Final Newsletter From Mr. Howell 17/18

CFMS BUILDING NEWSLETTER

May 26, 2018

Dear CFMS Families,

It was a whirlwind week with lots of great activities and many amazing memories made by students and staff. It's hard to believe our eighth graders are off to Washington D.C. on their final three days of school and that our seventh graders have only two and a half days remaining. Parents of seventh grade students, please remember that on our last day, students will be dismissed at noon.

Eighth grade parents, a few final reminders for our Tuesday departure to Washington D.C. Please make sure your child arrives by 5:45 a.m. The weather forecast is predicting weather to be in the mid 80's with a chance of rain on our last day. I will be sending communication next week concerning refunds and reimbursement to the district from Discovery Tours. Please watch for this piece of communication to come across your email.

Seventh grade parents, please make sure you attend at least one of our two scheduled runs for our first annual REC Regatta! Our staff has worked extremely hard to make this day an amazing experience for our kids and they deserve all the credit for how this has turned out. Specifically, I'd like to recognize grade seven team leader, Brian Johnson. Brian has worked many nights and weekends making phone calls, creating schedules and organizing events. To say that I'm proud of Brian's leadership is an understatement. Please shake Brian's hand when you see him at the Regatta. Click here to access the final heat list for Wednesday.

This will be my last newsletter for the 2017-2018 school year. It's been an honor working with you as parents and especially humbling being able to lead the building that your students attend each day. Thank you for trusting me with the most important pieces of your lives. A piece of my heart will always remain with this first principal position and a big part of that comes from you, your children and our absolutely amazing staff. I'm very fortunate and grateful. Next year I will serve as an assistant principal in the district, working with Dr. Jones at Gurney Elementary and Mrs. Read at the Intermediate school. I'm excited for this new challenge. If I can ever be of assistance, please know I'm an email or phone call away.

It's been a great ride!

Proud to be a Tiger,

Curtis Howell

Interim Principal, Chagrin Falls Middle School

342 E. Washington Street

Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022

(440) 893-7695 x 4301

Curtis.Howell@chagrinschools.org

@Howell_CFMS

INFORMATION FOR FAMILIES

Medications At School

IF YOUR STUDENT HAS MEDICATION(S) AT SCHOOL , please pickup your student's medication(s) by the end of the school day, Thursday, May 31st. Any medications left at school after that date will be disposed of in accordance with Ohio law. Please contact your student's school clinic if you have any questions.

Medication order forms, including Allergy, Asthma, Diabetic and Seizure Action Plans need to be renewed every school year - they do not carry over year to year. All medication forms and Action Plans can be found on the Health Services section of the school's website http://www.chagrinschools.org/HealthServices1.aspx

Lost & Found

Please be sure to check our Lost & Found. Any unclaimed items will be donated one week after the end of the grading period. The bus garage has also accumulated a lot of lost and found items and will be donating anything that is here after June 8th. items can be picked up in Gurney on weekdays from 7 am-4 pm until June 8th.

Attention 8th Graders Registered for AP World History at the HS Beginning Fall 2018

2018 AP World History Summer Boot Camp

Students will learn about the expectations of AP World History. Boot Camp will engage students in rubric identification and analysis, practice in how to write a DBQ and Long Essay question, and learning of strategies to best-prepare for success in AP World History.

WHEN : June 11-14 (8:15-noon)

WHERE : Chagrin Falls 7-12 Campus

WHO : CFHS students registered for AP World History in 2018-19. Course will be taught by Ms. Corinne Midlik.

HOW : Register as soon as possible HERE

2018-2019 MS Student Supply List

Please CLICK HERE to view the list

2018-2019 MS Welcome Walk Through

7th and 8th grade students are invited to come to the Middle School during the hours of 1:00 pm-4:00 pm on August 10th to have their school picture taken, pick up their schedules and load supplies into their lockers. If you are unable to attend this event you may have your picture taken on picture re-take day scheduled for September 18th and schedules may be picked up before class on the first day of school August 16.

NOTEWORTHY NEWS

MS Orchestra Students Accepted to Cleveland Youth Orchestra

Congratulations to Christina Bencin (7th Grade - Violin) and Hansen Song (8th Grade - Violin) auditioned and were accepted into the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra. Hansen's older sister (Wendi Song - 10th Grade - Violin) auditioned and was also accepted.

Congratulations to our May 2018 Students Of The Month

The mission of the Chagrin Falls Middle School Students of the Month is to acknowledge and reward students for exemplary performance. The students depict Tiger Techniques: Think, Integrity, Grit, Effort and Responsibility. Each month, the seventh and eighth grade teams collaborate and choose a male and female "Tiger of the Month" and the students receive desserts from the PTO.

Congratulations to Riley Myers, Patrick Boje, Sophia Avery and Sam Partain.

CLICK HERE to learn more about them.

SUPPORT GROUP NEWS

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Thank you to all our fabulous support groups and the countless helping hands that have contributed their resources and personal time to join with us in a successful school year. Their assistance goes beyond the fundraising and into the classroom with all the volunteer hours clocked throughout the year.They are with us from the start of year folder stuffing straight through to end of year field day activities. It truly takes a village and we are very fortunate to be surrounded by a community that continually asks "what can I do to help?" THANK YOU!

CLICK HERE FOR FLYER CENTRAL

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

May 29, 30, 31- 8th Grade D.C. Trip
May 31 Last Day of School Dismissal at NOON with bus service.
August 10th 1-4pm Middle School Walk Through & Picture Day
September 18th- Middle School Picture Re-take Day

A Message from School Counselor, Mr. Patterson:

Thank you all for a wonderful year. I'm available throughout the summer if you need anything. Please reach out to me at kyle.patterson@chagrinschools.org

Have an enjoyable summer,

Kyle

Safer Ohio Tip Line

The single greatest deterrent of an act of violence is identification and intervention with at risk students. All students, parents and staff must feel comfortable expressing concern and alerting the appropriate individual(s) when concerns arise. The state of Ohio has an anonymous tip line that can be reached via text or call with any issue of concern, 1-844-SaferOH (844-723-3764 ). This line is monitored by analysts at the Ohio Homeland Security Threat Assessment and Prevention Unity at all times.

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