The CMS Helpful Handout

The Master Schedule is Set! Thanks to genius, creativity and teamwork our Master Schedule is now set with balanced classes and no overages. As a result of collapsing a few classes and "blocking" one of Tracy Williams' classes into a History/ELA, we are very full in seventh grade going forward.  An InTouch phone call yesterday to all families stated: " all 7th and 8th grade students will need to start school Monday by going to the Snack Bar lines to pick up a reprinted schedule because class size consolidation has caused some changes to more than a handful of students. Please plan to arrive to school a little early to avoid confusion." Title 1 Updates: We are a "Comprehensive Support" Title 1 school now, which means the interventions we select can be used for all students. We have approximately $311,000 in Title 1 funds which, according to our SPSA, will be used to fund our 1.0 FTE Mental Health Clinician (Kim Holland), our Community Liaison, Mr

New Staff! Please welcome Mr. Christopher Olsen, our new 6th grade teacher in Room D201. Chris comes to us having many years experience in elementary, middle and high school. He most recently was a First Grade Teacher and CMS is so lucky to have him joining our staff. WELCOME Mr. OLSEN!! Enrollment Numbers & Rebalancing Classes The goal is to have this completed by the end of day this Friday so students can start their new schedules Monday morning as necessary. Students with Special Needs Also by the end of the day this Friday, general education teachers will receive an email with attached "IEP At a Glance" and the Accommodations pages. For each student, the body of the message will include whom the Case Manager is. This is the person you should talk to if you have any questions about the IEP or the student's disability.  504, Homeless and Foster Our administrative staff will share with you whom the students are on your rosters that have a 504, are

Fantastic First Day! The line of cheering staff welcoming students was transformative and amazing. We saw students were overjoyed, amazed, embarrassed and flattered; it was emotional and special for each one, and many had returned over and over again to say thank you for the love you showed. Beautiful. You can see it again on Lisa's Twitter !  Admin to Address the Entire Student Body This Week The administrative team will be addressing the entire student body, one PE period at a time this Friday, August 18th. We will go over school wide rules & procedures, our Cell Phone Policy, and the monthly PBIS expectation. 6th graders will get reminders about our lunch protocols as well. "Warm Body Counts"  Through September 6th, the administrators will be conducting warm body counts of students actually present during first period. For classes with more than one grade level, the admin will have to actually take roll and record it. Sorry for any inconvenience

Welcome to the Helpful Handout! Thank you for checking this blog! This blog is for all staff to get information from the Crystal Middle School Administration. You are cordially invited to check it each week.  I guarantee that it will have HELPFUL information each time! My Expectation for all staff at Crystal Middle School: We have a BELIEF that all students can learn and it is the school's JOB to teach them. Our Common Goal:  We will guarantee that all students that are promoted to ninth grade from Crystal Middle School will have the necessary skills they will need in order to be successful in high school. How will we do this? Rigorous first instruction Data-driven decision making Quality and focused interventions Collaboration among all staff Positive Behavior Intervention Systems (PBIS) to mitigate disruptive behaviors Social and emotional support for students in crisis Systems for supporting students, staff and families  Strong community partnersh