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Support CMS While You Shop!
Save Box Tops for Education and Campbell's Labels
Use your Publix Partners in Education Card
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Sign up for the Target RedCard and
learn CMS 1% of your total purchases! Plus, receive 5% off every time you shop at Target.
To apply for the card, click
To designate CMS to receive 1% of your purchases, click
and enter 2383 as our school ID, or call 800-316-6142.
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Fiddlesticks Music featuring
Classes for ages 0-4 and for ages 5-7.
Summer Classes begin June 5.
Visit
and request a free class!
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Our Sponsors
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Welcome Back!
ORIENTATION FRIDAY,
AUGUST 17th, 12-3 PM
There will be tons of great information at Orientation and childcare is available so you can take your time at each booth! Preschoolers and Toddlers can be dropped off in the library and Elementary children will be
supervised on the playground.
Extracurricular Activities, CMS Apparel,
Teacher Meet & Greet...Don't Miss it!
For more information regarding Orientation, please contact us!
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How We Spent Our Summer Camps, Camps and more Camps! 
Little Gardeners. Big Work! |
Junior Master Gardener Camp was held during two very hot weeks this summer. We had a lot of fun picking peaches, blueberries, visiting local gardens and museums around Alabama. We want to congratulate our newest certified Jr. Master Gardeners: Stella Ross, Isabella Donner, Temple Coleman, Audrey Williams, Walker Brower, Forrest Hilton, and Ella Pigford. We also want to thank our returning JMG graduates Emma Shealy, Angie Sutton, Emery Walton, Blythe Danley, and Abby McCormick for all their help with the camps. We all had a wonderful time and are looking forward to next summer!
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Smile and Say "Peaches!"
SCIENCE CAMP!
During Science Camp this summer, we learned all about energy and motion. We built solar ovens from pizza boxes and cooked s'mores in less than 7 minutes. Wow it was HOT! We also had fun building water wheels, experimenting with dry ice during kitchen chemistry, and building stomp rockets that shot 100 feet into the air. It was a blast!
Hmmm. Science Experiment or Lunch?
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A NEW LOOK FOR THE GARDEN!
The CMS Environmental Literacy Program is proud to announce the expansion of the CMS garden. A new fence, working cistern, and tool shed have been completed over the summer- a big thanks goes out to Patrick Danley for all his hard work.
During the 2012-13 school year, the ELP will be introducing a new garden curriculum, holding a rain barrel workshop for CMS families, sponsoring a farm stand in the lobby once a week, and holding a naming contest for the new garden.
The ELP would also like to welcome Gail Pless (aka Mrs. Shhhh) as garden coordinator. Gail has been a docent for many years at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens leading tours for their education department. Gail will be conducting hands-on lessons in the garden throughout the year. We are thrilled to have her experience and expertise as part of the program. So stay tuned for more information on all these exciting changes.
 Visiting Gardens around Birmingham! |
Help CMS By Logging into Facebook? 
CMS is signed up for the TARGET CAMPAIGN FOR SCHOOLS on Facebook. Target will reward $25 gift cards to schools for every 25 votes cast. You can vote once per week. So Easy!
The campaign runs through September 8, so let's get those votes rolling!
You must vote through Facebook. You can search for CMS by
zip code: 35209
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Blooming where we're planted! 
The Renneker family planted and cared for two beds of sunflowers over their summer vacation. They should be ready in late September or early October. Some of them are already 6 feet tall! Thank you for helping our campus
A Big Thank You to Charles, Suzanna, PK Fred and Kristi Renneker! |
Signed Books on Sale in the Lobby
 Trevor Eissler, author of Montessori Madness, sent CMS signed copies of his picture books, N is for North Korea, That 17th Hat, and 4,962,571!
These books are on sale in the lobby for $15. Montessori Madness is also available for $12. If you haven't already read Montessori Madness, this is a great resource for parents who want to learn more about Montessori Education. |
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Creative Montessori School |
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