Yoga Pants....Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrg

Who decides on what is in style? Why doesn't anyone ask me? Our policy, which I had to put into place last year because of a fashion trend, was that when a student wears tights, they still needed to wear some sort of skirt, long sweater, etc that covered at least mid-thigh (yes....girls were wearing tights and nothing else). Now yoga pants are in style. I heard that it was all over Facebook last night that the boys were looking forward to today to "check out" all the gals wearing yoga pants. I seem to ask this a lot, but I need some help. Please, please, please, think like a middle school boy before you let your daughter out of the house in the morning....regardless of what's in style. I'll be making an announcement at the end of the day (which will not be popular with the girls or boys) that skin tight yoga pants fall under the same category as tights....they must wear something mid-thigh over the top.

SCMS/NJHS Blood Drive

St. Clair Middle School's National Junior Honor Society is sponsoring a blood drive. Please help us by donating on Tuesday, February 28th, from 2 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. in the SCMS Aux. gym. Please click on the link below and make an appointment to Save A Life!

There is always a need for blood and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Na tionwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.

Thank you!
Amy Walton and NJHS students

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Rescheduled B-Ball Game

The basketball game that was cancelled with Central on 12/12 is rescheduled for Thursday, January 12 at 4:15 pm at Central Middle School.

Want to get involved?

The City of St. Clair is seeking residents interested in serving on a City board or commission. There are currently vacancies on the: Harbor Commission, LDFA, Recreation Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals. Applications for any boards and commissions are kept on file for future vacancies. An application can be found www.cityofstclair.com or call 810-329-7121 if you have a question.

East China District Supporter's Fun Run

The East China District Supporters are hosting their first annual 5k run on Saturday, February 11th. The Chili-Heart Run (Chili...cold and food, Heart...it's close to Valentine's Day) is a fun run/walk that will be starting and ending at SCMS. There will be special awards for the overall winners plus awards for the top 3 in each age group. We are also working on special deals with area restaurants (that's where the Chili comes into the title). Please help spread the word to all kids, neighbors, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmas, grandpas, etc. The more runners we get, the more money we make. The more money we make, the more the East China Supporters can help our students. To sign up, go to our district webpage (www.ecsd.us) click on the link and scroll down to our link. Jump through a few hoops and you'll be registered. Time is short...we need everyone's help to spread the word so that this run is a success.

Snowsports Club

Our parent group that heads up the Snowsports Club is giving it a go this Friday. The snow making equipment was working and there a good base set down so far.

The lift tickets will be distributed to the kids before they leave the school Friday afternoon. Also...an FYI, Mrs. Mule, who rules the club, will try to be located in the Canyon Cafe (to the left on the second story, as you go up the double staircase) if they need to get with her at the lodge. She plans on putting a red table cloth on the table so she is easy to spot.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Mule (her contact info was on the original flyer)

Reminder...DC Meeting

In case you missed the pre-break post, we will be having our Parent Washington DC Informational Meeting on Thursday, January 12th @ 7:00 pm in our cafeteria. The meeting is for all current 7th graders and their parents. The trip is absolutely AWESOME and we want every student to be able to go. At the meeting we’ll discuss the trip, answer questions, talk about fundraising opportunities and have sign up forms for next year’s trip. Please make every attempt to attend this meeting