Colt Corner
Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence
August 26, 2016
Dear Colt Community,
What a fantastic first week of school! This week we celebrated our 40 year anniversary by celebrating our 1976-1977 alumni from the first class of CMS. Hopefully, you got to see the pictures from the first year at CMS on our Twitter page @cmscolts. If you didn't, I included some below for your viewing pleasure.
We hope you have heard some great things about our new lunch routine as well. When the weather cooperates, our students have the choice to either stay inside the cafeteria or enjoy the outside air and socialize with old and new friends. I know that it has been very well received, and we look forward to continuing giving the students that option.
I hope you enjoy the weekend, and look forward to seeing you next week at our Curriculum Night (mini school) on Tuesday!
Regards,
David Arencibia, Ed.D.
CMS Principal
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1st Principal at CMS
CMS Opens in 1976
Fun on the Bus
Personal Learning Period (Advisory)
Computer roll out
Our Dell computer roll out for our 6th graders and new students was a success! Teachers began this week setting our students up with their Google classroom sites and more. We are excited to have the advantage of arming our 21st-century learners with additional tools that they need to be successful in the technology age that we live in.
If your student is still in need of receiving his/her computer device, I kept the following information and links handy for your convenience:
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All 7th & 8th graders that paid a $35 Device Replacement Protection Plan fee last year will need to pay $15 this year to complete the $50 Device fee.
All 6th graders will need to pay a $50 Device Replacement Protection Plan fee in order to receive a school issued laptop.
- Checks should be made payable to CMS or if you would like to pay by credit card you can pay online via https://goo.gl/wMAvyU. At this time only the $50 payment can be made online.
- Link to all Technology Agreements and Policies: http://www.gcisd-k12.org/Page/766
Counselors Corner
Week of August 29 - September 2
GUIDANCE LESSONS
ALL STUDENTS
Signs of Suicide (SOS):
During the month of September the CMS Counselors will be leading guidance lessons from the SOS (Signs of Suicide) curriculum. This program will be shared with all GCISD middle and high school students and staff. Students will learn how to respond to a friend who may need extra support. One tool they will gain is the acronym ACT.
A: Acknowledge the problem;
C: Care. Let the person know you care; and
T: Tell a responsible adult.
Counselors will also discuss the difference between sadness and depression.
The Parent Screening will be September 7 at 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM.
7th Graders will have their lesson Tuesday, September 13.
8th Graders will have their lesson Tuesday, September 20.
6th Graders will have their lesson Tuesday, September 27.
PLAY IT SAFE VIDEOS for 6th and 7th – The parent preview is Tuesday, September 20 at 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM at the administrative offices.
SIXTH GRADE - ALLSTARS
Starting Thursday, September 8 we will be meeting with students during their 6th grade Pre-Athletics classes to discuss life skills using the All Star curriculum presented by Santa Fe Youth Services.
DUKE TIP letters for 7th graders will be sent out as soon as the state releases the 2016 6th grade STAAR test passing scores.
REMINDER – Middle school is on a 9-week grading period. The first progress report date will be September 9 and the second progress report date is September 30. The end of the 1st 9 weeks is October 12. Please make sure that you are checking Skyward. You can download the Skyward app for your phone or for your child’s phone so you can monitor grades.
GOOGLE CLASSROOM – Make sure to ask your child for their log in so you can help them manage their homework in Google Classroom.
Krystal McCure – Counselor A-K – 817-305-4916
Leslie Walden – Counselor L-Z – 817-305-4917
Shari Vanderwork – Registrar – 817-305-4955
Join our CMS PTA!
Join our CMS PTA! There is a Google form and cart set up to collect payments for EVERYTHING PTA (Membership, Cash for Colts, School Supply Packs/items, Smartie Grams etc.). You can quickly access the information by going to our CMS PTA website at http://www.cmsptaonline.org/.
Be sure to be on the look out for our CMS PTA Newsletter the "Colt Connection" with additional information.
Upcoming Events
Saturday, August 27
GCISD Middle School Band Night, at NRH2O from 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, August 30
CMS Parent/Student Curriculum Night (Mini School) from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
General PTA Meeting - 5:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Cafeteria
Thursday, September 1
7th & 8th Grade Volleyball Scrimmages @ Grapevine Middle School (GMS)
CMS Choir Parent Meeting, 7:00 pm
Friday, September 2
College Shirt Day
Saturday, September 3
CMS Choir Kick-off Party Night, at NRH2O from 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm