Congratulations to Lisbeth Osorto, 6th grader who won the local and district level Patriot's Pen Essays. She just recently won second place at the State level. Lisbeth goes to Calhoun on February 5 to accept her prize. Once again, congratulations Lisbeth on your newest accomplishment!

The Talent Show is coming soon!!!!!!!!!!!  Students are encouraged to pick up an application from Ms. Arden or Mr. Nelson and return it by January 27th.  Auditions are scheduled for February 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th.  The show will be held for the parents and the public on Thusday, March 1st at 6:00 pm.  A repeat of the show for the student body will be the morning of March 2nd.

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Class 1 - Getting Started
Class 2 - "Raising Responsible Kids
Class 3 - "C" Stands for Control That's Shared
Class 4 - "O" Stands for Ownership of the Problem
Class 5 - "O" Stands for Opportunities for Thinking
Class 6 - "L" Stands for Let Empathy & Consequences Do the Teaching
Class 7 - Wrap-Up

Dates              Session I (Winter) Jan. 24 – March 6; Every Tuesday Night, 6:00 – 7:00 pm

& Times:        Session II (Spring) March 20 – May 8; Every Tuesday Night, 6:00 – 7:00 pm

                        Session III (Summer) June 18, 19, 25, 26, 10 am - 12 noon Daily

Location:        Summerville Middle School

Cost:               None

Congratulations on your hard work. It has paid off. You were selected as December's students of the month! Keep up the good work.

Special congratulations go to Summerville Middle School students Victor Medina, who placed 1st in his weight class and to Levi Hamilton and Nick Kerley who placed 4th in their weight class. Way to go guys!

It's a great time to buy yearbooks at Summerville Middle School! Yearbooks are only $25.00 and can be purchased from the school. Don't wait - order now. Sporting events, dances, plays, best friends - all can be found in this year's yearbook! These are amazing times that you will want to remember forever. Don't miss out on your chance to help remember by purchasing your yearbook today! (*Not Actual Cover)

The Rome News Tribune All-Area High School Cross Country Team has been announced! Congratulations go out to Cheyenne Porter and Damien Porter for making the All-Area High School Cross Country Girls and Boys first team! Cheyenne and Damien are former Summerville Middle School students. Way to go guys!

Congratulations to the November Student of the Month selections. They are  Devon, Lisbeth, Alex, Cydni, Darnay, Travell, Dee and Rebecca. Terrific accomplishment students!

Click on the last gray box at the left or highlighted words for our current CMS Basketball Schedule.

Chattooga Middle School Wrestling Practice will start on Nov. 8 after school until 6:30 pm. Practice will be held at the Pennville Gym (Chattooga County Education Center). Have a RIDE there to pick you up at 6:30 p.m. Lyerly and Menlo athletes may ride the School Choice bus to SMS and then get on bus 81 (Mr. Lee's bus) to ride to Pennville. SMS athletes will ride bus 81 (Mr. Lee) from the Middle School. A blank physical can be printed from here.

Ms. Owings and her students have been on several field trips lately. One was to Pizza Hut where they worked on fractions, decimals and percents. They also went bowling and practiced with fractions, decimals, and percents. They visited El Pueblito and practiced their listening, speaking, and viewing skills. They had a "Taste Test" and calculated the data analysis and probability.

Congratulations to the October Students of the Month -Ryan, Meagan, Steven, Elisabeth, Georgia, Stephany, Caitlyn, Rhett (not pictured) and teacher - Ms. Adkins (not pictured). Your hard work and dedication has paid off. Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to our September Student of the Month winners.

Congratulations to the Chattooga Middle School Softball team. They competed in the district tournament this past weekend and came home in third place.  The girls played hard in all their games at Rockmart and showed tremendous improvement from the beginning of the season.  Again congratulations to the girls for representing our county with great sportsmanship and a job well done!

If your child plans to ride home with another student, the school MUST receive a note from both parents involved or your child will have to go home using his/her regular mode of transportation. The notes should be turned in to the office the first thing in the morning so that parents can be contacted if necessary. This is for the safety of your child as he/she leaves the school grounds. We always want you to know where your child is upon leaving the school and this helps us keep you informed as to your child's whereabouts.

Also, parents please remember to send a note when your child needs to go home a different way from the contact information you turned in at the beginning of school. For example, if you listed a bus number and sometimes car rider, no note is needed but if you listed a bus number only and your child is going to be a car rider, your child will need a note to go home a different way. Again, this is for your child's protection and safety.

     Please join me in congratulating our schools 4-H officers. Students were asked to stand and present a short speech on the qualities that they possess, which would be a benefit to a leadership position.  There were many classes which had over 15 young people running for one of the four leadership positions.  The classes were asked to vote for 4 students who had the leadership abilities that they thought was most important.  The highest number of votes received the President position, then VP, Secretary and Reporter. 
     All elected officers are expected to be at the Officer Training which will be on September 26^th from 4:30-6:00 at the Civic Center. You can find all the 4-H school officers listed on our website at: http://www.caes.uga.edu/extension/chattooga/4H/documents/2011.12ClubOfficers.pdf                                                                                    The officer training will be conducted by the Cooperative Extension staff and our County Council 4-H Officers (High School and Middle School elected positions) along with Quinten Brasher, our NW District President, a Junior at Trion High School and Matthew Pace a Georgia 4-H State Oficer and Senior at Chattooga High School.  http://www.caes.uga.edu/extension/chattooga/4H/index.html

Summerville Middle 4-H Club Officers
6th Grade
President: Zoe Brooks
Vice-President: John Hunter
Secretary: Ashley Dooley
Reporter: 
7th Grade
President: Justin Stricklin
Vice-President: Ian Wagoner
Secretary: Elizabeth Dawson
Reporter: Jakerria Walker
8th Grade
President: Jay Williams
Vice-President: Alyssa Bumbalough
Secretary: Taelor Teems
Reporter: Sean Deberry

The Social Studies Department and many of our students created a presentation honoring those who lost their lives during the 9/11 tragedy. Great job students!

Students and parents, don't forget we are collecting "Boxtops for Education" again this school year. On "Boxtops Wednesday", students may bring in 10 boxtops and receive a free doughnut. Doughnuts can also be purchased for $1.00. Remember that the boxtops will be used to help purchase needed items for our school. Be involved in your school in every way possible. The more you participate, the more pride you will have in yourself and your school! 

Click here to see the opportunities for helping your child learn and engagement for your child.

Watch the video from Rachel's Challenge performance last spring. It's the best!
Congratulations to all students and faculty who participated in Rachel's Challenge last year! Your efforts make us want to be better individuals for our school and ourselves.

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