Message from the PTSA President
August 2015
Kindergarten. Middle School. High School. So many of the phases of our children’s years at home are segmented by their school experience. No matter how much Pinterest-worthy organizing and planning you do in the weeks before The First Day, we all seem to use the same adjectives to define this season of every year. Overwhelmed. Swamped. Stressed. Believe me, I am right there with you. This is my sixth and final year at CMM and I have felt every emotion there is to go along with having a child in middle school.
But I also have a Junior in high school, and I am once again reminded how well these children are prepared when they leave. He still benefits from the firm academic foundation that he built when he was at CMM. As I see boys that now look like grown men come to my house in cars they have driven (!) I am reminded that these friendships started in those first crazy days of middle school. And as we begin to make plans for college visits, I wonder how that tiny little boy that I walked in on his first day of Kindergarten has gotten to this day so quickly.
So may I suggest, whether this is your first year at CMM or your last, to find your “spot”, join the PTSA, support our magazine fundraiser, make sure your are connected to us through Facebook and/or Friday emails and make the most of this year. We welcome your support and need your involvement. We have many fun events planned for our students as well as our fabulous faculty and staff.
Dixey Robertson
CMM PTSA President
Kindergarten. Middle School. High School. So many of the phases of our children’s years at home are segmented by their school experience. No matter how much Pinterest-worthy organizing and planning you do in the weeks before The First Day, we all seem to use the same adjectives to define this season of every year. Overwhelmed. Swamped. Stressed. Believe me, I am right there with you. This is my sixth and final year at CMM and I have felt every emotion there is to go along with having a child in middle school.
But I also have a Junior in high school, and I am once again reminded how well these children are prepared when they leave. He still benefits from the firm academic foundation that he built when he was at CMM. As I see boys that now look like grown men come to my house in cars they have driven (!) I am reminded that these friendships started in those first crazy days of middle school. And as we begin to make plans for college visits, I wonder how that tiny little boy that I walked in on his first day of Kindergarten has gotten to this day so quickly.
So may I suggest, whether this is your first year at CMM or your last, to find your “spot”, join the PTSA, support our magazine fundraiser, make sure your are connected to us through Facebook and/or Friday emails and make the most of this year. We welcome your support and need your involvement. We have many fun events planned for our students as well as our fabulous faculty and staff.
Dixey Robertson
CMM PTSA President
