February 18, 2020

The Beyond Differences Student Service Organization put on a fun NO ONE EATS ALONE event at both A & B Lunch.
Our NO ONE EATS ALONE event featured a mixed genre of music and spoken words of Kindness quotes from more than 30 students.  Our event opened to the song “Summer Love” a R&B pops song and remix from the Japanese Anime theme Spirit Away by Miyazaki and new release by Courtney Knott.   Then, a cadre of Beyond Differences club members walked amongst our Cougar students giving them a piece of candy (pencils) and fist pump saying: “You are not alone.”  Cougars read kindness quotes and were recipients of the BD wrist band. Thank you Beyond Differences working together to make the event happen. That’s CrackerJack! It was a great day to be a Cougar!
ELPAC testing starts next week! All of our English learners will be tested between February 18th-26th. Our amazing CSEL, Mrs. Williamson will be pulling the 7th and 8th grade long-term English learners (most of whom are in ALD with Mr. Tomas) on Wednesday and Thursday this week for the Reading, Writing and Listening portions of the exam. Students in ELD and 6th grade ALD will test with Mr. Sturgis and Ms. Solomon respectively. Please send our English learners lots of positivity and pep talks as they complete this important assessment over the next few weeks! Please also be ready for students to be pulled from your classes to complete the ELPAC (students may be pulled for their speaking assessment anytime over the next several weeks). 
Mid Year Review - Our Goals
  • Improve our overall Attendance rate to 95% or higher by the end of the year. 
  • To raise student achievement and improve all metrics as measured by the CA Dashboard
    • An emphasis on coaching and better utilization of our Learning Walks. (Vega)
  • To make Crystal Middle School a place all students WANT to come to EVERY day.
    • Our school has created a “Climate Committee” composed of students, teachers and Admin to determine just what we can do, from a students’ perspective, to make CMS a place students want to attend every day. (Klapper)
Electives:
Students in 6th and 7th grade were given a presentation on possible elective courses for next year by Mrs. Nashir. The presentation can be found HERE 
Teachers - Are you Interested in Teaching an Elective?? Below are the courses students students surveyed expressed an interest in taking next year and the requirements needed to teach the course. 
  • Art (Art Credential)
  • Band Programs (Music credential)
  • Spanish/French (*teacher consent form)
  • Computer Science/Digital Media (IT, math, art)
  • Avid (*teacher consent form)
  • Personal Finance (math, business, business math)
  • Leadership (*teacher consent form)
  • Theater (english credential)
  • Movie Appreciation (english credential)

Please Note: Only those with a clear of preliminary credential can agree to a teacher consent form. Single Subject Credential holders can teach an elective in an area if they have a minimum of 12 semester units in that subject area (by an accredited institution). If you are interested in teaching one or more of the above electives next year, Please COMPLETE THIS SURVEY 
Our Honor's Assemblies are happening this Friday, February 21st. We will have a regular bell schedule, with assemblies as follows:
  • 1st Period - 6th Grade Honor's Assembly
  • 2nd Period - 7th Grade Honor's Assembly
  • 3rd Period - 8th grade Honor's Assembly

Teachers - Passes for students who qualify for the assembly will be placed in your box, along with a roster for your reference. Only students who have a pass/are on the list are allowed to attend the assembly.
Please note - passes are separated by category, please remind students to sit in their GPA section (3.0-3.4, 3.5-3.9, or 4.0). If a student has no marked GPA on the pass (only Perfect Attendance or Reclassification) they should sit in the 3.0-3.4 section as they are called first. 
Congratulations to our Crystal Middle School Student of the Year!
Lilian Luu will be honored as Crystal’s Student of the Year and the District Student of the Month this Thursday, 2/20 at 6:00 pm at the district office.  Please join us to celebrate Lilian if you can. Attached is a copy of the letter recommending her. Thank you to the 8th Grade Team and Ms. Spinelli for narrowing down a very strong list of qualified students!!
Yearbook
There is a coupon for STAFF ONLY to use to purchase a yearbook this year.
Score extra points with your student by pre-ordering a 2019-2020 Crystal Middle School yearbook today. Use coupon code: cougarcode for a $2.00 staff discount 

Events This Week:
  • ELPAC Window Opens
  • Department Meetings - Tuesday 3:15 to 4:45
  • Climate Committee Meeting #1 - Wednesday during 6th period
  • PTA Meeting (Executive Board) - Thursday @ 8:00 in Library
  • Safety Committee Meeting - Thursday @ 8:15 in Dowd’s office
  • Awards Assembly - Friday (see above for times)

Coming Events:
  • Active Shooter Drill with SPD & SFD (Hide Portion of Run, Hide, Fight) - Wednesday, 2/26
  • AHS Shadow Days - 2/27 & 2/28
  • A - G Parent Workshop in the LIbrary - 2/27 at 5pm 
  • Progress Report #4 - Friday, 2/28

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