A couple of important dates have been set!! Free Physicals are on Thursday May 9th at 1:30-3:30PM. This will be the ONLY time to get free physicals, so please make sure that your student is at school that day. This is for all students in current grades 6-11 who wish to participate in athletics next year. The Sports Banquet date has been set for Thursday May 11th at 7:00 PM, please make plans to attend that evening and come celebrate the hard work of our coaches and student-athletes!!
Tonight's baseball game has been cancelled. Softball game has been moved to Kimery park and will be played against Kirby starting at 5:00. Tickets will be cash only at the gate. Thank you and Go Eagles!!
Should I buy a sports car or an economy car?
Should I get a 5 bedroom mansion or an apartment?
Should I pay for expensive shampoo or get the basic brand?
These were the type of questions that students were answering at our reality fair, organized by Diamond Lakes Federal Credit Union, our high school counselor, Michelle Edgin, and our career coach, Christi Nation.
Students learned how to budget and the importance of making smart choices!
They had a lot of fun and got a little dose of reality.
Tonight's baseball game with England has been cancelled.
We are looking forward to welcoming parents and students for steam night on Tuesday, March 14th. Come out, win prizes, learn a lot of great information, and have fun!!!
Information regarding safe rooms in the area in the event of a tornado warning. Please be mindful that no pets are allowed in the safe rooms.
Here are the locations of those saferooms:
Fountain Lake Saferoom “A”
4207 Park Avenue Hot Springs National Park, Ar 71901
Oaklawn Magnet School
301 Oaklawn Street, Hot Springs, Ar 71913
Lakeside Middle School Saferoom
2839 Malvern Avenue Hot Springs, Ar 71901
Lake Hamilton Primary School
136 Oakbrook Street Pearcy, Ar 71964
Additionally, the following schools have saferooms that are available for the community to take shelter.
Jessieville Schools
7900 N. Hwy 7 Jessieville, Ar 71949
Mountain Pine Schools – Building #9
734 Blakely Dam Road Mountain Pine, Ar 71956
Cutter Morning Star Schools
2801 Spring Street Hot Springs, Ar 71901
The Cutter Morning Star School District is no longer on a soft lockdown. Everything has been resolved and no one was ever in any danger.
The Cutter Morning Star School District is on a soft lockdown out of an abundance of caution due to something in our area.
There will be a meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, February 28th at 6:00 PM in the high school library for all those interested in helping with the Community Garden.
Congratulations to our February teacher of the month, Angela Calabro! Ms. Calabro is new to our special education department this year, but has quickly endeared herself to our students and staff. She is dedicated to ensuring that every child succeeds, every day! We are very excited to have her on our team! Congratulations to Ms. Calabro!
Parents and students,
Each year, we collect class dues. These fees go directly to student programs and are used to pay for things like prom, school dances, and school functions.
Right now, we are preparing for our 2023 prom, and we are trying to collect class dues to ensure that prom can be a fun and successful event for our students. Because we are not legally allowed to use state or federal funds for these events, we depend completely on these class dues and fundraising events to pay for prom.
Class dues are as follows:
$15 for 7th and 8th graders
$35 for 9-11th graders.
We have set a deadline with our students of February 24th to get these class dues in.
Thank you for your support for all of the programs and events that are students are a part of!
Hi parents and students:
If you aren't aware, our band program has accomplished amazing things in the last few weeks. We want to share some of their accomplishments:
On January 21st, Ryder May and Logan Vaughan made the region 2 honor band! Region 2 is very large and includes much larger schools, so for them to make it on the band is quite an accomplishment. Logan placed 8th chair out of 30 tubas. He was seated as the 4th tuba in the 2nd honor band. Ryder placed 9th overall out of 88 percussionists. He was seated in the 1st honor band and scored nearly perfect on the timpani drums. This qualified him for state band auditions. Ryder is also a part of the Hot Springs Community Band. The music for this ensemble is college level or higher.
On February 7th, Ryder May, Logan Vaughn, Riley Harvey, Emily Breashears, Sam Sangster, and Abby Sharp travelled to Searcy to audition form the All Star Honor Band. Every one of these students represented the school very well at the auditions and had amazing performances! Ryder May placed 9th chair in percussion and Logan placed 8th chair in Tuba. Riley and Sam performed very well and placed as alternates.
The CMS Eagle Concert Band will be headed to concert assessment at Lake Hamilton in March for a chance to qualify for state band for class 3A.
Congratulations to all of our band students and all of their accomplishments, and we look forward to many more successes this year and in years to come!
Thank you to all of the parents and students that came out for CAPS tonight! It was a great success!
A special thank you to the high school PTO for bringing dinner for our teachers! We are very appreciative!
Club pictures, high school Who's Who 7-11th grade pictures and high school basketball team pics is set for Thursday, Feb. 9th. Students who are off campus and are club members or basketball players, please reach out to your club sponsor or coach for the time. We will do our best to stay on schedule. See you tomorrow!
Progress reports went out today at the High School. All students received their reports in their English classes.
CMS Educator Rising Students attending legislative session to listen to house education committee bills being presented. Thank you to our Senators and Representatives for making us feel welcome and your service.
Just a reminder to high school parents and students that our teachers are posting assignments through Google Classroom. Student attendance is based on students completing this work. Please try to keep up with this while you are out, as to not get behind. For those without internet, you will have 3 school days to make up the work when you get back. Happy Snow/Ice day!
Due to the pending weather Cutter Morning Star School District will use an AMI day on Thursday, February 2, 2023.
Peewee games scheduled for tomorrow night have been cancelled.
Announcement Regarding The High Reliability Schools Survey
Cutter Morning Star School District works hard to build a culture of excellence for our students and our staff. But our work is only as successful as the input we get from our students, parents, and staff that helps us make good decisions. This is why Superintendent Anderson, Principal Almond, and Principal Stage are asking every student, parent, and staff member to take about 5-10 minutes to complete our High Reliability School Survey. This survey asks questions about the culture of our elementary school and of our high school. This survey is being provided at no cost to our district by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and DESE will provide us with the results of our survey so that our administrators and our staff leadership teams and our school board can use those results to make the best decisions for our students and our staff. The window for the survey closes on Friday, February 10th.
Below are the links to the survey: You may choose to take the survey without giving any identifying information OR you may choose to include that information. Also parents can take the survey for each school if they have students in both schools. AND staff can take the survey for each school if they work in both schools. The most important thing is that you complete our survey, please.
IF you have any questions or concerns about the survey please feel free to contact either your building principal OR email Laura Baber at laura.baber@cmseagles.net. Thank you!
HIGH RELIABILITY SCHOOL SURVEY LINKS:
There are 2 separate survey links, one for students and a second for administration/staff/parents.
Administration / Staff / Parents: https://bit.ly/3QNdjTA
Students: https://bit.ly/3HcyhYG
The student survey is for students in grades 3 or higher