October 5, 2018

Dear Parents,

We are proud of the effort and the successes of our fall student athletes. Our

golf team is 2-0; our softball team had a big win with a score of 22-1; our

volleyball team has three victories; and our football team had a big victory in

their opener on Wednesday. Go Shockers!

I want to make sure our drop-off and pick-up process goes smoothly and

safely. Before 8:00 am we have some students who are dropped off for

morning tutoring and some who wait in the car until 8:00. I ask that if you are

dropping off your child before 8:00 am that you pull into the left lane and we

can make that a through-lane; if you are waiting until 8:00 am with your child,

please pull into the right lane. Please avoid cutting through the teacher

section of the parking lot to drop off children. Additionally, please do not park

in the bus parking lot in the afternoon to pick up your child.

Have a good weekend.

Lisa Bailes

Principal

10/8 Home softball/volleyball vs. SW 5PM

10/10 Home football vs. AG 5PM

10/11 Softball/volleyball @ Crestdale 5PM

Home golf vs. AG 5PM

10/15 Fall Picture Day

SLT Meeting 5PM

Softball/volleyball @ CH 5PM

10/16 Golf @ QH 5PM

10/17 Football @ Quail Hollow 5PM

10/18 Home softball/volleyball vs. Carmel 5P

10/23 Fall Chorus Concert 7P<

Home golf vs. Robinson 5PM

10/24 Home football vs. Robinson 5PM

PAY THOSE FEES!

6th GRADE

SCIENCE

NEWSLETTER

SCMS Families, please send in your Required

Grade Level Fees as soon as possible. Each grade

level has fees covering Lockers, Technology &

Agendas. You can also donate to grade-level

celebrations. Please see the Yellow Back to School

Order Form on our website OR go

to pay4schoolstuff.com and pay there. You can

also pay for your PTO Membership, Student Directory, Yearbook and

link your Harris Teeter VIC card! Thank you!

The first 6th grade science newsletter organizational meeting

will be after school on Wed., the 10th of Oct. Students must have

given signed permission slips to Mr. Getsinger and parents

should pick their students up by 5:00 in the back entrance near

where the sixth grade hall meets the bus lot. Looking forward to

a productive meeting.

Mr. Getsinger

Picture Day is on Monday, October15th! Mark your calendars! Picture Day order forms were sent home. If your child should lose his/her copy, please check the front office for extra copies.

PICTURE

DAY

When: Saturday, October 13, 2018 from 9:00am to 3:00pm

What: EmpowHERment, Inc. hosts the EmpowHERment Teen Summit

Where: Butler High School - 1810 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd, Matthews, NC 28105

Details: 300 girls in grades 6-12 will be connected with and inspired by dynamic

women leaders in our community. Girls will participate in panel discussions, team

building activities and career exploration. They will also have afternoon breakout

sessions on civic engagement, philanthropy, personal branding, and social media.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/empowherment-teen-summit-creatingherstory-new-date-tickets-50514128117

The 2018 summit theme "#CreatingHERstory," represents the mission of Empow-HERment as we continue to empower girls to develop, define, and defend their voice. This year we are highlighting the power of girls breaking barriers and chang-ing their narrative as they realize their full potential and strengthen their voice, tal-ent, and network as leaders. The focus is for every girl to know that there are no lim-itations to the story she chooses to create.

The day is high energy and informative with panel discussions, development of ac-tion-oriented solutions to emerging issues, hearing from entrepreneurs and business leaders, sharing sisterhood experiences, writing personal vision statements, creating advocacy strategies and so much more!

Founded in 2012, EmpowHERment, Inc has helped over 2000 female students in middle and high school:

· Define her voice through our one-on-one mentor programs;

· Develop her voice by provided monthly opportunities to connect with female leaders, learn about a wide range of career and entrepreneurial en-deavors at our monthly Leadership Academy; and

· Defend her voice by teaching her how to become a champion of posi-tive change.

EmpowHERment, Inc. is a 501c3 organization. Our mission is to empower a continu-ous network of girls and women to be leaders in their community through mentor-ship, talent development, and advocacy. We are committed to bridging that gap and building a sustainable pipeline of leaders”

In compliance with federal law, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools administers all education programs, employ-ment activities and admissions without discrimination against any person on the basis of gender, race, color,

religion, national origin, age or disability.

SOUTH CHARLOTTE MIDDLE SCHOOL 8040 Strawberry Lane Charlotte, NC 28277 Phone: 980-343-3670 Fax: 980-343-3725 Office Hours: 7:45 am—4:15 pm Phones answered from 7:45 am—4 pm

South Charlotte is a member of the Southwest Learning Community. (980) 344-7160

To report an absence email scms.attendance@cms.k12.nc.us or you may phone the

school at 980-343-3670.

Online School Payments (OSP) - CMS has provided us with the opportunity to accept

payments for school events on-line. It is much like Athletics Pay-to-Play, comes with a

fee (4%), and allows you to pay at your convenience. If you choose to pay on-line, it also

relieves our teachers from the time taken to do the paperwork and to receipt and turn in

money or checks. Teachers will continue to take cash and checks as they always have.

Just sign in to: osp.osmsinc.com/CMS

Choose your student’s event and homeroom teacher, and make payment.

The teacher and Financial Secretary are sent advisements of your payment.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. Through the year, events will be

added including field trips, textbooks, fees, and other payments.

Re-link your Harris Teeter VIC card! Our TIE number is 1933.

http://www.harristeeter.com/community/together_in_education/link_to_your_school.a

spx