CMS EAGLE EXPRESS
september 5, 2021 VOLUME 14 ISSUE 5
CALENDAR AT A GLANCE
SEPTEMBER
6: NO SCHOOL ~ LABOR DAY
8: CMS Volleyball vs Newberry ~ 5:00 pm (double header)
9: C Team Football @ Newberry ~ 6:00 pm
10: Wear red, white, & blue in recognition of the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 attack
13: Deadline to register 8th graders for PSAT
13: D5 School Board Meeting @ CMS ~ 7:00 pm
14: PTO meeting ~ 7:15 am
14: CMS Volleyball vs Irmo ~ 5:30 pm
15: Middle School Late Start Day ~ doors open at 9:00 am
15: C Team Football vs Irmo @ CHS ~ 6:30 pm
way to go! kudos! woo hoo!
cms clubs & activities ~ get involved!
ATHLETICS
Attendance information for signing students in and out
If your student is late to school, he or she will report to the attendance office to sign in and be issued a pass for class. Parents do not have to come in to sign a student in.
If your student needs to be dismissed early, please call the front office once you pull into the front parking lot so that staff can call your student. You will need to come inside the office to sign him or her out.
If someone other than a parent or guardian will be signing your student out, please call the front office.
Please be here no later than 3:00PM to pick up your student for early dismissal so that you are able to enter the parking lot.
STAYING CONNECTED TO YOUR STUDENT
Parents often ask how to stay connected to a child’s progress and have some controls with assignments on the internet. At CMS we are committed to helping you accomplish this. We have several ways that you can actually keep an eye on your student’s academics and their digital footprint.
Currently we have three options. Parent Portal, Student Google Login, and Google Classroom Guardian Email Summaries. I have outlined the benefits of each in the table below.
CMS currently would like to suggest that you sign up for Parent Portal and learn how to log in to your child’s Google Account. The Google Classroom Guardian is also a great tool but may be redundant if you log into your child’s account regularly. CMS requests that you log into your child’s account regularly. If students are aware that parents can look at email correspondence, classwork and other activities regularly, it helps them make the better choice in a difficult situation.
As you are aware, District 5 uses a student’s birth date as a password. We choose at CMS not to reset these passwords so that parents can easily access student accounts regularly. The benefit of not having lost instructional time for “forgotten” passwords is invaluable, and when students know that parents and teachers can access their accounts, it helps them stay on task and make good choices.
If you have any questions regarding how to sign up for any of this information please contact our Digital Integration Specialist, Lori Powers at lpowers@lexrich5.org or 803-722-5573. Click here to access the document below with LIVE LINKS.
IMPORTANT CAR LINE REMINDERS
We all want to get in and out of the car line as safely and quickly as possible,
and that means we need your help!
If you have a high school student or another adult who drives your CMS student,
please share this important information with him or her.
Thank you!
CHAPIN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Website: https://www.lexrich5.org/Domain/22
Location: 11661 Broad River Road, Chapin, SC, USA
Phone: (803) 722-5500
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chapinmiddleschool/
Twitter: @chapinmiddle