Congratulations to the CMS 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Jennifer Tate! Mrs. Tate currently teaches 7th grade Math at CMS and serves in a number of leadership roles including 7th grade Team Leader. We are thankful for her tireless work in and out of the classroom. If you get an opportunity, thank Mrs. Tate for all she does for the students at CMS!
CMS is holding our annual Tiger Discount Card fundraiser. The Tiger Discount Card is only $15.00 and it will pay for itself with only a couple of uses. The card features fantastic discounts to places many of us visit every week.
Fundraising packets were sent home with students today. All fundraising forms and money are due on Tuesday, September 5th.
Ask your student about the awesome prizes/rewards students can earn!
Thank you for your support of this important fundraiser!
A huge THANK YOU to Chief Ken Harmon, Corporal Dunbar, Officer Estrada, and the other police officers with the Commerce Police Department for partnering with our system and school administrators to complete the lockdown drills this week. Your efforts to keep our schools safe are greatly appreciated. Thanks for your continued support of our school system! Go Tigers!
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Order your yearbook today to get the lowest price of the year! Students will receive one FREE YEARBOOK ICON for all orders placed before September 24th.
Order using this link:
https://www.jostens.com/apps/store/productBrowse/1040124/Commerce-Middle-School/2024-Yearbook/2023062904213656373/CATALOG_SHOP/?utm_term=Sec0_Header_Button&utm_id=c3a588c6-d0af-4784-8b30-2245db3abf7d&utm_campaign=YBK_CMP_MS_BE_LC0_EM_E5_20230817&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sfmc&utm_content=518265
Good afternoon. Our schools will be conducting lockdown drills this week. Please do not be alarmed if you hear that one of our schools has gone into a Level III lockdown. There will be additional law enforcement officers and vehicles at the schools this week for the drills. Please talk with your students about the drill so they understand that the drill is another way to keep everyone as safe as possible. Thanks for your help.
Notice: The dates and times for the millage rate hearings are-
Friday, September 1, at 1:00 pm
Thursday, September 7, at 6:00 pm (prior to board work session)
Monday, September 11, at 10:00 am
The hearings will be in the board room at Central Office located at 270 Lakeview Dr.
CMS PTO is in need of 2 liter drinks for the September 1st Back to School Dance. Donations can be dropped off in the CMS front office starting this week!
Parents - You should have received an email from Josten's in regard to ordering a yearbook. This is a legitimate email offer. However, the deadline to order at the discounted price with a free icon does not end until 9/24. Josten's mistakenly printed the deadline as this weekend. We apologize for the mistake. We will post more information about yearbooks next week and order forms will also be sent home with 6 week progress reports in September. If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Martin at jeanan.martin@commercecityschools.org.
Congrats to this week’s Terrific Tigers! These students were nominated by their teachers for showing the Positivity Project traits- traits focused on students of strong character, integrity, and caring for each other. We will recognize a group of students each week for P2 Traits and all students are eligible. Display those character traits and the next winner might be you!
Coach Cotrell and Coach Cruz’s classes had a special visitor this morning! They are working on community as their monthly unit. The students enjoyed listening to what Seymour’s does in our community when an accident happens. Special thanks to Seymour’s Towing and Buddy for showing our students the big truck!
Huge shout out to Nicholson Baptist Church for donating over 500 water bottles for the students of CMS to use at our water bottle filling stations! Thank you for supporting CMS!
CMS Fall Picture Day is next Wednesday, August 23rd. All students will be photographed. These photographs will appear in our CMS yearbook. There is no need to send money now. A portrait package will be sent home with your student a few weeks after picture day with instructions on how to order pictures.
Students working hard on their Georgia Projects in the Learning Commons for Coach Lund.
5th and 7th Graders reading in the Learning Commons!
Students that were approved for free and reduced lunch last year will still have to complete a new free and reduced form for this year. Your status from last year will change after 09-08-23, unless you complete a new form for this year! Please complete online through the Infinite Campus Parent Portal or pick up a paper copy in the CMS front office.
Become a mentor for students at CMS through the Legacy Mentor Program! We are always looking for new volunteers. Use this link to get more information and find out how to get started: https://legacyyouthmentoring.org/
Big day for the cross country team competing at East Jackson today. A number of kids competed and won medals for their times and final positions. Camila Vazquez wins Toughest Teammate Award! Great job by all our runners!
5th Grade in the Learning Commons!
As part of our charter status as a system, we are required to meet with our School Governance Team 6 times per year. The School Governance Team consists of teachers, parents, community stakeholders, and the principal. Our SGT met this morning and you can find the agenda and minutes below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kb39U9nVsof8n-UkW7apl1lfJnmH2_bK/view?usp=drive_link