Clay Center Community Middle School

Do you know what a participle is? If not, ask new ELA teacher Ms. Smith's 8th graders, as they learned all about them today! #Celebrate

🚨 ANOTHER THURSDAY BENGAL SPORTS UPDATE! 🚨

☀️ Due to the expected heat, we have ANOTHER schedule change for Thursday.

Please take note of the UPDATED CROSS COUNTRY START TIME for our Junior High runners competing at the Concordia Invitational.

🏃‍♀️ Junior High Girls – 9:00 AM
🏃‍♂️ Junior High Boys – 9:25 AM

📅 Thursday, September 3, 2026
📍 Concordia Golf and Wellness
600 W. 13th St., Concordia

⏰ Coaches Meeting: Approximately 8:45 AM

⚠️ This is the second Thursday sports schedule adjustment due to the heat. Please continue to watch for additional updates and changes as we monitor the weather and prioritize the safety of our Bengal athletes.

Thank you for your flexibility and understanding. 🧡🖤

GO BENGALS! 🐾

🏈🏐 THURSDAY BENGAL SPORTS UPDATE! 🏐🏈

Football Schedule Change! 🐾🧡

Our CCCMS Middle School Football Games vs. Abilene at Abilene this Thursday have been moved to new start times:

🏈 6:30 PM — 7th Grade Football
➡️ 8th Grade Football will follow

💧 Hydration & Game Timing:
We will have hydration breaks and extended time between quarters as needed during the 7th grade game to help keep our athletes safe and comfortable.

The 8th Grade teams should be warming up and ready to go following the 7th grade game. If officials are able to make the transition, we may limit the time between games to 5 minutes.

📍 Warm-Up Areas:
🟠 Clay Center: Behind the end zone on the South End
🟠 Abilene: North End

🏐 VOLLEYBALL LOCATION UPDATE

Please note that volleyball will be played at TWO different locations:

🧡 8th Grade Volleyball: Abilene Middle School
🧡 7th Grade Volleyball: Abilene Community Center
📍 1020 NW 8th Street, Abilene, KS

⚠️ NEW LOCATION: The Abilene Community Center is a new site for 7th Grade Volleyball and is different from our previous location.

🏐 7th Grade Volleyball Match Format:
We will play 2 full B matches, as both teams have enough players to do so.

Thank you to our Bengal families and fans for being flexible as we make these schedule adjustments! Let's go, Bengals! 🐾🧡🖤

🐾🧡 IT’S A BIG WEEK TO BE A BENGAL! 🧡🐾

We’ve got a full week of Bengal pride, teamwork, competition, and FUN coming your way! 🐯🔥

📸 MONDAY: Cheer Team Pictures
🏃 THURSDAY: Cross Country at Concordia + 7th & 8th Grade Football & Volleyball at Abilene
🎉 FRIDAY: Back 2 School Bash at Common Grounds — 6:00–8:30 PM
🏐 SATURDAY: 8th Grade A/B Round Robin Volleyball Tournament right here at HOME! — 9:00 AM

Come out, cheer loud, support our Bengals, and help us show what it means to be #BengalStrong! 🧡🖤

📅 Planning Ahead: No School Monday, September 7th for Labor Day!

Let’s make it another GREAT week, Bengals! 🐾🧡
#BengalStrong #CCCMSBengals #BengalPride #ThisWeeksActivities

🐾🏐🏈 SCRIMMAGE SUCCESS! 🏃‍♀️💪

Last night’s sports scrimmages were a GREAT way to kick off the season! 🙌 Our Bengals got some valuable time on the court and field, team pictures were captured 📸, and—best of all—we had an AMAZING turnout of parents and families there to cheer everyone on! 🖤🧡

THANK YOU, BENGAL FAMILIES, for showing up and showing your support! 👏 Your encouragement means so much to our student-athletes, coaches, and programs. We LOVE seeing our Bengal community come together! 🐾🧡

📸 PICTURE DAY UPDATE: Parents, keep an eye on ParentSquare next week! You should be receiving your student-athlete’s team and individual pictures right there in ParentSquare. No need to wonder where those pictures went—they’re coming! 😉📲

And now… IT’S GAME TIME! 🔥

📅 Thursday, September 3rd
🏆 ALL SPORTS TEAMS MAKE THEIR DEBUT!

Then we’re back at it on…

📅 Saturday, September 5th
🏐 8th Grade CCCMS Volleyball Tournament

The season is here, Bengals! Let’s fill the stands, make some noise, and show our student-athletes what Bengal Strong looks like! 🐾🧡🖤

LET’S GO, BENGALS!!! 🔥🐾

#BengalStrong #BengalPride #GoBengals #WeAreCCCMS

It's officially marching band season! Mr. Eyermann and Mrs. Thrasher had their 8th graders sounding good in the parking lot this morning! #Celebrate379

🎉🐾 OUR VERY FIRST “BE THE STANDARD” CALL OF THE DAY FOR 2026-2027! 🐾🎉

We are kicking off the school year by celebrating James Reed & Logan Michaud! 👏🔥

While Mr. Ian Lane was absent, James and Logan stepped up BIG TIME! 💻🙌 They used their own work time to help their peers troubleshoot technology issues and make sure everyone had what they needed to be successful in class.

That is what it means to BE THE STANDARD! ⭐

💪 Be Proactive — They saw a need and took action.
🤝 Synergize — They worked together and helped others succeed.

James & Logan, you didn’t just fix technology problems—you helped your classmates have a better learning experience. THAT is leadership in action! 👏🐾

Way to live out the 7 Habits in your everyday life, boys! We are proud of you! 🧡🖤

🏆 BE THE STANDARD. LIVE THE 7 HABITS. MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

#BeTheStandard #BengalStrong #7Habits #Synergize #BeProactive #LeadershipInAction #BengalPride 🐾

🧡🖤 CCCMS FALL SPORTS SCRIMMAGE & RECOGNITION 🖤🧡 Thursday August 27th It’s time to COME CHEER ON THE BENGALS! 🐯📣 Come out and support our CCCMS Fall Athletes as we kick off the season! Football and Volleyball will hit the field and court for their scrimmages, while we’ll also take time to recognize and celebrate ALL of our fall sports athletes, including Cross Country! 🧡🖤 We want to see our Bengal family in the stands meeting, supporting, and cheering on our athletes! Bring your family, bring your Bengal pride, and bring those loud cheering voices! 📣🐯 COME CHEER ON THE BENGALS! 🧡🖤 #BengalPride #CCCMS #FallSports #GoBengals

It's experiment time in Mr. Walsh's 6th grade science class!

Students examined samples of five resources (copper, wood, water, oil shale, and fossil rock) and ranked them from most to least valuable. In their groups, they discussed what makes natural resources valuable. They also researched which natural resources are renewable vs. nonrenewable. #Celebrate379

Each year, Mrs. McDonald starts by teaching her 6th graders the importance of time management in her Family and Consumer Science class. Using Leader In Me principles, they completed assignments from a playlist. They get to choose their path, but they still have to finish! #Celebrate379

📣🐯 CHEER TEAM TRYOUTS ARE HERE! 🧡🖤

Calling all future 7th- and 8th-grade Bengal Cheerleaders! 📣✨ If your student is interested in trying out for the CCCMS Cheer Team, we’ve got an important time change AND a couple of big dates to remember!

⏰ TIME UPDATE: Practice and tryout times have moved from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

📅 WEDNESDAY @ 6:00 PM
📣 Learn the Tryout Routine
📍 CCCMS Commons

📅 FRIDAY @ 6:00 PM
📣 CHEER TEAM TRYOUTS!
📍 CCCMS Commons

📝 Parents/Guardians: Students who are interested in trying out will be bringing home a permission slip tonight. Please watch for it and get it completed so they are ready to participate!

Let’s see what these Bengals can bring! 🐯📣🧡🖤
Good luck, future Bengal Cheerleaders! LET’S HEAR IT! 🎉

The new 6th graders to CCCMS are off and running, meeting new teachers and starting new classes, like world history, taught by Mr. Higgins. Today, they discussed early cavemen and their survival methods. #Celebrate379

📚✨ BENGAL LIBRARY READER OF THE MONTH! ✨📚

We are kicking off the school year with a SERIOUSLY AWESOME reader! 🎉📖

Our very first Bengal Library Reader of the Month for 2026-2027 is a 6th grader who has already shown us exactly what it means to be a reader! ❤️📚

Here’s the story that made us smile: Mom was THRILLED to see her choose to read her library book during a road trip… while her cell phone was sitting RIGHT NEXT TO HER. 😂📱➡️📖

Because sometimes the best adventure is the one you find between the pages! 🌎✨

And that is something worth celebrating! Research consistently shows that students who read regularly build stronger vocabulary, improve reading comprehension, and develop better overall literacy skills. In other words… reading is basically a superpower. 🦸‍♀️📚

💥 “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” 💥

We are SO proud of this Bengal reader for choosing a book, choosing an adventure, and showing us that a good story can beat a screen—even on a road trip! 🚗💨📖

👏📚 CONGRATULATIONS to our first Bengal Library Reader of the Month! Keep turning those pages, keep exploring new worlds, and keep being an AMAZING example for your fellow Bengals!

#BengalLibrary #ReaderOfTheMonth #ReadersAreLeaders #BengalStrong #BookAdventure #KeepReading #ReadMore 📚🐾

🐯 THIS WEEK’S BENGAL ACTIVITIES! 🐯

It’s another busy week to #BengalSTRONG! 🧡🖤 Check out what’s happening around CCCMS this week:

📅 Monday, August 24
No activities listed — enjoy the start of the week! 😉

📅 Tuesday, August 25
📣 CCCMS Cheer Team Interest Meeting during PAWS — Library

📅 Wednesday, August 26
📚 PM Academy — 3:25–3:55 PM
📣 CCCMS Cheer Team Practice — 4:00–5:00 PM (Commons)

📅 Thursday, August 27
🏐 Volleyball Scrimmage — 4:00 PM
🏈 Football Scrimmage — 4:30 PM
🏆 Fall Sports Recognition — 5:30 PM at The MAC

📅 Friday, August 28
📣 CCCMS Cheer Team Tryouts — 4:00 PM (Commons)

🐾 Planning Ahead:
🇺🇸 Monday, September 7 — No School- Labor Day

Let’s have a great week, Bengals! Show up, support one another, and keep being #BengalSTRONG! 🐯🧡🖤

#CCCMS #BengalStrong #BengalActivities #GoBengals

📚🔥 THE BENGAL LIBRARY IS OFFICIALLY ON FIRE! 🔥📚

We’re only ONE WEEK into the new school year, and CCCMS students have already put 290 BOOKS into their hands! 😱🙌

📖 190 Fiction Books
📚 100 Non-Fiction Books
🎉 290 TOTAL BOOKS CHECKED OUT!

That’s 290 adventures, mysteries, facts, laughs, discoveries, and new worlds heading home with our Bengals! ❤️🐾

A HUGE THANK YOU to our ELA teachers for getting students into the Bengal Library and helping them find books they’re excited to read! You’re already making BIG things happen! 👏📚

And to our Bengals… KEEP READING! 😎
We’ve got a whole year ahead of us, and I have a feeling that 290 is just the beginning! 🚀📚

#BengalLibrary #CCCMS #BengalsRead #ReadersAreLeaders #290Books #BookLove #ReadLikeABengal 🐾📚

🐯🧡 **WELCOME BACK, BENGALS!!** 🧡🐯

The halls are about to be filled with Bengal energy again, and we are SO ready for it! 🎉📚

Whether you're a **6th Grade Bengal starting middle school**, a **7th or 8th Grade Bengal returning to the pack**, or one of the amazing adults who makes CCCMS special — **WELCOME BACK!** 🧡🖤

This week brings the start of **Fall Sports Practices**, our first days back for students, **Teammates Orientation**, and plenty of opportunities to kick off another great year together!

📅 **A few things to know this week:**
🧡 Monday, Aug. 17 — Fall Sports Practices Begin
🧡 Tuesday, Aug. 18 — 11:45 AM Dismissal & 1st Day for 6th Grade Bengals
🧡 Wednesday, Aug. 19 — 1st Day for 7th & 8th Grade Bengals
🧡 Thursday, Aug. 20 — 7:40 AM Teammates Orientation

And yes… **we survived summer.** 😂 Now let's make this school year one to remember!

Let's show up, lift each other up, and start the year **Bengal Strong!** 💪🐯

**WELCOME BACK, BENGALS! LET'S DO THIS!** 🧡🖤

#BengalStrong #WelcomeBackBengals #CCCMSBengals #BeTheStandard #ThisWeeksBengalActivities

📣 Meet the Coaches Night Reminder! 🐯 Middle School Fall Athletes & Parents — just a reminder that **Meet the Coaches Night is tonight!** This meeting is for all **CCCMS Fall Athletes participating in Football, Volleyball, and Cross Country.** 📅 **Thursday, August 13** ⏰ **6:45 PM** 📍 **CCCMS Commons Area** We will begin with the **Heat & Concussion Awareness Meeting**. All athletes are required to view the videos **before they will be allowed to participate on Monday**, so please make plans to attend! A **brief parent meeting** will follow. 🚨 **PHYSICALS REMINDER:** The office is still missing a **large number of athletic physicals!** Please make sure your student’s physical is completed and turned in **ASAP** so they are cleared to participate. We’re excited to kick off another fall sports season! 🧡🖤 **See you tonight at 6:45!**

🎉🐾 BENGALS… IT’S ALMOST TIME! 🐾🎉

The countdown to a NEW SCHOOL YEAR is officially ON! 🧡🖤

Join us for Bengal Back-to-School Night / Meet the Teacher Night! 🎒📚

📅 Friday, August 14
⏰ 4:00–6:00 PM
📍 CCCMS

Come meet your teachers, get ready for the year ahead, and get those Bengal vibes going! 🐾🧡

AND… 👀 THERE’S A GIVEAWAY! 🎁
One mystery surprise winner from EACH GRADE — 6th, 7th & 8th! 🎉

✨ How to enter:
1️⃣ Attend Meet the Teacher Night!
2️⃣ Fill out an entry form at the front office.
3️⃣ Keep your fingers crossed! 🤞
4️⃣ Winners will be announced on the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! 🎊

Who knows… maybe YOU’LL be one of our lucky Bengals! 👀🐾

We can’t wait to see everyone and kick off another amazing year at CCCMS!

🧡🖤 GO BENGALS! 🖤🧡

#CCCMS #BengalBackToSchool #MeetTheTeacher #GoBengals #BackToSchool #BengalStrong

Over the next week, we will highlight new certified staff joining USD 379. Welcome to CCCMS #Celebrate379