Hoops madness prevails at Charles City Middle School
Students get to do a little “SWAG” browsing, as they decide what to get for their “C-bucks” at the March Madness assembly at Charles City Middle School on Wednesday. (Press photo James Grob).
A player for the Cedar Valley CourtKings takes a selfie with students at the March Madness assembly at Charles City Middle School on Wednesday. (Press photo James Grob).
Middle school teachers prepare to take the court against sixth graders at the March Madness assembly at Charles City Middle School on Wednesday. (Press photo James Grob).
Eighth-grade student Sofia Nelson won an opportunity to smash a pie into the face of Charles City Principal Larry Wolfe at the March Madness assembly at Charles City Middle School on Wednesday. (Press photo James Grob).
Eighth-grade student Sofia Nelson won an opportunity to smash a pie into the face of Charles City Principal Larry Wolfe at the March Madness assembly at Charles City Middle School on Wednesday. (Press photo James Grob).
Eighth-grade student Sofia Nelson won an opportunity to smash a pie into the face of Charles City Principal Larry Wolfe at the March Madness assembly at Charles City Middle School on Wednesday. (Press photo James Grob).
Teacher Brenda Bailey and principal Larry Wolfe clean up after getting a pie in the face at the March Madness assembly at Charles City Middle School on Wednesday. (Press photo James Grob).
By James Grob, jgrob@charlescitypress.com
When it comes to the madness of March basketball, the NCAA has nothing on Charles City Middle School.
Basketball was the theme for an assembly at the middle school gymnasium on Wednesday, as students were rewarded for showing character, effort and citizenship.
Students at the middle school can earn “C-bucks” for good behavior, and use it as currency to purchase items at The Comet Cart on Fridays, toward a classroom goal, or a grade level incentive. In addition to these incentives, students also receive recognition for their positive behavior by participating in school-wide celebrations, like the one on Wednesday.
More than 160 prizes were donated and raffled off to middle school students at the assembly, as students in grades 5-8 had an opportunity to put all the C-Bucks they’d earned into a drawing.
Fifth-grade teacher Jennifer Seehusen had sent emails out to about 70 different colleges, and nearly every one of them sent something, from T-shirts to water bottles to posters.
Basketball games were played, with a team of fifth-graders competing against the high school girls team, sixth-graders tipped off against the middle school teachers, the seventh-graders competed against the Charles City school administrators, and the eighth-graders took on the high school boys team.
The halftime show turned out to be the most fun, however, as three students had their names drawn and got the opportunity put a pie in the face of the teacher or administrator of their choice.
It’s all part of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports — a program which comes up with proactive strategies for defining, teaching and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments.
A few players from the Cedar Valley CourtKings, who will be playing at Charles City High School on Saturday against the Wisconsin Gamechangers, made an appearance in some of the games, and awed the crowd with a slam dunk demonstration between contests. The CourtKings are a minor league Midwest Professional Basketball team out of Waterloo-Cedar Falls.
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