Ashlynn Harbin and Akyn Trudnak, two 8^th grade students from Commerce Middle School, have been working on a community service project over the months of January and February with their local chapter of FCCLA.  The project is to benefit the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Jackson County.  Through a bake sale at their school and donations from local businesses, Giftworks at the Joy Shoppe and Shelia’s Consignment, the students were able to collect $175.00.  The money has been used to purchase school supplies, sporting equipment, and personal hygiene products for the Boy’s and Girl’s Club.  The supplies will be delivered to the Boy’s and Girl’s Club of Jackson County on February 23^rd 2012.

STOP the Violence with FCCLA!

On Wednesday February 15^th students from the Commerce Middle School Chapter of FCCLA participated in a STOP the Violence presentation.  FCCLA members presented a skit to all grade levels from 5^th to 8^th on how you can recognize, reduce, and report youth violence in schools.

Front Row: Ashlynn Harbin

Back Row: (From left to right) Alexia Rucker, Mary Young, Simeyah Rakestraw, Shelby Crane, Alex Rosa-Calix, Hannah Oglesby,and Madison Smith

The presentation was created by 6^th grade students Hannah Oglesby and Madison Smith.  On Thursday February 16^th CMS students signed a pledge in the cafeteria where they promised to be a friend to those around them, using the skit slogan: “Bullies tear down, but friends build up!  Being mean stinks!”