Tuesday, September 21, 2021

All 9th & 11th grade students that have laptops and chargers checked out need to bring their laptops to the library during On Wednesday, September 22, 10th grade students with school laptops checked out should come at 9:40 and 12th grade students with school laptops checked out should come at 10:10. 

Interested in earning the Seal of Biliteracy?  Learn all you need to know about this prestigious award AND be entered to win a Chick-Fil-A gift card by watching the Seal of Biliteracy video located on Ms. Dixon’s webpage.  Juniors and Seniors are strongly encouraged to check it out!   

The Birthday Book Club fundraiser is in full swing. The middle school students are doing a wonderful job with donations to purchase new books for the library. So far, we have enough donations to purchase 78 books for the CMS Library. Any middle or high school student can go online to the library webpage and fill out the link to join, and all checks can be made to Central Magnet and dropped off in the library. Thank you for supporting the library program! 

Juniors and Seniors, if you are interested in joining the Science National Honor Society, please go to the website for the application link.  Applicants must have an overall GPA greater than 3.5 and a science class GPA greater than 3.75.  The application link will be available until Monday, Oct 11th.  Please see Mr. Bonanno with any questions. 

Attention all middle school and high school students! "See you at the Pole" is scheduled for Wednesday, September 22nd at 7:30. Anyone wishing to attend can meet in from of the school, by the flagpole Wednesday morning.  

HOSA dues are due by this Friday, September 24th. Please turn in your money to either Ms. Guthrie or Mrs. Harrison by 3pm on Friday. No dues will be accepted after this date. For those who have already paid, please log into Teams to find out how to join the HOSA Remind group. 

The high school fall play, Radium Girls, is this weekend. Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Sunday at 2pm. Radium Girls is a fascinating story based on true events and set in the 1920's . Tickets are sold at the door: $10 for adults, $5 for students. Come out and support your CMS theatre department! 

MTSU is offering a fee waiver this week for the application fee.  If you apply Sept 20-24, select "yes" to the fee waiver question and your application will be free. 

Attention Seniors: MTSU is waiving their application fee this week, Sept. 20-26.  When completing your applications, ust select “yes” to the question that says, “Do you have a fee waiver?”.    

Parnassus Books, the amazing independent bookstore in Nashville, will be taking pre-orders online September 21st through the 28th. All pre-ordered books will be delivered to CMS for pick up during Pig Out on Friday, October 1st. Parnassus will also be bringing books to sell on the day of the Pig Out, but the best way to secure the books you would like is to place a pre-order. Pre-ordering also allows you to purchase any books they have access to in their store. Visit the CMS Library website to find the link to shop early and pre-order or scan the QR code on a bulletin board around the school with the Parnassus logo. 

On September 28th from 4-8 PM, the Middle School cheerleading squad will be holding a fundraiser night at Chipotle on 2113 Memorial Blvd in Murfreesboro. Any order placed during that timeslot will go toward supporting your CMS Middle School cheerleaders. Make sure to tell the cashier you are there to support our squad, or the funds will not go toward us. If you still want to support, but don't want to sit inside, you can place an online order using the code "XP9M9JB." Any online orders using that code will also support our girls. Thank you all in advance and hope to see you there! 

Are you interested in joining the Archery Team? There will be virtual parent meeting on Monday, September 27th at 5:30 pm.  The archery team is open to both MS and HS students.  If you plan on joining the 2021-2022 CMS Archery Team, please have a parent join this meeting.  A zoom link will be provided on the website the day of the meeting. 

Attention all Central students and parents! All Central athletes are selling City Saver books for $25 dollars. See a Central athlete to buy yours today! 

If you were absent and need to have your fall picture taken for the yearbook, Loveless will be at CMS on November 5th for make ups. November 5th is also the day that Loveless will be at CMS to take portraits for any seniors who have not already had them taken at the Loveless studio.