Crestwood Middle School Back to School Night presentation for new students.

1. Crestwood Middle School
Opening SY13
Welcome Back!

2. Administrative/Guidance Team
Principal – Dr. Daniel Lippy
Assistant Principal – Dr. Roger Copeland, Gr. 6/7
Assistant Principal – Chelsea Skoczylas, Gr. 7/8
Counselor – Carrie Pierson, Gr. 6
Counselor – Deb Boyce, Gr. 7
Counselor – Cathy Kazio, Gr. 8

3. General Announcements
 Open House Format – short
presentation followed by meet and
greet with teachers
 Course information will be available
 Please do not talk about specific
student/class concerns

4. General Announcements
 Schedules are available in the guidance
office
 Bus information is available in the media
center

5. PTSA
 AGENDAS!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
 Cultural arts experiences for each grade
 Support student activities, i.e. Cavalier Spirit Days
 Multicultural Event
 Hospitality events for teachers and staff
 Information available in the hallway outside of
Media Center
 Raffle opportunity for anyone joining tonight!

6. Middle School….
 No one fits in a locker.
 Students are rarely lost. We GPS them.
 Your child will not tell you anything…..
about themselves, but everything about
everyone else!
 MS students see everything as right or
wrong with no in between.

7. Middle School MythBusters
 We do want you involved.
 We do support students.
 We do address bullying.
 We do provide a rigorous academic
program that prepares students for
CCR.

8. Grading
 Focus is on STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT!
 Pinnacle Grade Updating (Weekly by Tuesday)
 Assignments by curriculum indicator
 Focuses conversation on skills and content
 What is your child understanding?
 What is your child not understanding?
 Maximum 30% penalty for late work

9. Common Core Curriculum
 SY13 Transition Year
 Rigorous and Challenging
 e.g. Algebra I
 Old – Basic concepts with data analysis
 New – Combines Algebra I & II, probability and
statistics

10. Change in Instruction
 We are growing!
 Trying new strategies that involve
technology, critical thinking, and constant
evaluation.
 Pre-Test – pre-tests will be used to help
teachers determine what type of instruction
student needs. Mastered? Need support?

11. Support Services
 Weekly administrative team meetings
 Teacher Workgroups –
 Data Analysis and Curriculum
 Tiers of Tutoring – class, TEE time, pull-out, afterschool
 Interventions – academic and social
 PBIS – Reinforces appropriate social behaviors
 School Counselor
 CASS Social Worker
 Community Liaison

12. Communication Policy
 Any parent correspondence (phone, email,
letter) needs to be returned within 24 hours.
 Please notify me if you are not receiving a
response.
 Common problems – email names,
voicemail boxes, and Pinnacle updates

13. Study Island
 On-line tutoring service for Reading, Math,
and High School Algebra
 Content is available in English and Spanish
– computer interface or game format
 Every student will have access to the
program
 Program includes an email option that
sends weekly progress reports to parents

14. Schedule
 You will never get it, but your child will
understand it by the end of the second day!
 Counselors and other staff members can
help you understand how to read your
child’s schedule.

15. Tee Time
 45 minute block from 12:52 to 1:37 every
day
 Content
 Grade level tutoring 1x or 2x per week
 PBIS Lessons
 Classroom Extension
 Classroom Intervention

16. First Day Logistics
 6th and 7th Graders are in the gymnasium
 8th Graders are in the cafeteria
 Students dismissed to class at 7:45
 Staff members available for assistance
 Schedules will be reviewed basic policies
and procedures (hallway, lunch, lockers,
trek to specials

17. FYI’s
 School Hours are 8:00 am to 3:01 pm
 Dismissal will be a little early for the first
week to get used to the hallway traffic,
lockers and bus lineup
 Backpacks are allowed for the first week
 Student ID’s are needed to buy food

18. FYI’s
 Best location to get staff email and phone
lists is from the website.
 Weekly Newsletters – send an email to
cms.news@fcps.org with “please
subscribe” as the subject line.
 Cell Phones – must be off. If used during
the day, the phone is sent to the office.

19. OVERWHELMING!!!
 You will be overwhelmed with information
for the first week.
 Please remember that you can always
contact us for clarifications and/or
questions!

20. Meet the Teachers!
7th and 8th graders new to Crestwood Middle need
to meet in guidance for a brief meeting with the
counselors.