CMHS Times
Canon-McMillan High School/December 2021 Newsletter
What's Happening at CMHS?
Canon-McMillan High School students have kicked off the first semester with a bevy of activities, extracurriculars, giving back to the community and cleaning up the community! Please peruse below to see what is up and coming for the month of December!
Clue!
3,500+ Donations to the Canonsburg Food Bank
Environmental Club, Student Council, and National Honor Society Participated in Second Clean Up Event
Click here to learn more!
https://www.cmsd.k12.pa.us/News/730#sthash.qiUlxa3N.4vlaBxTe.dpbs2021 - 2022 Winter Keystone Exams
Exam Dates
Algebra I
Module 1: Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Module 2: Thursday, December 2, 2021
Literature
Module 1: Friday, December 3, 2021
Module 2: Monday, December 6, 2021
Biology
Module 1: Tuesday, December 7, 2021
Module 2: Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Makeups
December 9th - December 15th
Spring Musical Auditions
Addams Family Musical Auditions - Wednesday, December 1st
Musical auditions will be held on Wednesday, December 1st at 3:30 in the auditorium. Sign up on the sheet outside of room 103, if you’ll be attending. Check in at the table in the Band hallway when you arrive.
Counseling Department
School Counseling Resources Group
Every high school student is encouraged to join the School Counseling Resources group in Schoology! Resources including academic development, career development, employment, community service opportunities, scholarships and more can be found there! Students can join the group by using the following access code: DB7QW-K4WWP
Tutoring
Canon-McMillan High School’s Peer Tutoring Program
Learn from your peers, broaden your content knowledge, & improve your test scores/grade.
Research shows that peer tutoring…
- Encourages a higher level of thinking
- Increases subject-specific knowledge
- Promotes self-motivated learning
- Enhances academic success
- Improves communication skills
- Improves participants’ test scores & grades
- Fosters learning from & relating to one’s peers
If you answered “YES” & would like to be paired with a peer tutor, please click this link https://forms.gle/yCmckH6e7JN8xdeb6 to complete the Google Peer Tutor Request Form. Upon receipt, you will receive communication within 1-2 school days, so please check your SCHOOL GMAIL ACCOUNT for follow up information!
Questions?
Email Mrs. Humbertson at humbertsons@cmsd.k12.pa.us
CMHS Student Council is excited to sponsor "12 days of Christmas Dress" from December 7-22.
See the day by day details below!
Day 1: Festive Flannel Day
Day 2: Winter Scarf Day
Day 3: Steelers Gear Day
Thursday, December 9
Game starts at 8:20 PM!
Day 4: Cozy Christmas Socks Day
Day 5: Christmas Shirt Day
Day 6: Holiday Dress Up Day
Day 7: Candy Cane Day
(Wear Red & White)
Day 8: Christmas Hat Day
(Santa/Elf)
Day 9: Winter White Out Day
Day 10: Ugly Sweater Day
Day 11: Red & Green Day
Day 12: Christmas Character Day
(Santa, Grinch, Frosty, Rudolph, etc.)
CMHS Jazz Band and Percussion Ensemble
Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021, 07:00 PM
Canon-McMillan High School, Elm Street Extension, Canonsburg, PA, USA
CMHS Symphonic Band
Tuesday, Dec 14, 2021, 07:00 PM
Canon-McMillan High School, Elm Street Extension, Canonsburg, PA, USA
CMHS Chorus at St. Patrick's Church
Friday, Dec 17, 2021, 07:00 PM
St Patrick Catholic Church, 317 West Pike Street, Canonsburg, PA 15317, USA
Student Opportunities
Architecture Design 2 Projects
Career Speaker Series
The CMHS Career Speaker Series kicked off their in person series in November with Mr. Mike Arnold who is the Vice President at Site Logiq. This company is a full-service facility planning, design, and management company dedicated to creating healthy, efficient work environments and multi-unit living spaces. 80+ students signed up to hear the career opportunities for their postsecondary planning.
CM Middle School Tour
Teacher Spotlight
"Zoo in the Classroom" at Penn State University
Mrs. Chelsea Geist presented at the Deep Dive Summit at Penn State University. The presentation was called "Zoo in the Classroom". Mrs. Geist took many of her classroom pets to the summit and stole the show! Thank you for representing Canon-McMillan on such a wonderful platform and thank you for all that you do for our students!
Athletics
CMHS School Nurse Information
Student Affairs Information
Marijke Lucia, Secretary of Student Affairs
724-745-1400 ext. 5009
Fax - 724-745-4490
Attendance and Early Dismissal Procedures
Attendance:
If a student is not seated in their first period classroom by 7:45, they will be considered absent (shown as IUn in PowerSchool.) Prior to the end of 2nd period, an attendance rollover will take place and those students still marked as absent will be marked absent for all 9 class periods. That evening you will receive both a phone call and an email from our BlackBoard messaging system alerting you of your child’s absence. Please send them in with an excuse within three 3 days of their last absence. You can either provide us with a parent note, an email or you can fill out an absence excuse found here: https://www.formality.io/v/uJ2tm9C. Parent notes can be placed in absence excuse bin in Student Affairs Office. Each student is allocated 15 absences before a doctor’s excuse is required.
If your child is going to be entering the building late, they must first go through the Student Affairs Office to receive a late pass. Please provide your student with an excuse. Acceptable forms are a parent note, doctor's excuse, email or an online form submission found here: https://www.formality.io/v/AW8mOPbmC. If they enter with an excuse, their absence will be changed to an excused tardy (TEx.) If they do not have an excuse, they will be entered as tardy unexcused (TUn.) If your child is marked as tardy unexcused, that evening you will receive both a phone call and email from our BlackBoard messaging system alerting you of their tardy. Each student is allocated 4 tardies per semester (parent note or online submission) before a doctor's excuse is required. Disciplinary action will be taken for excessive tardies.
Early Dismissals:
If your student will need to leave the building prior to the end of the school day (2:40pm), you must provide them with an early dismissal note. This can be a parent note, email or online submission found here: https://www.formality.io/v/i1GhkeV. All early dismissals require BOTH written and verbal confirmation. Please call Mrs. Lucia in the Office of Student Affairs (724-745-1400, ext. 5009), BY 9:00am to confirm you child’s early dismissal. Once both forms are received, a pass will be sent to your child and they may leave at the time of their dismissal. If you are picking your student up, they will meet you outside, if they are a driver, they are free to leave and drive themselves. If you choose, you can come into the main office to sign your student out. No student will be permitted to leave until both forms of confirmation are received. All early dismissals will be entered as ER in PowerSchool. If your child has medical documentation for their early release, please provide us with this information and we will change their ER to a medical early release (MER.) Medical early releases are not counted in attendance reports. Students who leave the building without an early dismissal pass will be marked IUn and considered absent from class and disciplinary action can be taken.
Mrs. Lucia can be reached by email at luciam@cmsd.k12.pa.us and by phone at 724-745-1400, ext. 5009.
FIDs vs. Snow Days
On Your Radar
A Snapshot of December
December 1st - 15th: Winter Keystone Exams
December 6th: Progress Reports
December 23rd-31st: Winter Break (no school)
CMHS Administration
Mr. Ken Crowley, Principal
Ms. Jenna Handra, Assistant Principal
Mr. Tom Orr, Assistant Principal
Ms. Brittany Taylor, Assistant Principal