (104) Noah Rupp (94)

Tanner Rothenberger (92) Nick Skudarlick (80) Thomas Courtney (78) Sam Fligel (92)

Andre Jackson (88) Emily Ross (76) Andrew Sarno (84) William Story (80)

Aadithya Thomas (80) Ava Williams (97) Payton Breedlove (90) Tyler Freitas (106)

Tashaun Parker (83) Jackson Tiedeman (83) Maggie Woods (81) Kwadwo Ankrah (81)

Ethan Cail (78) Sebastian Ruiz (85) Jacob Russak (101) Jacob Soto (80)

Tripp Portero (87) Cole Ayscue (95) Jacob Baumann (90) Matt Trent (76)

Curt Fuller (76) Nathan Hajduk (75) Will Melvin (82) Elizabeth Park (76)

Aiden Patton (101) David Pozo (81) Andrew Quirk (75) Adrian Rojo (75)

Madeline St. Amand (101) Rudy Abou Chakra (80) Jack Carriker (86) Anne Dancausse (90)

Abigail Gray (81) Caleb Ranger (108) John Schubert (82) John Auer (93)

Blake Beecher (93) Derrick Drayton (82) Hannah Kersteiner (85) Audrey Kim (80)

Walton St.Onge (91) Katie Bengough (103) Richard Gutknecht (85) Jessica Jones (86)

Hobart Smith (80) Nikhil Vasudeva (75) Ross Fulco (83) Jackson Warfield (75)

Sit-ups- 75 repetitions

Illyana Austin Eleanor Burgin John Darden Jayden Fisher

Carrigan Grow Connor Meehan Xailin Ortiz Harper Tassy

Michael Tschirhart Jackson Walsh Abby Adams Andrew Barnett

Paige Beissert Dylan Brackis Ben Hinkle Evan Hofland

Tyler Moore Cole Patton Taylor Hogan Alex Kelley

Cooper Wilson Josh Sorrell Winston Workman Amir Daniels

Caitlyn Litaker Zach Nnaji Ben Plaisance George Sleek

Sam Stamps Ben Williams Noah Wolf Claire Bengough

Judea Boddie-Chapman Cameron Carter Laura Davis Hayden Girling

Natalia Harvey Rachel Katz Emily Lawlor Riley Nygren

Tanner Rothenberger Noah Rupp Nick Skudarlick Erica Boyd

Elizabeth Cotton Sam Fligel Aaliyah Fortner William Story

Aadithya Thomas Jayson Tidball Payton Breedlove Ava Williams

Casey Devine Tyler Freitas Mia Johnstone Tashaun Parker

Ainsley Sawyer Matheny Jackson Tiedeman Ethan Cail Alana Jackson

George Karavokiros Siri Patterson Jacob Russak Jacob Soto

Jacob Baumann Ella Tassy Matt Trent David Wynn

Anne Dancausse Jason Gibbs Richard Gutknecht Caitlyn Nee

Mira Pearce Colin Thompson Jackson Warfield Jacob Bass

David Diaz Derrick Drayton Grace Hunter Caroline Johnson

Walton St.Onge

Push-ups- minimum 25 Connor Meehan (59) Jackson Walsh (51) Simon Kane (25) Daniel Tse (34)

Michael Tschirhart (28) Michael Basch (25) Andrew Barnett (32) Dylan Brackis (26)

Brad Gardner (42) Will Gutknecht (25) April Song (25) Amir Daniels (25)

Zach Nnaji (29) Nich Olsway (25) Sam Stamps (25) Rachel Katz (40)

Jonathan Albertson (25) Riley Nygren (25) Tanner Rothenberger (27) Noah Rupp (36)

Payton Breedlove (35) Casey Devine (27) Madison Eschert (26) Tyler Freitas (25)

Alex Manning-Plumides (26) Ainsley Matheny Sawyer (26)Tashaun Parker (29) Maggie Woods (31)

Thomas Courtney (26) Aadithya Thomas (26) Jayson Tidball (30) Ava Williams (35)

George Karavokiros (25) Siri Patterson (27) Jacob Russak (35) Jacob Soto (31)

Tripp Portero (26) Madelyn Barton (26) Luke Crocker (26) Anne Dancausse (27)

William Lockhart (26) John Schubert (25) Henry Brown (25) Curt Fuller (25)

Luke Gullickson (26) Aiden Patton (30) Andrew Quirk (26) Grace Hunter (27)

Walton St.Onge (25) Jackson Warfield (31)

Basketball Sweeps Southwest in First Game Back From Break

Both the girls and boys basketball teams were victorious against Southwest Middle School on Thursday evening.

The girls won the first game of the night 26-13 behind great offensive team play and tough defense. Taylor Gailunas led the scoring with 6 points. Marlow Chapman added 5 points, Lauren Cope, Averie Dibenedetto, and Ashley Vohra each had 4 points.

Elizabeth Gray had 2 points and Olivia Jurney had 1 point.

The boys came from behind to defeat Southwest 28-25. After trailing by 9 points in the

3rd

quarter, the Shockers played stellar defense as the shots also started to fall. Jake

Brockmann led the scoring with 11 points. Matthew Diamantis added 9 points, and

Dylan Brackis, Connor Meehan, Jack Taylor, and Jack Kirchner each had 2 points.

Both Shocker basketball teams will host Community House on Monday, January 11 at

5 PM.

In compliance with federal law, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools administers all education programs, employ-ment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of gender, race, color,

religion, national origin, age or disability.

SOUTH CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL 8040 Strawberry Lane Charlotte, NC 28277 Phone: 980-343-3670 Fax: 980-343-3725 Office Hours: 7:45 am—4:15 pm Phones answered from 7:45 am—4 pm

South Charlotte is a member of the South Learning Community. (980) 343-1463

To report an absence email scms.attendance@cms.k12.nc.us or you may phone the school

at 980-343-3670.

Online School Payments (OSP) - CMS has provided us with the opportunity to accept pay-

ments for school events on-line. It is much like Athletics Pay-to-Play, comes with a fee (4%),

and allows you to pay at your convenience. If you choose to pay on-line, it also relieves

our teachers from the time taken to do the paperwork and to receipt and turn in money or

checks. Teachers will continue to take cash and checks as they always have.

Just sign in to: osp.osmsinc.com/CMS

Choose your student’s event and homeroom teacher, and make payment.

The teacher and Financial Secretary are sent advisements of your payment.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. Through the year, events will be

added including field trips, textbooks, fees, and other payments.

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