Clay Center Community Middle School

🧡🖤 This Week’s Bengal Activities 🐅🖤🧡

Bengal Nation—here’s what’s happening this week at CCCMS! Mark your calendars and come out to support our students and teams 💪📣

MON (2️⃣)
✨ Counselor Appreciation Week — show some love to our amazing counselors!
🏀 7th & 8th Grade Boys Basketball vs Fort Riley
📍 HOME | ⏰ 4:30 PM

TUES (3️⃣)
📌 No scheduled activities

WED (4️⃣)
🧼 6th Grade Hygiene & Health Talk
🍽️ YLINK Drug Prevention Lunch & Learn during 1st Lunch

THURS (5️⃣)
🤼 7th & 8th Grade Girls Wrestling @ Fort Riley | ⏰ 4:00 PM
🏀 7th & 8th Grade Boys Basketball vs Abilene
📍 HOME | ⏰ 4:30 PM

FRI (6️⃣)
🚓 Police Online Safety Talks during Study Lab

SAT (7️⃣)
🏀 7th Grade Boys Basketball B Team Tournament
📍 Fort Riley | ⏰ 9:00 AM
🤼 7th & 8th Grade Girls Wrestling Tournament
📍 Junction City | ⏰ 9:00 AM

Let’s pack the gyms, cheer loud, and support our Bengals all week long! 🐅🔥
#BengalStrong #CCCMS #BengalPride #GameWeek #MiddleSchoolMagic

🧡🏀 BENGAL PRIDE ON FULL DISPLAY! 🏀🖤 Huge shoutout to our B Team for BALLING OUT and finishing 🥈 2nd place in our home 8th grade tournament today! This squad played with heart, hustle, and nonstop energy from tip-off to the final buzzer. Even better—our 7th graders stepped up to the plate, answered the call, and made big plays when it mattered. Next-player-up mentality all day long! Defense, teamwork, and Bengal toughness fueled a great day in our house. Way to protect home court and represent orange and black the right way. Proud to be Bengals—keep grinding! 🐅🔥 #BengalPride #OrangeAndBlack #NextPlay #TeamBall #HoopsCulture

USD 379 counselors Nick Brummet & DeAnna Coughlin traveled to Topeka yesterday to attend the Governor’s signing of the proclamation for National School Counseling Week. They also ran into USD 379 alumni who were there for the signing for youth mental health. #celebrate379

🏀 HOME TOURNEY DAY! 🏀

It’s time for our 8th Grade Boys Basketball A & B Home Tournament and the action tips off early! 💪🔥

🕘 9:00 AM | CCCMS & District Gym
Our Bengals will defend home court against Wakefield, Clay Center, Concordia, and Chapman with fast breaks, tough defense, and nonstop hustle!

🎟 Admission Info:
Bengal students get in FREE! 🧡🖤
$5 Adults | $3 Students

Pack the stands, bring the energy, and show that Bengal pride! 🐾🏀
Let’s go Bengals!

CCARE and the CCCMS Art Department have teamed up for a very fun and exciting fundraiser! Community members have submitted pictures of their pets and, with a donation to CCARE, are getting a one-of-a-kind drawing or painting of their treasured animal created by a 7th-grade art student!

Students may choose the medium, and many are creating their own background for the portraits. They are taking this very seriously and doing their best work. We are all excited to see the final products. The portraits will be available in time for Valentine's Day! #celebrate379

A special thanks to Union State Bank for sponsoring our Donut Day today! #celebrate379

🐯🧡 BENGAL PRIDE ON THE MAT! 🖤🐯

It’s GAMEDAY for our JH Girls Wrestling Bengals as they head to the Marysville Mixer today! 💪🤼‍♀️ Our girls will take on strong competition from Clay Center, Concordia, Fort Riley, Nemaha Central, Rock Creek, Rossville, Royal Valley, Sabetha, and Wamego in a full day of hard-fought matches.

📍 The action takes place at Marysville High School, located at 1011 Walnut St. in Marysville at 4 pm. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students.

Pack the stands, wear your ORANGE & BLACK, and bring the energy as our Bengals hit the mat with toughness, heart, and hustle. 🔥🐅
Let’s go, Bengals! 🧡🖤

🖤🧡 Bengal Strong Habits in Action Spotlight 🧡🖤

Today we’re shining the spotlight on Mrs. Cari Pfizenmaier’s PAWS class for living out our Bengal Strong habits every single day! 🐾

This PAWS class strives to be Heard, Honest, and Hardworking, and it shows in everything they do. They love starting their mornings slow, taking time to prepare for a successful day ahead—because strong habits start with intention!

From morning potlucks to Friday activities with other PAWS classes and everyone’s favorite… Donut Day 🍩, this group knows how to build community while doing things the Bengal Way.

Way to lead by example, Mrs. Pfizenmaier’s PAWS! Keep being strong, connected, and full of heart. 💪🖤🧡

#BengalStrong #HabitsInAction #PAWSPride #HeardHonestHardworking #BengalsLead

🍪🐾We’ve got to show some BIG Bengal love to Jaxon Beaver today! 🐾🧡

During library checkout on Tuesday, Jaxon was informed of our very non-official Bengal Library Policy:
👉 If you check out a cookbook… You have to feed the librarians and, of course, your ELA teacher.

Obviously, this is 100% a joke…
BUT THEN JAXON SHOWED UP WITH A PLATE OF HOT COOKIES. 😳🔥🍪

At that point, what were we supposed to do?! Talk about using a book for good! 😂
Jaxon proved that reading can lead to kindness, creativity, and freshly baked happiness.

This is what happens when you mix books, humor, and a Bengal with a big heart. ❤️
We are officially obsessed (and slightly spoiled).

👏 Shoutout to Jaxon for making the library sweeter—literally.
📖➡️🍪
#BengalPride #BookItAndBakeIt #LibraryLegends #UsingBooksForGood #SweetReads #BengalStrong

Mrs. Pfizenmaier's 8th graders are in the middle of a science unit on the design process, a step-by-step approach to solving problems by creating and improving solutions. It includes identifying a problem, brainstorming ideas, planning and building a model, testing it, and making improvements based on results.

Today, students were using this process to create a new and improved hand warmer. Makes sense with this cold weather! #celebrate379

🔥 TODAY’S BENGAL SPORTS 🔥

It’s a BIG night for CCCMS as our Bengals hit the mat AND the court! Let’s show up and support our student-athletes! 🧡🖤

🤼‍♀️ 7th / 8th Grade Girls Wrestling
📍 Riley County
⏰ 4:00 PM Start

🏀 Boys Basketball vs. Salina South

7th Grade – 📍 District Gym
⏰ 4:00 PM Start
• ‘C’ Team – 4:00 PM
• ‘A’ Team – 10 min after C
• ‘B’ Team – 10 min after A

8th Grade – 📍 CCCMS Gym
⏰ 4:30 PM Start
• ‘A’ Team – 4:30 PM
• ‘B’ Team – 10 min after A

⏱️ Halftime: 10 minutes

🎟️ Admission
• Adults: $5
• Students: $3

🚗 Parking
Visitor parking available at CCCMS / District Gym / Softball Complex lots

Bring the energy, cheer loud, and help us protect the jungle! 🐅🔥
#BengalStrong #GameDay #GirlsWrestling #BoysBasketball #ProtectTheJungle

USD 379 will use Monday's menu (breakfast & lunch) on Tuesday, Jan. 27. We will totally skip Tuesday's menus for the week. The menu will run as planned Wednesday through Friday. #celebrate379

🐅🧡 THIS WEEK IN BENGAL COUNTRY 🧡🐅

We’ve got a FULL slate of Bengal action ahead — from athletics to school-wide events! Check it out and come support our students all week long 👇

📅 Weekly Highlights:
• Drug Prevention Lunch & Learn
• Girls Wrestling hitting the road
• Boys Basketball battles at HOME
• Winter Sports Pep Rally 💥
• Donut Day 🍩
• Hero Mile Practice
• Saturday Basketball Tournament 🏀

Let’s show up, be loud, and be proud.
#BengalSTRONG 🐅🔥

🌟 Be the Standard – Call of the Day 🌟

Shoutout to Kale Marrs for truly Being the Standard in PE! 👏

When Kale’s partner was struggling to hit the ball over the net, he didn’t get frustrated—he stepped up. Kale took time to tell and show his partner a different way to try, offering encouragement every step of the way. When mistakes happened, Kale reassured them with, “It’s okay, you’ll get it next time.” And when success came? He was right there saying, “Good job!” 🙌

Kale showed what it means to Think Win-Win and Synergize, two powerful habits that make our school stronger. 💪🐯
This is Bengal Strong behavior in action—supportive, positive, and uplifting. Way to set the standard, Kale!

🐾#BeTheStandard #BengalStrong #LeaderInMe #WinWin #Synergize 🖤🧡

🐾 Bengal Strong Habits in Action – PAWS Class of the Week! 🐾

This week we’re shining the spotlight on Mr. Ian Lane’s PAWS class! 🌟
This close-knit group loves being at school, having fun, and learning together. From building with LEGOs 🧱 during their Leader in Me lessons to staying focused by keeping their hands busy, these students know how to learn in a way that works for them!

They’re a social crew who value friendship, teamwork, and soaking up time outdoors ☀️—showing what it truly means to live out our Bengal Strong Habits every day.

Way to go, Mr. Lane’s PAWS class! Keep building, leading, and having fun! 🐯💪

🚨 Tournament Update 🚨

Due to a Winter Storm Warning in effect from 6 PM Friday to 6 PM Sunday, we are officially canceling the 7th Grade Boys Basketball A/B Team Tournament scheduled for Saturday, January 24, 2026, in Chapman.

We waited and hoped for an improvement in the forecast, but conditions are not expected to get better. For the safety of our athletes, families, and staff, there is no sense in delaying the inevitable.

➡️ This event will not be rescheduled.

Thank you for your understanding—stay safe and warm, Bengals! ❄️🏀🧡🖤

🐝📚 SPELLING BEE SUCCESS! 📚🐝

We are buzzing with pride after an incredible Bengal Spelling Bee this morning!

🏆 Bengal Spelling Bee Champion: Tayla Forslund
💥 Winning word: DICTATORSHIP — spelled with confidence under pressure!

🎉 Our champion and finalist will now move on to represent Bengal Nation at the District Spelling Bee on February 11th — let’s go!

👏 A huge shoutout to all 62 of our spellers who stepped up, showed courage, and competed this morning. It takes guts to get on that stage, and we are proud of every single one of you.

Hard work. Focus. Bengal Strong.
Let’s cheer them on as they take the next stage! 🖤🧡🐅

🏀 BENGAL STRONG HABITS IN ACTION 🐯🔥
Spotlight Team of the Week: 7th Grade Boys Basketball

This group is bringing the hustle, heart, and hard work every time they hit the floor. Coached by Cameron Beardsley and Thane Wildeman, our Bengals are learning to grind, trust the process, and compete possession by possession.

📊 A Team: 1–2 | B Team: 0–3
Records don’t always tell the story — effort, toughness, and growth do. This team is locked in, playing physical defense, crashing the boards, and staying hungry as they look to turn the corner.

🚍 Road ready as they travel to Marysville today, then tip off at the Chapman Tournament on Saturday. New opportunities. New possessions. Same Bengal grit.

Keep shooting, keep defending, and keep believing — good things happen when you play the game the right way.
Next play mentality. Let’s roll, Bengals! 💪🐯🏀
#BengalStrong #DefenseWinsGames #TrustTheProcess #NextPlay