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Jenna Cossu
Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to math teacher Jenna Cossu for being named Teacher of the Year.
After graduating from Carroll, Cossu attended and graduated with a teaching degree from Texas Christian University.
"I became a teacher because I had fantastic teachers when I was at Carroll that impacted me which influenced me to want to be like them," Cossu said.
Upon completing her student teaching at Carroll Middle School, she was hired as a coach and teacher. Co-workers recognize her compassion and dedication to her students and their success in her classroom.
"I wanted to pass on the experience that I received when I was in school and encourage kids to become the best that they can be," Cossu said.
Students are not the only ones who benefit from her ambition. She supports her peers by arranging monthly activities, decorating for events, planning showers, and other happenings.
"Ever since I decided to be a teacher, I knew CMS was the only place I wanted to work," Cossu said. "I remember how much I loved being a student here and now being a teacher it's even better. "
Besides planning a summer wedding, Cossu enjoys scrapbooking, jazzercise, shopping, watching the Stars, TCU Horned Frogs, Mavs, and Cowboys, and spending time with my family and friends in her spare time.
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Operation #SAFEdragon (Safety Awareness For Every Dragon) is a multi-faceted response plan that affects all CISD facilities and departments. The program includes a number of intitiatives aimed at fortifying buildings, ensuring regular training, communication and increasing staff and public awareness.
The goals of the #SAFEdragon program are to improve safety and security within Carroll ISD and promote emergency preparedness among students and staff.
NOVEL (NEW) CORONAVIRUS & COVID-19 INFORMATION
Carroll ISD Closed until April 17
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: On March 13, 2020 the Tarrant County Health Department recommened public schools close for two weeks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Carroll ISD will be closed March 16-April173, 2020.
For the complete information, click
here.
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Counselor's Corner
Dear Parents,
Wow! What a strange time we find ourselves in as we work together to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
As Counselors, we want to provide you with some support. As you know, we provide a monthly topical newsletter called
LIFE in the Middle. Additionally, we are using a resource from
Why Try to provide a weekly newsletter intended to give parents ideas on developing Resilience in your kids. Resilience is a vital skill for all of us as we navigate these unfamiliar waters, and your kids will benefit for the rest of their lives by learning how to bounce back from disappointment, adversity, and difficult events.
Also, in case you are not aware, we have provided resources and information regarding how your student can connect with the Counselors on our
Counseling page, as well as resources on the district
COVID-19 page.
Please let us know how we can help you during this time.
Please let us know if we can help in any way.
CURRENT 8th to 9th Grade Dates/Information
Carroll High School
2020/2021 School Year
Course Selection Dates
2020/2021 Arena Scheduling Timeline
April 13-16
Arena Scheduling for Rising Sophomores
April 23-27
Arena Scheduling for Rising Freshman
Counseling Office 817-949-5620
Counseling Office Hours 7:45 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
**All Course Selection instructions, forms and the Academic Planning Guide will be available to view and download from the Counseling Tab on the CHS website.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 8TH TO 9TH GRADE COURSE SELECTIONS
CISD utilizes a scheduling system for students called Arena Scheduling. This system, accessible from Skyward's
Student Access, allows our high school and senior high students to create their own schedule, similar to systems used in college. To participate in Arena Scheduling, students enter course requests. After the requests have been reviewed by the counselors, a time is set up where students create their own schedule (within Student Access) from their requested courses. This allows students to have more control over their schedule, and they will know their unofficial schedule by the end of the current school year. Official schedules will be available sometime in August prior to the beginning of the next school year.
Current 8th Grade Students Arena Scheduling will be open - dates to be determined.
If you have any questions regarding HS Scheduling,
please contact the High School Counseling Department.
Counselors...
Assist Students with
- Understanding self and feelings.
- Making difficult choices.
- Setting goals.
- Developing their individuality vs. peer pressure.
- Learning self-discipline and responsibility to self, family, and society.
- Developing coping skills.
- Resolving conflicts effectively.
- Learning how school performance relates to future opportunities.
- Learning to recognize and make the best of their abilities.
Offer students
- Classroom guidance lessons.
- Individual counseling and crisis intervention support.
- A safe place to talk.
- Conflict intervention.
- Anger Management skills.
- Study skills assistance.
- Group support for specific issues.
- Character education.
- A safe and caring environment.
How Do Students Contact the School Counselor?
- Self-Referral
- Request of a counselor
- Parent referral
- Teacher/staff referral
- Referral by friend(s)
- Administrative referral
Why Do Parents Contact the School Counselor?
- Self-Referral
- Request of a counselor
- Parent referral
- Teacher/staff referral
- Referral by friend(s)
- Administrative referral
- Concerns over student achievement
- Family health problems
- Test interpretation
- Discussing special needs of their child
- Early discussion of potential crises
- Family difficulties or concerns
- New school registration/orientation
Classroom guidance is conducted periodically by the school counselors who are trained to work with students in groups as well as individuals. Examples of topics covered are:
- Test Taking Skills
- Bully Prevention
- Sexual Harassment
- Making Choices
- Setting Goals
- Multi-Cultural Awareness
If you have a concern and you would like for a counselor to meet with your child, please contact your child's grade level counselor via email or phone.
Jane Kea, 7th grade counselor
817.949.5406
Allison Adams, 8th grade counselor
817.949.5404
Paula Lynn, 7th & 8th grade counselor
817.949.5405
CMS Counseling Page:
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Welcome to the 2019-2020 school year! We encourage everyone to join our CMS PTSO!
Help support the staff and students by becoming a PTSO member. Your membership includes a directory.
General Meeting Dates
Below are the dates for our general meetings. They are at 10:00 a.m. in the library-we hope you can join us.
April 21 -
Mr. Giamanco from the HS talk to our parents about arena scheduling and q/a
Thank you!
CMS PTSO executive committee
Volunteers Needed for 2020-2021
Looking to get more involved at CMS next year? PTSO is in need of volunteers in the following positions:
- Fall Bash Coordinators (2)
- Hospitality
- Membership
- Sprit Shop (2 or 3)
- Treat Cart (2)
If you're interested or would like more information, please contact
Jennifer Barry at triplebarry@yahoo.com or 817-366-9949.
Thank you so much for all of your support.
Keep collecting BoxTops. Turn the ones you have from summer in a baggie with your students' name on it to the front office.
Social Media
Please sign up for the Carroll Middle School Facebook page and follow CMS on Twitter to receive information regarding the Spirit Shop. We will have previews & pre-sales of upcoming merchandise.
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"Behind the Scenes at CMS" Podcast
CMS has a new podcast called "Behind the Scenes at CMS". This podcast is student made with the intention of providing a fun look at the week ahead.
Here is a link to our channel on Spotify.
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Calendar
Weekly Events
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Monday, March 16-Friday, April 3
School Closed
All activities canceled until further notice
April 13-16
Arena Scheduling for Rising Sophomores
April 23-27
Arena Scheduling for Rising Freshman
Mark Your Calendar
PTSO General Meeting Dates
April 21 - CHS Principal Giamanco will talk about Arena Scheduling and have a Q & A
All meetings start at 10:00 a.m. in the CMS library
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Message from Ms. Mangels
Online Lessons & Grades
CMS Parents-
I hope you and your family are doing well and staying healthy.
We've almost completed out first week of online learning. Woo-hoo! I have heard so many stories from teachers about how cool it's been to see so many of their students on Google Chat. Many students have sent teachers a videos through Canvas... our teachers are LOVING that. We really miss seeing our students. I appreciate students, teachers, and parents all working hard to get our online/distant learning off to a great start.
I wanted to send you a quick note about elective classes and lessons. The email the district sent to families March 22 stating that students in grades 5-12 should check the Canvas pages for their "Core" classes, making it sound like there would be no lessons for elective classes.
Grades 5-6 are not giving lessons for most or all of their "specials" classes. However, in grades 7-12, Elective courses DO have assignments. The assignments are pretty minimal and many of them fun activities, but CMS students DO need to check Canvas for their elective classes.
I was not aware of this misunderstanding until I heard from a few elective teachers who said that they have many students who have not logged in to their Canvas page all week.
I apologize for the confusion. Students will still have plenty of time to get the assignments completed, but please let them know that they need to check Canvas for every class, including their electives. :)
Thank you so much.
Stephanie Mangels
Principal
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Adopted Animals
Greeting from Animal Science!
Thank you to all the families that have become fosters to our animals during this time. I am sure that the students are loving the extra time with our friends and enjoying all of the play time. I sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding.
Please send me some pictures, so I can add them to our canvas page, lori.cashon@southlakecarroll.edu
Mrs. Cashon
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 Police & Fire Academy
Has your child shown interested in Police & Fire careers?
Save the dates for our
FREE
Southlake Police & Fire Youth Academy
June 8-11
9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
FREE
Eligible students:
Entering 7th-9th grade
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Recommended Class Resources
Language Arts and 7th grade Social Studies items can be purchased through the following link or by going to the Carroll Middle School Library website.
As an Amazon Associate, the CMS Library earns from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support.
Q = quarter
Q1 would mean the students need the title for quarter 1. Q2 would be quarter 2, etc.
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Sports
Track @ Coppell West vs. Cross Timbers, Coppell East, Coppell North 3/5
Girls
7th - 5th
100 M
Ella Hames - 2nd
200 M
Parker Wilkerson - 3rd
Gabby Forry - 5th
400 M
Gabriella Tesoriero - 5th
800 M
Tav Nherera - 6th
1600 M
Nherera - 5th
2400 M
Tesoriero - 4th
100 M Hurdles
Conley Rowan - 3rd
4x100 Relay - 4th
Ailisa Ilin, Riley Higginbotham,
Wilkerson, Conley Burns
4x200 Relay - 2nd
Forry, Ilin, Burns, Wilkerson
4x400 Relay - 4th
Sydney Rubin, Forry, Arya Kalra,
Tesoriero
Shot Put
Reagan Morris - 2nd
Delaney Cooper - 6th
Discus
Ilin - 1st
8th - 5th
100 M
Carys Henry - 2nd
200 M
Keira Wallace - 6th
800 M
Olivia Hobson - 4th
2400 M
Hobson - 5th
4x100 Relay - 2nd
Wallace, Henry, Laney Maclin,
Lily Garland
4x200 Relay- 2nd
Henry, Wallace, Garland, Maclin
4x400 Relay - 2nd
Liz Vallerie, Maclin, Garland,
Nicole Gou
Pole Vault
Henry - 1st
Long Jump
Vallerie - 6th
Triple Jump
Garland - 2nd
Discus
Maddie Clark - 5th
Sophie Nolen - 6th
Boys
7th - 3rd
100 M
Gabriel Godette - 5th
200 M
Parker Barry - 5th
Mddox Koewing - 6th
400 M
Koewing - 1st
Chris Parsons - 3rd
800 M
Zak Harder - 1st
Parsons - 3rd
2400 M
Mads Winberg - 5th
110 M
Tyler Martin - 1st
300 M
Ethan Baek - 6th
4x100 Relay - 1st
Tyler Blain, Denim Johnson,
Martin, Koewing
4x200 M - 2nd
Blain, Martin, Chase Mader,
Johnson
4x400 M - 1st
Blain, Johnson, Caiden Marburg, Koewing
High Jump
Koewing - 3rd
Martin - 6th
Discus
Lincoln Zartman - 2nd
Tyler Marsh - 3rd
8th - 2nd
100 M
Brendan Wu - 4th
Jake Erwin - 5th
200 M
Drew Davis - 2nd
800 M
Jude Alvarez - 1st
Bates Pulliam - 6th
1600 M
Alvarez - 3rd
2400 M
Brady Golomb - 2nd
110 M Hurdles
Ryan Brown - 5th
4x100 Relay 1st
Niko Palmer, Tyler Webb,
Kenon Hayes, Clayton Smart
4x200 Relay - 1st
Smart, Webb, Palmer, Hayes
4x400 Relay - 2nd
Hayes, Sam Cerone, Webb,
Palmer
High Jump
Cerone - 1st
Pole Vault
Hayes - 2nd
Braden Allision - 5th
Long Jump
Cerone - 6th
Shot Put 8th grade
Cody Cashon - 1st
Ford Renner - 6th
Discus
Jack Lawson - 2nd
Jackson Crump - 3rd
Coordinators
Anthony Van Buskirk
Boys Athletics Coordinator
Leslie Berens
Girls Athletics Coordinator
Carroll Middle School
Golf
Interested in golf?
Contact Paige Martin or Matt Glenn
paige.martin@southlakecarroll.edu
matthew.glenn@southlakecarroll.edu
Wrestling
For information on UIL Carroll ISD Middle School (7th & 8th grade) wrestling, please contact Coach Ian Semelroth
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