May 8, 2016 Principal’s Update

Dear Families,

I hope you enjoyed the weekend and especially a happy Mother’s Day.

INTERIM REPORTS:

We are at mid-term of term three, and interim reports will be prepared and sent to those students whose performance has changed significantly since last grading period. Reports will be posted and mailed at the end of the week.

PARCC:

As of Friday, we completed our first two weeks of PARCC testing. So far everything has run quite smoothly. We have had only a small number of students initially unable to login, or with frequent “bumps out” of the testing site, and all issues have been easily addressed. Testing will continue in various grades each day, through May 24th. Schedule

Daily announcements each day will continue to remind parents and students who is testing the following day. Please continue to send your children to school with fully charged laptops and headphones or earbuds. They are doing a great job keeping up with this so far.

SCHEDULES & SELECTIVE COURSES FOR THE FALL:

Schedules for 7th & 8th grade students are being finalized and will be distributed shortly. There are still a number of students who have not submitted choices for selective choice courses that run once per 6-day cycle. If you have not already done so, or unsure, please link to the correct form below for fall grade assignments.

Incoming Peabody 7th grade form

Incoming Peabody 8th grade form

Incoming Sanborn 7th grade form

Incoming Sanborn 8th grade form

8TH GRADE DC TRIP GROUPINGS:

Information and the form to submit requests for roommates for the DC trip was sent out last week. If you have not completed the form yet, please do so soon. The final date for submission is this Friday, May 13th.

8th Grade DC Groupings Information & Form

UPCOMING EVENTS:

CMS Principal’s Coffee

9:30-10:30 pm, Peabody Forum

CCHS 1:1 8th Grade Parent Information Night

May 11, 7:00-8:30 pm, CCHS Auditorium

8th grade families, this presentation will explain the differences in the 1:1 computing program at CCHS as compared to CMS.

Music in the Parks

May 14th, leaving from Sanborn. Please see permission slips for arrival and pick up times.

8th Gr Parent/Student DC Review Mtg

May 17th, 7:00-8:15 pm, Sanborn Auditorium

CMS Coffee House

May 19th, 7:00-8:00 pm, Sanborn

No School – Memorial Day, May 30th

Have a wonderful week!

Best,

Lynne