Hello future CHS families,

We look forward to your child joining us at CHS for the upcoming school year! Below you will find a link to a Google Form titled 6th Grade Encore classes that will be used for scheduling purposes. Please take time as a family to carefully discuss the encore options. I will not be asking you to enter any requests in Skyward as I will take care of entering all requests for you.

The only thing you and your child will need to do for scheduling is complete the google form by Friday, March 17th.

Please remember that your child will engage in the middle school experience. While course preferences are important, it is not a guarantee that all top choices will be available. Our goal is for students to experience all of our encores classes during their three years at CHS.

Google Form-6th Grade Encore Course Selection: https://forms.gle/zbXLhSK4FrbSVyK16.

If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at juliebraley@wlcsd.org.

Walled Lake Schools will be offering a final MAKEUP High School & Middle School Chromebook distribution day at the ESC in Room 900 on Monday, March 13th from 7:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. for any secondary families still in need of a Chromebook.

After Monday, March 13th new students or students in need of a device after distribution is complete should contact their school office for forms, payment information and procedure for obtaining a device. PLEASE BE AWARE once forms and payment are received by the IT Department there is a 5 day turn around for delivery of a device to the building for distribution. We are not able to handle walk-in requests for a device after the March 13th distribution day. Students needing immediate access to a device should be referred to building loaner cart procedure.

Please call our main office at 248.956.3500 and speak to someone in our main office if you have any questions.

The current COVID-19 policy for the 22-23 school year is as follows:

Students and staff members that test positive are required to stay home for 5 full days from the date of symptom onset, or if asymptomatic from the date of the test. After 5 days have passed and there are no remaining symptoms, individuals may return to normal activities, but must wear a mask through day 10.

Personal or household contacts are not required to quarantine, however it is recommended and encouraged, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask and monitor for symptoms for 10 days.

Symptomatic students/staff will continue to be required to meet one of the following prior to returning to school/work:

· Provide proof of a negative COVID-19 PCR test.

· Provide documentation from a physician indicating a clear alternative diagnosis.

· Exclude from school for minimum of 5 days, mask for 10 days – must be fever free for over 24 hours, with other symptoms improving, prior to returning.

Building administrators and supervisors will continue to notify student families and staff members of possible exposure due to a reported positive case.

We have now made it easier than ever to join! Visit our new PTSA site to join: https://www.cliffordsmartptsa.com/shop

Please visit our NEW WEBSITE for all the information and to join SMART PTSA!

The Clifford Smart PTSA is involved and active. We purchase items and sponsor many wonderful projects each year for our students and staff. From the Gap Achievement Program to the Reflections contest and other events in between, we could not provide all of the opportunities or accomplish all of our goals without the generous contributions of time and money from our parent community. Last year, the raised funds were used to completely refinish the floor in the gymnasium – check it out! Please join! You can be involved as much or as little as you want – the choice is yours!

PTSA GOAL ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM (GAP) NEWS

1st Marking period: Citizenship

2nd Marking period: GPA improvement

3rd Marking period: reading completion

4th marking period goal: community service

All students are to complete a minimum of 10 hours of community service to qualify for the 4th marking period goal. Students can have accumulated the hours through out the entire year.

The full GAP goal information and recording forms can be found on the CHS GAP goal web page.

PTSA hopes to reward many students for achieving their goals!

Please see the flyer below for instructions on how you can raise money for our school without spending an extra dime whenever you shop at these retails.

Have you heard about the GAP Program? This program allows your children to achieve one goal in citizenship, academics, reading and community service during each marking period. Students that complete all four goals during their three years at Smart are honored during their 8th grade year. The goal for each marking period is outlined below:

1st Marking period: Citizenship

2nd Marking period: GPA

3rd Marking period: reading completion

4th marking period goal: community service

**For the first two marking periods, students will automatically obtain their goal if they qualify.

For the last two marking periods, students will need to complete and turn in the forms by below by the dates listed.

Community Service Information:

All students are to complete a minimum of 10 hours of community service to qualify for the 4th marking period goal. Students can have accumulated the hours throughout the entire year. Due to Covid-19 and our virtual learning situation, community service hours may look different this year. We will honor hours that involve household chores, assisting younger siblings with online learning/homework, helping around the house or yard, etc.

The reading and community service sheets are in PDF for below or can be completed in a Google Form electronically, here:

Reading GAP: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cRbMupBQqFUF2BgaeM8UqHdT3ZtBblBhPNavKwrYBlM/copy

Community Service: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_s3gySf5l3d8HJ8XRN9jQSKQfpezfIlBAQoZ7t5Klx8/copy

Please contact Jillian Moutafis (JILLYMSU@comcast.net) if you have any questions regarding this program.

Hello Smart Families,

The counseling department would like to announce the launch of our Google Counseling Center.This will be a great place to help us stay more connected. Sign up sheets for private meetings, links to office hours, and other resources will be available.

Classroom invitations will be sent out to all students through their student email. Please take a moment to check with your child to see if they have joined their counselor's classroom. Please see below for information on classroom join codes.

We will send the classroom codes out this fall.

Sincerely,

Your Smart Counselors

Mrs. Braley, Ms. Hoover and Mrs. Bradke

6th grade counselor: Ms. Hoover- Kathleenhoover@wlcsd.org

7th grade counselor: Mrs. Bratke MaureenBratke@wlcsd.org

8th grade counselor: Mrs. Braley- juliebraley@wlcsd.org

Please CLICK HERE for the Smart Attendance Procedures

Please take a minute to read over these documents. They talk about our attendance call in procedures, what happens when students are tardy to class, and other important information regarding proper school attendance.

Please don't hesitate to call Dan Holland, Assistant Principal, with any questions or concerns.