Parents Weekly Newsletter Vol. 24
February 27, 2023 (Attendance, Behavior and Dates)
PLEASE READ: STUDENT ATTENDANCE INFORMATION
Student Attendance Matters-We Need Them Here Every Day!
Also, the Clements Middle School community is also impacted by the lack of student attendance. Our school is graded based on our student attendance per Georgia Department of Education CCRPI Index (College and Career Readiness Index). We know that each parent wants their child to attend a school that has a High CCRPI score. Therefore, it is important that you as the parent see that your child attends school every day. In order for points not to be taken away from us, and reduce our school overall score, WE must maintain an attendance percentage of 98% or higher! See the graph below showing where we are as a school at this point.
Click to learn more about student attendance: https://www.attendanceworks.org/
Clements Middle School Students Attendance Rate to Date
Why student attendance is so Important
Students who attend school regularly have been shown to achieve at higher levels than students who do not have regular attendance. This relationship between attendance and achievement may appear early in a child's school career.
By attending class regularly, your child is more likely to keep up with daily lessons and assignments and take quizzes and tests on time. Research has shown that your child's regular attendance may be the greatest factor influencing his/her academic success.
PLEASE READ: STUDENT BEHAVIOR
Student Behavior Information-We need Parents Assistant
Parents, as we get closer to state testing, and the end of the 2nd semester, there are some things that we need your assistance with regarding student behavior. We have seen an uptick in our student's misbehavior and disrespectfulness here at school, and this type of behavior and conduct WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. We are asking that you please speak with your student about his/her conduct at school. We need your support in these areas: (NOTE-THESE AREAS ARE NOT LIMTED TO JUST THESE)
1. Keeping one's hands to themself.
2. Keeping one's comments to themself (Students can't say things or write things like--- I'm going to kill someone, shot someone, blow up the school, I'm bringing a gun/weapon, etc.,) Saying or writing things like this will have serious consequences. Please encourage your child to tell someone if they need any assist or if they are having an issue with someone. (They must tell someone early enough so that the issue can be addressed).
3. Talking Back/Rude and being disrespectful to any and all staff.
4. Fighting-It doesn't matter who started it, fighting will not be tolerated (this includes the bus where fighting on the bus will result in a 45-Days suspension off the bus.
**We encourage you to revisit the Student Code of Conduct with your child this evening to ensure that he/she understands it and are familiar with its content.
Parents, we want to remind all of our students about their behavior at school. We have noticed an uptick in students receiving discipline referrals, which leads to ISS, OSS, and Disciplinary hearings. Please review our school student code of conduct with your child and speak to your child about his/her behavior at school. In addition, speak to your child about saying inappropriate things to others, keeping their hands to themselves, as well as reminding them of BULLYING, and that fighting doesn't resolve anything! PLEASE REVIEW WITH YOUR CHILD THE 2022-2023 PARENT INFORMATION GUIDE AND STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT ON PAGE 58 REGARDING FIGHTING.
Please note that NO form of BULLYING will be tolerated and that both student and parent can be held accountable/liable for student actions.
PARENTS, PLEASE MONITOR YOUR CHILD SOCIAL MEDIA POSTING AND ACCOUNTS. A LOT OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH HERE AT SCHOOL STARTS FROM THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTINGS.
Next School Council Meeting Thursday, March 9, 2023
Parents and Guardians,
The next school council meeting will be Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 6:00 pm in the media center.
PARENT UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
UPCOMING EVENTS:
WE ARE APPROACHING STATE TESTING SEASON. MORE INFORMATION TO COME.
School Council Meeting at 6:00 pm (Final Meeting)
March 9, 2023, at 6:00 pm in the media center
Title I Annual Stakeholder’s Input Meeting (March 16, 2023)
Parents will review and provide feedback to revise the School & District Parent Family and Engagement Policies, the Title I School-wide Plan, School-Parent Compact, Comprehensive LEA Improvement Plan (CLIP), ways to build staff capacity, and 1% Budget Allocation of Funds
IMPORTANT COUNTY BENCHMARK TEST IOWA ASSESMENT
IOWA ASSESSMENT DATES
March 1st through March 14th
Iowa testing will be administered to all students. This assessment measures where your students are at this point in school. Our teachers will use the data from this assessment to plan effectively and continue to prepare our students for the state assessment. Therefore, we need all students at school each day so that they can help in preparing them for this assessment.
IMPORTANT SATE TESTING DATES
GEORGIA MILESTONES
IMPORTANT TEST DATES
Parents, please start planning now for your child's testing. Please schedule all doctor's appointments and checkouts around these dates.
7th Grade Testing April 27th
4/25 ELA (Sec. 1)
4/26 ELA (Sec. 2)
4/27 Math
6th Grade Testing May 9-May 11
5/9 ELA (Sec. 1)
5/10 ELA (Sec. 2 & 3)
5/11 Math
8th Grade Testing May 2- May 9
5/2: ELA-(Sec. 1)
5/3: ELA- (Sec. 2 & 3)
5/4: Science
5/4: Physical Science
5/5: Social Studies
5/8: Math
5/9: Algebra
Electronic Device and Equipment Update
Parents and guardians,
Now would be a great time for you to check to see if your child has all of the issued technology equipment that was signed for at the beginning of the school year and issued to your child. Your child should have the following items that was issued to them:
1. Chromebook Case (Black in Color)
2. The Chromebook (Undamaged)
3. The cord for charging the device
There will be a fee for damaged and/or lost equipment.
All of these items must accompany the device upon turning in during the month of May at the end of school. Please contact our school technology specialist if you have any questions.
Student Check Out
STUDENTS WHO ARE CHECKED OUT AFTER 12:30 PM, WILL BE COUNTED ABSENT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. PLEASE KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL.
Any person checking out a student must be listed in the Parent Portal and have a government-issued photo ID. Please take a moment to add any adults who might need to check out your child. For safety reasons, we ask that all checkouts happen before 3:30 PM.
Partners In Education Section
Parents, if you know of a Business or Individuals who would like to partner with Clements Middle School, please have them contact us at 770-784-2934. Information about becoming a partner is below.
Thank you for your continued support!
Meet Our Partners
1. Redeeming Love Christian Church
1931 Old Covington Road NE
Conyers, GA 30013
Phone: (770) 922 - 1491
2. Springfield Baptist Church
1877 Iris Drive, SE,
Conyers GA 30013
770-929-1111
770-929-1006
3. Covington-Conyers Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated
4. Covington-Conyers Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated
Thank you to all of our sponsors!!!