Good Morning Mavericks! Today is Thursday, October 7th, 2021

Attention students: You can still purchase spirit wear! Please see the Bulletin for the link. There is a wide variety of items- including shirts and hoodies in various colors.

Do you love Math? Do you love Competition? Then the Murphy Math team is the place for you. The Competition Series is ideal for students who have a talent and passion for math and need to be challenged. Students will engage in exciting, "bee-style" contests in which they will compete against and alongside other bright, motivated students. Tryouts will be held on Tuesday Oct. 12 in Ms. Borneman's room F123 from 3:15-4:30. See your math teacher for more information and the try out form or grab one outside Ms. Borneman's room.

Good morning, MAVS! This week Murphy staff members will be passing out BULLSEYES to those students who are caught MAKING GOOD DECISIONS in the classroom. You can earn a BULLSEYE in a variety of ways. Make sure you are staying organized, filling out your planner, and completing your assignments. Let's end the first quarter strongly!

Mavs: Wish the boys soccer team good luck as they travel to Traughber tonight to take on the Panthers!

Wow Mavs: The turnout yesterday was amazing! The competition is really heating up! Currently, Ms. Steele's class is in the lead with a whopping 56.42 items a person. Ms. Avignone is next up with 33.88 items per student followed closely by Ms. Phillips with 30.07 items per person. Keep up the amazing work Mavericks. Student Council will continue collecting donations of non-perishable food and money until Wednesday October 13th. Bring in items from your pantry, ask friends or family to donate items or donate some money to the cause. The homeroom with the most items per person will receive a pizza party. Students that donate 1 item get a Bullseye and students that donate 10 items get a jump in line pass. $1 is equal to 8 items. Show how much the Murphy community cares for others and donate today.

Students, do you have a favorite book? Do you like to be creative? Do you like free stuff? The LRC invites you to participate in The LRC Great Pumpkin Contest. Decorate a pumpkin as your favorite book or character from a book! Bring your finished pumpkin to the LRC October 15—28th. Winners announced during SST Friday, Oct. 29th. Winners will receive a gift certificate to the Scholastic Fall Book Fair 1st Place– 10$ certificate 2nd Place– 5$ certificate 3rd Place– Bookmark certificate. Decorations can be as creative as you get, but please do not carve the pumpkin. See the contest flyer, LRC Google Classroom or Mrs. Campasano, for details. So grab the perfect pumpkin and start your entry.

NJHS is selling chocolate as their fundraiser this year. A reminder to all students, there is no eating in classes or the hallways. If you purchase chocolate to support NJHS you must wait until lunch or afterschool to eat it.

Hey, MAVS! You made it through the first quarter of the school year. You got this! Let's show our school spirit by wearing Maverick gear on Friday.

Students: Since tomorrow is a 3.5 hour day, no lunch service will be provided. Please pick up your breakfast bag for Friday morning during lunch TODAY.

Shout out to the 7th Grade Girls Vollyball team for Tuesday Night’s games: The A volleyball team won 2 out of 3 sets in close games against Plank and the 7th Grade B volleyball team competed hard and had their best serve receive passer rating of the season but lost in 2. Great jobs Girls!!

Feel free to come cheer on our 8th-grade volleyball team as they face Traughber tonight! Come show some Maverick pride tonight as this is their last home game of the season (emphasis on that). Good luck and go win tonight Mavs!

Make it a great day Mavericks!