The Mustang Minute
June 8, 2020 - Issue 40
News from the Bunker: Assessment then Fun!
Two Weeks (and a day) !
We are two days into our Assessment Week and a few days away from field trips, promotion parades and end of year activities for all students.
June 22nd Celebration
For our last half day of school we have two activities planned - one online and one voluntary "in-person". All students will have a final Google meet of the year at 1:00 pm on June 22nd. Teachers and students will reflect on the year, play games, and watch a few videos made by the teachers.
Families also have the option to do a drive through goodbye from 10:00 - 11:30 am at CMS. Students and families can drive, bike, and skateboard through our driveway and teachers will be there to wave, cheer, and say goodbye. This is voluntary and we ask that it be a moving goodbye.
Reminders!
Please have your 6th and 7th grade students fill out their 2020-2021 elective form. We are missing about 1/3 of all students. If they don't choose - we have too! They received the form in their email from Mr. Greeley last week.
Student Locker Pick-up. At the end of the school year we will be donating all items left from locker clean-out. We have several bags left, labeled by student. Please contact us if you would like to come and pick up your student's belongings.
Assessment Week
The ELA assessment was today, with science, math, and World Language left to go. Please remind students about their projects from specialist classes as well!
Virtual Field Trip week
We are hoping to end the year with some virtual exploration for kids to enjoy. During this week students will receive links to two virtual field trips per day. One trip has been designed by a team teacher and one by a specialists. Students are expected to participated in all field trips they receive, even if they are not currently in that specialist class. There will be no assignments or written work with the field trips but each day students will also have two scheduled meets. We do consider these field trips and meets to be required - the same as we would if we were in school.
Grade 8 will be doing all DC field trips during this same week. We have left Thursday, June 18th blank for their promotion ceremony. The grade 6 & 7 meets will be earlier that day so that all teachers can attend the promotion car parade at CMS. The schedules are posted below.
Grade 8 End of Year
We will have two events for grade 8 students this spring:
June 17th at 7:00pm we will hold a virtual awards and promotion ceremony. This will be broadcast on NCM. NCM also has streaming access on several sites. A small group of teachers will read the names of student award winners and all grade 8 students being promoted.
June 18th from 3:00-5:00 pm we will have a "reverse" parade for grade 8 students. Students will be driven down the front lane at CMS and receive a swag bag, promotion certificate and awards. We are working with the Norwood police to make sure this is safe and organized. We will send out specific directions later this week.
As always, please keep the lines of communication open. If your child is getting overwhelmed, reach out. We can reduce the load and help them organize their time. If they need more challenging material, also let us know, we have a lot of content available. Feel free to call or email with questions and concerns. I hope everyone has remained safe and healthy!
Virtual Field trip Schedule: June 15-19th
Students of the Month for May!
Grade 8: Thomas Dearborn, Ann-Lys Dorce (missing), Damien Lin (missing)
Grade 7: Jackie Ou (missing), Heather Hart, Colleen Hachey
Grade 6: Lucas DeJesus, Sam Larkee, Kylie Letourneau, Bridget Kidd
Bus Pass 2020-2021
We have updated all information regarding the FY21 Bus Pass on the school website, however, this year due to the closure, we are unable to physically hand students the flyers. In order to assist families the information and forms are now available on the NPS website. The bus forms are attached at the bottom of this newsletter as well.
Grade 8 Virtual Step-Up Day
Understanding Social Justice
Teaching Tolerance: https://www.tolerance.org/
Books for students of all ages: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/books-about-racism-and-social-justice?fbclid=IwAR3kNchQOIVAInlV-c5FYqaSHqfIg94U12TkpqhAj0sumz8Zk_nmlnE9h3c#tweens
Norwood Public Schools Resource Page: https://www.norwood.k12.ma.us/about/anti-racism-resources
Lunch Accounts
You can also drop off payment to CMS and we will forward to Food Services at the Savage Center.
Schedule an Appointment for Chromebook Repair
Release of Records
Any students transferring to another school district, attending a private school or another high school other than Norwood High, please make sure to contact your child's guidance counselor before the end of the year. Attached is the release form that must be filled out in order to ensure that your child's new school receives the pertinent school information (Transcripts, attendance, testing results, health record, discipline, etc.).
Please note that all fines and fees must be paid before we can release records. This includes, technology, library, and lunch accounts.
Ashley McCaffrey (6th grade) - amccaffrey@norwood.k12.ma.us
Meghan Mba (7th grade) - mmba@norwood.k12.ma.us
Allyson King (8th grade) - acking@norwood.k12.ma.us
Need to Contact the School?
Need to Contact your Guidance Counselor?
Grade 6: Ashley McCaffrey amccaffrey@norwood.k12.ma.us
Grade 7: Meghan Mba mmba@norwood.k12.ma.us
Grade 8: Ally King acking@norwood.k12.ma.us
School Adjustment Counselors
Amy Riley ariley@norwood.k12.ma.us
Deana Norton dnorton@norwood.k12.ma.us
Raina Keenan rkeenan@norwood.k12.ma.us
Need Aspen or Access Help?
For any students and families that have any issues regarding the Aspen family or student portal, please continue to use the NPS Aspen support email at: npsaspensupport@norwood.k12.ma.us
For any students and families that have questions about accounts or accessing educational resources that their teachers send them, please contact Joe Kidd at: jkidd@norwood.k12.ma.us
PTO Corner
The PTO typically meets the third Wednesday of each month (at times our day varies due to conflicts) to hear an update from the principal and discuss planning related to enrichment, fundraising, activities and other topics of interest. You can also stay up to date with the CMS PTO by following us on Facebook. You can contact the PTO at coakleypto@gmail.com.
We are looking for people to be on the PTO board as Vice-President and Secretary to finish out the year. If you are interested, please email the PTO!
Dr. Margo Fraczek
Email: mfraczek@norwood.k12.ma.us
Website: https://sites.google.com/norwood.k12.ma.us/cms-principal/home
Phone: 781-762-7880
Twitter: @mfraczek