Miner Minutes
February 27, 2016
Thank you for Friday's TEAMWORK!
Spirit Week THIS week!!!!!!
Monday- Sports Day (wear your favorite sports team!)
Tuesday- Good vs. Evil Day (super hero or super villain ... which are you?)
Wednesday- Teacher/Student Switch Day (students dress like teachers and teachers dress like students!)
Thursday- #tbt Decades Day (dress from your favorite decade!)
Friday- BLACK AND GOLD DAY! (pep rally honoring our winter athletes)
And we will follow a pep rally schedule on Friday!
Our handsome gentlemen at the CIAA
2nd quarter character winners
Studco working during the lock in
More Benchmarks this week!
Tuesday - 6th grade Math
7th & 8th grade ELA
Wednesday - 6th grade ELA
7th & 8th grade MATH
Thursday - Math 1
Make-Up for ELA & Math
Friday - Make-Up for ELA & Math
Remember to check your boxes on Monday and Tuesday for the NEXT day's pull-outs.
This Week's Calendar
February 29: Party like rock stars... because it's MONDAY!
March 1: SLT at 7:30am; Benchmarks and altered schedule
March 2: Benchmarks and altered schedule
March 3: 6th grade Wax Museum 230-330
March 4: Compassionate schools book study at 7:45am; 8th grade registration in SS classes; Pep rally schedule
Challenge for MONDAY
Thanks to PE for the BOB cheering!
Battle of the Books competition
6th grade math
Welcome to Ms. Ashley Ligon this week!
Words to Remember
Various FYI
CCS Safety Audits
Admin visible?
Teachers on duty?
Front doors locked?
Security vestibule used as intended?
Is pull station in vestibule?
Exterior Doors locked?
SRO presence?
Teachers and Staff wearing ID Badge?
Teacher doors locked? (even if propped open)
Dr. Lowder hangs with out kids!
Clifford as the landowner for sharecropping lessons
8th graders talking with WUNC
Faculty Meetings
Extended Calendar
March 8: Faculty meeting at 7:30am
March 8: Cabarrus Arts Council "I Have a Dream" Performance 2:45pm 8th grade
March 9th at 930am - statewide tornado drill
March 9th: 8th grade goes to CHS and Robinson
March 9th at 4:30pm - Treadaway baby shower
March 11: 6th grade field trip to Myrtle Beach; all county chorus at CMS all day and concert at 7pm
March 14: Pi DAY (jeans are ok as long as they are with the theme)
March 15: Originally a regular school day, but was changed to a teacher workday that is CAPPED. This day is taking place of the May teacher workday that was on the original CCS calendar.
March 22: Grade level meetings
March 24: Early dismissal
March 25: Teacher workday (uncapped)
March 28 - April 1: Spring break!
April 5: SLT at 7:30am
April 6-8: DC Field trip for 8th grade
April 8: Blackout dance
April 11: Report cards go home
April 12: Faculty meeting at 7:30am
April 12 at 6pm: Chorus Concert
April 14 at 7pm: CMS Chamber Music Concert
April 19, 2016 (Tuesday) Elementary students visit Concord Middle (Coltrane, Beverly, R. Brown, Weddington, Wolf M)
April 20, 2016 (Wednesday) Elementary students visit Concord Middle (Irvin & Royal Oaks)
April 25: Pizza With Police
April 26: Grade level meetings
April 28, 2016 (Thursday) Parent Night: Rising 6th grade
April 27-29: 7th grade field trip
June 9th - Capped workday
Big 3 Goals
- Student learning
- PLC alignment
- powerful instructional strategies we haven’t tried before
- Capture the hearts of students and staff
- Structures for student success (MTSS, Behavior, Discipline procedures, Facilities, Communication internally and externally, CULTURE)