Happy Friday to All of You!
CVMS End-of-Year Celebrations ~ Wednesday, June 12
Our 6th Grade students will celebrate with an on-site field day at CVMS.
Our 7th Grade students will celebrate by viewing Epic (PG) at a McMinnville theatre.*
Our 8th Grade students will celebrate with a day at Camp Yamhill.*
8th Grade Parent Volunteers
We can use a few more parents to help out the 8th grade students and staff at Camp Yamhill,
19651 NW Old Railroad Grade Rd ~ Yamhill 97148
Volunteer 9AM-2PM:
Assist with Giant Swing; Canoes; Sport Court; Walking the Grounds; have lunch and then rotate duties.
Use our online sign-up: www.signupgenius.com/go/4090D4CA5AB22A64-cvms
or contact PTO Volunteer Coordinator, Stephanie Carstensen, at 503-538-6102 or stephaniec@c-ware.com
Volunteers must wear their valid District ID Badge at all times.
Volunteers are not required to ride the bus to the events; however, if there is room, you are welcome to ride.
~WANTED~
Coolers for Pop/Water + Ice Donations
for 8th Grade Lunch
at Camp Yamhill
on June 12
8th Grade Showcase
Thank you to all of our 8th graders for doing a fabulous job once again at our 8th grade showcase night. It was fun to see the interactions with parents and students. We saw everything from biographies on Presidents, or athletes, to anti-bullying projects, to statistics projects, to community service projects, to chronicles of the Wadayama trip with some Japanese chocolate to spare. I knew it was going to be a special night when one of our students brought a live pony to showcase. I want to specifically thank all of the staff for their mentoring of our students through this event. I also want to thank our showcase committee, Mr. Johnston, Miss Stoller, and Ms. Boles for organizing the event. Great work everyone!
Final Music Concert June 10th 7PM
8th Grade Celebration Ceremony
The 8th grade celebration ceremony will be on the last day of school, June 13th, beginning at 8:30 AM. The celebration will be for 8th grade students and their families. Students will report to school at the regular time and will report immediately to the gym for rehearsal (7:45 AM).
Loss of former student
This week, this year for that matter, has been very emotional for the Newberg community and we, as a school community, have experienced these emotions. As we begin to celebrate the end of the year and the moving on of our 8th grade students, as a school we also reflected on the life of our former student, Cesar Campuzano, who tragically was taken from us too early. Cesar was a CV student all three years, and finished his 8th grade year just last year. As some of you may have seen, I was asked to share a few words about Cesar, attached is my complete excerpt about my experienced with him.
"I was asked to share a little about Cesar, hopefully providing a glimpse into who he was as a student, but more so as a person. As educators know, the relationships we build with students and the memories that are created stay with us forever. Cesar was simply unforgettable. Cesar had an infectious smile, and despite some of his struggles academically, his work ethic never wavered. Cesar was a fun, caring, and thoughtful individual. He cared deeply about his family and his friends, and would often reflect on what he envisioned for his future. I remember having many conversations with him as we pushed through some struggles, but more so as we celebrated his successes. Through these conversations it was apparent to me that Cesar was going to be successful because of his ability to reflect and learn from each situation. We are going to miss you Cesar, you have filled our hearts with many memories."
Presidential Awards
Please see the attached link regarding the criteria for Middle School 8th Grade Presidential Awards that are awarded at the 8th grade celebration. This criteria is also located in our student/parent handbook.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/criteria-presidential-princi...
State Testing
State testing is complete. Please see below noting how we performed overall as a school (Numbers are unofficial). Thank you to the kids and teachers for their hard work. Thank you to Mrs. Kosters for organizing all of the testing sessions. It is quite a daunting process with a lot of people involved, so thank you!
Reading: 6th Grade:75% Met/Exceeded-Goal is 80% (*78% of our students Met/Exceeded the benchmark or their Growth Target)
7th Grade:85% Met/Exceeded-Goal is 84%.-Goal Met! (*89% of our students Met/Exceeded the benchmark or their Growth Target)
8th Grade:75% Met/Exceeded-Goal is 85% (*78% of our students Met/Exceeded the benchmark or their Growth Target)
Math: 6th Grade:67% Met/Exceeded- Goal is 70% (*71% of the students Met/Exceeded the benchmark or their Growth Target)
7th Grade:78% Met/Exceeded- Goal is 75%.-Goal Met! (*81 % of the students Met/Exceeded the benchmark or their Growth Target)
8th Grade:75% Met/Exceeded-Goal is 78% (*77% of our students Met/Exceeded the benchmark or their Growth Target)
Science: 8th Grade: 67% Met/Exceeded. Goal is 79%.
Advanced Classes Criteria
-Students desiring to be placed in Advanced Core must meet the following criteria.
1) Exceeding Score on Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS)
2) Student grades reflective of student mastery of the content standards in Reading and Writing
3) Advanced score on Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)
4) Demonstrating above proficiency on writing work samples
*Note: Placement in Advanced Classes does not guarantee placement into future Advanced Classes if student does not meet above criteria every year.
-Students desiring to be placed in above grade level math classes must meet the following criteria
1) Exceeding score on Oregon Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (OAKS)
2) Student grades reflective of student mastery of the content standards in Math
Important Transition Dates:
May 28, May 30: 5th Graders tour CVMS and get locker partner forms.
August 22nd: 6th Grade Orientation, 9AM-12PM-5th graders come for tours, group building activities and a BBQ lunch.
September 3rd: First Day of School!
School Visitors
It is very important that you check into the office anytime you enter the school building. If you do not please be prepared to answer questions from staff regarding your reason for being in the building. Staff have been instructed to by hyper vigilant in regards to anyone on campus without a visitor's badge.
Working Hard is Important to Us!
We address lack of work completion as a behavior with minor incident reports (MIRs) and behavior referrals. Please check out the link regarding our MIR (Minor Incident Report) policy regarding homework completion.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/sites/default/files/fileattachments/mir_pol...
FAQ's about standards/proficiency based grading
As all of you know we are transitioning to standards/proficiency based grading. 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. 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
Student/Parent Handbook
In case you were wondering, our student/parent handbook is located on our website.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/chehalem-valley-parent-handbook
Chehalem Valley Middle School Improvement Plan
If you want to learn more about our school improvement goals and steps we will use to meet these goals please click on the link to our School Improvement Plan.
http://www.newberg.k12.or.us/chehalemvalley/chehalem-valley-school-goals
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.
Facebook
You can now "Like us" on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chehalem-Valley-Middle-School/432691263436339
Twitter
You can now follow us on Twitter: cvmsmiddleschool @cvmswolves
Upcoming
June 10th-Final Music Concert
June 12th-End of the year field trips and field day
June 13th-Last Day of School and 8th grade celebration
Have a great weekend-Enjoy the Sun!
