Central Middle School

CMS Gaming is holding re-tryouts for most of our teams! *You can bring your own controller, but you don't have to; we have xBox and switch controllers! Check the calendar 3-5pm each day: wait after school in the cafeteria, play, get graded, then leave to go home Get an invite when you make the team: you can try for more than one team, but high expectations with attendance to all practices WHEN DOES EACH GAME TRYOUT? This week: Thursday, 1/5 : RocketLeague 3v3 - for top 10 players to make 3 teams - one team won the national championship in December (weekly Thursday practices) Friday, 1/6 : Fortnite 4v4 Zone Wars - for top 9 to make 2 teams - one team is undefeated for our season (weekly Thursday practices) Next week: Monday, 1/9 : RocketLeague 2v2 - for top 6 players to make 3 teams - new doubles style for our award winning teams (weekly Tuesday practices starting 1/23) Tuesday, 1/10 : Overwatch 5v5 - for top 12 players to make 2 teams - NEW GAME (weekly Friday practices starting 1/27) Wednesday 1/11 : Halo 4v4 - for top 8 players to make 2 teams - BOTH teams are undefeated (weekly practice on Mondays) Week of MLK Day: Tuesday, 1/17 : Minecraft 1v24 - for top 12 players - matches are keyboard and mouse with Java (weekly practices on Tuesdays) Wednesday, 1/18 : Brawlhalla 1v1 - for top 18 players - NEW GAME (weekly practices on Wednesdays) Friday, 1/20 : Super Smash Bros 1v1 - for top 10 players - TOP team in the state rankings

That's a wrap for the first semester! Enjoy your break, and we'll see you on January 3rd!

Our RocketLeague WON Finals! We are FIRST in the nation on MSEL! We played against Mattacheese Middle School in Massachusetts! Mrs. Leonard says of her RocketLeague team, "Best goalie ever, Mia, went from Bronze last year to Platinum this year! AMAZING to watch her grow, especially with her amazing aerial saves! Best rockeeter, Manny, with his beautiful aerial shots which are insane! And he's only been playing for a year, but he trains intensely.... Then.. Loudest, funnest, and messiest striker, Joseph, keeps our team together with his great pep-talks and hyped with his shrieking screams." To watch the finals, check out the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF6U1HZ4I-M Keep up the awesome work cougars!

We would like to give a huge Thank You to our PTO for providing hot chocolate and cookies to the teachers and staff today! We appreciate all of the continued support that our PTO provides!

Central Middle School's eSports is in the finals playoffs with the national Middle School eSports League (MSEL) for Minecraft and RocketLeague! Give a shoutout to these kids and share a little praise with them! Minecraft players : Samuel MacNab, Kenneth Jessie, Julius Mahsetky, Logan Schnell, Jesslynn Cassidy, Zaiyn Davis, Ashtyn Lavell, Alex Robarge, Mitchell Harrison, and Priscilla Andonian RocketLeague players in Finals : Emanual Tahhahwah, Joseph Carlson-Mueller, Mia Trickey On Tuesday, December 13 @ 7pm, Minecraft and RocketLeague have PLAYOFF FINALS. Central Middle School's RocketLeague (3v3) is TOP 2 in the NATION! CMS RocketLeague Gold has played other middle school teams from South Carolina, Georgia, California, and Massachusetts! Ten "centralcougar" Minecrafters are surviving earn points for Top 36 national playoff rankings! For our 7pm queue times, we stayed after school for five playoff days, celebrating with dinners together, then gaming against teams across the nation. Join the stream at 7pm @ Central Middle School's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LawtonCentralMiddleSchool This is our first year in eSports leagues. It's amazing to see what our students are capable of state-wide and nationally for our eSports leagues. Central Middle School competes as top-ranking leaders in the state with Halo, Fortnite, RocketLeague, Smash Bros, and MarioKart. Next semester, we are growing eSports teams for Overwatch 2, Brawlhalla, and broadcast streaming. Keep an eye out for our shining gamers across Lawton Public Schools! Macarthur Middle School RocketLeague is competing for 3rd/4th in the national MSEL playoffs on Tuesday. This Friday/Saturday, local schools (including LPS schools) compete at the high school eSports state playoffs for Oklahoma Scholastic eSports (okSe).

CMS Family, We would like to invite you all to come enjoy the band's Winter Concert tomorrow evening in the CMS auditorium at 6:30pm.

NJHS volunteering in the community at Habitat for Humanity!

Don't forget to wear your favorite winter pajamas tomorrow!

It's dance day! The dance is 3:15 to 4:45, so please make arrangements to pick up your students by 4:45. We can't wait for the fun!

Just a reminder that there will be another PTO meet and open question time with Mr. Jones on Monday, December 12th, at 6pm in the CMS auditorium. Come learn more about PTO, and about all of the ways PTO helps out the school! Also, bring your questions for our principals!

Only two days left to get your Chick-fil-A nugget tray order in! This fundraiser will help CMS eSports get more controllers, downloaded game content, monthly eSports tournament expenses, etc. Please support our 50+ gamers by purchasing a 64-count nugget tray (with 8-oz sauce) from Chick-fil-a for $45. For every tray sold, our group gets $10.50! Each tray comes with re-heating instructions and an 8-oz sauce of your choice (Chick-fil-a, BBQ, Polynesian, Honey Mustard, Ranch, or Buffalo). Orders can be placed from NOW until Friday, December 9th! For pick up of nugget tray orders, come to the front of school (or the main office) on Wednesday 12/14 and Thursday 12/15 from 3:30-4pm. Money is due at the time of sale, and there is a form in the office that you can place orders on. You can find any eSports coach to give your money to (Ms. Leonard in W-10, Mr. Koracin W-12 and Mr. Synder N-13). Also, you can find an eSports player to sign up with them. Thank you for your continuous support!

Today was our winter hat day for Winter Spirit Week! Check out some of the fun hats that we spotted today!

Congratulations to the November FCA Athlete of the Month, Darian Cottrell (8th grade boys basketball)! Coach Hinton says, "Darian recently transferred to CMS and has made an instant, positive impact on the team as a hardworking leader on the court and in the classroom. He has also tutored teammates to become eligible." Enoy your movie tickets, Darian!

CMS 8th grader Bobby Rosales was undefeated and claimed 1st place in the "Rec the Halls" Super Smash Bros tournament! This was Bobby's first tournament finale win! CMS 6th grader Collin Johnson earned 3rd place for the second tournament qualifier in a row!  All 6 CMS players made to top 24 on the final stage bracket, thus earning enough total points to be FIRST place in the STATE for team points in Smash Bros! Cougars are on the prowl in eSports! 🐾 Also, CMS big brother school's LHS Shane Klatt took 1st for the large HS state playoff tournament yesterday! This was his first tournament finale win too! LPS was top 8 in both HS and MS brackets! Way to go, LPS gamers! 🎮

Student's enjoyed hot chocolate, games, and crafts in the library during their lunch breaks today!

All students whose parents are in the military can sign up to attend our first Military Child Meeting on Thursday, December 8th during 2nd period. Sign Ups are in the Library. 

One week until our Middle School 2022 Winter Cup! Central will be hosting all Lawton middle schools to have our bi-annual playoffs with Super Smash Bros and RocketLeague. The event will be all-day, enjoy breakfast and lunch with our fellow Lawton gamers, while hosting friendly competition between top gamers in Oklahoma state!

NJHS is selling popcorn and pickles tomorrow during the lunches! All sales will help fund spring conference as well as community outreach efforts!

Congratulations to the November Beanstack reading challenge winners! Lexi Hill, Lyndzee Lastinger, and Natalee Ainsley won the Cozy Up With a Good Book Reading Challenge. They won a cozy blanket and a gift card! Next months challenge is the Hot Chocolate Reading Challenge! Students interested in participating in the monthly challenges should go see Mrs. Miller in the library for information.

The CMS Winter Dance will be next Thursday, December 8th, from 3:15 to 4:45. Tickets are $2, and will be sold during lunch 12/6, 12/7, and 12/8. Students will need their ID to purchase a ticket.