• Parents will be receiving a hard copy of our classroom fee letter in Friday Folders today. MCS Intermediate classroom fees are $50. (For your convenience the fee letter is attached to this newsletter as well.) Payment options include sending cash or check to your student's homeroom teacher (along with the fee letter) or through SchoolCash Online. In order to make a fee payment online, go to https://www.maryville-schools.org/parentsstudents/online-payments and register.

• Transportation Changes during the Day -Please plan ahead and make sure your student knows transportation plans each afternoon. If you need to change your student's transportation during the school day, please directly email your student's homeroom & sixth period teachers of the change. It is important that we limit mid-day changes in order to preserve instructional time and to make sure they are focused on teaching. We can't ensure this information will get to your student by the end of the day since our teachers are instructing the students. In an extenuating circumstance, please call our main office.

• Early Checkout - At the end of each school day, the latest a parent or guardian can check out a student is 2:25 pm. Please make sure you are at the school prior 2:25 pm so we are able to accommodate this request.

• Lobbyguard is in use at CGIS so make sure you bring your drivers license with you since security and the safety of our students is a priority at CGIS.

• Check out more important information in our student handbook! https://cgis.maryville-schools.org/parents-students/student-handbook

The CGIS Breakfast Study Club officially opens August 16th!

Here is information specific to CGIS.

We plan to include the following information/numbers in this weekly newsletter. If medical professionals determine a concern or need to quarantine for your child, those individuals will contact parents directly. This could be professionals from the Health Department or health professionals, nurses, etc., employed by the school system.

· Number of reported positive student cases in school at CGIS this week- 1

· Number of reported positive student cases in school at CGIS this week that impacted school attendance of other CGIS students and staff due to close contact tracing (outside of household contacts) - 0

· Number of positive staff cases at CGIS this week that impacted school attendance of other students or staff due to close contact tracing- 0

We are grateful for your support and will certainly be responsive and include more information if there are identified clusters or upticks in our cases at CGIS.

With Gratitude,

Dr. Ramona Best, Principal

I am so grateful for how all of us are working together to serve our students and am overjoyed to have our students in school and to see many smiling faces. The start of the school year is exciting but it can also be stressful because, as humans, we are creatures of habit and change creates stress. I want to commend you on the positivity and energy our families and kids have brought to our events and to school. CGIS is a happy and loving place and the sweet, kind, compassionate students you send us creates a culture of support and belonging.

Let's continue to build our connectedness this year. Encourage your students to share their needs and any issues that might occur with our staff. We want to know.

Our theme this year is "shine" and I'm providing Shine Challenges to staff and students each week. Next week's shine challenge for you, as parents and guardians, is to take a moment next week either at meal time or even driving in the car to talk with your student about empathy, this month's Leadworthy character trait.

The whole world needs more empathy and understanding and we hope to build it into the hearts and minds of our community, one child at a time! Join us!

Grateful for your partnership,

Dr. Best