Good Luck today on the road Bengals! #bengalstrong
Tomorrow Thursday, September 29th, is Picture Day!
This week's featured Department at CCCMS is our ELA (English Language Arts) Teaching Staff. Our ELA staff works diligently to teach our students all aspects of reading, writing, novel studies, and grammar. In addition, our ELA Department does a variety of State (KITE Testing), and AimsWeb testing during the year. These tests measure our student's growth with reading fluency and comprehension; two skills which are essential for success beyond CCCMS! We appreciate the efforts of our ELA Department! Below is a little bit more about each teacher.
Marah Koster- Mrs. Koster has been teaching 6th grade ELA at CCCMS for 3 years. She previously taught 2nd grade in Wakefield and Manhattan. She lives in Clay Center with her husband and 2 children. Mrs. Koster enjoys reading, watching tv, spending time outdoors, and listening to classic country music.
Karla Fickes- Has been teaching at CCCMS for 22 years. She lives on a farm in Clay County with her husband and two children. Her daughter is in high school and her son is in college. Her hobbies are being outdoors, reading, walking her dog, and traveling.
Jon Kelly - This is his second year at CCCMS. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and son who is a high school sophomore. His daughter is enjoying her junior year at a college in Chicago, IL. He enjoys reading, movies with his kids, and reminiscing of cold and snowy winters in upstate NY as a child.
This week's Bengal Spotlight is on the 7th Grade Football Team.
Despite having lower player numbers, this team is hard working, improving each day and each game, and is proudly representing CCCMS by living the Bengal Way every day! Every player is giving excellent effort on both sides of the football, and most of the boys had perfect attendance at the CCCMS Summer Conditioning program. We are excited about what the future holds for these Bengals! Keep up the great work!
Good Luck today Bengals!! #bengalstrong
CCCMS is fortunate to be able to provide every student in our school with a warm meal at a very reasonable price. With over 200 students at CCCMS, there are a lot of hungry kids to feed. Our Food Service Staff, Mikaela, Tylene, and Jenn, do an amazing job with this! Each day they are hustling around the kitchen to keep all those bellies happy and satisfied. We appreciate all their hard work and dedication.
Mikaela Gergen-This is Mikaela Gergen's second year as a Kitchen Lead for the district and 12th year in Food Service. In college, she studied Dietary Management. She moved to Clay Center from Nebraska in the spring of 2021 to be with her boyfriend and their two Huskies. In her spare time, you can find her bowling, attending concerts, watching Nebraska sporting events, and spending time with friends and family. Tylene Slingsby started in the kitchen in March of 2022. Before that, she was a Para at Garfield for 6 yrs. She is married to Alan and they have 3 kids, 2 grandsons, and a son-in-law. She enjoys spending time outside and with family. This is Jenn Williams's 6th year working with the food service staff.
Thanks for all the hard work!
Make sure you swing by Common Grounds tomorrow during the Piotique Celebration to support our school and the love of books!!!
The Bengal Library's reader of the month is Morgan Green! 📚
“There are many little ways to enlarge your world. Love of books is the best of all.” – Jacqueline Kennedy
Come out and support your Bengals tonight as both Football and Volleyball take on Wamego here at home! Cross Country is on the road again as they travel to Belleville for the Republic Valley Invitational. Good luck to all our athletes today! #bengalstrong
Today's Bengal Way Call of the Day is Callen Burr! Mrs. Wietharn was out and had a sub, 6th grade was doing several cutting activities and Callen helped pick up the scraps of paper off the floor after all the science classes were done. What GREAT leadership skills Callen!!
Mr. Wichman and his chess club are all smiles after school today!
Just a reminder the Clay Center Community Middle School Book Fair is open! 📚Empower your kids by letting them choose the books—and bring on the joy of reading. Keep your kids reading and our school thriving!
The Bengal Way Call of the Day goes to William McCann! William always goes in to PAWS with a friendly greeting, uses his manners (saying please and thank you) and always tells Mrs. Argo to have a nice day whenever he leaves her PAWS. William is living the #bengalstrong way every single day by making Mrs. Argo and others feel appreciated! Way to be an amazing human William!
CCCMS Picture day is next Thursday, September 29th. All students should bring one of these forms home today.
Check out our Bengals in action today as Volleyball takes on both Anthony and Riley County! 8th grade spikes off at 3:30 in Anthony while 7th grade plays at 4:30 at HOME! #bengalstrong
USD 379 is fortunate to be able to provide every student in USD 379 with a laptop computer to use for their learning each day. With over 1,200 students in the district, there are lots of computer devices to maintain, fix, and keep in working order. Our USD 379 IT Staff, Ben and Michelle, do an amazing job with this! Each day they are hustling around the district ensuring each student (and staff member) has a usable, quality computer device to help them with their academic work, or their job. At CCCMS, Mr. Wichman helps support our students with their technology and technology learning needs. We appreciate everyone's work, and celebrate their efforts on IT (Information Technology) Day.
Today's Bengal Way Call of the Day is Drew Hoffman! During the times Mr. Lane has been gone from school for surgery and procedures, Drew has shown great leadership in the Bengal Speed and Power class, leading the class warm-up and workouts. It is a large group, and a very active situation. Multiple substitutes have mentioned his leadership in class and how it has been a positive direction in the weight room. Mr. Lane says "It is greatly appreciated when I'm gone to have this type of leadership in class." Way to Live the #bengalstrong Way Drew!
This week's Bengal Spotlight Featured team is the 8th Grade Bengal Volleyball Team. They are coached by Megan Siebold and Megan Griffiths. Catch them in action twice this week, as they take on Anthony and Riley County Tuesday, 3:30 at Anthony. Then again on Thursday vs Wamego, 4:30 at Home! The A team currently has an 11-0 record and B team placed first in our CCCMS Tournament! Great job Bengals!! #bengalstrong
BOOK FAIR! The book fair is up and going! We will be in the Bengal Library all week then will move to Common Grounds for Saturday sales. We will open at 8am Saturday. Hope to see everyone there!
Todays Bengal Way Call of the Day is Quinn Schaich! Mr. Rickley caught Quinn being balanced, keeping himself physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially strong. Quinn has come into Science after school to take responsibility for his education and to advocate for himself!
