CCS Newsletter
September 15, 2017
THIS WEEK AT CCS
Open House and Back to School BBQ
CCS held it’s annual Open House and Back to School BBQ on Thursday, September 14th. This event was co-sponsored by the CCS PTO. It was a fun-filled evening and students excitedly shared their work, their classrooms and their school with their families and community members! We truly enjoyed meeting and greeting many families.
Now that we have met so many of you, we also wanted to let you know how we, the leadership structure at CCS, informs parent-to-administrator contact. Before contacting an administrator, the expected chain of communication at CCS is for families to connect first with their child’s teacher. The teacher will best know the details, circumstances and your child!
As Lead Principal, Stephanie Sumner is involved K-8 with our larger systems - Behavior, School Climate, overall programming, co-curriculars, facilities, budgets and policies. Stephanie is the Instructional Leader for grades K-4. Parents within K-4 should connect directly with Stephanie regarding any positive feedback or concerns.
Jen Roth is the building Co-Principal and Instructional Leader for 5-8. Parents within grades 5-8 should connect directly with Jen regarding any positive feedback or concerns.
Cassandra Townshend is the CCS Director of Special Education and CVSD Director of Behavior Systems. If your child receives services through Special Education, you should connect directly with Cassandra regarding any positive feedback or concerns.
Warmly,
Stephanie, Jen and Cassandra
CCS Welcomes Jared Campbell
Grades 5-8 spent an hour on Wednesday afternoon with guest singer Jared Campbell. Jared Campbell is an award winning singer/songwriter from upstate New York and has been traveling the country performing for thousands of people and hundreds of schools over the past decade. He has shared the stage with Jason Mraz, Gavin Degraw, The Zac Brown Band and even Journey! His music has also been featured on MTV and he’s been acknowledged by Billboard Magazine as one of the top independent musicians in the northeast. His main focus is allowing his music to impact the lives of his listeners by experiencing joy, finding comfort through pain, and looking past obstacles towards living a better life. His songs are said to be uplifting, thought provoking and emotionally heartfelt. Jared mixes humor, stories of life on road and personal experience to relate to the audience set before him. Young people have walked away with life changing experiences such as finding their true passion in life, appreciating others around them and ceasing to bully those that are different, stopping their attempts at suicide and forming life lasting relationships with the friends and family surrounding them. Jared reaches his audience through the power of music with songs he's written about some of the most crucial elements to living out your life with purpose. His message focuses on overcoming obstacles, anti-bullying, respect, leadership and having an amazing outlook on life.
Jared’s songs and stories were compelling and engaging for our students - it was inspiring to see how many students stayed after the assembly to personally connect with Jared!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
Tuesday, September 19th
Early Dismissal, 1:55pm
CVSD Board Meeting, CVU Rm 160, 6:00pm
Friday, September 22nd
Grade 6-8 Dance!!, MPR, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Tuesday, September 26th
Early Dismissal, 1:55pm
Tuesday, October 3rd
Early Dismissal, 1:55pm
Friday, October 6th
CVSD Team Spelling Bee, at WCS, 8:30am
Monday, October 9th
School Safety Week!
Tuesday, October 10th
Early Dismissal, 1:55pm
Thursday, October 12th
PTO Meeting, CCS Library, 6:00pm.
Topic: Proficiency Based Learning and Your Child
Tuesday, October 17th
Early Dismissal, 1:55pm
CVSD Board Meeting, CVU Rm 160, 6:00pm
Thursday, October 19th
Make-Up Picture Day!
Friday, October 20th
NO SCHOOL - Parent / Teacher Conferences
Tuesday, October 24th
Early Dismissal, 1:55pm
Tuesday, October 31st
Halloween Parade - watch newsletter for more details
Early Dismissal, 1:55pm
CORRECTION - IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING CHECK PAYMENTS TO CCS
STUDENT INFORMATION SHEETS (SIS FORMS)
HEALTH FORMS AND POLICIES
Please make sure that you have returned your child’s updated registration and health information to the front office at CCS (back side of the SIS form). In cases of illness at school, it is imperative that we are able to reach a parent or emergency contact. It is also expected that students remain home until they have been fever-free and/or have not vomited for 24 hours. Thank you for helping us to ensure the health of all at CCS.
CAFETERIA UPDATE
We anticipate reopening our cafeteria by the end of next week! When that happens, we will notify families of this change, update lunch menus and update morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up routines and expectations.
BUS UPDATE
Thank you to all of our families and our very resilient students while CCS worked with BetCha Transit to resolve the bus situation caused by a shortage of bus drivers. Charlotte is now covered by 5 buses, down from 6. This means that routes are more full and slightly longer. Since the buses are running at pretty much student capacity, please remember that it may not be able to accommodate large number of students going to non-school sponsored after school events such as library programs, art classes or birthday parties. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Naomi Strada in the CCS Office.
CCS LIBRARY NEWS
Welcome from the library!
5th - 8th grade students visit the library in collaboration with their subject area teachers. Additionally, they may visit the library for book exchange any time that works with their classroom schedules.
I'm excited to be sharing my day with your children. Please feel free to stop in for a visit any time!
Mrs. Huestis
2017-2018 DCF BOOK CHOICES
UPCOMING PTO PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
Proficiency-Based Learning and Your Child
Thursday, October 12, 2017
6:00 -7:00 p.m. CCS Library
Purpose: To help our parents partner with our school in the education of our kids by providing a deeper understanding of proficiency-based learning (PBL) in the Champlain Valley School District.
This evening will include a presentation and discussion with principals and instructional coaches. We will address what learning, assessment, and communication of student progress looks like in Grades 5, 6, 7, and 8, in the PBL model.
Don’t miss this great opportunity!!
Co-sponsored by your CCS PTO and administration.
For more information contact Stephanie Sumner ssumner@cvsdvt.org or Jen Roth jroth@cvsdvt.orgVOLUNTEERING AT CCS - IT'S TIME TO SIGN UP!
There are many ways to be involved this school year, from one-time events like the Champ Run to ongoing teacher appreciation lunches. Since some of the choices have changed since last year and we have a new system for collecting this information, please go to the link below and submit a form with your information and preferences.
Here's the volunteer link: https://ehculle.wufoo.com/forms/z1f280ot12wimlh/
STUDENTS SUPPORTING OTHERS
Pictured on right: 6th grade teacher Ms. Duthie-Fox, Kristine Bickford of RMH, Kayla Fysh, and 6th grade teacher Mrs. Grey.
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