Center Drive School

Thank you to our student council, our kids and our families! Thanks to your generosity 1,000 cans of cat food will be donated to the Pixel Fund!

A test call of our notification system was sent today at 4pm. If you did not receive the message, please contact your main office.

Thursday, September 22: Boys and Girls SOCCER practice will be held in the GYM today at their regular time - 3:00-4:30 boys, 4:15-6:00 girls. A reminder to please not park in the library parking lot while picking up/dropping off your student athlete. CROSS-COUNTRY practice is cancelled today.

CROSS-COUNTRY meet at Caravel is tonight, September 21. Please disregard the previous post that says October.

CROSS-COUNTRY meet has been postponed to Wednesday, October 21. There will be NO cross-country practice today. SOCCER games are still on as scheduled!

SPORTS NEWS: CDS soccer tonight at Holbrook. Girls play first at 3:30, boys play right after. Good luck, Eagles!

The president of Maine Junior Blackbears asked us to share the following program open for students in grades K-3.

Yesterday, Brian Nadeau, a local musician and representative for French Music, presented an in-person band demo for the 4th grade students at CDS. This is the first demo that we have had since September of 2019. He was assisted by retired music teacher, Steve Orlofsky. Steve taught at George Stevens Academy for 34 years. The 4th grade students were very receptive to their performance.

SPORTS NEWS: The Cross-Country team has their first meet of the year today, September 13, at Holbrook, starting at 4:00. Our first Soccer game is today, September 13 at HOME. Boys start first at 3:30, girls play right after. Caravel@CDS Good luck, Eagles!

A message from the Town Office: For the past 18 months, the Town of Orrington has been working with Spectrum to expand internet access to all roads in town. The project, known as “The Last Mile”, has finally reached completion. If you wish to connect to the internet through Spectrum, you may visit their website at Spectrum.com, click on “Spectrum Internet for your Home” and enter your street address in the search bar to verify that connectivity can be established. If you find that your address is not currently serviceable, please contact Town Manager, Chris Backman to let him know. He can be reached at manager@orrington.org or 207-825-3340, ext. 6.

Center Drive School is starting a Volleyball Club for grades 5-8. We are planning on meeting in the school gym on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM. Our sessions will run during the fall and spring, to work around the basketball season. If weather prevents school sports from practicing outside, they will need to use the gym so our session for that day will be canceled. If your student is interested in signing up for Volleyball Club, please be sure they have had a physical with their doctor and the paperwork is submitted to the office. Students will be able to sign up in the gym if they would like to join. If you have any questions please feel free to reach out at J.Silliboy@cdsedu.org or A.Hill@cdsedu.org. Thank you, Jess Silliboy Amanda Hill

Our New Outdoor Education Program Needs Your HELP! In consideration of our new Outdoor Education program, we have applied for a grant through WinterKids. WinterKids is helping families, schools, and communities to get even more kids into the great outdoors through the NEW WinterKids Downhill 24 Outdoor Fund! We are “counting” on you. Please VOTE now for Orrington Middle School. https://winterkids.org/downhill-24/winterkids-downhill-24-outdoor-fund/

We had a fantastic first day! Thank you, parents for all of your support at Center Drive. We had phone calls at the end of the day regarding cars parked along the sides of the road and the parking lot, making it challenging for other cars to pass through. Please help us keep everyone safe and use our parking lot when picking up students at the end of the day.

FALL SPORTS ANNOUNCEMENT: Sign ups for Middle School (grades 5-8) Soccer and Cross-Country are August 31 - September 2. Cross-Country practice begins September 6 at 3:00. Soccer tryouts are September 6 & 7, with practices starting September 8 (boys 3:00-4:30 and girls 4:15-6:00). PARENT INFORMATION MEETING for all fall sports will be held Thursday, September 8 at 4:30, next to the soccer field. Please bring a pen and your student athlete's insurance information. Be sure to check the Athletics page on the CDS website for Middle School sports updates, schedules, and coach information.

Our town manager has been working hard on getting high speed internet to everyone in our community. Here is the latest update: Spectrum Internet currently completed and available for connection : Betts, Hillside, Long Hill, and Center Drive to about # 912-915 Available beginning Friday, August 26th Balance of Center Drive and East Bucksport Road Availability beginning Friday, September 2nd The remainder of of the Town.

Calling all middle schoolers!!! Mr. Maxwell is looking for help as he finishes the ropes course for your new Outdoor Education Class. Help is needed to haul away brush on Thursday from 12:30-5:00. We will be out back behind the soccer field. If you can spare some time we would appreciate it.

Center Drive is looking for substitutes this school year. This is a great opportunity if you are looking for a flexible schedule. Please contact the office if you are interested.

Middle School Soccer Announcement: Coach Benny Veenhof will be facilitating some soccer activities and soccer scrimmages, on the Center Drive School soccer field, on Tuesday 8/16, Thursday 8/18, and Tuesday 8/23 from 4:30-6:00 (or a little alter if everyone wants to keep going). This is open to any student entering 5th -8th grade, even if you have not played on the soccer team before. For more information, you can contact Coach Veenhof at dutchsoccr@gmail.com.

Open House will be Monday, August 29 from 6:00-7:00 pm. We cannot wait to see you there!

The CDS Girls Soccer are invited to go watch the UMaine women's soccer team play versus Merrimack on August 25th at 7 PM. All Lady Eagles from last year as well as those that plan to try out for the team this year are invited. Spread the word! If you're interested please comment here or email Coach Veenhof at dutchsoccr@gmail.com Hope to get a good crew together to watch this game.