November 11-15, 2024

Please join us for our next PARENTS D.E.N. tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13th at 8:00. We will be having a fruit tasting to try new food in support of our Wellness Committee, as well as bagels from Ruby's. Sign-in begins at 7:45 in the front office and then join us in the cafeteria! Questions? Please reach out to Annabel Schizas at annabel_schizas@charleston.k12.sc.us

Interim reports are a snapshot of the halfway mark in the quarter. This is a good time to have conversations with your child and communicate with your child's teachers. Remember, the 4 grades for each quarter are the ones that make up the year end grade and if your child is in a high school credit class, the end-of-course exams in each class is 20% of their grade!

Students will need to come in uniform-they can change for the photo but should be in uniform for the school day.

We have a limited number of CEW sweatshirts for sale in the front office for $20 each.

Exercise

Per the CDC, “Children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 need 60 minutes or more of moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity each day. Children and adolescents need aerobic, muscle-strengthening, and bone-strengthening activities.” It’s good to stay active. Even walking around in the afternoon can help keep you healthy.

Moderate-intensity aerobic:

• Brisk walking
• Bike riding
• Active recreation, like kayaking, swimming or hiking
• Playing games that require catching and throwing, such as baseball or softball
• House and yard work, such as mopping or pushing a lawn mower
• Some video games that require movement (i.e. games that require physical movement, jumping, dancing, swinging, etc.)

Vigorous-intensity aerobic:

• Running
• Bike riding
• Active games that involve running, such as flag football
• Jumping rope
• Sports like soccer, basketball, or tennis
• Martial arts
• Vigorous dancing

Muscle strengthening:

• Resistance exercises using body weight, handheld weights, resistance bands, or weight machines
• Some types of yoga

Bone strengthening:

• Jumping rope
• Running
• Walking
• Climbing stairs
• Hiking
• Sports or activities that involve jumping or quickly changing directions

Research shows that learning and practicing gratitude has lasting impacts on teenagers tendency to engage in bullying and cyber bullying. Experiencing positive emotions, such as gratitude, may naturally lead to an expansion of students’ positive thoughts and actions. Teaching children gratitude can help them feel happier, support better social relationships, and improve overall health and well-being. In fact, recent studies suggest that grateful teens (ages 14 to 19) are more satisfied with their lives, use their strengths to improve their communities, are more engaged in their schoolwork and hobbies, and have better grades. They’ve also been shown to be less envious, depressed, and materialistic than their less grateful counterparts. Gratitude seems to orient us toward building and strengthening our relationships rather than tearing them down. Over the next two weeks, we will be participating in various activities that help students and staff to practice gratitude!

How can you encourage your child to understand and practice gratitude? Strategies that can help foster gratitude in kids include asking gratitude-focused questions, performing acts of kindness, and modeling gratitude in your own life. Encourage your child to say "thank you" to others, for large and small things.

1. Noticing: Recognizing the things you have to be grateful for.
2. Thinking: Thinking about why you’ve been given those things.
3. Feeling: The emotions you experience due to the things you’ve been given.
4. Doing: The way you express appreciation.

As an addition to our weekly parent communication, we are including information regarding discipline infractions that are occurring at CEW South. Our goal is never to "catch kids"; our goal, in regards to discipline, is to coach, in partnership with our parents, the expectations the school and district have for student conduct. We see this addition to the weekly communication as a key tool to partner more closely with parents.

We had our PRIDE time extra recess celebration on Friday and 98% of students met this goal! Great work, Wolverines! Continue to encourage your student to keep their hands and feet to themselves, make sure they are not "rough housing" or "horse playing" and to resolve any conflicts peacefully. Remind students to get an adult for help or advice.

We are encouraging our students to stay focused and on task for the last two weeks before fall break. All students who have turned in all assignments from November 11th-November 21st will get ice cream during lunch on Friday, November 22nd. Please encourage your student to complete and turn in all assignments!

Join CCSD ADAPT program for free, virtual (zoom) workshops! This month ADAPT will have two sessions on anxiety and anxiety with substance use.

Use meeting ID: 488 631 2088

Passcode: ADAPT24-25

View and order at https://shop.jostenspix.com/login

• CE WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOL - SOUTH
• Event Code: FE197324
• Also Needed: Powerschool Student ID

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Also, if your school signed up for it, an email from JostensPIX will be sent within 24 hours to parents with a link to the JostensPIX website.

We are having our Scholastic Book Fair next week, November 18th-November 22nd! You can create a Book Fair eWallet for easy, cash-free shopping. Students have the opportunity to visit the book fair during homeroom, recess, WIN with a pass from their teacher. Students should let their teach know when they would like to visit!

We are so excited to have our first dance of the year! The Winter Wonderland Dance will be immediately after school on Friday, December 6th from 2:30-4. Students must have a ride home after the dance.

The dance is free for all students! From Sunday, December 1st to Thursday, December 5th, RevTrak will be open for students to purchase a $5 wristband for two slices of pizza and a drink. Students will have an opportunity to purchase snacks and food for $1 tickets ($2/slice of pizza, $2/drinks, $1/candy) however it will not be guaranteed.

Students who have one or fewer office managed referrals (level 2) from Monday, November 11th - Friday, December 6th, will be able to attend. Students who have two or more office managed referrals (level 2) or any level 3 office managed referrals will not be able to attend.

Please complete the form below if you are interested in volunteering at CEW South.

Please make sure to send notes in if your student is out of school! Notes can be dropped off in the front office, or emailed to Ms. Feldman (lynn_feldman@charleston.k12.sc.us). Any note emailed must contain a guardian signature.

Attendance is incredibly important to every students success! Please try to have your student arrive on time, every day! If you are having challenges getting your student to school, please reach out to our School Social Worker, Ms. Steere-Williams (abigail_steerewilli@charleston.k12.sc.us) for support!

• Cell phones and *other devices must be off and out of sight during school hours until dismissal.
• Homeroom teachers will have lock boxes where students are strongly encouraged to turn in their devices until dismissal.
• Cell phones will not be permitted during lunch/recess.

*This includes smart devices and listening devices such as headphones, earbuds, etc.

• 1st Offense: Phone confiscated, returned at the end of the day.
• 2nd Offense: Phone confiscated, returned at the end of the day, parent contacted.
• 3rd Offense: Phone confiscated, returned at the end of the day, parent contacted (next offense, parent will be required to pick up the phone - referral for cell phone violation).
• 4th Offense: Phone confiscated, returned to parent (conference held, review next steps with parent/student, referral for cell phone violation).
• 5th Offense: Phone confiscated, returned to parent (conference held, referral for cell phone violation, student placed on school probation, next referral will be for RTO).

Tops

• Solid Royal Blue, Black, Navy Blue, Grey, or White collared Polo-Style Shirt, crew neck sweatshirt, or solid jacket.
• No hooded items allowed.
• Official CEW tops (clubs or organizations, team shirts, or school-sponsored events) with black or blue denim jeans with no rips showing skin above the mid-thigh and no inappropriate writing.

Bottoms

• Khaki, Navy, or Black pants.
• Skirts, Skorts, dresses, and shorts at mid-thigh
  • Bottoms to be at least mid-thigh.
  • Bottoms are to be worn at the waist.

Not Permitted

• No pajamas, leggings/ jeggings, spandex, pajama bottoms, bike shorts, sweatpants/sweatsuits, or athletic shorts.
• No crop tops or spaghetti strap tops.
• No hats, hoods, bandanas, hair picks, rags, hair caps, or scarves.
• No Crocs (or Crocs-style shoes), backless shoes, open-toed shoes, bedroom slippers, flip-flops, or slides.
• No clothing, jewelry, or accessories will be permitted that display profanity, weapons, violence, suggestive, disruptive, or inflammatory phrases, alcohol, tobacco, or drug advertisements.
• Students may not wear accessories or jewelry that may be considered unsafe, as determined by the school administration.

*Students who violate the uniform policy will contact parents/guardians and report to a designated area until the item arrives.

*Dress Down days may allow for some of these items-details for dress

Official CE Williams tops can be ordered from CK Printing at

https://stores.inksoft.com/cew/shop/home