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CNMS HEADLINES
CASTLE NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL An Indiana School of Excellence
2800 Highway 261 * Newburgh, IN * 47630
(812) 853-7347 www.warrickschools.com/castlenorth
John Bertram, Principal [email protected]
Greg Harris, Assistant Principal
Monday, January 29, 2018
Important Math Academy/MATHCOUNTS
Announcement
Math Academy will test tomorrow night, Tuesday January
30 at 6:00 pm, to determine the 10 students who will repre-
sent CNMS on Saturday, February 24 at the regional con-
test held here at Castle North. Students who wish to be
considered must arrive at 6:00 pm and plan to stay un-
til 8:00 pm. Only contestant testing will take place at acade-
my on this evening.
Regular academy participants may contact Ms. Hulse if
they have conflicts and still want to compete so that other
arrangements may be made.
Ms. Hulse, Math Academy Sponsor
Student Council Penny War
Next week, Student Council will be hosting its annual
Penny Wars! This year’s theme is “The Dec-
ades.” 6th grade will represent the ‘60s; 7th grade the
70’s; and 8th grade will be the 80’s. During all lunch
periods next week, you will see boxes for each grade
level.
Rules: To earn points for your grade, bring in pennies
and put in your grade’s box. To sabotage other
grades, bring in dollars or silver coins, like nickels,
quarters, and dimes and put them in other grades’
boxes. “Sabotage money” counts as negative points
towards the opposing team! The grade with the high-
est points will earn ice cream for everyone at lunch.
All proceeds help raise funds for our annual 3K event.
Mark Your Calendar
2017-18 ISTEP+ Statewide Testing
Part 1: February 26 - March 9, 2018
Part 2: April 16 - May 4, 2018
Please refrain from scheduling appointments and/or vacations
during these testing windows. Attendance is very important!
2018 Conference Champions
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7th and 8th grade parents:
Your children may be eligible for a college scholarship!
Please take the time to read the attached documents ti-
tled "21st Century Scholar info flyer" and “application
worksheet.” Indiana's 21st Century Scholars Program
offers income-eligible Hoosier students up to four years
of paid tuition at an eligible Indiana college or university
after they graduate from high school. Applications must
be received no later than June 30, of the student's 8th
grade year. Ms. Blue in the guidance office can provide
you with your student’s STN number if you would like to
complete the application process yourself. If you prefer,
you can fill out the necessary information and turn the
application worksheet into the office, and Ms. Blue will
complete the application process for you. Don’t let this
opportunity for four years of paid tuition pass your stu-
dents by!
Ms. Blue & Mrs. Titzer, CNMS Counselors
8th Grade Class Trip
Please mark your calendars for the upcoming class trip
to King’s Island. Friday, May 11, 2018 is our first choice
providing that we do not need to use that date as a snow
make-up day. The back-up date for Kings Island will
be on Saturday, May 19, 2018.Look for more details to
come home in March.
Castle North Middle School is excited to announce its first
play, Big Bad by Alec Strum! Performances will be
on Friday, April 20 and Saturday, April 21 and will include
the one-act play Big Bad as well as some monologues.
Audition materials were distributed at the last Drama Club
meeting. If you are interested in auditioning, see Directors
Mrs. Hogan or Mrs. Humphrey for a packet and calendar.
Forms are due Tuesday, January 30 and auditions
are Wednesday, January 31.
If you would like to assist with the play but prefer not to
have a speaking role, you need to submit a form but do
not need to attend auditions on Wednesday. We hope to
see you there!
Mrs. Hogan & Mrs. Humphrey, Co-Directors
Judges Needed!
CNMS Science Fair 2018
The CNMS PTO helps the Science teachers plan and
execute the Science Fair every year. We are looking for
people to help judge the projects. We will need at least
60 people to make the Science Fair a successful event for
our students.
The Science Fair is Thursday, February 15th. Judges will
need to be available from 8:00 AM until approximately
2:00 PM. The PTO will provide breakfast and lunch for
that day.
If you could help us or have further questions, please
email Mrs. Renschler at [email protected].
American Legion’s
Americanism & Government Contest
Last November, 8th-grade students competed against
other regional schools on their knowledge of American
and our government. Our school’s winners were Adam
Watson and Shaina Miller. Shaina Miller was also select-
ed as the Post 44 and Region winner. She will now ad-
vance to the state level. Congratulations to both, Adam
and Shaina!
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The CNMS Robotics Club was selected to participate in
the semi-finals! Congratulations! Also, thanks to Ms.
Grooms who did not make it in the picture below.
Schnucks Bags 4 My Cause
CNMS PTO has been selected to be a part of the
Schnucks Bags 4 My Cause program. For every red
Schnucks reusable Cause bag purchased at the New-
burgh location during the month of January, $1 is donat-
ed to the PTO. Please pass this along to your friends and
family and help us continue to be able to directly impact
our students and teacher at CNMS!
Please consider signing up to help at the "CNMS Spring
Book Fair!" Our spring fair runs from February 5 - 9 in the
school’s library. It takes 20 people to run a successful
book fair! Working a book fair is quite easy!
Volunteer Bonus: You receive a 20% discount on all
purchases you make while you are volunteering!
Sign-up here now: http://signup.com/go/ZGqFZGF
CNMS Spring Book Fair
Monday, Feb. 5 - Friday, Feb. 9, 2018
during normal school hours
in our Library
What’s going to be at the fair? Check it out at
http://bookfairsfiles.scholastic.com/flippingbooks/
S18-MS-booklist/S18-MS-booklist.html
All proceeds benefit our library and our students!
Couldn’t find the book you wanted?!
No problem!
Shop our ONLINE BOOKFAIR
http://www.scholastic.com/bf/castlenorthmiddleschool1
FREE
shipping &
handling
Orders
shipped to
our school.
Open until Feb 13th
Our 3-D printer has arrived!
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Knitting & Crocheting Club Members
It appears that we are a busy bunch! There was very little re-
sponse to continuing after winter break. Mrs. Salley and Ms.
Pearson would like to encourage you to knit/crochet some red
baby caps for the American Red Cross. We have attached a
simple pattern for knitting or crocheting these caps to this
newsletter. Anyone (mom, dad, grandma, etc.) can create red
caps for this project! Please have the caps to Ms. Pearson in
the library by Wednesday, February 28. Ms. Pearson will mail
them to the Red Cross in Indianapolis.
Geography Bee Finalists
Congratulations to the following stu-
dents for making it to the semi-finals
round:
Sixth Grade: Priya Gaddam, Kara
Fuller , Kaden Hughes, Bea Inserto,
Parker Stoltz
Seventh Grade: Drew Bethany,
Shums Parkar
Eighth Grade: Lucy Hurley, Eli
Pilsbury, Scott Naley, Holden Martin,
Richard Myers, Ashley Holmes, Syd-
ney Martin, Nathan Wilson
The final Geography Bee was held
today, January 29th. Look for details
of who will represent
CNMS in the Nation-
al Geography Bee.
CNMS Wrestling
Wrestlers met with Coach Deters last Thursday. The first practice will be tomorrow at Castle High School from 5:00
PM—6:30 PM. Participants MUST have their physical forms in order to practice/ participate. Athletic physical forms can
be found on the Castle North Middle School website for your convenience. Physicals can be performed at a physician’s
office by a doctor or a registered nurse.
Wrestlers can purchase their attire at the online store through Friday, February 2nd at the following website: https://
cnw18.itemorder.com/. (Cut and paste to web browser.)
Start bringing in those Box Tops NOW!
We have also attached a fun flyer that you can
use to collect your box tops on!
All box tops are due by Thursday, February 22!
