Sports:
The Varsity Girls soccer team fought their way to their most significant win of the season. They defeated Sussex Middle School with a final score of 6-0. Congratulations to Jayde Allison-Cox and Eden Loiselle for their first goals of the season. The other goals were scored by Sylvie Green, Lauren Kaine and 2 from Lauren Little. Way to go Cougars!
Reminder to the Girls soccer team that there will be a practice today from 4:30-6:00.
The JV Boys played a great game vs Hampton Middle yesterday winning 1-0, Logan Hubbard was the lone goal scorer. A Cougar Pride shout out goes to Fenwick Kerr who stepped up and refereed the game! The JV Boys team will practice from 3:00-4:30pm.
The Varsity Boys soccer team will practice today from 3:00-4:30pm.
Attention Cross Country runners-there is a meet in Hampton. tomorrow after school. (Friday). Runners who are interested may pick up an information form in front of the gym at lunchtime today.
Music:
Today is our first Singing Club meeting. It will end at 4:15pm.
Art:
This week, the Grade 8 classes are collecting cardboard for a special project. Please bring in cardboard that is… clean, corrugated and flattened. We need a lot….please deliver to the Wood Shop, next to the Art Room, before home room each morning.
Other:
Our Locker Full of Prizes contest tickets are still on sale. Your ticket gives you a chance to have your name drawn to then draw a combination from a jar. IF you draw the right combination and it opens the locker, you win everything inside. We have drawn 3 tickets today, please come to the office during the break between periods 2 and 3 to draw your combinations. Teachers, please excuse them for the first few minutes of period 3 while they try to open the locker. We will announce right before lunch if the locker was opened or not and if tickets will again be on sale at lunch.
Burkett’s Battle Drones will be delivering popcorn during first half of lunch this week to students who preordered. Grade 6 on Wednesday, Grade 7 on Thursday and Grade 8 on Friday.
Grade 7 is on the Basketball Court this week, grades 6 and 8 are on the field.
Update on our Shining Horizons fundraiser – Tomorrow is Jersey Day, students are asked to pay $1 to wear their jersey and all money collected goes towards your class total.
Scholastic Orders are due to your homeroom teachers by tomorrow morning. Of course, you can order online, from your home until the end of November.
Yearbooks are now on sale, via the QMS website ONLY, click the icon “Capture Memories” Josten’s link. For the month of October (ONLY), if you choose to personalize the cover with your name, you will receive free icons. Base price is $30 for a 56 page full-color, hard cover book, highlighting the events of the school year
Any students who have proof of their vaccination (COVID) can show their document to the Principal who is tracking this.
Flewwelling’s are coming this morning to pick up photo packages. Bring any stragglers down, following announcements.
Wednesday Trivia-Fruit:
6) An apple floats because 25% of its volume is air.
7) A strawberry is the only fruit that has its seeds on the outside.
8) The first juice that Dole sold was pineapple juice.