CGMSC Parent Newsletter Template
January 14th, 2025
- Spring Break is March 24 - April 6
- MSC ILEARN Testing will occur on the following dates: Tues 4/22, Thurs 4/23, Mon 4/28, Tues 4/29, and Wed 4/30 (6th Grade Only). Please do not schedule appointments between 7:30-10:30 on these dates. Please ensure your student gets plenty of rest and nutrition during testing.
- All students will attend the PTO Field Day the morning of Fri 5/16. More details to come.
- MSC Awards Day will be Fri 5/23. Specific grade level times will be shared in the near future.
REMINDER - Counselors Corner
Disability Awareness Month
March is known nationally as disability awareness month. Over the next two weeks, our homeroom lessons will focus on this topic through presentations created by the Joseph Maley Foundation. Disability Awareness is a developmentally appropriate, standards-based curriculum that aims to build understanding and awareness of people with disabilities.
NEW-Sports Update
7th Grade Girls Basketball
This week the 7th grade A girls basketball team finished their regular season with a win at Franklin Central, 33-27. After trailing most of the game, the girls found some energy and aggressiveness and pulled ahead in the 4th quarter for the victory! It was a whole team effort in the win!
Then, last night the team won their first round of county against visiting Middle School North 43-16. After trailing at the end of the first quarter, 10-5, the team turned it around and went on a 16-0 run to end the half leading 21 -10. In the second half, the team put it away and came out with the win! Holland Harper was a spark off the bench contributing on defense. Leading scorers were Olivia Bangel and Avery Swift! Great week ladies!
8th Grade Girls Basketball
Last night the 8th grade Lady Trojans kicked off the Johnson County Tournament with a victory against Middle School North. After a slow offensive start in the 1st half the trojans found themselves down by 8 at halftime. The second half proved to be a different story as the trojans outscored North 35-17 to seal the victory. Leading the trojans in scoring was Tapak with 19 points, followed by Burns with 12, Shotts with 8, Wehr with 6 and Sprong with 3. The trojans advance to the Johnson County semi finals tomorrow at Indian Creek, good luck girls!
Swimming & Diving
Congratulations to the boys & girls swim & dive teams on another win over greenwood & Martinsville last night! Shoutouts tonight go to Max Sunga for another 1st place finish in diving and Kinsley Ehresman and Josh Frazier for dominating swims in their 100 freestyle events and going under 1 minute for the first time.
NEW - Teacher Luncheon for March
Help us spoil the teachers. We need your help with donations of food so we can provide them with lunch. Please us the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AA8AB2FA7FA7-55385964-teacher
Amazon Wishlist
Are you interested in purchasing something off an Amazon Wishlist for a MSC Teacher? Click here: Teacher Amazon Wishlist
Stay Connected to MSC PTO
NEW - Library Fundraiser
Once again MSC will participate in a fundraiser for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Johnson County. This wonderful program started by Dolly Parton provides books for children from the time they are born through age 5. Based on data from 2017, 41% of children in Johnson County could not identify their alphabet or letter sounds by the time they started kindergarten. The hope is that by providing children with books, they will start developing skills needed to become lifelong learners.
While books are provided at no cost to participating families, funds are needed to help with costs of running the program. This is where we come in! This year we will be taking donations the week of March 3-7, which approximately enough is Read Across America Week. Homeroom teachers will be taking donations during homeroom, and the class with the most amount of donations at the end of the week will receive a Donut Party!
Please check out the link for additional information about the Imagination Library as well as how to enroll a child: https://imaginationlibrary.com/?utm_content&utm_medium=email&utm_name&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term
Last year Center Grove won the traveling trophy for the school corporation with the highest participation. It would be great to get to claim the trophy again, but even better to get more books to even more kids this year. If you have questions or need more information, please contact Cristy Owens at: Owensc@centergrove.k12.in.us Happy reading!
NEW - Yearbook
Attention Parents & Students: We need your photos!! The deadline for our yearbook is coming up and we need your help submitting your photos. If you have photos of events, parties and activities please use this link to submit them for our yearbook. https://photos.jostens.com/2888P9
NEW - National School Breakfast Week
Starting the day off right includes a nutritious breakfast! National School Breakfast Week is celebrated each year to highlight the importance of a healthy start in fueling a student's academic success.
The 2025 National School Breakfast Week campaign theme is “Clue Into School Breakfast.” Did You Know? Students who eat breakfast are more likely to:
✅ Achieve higher in reading & math 📖➕
✅ Score better on tests 📝💡
✅ Stay alert & focused 🎯🧠
✅ Maintain a healthy weight 💪🍎
Start the day the right way with school breakfast! Check out the cafeteria for featured breakfast entrees to celebrate National School Breakfast week.
NEW
NEW - Math Counts
Congratulations to Jayden Xia and Yi Lu who have advanced to State Championship for our Math Counts they will compete on March 15 at Purdue University. Our team has also advanced congratulations to those students: Jayden Xia, Yi Lu, Luke Pascual, Ira Dharamapurikar.
A big shout out to red team member Jayden Xia for hitting the 5 book level on our Wall of Champions
