Seniors, Your

Prom Has been

scheduled!!!!!!

Mark the calendar:

Thursday MAY 24th

7pm—11pm

Now is the time to

think about your

senior dues.

SENIOR PACKAGES

ARE ON SALE NOW.

These dues pay for

your cap and gown

for graduation. You

can also make op-

tional purchases

with extra money.

You can buy a year-

book, Senior class

T-Shirt, and other

graduation swag.

And don’t forget

about the Senior

Prom and cookout at

the end of the school

year!

Please see Mr.

Phillips/Ms. Tunstell

to get forms, ask

questions or to make

any payments!

Club & Groups 2

Sporting News 3

Staff News 3

Just For Fun 4

Important Dates 5

Letters to Editor 5

Sponsors 6

Principal’s Vision 6

Inside this issue:

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January 2018 Volume 1 Issue 4

Cougar Chronicle

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Senior Picture Make Up Date

ATTENTION SENIORS

Thursday January 11th is

Senior Picture Make up

Day. If you missed your

chance to get a Senior Pic-

ture taken, here is your last

opportunity to get your

Senior Picture!

Featured Story

Natural Resources Career Camp

CLICK HERE

Clubs and Organizations are a

great way to share your hobbies

and interests with others.

The options for clubs are limited

to your imagination.

Give it try, you will enjoy it!

How about a Guitar Club? Or even

a Music Club, a Chess Club a Book

Club, even a Sign Language club!

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Club, Group & Organization News

The Natural

Resource

Careers

Camp is

looking for

high school

students to

participate in their hands on

learning career summer

camp. The program is a week

long experience introducing

students to jobs in

the field of forestry,

wildlife, ecology,

fisheries, watershed

management, natu-

ral resources

management and

conservation.

Join HS students

from across Maryland at this

week-long camp in Garrett

County to explore careers and

college studies in

natural resources.

This partnership with

Allegany College of

Maryland and the

Maryland Department

of Natural Resources-

Forest Service offers

high school students a co-

educational opportunity to

learn from industry profes-

sionals and develop contacts

that could lead to future

employment and a career in

natural resources.

Focus on hands-on classroom

and field activities and talk with

natural resource professionals

throughout the week and learn

about college programs offered

in their respective fields.

Use GIS, GPS, computer

simulation, and other field tools

related to ca-

reers in natural

resources.

Students

may choose to

earn two college

credits (fees re-

quired) from Al-

legany College

of MD.

Become eligible for college

scholarships designated for for-

estry, arboricul-

ture, urban for-

estry and natu-

ral resources.

The William

Schmidt Center

and P.G. Forest-

ry Board sup-

ported two students last summer

with tuition and the activity fee so

the two students were able to

attend for free. They will do the

same again this year. They

may be able to support more

than two this summer!

Maryland Public Television

aired a segment on Natural

Resources Careers Camp!!

Here is the link to that broad-

cast:

https://video.mpt.tv/video/300

6815882/

Students can find the

application information on

their website as

well: http://www.marylandfore

stryboards.org/nrcc.cfm

Featured Story: Natural Resources Career Camp (Scholarships Available)

We would like to wish Happy

January Birthdays to:

Ms. Johnson (23),

Ms. Farmer (29),

Ms. Tunstall (31)

Congratulations go out to

Darren Stephenson for being

selected as the Employee of

the Month for November 2017!

Staff News

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12/7/17 Croom vs. CMIT North

CMIT North 61 Croom 51

Keonte Dennis- 16 points

Tyreese Washington- 15 points

Jon Bean- 10 points

Gary Russell -6 points

Delron Norris - 4 points

12/14/17 Croom vs. Gwynn

Park

Gwynn Park 89 Croom 38

Davon Snowden- 14 points

Timmondra Wildes- 8 points

Tyreese Washington- 7 points

Keonte Dennis- 4 points

Gary Russell- 5 points

12/15/17 Croom vs. Crossland

Crossland 89 Croom 62

Davon Snowden- 21 points

TGary Russell- 14 points

yreese Washington- 12 points

Keonte Dennis- 2 points

Delron Norris- 2 points

Ronald Thornton- 2 points

1/9/18 Croom vs. International

High School at Largo

Croom 59 International High

School at Largo 13

Delron Norris- 16 points

Jon Bean- 12 points

Tyreese Washington- 10 points

Keonte Dennis- 8 points

Gary Russell- 8 points

Ronald Thornton- 5 points

Please come on out and sup-

port the team!

Croom Basketball Update:

We are very proud of our

student athletes here at

Croom!

We encourage you to come out

and support the team!

Here are the games so far:

12/5/17 Croom vs. Friendly

Friendly 69 Croom 28

Keonte Dennis - 10 pts.

Tyreese Washington - 9 pts

Gary Russell - 5 pts

Jon Bean - 4 pts

12/6/17 Croom vs. International

High School at Largo

Croom 60 Int. HS at Largo 25

Gary Russell- 20 points

Keonte Dennis-14 points

Jon Bean- 11 points

Tyreese Washington- 8 points

Delron Norris- 7 points

The Croom Cougar Chronicle Sports Beat— by Ms. Farmer

F- Jan, 12 5:30 - TBD

T- Jan. 16 5:30 - CMIT South

TH- Jan. 18 6:00 - Boowie Annex

F- Jan. 19 5:30 - TBD

F- Jan. 26 5:30 - Forestville

T- Jan. 30 7:30 - Forestville

T- Feb. 6 5:30 - Forestville

TH- Feb. 8 5:30 - Forestville

T- Feb. 16 5:30 - CMIT North Gym

Remaining Schedule

Just for Fun! - New Years Celebrations

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concept of transition from one

year to the next.

1582 - The Gregorian calendar,

which marks January 1 as the new

year, is adopted by the Roman

Catholic Church.

Traditions:

New Year's is the time when many

people traditionally make resolu-

tions to break bad habits or start

good ones.

Ancient Persians gave New Year's

gifts of eggs, which symbolized

productiveness.

Most New Year's traditions are

believed to ensure good luck for

the coming year. Many parts of the

United States observe the tradition

of eating black-eyed peas on New

Year's Day for good luck.

In Germany, Poland and Scandina-

via, it's believed that eating her-

ring at the stroke of midnight will

ensure a year of

bounty —

as herring are in

abundance

throughout West-

ern Europe. Also, their silvery col-

or resembles that of coins, a good

omen for future fortune.

Auld Lang Syne:

"Auld Lang Syne" is traditionally

sung at midnight on New Year's

Eve. "Auld Lang Syne" was writ-

ten by Scottish poet Robert Burns

in 1788. The words auld lang syne

mean "times gone by".

Times Square:

The first rooftop celebration atop

One Times Square, a fireworks

display, took place in 1904 and

was produced by The New York

Times to inaugurate their new

headquarters in Times Square and

celebrate the renaming of

Longacre Square to Times Square.

The first ball dropping

celebration atop One

Times Square was

held on December 31,

1907. The original

New Year's Eve Ball

weighed 700 pounds

and was five feet in diameter. It

was made of iron and wood and

was decorated with 100 25-watt

light bulbs.

In 1942 and 1943 the ball lowering

was suspended due to the WWII.

The crowds who still gathered in

Times Square celebrated with a

minute of silence.

November 11, 2008 -

A "new" New Years

Eve ball is intro-

duced. The ball is a

geodesic sphere, 12

feet in diameter and

weighing 11,875 pounds. It is built

to withstand high winds and fluctu-

ating temperatures. Waterford

Crystal introduces a different pat-

tern for each New Year's celebra-

tion.

Chinese New Year:

One of the oldest traditions still

celebrated today is Chinese New

Year, which is believed to have

originated over 3,000 years ago

during the Shang Dynasty.

According to one popular tale,

there was acreature called Nian,

the Chinese word for “year”, that

preyed on villages every New

Year. To scare the hungry beast,

they decorated their homes with

red trimmings, burning bamboo

and making loud noises. It worked,

and the bright colors and lights

associated with scaring off Nian

eventually became integrated into

the celebration.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Here's a look at New Year's Eve

and New Year's Day, which marks

the end of the old year and the be-

ginning of the new year.

Facts:

December 31, 2017 and January 1,

2018 - New Year's Eve and New

Year's Day were on a Sunday and

Monday.

History:

The earliest known New Year

celebrations were in Mesopotamia

and date back to 2000 BC. Follow-

ing the first new moon after the

vernal equinox in late March, the

Babylonians of ancient Mesopota-

mia would honor the rebirth of the

natural world with a multi-day

festival called Akitu.

The early Romans used March 1 as

New Year's Day. The Roman New

Year originally corresponded with

the vernal equinox, but eventually

the holiday established on its more

familiar date of January 1.

For the Romans, the month of

January carried a special signifi-

cance. Its name was derived from

the two-faced deity Janus, the god

of change and beginnings. Janus

was seen as

symbolically

looking back

at the old and

ahead to the

new, and this

idea became

tied to the

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gestions from experts.

1. Pick the Right Resolution

You’ll give yourself your best

shot at success if you set a goal

that’s doable — and meaningful

too.

Your resolution may not be best

for one of three main reasons:

-It’s a resolution created based

on what someone else (or socie-

ty) is telling you to change.

-It’s too vague.

-You don’t have a realistic plan

for achieving your resolution.

Your goals should be smart —

and SMART. That’s an acronym

FOR Specific, Measurable,

Achievable, Relevant and Time-

bound.

Dear Editor,

Every year I make New Years resolutions and every year I have a hard time keeping them. What can I do to help me keep my resolutions?

- Non Resolute

Dear NR,

I feel your pain, I think many

people struggle with the same

problem. There are no easy

answers, but here are some sug-

If you want more details, you can

read this article from the New

York Times.

You can click on the above

address (If you are reading this

online) or you can cut and paste

this link into your browser:

https://www.nytimes.com/

guides/smarterliving/resolution-

ideas

Good Luck in 2018!!!!

Letters to the Editor

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

January 1 M New Years Day Holiday

School Closed

January 15 M Martin Luther King Jr. Day

School Closed

January 24 W Grading Window Opens

January 25 TH End of Second Quarter

January 26 F Professional Development 2 Hr.

Early Dismissal for Students

February 8 TH 2nd Quarter Report Cards Released

February 19 M President’s Day

School Closed

Cougar Chronicle Staff Editor Gary Puzzella

Asst. Editor Maybe You? Sports Jessica Farmer Photographer Maybe You? Editorials Maybe You?

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What Mr. Henderson “C’s”

What do you C?

This is what we want everybody to C;

A Caring and Committed Campus Community where a

Challenging Curriculum produces Citizens that are College

and or Career ready.

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