October 22 - 26




Thank you for kindly recognizing CMS Admin for Boss's Day. Cougar Staff, you are the best!
Chromebook distribution will be on Tuesday, October 23rd (date moved from Monday). 
The Notice to Parents Letter and the Expectations and Responsibilities for Students Technology Devices (waiver) went out. The plan for distribution will be for students to receive their Chromebook during English class. Click the Map to link to the plan for the day:

Opting Out: Please Share with Parents
All students are required to accept Chromebooks issued by CMS.The benefits of a tool like this can only be achieved if all students use the tool. This uniformity also allows all of our students to be on equal educational footing regardless of their financial means. CMS believes preparing students to succeed in the 21st century and competing with students around the world requires digitally literate students with strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills who are connected with the world around them. CMS 1:1 initiative will allow students to develop skills in the classroom and practice those skills in the home. Students will be able to take their Chromebook home, which strengthens the school/home connection.

***"Charged Chromebook from Home" has been added as a positive behavior to assign points in PBIS Rewards...

 Thank You For Taking In Lieus & Staff Attendance
Your attendance as a staff member is hugely important to our mission as a school, and good attendance is the mark of a professional.  Below is a snapshot of our staff's monthly attendance rate from August to date, compared to GMS and GVMS. 
Let's do it for our students and make sure we don't lose another month to both middle schools!!


Reading Challenge (from Patricia Adkins):
We went from 6 books logged in to 94!  Way to show that Crystal Reads!!  Let's get on the district leader board!  Thank you to those that are logging in the books they have read and encouraging students to do the same!
Here is the link to district website page with form for logging in books read:
Also, here is the presentation with code for Crystal FSUSDReads google classroom (slides have link to district page and info about the challenge).


Coming Events:

  • District Writing Assessment Grading Day: Monday, October 22. We will have 6 subs available to release English teachers according to Mr. Sturgis' schedule.
  • ELPAC Testing for EL Students: Wednesday, October 24. Ms. Williamson will be pulling students that will take the exam to determine their proficiency for English.

Adult School Classes Start November 5th
Crystal will host GED and ESL classes beginning the week of November 5th. Please promote this opportunity for our parents and community. It's free for adult students! An updated flyer will go out to staff with all the details. Enrollment takes place during the first class, so parents just need to show up.

  • ESL Classes are Monday & Wednesday in F201 
  • GED Classes are Tuesday & Thursday in F205
  • Both classes run from 6 to 8pm.





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