The Principal's Message
Crossroads South Middle School
October 20th, 2019
CROSSROADS SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL
Sondra Hinson & Mark Kmiec, Assistant Principals
Website: www.sbschools.org
Location: 195 Major Road, NJ, United States
Phone: 732-329-4633
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SBSDXRDS/timeline
Twitter: @SBSDXRDS
FROM THE PRINCIPAL...
We are in full swing of school and enjoying each and every day with your children. We are introducing something new...shared above! It is called the "HUB" of Crossroads South. At this week's PTO meeting, a parent shared the need for some additional communication regarding last-minute club cancellations, upcoming events that may not have a form sent home, etc. Coincidentally, I was working on this tool to help you have a central place to find the important information you need. Thanks to the suggestion, we can add a link to our daily morning and afternoon announcements that are shared with students daily. We hope that this tool helps and please feel free to suggest additional links that will make your lives a little easier as busy parents. Thank you for the suggestions!! We are all in this together!
Sincerely,
Ms. Capes
SCHOOL NOTES
- EARLY RELEASE DAY: This Tuesday is an Early Release Day for Professional Development. Our dismissal time is 12:50 pm.
- CONFERENCE INFORMATION: The MIDDLE SCHOOL conference portal (via Genesis) will open on Wednesday of this coming week. A letter was shared via email and provides tools for how to schedule your conferences. **HERE IS A LINK TO THE CONFERENCE LETTER.**
- SPORTS UPDATES/IMPORTANT INFORMATION: CLICK HERE for important deadlines related to Winter Sports.
- VIOLENCE & VANDALISM AWARENESS WEEK: Starting on Monday, October 21st, our school will have a SPIRIT week to recognize the work we do to proactively keep violence and vandalism out of our schools.
Monday: Don't Sweat It (Wear your sweatshirts/pants)
Tuesday: Buddy Up ('Twin' with your friends)
Wednesday: Wizard/Superhero (Be a HERO and cast a spell against violence)
Thursday: Team Up against BULLYING (Wear your favorite team's jersey)
Friday: STAND TOGETHER (Vikings STAND TOGETHER - Black & Gold Day)
- PTO FOOD DRIVE: Please send in your donations for the PTO Fall Food Drive. XRDS is collecting peanut butter, jelly, and canned fruits. Collections end on 11/11.
- BOOK FAIR: The Book Fair is coming to Crossroads South on 10/30, 10/31, 11/1, and 11/4 (During P/T Conferences). Please support the book fair! Every dollar counts, as Scholastic is very generous and gives free books back to our teachers to use in the classroom.
- GOOGLE HANGOUTS: In the Google Suite of Tools, "Google Hangouts" was a chat feature that was open for students to access. In the past few months, we have had some students use this for inappropriate conversations that had nothing to do with collaboration and school work. Thus, students are not able to access this tool with their school accounts. They are still able to collaborate using the editing features within an assignment or document. We appreciate your understanding.
ONGOING REMINDERS
- WINTER SPORTS: It is not too early to make sure you have the proper physical forms completed and ready for the start of our winter season. Please make those appointments with your pediatrician so there is no delay in registration or participation.
- 4:15 PM LATE BUSES: This year we have two runs for late buses. We added a 4:15 pm late bus run on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Late busses are for students involved in organized sports, scheduled activities, or for anyone staying to watch a game. This is not by choice. There are no late buses on days when scheduled events/activities are not taking place. **PLEASE NOTE: These runs do not drop students at the regular bus stops. They have satellite drop off locations. CLICK HERE for the 4:15 PM drop locations. ***
- 5:15 PM LATE BUSES: The 5:15 pm late buses will run each day of the week, Monday - Friday. Again, these buses are for students involved in organized sports, scheduled activities, or for anyone staying to watch a game. This is not by choice. There are no late buses on days when scheduled events/activities are not taking place. **PLEASE NOTE: These runs do not drop students at the regular bus stops. They have satellite drop off locations. CLICK HERE for the 5:15 PM drop locations. ***
- SPORTING EVENTS: Students are invited to stay after school to watch sporting events and to cheer on our athletes. Regardless of the ending time of the event, students can either take the 5:15 pm late bus home or they can be picked up. Either way, all student spectators must be picked up no later than 5:15 pm. If a student wants to stay past this time, they must be accompanied by an adult in order to stay. Again, all rides must be at the school by 5:15 pm. As a reminder, students must register with our security staff and cannot leave the school campus to go to Pierre's Deli at any time.
- AFTER SCHOOL TRAFFIC: Our school is an active place after school. Given such, we are asking everyone to be very careful during after school pick up and obey the clear traffic pattern. No cars are permitted in the bus lanes during the after school time. Parking can occur in the back of the school and in the front.
UPCOMING DATES
OCTOBER
- 10/21 - NJ Violence & Vandalism Awareness Week
- 10/21 - BOE Meeting @ 7pm
- 10/22 - EARLY RELEASE DAY - Professional Development
- 10/23 - Boy's Choral Festival Trip
- 10/28 - Picture Make-Up Day
- 10/30 - PTO BOOK Fair
- 10/31 - PTO BOOK Fair
- 10/31 - Halloween
NOVEMBER
- 11/1 - PTO BOOK Fair
- 11/3 - Daylight Savings :)
- 11/4 - NO SCHOOL - Parent/Teacher Conferences
- 11/4 - PTO BOOK Fair (Open for parents)
- 11/5 - NO SCHOOL - Staff Professional Development
- 11/6 - NO SCHOOL - Staff Professional Development
- 11/7 - NO SCHOOL - NJEA Convention
- 11/8 - NO SCHOOL - NJEA Convention
- 11/11 - Veteran's Day
- 11/18 - BOE Meeting @ 7pm
- 11/27 - EARLY RELEASE DAY - Thanksgiving
- 11/28 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving
- 11/29 - NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving