Happy Friday to all of you!
Civil War Sock Drive
Do you walk or waddle? Are you a Beaver or a Duck? Bring pairs of new socks to your math teacher and show who are the
most generous fans. Sock it to them! We'll be collecting until Thanksgiving, which is Civil War weekend. Beavers are ahead 132 to 93!
Duck and Beaver Day
In celebration of the annual Civil War between the Ducks and the Beavers which takes place Thanksgiving weekend, we will having our annual Duck and Beaver Day on Tuesday November 26th. Remind your students to dress up in attire reflective of their favorite team! It is always a fun day.
College Wednesdays
Every Wednesday beginning next week, we are encouraging students and staff to wear "college" gear. We are not just about educating your kids but we also want to promote an atmosphere of forward thinking. This is just a small, yet collective way that we can get the kids thinking about life beyond middle school.
Ball Room Dance Final
On Wednesday our students in PE will be participating in the ballroom dance final. This is a fun event for the kids, and they even get to dress up. It is amazing to see the kids progress through all of the dance steps.
PTO
Please see the attached link with our PTO minutes from last Thursday's meeting.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/chehalem-valley-middle-schoo...
Beginning Strings Dessert-7PM on 11/26
3 week mini-incentive
Today was our 3 week mini-incentive for students with no missing re-takes. On this day students earned up to 7 Wolf Bucks (1 per class) depending on how many re-takes they are missing.
Toy Drive
Thank you to everyone who donated a toy this week for our annual toy drive. The Newberg Fire Department will be by next week to pick up the toys. Thank you!
No Texting
If you need to reach your child during the school day please do not text them. We would prefer that you call the school and we will gladly relay any message that you have. We do not allow electronic devices to be operated during the school day unless permitted by their teacher(s) as part of a lesson.
Test Re-takes
In the student handbook is our policy on test re-takes. This year we are requiring at least one re-take of all summative assessments if the student scores below a 70%. In order to re-take the assessment students must complete a re-take plan set forth by the teacher. Students are given two weeks to re-take an assessment, however, if the student doesn't re-take within two weeks then he/she is assigned mandatory HW club after school. It is very important that parents understand this policy and that we have your support. Not many schools require students to re-take assessments if they score poorly. In a nutshell, we want to re-enforce to the students the importance of effort and hard work, and that it is OK if at first you don't succeed. We are going to do everything we can to make sure your student leaves middle school on the path to high school graduation.
Positive Behavior Referrals
Congratulations to the following students who have received PBRs this week:
Gerardo Obregon
Grace Anderson
Hayden Baker
Andrew Cartales
Jessica Baca
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. Students will be required to attend HW club if they do not satisfactorily complete all of their test re-takes.
Behavior Incentive Criteria
In order to be eligible for our end of the quarter incentives and to receive the incentive sticker students must:
-Have zero behavior referrals in the quarter
-No more than three unexcused absences for the quarter
-No missing re-takes (summative assessments) in the quarter
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
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.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/chehalem-valley-middle-schoo...
Facebook
You can now "Like us" on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/ChehalemValleyMS
Twitter
You can now follow us on Twitter: cvmsmiddleschool @cvmswolves
Upcoming:
Thanksgiving No School-11/28-11/29
Have a great weekend!
