Centurion News

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. At New Century Middle School, we are deeply committed to fostering a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment for all students. As part of our ongoing efforts to be an anti-bullying school, we will be hosting various activities throughout the month to promote kindness, respect, and unity.

• Monday, October 7th - Bully Prevention Day where we will promote kindness towards one another. We ask students and staff to wear blue!
• October 14th - October 18th - Centurion Anti Bullying Spirit Week (see flyer below). Although there will be no school for students on October 14th- we will kick off that week with a daily anti-bullying focus.
• October 30th - we will have a pep rally to not only cheer our teams but to also commit to cheer on each other!

Please review the 2024-2025 Parent Student Guide with your child for the most up-to-date Centurion Polices.

• Currently, 70% of our parents are connected to their parent portal accounts. We need 100% of our parents to be connected to help monitor grades, attendance, and important information. If you have not connected with parent portal and need help, please scan the QR code.
• We will send information on paying fees through Infinite Campus shortly.

Clubs and Tutoring are going strong!

Remember, clubs will not meet on Wednesday, September 25th due to our faculty meeting.

Students who do not have update to date immunizations on file by Friday, September 27th will no longer be allowed to come to school until the immunizations are current. This is a state mandate. Any questions, please contact Nurse Janna Lewis.

We encourage you to order your child's yearbook early! We will order very few extras so make plans to order your yearbook today!

We have 13 sports at New Century, which run over a span of 4 seasons:

Fall (August-October) Cross Country, Cheerleading, Tennis, Softball, Golf, and Football (only 7th and 8th graders can play football)

Winter (October-December) Volleyball and Boys Soccer

Early Spring (January-February) Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Wrestling

Late Spring (March-May) Girls Soccer and Baseball

2024-2025 Athletic Schedule and Tryout dates

Parents of Centurion Athletes - we need your help! Each athlete’s family member should sign up to work the concession stand just once to help support Centurion Athletics. 100% of the profits made during the concession stand goes to our Athletic Boosters who are huge supporters of our athletic programs! Without the booster support, it would be difficult to meet some of the needs of our 13 sports teams. Sign up for a concession stand spot using this link.

Games this week

• XC is @ East Lee on October 1st at 4pm

• Golf is @ Pinewild Country Club on October 1st at 4pm

• Football is @ East Lee on October 2nd at 4pm

• Softball is @ West Lee on October 3rd at 4pm

Be on the look out for information about our active PTO and Athletic Booster Clubs.

Our PTO will meet each month on the 2nd Tuesday. The next meeting will be on October 8th. PTO meetings are from 3:30pm - 4:30pm in the media center. Hope to see you there!

NCMS School Improvement Meetings/ Plan

The New Century Middle School Improvement Team will meet on the following dates at 3:15 on the first Monday of the month except for the month of September. The September meeting will be held on September 3rd. School Improvement Meetings are open to the school community.

Our School Improvement Plan, meeting notes, and progress can be found on https://www.indistar.org/ . Guests should use the following to log into Indistar:

Guest Log In-GuestS16877

Password - GuestS16877

October 2024

October 1st - XC at East Lee - Away

October 1st - Golf - TBD

October 2nd - Football vs. East Lee - Away

October 3rd - Softball/Tennis vs. West Lee - Away

October 7th - SIT Meeting

October 7th - Softball/Tennis vs. Southern - Away

October 8th - XC at West Pine - Away

October 8th - Golf- Sanford Golf Course

October 8th - PTO Meeting - 3:30

October 9th - Football vs. West Pine - Home

October 10th - Softball/Tennis vs. Sanlee - Home

October 14th - Required Workday - No school for students

October 14th - Softball/Tennis vs. West Pine - Home

October 15th - XC at Southern - Away

October 15th - Golf - Longleaf Golf and Family Club

October 16th - Football vs. Northern Moore - Home

October 21st - Softball/Tennis vs. East Lee - Home

October 22nd - XC - Home

October 22nd - Golf - TBD

October 23rd - Learning (Staff) Meeting - No Clubs will meet.

October 23rd - Football vs. Southern - Away

October 24th - Softball/Tennis vs. Northern Moore - Away

October 25th - Early Release Day - Release at Noon

October 25th - End of the Grading Period

October 28th - Softball/Tennis vs. Crain’s Creek - Home

October 29th - XC (Championship) at Northern Moore - Away

October 29th - Golf (Championship) - Pinehurst No. 6

October 30th - Football vs. Crain’s Creek - Home

Become a Canvas Parent Observer:

Parents are invited to become observers in your child's Canvas courses. Please follow the directions in this link or video to become a parent observer. As an observer, you can view Canvas class announcements, assignments, calendars, etc.

Support our School: Link Your Lowes and/or Harris Teeter Cards!

When you link your card to New Century Middle Schoo1, a percentage of your purchase is donated to our school. These funds support many of our programs. Please relink your card today so we can receive the percentage for the 2023- 2024 school year.

• Harris Teeter - Together in Education

• Lowes Foods - Cart to Class

Car Line Helpful Hints:

Arrival:

The front of the building is the car rider drop off for all students. We will open our doors at 7:30 am. Please do not drop off students prior to 7:30 am as there is no staff on duty prior to 7:30 and follow the traffic pattern.

• Helpful hint: Students may exit their vehicle all along the front sidewalk and walk to the entrance door closest to the cafeteria.

• The inside lane is for teacher only traffic until 7:30. Please do not drive on the inside lane prior to 7:30 so that our teachers can get to their parking spot.

Dismissal:

6th graders and their siblings - Bus Lot

Families with a student in the 6th grade (along with their siblings) will be picked up in the bus parking lot area.

• Cars will follow the map below and follow the traffic pattern.

• Pay particular attention to the staff and signage so that we can have buses smoothly exit the parking lot as well.

• Students will be picked up on the far right side of the lane.

• We anticipate that by splitting up the car line, we should be done around 3:20. Any student still in the bus lot area after 3:20 will join the car riders in the main lot.

7th and 8th Graders and students who ride in a carpool - Front of Building Pick Up

• Families with students in the 7th or 8th grade and any student who rides in a carpool will be picked up in the front of the school.

• We will stagger our release of students for safety reasons so please be patient.

Students must be picked up at the conclusion of the car line. There is no staff on duty after the car line has concluded. Prepare for your child to be picked up in a timely manner.

Principal Kim Coe - kcoe@ncmcs.org

Assistant Principal Jamie Harris Smith - jhsmith@ncmcs.org

Assistant Principal Ashley Peschieri - apeschieri@ncmcs.org

Bookkeeper - Ashley Bayles abayles@ncmcs.org

Data Manager - Mandy Blackburn ablackburn@ncmcs.org

School Nurse - Janna Lewis - jmlewis@ncmcs.org

School Social Worker - Criptal Graham - cgraham@ncmcs.org

Receptionist - Brandi Partington - bpartington@ncmcs.org