Bama Bound

What a fantastic trip we had to the University of Alabama on Nov. 20!  Tours of the President's Mansion and campus, Early College Presentation, eating in the South Field Suite of Bryant Denny Stadium, touring the locker room and Fail Room all contributed to an oustanding day.  The kids got the college experience with lots and lots of walking.  We had a great time visiting the famous Shirt Shop and Ferguson Center Super Store.  We appreciate so many parents and grandparents taking time off work to go with us and also to Mr. Page, the best bus driver.  And a huge thank you to Michael and Jill Howell as well as Dr. Causey from the university.  Enjoy these pictures of some pretty terrific young people.  They were bragged on several times during the day by university officials.  Top notch they are.



Started off with a Meet and Greet with Miss Alabama Caitlin Brunell.  She signed autographs for the girls.  Not sure why the guys did not want a signed picture.  The Mansion was rich in history and absolutely beautiful.  Don't our studetns look sharp.
 



In front of the Walk of Champions at Bryant Denney.  Students had fun taking pictures with the statues of coaches.
Mr. Ken Gaddy of the Bryant Museum spoke with the students during lunch.


 



Capstone Men and Women provide interesting information about the President's Mansion. 
Dr. Judy Bonner is the new President of the Univeristy of Alabama.

 



In the tunnel at Bryant Denney.  Think about how many great players have passed through the tunnel.
Pretty cool!

In the South Field Suite after a nice lunch from Zoe's. 
Representatives from Early College, admissions, business, HES, engineering, etc. answers questions
from students and parents.  The students were given information about early college credit. 
The fee per hour is $144, quite a discount.

 

Civil War era sofa.  President Garland's picture from the 1850s/1860s hangs on the wall.
 

Showing off 14 National Championships in the recruting room just up the steps and inside fromthe Walk of Champions. We were able to tour the locker room, go down the tunnel, see the field, visit the Fail Room and then eat in the South Field Suite.  Quite an honor for such a small group as ours.  Wish you could have seen the girls getting their picture made next to AJ McCarron's life size picture.  Priceless!






 

Muscle Shoals Pics

First Place - Muscle Shoals
Carter 4th, Ann Carol 1st, Katie 8th, Mitchell 3rd

Third Place - Muscle Shoals
Carley 9th, Nik 10th

8th Grade First at Muscle Shoals

Congratulations to the 8th grade math team for their impressive first place finish at Muscle Shoals on Nov. 3.  This makes them 2-0.  They won against Muscle Shoals by 38 points and won the ciphering ompetition 37 - 26.  They were 4th overall and many had their best day. Way to go Ann Carol, Mitchell, Carter and Katie.

The 7th grade placed 3rd behind Muscle Shoals and Challenger. If everyone had gotten two more questions correct we would have placed first.  We have something to shoot for at Vestavia.  There is a lot of potential with this group.  What you do to prepare outside of the classroom will make all the difference.  We placed 3rd in ciphering and 6th overall. Congrats to Carley and Nik.  Cameron was close at 11th and Julien was 13th.  Congrats!  With lots of hard work, I can't wait to see what you will do at Vestavia on Dec. 8.

8th Grade Team
Cullman Middle 303
Muscle Shoals 265
Arab Jr. High 217
Challenger 182

Individual Places
1 Ann Carol
3 Mitchell Seymore
4 Carter Bowen
8 Katie Harbin
12 Brooke Ledbetter
16 Kacie Donaldson
17 Jake Ratliff
18 Ben Pruitt
19 Drew Fillinger
22 Charity Davis
24 Tucker Franey
26 Lydia Waters
27 Callie Hollingsworth
28 Anna Avery and Caroline Andrews
31 Garrison Hill
36 Peyton McGraw
39 Kate Hood
42 Collin Bentley
49 Victoria Barker
53 Cole Gerding

7th Grade Team
Muscle Shoals 309
Challenger 292
Cullman 269
Brookwood 143
Arab Jr. High 77

Individual Places
9 CarleyByerley
10 Nik Hartwig
11 Cameron Cottingham
13 Julien Chalkley
18 Jordan Ray
23 Sam Lowery
25 Kathryn Shadix
26 Eli Wilhite
32 Bailee Ponder
34 Fletcher Jennings
35 Mallory Harper
38 Madison Hunkeapillar
40 Tucker Adkison
43 Trevor Richards
46 Conner Burnham
47 Clay Conway
48 Dylan Yankee
54 Colby Hutson and Ian Messersmith
57 Kacy Burroughs
58 Josh Raney

CMS Robotics - State Bound!

Tristian Earwick as driver

Congratulations to Mr. McCollum and the Robotics Team for a tremendous victory at the BEST Robitics competition at Wallace State on Friday, October 26.  The team will travel to Auburn in December for state competition.  Way to go drivers and all involved behind the scenes.


 

Cedar Ridge Math Tournament Results

What a great way to start the math team fall season, 1-2 at Cedar Ridge.  The 8th grade captured first and the 7th grade took second place.  I could not be prouder of how you persevered in very difficult ciphering and came away with good scores on a very lengthy test.  A special thanks to our wonderful parents, the BEST anywhere.  We took up a whole section of bleachers and more.  Your support means so much.  On to Muscle Shoals next week.  Let's take 1st in both.  Your preparation next week will determine how well we do.

8th Grade Team - 1st place             Team
Ann Carol - 4th                                  Cullman 284
Katie - 5th                                           Hampton Cove 273
Jake  - 6th                                           Challenger 252
Callie - 10th                                        Briarwood 148
Brooke - 11th                                      Brookhaven 14
Carter - 12th
Kate Hood - 13th
Caroline - 14th
Drew - 15th
Mitchell - 16th
Anna - 18th
Tucker - 19th
Ben - 21st
Peyton - 30th
Lydia - 31st


7th Grade Team - 2nd place             Team
Jordan - 3rd                                          Challenger 221
Eli - 4th                                                 Cullman 203
Nik - 8th                                                Briarwood 158
Fletcher - 9th                                        Hampton Cove  99
Mallory J.- 10th                                    Brookhaven 36
Cameron - 14th
Carley - 17th
Trevor - 23rd
Sam - 25th
Tucker - 27th
Mallory H. - 28th
Bailee - 29th
Colby - 31st
Kacy - 35th
Conner - 36th

Cullman Middle Math Team Upcoming Events

Saturday, November 3 - Muscle Shoals Tournament (Regency Square Mall)
Monday, November 5 - Dr. Harris presentation on Ettiquette and Public Speaking for 8th grade
Tuesday, November 13 - American Mathematics Test (in class)
Tuesday, November 20 - Early College Orientation at the University of Alabama - 8th Grade
Friday/Saturday, Nov. 30-Dec. 1 - McWane Camp-In
Saturday, Dec. 8 - Vestavia Hills Tournament (Brookwood Mall)
Enjoy the holidays!
Parent meeting in January.

Math Team Shirts

These are a possible sampling of our 2012-2013 math team shirts.  Mrs. Stephens and Amy did a great job.  The black will be for tournaments and will look nice in pictures.  The white will be the 7th grade Friday shirt and the gray the 8th grade Friday shirt.  We will change the saying on the Bearcat Math shirt.  If you have any ideas, let me know.  Something like "Achieving Success One Problem at a Time" for instance.  I will send forms home on Tuesday, September 18 and due back on Oct. 1.