Education

Breakfast

All Grades

Monday-wg waffles with syrup or cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Tuesday-chicken biscuit sandwich, wg banana muffin, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Wednesday-scrambled eggs with toast, wg chocolate muffin, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Thursday-strawberry banana yogurt with toast, wg blueberry muffin, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Friday-blueberry bash waffles, wg chocolate muffin, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Lunch

Elementary

Students in Jonell Randall’s second grade class at Canton Elementary School disguised their Thanksgiving turkey in hopes they wouldn't be eaten on Thanksgiving Day. Winners were, from left, Rylan Green, Bianca Boyd and Lane Sides.

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The Maxie I. Turner Chapter of National Honor Society at Canton High School held an induction ceremony Monday night, Nov. 9 in the Larry David Auditorium. 

Fifty new members participated in the candlelight ceremony.  Students are selected to be members in the National Honors Society based on scholarship, character, leadership and service. 

Chapter President Emily Nicks welcomed the new members and guest.  Vice-president, Samantha Oakley gave the invocation. 

CHS Principal Jarrod Bitter, introduced the 34 returning senior members and explained the significance of the National Honors Society. 

The new inductees lit their candles and Principal Bitter administered the NHS pledge.  Each new member received a certificate and signed his or her name in the registry book. 

NHS treasurer Lindsey Lamar lit the green candle and introduced Randall Yarber who spoke to the audience on the subject of character.

Congratulations Canton High School Leo Club for collecting over 350 pairs of shoes for people in Haiti!

Special congrats go to Katherine Sage (42 pair,) Patricia Hernandez (40 pair) and Emily Watson (38) for collecting the most shoes by Oct. 21.

Seventeen Leo members participated to make the drive a huge success.

The Leo Club is under a new advisor, Kim Burch, this year. The Club already has 28 members and has participated in two activities so far.

As well as participating in the shoe drive, Oct. 15, 12 Leos, as well as Mr. Thomas, Lion

Club member Jasper Strickland, and Burch, were able to pick up trash along South Hwy. 19. They were able to pick up 24 bags of trash in one hour on the 2-mile stretch that the Lions Club

sponsors in the adopt-a-highway program.

Special thanks goes to Trent Sweat for collecting five bags of trash and Kati Morris for

collecting four.

The Mighty Canton Band competed at the Classic on the Cane Marching Festival Oct. 31 in Natchitoches, La. 

The contest had to become a standstill indoor contest due to the weather, with results being based upon music and visual performance, according to Band Director Mike Bartley.

The band won their class and received Outstanding Band, Outstanding Colorguard and Outstanding Percussion within their class. They also received first division trophies for the entire band, colorguard and percussion. 

The Mighty Canton Band finished second out of the entire day and had the highest visual score of all bands, Bartley said.

The Canton High School and Canton Junior High Choir had the largest group make the All Region Choir, according to CHS choir director Angela Russell.

Both the high school and junior high had 11 students make the choir with a total of 22 choir students in the All Region Choir recently in Mount Pleasant High School. 

“Most of these high school students began working towards this goal this summer at All State Camp,” Russell said. “The rest only had a little over a month to learn this difficult music and sight read to earn a spot in this amazing choir.”

Russell said she and CJHS choir director Brenda Sharpe said they would like to thank the administration, teachers and parents for all their support. 

“The students had many rehearsals to prep them to earn a spot in this prestigious group.  So, we are extremely proud of our students as well,” Russell said. 

Breakfast

All grades

Monday-wg pancakes with syrup, wg blueberry muffin, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Tuesday-breakfast sausage pizza, wg chocolate muffin, cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or canned fruit

Wednesday-Thanksgiving Holiday

Thursday-Thanksgiving Holiday

Friday-Thanksgiving Holiday

Lunch

Elementary School

Monday-crispy chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, wg dinner roll, yellow squash, country gravy

Tuesday-classic hamburger, pork n beans, crinkle fries, steamed corn

Wednesday-Thanksgiving Holiday

Thursday-Thanksgiving Holiday

Jonell Randall's second graders at Canton Elementary School stopped for a photo last week to say thank you to America’s veterans.

Courtesy photo

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First grade teacher Randi Boggs and pumpkin decoration winners Alexis Dukes and Ethan Cannon dressed up for 1950s day Oct. 30.

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Breakfast

All Grades

Monday-turkey sausage pancake on a stick, wg blueberry muffin, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Tuesday-sausage biscuit sandwich, wg banana muffin, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Wednesday-oatmeal cinnamon bar, wg  chocolate muffin, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Thursday-strawberry yogurt with cinnamon toast, wg cinnamon roll, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Friday-wg waffles with syrup, ham and cheese wrap, choice of cereal with cinnamon toast, assorted fruit juice, assorted fresh or can fruit

Lunch