Clark-Pleasant Middle School

Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation 5th Grade Students can sign-up for Band or Choir at CPMS for next year! Students can participate in these wonderful programs as part of their daily schedule. Please go to these websites to sign-up and learn more about what Band or Choir has to offer for your student. Please sign-up by Friday April 12th! Band: cpmsbeginningband.weebly.com Choir: choirscpms.weebly.com If your student would like to be a part of the band, it is important that they sign-up for an "Instrument Try-On Night" to select their instrument with a music educator. This is important to ensure that your student is placed on an instrument that they will like and will also be successful at learning. You can sign-up for a "Try-On Night" at cpmsbeginningband.weebly.com The "Try-On Nights" will be at CPMS on April 16, April 18, April 22 or April 24th (students and parents only need to attend one night). Please sign-up as soon as possible! Please let us know if you have any questions: Katy Briel (kbriel@cpcsc.k12.in.us) for Band or Kendall Anvoots (kanvoots@cpcsc.k12.in.us) for Choir. We look forward to wonderful musical experiences next year at CPMS!

Zip It! 6th graders, in Mrs. Evans' Science class, at CPMS are studying the Engineering Design Process. As part of this unit the students got to make Zipline Racers and race them in class against classmates. Hands-on is always the best way for kids to learn.

Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Pi Day is an annual opportunity for math enthusiasts to recite the infinite digits of Pi, talk to their friends about math, and eat pie. ~ piday.org

Headliner Showcase!!! YOU ARE INVITED to the Whiteland Choirs Show Choir Headliner Showcase on Tuesday, March 19th at 7:00PM in the Whiteland Community High School auditorium! Our three show choirs Iridescence, Expressions, Rhythm Masters, student band White Noise and tech crew at WCHS have had an incredibly successful season this year and our Headliner Showcase event is our way to recognize their accomplishments and celebrate our students and supporters' hard work. Please use the following link to purchase your ticket: https://wchschoirs.ludus.com/index.php. All guests will need to purchase a ticket online before the start of the event as we cannot accept cash payment at the door. Come celebrate with us what has been one of the best WCHS show choir seasons to date this upcoming Tuesday the 19th at 7:00PM! If you have any questions about your ticket or the event please contact evanderveen@cpcsc.k12.in.us directly for assistance.

SCHOOL ZONE COMING TO U.S. 31 IN WHITELAND! The Indiana Department of Transportation plans to implement a new school zone along US 31 near Whiteland Road beginning on/after Tuesday March 12, 2024. A total of 6 school zone flashing signals will be installed along U.S. 31, as well as 2 advance school zone warning signs. The school zone speed limit will be 35 mph, while school zone signals are flashing.

College Road Trip! College counselors, at WCHS took 50 students to the College Fair at UIndy, Monday evening. Over 90 colleges were represented.

Saturday, the CPMS wrestling team completed another perfect season winning the Jr. Mid-State Championship. This group has not lost a varsity dual match in over 2 years and have won back to back conference and county titles. Thanks Coach Cooper and staff for another great season!

Best Buddies Talent Show! Friday, March 15th, is our 2nd Annual Best Buddies Talent Show at WCHS. The show begins at 7pm and will be in the WCHS auditorium. This a donation based show so all are welcome!

Are you ready to make a difference in the classroom? Become a substitute teacher in our school district through Kelly Education! Apply today and embark on a fulfilling journey shaping young minds. Click here to inquire: https://bit.ly/3TsxY26 or call 800-991-5157 option 2.

The Time to Prepare is NOW! Governor Eric Holcomb has proclaimed March 10–16, 2024, as Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Clark-Pleasant Community School Corp. urges everyone in our community to be as prepared for severe weather as possible. Here are some important reminders.

Playing/Teaching the Part! Mr. Evans, 6th grade Social Studies teacher at CPMS won a grant from the Clark-Pleasant Education Foundation, (CPEF) that allowed him to purchase several costumes to help him teach his Social Studies class. As part of his Civics Unit he is teaching all about the constitution and decided he would do that in a full out Pioneer outfit. He teaches 6th grade Social Studies at CPMS.

Big BAND News!!! WCHS just received official word that both the Whiteland Jazz Band One and Shades of Blue vocal jazz are 2024 ISSMA Jazz State Finalists!!! This means that both the jazz band and vocal jazz were in the top nine scores in the state! They now have the opportunity to perform at State Finals on Friday March 15th at Pike High School (Jazz Band) and Franklin Central (Choir). We will be receiving schedules shortly and will share for anyone that would like to come out and support our talented students in this state-wide showcase! The Whiteland Community High School Band Department had the pleasure of hosting over 80 different performing groups from all of the state at the ISSMA Jazz event held this past weekend. The Whiteland Band Boosters and students did an AMAZING group of hosting these student musicians as they performed for adjudication. Friday night was a special night of jazz for the Whiteland Jazz Bands!!! FIT Big Band - GOLD with Distinction Jazz 3 - GOLD rating Jazz 2 - Group I - GOLD with Distinction Jazz 1 - Group I - GOLD with Distinction These groups also earned THIRTY ONE solo ribbons for excellence in improvised solos!! Whiteland is one of only a few schools across the state that enters their top TWO jazz bands in Group One (the highest difficulty of music and adjudication). For the second band to get a "With Distinction", is something quite special. And finally a special congratulations to Jazz One for knocking it out of the park and receiving the highest score in school history!!

Whiteland FFA had a great day at the District VIII FFA Leadership Development Events Saturday at Eastern Hancock High School! Below are the results. All 1st Places will be advancing to the State Contest at Purdue University in June! 1st Place Agriculture & Farm Business Management Demonstration - Josie Kelsay & Addyson Cox 1st Place Creed Speaking - Jack Kelsay 1st Place Multimedia Presentation 2nd Place Exhibit - Cian Cribbs & Brody Polesel 2nd Place Scrapbook 2nd Place Leadership Ambassador - Josie Kelsay 3rd Place Persuasive Essay - Leorah Morris Thanks for your support of our FFA Program!

The Clark-Pleasant Band Department was recognized at the Statehouse by the Indiana Arts Education Network. The Department was recognized for being an ISSMA All-Music Award recipient last school year but also for our district being named a "Best Community for Music Education".

Grassy Creek Elementary is honored to host a fundraising campaign to benefit the Riley Heart Center at Riley Children's Health. Your gift helps support a multidisciplinary team of experienced pediatric specialists who manage complex heart care. https://bit.ly/3SYT86q

Johnson County Champs! The future is looking bright for Whiteland Wrestling! The CPMS Warriors took home the Johnson County Championship!

Committed / Signed! Gwen Higdon will continue her basketball career at Indiana University Columbus! Congrats Gwen!

Committed! Another commit for the Warriors! Leila Thomas will continue her wrestling career at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point next year! Congrats Leila!

Making a Splash! WCHS Senior Noah Grady got a parade send off from his fellow students Friday afternoon as he heads off to compete for a State Title in Diving! Noah will compete Saturday morning at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI!

Today’s FFA Week Activity was “Teach the Teacher”! Members assembled and distributed teacher appreciation bags that also taught teachers a little bit about Indiana’s top agriculture products! Indiana FFA State President, Kelby Roberts, also joined us for this activity! We want to thank our sponsors for this project, Indiana Soybean Alliance, The Pork Checkoff, Thrivent, and the 2023-2024 Officer Team!