Midwest Central Middle School recently received needed classroom supplies from Project Kids. Project Kids is organized and supported by the Manito-Forest City Rotary Club. The school received earbuds, mechanical pencils, glue sticks and female products. A special thank you goes out to our community for their generous support!
Pictured left to right:
Sabrina Martin, Beta Club Vice President
Nathan Lapsley, Beta Club Secretary
Kamden Garman, Beta Club President
Boys basketball tryouts will be next Monday and Tuesday here at the Middle School 3:00 – 5:00 PM. All participants must have a physical turned in to the office before the first night of tryouts.
Student Council is hosting two fun activities this month.
1st-pumpkin decorating. These are due to Mrs. Dean no later than October 20. Parents will vote on these during parent/teacher conferences and there will be a prize for the first three places.
2nd-dress up for Halloween on October 29! There will be a contest for best dress and the top 3 winners will receive a prize.
Congratulations to the 7th grade Lady Raiders on their win against Illini Central last night. Leading scorers were Eliza Kerley with 11 and Cally DeSutter with 6. Way to go, ladies!
8th Graders Jenna Tucker and Camryn Grashoff purchased Task Passes to help a teacher. They dedicated their time creating a Bulletin Board displaying 7th grade student work for “Freak the Mighty” and organizing copies of upcoming assignments. Well done ladies!
Reminder - Tomorrow is a student attendance 1/2 day!
Dismissal times are PS - 11:40, MS - 11:20, and HS - 11:30.
The girls’ basketball team will travel to Havana tonight. Game time is 6:00 PM.
Good luck Lady Raiders!
Happy Columbus Day!
Hello Raiders,
Our COVID dashboard has been updated to reflect our numbers as of today. You can find our dashboard on our website at www.MidwestCentral.org
Also a reminder that our parent teacher conferences are the evening of October 21st (3:00-7:00 PM) and the morning of October 22nd (8:00-11:00 AM). We'd like to see a larger than normal turn out for this year. Your students, more than ever, need you actively involved in their education.
Sincerely,
Dr. Todd Hellrigel
Reminder - There is no school on Monday, October 11th in observance of Columbus Day. Enjoy your 3 day weekend!
Congrats to Ms. Shaffer, our librarian, who received a $70,976 grant for a Library Restoration Project!!! Assists go to Ms. Garman and Mr. Lazarz for their help.
This grant will have an impact on all 3 building libraries!!! Wow…that’s a lot of $$$$! Great job Ms. Shaffer!!
The girls’ basketball team will travel to Pekin Broadmoor tonight. The game time has been changed to 5:00 PM.
Goooo Lady Raiders!
Cheer practice has been cancelled for tonight.
The trip to Elevate Trampoline Park for those that qualified from our fundraiser will be Wednesday, October 20. Permission slips need to be turned in by Monday, October 18.
The cross country team wrapped up their regular season last night with a great performance on their home course. They will travel to Bloomington for sectionals Saturday.
MSXC athletes: there is NO practice today, but Coach Bowden wants everyone at practice tomorrow, a Remind message will be sent out with details.
MCMS Cross Country team has a home meet tonight starting at 4:15 PM.
Good luck Raiders!
Picture retakes are October 21st for new students or students who were absent for the last picture day! Order envelopes are available in the office.
Welcome our 2021-22 MCMS cheerleaders!!!!
Front left to right
(Coraline Cleaver, Maddie Rogers, Cassandra Brackney)
Middle left to right
(Joslyn Dawe, Houston Butler, Khloe Tribbett, Camryn Grashoff)
Back row left to right
(Jenna Tucker, Kylie Gale, Sabrina Martin, Lilla Simer, Brooklyn Byrd) Not pictured Morgan Carpenter.
The girl’s basketball team will travel to South Pekin for a 4:30 PM game tonight!
Good luck Lady Raiders!
Cheer on our MCMS cross country team as they travel to Delavan for a 9:00 AM meet. The bus leaves Manito at 7:45 AM and the MS at 8:00 AM.
Gooooo Raiders!
