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Voter-Approved Tax Ratification Election (VATRE) Isn’t Unique to GCISD

Did you know that the voter-approved tax ratification election (VATRE) isn’t unique to GCISD? In fact, several school districts across Texas have a VATRE on their ballot this November. For GCISD, the VATRE will be Proposition A on the November 5 ballot. Watch this video to see how no increase to public school funding since 2019 is affecting districts across the state and learn more about the three golden pennies proposed in the GCISD VATRE.

Understanding the Ballot Language for Proposition A

The Texas Tax Code provides mandatory ballot language for GCISD’s Proposition A, the voter-approved tax ratification election, but what does it mean?

• The TOTAL tax rate of $0.9233 is $0.0014 less than the previous year.

• The increase of 1.08% references the increase to ONLY the M&O rate (from $0.7290 in 2023 to $0.7369 in 2024)

• $1,513,042 represents the difference in the tax collections from the $0.7290 M&O rate to $0.7369.

Hear GCISD Chief Financial Officer Derick Sibley explain it by watching this segment of the recent Facebook Live presentation about the VATRE.

Know Before You Go: Early Voting Starts October 21

Early voting will begin Monday, October 21, and continue through Friday, November 1. Tarrant County registered voters can vote at any Vote Center location during Early Voting and on Election Day.

Early Voting Hours

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Election Day - November 5

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Upcoming news for ALL Colts!

* GCISD College and Career night at GHS

* Tuesday, Oct. 22

* See flyer for details!

Campus Wide Hurricane Relief support coming next week!

* Student Leadership groups are heading up efforts to fundraise for hurricane relief

* Weeks of Oct. 21-Nov. 1.

* See flyer for details!

Parent Preview: 6th Grade Puberty Workshop Video Series

GCISD uses several resources and programs for middle school health curriculum in order to be proactive in our delivery of education concerning human sexuality. The Puberty Workshop video series will be presented to your student the week of November 18 - November 22. Parents may preview this program from October 27 - November 8 online. Access information can be found in the Parent Preview Letter. Please follow the steps outlined there to access and preview the video series.

Every parent will be asked to indicate their preference of participation for their child electronically in the forms section of Skyward or by completing and returning a paper consent form by the deadlines established in the Parent Preview Letter. These deadlines allow each campus time to adequately prepare spaces, supervision, and account for student attendance. Thank you in advance for adhering to these deadlines.

Our CMS Theatre Students will be performing Macbeth at the end of October! For more information, check out the CMS Theatre Website: https://sites.google.com/gcisd.net/cmscoltstheatre/home

CMS SHOUTOUT

Every week our staff members have the opportunity to nominate one CMS Student to receive a Colt Pride Award. These students have demonstrated at least one of our Colt Pride Values: Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Discipline, Excellence! Way to go COLTS!

Welcome to Colleyville Middle School PTA! We are so excited to start a new school year! Our goal is to connect with our school community by hosting fun events such as Back to School Social, Spirit Nights and so much more. We partner 100% with our wonderful school to make it the very best! Your PTA memberships and donations fund various school improvement projects, school programs, and continuing education for our teachers.We can’t wait to partner with you! You can find everything you need to know on our website here!!

STUDENT GRAMS

The next gram will be BOO Grams delivered on October 31st! The deadline to order will be Friday, October 25th. You can ORDER BOO GRAMS HERE! Or buy the remaining 4 grams and be set for the year!!

COLT REWARDS
We are so proud of our Colts! We handed out 187 Colt Rewards today!

A Lunch = 46 Colt Rewards and 9 Teacher Recommendations
B Lunch = 49 Colt Rewards and 4 Teacher Recommendations
C Lunch = 92 Colt Rewards and 8 Teacher Recommendations

HAPPY FALL Y’ALL
Thank you so much for your donations! The teachers and staff were treated to a beautiful fall table. Special thanks to Stephanie Wilkerson, VP of Hospitality for coordinating this event.

COTILLION VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
The 6th Grade Cotillion is right around the corner and the planning has begun! We’d love your help to make this experience the best for our 6th graders. Join us at our first planning meeting on Thursday, November 7th at 12:30 p.m. at Zafiros Mexican Grill y Cantina! Come early between 11:45 - 12:15 if you’d like to order lunch to eat while we meet.

We’d love a head count, so please RSVP below. If you can’t make it, no worries! We will email everyone a recap and get you plugged in. Please RSVP for the meeting here!

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Veronica Walker and Lindsey Hopkins
colleyvillemscotillion@gmail.com

COTILLION - FAQs

FAQ about Cotillion and the Volunteer Meetings:

• What is Cotillion?: Cotillion is a fun-filled 4-week event where your child will learn etiquette, social manners, and two different dance styles each night. Each week the event will have a different theme. The students are encouraged to dress in the theme and will enjoy food and dances that correspond with the theme. Cotillion will end with a formal event where your child will put into practice the etiquette, dance and social skills they have learned during the more casual events.

• Will my child be partnered with the same person all 4 nights?: No, they will have a new partner every night.

• Can I make a request for my child to be paired with a certain friend?: No, pairing is random.

• What if my child can’t make all 4 nights?: Things come up and that is totally fine. Just make sure to let us know as soon as you can so that we can make any adjustments to the line up.

• My child has allergies to certain foods. How is this addressed?: When you sign up there will be a section to let us know anything important, including food allergies. We will provide other options

• Are the children fed dinner?: With the exception of finale, all other days will have snacks like foods and drinks.

• I want to volunteer but can’t make the meeting.: No worries. Please fill out the volunteer meeting google form and we will get all the important information out to you. You will still be able to volunteer if you can’t make the meeting.

• What is the volunteer meeting for?: The meeting is going to go over what Cotillion looks like, how the night should look the day of, and talk about the different committees you can volunteer to help with.

It was a fun fight, but the CHHS Panthers won the t-shirt competition over the GHS Mustangs. We will hang the CHHS Panther flag in the cafeteria for bragging rights the week of the Red Rail Game. Shirts will be delivered to the students during lunches on October 30th and 31st.

REFLECTIONS

It’s time for our amazing CMS students to submit their reflections projects! The reflections art contest theme this year is: Accepting imPERFECTION. Applications can be picked up from the learning commons. Artwork can be turned into Mrs. Jones, the CMS Librarian. Deadline is November 8th to get your artwork turned in! Examples of art could be visual arts, dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, and photography. 🎨💃🏻🎼📸🎥

STUDENT GRAMS
The next gram will be BOO Grams delivered on October 31st! The deadline to order will be Friday, October 18th. You can ORDER BOO GRAMS HERE! Or buy the remaining 4 grams and be set for the year!!

CLASSROOM NEEDS
Here’s a way to help our awesome teachers and staff! Please sign up to help provide classroom items. You can deliver purchased items to the front office (please label with teacher name). We will be adding more items as they are requested so please check back frequently. Thank you always for your support!

VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND CHECK
We will have many volunteer opportunities to volunteer this year! If you would like to volunteer in any capacity at school, you must have a completed background check on file. It’s quick and easy! Background Check

SAVE THE DATES + SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CALENDAR

https://colleyvillemspta.membershiptoolkit.com/calendar

Fri/Oct 25 Last Day to order BOO GRAMS

Wed/Oct 30 Red Rail Shirts Delivered - During A, B and C Lunches

Wed/Oct 30 Spirit Night at Rock and Brews 4:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Thu/Oct 31 Boo Grams Delivered - During A, B and C Lunches

Thu/Oct 31 Red Rail Shirts Delivered - During A, B and C Lunches

Mon/Nov 4 Professional Development Day

Tue/Nov 5 Professional Development Day

Fri/Nov 8 Reflections Entries Due to Mrs. Jones in the Learning Commons

Mon/Nov 11 Spirit Night at Snuffer’s 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Tue/Nov 12 Coffee Talk with Dr. Calvert 8:45 a.m. + Executive Board Meeting 9:15 a.m. (LC)

Dads’ Club Turkey Drive - District Drive (Grace Food Pantry)

Mon/Nov 18 Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Thu/Nov 21 Staff Appreciation Day - Thanksgiving Pies Distributed

Mon/Nov 25 - Thanksgiving Break - No School

Fri/Nov 29

NEED ASSISTANCE?

Please feel free to reach out to our PTA President, Tamaron Hunt at president@cmscoltspta.org or 214-226-6993

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CMS Families-

For all attendance related issues please email our clerk, Shaunelle Galaise @ shaunelle.galaise@gcisd.net or call: 817-305-4904

CMS students are required to wear their school issued ID every day. If they forget their ID at home they should report to the office to receive a temporary ID. On the 3rd Student ID infraction students will be assigned a lunch detention.

If your ID is lost you may purchase a new one in the front office for $5 (cash only)

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