CMS EAGLE EXPRESS
April 18, 2021 VOLUME 13 ISSUE 32
APRIL
20: CMS Baseball vs Lexington @ CHS ~ 5:30 pm
22: MAP Testing
23: MAP Testing
23: CMS Baseball @ Lexington ~ 5:30 pm
26: Report Cards go home
26: D5 School Board meeting @ Center ~ 7:00 pm
28: Middle School Late Start Day (CMS doors open at 9:00 am)
29: CMS PTO Spirit Night @ La Fogata ~ 5:00-9:00 pm
Important information on SC READY/SCPASS testing this school year
Lexington-Richland School District Five will administer in-person SC READY and SCPASS assessment tests to students in May and June.
On March 29, the South Carolina Department of Education announced that the state testing waiver for 20-21 had not been approved by the U.S. Department of Education. For more information on that announcement, please click here. As a result, School District Five will be administering SC READY to students in grades 3-8 and SCPASS to students in grades 4 and 6. The testing schedule is below.
Unlike MAP, SC READY cannot be administered virtually. The test can only be administered in-person in a secure testing environment.
Middle school students were previously scheduled for a late start on May 19. This has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled.
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cms volleyball open play for current 6th, 7th, and 8th graders
CMS Volleyball will have 'Open Court' play from 3:45-5:15 in the CMS gym on the following dates in May. Please understand all athletes must have an approved PLANETHS account set up through the Chapin High School Athletic Department. Use the link below to visit the CHS Athletic page.
https://www.lexrich5.org/domain/165
All dates are subject to change.
Contact Coach Monts via email if you have questions.
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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 and 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.
Note: For security reasons, you need a Google Account to receive summaries from Classroom. You don’t need a Gmail address—you can create a Google Account with your current email address.
TECHNOLOGY / DISTANCE LEARNING INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY ISSUES? WE ARE HERE TO HELP! FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW
This is for all CMS students, both FIVE and hybrid.
INSTRUCTIONAL TECH SUPPORT ~ MRS. LORI POWERS
issues with passwords, accessing Classrooms, Meets, online textbooks, how to use a software or program, Chromebook accessibility needs (text to speech features, magnifying glass, sticky keys, etc).
Use this form for instructional support
TECH SERVICES ASSISTANCE -- MR. MIKE HATCHELL / MRS. MARY ANN RIDGEWAY
A broken device, keyboard not working, not charging, no WIFI, charger issue
Both forms are also located in the Grade Level Google Classrooms right at the top.
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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