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Huskies Have HEART Newsletter
September 17, 2023
Greetings Central Heights Students and Families,
Monday, September 18th is a B-day! Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter! If there is ever anything you would like to see in our newsletter or questions you have about school that may help other families learn more about school, please be sure to reach out and ask!
Check out some of our Staff Newsletters:
Elective Teachers’ September Electives Newsletter.
Curious about how to sign up your student(s) for clubs and activities? Check out this linked overview to learn how to sign up for Clubs through Parent Portal. More clubs are now available in IC to register your student for:
Activity Bus Information
All eligible busing students are authorized to ride the after school activity bus.
Students must present their bus tag and a pass from their coach/club advisor.
Activity buses do not have set routes. The bus drivers develop routes based on the students riding on any given day.
The length of time and the bus stops can vary greatly from day to day. Student ride times may exceed one hour.
Central Heights will have two after school activity buses. One will service north of Main St and the other south of Main St. All other schools will have one after school activity bus.
Central Heights Enrichment Opportunities: Students can join the Central Heights Enrichment Opportunities Google Classroom by using the code t4vqxm6. This Google Classroom contains information about weekly challenge problems, math meets, Math 24, online math challenges, enlarge an item project, NaNoWriMo (students writing their own novel), Greater Dane Anthology writing and art competition, and more! Reach out to Renea Boguszewski with any questions, rjbogus@sunprairieschools.org
We are reaching out to ask for your help recruiting AVID coaches/tutors to support our AVID elective classes!
Do you know someone who may be interested in becoming more involved in our school communities? We are currently looking for community members to serve as AVID academic coaches. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a college and career readiness system for students in the academic middle and/or students part of groups that have been historically underrepresented in higher education. Academic coaches support our AVID students during the tutorial process, a designated time in which students bring points of confusion from their content classes and work through them with an academic coach and small group of their peers. This position pays $16/hr. For more information, please contact the AVID District Coordinator, Katie Janssen at kmjanss@sunprairieschools.org.
While there are some other shifts available, our greatest areas of need are
Central Heights Middle School:
Periods 1 (8:57 AM - 9:36 AM) on Tuesdays and Friday
Periods 8-9 (2:15 PM - 3:35 PM) on Tuesdays and Friday
Prairie View Middle School:
Period 1-2 (8:57 AM - 10:18 AM) on Tuesdays and Fridays
Periods 8-9 (2:15 PM - 3:35 PM) on Tuesdays and Fridays
Sun Prairie East High School:
Block 3A (12:11 PM - 2:12 PM) on Wednesdays or Thursdays AND/OR
Block 4A (2:19 PM - 3:45 PM) on Wednesdays or Thursdays
Sun Prairie West High School:
Block 3A (12:11 PM - 2:12 PM) on Wednesdays or Thursdays
Blocks 2B-3B (10:45 PM - 2:12 PM) on Wednesdays or Thursdays
Here is the PDF: AVID Academic Coach Flyer.pdf
Here is an image for social media:AVID Academic Coach Flyer.png
CBITS Passive Consent (also mailed via USPS)
Dear Parent or Legal Guardian,
We are committed to helping your student feel confident and safe at school so they are best able to learn. Sometimes stress or experiences with violence interfere with learning. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the increased attention on police brutality and other instances of discrimination, many young people and their families have experienced more stress than usual. Because of this, we are offering a program for 6th graders called CBITS or Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools. It is jointly offered by the Sun Prairie Area School District and Journey Mental Health Center. CBITS is designed to help students deal with stress and upsetting events they may have experienced.
The CBITS program has two parts. The first is a general screening of questions given to all 6th graders. In other years, the questionnaire asks students about seeing or witnessing violent or upsetting events at school, in their neighborhood or other places. Due to the unique events facing our country, this year, the questionnaire asks your child questions about their experience during the pandemic and personal experiences with discrimination. The questionnaire is filled out by students during class. Their teacher and Student Support Services staff will be available to students during the screener administration. The screener takes about 20 minutes. If you would like to review a copy of the screener, please email Matt Jahnke CAPSW, School Social Worker at: mtjahnk@sunprairieschools.org
In the event that your child scores high on the questionnaire, school staff will conduct a face-to-face interview to determine if the CBITS group could be helpful. This will be conducted by a school support services staff member such as the school social worker or by a trained mental health professional from the community approved by your child’s school. If your child receives a face-to-face interview, you will be contacted afterwards to answer any questions you may have about it.
The staff at Central Heights Middle School will be screening all 6th graders in early October. If your child’s responses to the questionnaires and the face-to-face interview show that they are eligible for the second part of the program, we will describe that part of the program and seek consent to participate. Your child is under no obligation to participate in the second part of the program by participating in the screening and interviewing.
The results of your child’s screening are strictly confidential and will only be shared with you, your child, and the staff involved in the CBITS program. Non-identifiable, summary data of a grade, school or district may be shared with others for the purpose of quality improvement or shared in professional meetings without any link to an individual’s identity.
Participation in the screening is strictly voluntary. If you DO NOT want your child to participate in the CBITS screening, please email Matt Jahnke, School Social Worker at Central Heights Middle School by October 2, 2023 at mtjahnk@sunprairieschools.org or call him at (608) 318-8009. If you have questions or would like more information about the CBITS screening, please call Matt Jahnke at (608) 318-8009.
Thank you,
Matt Jahnke, CAPSW
What does the Middle School Student/Family Handbook Say? This is a new segment of our CHMS newsletter to help familiarize students and families with what is in the Middle School Handbook. Please be aware that personal electronic devices are not allowed:
School Picture Retake day is Tuesday, October 24th.
Free and Reduced Meals and Fee Waiver Information
If you would like to apply for Free or Reduced status, please fill out the application for free or reduced price school meals. Please see the links below for directions, the application, and frequently asked questions document. You only need to submit one application per household, even if your children attend more than one school in Sun Prairie. The application must be filled out completely to certify your children for free or reduced price school meals. Be sure to list each of your children on the application form. If at any time you are not sure what to do next, please contact the Sun Prairie School District, Nutrition Department, 501 S. Bird St., Sun Prairie WI 53590 or email nutritiondepartment@sunprairieschools.org or call (608) 834-6544.
If you want to share your Free and Reduced status with Central Heights in order to request fee waivers for things like athletic fees, activity and club fees, course fees, and or summer school fees, please contact our school social worker, Matt Jahnke at (608) 318-8009 or mtjahnk@sunprairieschools.org
Comidas gratis y a precio reducido e información sobre exención de tarifas
Si desea solicitar el estado Gratis o Reducido, complete la solicitud para comidas escolares gratuitas o de precio reducido. Consulte los enlaces a continuación para obtener instrucciones, la solicitud y el documento de preguntas frecuentes. Solo necesita presentar una solicitud por hogar, incluso si sus hijos asisten a más de una escuela en Sun Prairie. La solicitud debe completarse en su totalidad para certificar que sus hijos reciban comidas escolares gratuitas o de precio reducido. Asegúrese de incluir a cada uno de sus hijos en el formulario de solicitud. Si en algún momento no está seguro de qué hacer a continuación, comuníquese con el Departamento de Nutrición del Distrito Escolar de Sun Prairie, 501 S. Bird St., Sun Prairie WI 53590 o envíe un correo electrónico nutritiondepartment@sunprairieschools.org o llame al (608) 834-6544.
Si desea compartir su estado Gratis o Reducido con Central Heights para solicitar exenciones de tarifas para cosas como tarifas deportivas, tarifas de actividades y clubes, tarifas de cursos o tarifas de la escuela de verano, comuníquese con nuestro trabajador social de la escuela, Matt Jahnke al ( 608) 318-8009 o mtjahnk@sunprairieschools.org
Calendar Check:
Wednesday, September 13th: School Picture day
Wednesday, September 27th: CHMS Fall Family Fun Night
Monday, October 2nd: No School for Students; PD day for staff
In order to call your student out absent/excuse them from school, please call our attendance line: 608-318-8020.
Please keep your child home if they have symptoms of respiratory or gastrointestinal infections, such as cough, fever, sore throat, vomiting, or diarrhea. Let us know (by calling: 318-8020) if they test positive for any communicable disease, such as COVID, influenza, strep, or pertussis. Your school's health assistant can provide guidance on when your child can return to school after testing positive.
Take care and be well,
Sarah PrankeKlang, Principal
608-318-8001
Kyree Brooks, Associate Principal
608-318-8012
Cindy Wise, Special Education Coordinator
608-318-8002