Wednesday, September 22, 2021

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

Mu Alpha Theta will be tutoring every Wednesday morning from 7:15-7:45 and Wednesday afternoon from 3:15-4:00 in Ms. Smithson's room (room 100).  Stop by to review over your homework or ask some questions in the afternoon before going home!  Also, don't forget about Tiger Time in Ms. Taylor's room during 6th period for all students.  

Today is the LAST DAY to win a Chick-fil-A gift card by watching the Seal of Biliteracy video on Ms. Dixon's webpage.  Juniors and Seniors - in particular - are encouraged to watch the clip to find out how they can earn this prestigious award. 

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. 

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. 

SNHS has officially started offering tutoring for all science subjects available to high school students during C and D lunches. The sign-up link can be found on the SNHS web page (or as a QR code on a poster located in all high school science classrooms.)  Tutoring sessions will take place in Room 131 on Monday and Wednesday and Room 128 on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. If you have any questions, please contact Emily Morgan or Mr. Bonanno.   

The French club meeting after school today will move to the courtyard 

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, just 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! 

The middle school volleyball team dropped their final match of the season Tuesday night to a tough Blackman team, 25-13; 25-11. The Lady Tigers finish regular season with a 8-3 district record, earning the 3 seed in the upcoming district tournament. They will play Monday night, so make plans to come out and support.  The JV team lost to Blackman 25-17; 25-13. The JV team will play in the County JV tournament on Saturday at Oakland Middle School.   

Middle school tennis moves to 7 and 0 for the season after a win against PCA yesterday. Only 2 matches remain before the county championship. Your Tigers play a strong Oakland team tomorrow. 

After a tough 2-0 loss to Stewart’s Creek on Monday, a game in which Alyssa Lanier had 13 saves as keeper, the Lady Tiger Middle School girls’ soccer team bounced back with a convincing 6-0 victory over Smyrna last night on 8th grade night. 8th graders Hayley Mangrum, Nicole Bryson, Sofia Kime, Aliya Higinbotham, Cat Simpson, Breanna Gonzalez, Sophia Lopez, Alli Crass, Katherine Wooton, Molly Bartsch, and Alyssa Lanier were all honored for their hard work and dedication. Goals on the night were scored by Higinbotham, Mangrum, Bryson, and Kime. 7th grader Lillie Bryant also scored two goals.  The last game of the regular season will be Thursday afternoon at Christiana.  

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.