Week of August 19th, 2019


What a great CMS Orientation on 8/15! Our staff welcomed all families and students with care and enthusiasm. We passed out lots of schedules, welcomed students to see the classrooms, distributed many chromebooks, shared a wealth of information and had numerous parents sign up for the PTA. All staff radiated readiness and professionalism making CMS Orientation 19-20 a great success and a great start to the new year!

More News: We welcome our newest staff members to the Cougar Staff Family!

  • Sarah Kagenski, 6th grade math and science in Room D102
  • Sean Viri, 7th grade math teacher in Room H101
  • Rodney Fisher, Career College Technician in Room F105
  • Only remaining vacancy is for PE


 Also New this year: We are providing our students with supplies 
Per SPSA Strategy/Activity 2 Title: Increasing Student Engagement for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Students and Students of Two Or More Races, we will provide materials and other supplies. As a result, each student at CMS will receive:

  • 1 Spiral Notebook
  • 1 Composition Book
  • 2 Mechanical Pencils
Thanks to the math department for distributing these along with the agendas in week 1!


 New Teacher Welcome Meeting - Wednesday, August 21 from 11:30 to 12:15. 
Calendar invites have gone out to new teachers. We will go over all the things from our faculty handbook and more that new teachers need to know that will not be covered at the First Faculty Meeting. Bring a lunch. Department Chairs working with new teachers in their department are welcome to attend.

 First Faculty Meeting - August 22, 2019 will be from 8:30 to 3pm.

  • We will have snacks and coffee from 8 to 8:30
  • We will welcome new Cougar Family members
  • We will review the agenda and set norms for the day
  • We will utilize Google Classroom during the meeting and at subsequent meetings
  • We will do a community building activity
  • We will establish our vision and direction for the year
  • We will launch our efforts to know our students’ name, face & story; working in grade level teams
  • We will hear expectations from administration
  • We will have an hour for lunch (on your own)
  • We will discuss CMS Faculty Handbook Highlights
  • We will work in departments and discuss instructional business*
    • *The expectation during this time will be to discuss continuity across the department & set expectations for common syllabi, use of board adopted curriculum, and grading/homework practices/policies.
Friday, August 23rd will be a teacher work day

 Friday, August 23rd is also the Comedy Special benefitting the CMS Music Boosters!
Call or visit the Downtown Theater to purchase tickets for the August 23rd comedy special benefitting the outstanding Crystal music program for only $25 (or $15 when you use the secret word “Suisun 10”). We hope to see you there for the show!!

 Professional Development at CMS:
Middle Grade Math PD for district administrators in the CMS library - August 19th from 8:30 to 3pm
Middle Grade Math PD for district math teachers in the CMS library - 
Lots of people on campus! Not much parking - if you haven’t RSVP’d, please see Warner’s email inviting you to the PD!


All Staff... You can take the Mandated Reporter Training right now.
This is a required annual training for all. Please see the email from Jennifer Taylor for accessing and completing the required Mandated Reporter and Sexual Harassment training modules in the Target Solutions online training platform.  This training must be completed no later than October 1, 2019. Please note, no faculty meeting time will be dedicated to this online training! 





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