Clear Creek Middle School

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Clear Creek Middle School
Building Bridges to Success

• Parent Orientation Night

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CCMS Builds Bridges by providing

• A staff that values working with this age group
  and are prepared to do so.
• A courageous , colaborative leadership
• An inviting, supportive and save environment
• High expectations for every student
• Students and teachers engaged in learning
• A curriculum that is relevant , challenging, and
  connected
• School wide efforts and policies that foster
  health, wellness and safety
• Multifacited guidance and support services.

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Introductions

• Linda Smith -Asst. Principal
• Doris Sanford, Donna Sexton Guidance Counselors
• Denise Griggs-Graduation Coach
• Deborah Westmoreland- Bookkeeper
• Mandy Harper- Receptionist
• Jill Wright- Data and Student Records
• Renee Reed- Media Specialist
• School Resource Officer-Sharon Shayowits

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A day in the life of a CCMS 6th Grader

• 730 Students allowed in building- Report to Gym
  until 740
• 740 Breakfast
• 745 Report to 1st period (1st period is the
  homeroom)
• 755 Tardy Bell
• 800 Academic Day Starts
• Each class period is 80 minutes
• Connections are on an A or B day
• 310 Academic Day ends Buses released
• 315 Car Riders released
• 330 All students should be picked up by this
  time

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Parent Drop-off / Pick-up

• Students are not allowed in building until 730
• Car drop-off area in front of building
• Cars single file along sidewalk
• Be aware of all traffic, cars, and buses
• Student pick-up along same area
• Students will be under cafeteria canopy

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Lunch Information

• Lunch prices will be 1.65 for full price and
  .80 for reduced price
• All parents are requested to complete a free and
  reduced lunch form or sign off that the do not
  want to participate in the program.
• Charges- Gilmer Co policy states that middle
  school students will be allowed only 3 charges.
  Parents need to take care of these charges as
  soon as possible.  It isn't your child's
  responsibility to answer why these charges
  haven't been paid, nor should they have to go
  without meals because you didn't pay for their
  meals in a timely manner
• Parents are encouraged to prepay their child's
  meals for the week, month or even yearly.  When
  writing a check to pay for student meals, be sure
  to include your child's name and ID on each
  check. By keeping your child's account current,
  you help to keep our costs at a minimum and we do
  not have to increase lunch and breakfast prices.
• Parents may come anytime and eat with their child
  by notifying the school nutrition manager ahead
  of time to insure enough food will be available.
• Menus are available from each school on the
  website at http//www.gilmerschools.com/, on the
  school information line 706-276-7500, and in the
  Times Courier each week.

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Medical Information

• All 6th grade students in the state of Georgia
  are required to have a 2nd round of Varicella
  (chicken pox) prior to enrolling in school.
• Any student taking medicine, either prescription
  or OTC, must fill out a form indicating what the
  student is taking.
• All medications must be brought in or picked up
  by parent in original container

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Lockers

• Each CCMS student will be issued an individual
  locker.
• Students will not be allowed to apply stickers,
  tape or any other adhesive to the inside or the
  outside of the lockers. Magnets on the inside are
  ok.
• Locker locks may not be jammed or tampered with.
• Students are not to share lockers.

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Lockers Continued

• Student lockers are subject to search by
  administration.
• Lockers are not to be overstuffed.
• Any misuse of lockers my result in loss of locker
  privileges and or disciplinary action.
• Book bags will not be allowed in classrooms and
  must fit in lockers

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Connections

• Courses designed to connect academic skills to
  real life skills.
• Band is the only year long Connection Class
• Art, Family Consumer Science, Ag Science,
  Keyboarding, Intro to Technology, General Music,
  PE, and Health are all 9 week classes.
• All students are required to have one 9-weeks of
  PE and one 9-weeks of Health.

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Connections Continued

• GEAR Classes ( Guided Extended Academic
  Reinforcement) in Math and Literacy
• Students are recommended for these classes based
  on CRCT scores and academic performance.
• GEAR Classes are 9 weeks long. Some students will
  be assigned to more than one GEAR Class depending
  on need.

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Connections Continued

• A-B Schedule Clear Creek Middle shares
  connections teachers with Gilmer Middle School.
  Band is on B day first semester and on A day
  second semester.
• Art, Family Consumer Science, and Band are on B
  days.
• Ag Science, Intro to Tech, and Gen Music are on A
  days.
• Keyboarding, GEAR, Health, and PE are offered
  every day.

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Teams

• Middle school students are scheduled in teams of
  teachers. Each 6th grade team is made up of 4
  teachers.
• Parent meetings will include the entire team of
  teachers working with your student.
• Off-team teachers are used to reduce class sizes
  in Math and Language Arts.
• To best meet needs, some students are cross
  teamed for math and/or language arts.

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Student Schedules

• Each student will be scheduled for 80 min.
  segments in Math, ELA, Science, and Social
  Studies.
• Literacy (Reading and Writing) will be taught in
  all content areas. Students may be reading novels
  in Social Studies and Science related to the
  curriculum. Content area evaluations will include
  written response each nine weeks.
• 25 book per year standard All students will
  need to read 25 book equivalents this school
  year.

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Agendas

• Each CCMS student is issued an Agenda, at no
  charge, that includes the student/parent
  handbook. Replacement agendas cost 8.00. Agendas
  are property of the school and will be treated
  the same as textbooks.
• Parents and students are to sign off that they
  have received, read and understand the rules,
  procedures, and consequences outlined in the
  handbook.
• Internet use permission form is also included in
  the agenda.

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Agenda Continued

• Students are to have agendas with them at all
  times as they contain the following
• Hall passes, Internet permission form, points
  page
• Students are responsible for filling out agendas
  with assignments, homework and dates of upcoming
  projects, tests, and school activities.
• Parents are to check agendas each night and sign
  them each Thursday.
• Teachers will use agendas to communicate with
  parents via notes in the agenda.

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Points Page

• CCMS uses a progressive discipline plan. Students
  lose points for certain behaviors. These points
  are recorded on 4 points pages in the agenda.
  Each week students start off with a clean point
  record. Students who maintain required number of
  points will be allowed to participate in an
  extended break on Fridays. Students who have not
  earned the break due to loss of points will be
  supervised in team areas for academic enrichment
  or remediation.

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Points Page Continued

• Points may be lost for, but not limited to, the
  following
• Disruptive behavior
• Off Task behavior
• Tardies
• Not Following Directions (gum, cell phones,
  horseplay etc)
• Not having materials for class
• Failure to complete assignments
• Certain behaviors will result in automatic office
  referrals.

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Gilmer County School Code of Conduct

• Each student in Gilmer County Schools will
  receive a copy of the Gilmer County School
  Student Code of Conduct.
• This handbook will outline all of the rules,
  regulations and possible consequences of serious
  rule infractions.
• Students and parents will sign that they have
  received a copy of this document and will be
  responsible for knowledge of its content.

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Main Office Procedures

• Attendance is taken in each class. Exam
  exemptions are based on period attendance.
• All absences are Unexcused until notes are
  received. Notes are to be in office within 3 days
  of absence.
• Bus Change information Parents must submit a
  note or call Donna Chastain to allow students to
  change after school transportation plans. Please
  get these to the school prior to 230 so we can
  ensure students get an official
  change-of-destination. Students will not be
  allowed to change buses without this form.

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Main Office Procedures

• You may email notes to her but include phone
  number where she can call to confirm receipt of
  these notes donna.chastain_at_gilmerschools.com
• Any student needing medicine, either prescription
  or OTC, must complete a form and submit it to
  Mandy. No medicine or OTC will be allowed to be
  transported by students on bus.

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Main Office Procedures

• Power School is Gilmer County Schools student
  information system. Parents are issued passwords
  to access their childs grades and attendance and
  email links to teachers. You are encouraged to
  use this to monitor your childs progress and to
  communicate with teachers.
• CCMS teachers and teams maintain web pages that
  inform parents and students of information and
  events going on at the school and in the
  classrooms.
• Alert Now is an automatic phone calling system
  used to notify parents of things such as report
  cards, pictures, school closings, and other
  activities.

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Dress Code

• Gilmer County has a student dress code that will
  be enforced. Students who do not comply will be
  disciplined and parents called to bring
  appropriate clothes. The biggest issue is holes
  in jeans. Any hole above the knee is a violation.
  See agenda for specific issues re dress codes,
  body piercing, hair colors.
• CCMS teachers and administration use a common
  sense approach to this policy.

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Cell Phones

• Gilmer County Schools has a specific policy
  addressing cell phones.
• In short, if the phone is out and or in use, it
  will be collected by the teacher and turned in to
  the main office.
• The phone will be returned to the parent.
• Repeated abuse of phone policy may result in ISS
  or other consequence.
• Use of phone via texting, camera, or internet
  access involving inappropriate language, content
  or bullying will be referred to our school
  resource officer.
• CCMS will not be responsible for any lost or
  stolen phone. This includes MP3 players or other
  electronic device.

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Issues that could result in legal charges

• Possession of any inappropriate material on cell
  phone, camera or other electronic device
• Distribution of any threat towards other
  students, school or staff
• Inappropriate comments on any social network even
  at home that interferes with the safe orderly
  operation of the school

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Staff Roles

• Linda Smith Asst. Principal Student
  discipline, student support contact, curricular
  issues.
• Doris Sanford and Donna Sexton- Guidance
  Counselor and Testing Coordinator
• Denise Griggs- Graduation Coach- Attendance
  issues, academic monitoring at risk behavior,
  court intervention
• School Resource Officer- School Safety, traffic
  flow, code enforcement, emergency transportation,
  court liaison

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School Council

• School council meets 4 -6 times a year. Schedule
  of meetings will be posted on web and in Times
  Courier.
• Rachael Reece
• Frankie Rigdon
• Amy Sims
• Sabrina Teague
• Cindy Zager CCMS-Teacher of the Year
• Denise Griggs

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Volunteer Opportunities

• CCMS invites parents to be involved in the
  school. Our Parent Volunteer Coordinator and will
  be at a table in the lobby for parents to sign
  up.
• Areas we need help in are
• Fundraiser- Kick off for this is Aug 26
• Box Tops for Education- Last year we collected
  over 800.
• Ingles Tools for Schools- Last year we earned
  around 400 in product from this program.

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Volunteer Opportunities

• Sub Club- Parents willing to go through Gilmer
  County substitute training (3 hours) who are
  called on to volunteer from time to time to cover
  classrooms for teacher meetings or other events.
  
• Book Fair Volunteer- Media Center hosts 2 of
  these each year.
• Media Center Support via our book donation
  program

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Clear Creek Spirit Wear

• Show your CCMS Spirit. See Mandy about purchasing
  your CCMS shirts. Check out the Clear Creek
  Middle School Spirit Wear
• Long and Short Sleeves, Sweat Shirts and
  HOODIES!!!
• Short Sleeve T-Shirt 12.00
• Long Sleeve T-Shirt 14.00
• Crew Sweat Shirt 20.00
• Hoodies 25.00

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Questions