Community Music Night is coming up next Thursday, Oct 26! Any student, staff or community member interested in being part of a Cranberry Community Choir is welcome to join us next Tuesday, Oct 24 for some choir practice from 3-4:30pm here at the school. We look forward to seeing everyone next week!
This Thursday, Oct 19, is our Parent Teacher conference day for Avery County Schools. There will be no school for students. CMS schedule for conferences is 10am-6pm. If you haven’t already scheduled a time for a conference, please do so! Feel free to contact the school at 733-2932 if you have any questions. Thank you!
Attention CMS parents of students grades 6-8 who want to participate in sports during the winter season:
Remember to register your student-athlete on Final Forms (link below). Additionally, athletes MUST have a current physical before they can participate in tryouts. Thank you!
https://avery-nc.finalforms.com
INTERESTED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL WRESTLING? Here's a note from Coach Dunn: There will be a Parents meeting on Oct 18th in the high school cafeteria at 6:00pm. Any athlete interested in wrestling must have a physical to participate in practice. The season will begin October 23rd for athletes that did not participate in a fall sport. Practices will be at 6:00pm daily at Dogtown wrestling club. A schedule of practice times and locations will be printed for each month of the entire season.
Please contact coach Hayes or Mrs. Dunn at the school if you have any questions.
Looking for some great CMS gear? Our online store is now open! Please visit our store at https://cookssports.chipply.com/JS230935 and use the password 1d3bc6s to gain access. Lots of great items to choose from so we hope you'll take advantage of this opportunity. You can see options for everyone by logging onto the site. Thanks!
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Updated Open Gym schedule for girls interested in trying out for basketball:
Tues, Oct 17 - 3-5pm
Weds, Oct 18 - 4:30-6pm
Thurs, Oct 19 - 6:30-8pm
Note: Sports physicals are required to participate in Open gyms and tryouts.
Reminder: The Avery County Health Department will be at Cranberry Middle and Freedom Trail Elem on Weds, Oct. 11 to give flu shots to those students who have turned in a permission form and health insurance information. Please feel free to contact the school at 733-2932 if you have any questions. Thanks!
With basketball season around the corner, here are some dates for open gym for anyone interested in trying out for our Girls team:
Wednesday, Oct. 11 3-5pm
Tuesday, Oct. 17 3-5pm
Thursday, Oct. 19 6-7:30pm
CMS families: we need your plastic grocery bags! Our art classes would like to use plastic grocery bags to create some holiday crafts. Please send in any plastic grocery bags you would like to get rid of or can spare. Thank you!
Reminder that tomorrow, Friday, Oct 6, is an Early Dismissal day for Avery County Schools. CMS will dismiss at 12noon. Thank you and hope you all have a great weekend!
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We're looking forward to celebrating Community Music night! Please contact the school if interested in signing up.
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Our reading club at CMS shared some books with FTE students on Club Day. Great to see our students serving others!
We had a great time this past week enjoying spirit week. From school colors, to twin day, swifties or rockstars, and red carpet ready we had a ball.
Reminder that tomorrow, Friday, Sep 22, is an Early Dismissal day for Avery County Schools. CMS will dismiss at 12noon.
It's Homecoming for Avery High and the parade starts at 4pm in Newland. Hope you all have a great weekend! Go Vikings!
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Some shots of our 7th and 8th grade Skills USA students helping at Banner Elk Elementary Fall Fling. Proud of them and how they represent CMS! Big thanks to Mason Morris for leading this group!
In honor of homecoming next Friday we will be having spirit week at CMS next week. The spirit days are listed below. We can't wait to see how much spirit CMS has.
