February 23rd Parent Meeting Agenda

PSO Meeting Agenda

2/23/12

High Fives:

• Thank you to everyone that helped with the 5^th grade Christmas Party and Caring for Sharing Canned Food Drive in December!
• To all of the students that competed in the Spelling Bee – Shoilee Rahman took first place in both rounds, Seth Sloan took second in both rounds, and Walt Mays took
• To all of the students that competed in the Nat. Geo. Geography Bee – Greg McCallum took first place
• To the 32 students that are going to enter their National History Projects into the district competition.
• 3^rd Qtr. ends on March 7^th….WOW!

Bond Info

• Dr. Winchester will do a Q & A on the Bond to begin the meeting

Support Needs:

• Art Guild is after school on Tuesdays (5^th) and Thursdays (6-8) (email Lorna Eliason)
• After School tutoring and activities M-Th 3:15-6:00pm (email Lorna Eliason)
• March 28^th Scholastic Competition – see one of the Scholastic Team coaches.

Summary of Activities:

• District HAL Committee continues to meet on revising the District HAL Plan. We met on Jan. 4^th, Jan. 20^th, and Feb. 17^th.  We are nearing the end of the first draft.
• 7^th and 8^th grade Scholastic Teams are set and have begun practicing
• Aims Web Winter Benchmark testing Reading (Finished)
• Aims Web Winter Benchmark testing Math (Finished)
• NeSA Writing test – 100% of 8^th graders submitted their essays!
• Remind 101 – Text Messaging Software
• Send text message to (925) 304-6118 with the message @cmsprinc and you will get text messages from Mr. Dressel regarding school information.
• Good turnout for PTCs – about 74%
• Feb. 20^th in-service on blogging and digital organization….good stuff!

Upcoming Events:

• March 2^nd – 1:30 dismissal
• March 7^th – End of 3^rd quarter
• March 8^th and 9^th – Spring Break – No School
• March 16^th – 1:30 dismissal
• March 26^th – NeSA Testing Window Opens
• March 28^th – CMS Scholastic Day
• March 28^th – Teacher In-Service – No School
• April 3^rd – NWEA Testing Window Opens