The CMS Helpful Handout

Welcome Back and Happy 2019! MAP Test Teachers - At this Tuesday's Staff Meeting, you will have the opportunity to earn a prize and become certified as a "Crystal Middle School MAP Test Administrator". How? All teachers will be given a certification exam based on the " MAP Administration Handbook ". Proctoring, troubleshooting and contingency procedures are all covered in the Handbook. This is not an open book exam - STUDY and KNOW the contents of your MAP Handbook, get certified and earn a reward!  All Staff MAP Test FYI: See the Q&A For All Staff & the Dialer Script sent out to families starting on 1/6/19 and repeatedly through the end of the window. We will have a prize for all students that bring a charged Chromebook ready for the test each day!!  Update Your Calendar! Reminder: Staff Meeting and Department Meetings have gone back to 1st Tuesday (STAFF) and 3rd Tuesday (DEPT). Specific dates are in our Staff Handbook.  Faculty Meeting is

Wednesday is the End of the Semester The Aeries grading window is open!  It closes this Thursday, 12/22/9, at 3pm. Reminder!  Thursday is a Teacher Workday. If you are not on campus that day, your absence will need to be recorded in AESOP. Enjoy your well-deserved Mid Year Break! Take Care of Yourself!! Remember Our Pledge When we look at our Crystal Middle School data on the California Dashboard, RED is not an option for any of our students. Remember Our Mission To ensure every student at Crystal Middle School is prepared to go to high school with all the skills necessary to earn a diploma. Remember How Will We Improve We will DELIVER the Board-adopted curriculum for our subject area as the primary source for instruction EVERY DAY. We will use TEAMWORK and our STRENGTHS to maximize our potential and the performance of our students. We will INCREASE our skills as professionals We will ENGAGE our students. We will embrace MAP and CAASPP assessments as our OPPORTUNI

Mandatory Faculty Meetings This Month, per Staff Handbook Department Meeting is Tuesday, December 4th (required) Faculty Meeting is Tuesday, December 18th (required) Coaching Rounds With Sara Veloz: We are continuing our Springboard Implementation support with Buckerfield Consulting this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. Sara will visit each teacher for an entire period to do observation and coaching during that same period. The schedule to follow is: BUCKERFIELD ROUNDS TUESDAY  12/4 NAME TIME ROOM Mulvihill/ Fee 9:00-9:55 D103 Solomon/ Fee 9:59-10:51 D204 Tomas/ Currie 10:55-11:47 F202  Lunch 11:47-12:17 Williams, T. 12:21-1:13 D102 Sturgis 1:17-2:09 F203 Molina 2:13-3:05 F102 BUCKERFIELD ROUNDS Wednesday 12/5 NAME TIME ROOM 9:00-9:55 Halls 9:59-10:51 D202 Williamson/ King 10:55-11:47 F202 Mikkola 11:51-12:43 F201 Lunch 12:43-1:13 Blaylock 1:17-2:09 F104 Kin

Welcome New Staff - Mr. Edward (Ed) Fee is our newest certificated staff member! Mr. Fee is teaching RSP and will take over the line left by Michaela Meeter. Ed has a lot of family history, both current and long standing, in the district. Be sure to ask him about his connection to the CMS Library. Welcome Ed Fee! Joining the CMS Admin Team again is John McMorris. He is taking over Krista's admin duties. He did a great job when Monifa was out on maternity leave. Welcome back McMorris! The Campus Looks Great! - Over the break, Joe G. and the custodial team did a nice job sprucing up the classrooms and grounds. Our school looks great! In addition, thanks to FSUSD M/O, we have a new floor in Room E204! The position for the 1.0 FTE in that classroom for Science is still open on Edjoin, fyi. Bring A Treat is Now. .. Thankful Friday at La Cabana - Ms. Spinelli will announce the details. We have so much to be thankful for! Thanksgiving is Caring ...Also, the Butte County Superint

Good Attendance! 2 Crystal Students won the Attendance Poster Contest through SCOE. They will be recognized at the Board meeting this week and their art will be in next year's SCOE calendar. Springboard Implementation Walk - November 8th CIA staff will be at our site this Thursday for a Springboard Implementation Walk. CIA staff and admin will walk ELA classrooms with the Springboard representative.The  Implementation Walk packet  includes the documents we will use in classroom walk observations. The goal is to look for school and district trends Run, Hide, Fight Please see the refresher video on Run, Hide, Fight training video if you haven't seen it already. As discussed at the faculty meeting, please review and refresh the steps on this poster with each class period. Improving Student Attendance CMS has the lowest attendance rates in the district this year. We can do better! To improve student attendance rates at Crystal, we will do the following: Da

Updates on the Chromebooks ALL Students should have their Chromebook checked out to them UNLESS the parent has  specifically  requested not to per the waiver. If the parent has specifically requested not to have the CB checked out:  send  admin the list of names and we will call the parent and work with the parent to find a solution.  CHROMEBOOK REMINDER:  The CB's may not be kept on campus. Students must take them back and forth with their charger. All students must take their Chromebook home every day.  We want to them develop responsible habits completing tasks, bringing materials to class, make effective use of their time and develop good self discipline.  Teachers may not store them in classroom lockers on behalf of students. If a student is struggling with irresponsibility, we need to create short-term goals to provide immediate success. A CONTRACT may be in order to help a struggling student develop more responsible behavior. Please be careful about withdrawing priv