Shark Shiver Monthly Meetings in January Focus on Tolerance   During our regular Shark Shiver Monthly Meetings with students in January, we recognized those who are making healthy, helpful choices by being kind to others.  We also shared stories about kindness and tolerance with each group.  PK through second graders listened to New Friends, True Friends, Stuck Like Glue Friends by Virginia Kroll; it described how friends can be helpful (not hurtful) with each other.  Third through fifth graders enjoyed hearing The Sandwich Swap by Queen Rani...

Dear CMS Community, Heart Care Dominicana is a non-profitable institution dedicated to treat children with heart conditions. Since the year 2000 more than 1000 Dominican children have undergone heart surgery thanks to them. Most, if not all, of these children would have not been able to receive this medical attention if it weren’t for Heart Care and donors such as CMS. This is why we celebrated our CMS Heart Week Fund Raiser. During the past two weeks we had many fun and exciting activities to help raise money for Heart Care. These activities ...

Board Elections The date for the election of the Board of Directors is May 22nd, first call at 6:30 pm in the Blue Room with the meeting starting at 7 p.m. The deadline to submit letters of interest for that has now expired.  Below please find the slate of community members running for office.  The by-laws state that to run for one of the executive positions you must have already served on the Board, therefore the Board of Directors submits the following two names:             Treasurer -         George Spence             Secretary -      ...

GET READY FOR THE PE AND ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT FUN DAY! The PE and Athletic Departments are sponsoring their annual Family Fun Day this coming Saturday April 21, 2012. All of the proceeds from this fantastic family day go to support the implementation of new and updated athletic and physical education equipment and resources. This year the PE and Health  department has conducted a curriculum review of their PK-12 curricula.   They have proposed exciting new units and  learning activities for CMS students. Your support of Family Fun Day will hel...

From PE Department and Community Service Coordinator  School Wide Community Service Dear Parents, We are celebrating our HEART CARE DOMINICANA FUNDRAISING WEEK, from Monday April 16th thru Friday April 20th, 2012. We will be having fun and instructional activities throughout the week for everyone’s enjoyment. The Cause:       Heart Care Dominicana is an organization that provides heart operations for children who otherwise could not afford one.   You can lean more at: http://www.heartcaredom.com/ href="http://www.heartcaredom.com/">www.hear...

FINAL BUFFALO COURSE FOR THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR The final course for the Buffalo program this year will take place from May 18 to 24 at CMS. This course will fulfill the requirements for the Master’s Degree and also count as one of the 5 courses for the leadership program. As you may remember, we have offered two courses already that will lead to the leadership certificate from Buffalo. This certificate may help teachers qualify for administrative certification in some states and to meet the leadership requirements of being an administrator...

    Saturday Trip / Mirador Park Clean Up Saturday, March 17th, 20129:00am to 11:30amPermission Forms are on the Community Service BoardSign Up in the HS or Com. Service Office, before Friday at 2:00pm       Tech For the Future Club Tuesday, March 20th, 2012GROUP BMeet at 2:40 in HS Tech Lab     Reach Outs Club Wednesday, March 21st, 2012Group 4Meet at 2:40 in Room #111        ...

DOMINICAN AUTHOR PRESENTS AT CMS Cesar Sanchez Beras, author of "Sorpresas de Carnaval" came to visit as a part of our Spanish library experiences and share ideas about his book.  There was an empathy between the students and the author and they asked him many questions about the story.  Finally they asked the author to come back to school for another visit. He signed books for the students and students were motivated by his visit. The Dominican authors' visits are arranged by Mrs. Dorcas Aybar our Spanish Librarian. SPANISH BOOK COLLECTION...