Colt Corner
#TeamCMS
August 10, 2018
Colts,
We look forward to seeing all of our new and returning Colts this Thursday. 6th grade families will have Colt camp in the morning and returning students will have their schedule pickup later in the day (see schedule below). If you are a parent of a new student in the 7th or 8th grade, I want to invite you as well to the new parent meeting on Thursday at 9:45 in the north gym to receive valuable information to start the new year.
On Thursday you will have an opportunity to join our PTA. By joining our PTA you will receive weekly updates with additional information that PTA provides which supplements this campus newsletter. I always highly encourage joining PTA as it is a simple, yet important way you can support our students and campus.
I hope you have a great weekend!
David Arencibia, Ed.D.
CMS Principal
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UPCOMING Events
August 16 - 6th Grade Colt Camp (students & parents) - 9:00 - 12:00 pm
August 16 - Returning student schedule pickup - 4:00 - 6:00 pm
August 20 - First day of School
August 22 - School Picture Day
August 23 - PTA Coffee with Dr. Arencibia - 8:30 am Learning Commons
August 28 - PTA General Meeting 5:30 - 6:00pm - Cafeteria
August 28 - Curriculum Night - 6:00 -7:00 pm
2018-19-SCHEDULE PICK-UP INFORMATION
SAVE THE DATES
SIXTH GRADE
6th Grade Schedule PICK UP
Thursday, August 16th - 9:00-9:30 AM in front of LIBRARY (Learning Commons)
6th Grade COLT CAMP (students only)
Thursday, August 16th - 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM in CMS CAFETERIA
Mock Schedule will be run with following things discussed:
Buses, Parent Pick Up, Bell Schedule, Lockers, Digital Citizenship, Google Classroom, Lunch Procedures, Advisory, and General Information.
6th Grade PARENT Q&A CAMP
Thursday, August 16th 9:45 - 11:00 AM - CMS NORTH GYM
9:45-10:00 – Intro with CMS Principal Dr. Arencibia
10:00-10:20 – All things important with Assistant Principals & Staff
10:20-10:40 – Student organization, transition, drop off/pick up
10:40-11:00 – Q & A with CMS Counselors
11:00-12:00 – Parents * Purchase School Supplies * Join PTA * Nurse
* Other Enrollment Completion Items
SEVENTH & EIGHTH GRADE
7th and 8th Grade Schedule PICK UP/6th Grade Late Schedule PICK UP
Thursday, August 16th – 4:00 - 6:00 PM in CMS North Gym
* Meet with Nurse as applicable for proof of immunizations
* Purchase School Supplies
* Join PTA
* Other Enrollment Completion Items
Attention CMS Dads!
The CMS Dad’s Club needs you! We are instituting a program for 2018-2019 called the Colt Wranglers. The purpose? We will provide safety and a presence at drop off every morning. We would like to station two dads at the three main entrances to welcome the kids with a smiling face and to let them know that we are here for them for 25 minutes before school starts. Drop your kiddos off and step into the door way.
Step one will be to fill out the Volunteer Background Check at. http://www.gcisd-k12.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=96313&pageId=21206
Step two will be to sign up for a shift (or as many as you like) when we send the sign up genius link out in a couple weeks.
Be there for your kids, be there for your school! Let’s show our Colts how it is done!
2018-2019 Lockers
PTA School Supply Packs
We invite you to pre-order your school supplies, CMS t-shirt, order smartie grams and join the PTA on one easy form! Join PTA and order school supplies in advance here, items will be available to pick up on August 16th. All items will be available for pick up on August 16 at the PTA table in the North GYM.
From this link you can easily purchase:
- School Supply pack - your schools supplies are ready for pick up, $33 each
- Choir pack - If your student is in choir, you’ll need one of these, $3 each
- Newly designed CMS Spirit shirt in limited supply - order online for a discount, $15 advance price, or $18 at colt camp
- Smartie Grams - these sweet treats with a special message are delivered to your student on the first day of school, $5 each
- Computer Sleeve- protect your computer with a logo computer sleeve, $10
- PTA membership- support the CMS, $10. Parents joining PTA before school starts will be eligible for a prize drawing!
- Donate to our Cash For Colts - all donations stay right here on campus and help fund programs like teacher mini-grants, campus beautification, Strengths finders, teacher appreciation events, cotillion and more
VOLUNTEERS:
The 2018-2019 CMS PTA is hard at work to ensure that we have another great year at CMS! We would love your help! Please follow the link to volunteer interest to let us know how you’d be interested in helping out!
As a reminder, all volunteers must complete a background check each school year. Please follow the link below to complete your background check: Volunteer background check
School issued laptop
Direct link to information here.
Every student in GCISD receives a device free of charge! 6th grade and new students at CMS will receive their laptops on the second day of school.
The following breaks down what type of device each child will receive:
- Grades K- 4 students have iPads.
- Grade 5 students have Dell Chrome Books.
- Grades 6-12 have Dell laptops with Windows 10.
One of the core elements of LEAD 2021, our district’s strategic plan, is to integrate technology into every aspect of the student’s academic experience. With the 2017-2018 school year every child in GCISD will be issued a device. Students in need of internet access at home may also apply for free home internet access.
GCISD Updates Student Device Cost
As Grapevine-Colleyville ISD expands its 1:1 program to include all students in kindergarten through twelfth-grade, technology services has made a change to the fee structure. Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year, families will be provided with a device at zero cost.
“We are always looking for ways to provide our students with the necessary technology to support their learning without placing a financial burden on our families,” said GCISD Chief Technology Officer Kyle Berger. “We are so excited for the changes to the student device cost agreement and look forward to the ways this will help streamline our integration of technology into the classroom.”
While the initial device is provided at no cost, there are fees assessed based on incident repairs. The first incident will be repaired for free for all students. For students that paid a $50 student fee in the 2016-2017 school year, their second incident will also be repaired at no cost. Students that did not pay the fee last year will be charged $15 for the repair after the second incident. For all students, after the third incident the fee will be the full cost of the device repair. In the instance that the damage to the device is intentional, the cost of the repair will be based on the damage regardless of how many incidents have occurred.
Technology Services has been working to integrate the fee device management with Skyward Family Access to generate any fee related communication to parents. If you have any questions about changes to the student device fees, please use Let’s Talk to submit your question to Technology.
Multipurpose Activity Centers
Want to see more of the CHHS and GHS Multipurpose Activity Centers? Be on the lookout for more information coming soon!
Important Repeated Information
School Supplies
REMINDER: Parents, we need your input!
Beginning September 4, we will be hosting three scheduled parent input sessions right here on our campus. These sessions will be 45-50 minutes long and we will be capping each session at 10 people. These sessions are first come first served. If you are interested in sharing your experience with the GCISD, please sign up using this google form. Please make sure you are selecting a time slot for your respective campus.
Zero Hour Students
Virtual Parent Meeting:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DWc4_YRGQjG_mW0uobWB3vy6WZtj34IZ-TzKPjA6HPA/edit?usp=sharing
Zero Hour Schedule: https://tinyurl.com/ZeroHourSchedule
Immunizations for incoming 7th graders
AUGUST 2018 - * Required immunizations for starting 7th grade are: Tdap and Meningiococcal Students cannot begin 7th grade without having given the nurse proof that the student has received these immunizations. If the immunizations were given during your student’s 6th grade year, please send the immunization record in to the nurse.
Email: sophia.martin@gcisd.net or Fax: 817-498-9764 Or your student can bring it to the clinic. These immunizations can be given on or after the student’s 11th birthday.
Athletics
Information regarding physicals, gear, etc. has been sent out over the past few months from our coaches. For additional athletics information you can always visit the school athletics website here.
LEAD 2.0: We need your input!
LEAD 2.0: We need your input!
In April, we convened a committee of more than 100 students, parents, staff and community members to review the work accomplished in the District’s Strategic Plan, LEAD 2021 and initiated the process to advance the strategic plan into the next phase known as LEAD 2.0.
To learn more about the current strategic plan, please visit our LEAD 2021 page.
We are excited to now continue to analyze the data, thoughts and various perspectives that were discovered and presented during the first phase of the LEAD 2.0 Discovery process.
In this next phase, we need your voice! Beginning September 4, we will be hosting three scheduled parent and community input sessions on every GCISD campus. These sessions will be 45-50 minutes long and we will be capping each session at 10 people. These sessions are first come first served. If you are interested in sharing your experience with the GCISD, please sign up using this google form. Please make sure you are selecting a time slot for your respective campus.
If you can’t make it during the day, we will have three district-wide open sessions held in the evening with a specific date and time information to follow in the next few weeks.
We hope to see you at one of these sessions and look forward to hearing your input!
Estimados padres de familia, ¡necesitamos su opinión!
En abril, se convocó un comité de más de 100 estudiantes, padres de familia, personal e integrantes de la comunidad para revisar el trabajo realizado en el plan estratégico del distrito, LEAD 2021, e iniciar el proceso para avanzar el plan estratégico a la siguiente fase conocida como LEAD 2.0.
Para obtener más información sobre el plan estratégico actual, favor de visitar nuestra página web de LEAD 2021.
Nos da mucho gusto continuar ahora a investigar los datos, las opiniones y las diversas perspectivas que se descubrieron y que se presentaron durante la primera fase del proceso de descubrimiento de LEAD 2.0.
En esta próxima fase, ¡necesitamos su voz! A partir del 4 de septiembre, tendremos tres sesiones aquí en nuestra escuela programadas para presentar información. Estas sesiones durarán de 45 a 50 minutos y consistirán de 10 personas por sesión. Si usted está interesado en compartir sus experiencias con GCISD, favor de llenar este formulario. Favor de tomar nota que la participación en estas sesiones se basará en el orden en que se reciben los formularios. Favor de seleccionar el horario más conveniente para usted en su respectiva escuela.
Si no puede asistir durante el día, tendremos tres sesiones para todo el distrito que se llevarán a cabo en la noche. En las próximas semanas les daremos información específica sobre fechas y horarios.
¡Esperamos verlo en una de estas sesiones y nos dará gusto escuchar sus comentarios!
GCISD and Let’s Talk
In May 2015, GCISD launched the two-way communication tool Let’s Talk. This platform provided the opportunity for parents, community members, staff and students to submit a question, concern, suggestion or anonymous dialogue to any campus or department across the District. Since its inception, the District has received more than 1,900 dialogues on a variety of topics.
Prior to approving the 2018-2019 budget, the District conducted a cost analysis of Let’s Talk and made the determination to discontinue services based on increased contract costs. While GCISD wants to have an easy way for people in the community to connect with the District, there is also a strong commitment to being fiscally responsible.
Let’s Talk will no longer be available beginning on Wednesday, August 1. We value open communication and we want everyone to be able to easily communicate with the correct district or campus staff so that your questions or concerns may be addressed. To provide parents, community members, staff and students with an opportunity to get in contact with their respective campus or the district, email addresses have been created and will be monitored daily by staff. To view a list of the email addresses, click here.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the move away from Let’s Talk, please email us at info@gcisd.net.
GCISD y Hablemos (Let’s Talk)
En mayo de 2015, GCISD empezó a utilizar una herramienta de comunicación de dos vías llamada Hablemos o Let’s Talk. Esta plataforma proporcionó a los padres, a los integrantes de la comunidad, al personal y a los estudiantes, con la oportunidad de presentar una pregunta, una duda, sugerencia o diálogo anónimo a cualquiera de las escuelas o departamentos a través del distrito. Desde su creación, el distrito ha recibido más de 1,900 diálogos sobre una variedad de temas.
Antes de que se aprobara el presupuesto de 2018-2019, el distrito llevó a cabo un análisis de los costos de Let’s Talk y tomó la determinación de suspender los servicios basado en el aumento del costo del contrato. Aun cuando GCISD desea tener una manera fácil de que las personas en la comunidad puedan conectarse con el distrito, también existe un compromiso fuerte a ser fiscalmente responsables.
A partir del miércoles, 1º de agosto, los servicios de Let’s Talk ya no estarán disponibles. Valoramos la comunicación abierta y queremos que todos puedan comunicarse fácilmente con el personal correcto del distrito o de las escuelas, para que puedan responder a sus preguntas o dudas. Con el fin de ofrecerles a los padres de familia, a los integrantes de la comunidad, al personal y a los estudiantes con una oportunidad de poder contactar a sus respectivas escuelas o al distrito, hemos creado correos electrónicos que serán monitoreados diariamente por el personal. Para ver la lista de dichos correos electrónicos, favor de hacer clic aquí.
Si usted tiene alguna pregunta o duda con respecto a la suspensión de los servicios de Let’s Talk, favor de enviarnos un correo electrónico a info@gcisd.net