All students will be assigned a locker, which will be a new experience for our incoming 6th grade students. 6th grade teachers will be spending time assisting students with the task of learning how to open their lockers. For any incoming 6th grade student, or any students new to the district, who would like to practice this ahead of time, the school will be open on Wednesday, August 16th from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. We will have two lockers available for students to practice on. There are helpful videos on YouTube that you can also use to learn this skill, such as this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmx4WCAj77A&feature=youtu.be.
Over the summer, a renovation project was started on our auditorium. New seating, carpeting, stage curtains, and other upgrades will be completed. The goal was for this project to be completed by the start of school, but it is looking like it may extend into September before it is finished. We are excited for our students to see the finished result when it is completed.
All of our beginning of the year school forms have been placed online. Parents are asked to access and complete these forms by logging into the Skyward family access portal and filling out the information listed. You can update your contact information, fill out a free or reduced lunch application, bring your own technology form, and several others through the Skyward site. We believe this will save you some time and aggravation with keeping track of this information as it is all located in one place, and can be completed from a computer, smartphone or tablet. We ask that you update any information that has changed since the end of the last school year, and provide the school with any other updated information, such as custody agreements, health needs, etc. that the school needs to know about. Thank you in advance for your cooperation in completing these forms. Should you run into any problems, please contact Tracey Heeney (theeney@cencam.org) for assistance.
There are new requirements for health immunizations required by the state for the 2017-18 school year. You can find more information regarding these requirements here: http://www.health.pa.gov/My%20Health/Immunizations/Pages/School-Immunizations-FAQs.aspx#.WY2-uLLyvrd.
Our annual Meet the Teacher Night will be held Wednesday, August 30th. Parents will move to their child's first period class at 7 p.m., and will follow their child's schedule to each ten-minute class period. Parents may register and pick up a copy of their child's schedule starting at 6:45 p.m. in the middle school entrance lobby. We hope to see you at Meet the Teacher Night.
We are excited to get this new school year started, and look forward to the return of students on August 23rd. If you have any questions, please call or email at any time. Stay tuned to the blog and our Twitter page for the latest updates throughout the school year.
