Midwest Central Middle School - Home of the Raiders

Announcements are posted every day on the Middle School website - www.midwestcentral.org, under NEWS/Announcements. You will find all the information the office announces every morning there. The Middle School also has a "What's Poppin' at MCMS" bulletin board located by the 8th grade bathrooms and nurses' office. This board holds all information that is happening at the Middle School. Parents, if you come to an event at the school, you will be able to check this out as well!

MCMS is celebrating Red Ribbon Week next week. We will have dress up days each day, and a keynote speaker on Thursday, October 31st.

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Mrs. Bush's Mathematicians took time to place rational numbers on a clothesline placing them in numerical order. They were able to discuss why they placed their rational numbers in the location they chose. They were also able to correct their classmate's location of their rational numbers.

Goooo Raiders!

Reminder - Tomorrow (10/24) will be 1 hour early dismissal and Friday (10/25) will be no school for students due to Parent/Teacher Conferences. If you have any questions pertaining to conferences, please contact the office.

Mrs. Keaschall's math class had a lot of fun acting out the "Locker Problem" today. They were searching for patterns to help them figure out what would happen if 1,000 lockers were opened and closed based on multiples. Check out these strategies. They are using math tools and perseverance to solve a difficult task. Great job Raiders!

Mrs. Madero's Social Studies class was making Papyrus paper. Next us is writing our names in Hieroglyphics for our Ancient Egypt unit!!

Tuesday night in Green Valley was a tale of two completely different stories. The 7th grade Lady Raiders took on West Lincoln Broadwell's squad and made easy work of the Wolverines by defeating them 33-9 to improve to 9-1 on the season. Peyton led the Raiders with 11 points while Zoey and Kallie used their size advantage and collected 12 and 10 rebounds respectively. The Raiders out-rebounded the Wolverines by a staggering 59-23. The Raiders jumped out to a 10-2 lead in the first half, to only go on a 17-point run to put the game away. A total of eight Lady Raiders contributed in the scoring column with Zoey adding 7, Sage & Nora with 4, Jaina, Sophia & Lydia with 2, and Kallie added 1. The 8th grade Lady Raiders faced off with an extremely talented West Lincoln Broadwell team who has only lost 1 game the last two seasons. The Raiders battled from the start but couldn't get their shots to fall early in the game. Charlie swished a 3-pointer from the left wing to get the scoring started for the Raiders then Sophia came off the bench and drained a three of her own within seconds of coming into the game. Kenzie led the Raiders with 7 rebounds and 3 blocks... adding 2 points of her own. The Lady Raiders travel to Lewistown Thursday evening at 6:00 PM to take on the Indians on their home turf. Good luck ladies!

The 7th grade Lady Raiders had another exciting game in Glasford as they kept the Tigers in their cage during a 40-36 victory on Monday evening! Peyton recorded her first double-double knocking down 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds on the night. Illini Bluffs had two guards that needed to be covered at all times and it was a team effort on the court to slow them down. Tenley was glued to their point guard's hip all night and if she drove to the basket, the Raider "bigs" were there waiting for her! IB held a slim 10-8 lead after the 1st quarter but the sixth-grade sensations by the names of Kallie & Kynlie combined for all of the Raiders 11 second quarter points to take the lead and never give it back. Zoey was big in the paint adding 10 points while Tenley knocked down a clutch baseline jumper late in the game for her two points. Peyton did a great job finding her open teammates collecting 8 assists while Nora was one of the bigs waiting for the IB point guards in the paint as she led the Raiders with 3 blocks on the night. The 8th grade Lady Raiders found themselves in foul trouble early which made it tough to get any type of run going. After giving IB a 10-point head start, it was back and forth all through the first half but Charlie found Nora J under the basket as time was expiring to cut the deficit to 7 points at half. The Raiders trimmed the lead to six early in the 3rd quarter but IB scored the next 13 points to eventually down the Raiders 33-21 Monday evening. Peyton led the Raiders with 8 points while Charlie's aggressiveness led her to a team high 8 rebounds on the night. Also contributing for the Raiders were Kenzie with 5 points, Charlie with 4, Nora J with 2 and Lydia with 2! The schedule doesn't get any easier as the Raiders host West Lincoln Broadwell this evening in Green Valley at 5:30 PM!

Let's Go Raiders!!!

Goooooo Lady Raiders!

It's time to start thinking about Snow Buddies...

The MCMS track records are updated! Here is Nevaeh with her brand new record in the long jump! She shattered a 40 year old record last spring!! The previous record holder was Stacey Proehl in 1983. Way to go Nevaeh!

Goooo Raiders!

6th Graders in Mrs. Henry's ELA class enjoyed learning about the career path of a Pilot who graduated from Midwest Central and a Nurse! Students asked thoughtful questions and represented our school well. Way to Go Raiders!

Mrs. Bush's accelerated 6th grade math class, took a brain break after taking their Chapter 2 Test and played Math Pickle! Students partnered up and competed to roll their dice to see who can list integers from least to greatest based on their roll. If they couldn't find a place for their integer, they were in a pickle!

While opening day for duck season isn't until this weekend, the Lady Raiders got an early start on everyone else as both teams completed a duck roast Tuesday evening in Green Valley. The 7th grade girls kicked it off early, and even though they started the game shooting a only 1-10 from the field, their relentless defense kept them in the game until the baskets started to fall. The Raiders jumped out to a 10-2 lead to start the game and took a somewhat comfortable 16-6 lead into the locker room at halftime. Although a 10-point lead doesn't seem like much, the Raiders still looked in control of the game. Havana scored first after halftime to make it an 8-point game, then the Raiders took over. They finished the game on a 19-4 run to send the Ducks flying south by a score of 35-12. Peyton led the Raiders with 13 points and 3 assists; while Lydia, Sophia, Kallie & Peyton shared the rebounding honors, all with 5 rebounds each. Kallie pitched in 7 points off the bench to help improve the 7th grade to 6-1 on the young season. When the Raiders traveled to Havana last season, there was only a total of 24 points scored between both teams in an offensive struggle. This Tuesday evening contest proved to be much different story as there were eight lead changes throughout the game. The Raiders were down by 2 in the final minute of the first half when Peyton knocked down a momentum-changing 3 and Kenzie capped it off with another field goal to head into the locker room up 15-12. Havana led by as many as 5 late in the 3rd quarter, but Kallie found Kenzie in the corner for another trey as time expired to close the gap to 1 point entering the final frame. The Lady Raiders outscored Havana 11-5 in the 4th to finish cooking the Ducks 34-29. Kenzie led the balanced scoring attack with 13 points, while Peyton added 9 and Charlie added 7. Charlie was an animal on the boards as she grabbed 13 rebounds on the night, Kenzie was one rebound shy of a double-double with 9 rebounds. While Julia didn't have a big scoring night, she moved the ball around well all night tallying up five assists to lead the Raiders. The 8th grade girls move to 5-2. The Lady Raiders welcome the Cougars of Illini Central at HOME on Thursday evening at 5:30 PM!

It’s Trunk-or-Treat time! Join us for some Halloween fun on Thursday, October 31, at MIDWEST CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL! Decorated cars will be lined up in front of the high school. Games and refreshments will be inside. Everyone is welcome!

PE students participated in a double elimination tournament in badminton. Class Champions: Joe/Tyler Jase/Eli McKenzie/Elizabeth Ody/Carter Alyssa/Jake Kaiden/James School Champions: McKenzie and Elizabeth WTG Raiders!!!