The Stinger Newsletter

Health Office Update

Dear parents and guardians,

Thank you all so much for taking the time to donate Kleenex and disinfectant wipes for all of our staff and students. 

We were seeing an increase of illnesses before break. Please remind your students to wash their hands frequently, cover their coughs and sneezes, and avoid close contact with anyone who is feeling ill. If your child has symptoms such as fever over 100.1, diarrhea or vomiting, please keep them home from school until they are no longer having symptoms for 24 hrs without medication.

Reminder:

Please remind your child not to share drinks or food with others. Sharing can increase the spread of germs, including the flu, colds, and other viruses.

Energy Drinks are becoming an issue on campus -

Parents please do not allow your student to bring Energy drinks to school; Monster, Red Bull, Aloha, Celsius etc… Why Are Energy Drinks Bad for Children? Please see CDC guidelines (https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/healthyschools/nutrition/energy.htm)

Energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine, sugar, and other stimulants, which can be harmful to children and adolescents. Consuming too many can lead to increased heart rate, high blood pressure, sleep disturbances, anxiety, and dehydration. In some cases, excessive consumption can even cause more serious health issues like heart problems. It’s important to encourage healthy hydration choices like water or natural juices.

Hydration:

As the weather will be increasingly getting hotter, please encourage your student to bring a water bottle each day. We have several water refill stations on campus. Plastic water bottles are always sold at the snack bar (before/after school and lunch).

Also, cups and cold water are available in the Health Office.

Thank you for helping keep our school community healthy!

Attention all 7th graders: Are you interested in participating in the 8th grade field trip next year?!?! We just traveled and got back and the students had a GREAT time! You don't want to miss out on a trip of a lifetime. If you are interested, please talk to Mrs. McLyn and get signed up ASAP. You can sign up here: https://www.efexploreamerica.com/tour-website/2841403HK

Dear STMS Band Students and Parents/Guardians,

Recently, we became aware of a schedule conflict between our originally planned May 8th concert at the CSHS Fine Arts Center and an overnight Student Council trip, which impacts a significant portion of our band students. To ensure ALL STMS band students can participate in a final performance together, we have decided that our already-scheduled April 29th performance at the CCUSD District Band Festival will serve as our final concert for the school year.

Choosing to do this over rescheduling the concert to another night allows us to maintain a performance with ALL of our students involved (which is our priority), without altering any existing concert dates on our calendar.

Here are the details for our final performance:

• When: April 29th, 2025 at 6:30pm
• Where: Cactus Shadows Blue Gym (Audience seating in gym bleachers)
• Who: ALL band students from across the district, grades 4-12!
• Attire: Concert black (see STMS Band syllabus on Google Classroom).

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing you and celebrating our students' hard work at the April 29th performance!

Sincerely,

Mr. Kevin Weingartner Director of Bands – STMS/CSHS

Homework Help

"When your kids' homework becomes your homework, it's time to try something new! Let the Study Coaches help your student create a routine, increase their confidence, and reduce family conflict! Click the link for more information. https://cavecreek.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=124

NEXT YEAR'S EXCITING FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!

Attention all 7th graders: Are you interested in participating in the 8th grade field trip next year?!?! We just traveled and got back and the students had a GREAT time! You don't want to miss out on a trip of a lifetime. If you are interested, please talk to Mrs. McLyn and get signed up ASAP. You can sign up here: https://www.efexploreamerica.com/tour-website/2841403HK

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE CAVE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT:

12/06/2024

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are committed to providing the safest possible environment for our students and staff by taking proactive steps in securing our schools.  We want to ensure they have a safe  place to learn, work and grow.   To maintain our safety standards and adapt to the societal threat of a violent critical incident in or around our school, we have adopted the ALICE proactive strategies. 

ALICE empowers individuals to participate in their survival using options-based responses.  I want to assure you that we went to great lengths to understand exactly what each option of ALICE entails.  We are comfortable with all the ALICE proactive strategies to empower our students and staff to survive until help arrives.  We will implement these safety strategies in age and ability appropriate ways.

The acronym ALICE stands for: Alert- Alert is your first notification of danger.  Lockdown- If evacuation is not a safe option, barricade entry points.  Prepare to evacuate or spread out in the room and prepare to counter, if necessary, grade appropriate.  Inform- Communicate real time information about the violent intruder’s location using clear and concise language.  Counter- When in close proximity to the intruder, create noise and movement.  Counter is not fighting yet focuses on distraction and control techniques that leverage strength in numbers (high school only).  Evacuate- When safe to do so, run from danger. Rally points are determined and will be practices and included in our monthly drills in which you will receive communication about.  

Adoption of a lockdown-only response has been deemed insufficient by the Department of Education, independent researchers, and law enforcement.  Society is dictating we change our thought processes on safety and ALICE options.  We have found the ALICE strategies to be the most adopted by schools across the country, and ALICE training helps to maintain our compliance with the Federally recommended guidelines.  

We are currently training our staff on the ALICE strategies through online classes and hands-on training with our in-district certified trainers.  We are pleased with the comprehensive roll-out procedure ALICE Training Institute has in place and believe this is the right choice for our students, staff, schools, and our community.  Additionally, we are using our drills on our campuses to educate our kids on the different strategies.  When you see that your child has had a practice drill, please take a moment to ask them what the drill was about, what they learned, etc.  

Finally, you will continue to get notification of all drills on campus with this letterhead.  Our reason for using this letterhead is that we understand you receive a great deal of information from your child’s school.  Some of you have children at multiple schools.  When you receive correspondence with this letterhead, our hope is that it encourages you to open that communication immediately.  Whether a drill or a real incident, you are receiving the information in a timely fashion and reading it promptly.  

Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s school principal or Mrs. Jill Sarraino, Director of Student Services.  

Moving Forward Together,

Bill Dolezal

CCUSD Superintendent

Tardiness during the day

To combat tardiness during the day we are going to implement a "sweeps" approach.  Periodically throughout the week we will instruct teachers to send all tardy students to the office rather than into the room and we will have these students call home in the moment to make the parents aware of the issue.  We do NOT want our students to miss class time but we HAVE to address the tardiness issue in a meaningful way and ask for your support in this!

Tardiness to school

We are routinely seeing between 20 and 35 students arrive to school well after first period begins.  This is a MAJOR concern and is a SERIOUS disruption to our first period class.  Students who are on time should not have their learning disrupted by students who are not on time.  PLEASE get your students to school on time!  IF YOUR STUDENT IS LATE, YOU MUST COME AND SIGN THEM IN AT THE FRONT OFFICE OR IT IS UNEXCUSED.  Thank you for your attention to this.  It is important.

Food Deliveries

Parents:  We ask that you please do not have food delivered or door dashed to campus for your students.  This can cause a real issue during lunch which is often our most hectic time of day.

Thank you for your support in this!

New Drill Notification Email Template

To insure you have accurate information, when we do planned of drills any kind we will be sending out something to you via text and email so you know it is a drill.  The link to what this looks like is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9Xzc-SfvnCTL1eNvZsR3HyWTocrilr4cizL32Yp7Uo/edit?tab=t.0

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

Health Office Update

Dear parents and guardians,

Thank you all so much for taking the time to donate Kleenex and disinfectant wipes for all of our staff and students. 

We were seeing an increase of illnesses before break. Please remind your students to wash their hands frequently, cover their coughs and sneezes, and avoid close contact with anyone who is feeling ill. If your child has symptoms such as fever over 100.1, diarrhea or vomiting, please keep them home from school until they are no longer having symptoms for 24 hrs without medication.

Reminder:

Please remind your child not to share drinks or food with others. Sharing can increase the spread of germs, including the flu, colds, and other viruses.

Energy Drinks are becoming an issue on campus -

Parents please do not allow your student to bring Energy drinks to school; Monster, Red Bull, Aloha, Celsius etc… Why Are Energy Drinks Bad for Children? Please see CDC guidelines (https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/healthyschools/nutrition/energy.htm)

Energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine, sugar, and other stimulants, which can be harmful to children and adolescents. Consuming too many can lead to increased heart rate, high blood pressure, sleep disturbances, anxiety, and dehydration. In some cases, excessive consumption can even cause more serious health issues like heart problems. It’s important to encourage healthy hydration choices like water or natural juices.

Hydration:

As the weather will be increasingly getting hotter, please encourage your student to bring a water bottle each day. We have several water refill stations on campus. Plastic water bottles are always sold at the snack bar (before/after school and lunch).

Also, cups and cold water are available in the Health Office.

Thank you for helping keep our school community healthy!

Attention all 7th graders: Are you interested in participating in the 8th grade field trip next year?!?! We just traveled and got back and the students had a GREAT time! You don't want to miss out on a trip of a lifetime. If you are interested, please talk to Mrs. McLyn and get signed up ASAP. You can sign up here: https://www.efexploreamerica.com/tour-website/2841403HK

Dear STMS Band Students and Parents/Guardians,

Recently, we became aware of a schedule conflict between our originally planned May 8th concert at the CSHS Fine Arts Center and an overnight Student Council trip, which impacts a significant portion of our band students. To ensure ALL STMS band students can participate in a final performance together, we have decided that our already-scheduled April 29th performance at the CCUSD District Band Festival will serve as our final concert for the school year.

Choosing to do this over rescheduling the concert to another night allows us to maintain a performance with ALL of our students involved (which is our priority), without altering any existing concert dates on our calendar.

Here are the details for our final performance:

• When: April 29th, 2025 at 6:30pm
• Where: Cactus Shadows Blue Gym (Audience seating in gym bleachers)
• Who: ALL band students from across the district, grades 4-12!
• Attire: Concert black (see STMS Band syllabus on Google Classroom).

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. We look forward to seeing you and celebrating our students' hard work at the April 29th performance!

Sincerely,

Mr. Kevin Weingartner Director of Bands – STMS/CSHS

Homework Help

"When your kids' homework becomes your homework, it's time to try something new! Let the Study Coaches help your student create a routine, increase their confidence, and reduce family conflict! Click the link for more information. https://cavecreek.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=124

NEXT YEAR'S EXCITING FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!

Attention all 7th graders: Are you interested in participating in the 8th grade field trip next year?!?! We just traveled and got back and the students had a GREAT time! You don't want to miss out on a trip of a lifetime. If you are interested, please talk to Mrs. McLyn and get signed up ASAP. You can sign up here: https://www.efexploreamerica.com/tour-website/2841403HK

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE CAVE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT:

12/06/2024

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are committed to providing the safest possible environment for our students and staff by taking proactive steps in securing our schools.  We want to ensure they have a safe  place to learn, work and grow.   To maintain our safety standards and adapt to the societal threat of a violent critical incident in or around our school, we have adopted the ALICE proactive strategies. 

ALICE empowers individuals to participate in their survival using options-based responses.  I want to assure you that we went to great lengths to understand exactly what each option of ALICE entails.  We are comfortable with all the ALICE proactive strategies to empower our students and staff to survive until help arrives.  We will implement these safety strategies in age and ability appropriate ways.

The acronym ALICE stands for: Alert- Alert is your first notification of danger.  Lockdown- If evacuation is not a safe option, barricade entry points.  Prepare to evacuate or spread out in the room and prepare to counter, if necessary, grade appropriate.  Inform- Communicate real time information about the violent intruder’s location using clear and concise language.  Counter- When in close proximity to the intruder, create noise and movement.  Counter is not fighting yet focuses on distraction and control techniques that leverage strength in numbers (high school only).  Evacuate- When safe to do so, run from danger. Rally points are determined and will be practices and included in our monthly drills in which you will receive communication about.  

Adoption of a lockdown-only response has been deemed insufficient by the Department of Education, independent researchers, and law enforcement.  Society is dictating we change our thought processes on safety and ALICE options.  We have found the ALICE strategies to be the most adopted by schools across the country, and ALICE training helps to maintain our compliance with the Federally recommended guidelines.  

We are currently training our staff on the ALICE strategies through online classes and hands-on training with our in-district certified trainers.  We are pleased with the comprehensive roll-out procedure ALICE Training Institute has in place and believe this is the right choice for our students, staff, schools, and our community.  Additionally, we are using our drills on our campuses to educate our kids on the different strategies.  When you see that your child has had a practice drill, please take a moment to ask them what the drill was about, what they learned, etc.  

Finally, you will continue to get notification of all drills on campus with this letterhead.  Our reason for using this letterhead is that we understand you receive a great deal of information from your child’s school.  Some of you have children at multiple schools.  When you receive correspondence with this letterhead, our hope is that it encourages you to open that communication immediately.  Whether a drill or a real incident, you are receiving the information in a timely fashion and reading it promptly.  

Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s school principal or Mrs. Jill Sarraino, Director of Student Services.  

Moving Forward Together,

Bill Dolezal

CCUSD Superintendent

Tardiness during the day

To combat tardiness during the day we are going to implement a "sweeps" approach.  Periodically throughout the week we will instruct teachers to send all tardy students to the office rather than into the room and we will have these students call home in the moment to make the parents aware of the issue.  We do NOT want our students to miss class time but we HAVE to address the tardiness issue in a meaningful way and ask for your support in this!

Tardiness to school

We are routinely seeing between 20 and 35 students arrive to school well after first period begins.  This is a MAJOR concern and is a SERIOUS disruption to our first period class.  Students who are on time should not have their learning disrupted by students who are not on time.  PLEASE get your students to school on time!  IF YOUR STUDENT IS LATE, YOU MUST COME AND SIGN THEM IN AT THE FRONT OFFICE OR IT IS UNEXCUSED.  Thank you for your attention to this.  It is important.

Food Deliveries

Parents:  We ask that you please do not have food delivered or door dashed to campus for your students.  This can cause a real issue during lunch which is often our most hectic time of day.

Thank you for your support in this!

New Drill Notification Email Template

To insure you have accurate information, when we do planned of drills any kind we will be sending out something to you via text and email so you know it is a drill.  The link to what this looks like is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9Xzc-SfvnCTL1eNvZsR3HyWTocrilr4cizL32Yp7Uo/edit?tab=t.0

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Health Office Update

Dear parents and guardians,

Thank you all so much for taking the time to donate Kleenex and disinfectant wipes for all of our staff and students. 

We were seeing an increase of illnesses before break. Please remind your students to wash their hands frequently, cover their coughs and sneezes, and avoid close contact with anyone who is feeling ill. If your child has symptoms such as fever over 100.1, diarrhea or vomiting, please keep them home from school until they are no longer having symptoms for 24 hrs without medication.

Reminder:

Please remind your child not to share drinks or food with others. Sharing can increase the spread of germs, including the flu, colds, and other viruses.

Energy Drinks are becoming an issue on campus -

Parents please do not allow your student to bring Energy drinks to school; Monster, Red Bull, Aloha, Celsius etc… Why Are Energy Drinks Bad for Children? Please see CDC guidelines (https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/healthyschools/nutrition/energy.htm)

Energy drinks contain high levels of caffeine, sugar, and other stimulants, which can be harmful to children and adolescents. Consuming too many can lead to increased heart rate, high blood pressure, sleep disturbances, anxiety, and dehydration. In some cases, excessive consumption can even cause more serious health issues like heart problems. It’s important to encourage healthy hydration choices like water or natural juices.

Hydration:

As the weather will be increasingly getting hotter, please encourage your student to bring a water bottle each day. We have several water refill stations on campus. Plastic water bottles are always sold at the snack bar (before/after school and lunch).

Also, cups and cold water are available in the Health Office.

Thank you for helping keep our school community healthy!

Homework Help

"When your kids' homework becomes your homework, it's time to try something new! Let the Study Coaches help your student create a routine, increase their confidence, and reduce family conflict! Click the link for more information. https://cavecreek.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=124

NEXT YEAR'S EXCITING FIELD TRIP OPPORTUNITY!!!!!!

Attention all 7th graders: Are you interested in participating in the 8th grade field trip next year?!?! We just traveled and got back and the students had a GREAT time! You don't want to miss out on a trip of a lifetime. If you are interested, please talk to Mrs. McLyn and get signed up ASAP. You can sign up here: https://www.efexploreamerica.com/tour-website/2841403HK

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE CAVE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT:

12/06/2024

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are committed to providing the safest possible environment for our students and staff by taking proactive steps in securing our schools.  We want to ensure they have a safe  place to learn, work and grow.   To maintain our safety standards and adapt to the societal threat of a violent critical incident in or around our school, we have adopted the ALICE proactive strategies. 

ALICE empowers individuals to participate in their survival using options-based responses.  I want to assure you that we went to great lengths to understand exactly what each option of ALICE entails.  We are comfortable with all the ALICE proactive strategies to empower our students and staff to survive until help arrives.  We will implement these safety strategies in age and ability appropriate ways.

The acronym ALICE stands for: Alert- Alert is your first notification of danger.  Lockdown- If evacuation is not a safe option, barricade entry points.  Prepare to evacuate or spread out in the room and prepare to counter, if necessary, grade appropriate.  Inform- Communicate real time information about the violent intruder’s location using clear and concise language.  Counter- When in close proximity to the intruder, create noise and movement.  Counter is not fighting yet focuses on distraction and control techniques that leverage strength in numbers (high school only).  Evacuate- When safe to do so, run from danger. Rally points are determined and will be practices and included in our monthly drills in which you will receive communication about.  

Adoption of a lockdown-only response has been deemed insufficient by the Department of Education, independent researchers, and law enforcement.  Society is dictating we change our thought processes on safety and ALICE options.  We have found the ALICE strategies to be the most adopted by schools across the country, and ALICE training helps to maintain our compliance with the Federally recommended guidelines.  

We are currently training our staff on the ALICE strategies through online classes and hands-on training with our in-district certified trainers.  We are pleased with the comprehensive roll-out procedure ALICE Training Institute has in place and believe this is the right choice for our students, staff, schools, and our community.  Additionally, we are using our drills on our campuses to educate our kids on the different strategies.  When you see that your child has had a practice drill, please take a moment to ask them what the drill was about, what they learned, etc.  

Finally, you will continue to get notification of all drills on campus with this letterhead.  Our reason for using this letterhead is that we understand you receive a great deal of information from your child’s school.  Some of you have children at multiple schools.  When you receive correspondence with this letterhead, our hope is that it encourages you to open that communication immediately.  Whether a drill or a real incident, you are receiving the information in a timely fashion and reading it promptly.  

Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s school principal or Mrs. Jill Sarraino, Director of Student Services.  

Moving Forward Together,

Bill Dolezal

CCUSD Superintendent

Tardiness during the day

To combat tardiness during the day we are going to implement a "sweeps" approach.  Periodically throughout the week we will instruct teachers to send all tardy students to the office rather than into the room and we will have these students call home in the moment to make the parents aware of the issue.  We do NOT want our students to miss class time but we HAVE to address the tardiness issue in a meaningful way and ask for your support in this!

Food Deliveries

Parents:  We ask that you please do not have food delivered or door dashed to campus for your students.  This can cause a real issue during lunch which is often our most hectic time of day.

Thank you for your support in this!

New Drill Notification Email Template

To insure you have accurate information, when we do planned of drills any kind we will be sending out something to you via text and email so you know it is a drill.  The link to what this looks like is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9Xzc-SfvnCTL1eNvZsR3HyWTocrilr4cizL32Yp7Uo/edit?tab=t.0

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Health Office Update

Now that we are in 2nd semester, STMS is having high levels of seasonal flu (Influenza A). 

As a reminder:

• For the protection of all students, please do not send your child to school when ill. 
• Any student with a temperature of 100.0 degrees or more shall not attend school until the student is fever-free 24 hours without the aid of fever reducing medication. 
• If you child is sent home with diarrhea or vomiting, they may not return to school only if symptoms are present; nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, elevated temperature, yellow or green nasal discharge, inflamed eyes with redness or drainage, and skin rash unless a not from their physician states that it is not contagious. If any of these symptoms occur while at school, the parent will be contacted and be required to take the student home.   

Health Update for Parents:
As we are currently in the midst of respiratory illness season, we kindly ask all parents to
monitor their children for signs of illness. If your child is not feeling well, please keep them at
home to help prevent the spread of illness. Common symptoms to watch for include: cough,
runny nose, fever, and sore throat.
In addition, please remind your child of the importance of frequent hand washing to help reduce
the spread of germs.
We also want to remind parents to be vigilant about lice. Lice can be active year-round, so we
encourage you to make checking for lice a regular part of your routine. For more information on
how to treat lice, please refer to this link

(https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-
control/investigations/sections/head-lice.pdf).

Thank you for your continued efforts in helping to keep our school community safe and healthy.

Flu Season Needs!

STMS is running very low on Kleenex and Sanitation wipes!  If you would like to donate some, please bring them to the main office and THANK YOU!

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE CAVE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT:

12/06/2024

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are committed to providing the safest possible environment for our students and staff by taking proactive steps in securing our schools.  We want to ensure they have a safe  place to learn, work and grow.   To maintain our safety standards and adapt to the societal threat of a violent critical incident in or around our school, we have adopted the ALICE proactive strategies. 

ALICE empowers individuals to participate in their survival using options-based responses.  I want to assure you that we went to great lengths to understand exactly what each option of ALICE entails.  We are comfortable with all the ALICE proactive strategies to empower our students and staff to survive until help arrives.  We will implement these safety strategies in age and ability appropriate ways.

The acronym ALICE stands for: Alert- Alert is your first notification of danger.  Lockdown- If evacuation is not a safe option, barricade entry points.  Prepare to evacuate or spread out in the room and prepare to counter, if necessary, grade appropriate.  Inform- Communicate real time information about the violent intruder’s location using clear and concise language.  Counter- When in close proximity to the intruder, create noise and movement.  Counter is not fighting yet focuses on distraction and control techniques that leverage strength in numbers (high school only).  Evacuate- When safe to do so, run from danger. Rally points are determined and will be practices and included in our monthly drills in which you will receive communication about.  

Adoption of a lockdown-only response has been deemed insufficient by the Department of Education, independent researchers, and law enforcement.  Society is dictating we change our thought processes on safety and ALICE options.  We have found the ALICE strategies to be the most adopted by schools across the country, and ALICE training helps to maintain our compliance with the Federally recommended guidelines.  

We are currently training our staff on the ALICE strategies through online classes and hands-on training with our in-district certified trainers.  We are pleased with the comprehensive roll-out procedure ALICE Training Institute has in place and believe this is the right choice for our students, staff, schools, and our community.  Additionally, we are using our drills on our campuses to educate our kids on the different strategies.  When you see that your child has had a practice drill, please take a moment to ask them what the drill was about, what they learned, etc.  

Finally, you will continue to get notification of all drills on campus with this letterhead.  Our reason for using this letterhead is that we understand you receive a great deal of information from your child’s school.  Some of you have children at multiple schools.  When you receive correspondence with this letterhead, our hope is that it encourages you to open that communication immediately.  Whether a drill or a real incident, you are receiving the information in a timely fashion and reading it promptly.  

Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s school principal or Mrs. Jill Sarraino, Director of Student Services.  

Moving Forward Together,

Bill Dolezal

CCUSD Superintendent

Tardiness during the day

To combat tardiness during the day we are going to implement a "sweeps" approach.  Periodically throughout the week we will instruct teachers to send all tardy students to the office rather than into the room and we will have these students call home in the moment to make the parents aware of the issue.  We do NOT want our students to miss class time but we HAVE to address the tardiness issue in a meaningful way and ask for your support in this!

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Printing at home

Printing the volume of stuff that students need to print is very costly to the school.  If at all possible It would be very much appreciated  if printing for school work/projects could be done at home.  

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS!

Health Office Update

Now that we are in 2nd semester, STMS is having high levels of seasonal flu (Influenza A). 

As a reminder:

• For the protection of all students, please do not send your child to school when ill. 
• Any student with a temperature of 100.0 degrees or more shall not attend school until the student is fever-free 24 hours without the aid of fever reducing medication. 
• If you child is sent home with diarrhea or vomiting, they may not return to school only if symptoms are present; nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, elevated temperature, yellow or green nasal discharge, inflamed eyes with redness or drainage, and skin rash unless a not from their physician states that it is not contagious. If any of these symptoms occur while at school, the parent will be contacted and be required to take the student home.   

Health Update for Parents:
As we are currently in the midst of respiratory illness season, we kindly ask all parents to
monitor their children for signs of illness. If your child is not feeling well, please keep them at
home to help prevent the spread of illness. Common symptoms to watch for include: cough,
runny nose, fever, and sore throat.
In addition, please remind your child of the importance of frequent hand washing to help reduce
the spread of germs.
We also want to remind parents to be vigilant about lice. Lice can be active year-round, so we
encourage you to make checking for lice a regular part of your routine. For more information on
how to treat lice, please refer to this link

(https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-
control/investigations/sections/head-lice.pdf).

Thank you for your continued efforts in helping to keep our school community safe and healthy.

Homework Help

"When your kids' homework becomes your homework, it's time to try something new! Let the Study Coaches help your student create a routine, increase their confidence, and reduce family conflict! Click the link for more information. https://cavecreek.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=124

Flu Season Needs!

STMS is running very low on Kleenex and Sanitation wipes!  If you would like to donate some, please bring them to the main office and THANK YOU!

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE CAVE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT:

12/06/2024

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are committed to providing the safest possible environment for our students and staff by taking proactive steps in securing our schools.  We want to ensure they have a safe  place to learn, work and grow.   To maintain our safety standards and adapt to the societal threat of a violent critical incident in or around our school, we have adopted the ALICE proactive strategies. 

ALICE empowers individuals to participate in their survival using options-based responses.  I want to assure you that we went to great lengths to understand exactly what each option of ALICE entails.  We are comfortable with all the ALICE proactive strategies to empower our students and staff to survive until help arrives.  We will implement these safety strategies in age and ability appropriate ways.

The acronym ALICE stands for: Alert- Alert is your first notification of danger.  Lockdown- If evacuation is not a safe option, barricade entry points.  Prepare to evacuate or spread out in the room and prepare to counter, if necessary, grade appropriate.  Inform- Communicate real time information about the violent intruder’s location using clear and concise language.  Counter- When in close proximity to the intruder, create noise and movement.  Counter is not fighting yet focuses on distraction and control techniques that leverage strength in numbers (high school only).  Evacuate- When safe to do so, run from danger. Rally points are determined and will be practices and included in our monthly drills in which you will receive communication about.  

Adoption of a lockdown-only response has been deemed insufficient by the Department of Education, independent researchers, and law enforcement.  Society is dictating we change our thought processes on safety and ALICE options.  We have found the ALICE strategies to be the most adopted by schools across the country, and ALICE training helps to maintain our compliance with the Federally recommended guidelines.  

We are currently training our staff on the ALICE strategies through online classes and hands-on training with our in-district certified trainers.  We are pleased with the comprehensive roll-out procedure ALICE Training Institute has in place and believe this is the right choice for our students, staff, schools, and our community.  Additionally, we are using our drills on our campuses to educate our kids on the different strategies.  When you see that your child has had a practice drill, please take a moment to ask them what the drill was about, what they learned, etc.  

Finally, you will continue to get notification of all drills on campus with this letterhead.  Our reason for using this letterhead is that we understand you receive a great deal of information from your child’s school.  Some of you have children at multiple schools.  When you receive correspondence with this letterhead, our hope is that it encourages you to open that communication immediately.  Whether a drill or a real incident, you are receiving the information in a timely fashion and reading it promptly.  

Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s school principal or Mrs. Jill Sarraino, Director of Student Services.  

Moving Forward Together,

Bill Dolezal

CCUSD Superintendent

As you know it is cold and flu season.  Please help us out on the attendance line by making it short and sweet, the child's name, out ill, your name and relationship.  No other details are needed.

Tardiness with all Blocks remains our utmost concern.   I will be meeting with each and every student with excessive tardies and informing them that further incidents will result in consequences ranging from after school detention to individual conferences with me and being held in the office until the second period begins. Please discuss this critical issue with your student.

Bus Passes:  Just a reminder…. Bus Passes are only given in case of emergency i.e. child care, or if a parent is out of town or hospitalized. They are not to be used for students going to a friend’s house for after school activities or play dates. CCUSD is happy to help in emergency situations.  Email approval from both sets of parents (the student as well as the student he/she are going home with.)

Reminder.  If a student is ill, they are to come to the health aide for assessment(temp check etc).  Ms. Nolte will call the parent if there is an excused reason.  We continue to have many parents picking up children not feeling well because they were texted by their child.  This results in a tech infraction and our inability to determine illness or symptoms.

Tardiness during the day

To combat tardiness during the day we are going to implement a "sweeps" approach.  Periodically throughout the week we will instruct teachers to send all tardy students to the office rather than into the room and we will have these students call home in the moment to make the parents aware of the issue.  We do NOT want our students to miss class time but we HAVE to address the tardiness issue in a meaningful way and ask for your support in this!

Food Deliveries

Parents:  We ask that you please do not have food delivered or door dashed to campus for your students.  This can cause a real issue during lunch which is often our most hectic time of day.

Thank you for your support in this!

New Drill Notification Email Template

To insure you have accurate information, when we do planned of drills any kind we will be sending out something to you via text and email so you know it is a drill.  The link to what this looks like is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9Xzc-SfvnCTL1eNvZsR3HyWTocrilr4cizL32Yp7Uo/edit?tab=t.0

We so appreciate when parents call their students out in a timely fashion so that we can maintain accurate records and account for all of our students at all times.  Below are some tips to help you and us.

Please try to call in as early in the day as possible.  We continue to have parents calling their students out for the day as late as 2PM.    Here is a perfect call in.  "Hello, today is Monday, I am calling Sally Jones out ill today, this is her mother Jane Jones.  Thank you."  If there is no parent call in, your student will be marked UA (Unexcused Absence as reported to the State)

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

January- Dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Punctuality and Attendance

Parents and Guardians we are having a significant issue with students being tardy to first period.  Some of them are on campus and are choosing to be late and some of them arrive to school late.  This creates a significant disruption to the learning environment of first period and we feel that it needs to be addressed.  Below please notice the steps we feel are necessary to take to get our day off to a better start.  This will apply to all tardies.  

1st period tardies

3rd Tardies Per Month

• Lunch Clean up Duty with Trash and Stick 

4th-9th Tardy Per Month

• lunch detention for every tardy

10th Tardy Per Month

• after school detention

11th Tardy + Per Month

• parent/student conference with Mrs. Reyes

• decision on next steps will be made

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Printing at home

Printing the volume of stuff that students need to print is very costly to the school.  If at all possible It would be very much appreciated  if printing for school work/projects could be done at home.  

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP WITH THIS!

Health Office Update

Now that we are in 2nd semester, STMS is having high levels of seasonal flu (Influenza A). 

As a reminder:

• For the protection of all students, please do not send your child to school when ill. 
• Any student with a temperature of 100.0 degrees or more shall not attend school until the student is fever-free 24 hours without the aid of fever reducing medication. 
• If you child is sent home with diarrhea or vomiting, they may not return to school only if symptoms are present; nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, elevated temperature, yellow or green nasal discharge, inflamed eyes with redness or drainage, and skin rash unless a not from their physician states that it is not contagious. If any of these symptoms occur while at school, the parent will be contacted and be required to take the student home.   

Homework Help

"When your kids' homework becomes your homework, it's time to try something new! Let the Study Coaches help your student create a routine, increase their confidence, and reduce family conflict! Click the link for more information. https://cavecreek.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=124

Flu Season Needs!

STMS is running very low on Kleenex and Sanitation wipes!  If you would like to donate some, please bring them to the main office and THANK YOU!

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE CAVE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT:

12/06/2024

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are committed to providing the safest possible environment for our students and staff by taking proactive steps in securing our schools.  We want to ensure they have a safe  place to learn, work and grow.   To maintain our safety standards and adapt to the societal threat of a violent critical incident in or around our school, we have adopted the ALICE proactive strategies. 

ALICE empowers individuals to participate in their survival using options-based responses.  I want to assure you that we went to great lengths to understand exactly what each option of ALICE entails.  We are comfortable with all the ALICE proactive strategies to empower our students and staff to survive until help arrives.  We will implement these safety strategies in age and ability appropriate ways.

The acronym ALICE stands for: Alert- Alert is your first notification of danger.  Lockdown- If evacuation is not a safe option, barricade entry points.  Prepare to evacuate or spread out in the room and prepare to counter, if necessary, grade appropriate.  Inform- Communicate real time information about the violent intruder’s location using clear and concise language.  Counter- When in close proximity to the intruder, create noise and movement.  Counter is not fighting yet focuses on distraction and control techniques that leverage strength in numbers (high school only).  Evacuate- When safe to do so, run from danger. Rally points are determined and will be practices and included in our monthly drills in which you will receive communication about.  

Adoption of a lockdown-only response has been deemed insufficient by the Department of Education, independent researchers, and law enforcement.  Society is dictating we change our thought processes on safety and ALICE options.  We have found the ALICE strategies to be the most adopted by schools across the country, and ALICE training helps to maintain our compliance with the Federally recommended guidelines.  

We are currently training our staff on the ALICE strategies through online classes and hands-on training with our in-district certified trainers.  We are pleased with the comprehensive roll-out procedure ALICE Training Institute has in place and believe this is the right choice for our students, staff, schools, and our community.  Additionally, we are using our drills on our campuses to educate our kids on the different strategies.  When you see that your child has had a practice drill, please take a moment to ask them what the drill was about, what they learned, etc.  

Finally, you will continue to get notification of all drills on campus with this letterhead.  Our reason for using this letterhead is that we understand you receive a great deal of information from your child’s school.  Some of you have children at multiple schools.  When you receive correspondence with this letterhead, our hope is that it encourages you to open that communication immediately.  Whether a drill or a real incident, you are receiving the information in a timely fashion and reading it promptly.  

Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s school principal or Mrs. Jill Sarraino, Director of Student Services.  

Moving Forward Together,

Bill Dolezal

CCUSD Superintendent

Food Deliveries

Parents:  We ask that you please do not have food delivered or door dashed to campus for your students.  This can cause a real issue during lunch which is often our most hectic time of day.

Thank you for your support in this!

New Drill Notification Email Template

To insure you have accurate information, when we do planned of drills any kind we will be sending out something to you via text and email so you know it is a drill.  The link to what this looks like is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9Xzc-SfvnCTL1eNvZsR3HyWTocrilr4cizL32Yp7Uo/edit?tab=t.0

We so appreciate when parents call their students out in a timely fashion so that we can maintain accurate records and account for all of our students at all times.  Below are some tips to help you and us.

Please try to call in as early in the day as possible.  We continue to have parents calling their students out for the day as late as 2PM.    Here is a perfect call in.  "Hello, today is Monday, I am calling Sally Jones out ill today, this is her mother Jane Jones.  Thank you."  If there is no parent call in, your student will be marked UA (Unexcused Absence as reported to the State)

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

January- Dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Punctuality and Attendance

Parents and Guardians we are having a significant issue with students being tardy to first period.  Some of them are on campus and are choosing to be late and some of them arrive to school late.  This creates a significant disruption to the learning environment of first period and we feel that it needs to be addressed.  Below please notice the steps we feel are necessary to take to get our day off to a better start.  This will apply to all tardies.  

1st period tardies

3rd Tardies Per Month

• Lunch Clean up Duty with Trash and Stick 

4th-9th Tardy Per Month

• lunch detention for every tardy

10th Tardy Per Month

• after school detention

11th Tardy + Per Month

• parent/student conference with Mrs. Reyes

• decision on next steps will be made

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Health Office Update

Now that we are in 2nd semester, STMS is having high levels of seasonal flu (Influenza A). 

As a reminder:

• For the protection of all students, please do not send your child to school when ill. 
• Any student with a temperature of 100.0 degrees or more shall not attend school until the student is fever-free 24 hours without the aid of fever reducing medication. 
• If you child is sent home with diarrhea or vomiting, they may not return to school only if symptoms are present; nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, elevated temperature, yellow or green nasal discharge, inflamed eyes with redness or drainage, and skin rash unless a not from their physician states that it is not contagious. If any of these symptoms occur while at school, the parent will be contacted and be required to take the student home.   

Homework Help

"When your kids' homework becomes your homework, it's time to try something new! Let the Study Coaches help your student create a routine, increase their confidence, and reduce family conflict! Click the link for more information. https://cavecreek.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=124

Flu Season Needs!

STMS is running very low on Kleenex and Sanitation wipes!  If you would like to donate some, please bring them to the main office and THANK YOU!

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FROM THE CAVE CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT:

12/06/2024

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are committed to providing the safest possible environment for our students and staff by taking proactive steps in securing our schools.  We want to ensure they have a safe  place to learn, work and grow.   To maintain our safety standards and adapt to the societal threat of a violent critical incident in or around our school, we have adopted the ALICE proactive strategies. 

ALICE empowers individuals to participate in their survival using options-based responses.  I want to assure you that we went to great lengths to understand exactly what each option of ALICE entails.  We are comfortable with all the ALICE proactive strategies to empower our students and staff to survive until help arrives.  We will implement these safety strategies in age and ability appropriate ways.

The acronym ALICE stands for: Alert- Alert is your first notification of danger.  Lockdown- If evacuation is not a safe option, barricade entry points.  Prepare to evacuate or spread out in the room and prepare to counter, if necessary, grade appropriate.  Inform- Communicate real time information about the violent intruder’s location using clear and concise language.  Counter- When in close proximity to the intruder, create noise and movement.  Counter is not fighting yet focuses on distraction and control techniques that leverage strength in numbers (high school only).  Evacuate- When safe to do so, run from danger. Rally points are determined and will be practices and included in our monthly drills in which you will receive communication about.  

Adoption of a lockdown-only response has been deemed insufficient by the Department of Education, independent researchers, and law enforcement.  Society is dictating we change our thought processes on safety and ALICE options.  We have found the ALICE strategies to be the most adopted by schools across the country, and ALICE training helps to maintain our compliance with the Federally recommended guidelines.  

We are currently training our staff on the ALICE strategies through online classes and hands-on training with our in-district certified trainers.  We are pleased with the comprehensive roll-out procedure ALICE Training Institute has in place and believe this is the right choice for our students, staff, schools, and our community.  Additionally, we are using our drills on our campuses to educate our kids on the different strategies.  When you see that your child has had a practice drill, please take a moment to ask them what the drill was about, what they learned, etc.  

Finally, you will continue to get notification of all drills on campus with this letterhead.  Our reason for using this letterhead is that we understand you receive a great deal of information from your child’s school.  Some of you have children at multiple schools.  When you receive correspondence with this letterhead, our hope is that it encourages you to open that communication immediately.  Whether a drill or a real incident, you are receiving the information in a timely fashion and reading it promptly.  

Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your child’s school principal or Mrs. Jill Sarraino, Director of Student Services.  

Moving Forward Together,

Bill Dolezal

CCUSD Superintendent

Food Deliveries

Parents:  We ask that you please do not have food delivered or door dashed to campus for your students.  This can cause a real issue during lunch which is often our most hectic time of day.

Thank you for your support in this!

New Drill Notification Email Template

To insure you have accurate information, when we do planned of drills any kind we will be sending out something to you via text and email so you know it is a drill.  The link to what this looks like is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9Xzc-SfvnCTL1eNvZsR3HyWTocrilr4cizL32Yp7Uo/edit?tab=t.0

We so appreciate when parents call their students out in a timely fashion so that we can maintain accurate records and account for all of our students at all times.  Below are some tips to help you and us.

Please try to call in as early in the day as possible.  We continue to have parents calling their students out for the day as late as 2PM.    Here is a perfect call in.  "Hello, today is Monday, I am calling Sally Jones out ill today, this is her mother Jane Jones.  Thank you."  If there is no parent call in, your student will be marked UA (Unexcused Absence as reported to the State)

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

January- Dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Punctuality and Attendance

Parents and Guardians we are having a significant issue with students being tardy to first period.  Some of them are on campus and are choosing to be late and some of them arrive to school late.  This creates a significant disruption to the learning environment of first period and we feel that it needs to be addressed.  Below please notice the steps we feel are necessary to take to get our day off to a better start.  This will apply to all tardies.  

1st period tardies

3rd Tardies Per Month

• Lunch Clean up Duty with Trash and Stick 

4th-9th Tardy Per Month

• lunch detention for every tardy

10th Tardy Per Month

• after school detention

11th Tardy + Per Month

• parent/student conference with Mrs. Reyes

• decision on next steps will be made

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

Reminder, all schools and offices will be closed from November 27-29 for Thanksgiving break.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

At the November 19, 2024 Governing Board meeting, the Board tabled adopting a calendar and will be sending questions to administration for additional information. They also requested a list of options be brought for their consideration during the December 10 meeting.

For the past several months the CCUSD Facility Focus Group has been meeting to review current and future enrollment in the district, evaluate facility usage, and to evaluate current and future facility needs. At the upcoming special meeting of the CCUSD Governing Board, the Focus Group will be presenting their findings from the research, including recommendations for possible school closures, school boundary adjustments, and grade reconfiguration.  This presentation is only the first step in the process.  No action will be taken at this informational meeting.

The Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation (CCUEF) is excited to host the annual Run the District event on Saturday, January 25, 2025!  Join us for a fun and energizing run while supporting our amazing teachers.  For more information, go to: https://ccuef.org/run-the-district-5k/

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Food Deliveries

Parents:  We ask that you please do not have food delivered or door dashed to campus for your students.  This can cause a real issue during lunch which is often our most hectic time of day.

Thank you for your support in this!

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

January- Dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Punctuality and Attendance

Parents and Guardians we are having a significant issue with students being tardy to first period.  Some of them are on campus and are choosing to be late and some of them arrive to school late.  This creates a significant disruption to the learning environment of first period and we feel that it needs to be addressed.  Below please notice the steps we feel are necessary to take to get our day off to a better start.  This will apply to all tardies.  

1st period tardies

3rd Tardies Per Month

• Lunch Clean up Duty with Trash and Stick 

4th-9th Tardy Per Month

• lunch detention for every tardy

10th Tardy Per Month

• after school detention

11th Tardy + Per Month

• parent/student conference with Mrs. Reyes

• decision on next steps will be made

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

The Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation (CCUEF) is excited to host the annual Run the District event on Saturday, January 25, 2025!  Join us for a fun and energizing run while supporting our amazing teachers.  For more information, go to: https://ccuef.org/run-the-district-5k/

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Homework Help

"When your kids' homework becomes your homework, it's time to try something new! Let the Study Coaches help your student create a routine, increase their confidence, and reduce family conflict! Click the link for more information. https://cavecreek.ce.eleyo.com/search?redirected_yet=true&sf[category]=124

Food Deliveries

Parents:  We ask that you please do not have food delivered or door dashed to campus for your students.  This can cause a real issue during lunch which is often our most hectic time of day.

Thank you for your support in this!

New Drill Notification Email Template

To insure you have accurate information, when we do planned of drills any kind we will be sending out something to you via text and email so you know it is a drill.  The link to what this looks like is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9Xzc-SfvnCTL1eNvZsR3HyWTocrilr4cizL32Yp7Uo/edit?tab=t.0

We so appreciate when parents call their students out in a timely fashion so that we can maintain accurate records and account for all of our students at all times.  Below are some tips to help you and us.

Please try to call in as early in the day as possible.  We continue to have parents calling their students out for the day as late as 2PM.    Here is a perfect call in.  "Hello, today is Monday, I am calling Sally Jones out ill today, this is her mother Jane Jones.  Thank you."  If there is no parent call in, your student will be marked UA (Unexcused Absence as reported to the State)

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

January- Dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

Reminder, all schools and offices will be closed from November 27-29 for Thanksgiving break.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

At the November 19, 2024 Governing Board meeting, the Board tabled adopting a calendar and will be sending questions to administration for additional information. They also requested a list of options be brought for their consideration during the December 10 meeting.

For the past several months the CCUSD Facility Focus Group has been meeting to review current and future enrollment in the district, evaluate facility usage, and to evaluate current and future facility needs. At the upcoming special meeting of the CCUSD Governing Board, the Focus Group will be presenting their findings from the research, including recommendations for possible school closures, school boundary adjustments, and grade reconfiguration.  This presentation is only the first step in the process.  No action will be taken at this informational meeting.

The Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation (CCUEF) is excited to host the annual Run the District event on Saturday, January 25, 2025!  Join us for a fun and energizing run while supporting our amazing teachers.  For more information, go to: https://ccuef.org/run-the-district-5k/

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

December 13th - Ugly Sweater Day

January 17th - 100th day of school, dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

The Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation (CCUEF) is excited to host the annual Run the District event on Saturday, January 25, 2025!  Join us for a fun and energizing run while supporting our amazing teachers.  For more information, go to: https://ccuef.org/run-the-district-5k/

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Thank you CCUEF!!!

Three of our teachers applied for and received grant money from CCUEF!

*Chris Hazeltine

*Ricky Francis

*Don Larson

This money will be used to benefit students in the classroom!

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

October - Twin Day

November - Sports Jersey from your favorite team

December 13th - Ugly Sweater Day

January 17th - 100th day of school, dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

Reminder, all schools and offices will be closed from November 27-29 for Thanksgiving break.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

At the November 19, 2024 Governing Board meeting, the Board tabled adopting a calendar and will be sending questions to administration for additional information. They also requested a list of options be brought for their consideration during the December 10 meeting.

For the past several months the CCUSD Facility Focus Group has been meeting to review current and future enrollment in the district, evaluate facility usage, and to evaluate current and future facility needs. At the upcoming special meeting of the CCUSD Governing Board, the Focus Group will be presenting their findings from the research, including recommendations for possible school closures, school boundary adjustments, and grade reconfiguration.  This presentation is only the first step in the process.  No action will be taken at this informational meeting.

The Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation (CCUEF) is excited to host the annual Run the District event on Saturday, January 25, 2025!  Join us for a fun and energizing run while supporting our amazing teachers.  For more information, go to: https://ccuef.org/run-the-district-5k/

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Thank you CCUEF!!!

Three of our teachers applied for and received grant money from CCUEF!

*Chris Hazeltine

*Ricky Francis

*Don Larson

This money will be used to benefit students in the classroom!

National Junior Honor Society (NJHS)

The annual Stinger NJHS food drive is ON!!  We are collecting canned food, non perishables, toiletries, diapers, baby food, etc., all for the Foothills Food Bank. They do so much for so many people and we love helping them every year. Last years Sonoran Trails collected over 2,000 items!!

Donations should be turned into the 4th period teacher.  The 4th period class with the most donations wins a Barro's pizza party!  One more week to get those non-perishables to 4th period class!

New Drill Notification Email Template

To insure you have accurate information, when we do planned drills of any kind we will be sending out something to you via text and email so you know it is a drill.  The link to what this looks like is:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j9Xzc-SfvnCTL1eNvZsR3HyWTocrilr4cizL32Yp7Uo/edit?tab=t.0

November 14 is our annual Future Falcon Fly In!  This is a great opportunity for our 8th grade students to visit Cactus Shadows High School and see what an amazing experience they can have in High School!  Please encourage strong attendance on this day because it is a real benefit to each and every student.

We so appreciate when parents call their students out in a timely fashion so that we can maintain accurate records and account for all of our students at all times.  Below are some tips to help you and us.

Please try to call in as early in the day as possible.  We continue to have parents calling their students out for the day as late as 2PM.    Here is a perfect call in.  "Hello, today is Monday, I am calling Sally Jones out ill today, this is her mother Jane Jones.  Thank you."  If there is no parent call in, your student will be marked UA (Unexcused Absence as reported to the State)

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

October - Twin Day

November - Sports Jersey from your favorite team

December 13th - Ugly Sweater Day

January 17th - 100th day of school, dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

Focus Groups

We currently have two Focus Groups meeting on our next calendar cycle and on facilities. 

CCUSD Families- We value your feedback! Thank you to many of you who have already completed the calendar survey that was emailed and text messaged to you on Wednesday, September 4. If you have not already completed it, please click here to give us your feedback. The survey closes on Wednesday, September 11. You can submit one survey per student.

The CCUSD Facility Focus Group, composed of parents, teachers, administrators, and community members, is currently in the exploratory phase, reviewing critical data regarding district enrollment trends, building capacities, and life cycles. The group is being facilitated by Dr. Frank Hendricsen, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. The purpose of this group is to explore possibilities and provide recommendations to CCUSD leadership on our District-wide facility usage. The two priorities they are basing their decisions to make any recommendations are that: 

1. It has to be in the best interest of our students, and

2. It has to promote financial stability and sustainability for the District

The group recently met with the district demographer and a facility management consultant to analyze current district enrollment and other essential data. The Facility Focus Group’s recommendations will be presented to district leadership, who will work through and present final recommendations to the CCUSD Governing Board.

Football Game Supervision:

Parents Please remember that middle school students must have an adult chaperone!!  Middle school students tend to treat these as an unsupervised social event rather than a sporting event.  This can create several real safety issues.  They simply must have an adult chaperone to help insure a fun and safe atmosphere for all.

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

November 14 is our annual Future Falcon Fly In!  This is a great opportunity for our 8th grade students to visit Cactus Shadows High School and see what an amazing experience they can have in High School!  Please encourage strong attendance on this day because it is a real benefit to each and every student.

We so appreciate when parents call their students out in a timely fashion so that we can maintain accurate records and account for all of our students at all times.  Below are some tips to help you and us.

Please try to call in as early in the day as possible.  We continue to have parents calling their students out for the day as late as 2PM.    Here is a perfect call in.  "Hello, today is Monday, I am calling Sally Jones out ill today, this is her mother Jane Jones.  Thank you."  If there is no parent call in, your student will be marked UA (Unexcused Absence as reported to the State)

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

October - Twin Day

November - Sports Jersey from your favorite team

December 13th - Ugly Sweater Day

January 17th - 100th day of school, dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

Focus Groups

We currently have two Focus Groups meeting on our next calendar cycle and on facilities. 

CCUSD Families- We value your feedback! Thank you to many of you who have already completed the calendar survey that was emailed and text messaged to you on Wednesday, September 4. If you have not already completed it, please click here to give us your feedback. The survey closes on Wednesday, September 11. You can submit one survey per student.

The CCUSD Facility Focus Group, composed of parents, teachers, administrators, and community members, is currently in the exploratory phase, reviewing critical data regarding district enrollment trends, building capacities, and life cycles. The group is being facilitated by Dr. Frank Hendricsen, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. The purpose of this group is to explore possibilities and provide recommendations to CCUSD leadership on our District-wide facility usage. The two priorities they are basing their decisions to make any recommendations are that: 

1. It has to be in the best interest of our students, and

2. It has to promote financial stability and sustainability for the District

The group recently met with the district demographer and a facility management consultant to analyze current district enrollment and other essential data. The Facility Focus Group’s recommendations will be presented to district leadership, who will work through and present final recommendations to the CCUSD Governing Board.

Football Game Supervision:

Parents Please remember that middle school students must have an adult chaperone!!  Middle school students tend to treat these as an unsupervised social event rather than a sporting event.  This can create several real safety issues.  They simply must have an adult chaperone to help insure a fun and safe atmosphere for all.

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

October - Twin Day

November - Sports Jersey from your favorite team

December 13th - Ugly Sweater Day

January 17th - 100th day of school, dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Focus Groups

We currently have two Focus Groups meeting on our next calendar cycle and on facilities. 

The CCUSD Facility Focus Group, composed of parents, teachers, administrators, and community members, is currently in the exploratory phase, reviewing critical data regarding district enrollment trends, building capacities, and life cycles. The group is being facilitated by Dr. Frank Hendricsen, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. The purpose of this group is to explore possibilities and provide recommendations to CCUSD leadership on our District-wide facility usage. The two priorities they are basing their decisions to make any recommendations are that: 

1. It has to be in the best interest of our students, and

2. It has to promote financial stability and sustainability for the District

The group recently met with the district demographer and a facility management consultant to analyze current district enrollment and other essential data. The Facility Focus Group’s recommendations will be presented to district leadership, who will work through and present final recommendations to the CCUSD Governing Board.

Football Game Supervision:

Parents Please remember that middle school students must have an adult chaperone!!  Middle school students tend to treat these as an unsupervised social event rather than a sporting event.  This can create several real safety issues.  They simply must have an adult chaperone to help insure a fun and safe atmosphere for all.

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Spirit Days!!!!

These will be the first Friday of each month:

There are raffles for $ for those who participate!

October - Twin Day

November - Sports Jersey from your favorite team

December 13th - Ugly Sweater Day

January 17th - 100th day of school, dress like you're 100 years old!

February - Pajama Day

March - Teachers dress like students, and students dress like teachers.

April - Color War: 7th grade wear green, 8th grade wear black, staff wear white.

May - Favorite fictional character day

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

Focus Groups

We currently have two Focus Groups meeting on our next calendar cycle and on facilities. 

CCUSD Families- We value your feedback! Thank you to many of you who have already completed the calendar survey that was emailed and text messaged to you on Wednesday, September 4. If you have not already completed it, please click here to give us your feedback. The survey closes on Wednesday, September 11. You can submit one survey per student.

The CCUSD Facility Focus Group, composed of parents, teachers, administrators, and community members, is currently in the exploratory phase, reviewing critical data regarding district enrollment trends, building capacities, and life cycles. The group is being facilitated by Dr. Frank Hendricsen, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. The purpose of this group is to explore possibilities and provide recommendations to CCUSD leadership on our District-wide facility usage. The two priorities they are basing their decisions to make any recommendations are that: 

1. It has to be in the best interest of our students, and

2. It has to promote financial stability and sustainability for the District

The group recently met with the district demographer and a facility management consultant to analyze current district enrollment and other essential data. The Facility Focus Group’s recommendations will be presented to district leadership, who will work through and present final recommendations to the CCUSD Governing Board.

Football Game Supervision:

Parents Please remember that middle school students must have an adult chaperone!!  Middle school students tend to treat these as an unsupervised social event rather than a sporting event.  This can create several real safety issues.  They simply must have an adult chaperone to help insure a fun and safe atmosphere for all.

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Calendar Survey

CCUSD Families- We value your feedback! Thank you to many of you who have already completed the calendar survey that was emailed and text messaged to you on Wednesday, September 4. If you have not already completed it, please click here to give us your feedback. The survey closes on Wednesday, September 11. You can submit one survey per student.

Spotlight on Safety

This year, we will be communicating to our families any time that we have a drill on campus.  Not only does that let you know what is going on at campus, but also helps us train and prepare our students and staff and practice our procedures should a real emergency take place on our campus.  The different drills that we will be practicing this year have been taught to all of our students and they are as follows: 

1. Hold:  Keep students and staff in classrooms and out of access areas and teachers continue to teach.  Why would we have a hold?  Medical Emergency, Fight on Campus, etc.

2.  Secure:  Bring all individuals into classrooms or building (secure building and lock outside access points) and teachers continue to teach.  Students may or may not transition, depending on the situation.  Why would we secure campus?  Criminal activity in the neighborhood or a dangerous animal is on campus.  

3. Evacuate:  Students and staff would move from one location to another for safety.  Why would we evacuate staff and students?  Fire, Mechanical failure, gas leak, bomb threat, etc.  

4. Shelter:  Students and staff stay in classroom and need to be prepared for instructions.  Why shelter?  Weather, Hazardous materials situation.  

5. Lockdown:  All doors locked, windows covered, everyone is quiet.  Why lockdown?  Threat or hazard inside of the school, act of violence on site.  

Please visit our CCUSD safety website for more information.  

YEARBOOK ON SALE NOW!  Order your yearbook anytime!  But now is good!  

 https://yearbookordercenter.com/job/7381 

Focus Groups

We currently have two Focus Groups meeting on our next calendar cycle and on facilities. 

The CCUSD Calendar Focus Group, composed of parents, teachers, and administrators has been meeting since May to discuss the next 3-year cycle for the academic calendar. The group is being facilitated by Dr. Patty Jensen, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. The purpose of this group is to explore possibilities and provide recommendations to CCUSD leadership on our calendars. The two priorities they are basing their decisions to make any recommendations are that: 

1. It has to be in the best interest of our students, and

2. It has to promote financial stability and sustainability for the District

This group will be sending a survey to parents in the coming weeks to gather parent input regarding 3 different calendar concepts: two 5-day/week calendars that feature early release day Wednesdays, and a 4-day/week with no early release days. Be on the lookout for this survey September 4-11. District leadership expects to present a final calendar based on the focus group’s recommendations for approval by the Governing Board by December.

The CCUSD Facility Focus Group, composed of parents, teachers, administrators, and community members, is currently in the exploratory phase, reviewing critical data regarding district enrollment trends, building capacities, and life cycles. The group is being facilitated by Dr. Frank Hendricsen, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. The purpose of this group is to explore possibilities and provide recommendations to CCUSD leadership on our District-wide facility usage. The two priorities they are basing their decisions to make any recommendations are that: 

1. It has to be in the best interest of our students, and

2. It has to promote financial stability and sustainability for the District

The group recently met with the district demographer and a facility management consultant to analyze current district enrollment and other essential data. The Facility Focus Group’s recommendations will be presented to district leadership, who will work through and present final recommendations to the CCUSD Governing Board.