Creekside Chronicle
September 2019 Newsletter
Welcome Back
Welcome Back!
We hope that your student has had a successful start to the school year. As a school, we started the year by focusing on what it means to BE a CREEKSIDE FALCON. Some of the words to which we hope that they hold one another accountable are kind, loyal, honest, and the difference. Ask your kids to explain what those words mean to them. We spent the first few days acclimating some of our new 6th graders to life as a middle schooler while the 7th and 8th graders got quickly back into their routines. All of our classes have begun to dive into curriculum and have developed and reviewed classroom expectations and procedures.
We would like to take the time to thank our PTO for purchasing all of our students our paper agendas. Please help to ensure your student has filled out their agenda and remind them that assignments can also be found on Canvas. All parents and students are now also able to view courses and graded assignments in home access. As a reminder grades are updated every Thursday at 4:00pm.
At Creekside, we continue to set goals with students. One way our staff works to help students reach these goals by differentiating classroom instruction. Attendance is such an important part of education. School attendance is one of the greatest indicators of academic success. See the charts below to see how school absences can add up to negatively impact a student’s education.
Creekside Flyby
We are excited to continue with our Creekside Flyby informational video series. The content for these videos is created based on your request. If you would like an information video created on a specific topic, please fill out the following form.
View the informational videos below.
Academic and Social Emotion Supports Brochure
For parents new to the school, we created a brochure that explains the levels of intervention that we have to support students both academically and social emotionally. Be sure to view our brochure below.
6th Grade
The sixth grade team members are excited to BE your child’s teachers this year and look forward to making meaningful and lasting connections with students.
6th Science
Students creating a Spanish Be… poster to go with our schools theme for the year.
6th Social Studies
Mr. Wintersteen’s social studies students have been spending some time “getting to know each other.” With multiple schools filtering into Creekside, our partner “venn diagram ice-breaker” was a great way to learn a bit more about our new friends.
6th Literacy
6th grade literacy students doing a graffiti walk to lay out the rules and expectations for our classroom.
Students were introduced to their new mathematics curriculum on the Discovery Learning Math Techbook. Students worked collaboratively to learn how to utilize the many tools and capabilities of the program they will be using throughout middle school!
7th Grade
We would like to remind parents that we are partners in educating your children. We need your help at home: ask how their day was, ask them to share something they learned, check their agenda each day, provide them time and a quiet place to work. Most importantly: help them problem solve any difficulties they are having in school. Lastly, if you have any concerns please email or leave a message for the teachers as soon as possible so we can help resolve the issues in a timely manner.
A.V.I.D.
AVID students signing their contract with Mrs. Favero and Mrs. Nieman before signing the Social Contract (rules and expectations for the AVID class)
8th Grade
The 8th grade teachers are excited about the opportunity to teach your children and wanted to pass on the expectations for them each day and they are:
Come to class prepared and ready to learn
Have a positive attitude
8th Grade Science: Students working on a stem challenge in science class.
Students in DL Science using their notebook to solve Metric System problems.
8th Grade Field Trip Possibilities
Northwestern Health Career Fair @ WNHS - Students will have a chance to explore various career opportunities in the health profession. Specific trip information will be forthcoming in Mid-September.
Illinois Memorial Holocaust Museum - Students will travel to the Illinois Memorial Holocaust Museum in Skokie as a culminating activity for their unit of study on the Holocaust from World War II.
Washington D.C. - 8th grade students will have an opportunity to travel to Washington D.C. for a three day trip from May 30 - June 1, 2020. If you have any questions, Click here for specific trip information.
PE
Units that will be covered this fall are Flag Football, Ultimate Frisbee, and Badminton.
Student Support Services
Do you have trouble communicating with your middle-schooler? Sometimes it seems that they are not listening to you (and sometimes they really aren’t), but there are a few practical ways you can stay connected to your child during this time, as detailed in this recent article from the Washington Post "How to Talk to Your Middle Schooler" If you have questions or concerns about increasing the lines of communication with your child during their middle school years, please contact one of us in the Creekside office at (815) 337-5200.
Mrs. Nieman
Ms. Hettermann
Mrs. Perry
School Counselor School Social Worker School PsychologistFrom the Nurse
All 6th grade students and all 7th & 8th grade new students to District 200, school physicals and immunization records are due on October 15th. If they are not turned in to the school nurse by October 15th, your child will not be allowed to come to school. Please contact the nurse with questions. Ms. Carla at 815-337-5200
Key Dates
9/2 No school
9/3 PTO meeting 6 - 7 pm
9/4 XC CMS vs Genoa Kingston, at CMS Gym 4 - 6 pm
9/5 VB 7th grade at Westfield 4 - 6:30 pm
9/7 VB 8th grade Tournament 6 Team Round Robin Tourney at CMS/PWE
Gyms 8 am - 3 pm
9/10 VB at Parkland 4 - 6:30 pm
9/11 XC CMS vsd Northwood w/ Nippersink at Emricson Park 4 - 6 pm
9/12 VB CMS vs Nippersink at CMS/PWE 4 - 6:30 pm
9/16 XC at Cary w/Lundahl at Cary JH 4 - 6:30 pm
9/17 VB CMS vs McHenry at CMS 4 - 6:30 pm
9/18 Late Start at 9:30 am
9/18 XC CMS vs Heineman, Parkland, Bernotas at Emricson Park 4 - 6:30 pm
9/19 VB vs Johnsburg at CMS/PWE 4 - 6:30 pm
9/20 First National Challenge at WHS
9/21 ILMEA Junior Band Auditions
9/21 ILMEA Junior String Auditions
9/23 XC at McHenry w/ Beardsley at McHenry Middle School 4 - 6 pm
9/24 VB CMS vs Northwood at WNS 4 - 6:30 pm
9/25 XC CMS vs Nippersink, Beardsley, Bernotas, Parkland, Northwood
at Emricson 4 - 6 pm
9/26 VB CMS vs Parkland at CMS/PWE Gyms 4 - 6:30 pm
9/27 CMS Band Pep Band Night
9/30 XC at Beardsley w/Marlowe, Nippersink at Lippold Park 4 - 6 pm
Creekside Middle School
Francesca Favero, Asst. Principal
David Riesen, Dean of Students
Email: mwheatley@wcusd200.org
Website: woodstockschools.org/creekside
Location: 3201 Hercules Road, Woodstock, IL, USA
Phone: (815)3375200
Facebook: facebook.com/creeksidewoodstock/
Twitter: @CMSFalcons200