On March 17th, was the St. Patrick's Dance! It was a smashing time! Some awesome activities at the dance were a photo booth, a fake tattoo station, a raffle for free ice cream, and an amazing DJ. The lucky winners of the raffle were Winnie Moncure, Miguel Hernandez, Radler Pinkerton, Hayden Murillo, Catalina Krislyn, Niko Rachuma, Hayden King, Sierra Lyons, Addison Mendoza, and Anna Kalman-Zulik. The Spirit of St. Patrick's Day was truly there, with all the people dressed in green. There were clovers on the walls, a streamer rainbow, and so many more fantastic decorations. It was a lot of fun!

3.14159265358979323. . . How many pi digits did you recite? The annual pi competition took place on March 13 and 16 due to the number of digits that were recited. It was an extraordinary competition with a record of the most students memorizing 100 digits of pi or more! Eli David amazingly broke the school record with 628 digits! On the leader board, in first place we have, Eli David,  in second Cammie Roxas (400 digits), and in third Allen Klingel (350 digits). The participants who made it on the leaderboard won a pie to take home and 3 other delicious pies were raffled off. Will anyone beat the record next year? Come and find out next year on 3/14/24, Pi Day!

On the week of March 27th-31st, the extraordinary Battle of the Books (BOB) took place with 20 teams participating. The preliminary rounds took place during those five days. The winning team of each day moved on to the championships which took place on April 3rd. The winning teams from each day were Team Shrek (Kat Martynova, Maya Steinberg, Matthew David, Cammie Roxas), The Eloquent Elephants (Brianna Glass, Storey Smith, Lily Stenvick, Tema Scherman), Team Eric (Anna Rasmussen, Aspen Ashe, Alisa Babenko, Eric Zhang), Team Overbooked (Grace Xu, Eta Gao, Ashley James, Jasmine Jin), and Team Foster-Keefe (Tenaya Stoney-Stevens, Jade Granberry, Lyric Bonsper, Ella Cleary). These teams battled it out and the winning team was Team Overbooked. Each team member on the winning team won a Cinemark and Cold Stone Creamery gift card. For everyone who made it to the championship round, each team member got RG burgers! And for everyone who participated, each person gets a Myo gift card! Each team did an amazing job!   

The spring show, Singing in the Rain, is being performed in May! If you are interested in seeing this wonderful performance, save the date! This is a romantic musical with many comical scenes sprinkled in. If you liked the fall show, The Witches, you'll definitely like this one. If you are interested in still being a part of the play, roles are still open. The practice calendar is posted on the CMS website. Hope to see you all there!