CARROLL MIDDLE SCHOOL
March 29, 2021
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In this Issue

  • Children's Medical Center Arts & Crafts fundraiser
  • Class Fees
  • Bottled Water
  • Dress Code
  • Animal Science Animals need newspapers & veggies
  • Kids2Careers info
  • Color Guard Info
  • CEF Auction Information
  • StopIt App
  • Course Selection Information
  • DVA Library Book Check Out
  • Extended Day
  • COVID19 Criteria
  • PTSO - meeting info, membership, 2021-22 Board Members needed
  • Sports Results
  • CISD Events
Calendar

Events for the Week
Monday, March 29
Track Meet 4:00 p.m. @ Carroll HS

Tuesday, March 30
No Scheduled Activities

Wednesday, March 31
No Scheduled Activities

Thursday, April 1
No Scheduled Activities

Friday, April 2
Bad Weather Day - No School

Save the Date
PTSO General Virtual Meetings

Tuesday, April 6
Librarian Appreciation Day
STAAR - 7th Grade Writing

Thursday, April 8
Children's Medical Center Arts & Crafts fundraiser

Friday, April 16
Early dismissal

Friday, April 30
Early dismissal
Office News
Class Fees
Parents, if you have not had the opportunity to pay the fees for the courses that have fees, please go to Skyward to the Fee link. They are all conveniently located in one place and you can pay all of them at once. Your attention to this matter is greatly appreciated. If you cannot see the fee, please send a check made out to CMS with your student.

Building Hours
Just a reminder that the building does not open until 8:00 a.m. Students who are dropped off prior to that time will be waiting outside until the door unlocks. With winter approaching and the weather getting cooler, please make sure that your child has the appropriate attire for the elements.
Dress Code
Hello CMS families!
Please be sure your student is following the dress code when coming to campus for classes.
  • Leggings are allowed if the top students are wearing is long enough to reach the knuckles on a fisted hand when a student has her hand at her side.
  • Shorts worn to school should also be long enough to reach the knuckles of a fisted hand when a student has her hand at her side.
  • Students may not wear crop tops that expose the midriff when the student raises her arms.
  • Hats of any kind are not to be worn in school unless there is a designated dress up day such as “western day.”
Animal Science News
We are looking for any donations of vegetables (lettuce, collard greens, peppers, carrots, cucumbers) that might be expiring soon and you know that you won't be using them. We used to get some supplies from the cafeteria, but they do not have as much anymore so our supply runs low quickly.

Also, we are running low on newspaper and we use it to line the cages. If you read the paper, please consider sending to school with your child for animal science.

If you are able to bring up any of the above-mentioned items that you know you won't be using, instead of throwing it away, it would be much appreciated if you could donate it for our animals in class.  

You can reach me at lori.cashon@southlakecarroll.edu for more information or drop off arrangements.

APPRECIATE YOU!!
Lori Cashon
Color Guard
8th Graders are you ready for the excitement of being a
Carroll High School Dragon? 
Are you ready for the excitement of Friday Night Games? 
Are you ready to be a part of those Friday Night Games? 
Then the Carroll High School Color Guard is for you! 

Join the color guard and travel around the state and the country representing Carroll High School in performances and competitions. No experience is necessary.

Auditions will occur in May, but go ahead and put down Color Guard as one of your classes when choosing your courses. If you are in color guard, you DO NOT have to take PE and it also satisfies Fine Arts Credits. 

So what are you waiting for? 
Come on join the Nationally Ranked Southlake Carroll Color Guard.

Visit the Carroll Dragon Band website for more information or email Mr. Thomas at James.Thomas@Southlakecarroll.edu.

We can't wait to see you on the field with us this summer.
Save the Date - June 4
CEF Auction
With help from great title sponsor Park Place Dealerships for the past 14 years and new partner Heritage Auctions, this year's auction promises to be very special. Heritage Auctions is an international auction house (and Carroll Dragon parents too!). The LIVE & Online Auction will have our Southlake favorite items and also some unique collectibles donated by Heritage Auctions. You won’t to miss it!
Extended Day
Need to make up a test or quiz? Want a quiet place to study? Need help on homework? Join us in Extended Day! We are open:
 
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays
3:55-4:50 p.m. 
CMS Library
 
General guidelines:
Students who join for studying or homework must arrive in the library by 3:55 with all materials needed for their time in Extended Day, such as laptops. These students stay until 4:50 to provide a concentrated and distraction-free study hour. 
 
Students who need to make up tests or quizzes will come to Extended Day, where a teacher will have left a paper test or instructions to log on to computers to take the assessment. Students who come to take tests or quizzes may leave as soon as they're finished or they may choose to stay and study until 4:50.
 
Extended Day staff is made up of CMS teachers who can help your students with homework or concepts if they ask for it.
Attention DVA Students and Parents
You can reserve a library book and pick it up curbside. Please see the information on the CMS Library Canvas page or contact Ms. Kosev at brittney.kosev@southlakecarroll.edu. 

Brittney Kosev
CMS Librarian
PTSO

Board Members for 21-22
We are looking for new CMS PTSO board members for 2021-2022. If you are interested, please contact Trina Gwynn at trinagwynn@gmail.com. Thank you.

Monthly Luncheon
PTSO hired the Hook and Ladder Pizza Truck for the staff luncheon Wednesday. Each faculty member received a pizza, salad, drink, and cookie from Tiff's Treats. We appreciate the time the volunteers spent to serve us lunch.
Social Media
Please sign up for the Carroll Middle School Spirit Shop Facebook page and follow CMS on Twitter to receive information regarding the Spirit Shop. We will have previews & pre-sales of upcoming merchandise.
Athletics
Purchase Tickets
Tickets for games in the district can be found by visiting this website. All tickets are to be purchased online this year due to Covid Restrictions.
 
 
Please see the spectator guidelines for fans for ALL CISD athletic facilities:
  • Spectators must self-screen for COVID-19 symptoms as outlined by TEA and UIL. Spectators must also be symptom-free before arriving at the athletic facility.
  • Masks or face coverings are required as you enter, exit and move around the athletic facility as outlined by the Governor’s order and/or CISD Safety Plan.
  • Spectators will practice social distancing and sit at least six (6) feet away from other groups.
  • Spectators will not sit on any seat marked with tape.
  • No passes are accepted at the gate.
  • No one is allowed on the field or court of play.
Boys & Girls Track



Anthony Van Buskirk
Boys' Athletics Coordinator

Coaching Staff:

Wrestling

Interested in middle school wrestling?
Contact Coach Ian Semelroth
Covid -19
We have a Well clinic and a Sick clinic, which is called the waiting room. The waiting room is where kids who have any of the symptoms listed below will wait for their parent or emergency contact to pick them up. These two rooms are completely separate to limit cross contamination.  Per the TEA and Tarrant County Public Health Guidelines, your child must be sent home for additional monitoring and observation. It is strongly recommended that you 1. Isolate your child at home, 2. Avoid unnecessary contact with others and 3. Contact your child’s physician for further guidance.

Covid-19 like Symptoms include:
Fever
Sore Throat
New uncontrolled cough that causes difficulty breathing or in a diagnosed asthmatic or chronic allergic student, a change in baseline
Diarrhea
Vomiting
Abdominal pain
Abnormal taste or smell
New onset of severe headache

Additional relevant symptoms include:
Fatigue
Chills
Congestion or runny nose
Significant muscle pain or ache
Nausea

Please have a plan in place every morning for how you will pick up your child should you get a call. If neighbors or friends are your emergency contact, please make sure they will be available if you are not. We are expecting your student to be picked up ASAP and within 30 mins.

We are asking parents to be extra vigilant this year and not send your child to school with any of the above symptoms. Remember to screen (including temperature) every morning and fill out your Sunday evening screening survey.

We are discouraging the use of as needed meds as it could mask symptoms. It will depend on the circumstances surrounding the clinic visit. Please call to discuss this further if you have concerns.
If your child has seasonal allergies, please start medicating with a daily allergy medication now and consider a daily nasal spray. Developing a good routine now will help cut down on their symptoms later and will avoid me from having to send your child home unnecessarily. 

Per CDC, AAP and TEA, nebulizer treatments for Asthmatics are not recommended. We are only accepting inhalers this year.

Please try to anticipate your child’s needs and send water bottles, lip balm, snacks and hygiene products. We are trying to keep the amount of students who visit the clinic to sick and urgent matters.

It is important to have a clean mask every day. Consider having multiple masks to be worn during the week to be laundered over the weekend. Paper masks can air dry in a brown paper bag over 2-3 days.
Please make sure your primary number is the one you want us to call first, should your child need to come home. Consider saving CMS number 817-949-5400 in your phone as a recognizable contact.
Parents if you still need to drop off emergency meds to the clinic like Epi pens and inhalers, there is a medication bin in the mantrap.


Thank you for your understanding and for your cooperation during these unprecedented times.
  
Susan Bonczyk, RN, BSN
District Information
Dragon JV Swim “Screening” for incoming 9th graders
On Saturday, April 17, at the Carroll Aquatic Center 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. there will be a JV Swimming Screening for incoming freshmen who are interested in joining Dragon Swim. This screening is to encourage any Dawson or Carroll MS student that might be interested in Dragon HS Swimming, and offer them an opportunity to be seen, identified, evaluated and taught by our Dragon Swim Coaching Staff. There is no cost for this screening.

All that is necessary is that you contact Head Coach Kevin Murphy, by email, to sign up to attend. All those current 8th graders already registered for JV Competitive Swimming Class, 4th & 8th blocks, are expected to attend this screening to meet and be evaluated by Coach Murphy and his Dragon HS Swim Coaching Staff.
New Online Safety Course For Teens
Traffic Sergeant Sewell will continue our traffic & driving education with an online distracted driving presentation, though you don't have to be a cool teen to attend! Our previous traffic & driving class from early March highlighted the top reasons our officers respond to an accident (speeding and distractions). This new class will continue the education and show a real-life scenario and the real-life consequences. Participants will go “on-scene” with Sergeant Sewell as he recalls events of a wrong-way driver incident from 2012. He will recap the dispatch calls, radio transmission with the officers, and the in-camera video from his vehicle while responding to the call. Join us on Monday, March 29 from 6:30 p.m–7:30 p.m. You MUST email Valerie at vsnyder@cityofsouthlake.com to get the Zoom link.

Save the Date for Carroll Night at the Ballpark on April 30
Carroll ISD is excited to announce the return of Carroll Night at the Ballpark on Friday, April 30, at the brand new Globe Life Field. The Texas Rangers will take on the Boston Red Sox in the new ballpark, and the Dragon community is invited to be a part of it! Keep an eye out for ticket information coming soon.

Dragon Tennis Tryout Information
Interested in playing Tennis in High School? Our initial tryouts, for any incoming freshmen or anyone not currently on the varsity or JV teams, will be held on Monday, July 26 at the CSHS tennis courts. If students qualify for a JV Green or Varsity tryout, they will need to be present July 27-30. All participants will need a current physical in order to tryout. To sign up, click here.