Corinth Middle School

Wow! Thank you students, families and teachers for an amazing start to the school year. I cannot be more impressed with how our students started the year out. Our focus again this year is academic achievement and that starts with students attending school on a daily basis. As I walk around the building, I see students actively involved in classes and working collaboratively with peers. Keep it up students!

Each month, Corinth Middle School will highlight one of our staff members. This month, we would like to highlight Miss Carolyn Krohn.

Hello families! My name is Miss Krohn. I’m originally from Schoharie, NY, which is a little smaller than Corinth, but overall very similar, which makes me feel right at home. I love being active and spending time in nature. I played soccer at Siena College and played on a semi-professional team over the summer.

I come from a family of six and both of my sisters also play Division 1 soccer at the University at Albany and the University at Buffalo. Being a teacher runs in my family, my mom and aunts are all teachers! I am super excited to start my career at Corinth Middle School! One goal I have for this year is to run a half marathon.

I chose to be a teacher because I love learning, building relationships, and helping others achieve their goals. I can’t wait to have a great year here at Corinth Middle School! Feel free to stop by anytime.

Interim reports will be mailed home to families in mid October. Please consider signing up for a Parent Portal account. Parent Portal is an amazing way to keep up to date on your child's grade and overall progress. If you are interested in signing up, please visit our website: www.corinthcsd.org and click on the link ESD Parent Portal. Once there, please click the link Parent Portal Registration and you will be prompted to set up an account. As always, if you have a question or a concern, please contact your student's teacher or Mr. Castrio.

This year's Middle School Open House will be on October 13th, starting at 6:00pm. Students and their families are welcome to attend the event. Below you will find some of the offerings for the evening.

Drug/Bomb Dog Presentation - Saratoga County Sheriff's Office

Anti Vaping Program - The Prevention Council

Academic Intervention Services(AIS) Discussion - Mrs. Pattie Saunders

Middle School Art Expo - Mr. Andrew Waring

Fire Prevention Week Presentation and Activity Table - Corinth Fire Department

Transportation and Maintenance/Facilities Job Fair - Corinth Central School District

Pizza and desert will be available throughout the evening

We will also be raffling off 3 $50.00 gift cards from Walmart throughout the evening!!!

More information will be sent home to families in the next week or so and posted on our website: www.corinthcsd.org

Picture Day for the MS/HS will be on Friday, October 7th. You may order directly using the following link: https://www.upstate-images.com/ Please use order code Corinth22 when ordering. If you have any questions please email Mrs. Westad at westada@corinthcsd.org

The Corinth Middle School PBIS Team is hosting the first Fun Night of the year this Friday (9/23) for students in grades 5-8 Students are invited to attend from 5-7 PM for music, dancing, activities, games, and more. Pizza and refreshments will be available for purchase. The cost is $5! (Proceeds help to fund special CMS PBIS activities throughout the year.) We hope to see many of our middle school students joining us for socialization and fun!

Our Corinth Middle School PBIS program is off to a great start! We spent the first 2 days explicitly teaching our expected PBIS behaviors. Staff now uses reteaching and MIRs (Minor Incident Reports) to hold our students accountable for those behaviors. If you receive contact home from staff about an MIR, we appreciate the support at home with gentle reminders of our PBIS expectations. We had our first Tommie Ticket raffle drawing on 9/16 for gift cards to local establishments.

On September 30th, the PBIS team is hosting a Pins-n-Rims Tournament outside for interested students who have demonstrated safe, respectful and responsible behavior.

Students can sign up with the grade level team leader with 5 tickets if they have no MIRs or referrals. We look forward to celebrating our students' positive behavior!

Halloween is coming! Students are able to wear school appropriate costumes to on Monday, October 31st. Just a reminder that Halloween masks and fake weapons are not allowed.

Please print the form below and return it to school if you DO NOT want your child's work, photo, or anything concerning his or her work published on the school's website or other electronic media. Click below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12GqxndBHc9C4Wagmwb1LnJwvzzEEDdID/view?usp=sharing

If you are interested in volunteering your time at one of our fun nights or any other school function, please fill out the following school volunteer form https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hSigP1j9VOeJRLfYEwgchpWy2kdDXlu0hd28aOjLuXU/edit.

If you are approved to be a school volunteer, you will be contacted and provided additional information.

Our Intramural program is scheduled to begin on September 27th from 7:15 - 7:50 AM. Students will participate in a variety of games and activities, using the MS gymnasium and/or outside school fields based on weather and availability.

Students will need to provide their own transportation or be able to walk to school.

In the event of any cancellations, we will make an announcement to the students and post on our school district’s Facebook page.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Parker.

Email – parkerr@corinthcsd.org

Phone – (518) 654-9005 ext. 3016

You can find our latest cafeteria news at the following link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IUB3JS0o_g0bNkq65uHgWshPDjrJgkBX/view?usp=drive_web

With the upcoming flu season approaching I would like to remind parents of the need to keep students home from school if they have symptoms of a cough, sore throat, runny nose, fever, stomachache, diarrhea and/or body aches. Due to the fact that these symptoms are similar to symptoms associated with COVID, please have your child take a rapid COVID test to determine your child is positive for COVID. If your child is positive for COVID, please report it to the county using the link below and follow CDC guidelines. Rapid COVID tests are available in the nurses office, as well as the middle school office.

https://www.saratogacountyny.gov/covid/covid-19-testing/report-positive-covid-self-tests/

If your child is negative for COVID, your child should stay home until fever-free for 24 hours and symptoms are improving. As always, if you have any questions, please contact the Debbie O'Reilly at 654-9005.

Welcome Back! We are so excited for a new year with your musicians. Our band and chorus ensembles are off and running with rehearsals and lessons, preparing for our winter performances.

Congrats to Parker-Duerr Clark, 7th Grade, for being accepted into Saratoga Warren County Music Educators' Association (SWCMEA) 6/7 All-County Band. We are so proud of you!

If you have any questions about our music ensembles, please reach out to the appropriate teacher below:

-Mrs. Theresa Crombach, 7/8 Band, crombacht@corinthcsd.org

-Miss Adara Hoyne, 5/6 Band, hoynea@corinthcsd.org

-Mr. Jonathan Granger, 5/6 Chorus & 7/8 Chorus, grangerj@corinthcsd.org"

• Students should bring a refillable water bottle with them to school each day
• Recess will be outdoors everyday unless it is actively raining. Families should plan accordingly
• Parents/guardians are asked not to drop students off in the staff parking lot in the morning
• Chromebooks should be charged every night so they are ready to go for the following day

Important Dates

PBIS Pins and Rims Event - September 30th

Picture Day - October 7th

Columbus Day - No School - October 10th

MS Open House - October 13th

PBIS Fun Night - October 28th