In the News

Congratulations to Mrs. Cherie Jones-DCMS Teacher of the Year!

PTSA Membership contest  winners are Ms. Chase's homeroom.  They will receive a pizza party courtesy of PTSA.

Chorus Concert Monday,Dec. 7th at 6:30 at Cornerstone Church on Lloyd Rd.  Some Chorus members will also perform at the PTSA Dec. Mtg on Dec. 10th at 7PM.

As of Nov. 19, 2009 Pennies for Patients has collected $852.12

Thanks to Mr. Foust and his band, Pistoltown, for performing at our school last Friday.

Hat Day October 30th sponsored by the Green Club raised approximately $100 for school year projects.

Thank you to everyone who supported our Book Fair.   We especially appreciate Coach and Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Ranco, Travis Lynch, Patrick Lynch, and Mrs. Blakey who helped with the Book Fair.

NJHS is sponsoring Pennies for Patients.  If each homeroom collects $200 in November, Mr.Kocian will allow Dr. Hart to shave his head in front of the entire student body.

The Halloween Dance was a huge success.  Thanks to all the teachers, students. and parents who supported our PTSA fundraiser.

Please read a message from our Green Club:

Please support Double Churches Middle School’s No-Idling Zone and turn your car off while waiting to pick up your child(ren). Then we can all breathe easier. To learn more about air pollution, its effects and what you can do, visit CleanAirCampaign.org.

                                                                               Help Our Young Lungs Breathe Easier

This year, Double Churches Middle School is launching a no-idling campaign to protect the health of our students and the health of our environment. In addition to restricting idling on school grounds by school buses, we are also asking parents to adopt a no-idling policy for personal vehicles.

Soon, cars that are in the carpool lanes for morning drop-off or afternoon pick-up will be greeted with our new no-idling signs: No Idling –Young Lungs at Work. The No-Idling Zone is part of Double Churches Middle School’s Clean Air Schools program, in partnership with The Clean Air Campaign.

Why should you support the no-idling effort?

• Idling harms our health

Vehicle exhaust is harmful to everyone’s health, but it especially affects children who breathe more and at a faster rate than adults. By turning off your car, our students, teachers and parents won’t breathe in unhealthy fumes as they enter school.  

• Idling pollutes the air we breathe

Vehicle idling creates unnecessary pollution. By not idling, you reduce car exhaust and prevent up to 3 pounds of pollution per month from going into the air.

tc "Vehicle idling creates unnecessary pollution. Each minute of idling emits more smog-forming emissions into the atmosphere,  adding to metro Atlanta's poor air quality.  "

• Idling costs you money

A popular misconception is that idling your car uses less gas than turning it off and restarting. The truth is, if you are going to be sitting more than 30 seconds, it is more fuel efficient to turn your engine off. Idling also causes more wear and tear on engine parts.

 Georgia Media Festival Superior Projects: Land Lady video and Newspaws Wiki. These projects WON at the  International Media Festival along with Wolves by Steven Scarantino and Mitchell Holt.

   MCSD Tech Expo Winners   3rd Place Land Lady video: Victoria Enfinger, Jessie Gibson, & Rachel Hefner; 1st Place DCMS Newspaws Wiki: Sang Lee, Katie Guthridge, Robert Hines, Dakota Reyes, Nick Montalvo, and Zach Pate.  Congrats to our Wildcats!

Cortnee Sanford is one of three winners from local middle school in the 2009 Law Day Essay contest sponsored by the Columbus Bar Association.

Double Churches and our Partners in Ed, PCI and Premier Martial Arts, received Gold Level status certificates at the PIE banquet held April 28th.

DCMS students represented us well at the Jr. Olympics in Jumproping this summer in Des Moines, Iowa. Former Wildcat GeGe Meridith and 8th grader Undria Thomas are part of a Girls, Inc. team that competed this summer.

Graham Hoskins won the Georgia Young Author Competition for MCSD and his entry now goes to the state competition!

T. Hiram Stanley Winner for DCMS is Graham Hoskins. Graham will compete against other 8th grade students from MCSD for this coveted Middle School Award from the Kiwanis Club.

Our Science Olympiad Team won 7th Place overall in the state of Georgia. 1st place IN THE STATE  in the Elevated Bridge & Compute This, 3rd place in Physcial Sciences Lab, and 4th Place in the Pentathlon and Fossils competition. DCMS Science Olympiad  team won 1st Place at the Regional competition.  DCMS won 9 1st place competitions, 5  2nd place competitions, 2  3rd place competitions, and 1  4th place competition!    Way to go Wildcats!!! .

Look at our newly updated DCMS wiki site created by students for students and parents:

http://www.dcmsnewspaws.wikispaces.com

DCMS submitted 41 projects to the MCSD Media Festival.  22 of our projects will be going to the Georgia State Media Festival in Atlanta to be judged on May 1st.  Projects submitted ranged from Live Action movies to websites.  We are sending more projects to the state competition than any other school in MCSD.  Great job, Wildcats!

All girls are invited to join Girls, Inc's after school program.  Monday-Friday 2:30-7:00 Membership $10 Summer Program for $175 or $185 for an entire year. Available for girls 6-18.  After school pick up is available. For more information call 706-322-5395.

Our Partners in Ed, Premier Martial Arts and PCI treated 3rd Semester Honor Roll and Principal's List students to cake, and PTSA provided drinks to over 200 students.  Thank you to Mr. Bouldin's Lab Band for entertaining students. Our Partners in Ed(PIE) also provided help for our Spelling Bee, Science Olympiad, PRIDE store, & more.  Premier Martial Arts presented the students with certificates for 1 month of lessons at their school.

DCMS receives 40% of the profit on any magazine subscription, CD, or book purchases made through www.QSP.com. Follow the directions online to order for your family and friends.  Our school account number is 425025223. Please help us help the students of DCMS.

 Columbus Regional Science & Engineering Fair Winners: Chandler Barre 1st Place,  David Garrett 3rd place, Joey Garrett 3rd place, Michelle Vatral 3rd place,  Courtney England 3rd place, Christin Whaley 1st,  and Sang Lee 2nd .

Chandler Barre and Christin Whaley were selected to go to the state fair in Athens, GA!

 The following students represented DCMS at the district Social Science Fair: Chandler Barre, Abbie Bouldin, Courtney England, Tieanna Graphenreed, Robert Hines, Sang Lee, Alaya Tyler, and Michelle Vatral.

Congrats to our Spelling Bee Winner Zach Pate!  Runner up is Alaya Tyler. Our Partner in Ed, PCI, sent Billy, Terry, and Valena to help Ms. Mills with the Bee.

  8th grade Favorites for 2009 are:

Mr. DCMS-Sang Lee  Ms. DCMS-Hannah Bridges

Kendrick Smith, Paul Andrew Rhoden, Colton Dillard, Luke Thompson, Graham Hoskins, Zeno Padinjatterkara, Tyler Pouliot, Brian Tull, Taylor Seaver, GeGe Merideth, Aireal Williams, Priscilla Peerenboom, Rachel Hefner, Joy Epps, Megan Greene, Robriaun Maulet, Arliss Jackson, and Kristina Medley.

Spirit Wear shirts are available for sale in the office for $10.

Way to go Academic Bowl Team!  Double Churches Academic Bowl Team competed in the city-wide Page Bowl on Thursday, November 20 at Shaw High School. They placed first in their division, beating Blackmon Rd, Midland, East Columbus, Marshall, and Midland. They went to the championship round and were defeated by Midland. Team members are as follows: Graham Hoskins, Captain, Sang Lee, Robert Hines, Dakota Reyes, Rodrick Wilburn, Mitchell Hart, Jacob Struecker.  Coaches are Mrs. Coppedge and Ms. Mills.

TThese DCMS Chorus students have passed the 1st audition for All-State Chorus: Jamear Jackson, Kaylinn Erickson, Brianna Gogins, & Michelle Vatral. Only one more audition to go for these students! The following students will represent DCMS in the District Three All-District Chorus: Jerri Bryant, Courtney England, Brianna Henthorn, Michelle Vatral, Ashaunti Humphries, Jamear Jackson, Olivia Masterson, Aireal Williams, Blake Hamer, and Damien Whitehead.

Good News!  We have upgraded our AR program to AR Enterprise so that our students will have access to more than 100,000 quizzes!!  AR is now available. There is a link on the Media Center page for students to see if the book they are reading has an AR test.

SAVE YOUR BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION!!! Student Council is having a  Box Tops for Education competition between homerooms.  The homeroom that turns in the most Box Tops by Christmas Break will win their choice of a pizza or doughnut party.  Each Box Top earns ten cents for our school, and they add up quickly!! Ask all your friends and relatives to help us  with this project to earn money to landscape our school.

If anyone is interested in the mentoring program, please see the information on Ms. Gilmore's Counselor page. You can also call Maggie Huddle at Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Chattahoochee Valley at 706-327-3760. Her email address is mhuddle@familycenterofcols.com

Do you have a DCMS Publix card? We have a new supply in the Media Center if you need one!!!!

PLEASE BRING IN YOUR EMPTY INK CARTRIDGES FOR DCMS TO RECYCLE.