CBE News
October 7, 2022
Great Relationships Produce Great Students
Mr. Brad Franklin
Principal
Grade 7Mr. Brian Marcus
Assistant Principal
Grade 8Mrs. Natalie Richter
Assistant Principal
Grade 6
This Newsletter Features the Following:
- Book Fair
- Parent Teacher Conference Sign-up Instructions
- Picture Retake Day
- Attendance - email and text options
- Counseling Corner - Benefit for CBE family
- No School - Oct 20 & 21
- Free & Reduced lunch grace period ending
- Indian Education Pow Wow
- Ad-Ventures
- Written Notification of School Accountability Report
- Nurse Notes
- Entrance to the Building
Sign up for Parent/Teacher Conferences - Oct. 11th & 13th
Conference time is fast approaching. We look forward to seeing you and your child to discuss their learning and growth at Carl Ben Eielson Middle School.
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School will be using PTCFast again this year as our school-wide scheduling program for our Parent Teacher Conferences. The online scheduling tool will allow parents the ability to schedule a conference time for your student’s parent teacher conference. Please click on the following link for details and directions.
https://ptcfast.com/schools/CBE
6th grade student conferences should be scheduled according to your student’s Language Arts Class. Please ask your child who their Language Arts teacher is before scheduling a conference time.
7th & 8th grade conferences are set up by the student’s team and not by an individual teacher. Please ask your child which team they are on before scheduling a conference time.
Upcoming Parent/Teacher Conference Dates:
Tuesday, October 11th and Thursday, October 13th, from 4:00 - 8:00 pm each night.
All parents/families are encouraged to check student current grades and email or call your child’s teachers if you have specific questions. Even better, have your child email the teacher and cc you on the emails so they can practice advocating for themselves about their school work. If you have concerns and are unable to attend conferences you can certainly reach out to your child's teachers or counselor at any time during the school year to discuss your child's progress.
Please remember that there will be no quarter grades this school year, only semester grades.
Traveling Teachers Conference Schedule
Student Picture Retake Day
Friday, October 14th
Spirit Week - October 10th -14th
Dress Up Days:
Monday: PJ Day
Tuesday: Adam Sadler Day (flannels, baseball caps, etc.)
Wednesday: Flash Back Day
Thursday: Country Club vs Cowboy Day
Friday: Bruin Spirit Day!
Attendance - Email and Text Option now available
For absences, please call the Attendance Office directly at 701-446-1710. Feel free to call the attendance number at any time, 24 hours a day, to leave a message. This message should include the name of the person calling, student’s name, ID number, grade, the date(s) and reason they will be absent. If no contact has been made, the student must present a written excuse, signed by a parent/guardian to the attendance office when returning to school. Any absence not verified by phone or note will be considered unexcused.
If you are planning on picking up your student during the school day, please call the Attendance Office as early as possible so that we can get your student a pass and have them ready in the office.
You may also email the above information to cmattendance@fargo.k12.nd.us or text 701-446-8128.
Counseling Corner
The Motschenacher’s are a part of our CBE family and their daughter Clara (9th grader) was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. She is nearing the end of her chemotherapy treatments at the Roger Maris center, but will have to travel in the very near future for her upcoming treatments. Friends and family have come together to help raise funds to offset medical costs and time missed from work while they fight this along side Clara. Please see the attached flyer with information about an upcoming benefit. If you have any questions, or would like to help in any way, please contact Rachel Johnson at (701) 446-1715.
Our counselors are:
Ms. Rachel Johnson who serves students with last names beginning with letters A-G
701-446-1715
Ms. Krista Ronnevik who serves students with last names beginning with letters H-N
701-446-1714
Mrs. Kylie Wallman who serves students with last names beginning with letters O-Z
701-446-1713
School Out Days - October 20-21
Free and Reduced Lunch Grace Period Ending Soon
Households that qualified to receive free and reduced lunch benefits during the 2021-22 school year have continued to receive those benefits during the carryover grace period at the beginning of this school year. The grace period for households qualifying for free and reduced lunch benefits is ending October 8.
Households that have not reapplied and qualified will lose benefits. Click here to apply for free and reduced-price meals.
Indigenous People's Day Pow-Wow
The event will feature the Young Red Moccasin drum group, inter-tribals dances, a friendship round dance, an honor song for educators, and the FPS AFJROTC Color Guard.
AD-Ventures: Seasonal Activities for Kids
AD-Ventures for Kids is for youth in grade levels K-5.
AD-Ventures for Teens is for youth in grade levels 6-8.
Written Notification of School Accountability Report
Dear Parent/Guardian,
North Dakota has launched a dashboard called “Insights,” designed to help communities across the state access important information about K-12 districts and schools. Insights features easy-to-read reports on multiple measures of school success, including:
· Student Achievement
· Choice Ready Results
· Performance Comparisons
· English Learner Progress
· Graduation Rates
· School and State Accountability Results
· School Improvement Information
· Post-Secondary Education
· School Environment
Transparency to the Public
North Dakota is committed to informing communities about how well our schools are doing. North Dakota’s future success depends on tapping into the potential of all students, so they graduate choice ready with the knowledge, skills, and disposition to be successful.
State education departments are required to annually create an accountability report for every public school in the state per the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The school accountability reports outline how schools perform on the accountability elements North Dakota selected within its ESSA plan.
How is our School Doing?
To find more information about our School Accountability Report, visit the dashboard at Insights.nd.gov, select “Find My School,” and search alphabetically. The school accountability report is posted under the Dashboard heading.
Please note that the data made available to the public masks or hides data for groups with ten or fewer students to protect confidential information about individual students. Therefore, if data is unavailable to less than ten students, it will say “no data available.”
Family Engagement
We have strong plans for working to improve the educational programs at our school. We want you and your child(ren) to continue actively participating in our educational system. Please help support our high expectations for student achievement by participating in the school educational initiatives, offering input and support in our endeavors to raise student achievement, or volunteering at the school. Meeting our school’s goals will take a united effort, and I look forward to working with our families to ensure success for each student.
Continuous Improvement
All schools engage in continuous improvement for general support; therefore, our school has completed a continuous improvement plan through Cognia.
As part of the overall school improvement plan, a strategy map is generated for each school. Our strategy map, outlining our key school improvement initiatives, is also available on Insights.
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School is not a participating Title I school, with a student membership count of 618.
In addition, our school was selected for Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) due to the school performing in the bottom 10% based on all indicators within the state’s accountability system, and low-performing subgroups including Hispanic, Low Income, and Students with IEP’s.
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School is developing a plan to improve student achievement for all students, as well as the subgroups identified above.
More information on TSI can be found here: https://www.nd.gov/dpi/districtsschools/essa/accountability/targeted-support-and-improvement
If you have any questions regarding the information in the memorandum, please contact Brad Franklin, Principal, at 701-446-1707 or by email at franklb@fargo.k12.nd.us .
Sincerely,
Brad Franklin, Principal
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School
Nurse Notes
The Nurse is a support staff that works with medication issues, consultations and safety issues. The school nurse will not diagnose medical issues.
Hours -typically 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Monday-Friday
If you have questions, call Nurse Cheri Koch at 446-1721 or email at cbmnurse@fargo.k12.nd.us
Per public health guidelines we are still unable to give out cough drops or allergy medication to students with cold symptoms or allergy symptoms.
Entrance to the Building During School Hours
Fargo Public Schools is pleased to announce that we will begin using the Raptor Visitor Management System in all of our schools to strengthen our program of campus safety for students and staff. Part of keeping students and staff safe is knowing who is in our buildings at all times, and the Raptor system will allow us to do so. The Raptor system will allow us to better screen visitors, contractors, and volunteers in our schools to provide us with a safe environment for our students and staff.
Upon entering the school building, visitors will be asked to present an ID, such as a Driver’s License, which can either be scanned or manually entered into the system. If a parent or guardian for any reason does not have a US government-issued ID, the school staff member can use any form of identification and manually enter the person’s name into the Raptor system. Once entry into the building is approved, Raptor will issue a badge that identifies the visitor, the date, and the purpose of their visit. A visitor’s badge will not be necessary for those who visit our schools simply to drop off an item in the office or pick up paperwork.
Who's Who at Carl Ben Eielson
Principals follow with their grade level which means students will have the same principal every year that they attend Carl Ben Eielson. Counselors will have the same students each year based on the first letter of their last name.
Administration
Grade 6 - Mrs. Natalie Richter, Assistant Principal
Grade 7 - Mr. Brad Franklin, Principal
Grade 8 - Mr. Brian Marcus, Assistant Principal
Counselors
Ms. Rachel Johnson - Last names A-G
Ms. Krista Ronnevik - Last names H-N
Mrs. Kylie Wallman - Last names O-Z
Student Support Personnel
Mrs. Andrea Roach, Admin. Assist.
Mrs. Sheila Beauchene, Office Assist.
Mrs. Pam Armstrong, Activities Secretary
Mrs. Chole Solum, Student Services/Registrar
Ms. Gina Auran, Attendance
School Resource Officer
Officer Dave Carlson
School Nurse
Mrs. Cheri Koch
446-1721
Carl Ben Eielson Middle School
Website: www.fargo.k12.nd.us/cbe
Location: 1601 13th Avenue South, Fargo, ND, USA
Phone: 701-446-1700
Twitter: @FPSCarlBen
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