In the News:

Scholastic Book Fair Sept. 3-10 in the Media Center . If you would like to volunteer to help, please email me at eilynch@mcsdga.net. 

Do you have a child who is 13 or 14? If so, please help pilot a program for Pre Teen drivers.  The program is called Count Down to Drive.  The program is for teens and their parents.  This program should help families establish guidelines and rules for safe driving.  Please contact Christy Hubbard at 706-321-6183.

Meet our new DCMS Cheerleaders for 2010-2011!

DCMS 2010-2011 School Supplies

Sixth Grade:

 Pencils, notebook paper, 5- 2 inch binders, 8 tab dividers, 4- 3 prong folder, graph paper, Crayola markers, colored markers, colored pencils, 1 glue stick, blue or black pens, 1 ruler, 1 ream of copy paper. 

Teacher Wish List: hand sanitizer, tissue, latex gloves,  bandages, dry erase markers, red pens, pencils

Chorus supplies: hand sanitizer, tissue, dry erase markers, baby wipes

Orchestra supplies: Paper, pencils

Seventh Grade:

Pencils, blue or black pens, crayons or colored pencils or markers, hand held pencil sharpener, notebook paper, 1 1/2binder for each class, tab dividers, composition books, glue stick, graph paper, dry erase markers, 2- 1 subject  spiral notebooks, 2-3 subject spiral notebooks.  ** All advanced math students will need a TI 30 calculator and a flash drive.

Give to your homeroom teacher: 1 bottle of Green Works or 409 cleaner, 1 roll of paper towels, tissue, hand sanitizer, 1 ream of copy paper

Chorus supplies: hand sanitizer, tissue, dry erase markers, baby wipes

Orchestra supplies: paper, pencils, Book 2 Essential Elements, Rosin, shoulder rest, rock stop, mutes

Eighth Grade

blue or black pens, pencils, wide ruled notebook paper, colored pencils, ruler, graph paper, hand held pencil sharpener, 3- 1 inch binders, 1- 2 inch binder, 1 pocket folder, composition books, tissue, hand sanitizer, 1 roll of paper towels, 1 container of disinfectant wipes, 1 ream of copy paper. ** Keep a dictionary and thesaurus at home.

Chorus Supplies: hand sanitizer, tissue, dry erase markers, baby wipes

Orchestra Supplies: paper, pencils, Book 2 Essential Elements, Rosin, Shoulder rest, Rock stop, mutes

Welcome to our new Assistant Principal, Ms. Harper.  New teachers include: Ms. Mardene Willis, Ms. Deneshia Kinder, Ms. Fran Spencer, and Coach Hugley. 

Physicals for Athletes will be Monday, August 16th at 6PM at VMMS. Bring your forms and $10 cash.    

If you are interested in holding an office in DCMS PTSA for the 20110-2011 school year, please contact Mrs. Garrett at dandmgarrett@hotmail.com

 Way to go Science Olympiad!  First Place in Regional Competition!!  13th Place in the Georgia Olympiad.

Talent Show Winners: Myah Paden and Michelle Vatral

Winners in the Crime Victims' Rights Poster contest are Elisha Sauri, YuJim Kim, and Markevian McBride.

All State Chorus Members representing DCMS in Savannah  are Cassie R, Myah P., Brianna G., Brianna H., Courtney E., and Chris W.

WE love our Partners in Ed- Premier Martial Arts and Precision Components.

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

DCMS Dance Team members are as follows:Ebony Lowman, Ahsaunti Humphries, Cortnee Sanford, Chloe Sanford, Bethany Pitts, Emily Blakey, Rebekkah McClendon, Gyanna Blackmon, Heather Tucker, Elizabeth Long, Mireya Santoyo, & Nakerria Sanks. The Dance Team performs at Basketball games and our Award Assemblies.

Congrats to our Spelling Bee Winner-Kailon Thompson.  Runner up is Brianna Gogins.

GA All State Chorus: Brianna Gogins, Brianna Henthorn, Courtney England, Chris Wyatt, Cassie Ray, & Myah Paden.  These students will travel to Savannah in February for competition.

Social Science Fair Winners: Abbie Bouldin, Courtney England, Hunter and Jade Gallahair, Trevor England, Nic Chavers, Michelle Vatral, Zhong Zheng, Rachel Vale, and Pedro Diaz. Abbie and Courtney will be taking their projects to the State competition!

Science Fair 1st Place Winners :

Courtney England, Emily Blakey, Christin Whaley, Olivia Masterson, Logan Widener, Abigail Bouldin, Cloe Helms, Samantha Pate, Trey Alexander, Trevor England, Johnny Hollar, and Jared Vale. These students qualified to go to the MCSD competition.

Geography Bee Winner is Michelle Vatral.

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 Hart.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.