Great Things Are Happening At Duncan Lake Middle School. 

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 A-Day Our CMS Tennis Team will be traveling to Pinewood MS Today for their tennis matches. Bus Departure: 3:15 pm. Match time: 4:00 pm. Student Council has a meeting tomorrow at 7:30am in the library. We didn’t forget- did you? So to repeat, there is a Student Council meeting tomorrow at 7:30am in the library. Cancer Walk Penny Wars begin today. Who will win the coveted Penny Belt? Remember pennies count for your Focus but silver coins and dollars count against so plan your strategy carefully! Mrs. Bravata’s class is holding a giant cake walk during 6th, 7th and 8th grade lunches, today and tomorrow. Tickets will only cost $1. Baked goods like cakes, cookies, and even candy laden baked goods are being donated by the Vault, Mrs. Poff, and other great bakeries in our area. During 6th grade lunch on Thursday and Friday this week there will be a 3 on 3 basketball tournament. Sign up sheets are in the hallways. Cost is $1 per person. Winners get giant sized candy bars. Mrs. Belote's class is having a petting zoo during lunch on Friday, May 3 to raise funds for the Cancer Walk. There will be baby goats and calves, a rabbit and a miniature donkey! Cost is $2 for admission and $1 to feed the baby animals. Friday is the Cancer Walk Movie Night with our showing of Jumanji. This movie is rated PG-13. The cost is just a donation and the movie will begin at 6:30pm. Doors will open at 6:15pm. Happy Birthday wishes today to Liam Brown and Collin Pyper. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day!

Tennis match (rescheduled) at Pinewood

Thursday, May 2, 2019 B-Day Our CMS Tennis Team will be playing their matches at HOME Today against Comstock Park MS. Match Time: 4:00 pm. Attention 8th grade Girls Basketball Players: There’s “Open Gym” from 5:00 - 6:30 pm in the Caledonia HS Main Gym. Student Council is meeting right now in the library 6th graders, please bring your earbuds for M Step testing next week. In the 6th grade hallway by Mrs. Bravata's room there will be a bake sale, tomorrow, Friday, May 3. There will be pop, cookies and brownies. Everything will be under a dollar all money will go to the cancer walk. Mrs. Bravata’s class is holding a giant cake walk during 6th, 7th and 8th grade lunches, today . Tickets cost $1. During 6th grade lunch today and Friday there will be a 3 on 3 basketball tournament. Sign up sheets are in the hallways. Cost is $1 per person. Winners get giant sized candy bars. Mrs. Belote's class is having a petting zoo during lunch tomorrow to raise funds for the Cancer Walk. There will be baby goats and calves, a rabbit and a miniature donkey! Cost is $2 for admission and $1 to feed the baby animals. Friday is the Cancer Walk Movie Night with our showing of Jumanji. This movie is rated PG-13. The cost is just a donation and the movie will begin at 6:30pm. Doors will open at 6:15pm. Happy Birthday wishes today to Carly VanderRoest. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

Friday, May 3, 2019 A-Day Our CMS Boys & Girls Track Teams will both be participating in the Greenville Optimist Track Meet Tomorrow at the Greenville High School. Bus Departure from Kraft Meadows MS: 7:00 am. Meet Time: 9:00 am. 6th graders, please bring your earbuds for M Step testing next week. Band students, remember to bring your instruments home to practice and take your quiz which is due by Sunday at 11:59 PM. In the 6th grade hallway by Mrs. Bravata's room there is a bake sale today. There will be pop, cookies and brownies. Everything will be under a dollar, all money will go to the cancer walk. During 6th grade lunch today and Friday there will be a 3 on 3 basketball tournament. Sign up sheets are in the hallways. Cost is $1 per person. Winners get giant sized candy bars. Mrs. Belote's class is having a petting zoo during lunch today to raise funds for the Cancer Walk. There will be baby goats and calves, a rabbit and a miniature donkey! Cost is $2 for admission and $1 to feed the baby animals. Tonight is the Cancer Walk Movie Night with our showing of Jumanji. This movie is rated PG-13. The cost is just a donation and the movie will begin at 6:30pm. Doors will open at 6:15pm. Parents must pick up students no later than 8:45pm. Concession candy and popcorn will be available for purchase. Prices will run between 25 cents and $3.00 If you forgot to pick up your cookies or cake from the cake walk, make sure to swing by the office today to grab your stuff. Happy Birthday wishes today to Brecken Bloemers, Campbell Day. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

Monday, May 6, 2019 B-Day Our CMS Boys & Girls Track Teams will be at Lowell MS Today. Bus Departure: 2:45 pm. Meet Time: 4:00 pm. 6th graders, please bring your earbuds for M Step testing this week. The Girls track team competed well at the Greenville Invitational on Saturday. Out of 10 schools, the girls came home with the 3rd place trophy. It was a beautiful day for a meet and many girls beat their personal records. Great job ladies. We are proud of you. The girls compete tonight at Lowell, but their next home meet is Tuesday 5/7 against East Grand Rapids. Come cheer your runners on to victory. Meet starts at 4:00. This is the last week of Cancer Walk - still, lots of time to fundraise and be entered into the drawings for Air Pods and Van Andel Scientist for a Day. Extra sponsors forms and brochures are available on the wall right outside the Activities Office next to the blocks. Sign-ups for the upcoming Fall Sports: 7th & 8th Grade Girls Volleyball, 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Boys & Girls Cross Country & 7th/8th Grade Girls Sideline Cheerleading will be located by the Athletics Office starting Today. Happy Birthday wishes today to Jordan Nyland. Happy belated birthday to Kaylee Elam and FInn White. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

Tuesday, May 7, 2019 A-Day The Girls 7th and 8th grade track team had an awesome meet last night defeating the Lowell Red Arrows with a final score of 38 for the Arrows and 97 for the Fighting Scots. Many of the girls ran hard. Some even tried a different race than usual. Great team play by everyone. Proud of your hard work girls...keep it up!! Come on out and support your runners tonight at home. Meet starts at 4:00. (Tues. - CMS Tennis will be playing their matches AWAY at Kenowa Hills MS.) Bus Departure: 2:50 pm. Match Time: 4:00 pm. (Tues. - CMS Boys/Girls Track Teams will be at HOME Today against the EGR MS Pioneers.) Meet Time: 4:00 pm. 6th graders, please bring your earbuds for M Step testing this week. Mr. Thompson’s Focus class is holding a pop and candy sale every morning this week. Make sure to check it out near the 8th grade hallway. Prices range from 25 cents to $1 This is the last week of Cancer Walk - still, lots of time to fundraise and be entered into the drawings for Air Pods and Van Andel Scientist for a Day. Extra sponsors forms and brochures are available on the wall right outside the Activities Office next to the blocks. Sign-ups for the upcoming Fall Sports: 7th & 8th Grade Girls Volleyball, 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Boys & Girls Cross Country & 7th/8th Grade Girls Sideline Cheerleading will be located by the Athletics Office starting Today. Happy Birthday wishes today to Rory Cobb. (Tues. - Happy Birthday shoutout to Ms. Finkbeiner) Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 B-Day The Girls 7th and 8th grade track defeated a tough East Grand Rapids team at last night's meet. It was a great night for a meet. We had a new school record broken in the 4x200 by the team of Maddie Lieckfield, Teresa Abraham, Stella Haan, and Elizabeth Stengenga. Great job ladies. Good luck to everyone on Thursday as we have another meet at home vs Wyoming. The MS tennis team defeated Kenowa Hills 13-3. Great job by everyone. Next match is at home on Thursday Go Scots NJHS will have a mandatory meeting tomorrow for all current 7th and 8th grade members. Please report to the PAC at 7:30am tomorrow. Again - this is only for our current members. Mr. Thompson’s Focus class is holding a pop and candy sale every morning this week. Make sure to check it out near the 8th grade hallway. Prices range from 25 cents to $1 Cancer Walk is Friday! The Kona Ice Truck will be at the track! Treats from the truck will cost between $3.00 and $5.00. We will also have candy and water to purchase along with the Cancer Walk Cart items. All Cancer Walk t-shirts that have been pre-ordered will be delivered by Thursday. Penny Wars are raging but will end on Friday! Who will win the Penny Belt? Sign-ups for the upcoming Fall Sports: 7th & 8th Grade Girls Volleyball, 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Boys & Girls Cross Country & 7th/8th Grade Girls Sideline Cheerleading will be located by the Athletics Office. Happy Birthday wishes today to Samantha Daley-Fell, Jayden Nielson, Teagen (Tay gen) Nielson and Leah VanHall . Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

Thursday, May 9, 2019 A-Day Ms. Cizauskas 6th grade Focus Class is raising money during Lunch time Today in the Main gym. If you enjoy playing dodgeball, here’s your chance by paying $1.00 to play! Our CMS Boys & Girls Track Team will be at HOME Today competing against the Wyoming Jr. High Wolves. Meet Time: 4:00 pm. All track girls meet the coaches in the gym at Duncan Lake after school. We will walk to the meet together as a team. Good luck today, ladies and have fun! NJHS will have a mandatory meeting today for all current 7th and 8th grade members. Please report to the PAC now. Again - this is only for our current members. Mr. Thompson’s Focus class is holding a pop and candy sale every morning this week. Make sure to check it out near the 8th grade hallway. Prices range from 25 cents to $1 Pop and Candy is also being sold before Focus, please look for Dakota! Cancer Walk is Tomorrow - make sure to dress for chilly weather as it looks like we WILL be at the CHS stadium. The Kona Ice Truck will be at the track! Treats from the truck will cost between $3.00 and $5.00. We will also have candy and water to purchase along with the Cancer Walk Cart items. All Cancer Walk t-shirts that have been pre-ordered will be delivered today. Penny Wars are raging but will end tomorrow! Who will win the Penny Belt? Sign-ups for the upcoming Fall Sports: 7th & 8th Grade Girls Volleyball, 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Boys & Girls Cross Country & 7th/8th Grade Girls Sideline Cheerleading will be located by the Athletics Office. Happy Birthday wishes today to Raef Goosen. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

Friday, May 10, 2019 B-Day The school store will be open on Wednesdays for 2 more weeks only. Band students, remember to bring your instruments home to practice and take your quiz which is due by Sunday at 11:59 PM. The Girls track team had a great night last night by defeating Wyoming. Great job Cal runners. Some of our athletes achieved new PR's as well. We are so proud of the hard work you have put in all season. Reminder to the girls track team to please meet in the gym at Duncan Lake after school and to bring uniforms to turn in for those not running next week. Mr. Thompson’s Focus class is holding a pop and candy sale every morning this week. Make sure to check it out near the 8th grade hallway. Prices range from 25 cents to $1 Penny Wars are officially over at 8:00am this morning. We will announce the winners at the Cancer Walk Wrap Up assembly. The Caledonia Boys track team won last night vs. Wyoming to finish undefeated in dual meets this year. They will compete next week at home on Monday for the Conference title and at Allendale on Wednesday for the Regional Championship. Student Council would like to thank everyone that helped raise money for Cancer Walk this year and we hope you enjoy our celebration today at the track. Sign-ups for the upcoming Fall Sports: 7th & 8th Grade Girls Volleyball, 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Boys & Girls Cross Country & 7th/8th Grade Girls Sideline Cheerleading will be located by the Athletics Office. (No birthdays today) Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

Monday, May 13, 2019 A-Day The MS tennis had 9 doubles teams participate in a tournament this weekend. Taking 1st place in their flights were Justin Trees/Tucker Dion Caden Schifini/Allyson Abraham Congratulations to Mrs. Bravata on her FIRST PLACE FINISH in her age group in Saturday's Amyway 10k!!! Our CMS Track Teams will be at HOME Today for the seasons' Conference Track Meet! Meet Time: 4:00 pm. The school store will be open on Wednesdays for 2 more weeks only. Student Council would like to thank everyone for all the amazing fundraising efforts for Cancer Walk this year! We can tell you that we have definitely made our goal of $16,000. We will announce our final count at our wrap up assembly and at that time we will also announce the winners of penny wars and the winners of our raffles for AirPods and Scientist for a day at the Van Andel Institute. Builders Club will have its last meeting of the year on Wednesday this week. We will be holding elections for next year’s officers. Also, Mrs. Alexander will be in the lunch room on Tuesday with a card for you to sign for our Kiwanis Advisor so please stop at her table. Sign-ups for the upcoming Fall Sports: 7th & 8th Grade Girls Volleyball, 6th, 7th & 8th Grade Boys & Girls Cross Country & 7th/8th Grade Girls Sideline Cheerleading will be located by the Athletics Office. Happy belated birthday wishes to Mya Burgess, Joshua Sprague and Patrick VanderKolk Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

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DLMS cookout today during all lunches. Hamburgers, hot dogs, watermelon, potato salad and more. Our CMS Tennis Team will be playing their matches at HOME Today against the Lowell MS Red Arrows. Match Time: 4:00 pm. Last night the Girls Track Team worked extremely hard and came out on top as Conference Champs! Way to go ladies! They were first out of six schools! Their winning score was 161.5 points with TK bringing up second place with 106 points. Many ran personal bests and continue to get faster and faster. Good luck on Wednesday as the girls wrap up their season at the Allendale League Meet. Have fun & run hard!! The school store will be open on Wednesdays for 2 more weeks only 5/15 and 5/22. Builders Club will have its last meeting of the year tomorrow. We will be holding elections for next year’s officers. The Caledonia Boys Track Team won the conference title last night capping what has been a great season so far. Their final competition will be tomorrow in the regional championship. Happy birthday wishes to Levi Moss, Andrew Kopernik and Abigail Duong. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness

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The MS Tennis Team defeated Lowell with a score of 11-8, with several close matches. Final home match is Thursday. ALL MS Tennis Players make sure you turn in your jersey on Thursday! Some of our MS Track Athletes will be participating in the First MHSAA Regional Track Meeting at Allendale Today! Bus Departure for athletes from Duncan Lake MS over to Kraft: 1:35 pm. Meet Time: 3:00 pm. Good Luck at your meet today! Builders Club is meeting right now in Room 302 down by the choir and orchestra rooms. A reminder to all current NJHS members who have not submitted your service hours, if you do not turn in your service hours by tomorrow- you will placed on probation and letter will be sent home. The school store will be open on Wednesdays for 2 more weeks, tomorrow and May 22nd. Happy birthday wishes to Aliya Hernden, Henry Johnson and JaivLyn Niles. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

The girls track team wrapped up their season with a great Regional meet last night at Allendale High School. The girls finished 3rd place out of 20 schools. Great job girls. The following athletes medaled for our team: Teresa Abraham placed 1st in high jump, jumping her PR @ 5 feet Lilly Songer placed 4th in shot put with a PR of 31 feet Mayari Coriano placed 4th in 55 hurdles with a time of 10.01 The team of Madison Lieckfield, Teresa Abraham, Stella Haan, and Elizabeth Stegenga placed first and broke the school record in the 800M Relay with a time of 1.52 The team of Avah Winstrom, Brookey Heyboer, Stella Haan, and Elizabeth Stengenga placed 2nd and broke the school record in the 1600M Relay with a time of 4.26 Stella Haan placed 2nd and broke the school record in the 800M run with a time of 2.28 Teresa Abraham placed 3rd in the 200M run with a time of 28.21 Rachel Stout placed 4th in the 200M hurdles with a time of 33.2 And finally, the team of Madison Maas, Sydney Mertz, Bella Teelander, and Elizabeth Stengenga placed 2nd in the 400M relay with a time of 54.21. Great job everyone with such a fun and successful night as well as the entire season! We are so proud of all your hard work. The Caledonia Boys track team finished their season last night with a 3rd place finish against twenty other teams at the regional championship meet. The team has been a wonderful group of men to coach. Two individual accomplishments from the season worth mentioning are Justice Reed who tied the school record in the 100 meter dash, and Jordan Domany who set a new school record in two mile run; this on the heels of running 15.5 miles in the River Bank Run this weekend with an amazing time of 1:41 - one of the youngest finishers in the race. Thanks for the great season. The school store will be open on Wednesday, May 22nd for the last time this year. Happy birthday wishes to Cameron Hickey, Nolan Mathieu, Anna Mince, Jayden Minton, and Carson Moore.

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Friday, May 17, 2019 A-Day Band students, remember to bring your instruments home to practice and take your quiz which is due by Sunday at 11:59 PM. Choir students please bring your Chromebooks to class today. The school store will be open on Wednesday, May 22nd for the last time this year. Happy birthday wishes today to Carsen Kamminga. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness

(Monday) Would you like to volunteer for the Caledonia Elementary Field Day this year? Permission slips will be available outside the Activities office later today. Students must get permission to miss school on the morning of Friday, May 31st from their parents and teachers in order to participate. We will be filling the spots, first come first serve. TODAY is the last day to check out library books. All books are due back by Friday this week. The school store will be open on Wednesday for the last time this year. Happy belated birthday wishes to Keira Cater and Isabel Fata. . Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

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Monday, May 21, 2019 A-Day (Tuesday) Would you like to volunteer for the Caledonia Elementary Field Day this year? Permission slips are available outside the Activities office and Main Office. Students must get permission to miss school on the morning of Friday, May 31st from their parents and teachers in order to participate. We will be filling the spots, first come first serve. The school store will be open tomorrow for the last time this year. Happy birthday wishes today to Angelica Araya and Noah DeRosia. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 B-Day We are almost full for Cal El Field Day sign ups. If you do not make the cut off, we will keep your permission slip and put you on a waitlist. Make sure to turn in your forms to the office. 7th and 8th grade bands, please bring your chromebook to band today. The school store will be open today for the last time this year. Study table will be available today after school, but will be closed tomorrow. (Thursday) Happy birthday wishes today to Susanna Vire. Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day

Thursday, May 23, 2019 A-Day Choir students, please bring your chromebooks to class today. 6th grade band kids bring your chromebooks to band. Happy birthday wishes today to Theran Sanders & Coach Rice! Students just a reminder that you have the ability to earn SCOTS tickets for doing random acts of kindness We are no longer taking permission slips for the Cal El Field Day. The available positions have all been filled. Please stand with your right hand over your heart for the Pledge of Allegiance. Listen to your teachers, Try your very best, and Make it a great day