I want to start by saying thank you to all of our parents who are supporting their student with completing the online assignments we have been providing. I know it's difficult right now to not only manage life outside of the norm, but also trying to keep kids doing school work online. KUDOS to those families who are pushing their students to keep a school routine daily and engage in this different way of learning.
Teacher Appreciation Week Event
Next week is Teacher Appreciation week and I would like to recognize all of the work our teachers and staff have done over the past year, which includes the past month of online learning. In order to do this in a safe and creative way, we have planned a parade for next Tuesday, May 5 (Cinco De Mayo). Our teachers will be social distancing themselves around the perimeter of our school and we ask that you drive over to Bailey and flow through the parking lot so kids can wave, hold up signs, play music, or the variety of other celebratory things you can do from a car in a parade. We will have Officers from Cornelius PD there to direct traffic as our hope is to have a great turn-out since teachers and kids have not seen each other in person since March 13. I have listed a few guidelines below to keep everyone safe and in compliance with our current social distancing rules.
1.
Enter only at the bus lot, stay in your car, and follow the flow of traffic around the back of the school past the modular.
2.
Exit only at the car rider exit in the front parking lot and turn right towards Hough to go out the back way.
3.
All students must be accompanied by an adult and cannot walk, skateboard, or ride bikes to school.
4.
Times: 6th grade @
3:00-3:20 pm
7th grade @ 3:20-3:40 pm
8th grade @ 3:40-4:00 pm
HUGE THANKS in advance for helping us create a fun event on Tuesday that promotes a positive community spirit, which we all need right now! Finally, feel free to encourage your student to send their teachers some positive messages next week during their online communications.
Online Instructional Update
Students should continue to check their CMS Gmail daily for updates from teachers and login to Canvas daily to see and complete assignments just as we have for the past few weeks. NC Department of Public Instruction announced changes to how grading will be handled moving forward and I hope to provide some additional guidance on this for parents within the next few days. Additionally, we will communicate separately with parents of students taking high school credit classes (Math 1, Math 2, and Spanish 1) about how their grading will work as it will be the same as high school. Attached here is the one page frequently asked questions memo that NCDPI published late last week that outlines the new guidelines for grading. Please remember that CMS will still decide how to implement these new grading guidelines and we hope that students will continue to engage in the online instruction that our teachers will continue to provide for the remainder of the school year.
Field Trip Refund Update
If you paid for your field trip online through the OSP system, you should've already received a refund within the last two weeks. We have started sending out checks to the 700+ families from all three grade levels who paid with cash or check. We have to print these one at a time and mail them to you once CMS approves each person in their database (just like a vendor). Thank you for your patience with this process as we hope to have them all mailed out by early next week.
Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, and Stay Positive,
