Tomorrow is the night to Pack the House for the final home game of the season for the Center Middle School Girls basketball team! Game time is 5pm. The newly formed PTO will be having a 50/50 donation contest to raise funds to support our students and teachers. Be there!!!
The monthly coffee chat with Dr. Cargile is this Friday morning at 7:30am. Great opportunity to share your thoughts about Center with the Superintendent. RSVP with Stephanie Archie at sarchie@center.k12.mo.us for a link to the virtual chat.
This video got me thinking about Center and what we want to be and do - check it out and let me know what you think in the comments.,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDzfZOfNki4
Center Middle School has a new PTO forming. A great group of parents is putting the group together and their first event is this Wednesday, January 18th. Let's "Pack the House" at the final girls' basketball game of the season and help the PTO raise some funds with a 50/50 donation contest. See the flyer below for details.
Congrats to Head Football Coach Bryan DeLong, nominated by the Kansas City Chiefs for the National Football League Don Shula award. This award recognizes the top high school football coach in the nation! Thanks KC Chiefs for this nomination!
Parents of students in 8th & 9th grade are invited to a meeting on January 23rd to learn all you need to know about programs offered to your students at Center High School. The program starts at 6pm in the High School Cafeteria.
Check out the January Community Newsletter. Stories about our Ladies First Robotics team at CMS, Greg Tang math, and call for nominations to the Center Athletic Hall of Fame - https://mailchi.mp/center/center-newsletter-13859714
Congratulations to Jarusha Geringer at CAS for being the Hive Society Employee of the Month! With her dedication to classroom excellence and support for outside activities like soccer and robotics, Ms. Geringer exemplifies the values of Highly Qualified & Diverse Staff. Check out this video of students, staff and family surprising her with this recognition! https://youtu.be/Gv0wnc33btI
Food pantry Friday is this week! Volunteers needed to help serve our community members in need. Sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/9040F48ADA82FA6FD0-friday12
Students and staff from Center High School are plunging into the freezing waters of Longview Lake on January 28th to raise funds for Special Olympics Missouri. You can help by donating to the one or more of the "plungers". Go to this link - https://support.somo.org/team/458622 and click on Members to choose a participant to support! It's great fun for a great cause!
The Center Board of Education will have a Work Session meeting on Monday, January 9th at 6pm at Indian Creek Elementary School (9801 Grand). The meeting is open to the public and will also be live-streamed.
Click https://simbli.eboardsolutions.com/SB_Meetings/ViewMeeting.aspx?S=229&MID=12220 to see the agenda and to access the link for the live-stream.
TODAY and TOMORROW, the CHS Theatre Department will be holding auditions for the Youth Ensemble for the spring production of the Wizard of Oz (Munchkins, Poppies, Jitterbugs, and Oz Children). We are looking for any interested K-8th graders. Click here for more details - https://docs.google.com/document/d/120bjuvN9LN01Q8kMs5jDwPXPFm4cxdecjoOXHFTskAE/edit
If you have any young performers in your life, please have them come play with us! They will not need to have anything prepared for these auditions!
Center Boys' Basketball will start their William Jewell Holiday Classic run this evening at 6pm, taking on Fort Osage in an opening round game of the Holley Division. This is a great tournament, with Center being one of the smallest schools invited to participate every year. Purchase your tickets in advance at https://jewellcardinals.com/sports/2022/12/7/holiday-tournament-tickets.aspx
Check out the latest Racial Equity Newsletter from the Center School District. It highlights current work as well as future plans to improve racial equity in our schools and community.
https://5il.co/1meg8
This past weekend, KSHB broadcast a program from the presentation of the 2022 Simone Awards. Senior linebacker Dirac Tsafak won the Bobby Bell Award as the top linebacker in Class 1-4. Head Coach Bryan DeLong won the Eric Driskell Award as the top coach for all classes. Check out the presentation videos and interviews -
Dirac - https://youtu.be/7Udt3qBH6Uo;
Coach DeLong - https://youtu.be/U46QdaJCFD8.
Congratulations to everyone involved with Yellowjacket football for an outstanding season!
There's still time to file to be a candidate for the Center School District Board of Education in the April election. The office is currently closed but will be open from 4:00pm to 5:00pm on the final day to file, December 27th.
Click the link for details - https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2952/CSD/2145465/Public_Notice_of_Filing_Election_April_2023_Final_.pdf
The CHS Boys will play in the MRVC West pre-season basketball tournament this week. First game is on Wednesday, Dec 14 at 6:00pm at Clinton High School as the Yellowjackets take on the winner of tonight's game between Odessa and Clinton. Championship game will be on Friday evening. Address for the game is 1106 S 2nd St, Clinton, MO 64735. Admission is $5 for adults, cash at the gate only.
The December Coffee Chat with Dr. Cargile is this Friday, December 16th at 7:30am. It's virtual, so you can join from your living room or your office! A great chance to visit with Dr. Cargile and share any questions, concerns, or compliments you have! Email Stephanie Archie at sarchie@center.k12.mo.us to get a link to join.
As part of the ongoing work to improve racial equity in the Center School District, Superintendent Cargile is leading a series of group discussions on how to do a better job of helping our Black and Latino boys succeed in school and in life.
The next discussion meeting will be this Tuesday, December 13th from 4:00 - 5:30 pm in the Center High School Cafeteria. We will be discussing an article written by Robert Jackson. Click this link to read the article, entitled "Helping Black and Latino Males Succeed" - https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/helping-black-and-latino-males-succeed
Robert Jackson, a Black educator, began his teaching career with a no-nonsense but caring approach to education in Indianapolis public schools more than 20 years ago—after being cut from the NFL (Minnesota Vikings). He created a No More Excuses curriculum, which has been featured in publications nationally and is being used in K–12 schools, colleges, and universities.
The article offers clear and thought provoking ideas to help our Black and Latino boys succeed. We look forward to great learning for all participants on Tuesday.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Stephanie Archie at sarchie@center.k12.mo.us. We hope to see you at 4:30 on Tuesday in the CHS Cafeteria.
Center High School Girl's basketball will be in action in the MRVC West pre-season tournament next week in Harrisonville. First game is 7:30pm on Monday, December 12 vs. Pleasant Hill. Tickets for this will ALL be online, in advance. Details below:
Harrisonville Schools will be using digital ticketing ONLY for admission to home athletic events via PayK12.
NO CASH WILL BE ACCEPTED
While tickets can be purchased at the gate, it is much smoother when tickets are already pre-purchased and "pulled up" on your phones to be redeemed upon arrival.
Admission: $5.00/person/day Digital Tickets ONLY / NO CASH
3-Day Passes https://secure.payk12.com/school/Harrisonville-High-School-/634/passes/231868
Monday ONLY https://secure.payk12.com/school/Harrisonville-High-School-/634/events/231865
Tuesday ONLY https://secure.payk12.com/school/Harrisonville-High-School-/634/events/231866
Thursday ONLY https://secure.payk12.com/school/Harrisonville-High-School-/634/events/231867
Step 1 Select the game you would like to attend
Step 2 Complete Required Information (For contact tracing only - if needed)
Step 3 Select # of Tickets
Step 4 Click “Add to Cart”
Step 5 Click “Checkout”
Step 6 Enter Debit/Credit Card Information
Step 7 Click “Checkout Now”
Step 8 Enter email address
Step 9 Have email/tickets pulled up upon arrival and show ticket(s)
at the gate (Screenshots will not work, must share the email/ticket if entering
separately from the person who ordered/paid for the tickets.)
