20/20 Vision for 20 Days!

Starting with...CMS Good News!

• CMS has been awarded a $500 Book Award from Conyers Target
• CMS has been selected as one of four schools invited to Georgia School Nutrition Association's Let's Move Literary Consortium at UGA later this month! Thanks to Ms. Revere's ELA classes!
• 7th grader, Jordan Auld-Ellis, represented CMS well at the Regional Spelling Bee on Sat 3/1, making it to the fifth round. Jordan will be back next year!
• Thanks to counselors Zandra Jackson and Marcia Spivery-Parker, media specialist Jean O'Kelley, and instructional technology/data specialist Patryce Harvey for your help with successful TKES survey administration!
• Due to an anonymous donation, Ms. Jennifer Toney's class has received 10 iPads for classroom use!
• Also thanks to Ms. O'Kelley and Ms. Harvey and CMS for having fun making our school video...coming soon!

We have 20 instructional days left before we begin various Georgia CRCTs! While we recognize that testing is not everything in education, these tests let us know if students are grasping the most essential knowledge and skills in Reading, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies. As we draw closer to these important tests, it's important that we have 20/20 FOCUS on supporting our students' learning in this final push!

Here are 4 techniques you could use to help them on a daily basis:

1) Have your student log-in to Study Island.com to practice each core subject for at least 10 minutes each weeknight. There are a variety of games available here to help students review.
(Study Island username: studentIDnumber@cms      password: studentIDnumber)

2) Have your student check their teachers' webpages for great learning links.

3) Looking to get in your students' 20 minutes of reading each night? Go to newsela.com and register for your student to read current events articles that are appropriate for their Lexile level. The more our students read, the better readers they become - PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT!

4) Check out Parent Portal to check students' progress in their classes.

Upcoming events:
 

Event	Date
PTA Krispy Kreme Doughnut Sale	Friday, 3/14, 3-7PM Saturday, 3/15, 8A - Noon
8th Gr LGPE – Chorus Festival Performance	Tuesday, 3/11 Avondale First Baptist
6th Gr and 7th Gr LGPE – Chorus Festival Performance	Wednesday, 3/12   Avondale First Baptist
RCPS Parent Academy	Saturday, 3/15, 8:30 - Noon
District Benchmark Exams	Tuesday, 3/18 – periods 2/4/6   Wednesday, 3/19 – periods 3/5/7
Title I CRCT Readiness Night	Thursday, 3/20, 6:30 – 7:30
Progress Reports	Thursday, 3/20
8th Gr LGPE – Band Festival Performance	Friday, 3/21

Thank you for your ongoing support!
Got questions? see our Parents' Page