Cortland Junior High Newsletter
March 2022
News From the Nurse
Attendance Line: 758-4083
Please call if your child will be late to school, absent, or leaving early.
Reminders
Keep your children home if they are sick. All children who are sent home must have a negative COVID test and/or an alternate diagnosis from a doctor clearing them to return to school. A doctor’s note must be submitted to the school nurse prior to return.
COVID testing is offered to students in the nurse’s office.
COVID testing consent forms are available online
COVID test Registration: https://app.clarifi-covid-19.com
Physicals
All 7th graders and any 8th graders new to the Cortland School District are required to have a physical examination. If your child has already had one and you have sent a copy to the nurse, you are all set. If we have not received a completed health form, your child has been
added to the group of school exams. School physicals are offered Monday and Wednesday mornings.
Hearing and near/distance vision screenings are required also for these students. If not recorded on the examination form by your child’s provider, they will be called down by the school nurse to complete these screenings.
Spring Modified Sports Season starts on April 4th, registration on FamilyID starts March 5th. Students must have a current physical on file with the school nurse to participate.
Lorie Greenwood, RN
Tel. (607) 758-4114
Fax (607) 758-4033
Spring Sports Begins Soon!!!
Make sure to register for spring sports. Registration on Family ID begins March 5th for the following sports:
Baseball
Boys Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse
Softball
Boys Track
Girls Track
The season will begin April 4th and all athletes must be registered before that date. Our nurses need time to verify each student's physical date in order to grant approval to begin.
Click on the Family ID link or visit the Cortland Athletics Homepage
Go Tigers!!!!!
JH Band
There are many upcoming events for all of our junior high band students. Congratulations to our new band officers! President: Adam Lemon (Concert Band) and Tristan Milligan (Band Lab) Vice President: Kannon Sherman (Concert Band) and Riley Olson (Band Lab) Secretary: Gabriel Mendiola Treasurer: Camarianna Inman
March 7 - We will have our All-County Band Clinic with the concert band during periods 4 and 5.
March 10 - 11 - The acapella group “Transit Sound” will be coming to our school to perform and host workshops with all of our music students.
March 26 - NYSSMA Solo Festival: Mark your calendars if you are participating!
Currently, both bands are doing a fundraiser. They are selling Cortland logo cups to raise money for their band bucks store and perfect lesson attendance prizes. Please help support the junior high band program! Any donations are welcome as well!
Tri-M National Music Honors Society
Tri-M National Music Honors Society is hosting a Cabaret on Friday, March 18th starting at 6:00 PM in the Auditorium! Come hear musicians of all styles perform while supporting the Tri-M! Interested in performing? Contact Ms. Miller in room 196 for more information.
NYSSMA Solo Festival is approaching quickly! On Saturday, March 26th, students of all levels will perform solos and duets for adjudication. Good luck to all our participants!
Home and Career Skills
Math 7
Math 7 will begin a couple of units involving geometry. We will be combining algebra with geometry and exploring 3-D Geometry.
Math 7A will be working on units involving linear equations and functions.
Hope everyone has a Happy PI Day!
ELA 7
Team 1 Science
8th Grade Science
Math 8
In Math 8, we are finishing up our study of Linear Equations. We have quite a bit to get through before our NYS Mathematics test in April. We are hoping to get through Exponents, the Pythagorean Theorem, Systems of Equations, and Three-Dimensional Geometry before the exam in April.
Students have independent work to finish nightly. Please encourage your student to complete theirs at home. Students are welcome to come in during Learning Block to ask for help on any questions they are having difficulty with.
8th Grade Tech
Teams will test their bridges to calculate the structural efficiency, in hopes of winning the competition and earning prizes!
8th Grade Spanish
8th-grade Spanish students are currently working on their La Escuela (school) unit, where they are learning to talk about their schedules, their favorite classes, and will be learning how to use -ar verbs to expand on talking about their interests and things they do each day.
We are beginning to practice for the speaking portion of our proficiency exam, which will begin in May. Sra. Kelsey will begin proficiency review sessions during learning block in April.