Happy Friday to All of You!
New Items:
End of the 1st Semester
Yesterday marked the end of the 1st semester. It is hard to believe that we are already at the midway
point of the year. Today, teachers are working on their grades. Report cards will be printed off on Monday and sent home with your students by the end of next week. We will alert you through a one-call and through email so that you are prepared to receive your student(s)' report card(s). The 2nd semester will begin on Monday and students will have a fresh start!
Activity Day
Students with no missing re-takes, less than 4 unexcused absences, and no behavior referrals were treated to an activity day yesterday. Activities included dodge ball, games in the commons, a movie, and hang out rooms. Students that were eligible for the incentive will also receive their incentive sticker for the 3rd quarter. Congratulations!
Transitioning away from mandatory re-takes 2nd semester
Beginning 2nd semester we will no longer be requiring students that score below 70% on summative assessments to re-take these assessments. Opportunities to re-take will be offered by all teachers, however re-taking tests will be optional for the students. 2nd semester we plan on focusing more on homework completion through our missing work policy which is attached below. We treat students not completing homework as a behavior and we will address it as such.
Policy:
3 Missing assignments in ONE class=Minor Incident Report
5 Missing assignments in 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
Are you interested in playing lacrosse?
There will be an informational meeting Wednesday, February 5th at 6:00 PM in the Mountain View Middle School Commons.
Upcoming:
-No School 1/31
-Beginning of 2nd semseter-2/3
-Valentines Day 2/14
-No School 2/17
-5th grade parent night 2/19
Positive Behavior Referrals
Congratulations to the following students who have received PBRs this week:
Hunter Keech
Colten Wright (received two)
Eddie Malapit
Kathryn Lawson
Riley Carstensen
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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Have a fabulous weekend! Go Broncos!
