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New Items:
Report Cards
We apologize for the lateness in the sending out the report cards. We are still working out some of the bugs with Synergy. We were planning on sending out report cards with your students on Monday, so please expect them. One of the things that you may notice differently on the report cards is the incorporation of a behavior grade in a few classes. Students in Mrs. Ceder's, Mrs. Goehler's, Mrs. Childs's, Mrs. Boles (Pre-Alegbra), Mr. Staples, Mr. Lindell, and Mr. Brill's classes all received behavior grades to go along with their academic grades. The students within these classes all received grades of N-Need Improvement, S-Satisfactory, and O-Outstanding in the areas of Citizenship, Conduct and Work Habits. This behavior grade is being piloted by these teachers. We trust you will find the information useful.
Missing Homework Policy beginning this semester:
3 Missing assignments in any ONE class=Minor Incident Report
5 Missing assignments in any ONE class=Behavior Referral
Missing work will be a part of our incentive criteria for activities and the incentive sticker each quarter. Our incentive criteria will be:
-Less than 3 missing assignments in any one class (3 missing assignments in any one class will mean an MIR)
-No behavior referrals
-Less that 4 unexcused absences for the quarter
Upcoming:
-Valentines Day 2/14
-No School 2/17
-5th grade parent night 2/19
Positive Behavior Referrals from this week:
Hunter Keech
Dillon Mason
Beatrice Chavez
James Hyland
5th Grade Parent Night
Our parent night for incoming 5th grade families will be February 19th at 6:30 PM. 5th grade parent night is a great opportunity to learn about how we do things here at CV. Parents will learn about many things including core classes, elective offerings, and lockers.
PTO Meeting on Thursday
Next Thursday, the 13th will be a STEM focused meeting with the district's STEM Teacher on Special Assignment presenting. Please join us in learning more about our developing STEM model. The meeting starts at 6:30 PM.
CVMS Volunteer Opportunities
If you are interested in volunteering for CV contact our volunteer coordinator, Stephanie Carstensen, home 503-538-6102 or stephaniec@c-ware.com.
Teachers actively looking for parent volunteers include Mrs. Brower for Read 180 and Mrs. Childs for Math Lab.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/chehalem-valley-middle-schoo...
Reminders:
Student-Parent handbook
Please see the attached link: http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/chehalem-valley-parent-handbook
School Improvement Plan
If you are interested in reading about what our school improvements goals are as a school and the strategies we will utilized please feel free to peruse our school improvement plan for this year.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/school-improvement-plan-cvms
Homework Club
We are offering HW club to students every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2:30-3:30 PM. We do have a late bus that will pick the kids up. The late bus does not go to the Ewing Young area. Throughout the year we encourage students to stay after school to work with their teacher or to receive assistance from Mrs. Blanchard and Mrs. Wolfe in HW club.
Absences
Every year we see more absences for trips and personal vacations. Although I understand that vacations do happen during the year, we ask that if at all possible you look to schedule extended vacations during our regular school breaks. Students can always make up work, however it is difficult to replace the loss of instruction.
Please be cognizant that we are extremely vigilant in regards to attendance. The following is the list of reasons the state provides as excusable absences:
-Student illness
-Illness of an immediate family member
-Emergency
-Doctor/Dental Appointment
-Death of an immediate family member
-Court summons
-Satisfactory arrangements, made in advance with the school for other reasons
*Absences for reasons not noted on this list will be marked unexcused.
FAQ's about standards/proficiency based grading
As all of you know we are a standards/proficiency based grading school. To gain further information, I encourage all of you to read the material on the attached link if you haven't yet . The link includes FAQs about our new grading, a rationale, and a summary of our plan. This year we are in year two, and students will be required to re-take any summative assessment in which they score less than 70%. If you have further questions please do not hesitate to call the office. I would be happy to sit down with any one of you or to speak with you on the phone if you have questions.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/graduation-starts-today
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