Seventh Grade Football Wins State!

This weekend we had Corbin Middle School teams competing for State Championships in 7^th and 8^th Grade Football.

 ¶  7^th Grade Football Team – State Champions

 ¶   8^th Grade Football Team – State Runner-up

 We also recognize the 7^th Grade Cheerleaders for achieving 1^st Place for the tournament.

Congratulations to Coach Jackson and his football teams.  The 8^th grade football team finished their season in the top 4 for the state.  The 7^th grade football team brought home the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!  The 7^th grade cheerleaders placed 1^st in tournament competition.  The cheerleaders are coached by Mrs. Sevier and Mrs. Mason. 

The Corbin Middle School 7th grade Redhound Football team defeated Paducah Lone Oak by a score of 36-14 to capture the State 7th Grade Middle School Championship.  The Championship game was played Sunday, November 1st at Lexington Catholic High School.  The Corbin Middle School 8th grade team was State Runner-up defeating Bowling Green's 8th grade team in the semi-finals of the State 8th Grade Championship on Saturday, October 31st. 

 CMS Girls Basketball Wins Tournament

CMS girls’ basketball team competed in tournament play this weekend and won all their games.  They will be in state competition in a few weeks.  Congratulations Coach Roaden and Coach Church!

 CMS Second Year Winner of the ENVI Campus of the Year Award

Congratulations to Corbin Middle School for winning the ENVI Campus of the Year Award on Friday.  This is the second time CMS has won this award.  Melissa Evans and Michele Anderson are sponsors for the CMS PRIDE Club.

Auditions for the Redhound Theatre’s musical production of “Annie”

will begin November 16th.

Auditions for ONLY the roles of Annie and other orphans will be November 16-18 2009 at CHS. Auditions are open to girls in grades 3-8. If you are interested in auditioning, please come by the CHS Theatre to sign up for an audition time slot and to pick up an audition packet between 3:15-4:00pm this week (Nov. 2-5 and Monday Nov. 9). This packet will include the material actors need for their audition.

Performances of Annie will be April 15-17 and 22-24. 2010 at 7:00pm

Auditions for other roles in the musical will be the week of December 14-18 2009

CMS Teacher, Missy Evans Named Middle School Teacher of the Year

Corbin Middle School seventh grade teacher, Missy Evans was recently named Kentucky Middle School Teacher of the Year!  Evans has taught for 16 years, with the past seven as a science teacher for 7th-grade students at Corbin Middle School. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees, as well as Rank 1 certification, from Union College. She has performed in leadership capacities throughout her career and currently serves as a resource teacher for the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program (KTIP) and for student teachers from Union College, the University of the Cumberlands and Eastern Kentucky University. In 2009, Evans was a finalist in the National Geographic Hands-On Explorer Teacher Challenge Awards program. She was nominated for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching and was a Fund for Teachers 2009 Summer Sabbatical (Egypt) recipient. Evans’ professional affiliations include the National Middle School Association; National and Kentucky Science Teachers associations; and the National and Kentucky Education associations.

This is the ninth year Ashland Inc. and the Kentucky Department of Education have co-sponsored the Kentucky Teacher Achievement Awards. Applications for the program were distributed across the state, and the first tier of the selection process was completed in August, with 24 teachers selected as 2010 Ashland Inc. Teacher Achievement Award winners. Nine top scorers – three each from the elementary, middle and high school levels – were selected, and teams of educators visited their classrooms to view them at work and to conduct personal interviews. From those nine, three were selected as 2010 Kentucky Teachers of the Year. The overall Kentucky Teacher of the Year’s selection was based on a compilation of scores from all

Ashland Inc. has recognized outstanding teachers through its Teacher Achievement Awards Program since 1988. Since that time, more than $600,000 has been awarded to nearly 400 teachers in grades K through 12.

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