Colt Corner
#TeamCMS
October 18, 2019
Colts,
The short four-day week produced a long list of accomplishments for so many of our Colts. It is amazing to see the messy, fun, and good work our Colts produce in classes like art and their academic courses. Additionally, this week our girls athletics program brought half of the available district championships home to CMS! Our 7th grade A & B and 8th grade C volleyball teams all clinched district championships! Moreover, all of our football teams swept their competition, winning every game this week. The dedication both in and out of the classroom is definitely evident throughout campus. All of our students and staff successes are a byproduct of the dedication that all of our Colts exhibit on a daily basis. Congratulations to our Colt community. Together we continue to Build an Excellent School Together!
David Arencibia, Ed.D.
CMS Principal
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UPCOMING Events
October 18 - End of 1st Nine Weeks
October 21 - 7th Grade Football - A&B Teams - schedule linked here
October 22 - 8th Grade Football - A&B Teams - schedule linked here
October 22 - 6th Grade Choir Fall Concert - CMS Cafeteria 7:00 - 8:30 pm
October 23 - Unity Day - Wear Orange
October 23 - Band Fall Concert - CMS North Gym 6:00 - 8:00 pm
October 24 - 7th & 8th Grade Volleyball linked here
October 26 - All District Band Auditions - (8th grade only) 8:30 - 12:30pm HMS
October 28 - 7th Grade Football - A&B Teams - schedule linked here
October 29 - 8th Grade Football - A&B Teams - schedule linked here
October 28-November 1 - Red Ribbon Week
Parent Technology Academy
On Wednesday, October 9, the Parent Technology Academy focused on Classroom Technology Tools. The Instructional Technology team guided parents through the use of various tools here in GCISD. See the slides here.
Geography Bee
The CMS qualifier will be in the Library during Advisory on Tuesday, 11/19. Students who are interested should check in with their advisory teachers and report to the cafeteria, testing will begin at 2pm on their devices.
The top students will be notified to join us for the district qualifier. The CMS district qualifying Geography Bee will be held in the Cafeteria on Tuesday 12/10.
Wrestling
Counselor Corner (Week of Oct. 21 - Oct 25 )
8th Grade 4 Year Planning for High School
Counselors have started meeting with 8th grade students individually to create their 4 year plans. We will complete all 4 year plans before Christmas break. Then in January, counselors from both high schools will come to CMS to meet with our 8th graders.
8th Grade Parents
Please review the PowerPoint presentation and documents linked below with your student and help him/her select his/her high school courses and endorsement prior to meeting with counselors. This will help ensure that your child gets the courses that best meet his/her needs and that courses are aligned with his/her future college and career goals. We do want to emphasize that we are creating a “plan” and selecting an endorsement that can be changed throughout high school - we know that it is unlikely that middle school students know what they want to take for all 4 years of high school. The most important thing is that you select the 9th grade core classes and electives that you want because these can not be changed after high school counselors meet with 8th graders in the spring semester.
4 Year Plan PowerPoint Presentation
Freshman Course Selection Guide
RED RIBBON WEEK
GCISD will be celebrating Red Ribbon Week Oct. 28-Nov. 1. During this week, students will have the opportunity to learn about the dangers of using tobacco, vaping, drugs, and alcohol and how these substances can negatively impact students’ futures. We will also emphasize the positive outcomes students can experience when they make the choice to stay drug free and make healthy choices for themselves. This year’s Red Ribbon Week theme is ‘Send a Message. Stay Drug Free.”
PLAY IT SAFE PREVIEW
The Women’s Center of Tarrant County will be at CMS on the dates listed below. The lessons presented encourage and teach students how to recognize, report, and reduce the risk of being in an abusive and/or dangerous situation. Opt out forms were due to your child’s counselor by Monday, Oct. 7, 2019.
(7th Grade) Can’t Take It Back - Nov. 13
(6th Grade) It’s Harassment - Nov. 19
(7th Grade) Abuse of Power - Feb. 6
(6th Grade) Survivors of Abuse - March 5
Duke TIP
The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving academically gifted and talented youth. Duke TIP's talent searches serve as the entry point to academic benefits and programs for gifted and talented students in grades 4-12. For more information, click here:
Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation Scholarship Program
In September, 8th graders watched an informational video in their English classes about the Bobby Bragan Scholarship. This is a competition open to 8th grade students from 151 middle schools in our area. Students wishing to apply for the $2,500 scholarship need to complete an application and a 500-700 word handwritten (not typed) essay and submit both to their counselor to be judged by a panel. The panel will judge each essay blindly (without knowing who wrote each essay). The top scoring male student and the top scoring female student from CMS will have their applications and essays sent to Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation for the final judging. Applications and essays are due back to CMS 8th grade English teachers – Mrs. Sloan or Mrs. Engle by Friday, November 8th at 3:25. Students may obtain applications in the counseling office or by clicking on the link below.
Bobby Bragan Scholarship Application
REMINDER
Please make sure that you are checking Skyward. You can download the Skyward app for your phone or for your child’s phone to monitor your child’s grades.
Lynn Brizzi– Counselor A-K – 817-305-4916
Amy Bouchelle – Counselor L-Z – 817-305-4917
Heather Ingram - Data Clerk/Registrar - 817-305-4955
College and Career Night
COLLEGIATE ACADEMY APPLICATIONS FOR 2020-2021
Attention all 8th graders interested in Collegiate Academy! Collegiate Academy is an Early College High School that is designed for students to earn a diploma and an Associate's Degree (60 hours of college credit) simultaneously, and it's all free. The online application for the GCISD Collegiate Academy at TCC Northeast will go live at 12:00 AM on November 1st! 8th graders must complete an application in order to be considered for acceptance as an incoming freshmen during the 2020-2021 school year. Students may access the application directly from our Collegiate Academy website. Due to the success and popularity of this program, it is encouraged that every student who is interested in possibly joining the Phoenix Family submit an application as soon as possible as space will be limited. The Collegiate Academy application will be available online from November 1, 2019 through January 17, 2020. The link to their school website is: ca.gcisd.net.
Interim Assessment Window
Red Ribbon Week - October 28 through November 2
Red Ribbon Week is celebrated every year during the last week of October. Red Ribbon Week is a nationally recognized substance abuse prevention campaign dedicated to the memory of Kiki Camerena, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, killed in the line of duty.
Poster Contest
GCISD will be sponsoring a drug prevention poster contest.
- Posters must be on 11 x 17 paper or ½ of a posterboard.
- Select your own campus committee to choose 1st, 2nd and 3rd place posters for each grade level.
- Send all 1st place posters to the front desk of the administration building for the district wide competition by Tuesday, October 29.
- Please include the student’s name, grade and school on the back of the poster.
- District winners will be announced on Wednesday, October 30.
Public Service Announcement Competition
GCISD is also sponsoring a Public Service Announcement competition. All video entries must be submitted by Tuesday, October 29 to info@gcisd.net. Please title the email “RRW PSA 2019”. Entries must be no longer than 30 seconds. Winners will be announced on Thursday, October 31.
All first place district level winners will be recognized at the November school board meeting. Your campus principal and counselor will be notified.
6th grade Human Growth and Development Parent Preview
MORNING Programs on Tuesday, 10/22/19 - held at GCISD Admin Bldg - 3051 Ira E. Woods Ave - in the Board Room
6th Grade PowerPoint - 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM - Please arrive on time. The presentation will start promptly at 5 minutes past the hour.
EVENING Parent Programs on Tuesday, 10/22/19 - held at GCISD Admin Bldg - 3051 Ira E. Woods Ave - in the Boardroom
6th Grade PowerPoint - 6:00 - 8:00 PM - Please arrive on time. The presentation will start promptly at 5 minutes past the hour.
October is Dyslexic Awareness Month
October is Dyslexic Awareness month and many times we have difficulty understanding why it is important to have students with dyslexia reading books or material using a program such as learning ally. Please listen to this very fascinating article...
Reading and Listening to books stimulates the same areas of the brain…
Here is a link to the article