CGS Weekly Message

Happy Sunday!

Reminder that tomorrow, 10/21/24- CGS is CLOSED due to a Teacher Workday designated for Parent/Teacher Conferences. Please reach out to your child's teacher to get time scheduled to meet with them tomorrow if desired!

Reminder that the roadwork on Altamahaw Union Ridge Road has been completed! There is no longer a detour.

Shout out to all of our AMAZING Grizzly Families who came out to support our Clean Up Day at our K-8 Campus on Saturday! We had families pressure washing, spreading mulch out for our playground, cleaning our cafeteria, picking up trash, and scrubbing and sanitizing common areas that our students utilize daily. It was so refreshing to see the support from our families and the willingness to assist in beautifying our campus. THANK YOU to these Grizzly Families and to Mr. Whittington (maintenance department) and Mrs. Spencer (K-8 Principal) for organizing the event!

Please send our volunteer coordinator an email to log your hours from Saturday morning at volunteercgs@cgsnc.org.

Parent Organization Updates:

Many families have inquired about the status of the PTT and funds that they were raised for CGS. We are working with our legal counsel and hope to have a resolution soon. Thank you for your patience.

SAVE THE DATES:

• 10/21/24: Parent/Teacher Conferences Day- SCHOOL CLOSED
  
• 10/21/24: Roll-A-Bout Family Skate Night from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. to benefit the P.E. Department.
• 10/21/24: BOD Meeting at 4 PM (virtual only- live stream option via YouTube)
• 10/22/24: College Application Week- wear your favorite Grizzly Wear!
• 10/23/24: College Application Week- wear your favorite College Gear!
• 10/24/24: Fall Dance Concert at 6 PM

Red Ribbon Spirit Week coming soon!:

• Monday 10/28: Wear RED (kicks off Red Ribbon week)
• Tuesday 10/29: Wear your favorite Team Attire (Team up against drugs)
  
• Wednesday 10/30: Wear your Western Wear (Give drugs the boot)
• Thursday 10/31: Wear your Pajamas (Wake up drug free)
• Friday 11/1: Wear Neon (Your future is bright)
  

Reminder- Check out our CGS Directory for questions regarding anything CGS! You can also reach out to us at info@cgsnc.org for questions.

Don't forget to check out our website at www.cgsnc.org and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/cgsgrizzlies for updates!

Report Card Request

Parents/Guardians of current students who did not receive their student's recent Report Card via email that was sent on Friday October 18th, please complete the form below. By completing this form, you are assisting us with verifying we have the correct email and contact information for your student to assure you are successfully receiving important communication.

**Important** before completing this form, please check your email "spam" box.

Once this form is received the information provided will be reviewed and updated in PowerSchool. A second attempt to send your students Report Card will be made no later than Friday October 25th.

If you require a paper copy, please visit the front desk where one can be provided.

As always, we appreciate your support and patience as we work through this process.

Click HERE to access the form.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Ms. Walther at marissawalther@cgsnc.org.

CGS Parents, if you are in need of assistance with creating or accessing your child's Power School account, please use this form. The Parent Portal through Power School is a great way to get live updates as to how your student is progressing in their classroom studies.

Here is an FAQ that may be helpful as well.

If you have any questions, please contact our registrar Ms. Walther at marissawalther@cgsnc.org.

School Day:

K-8: School starts at 7:45 A.M. and ends at 2:45 P.M.

(students may arrive as early as 7:15 A.M.)

9-12: School starts at 8:00 A.M. and ends at 3:00 P.M.

(students may arrive as early as 7:30 A.M.)

Need some new CGS apparel? Check out our School Spirit Store by clicking on the link below!

https://acceleratedgfx.com/collections/Clover-Garden

Thank you so much to everyone that helped with the Fall Clean Up day! We are greatly appreciative of all of our CGS families for your help and for your support!

Check out the picture of our playground full of fresh mulch for our students to play on! Thank you to those parents who donated the mulch as well as for those that helped spread it! : )

Many thanks,

Mrs. Spencer

Parent conference day is 10/21. Please communicate with your scholar’s teacher if you have questions.

PSAT for 9th graders is 10/24 and the PSAT/NMSQT for 11th grade is 10/25.

College Application Week is October 21st - 27th

Students are encouraged to submit their simplified applications during College Application Week, October 21-27, 2024, when most NC colleges and universities waive application fees. With the exception of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, all institutions participating in NC College Connect are waiving their application fees as a part of College Application Week.

CFNC is working diligently to provide additional resources and programs in the coming months for students impacted by Hurricane Helene. Some students may still apply to college this month as planned, and others may need to alter plans. Resources will be available at CFNC.org throughout the Countdown to College kick-off month of October, but this information will also be available all year long to help students and families navigate the college-going process when the time is right.

As a reminder, NC College Connect is led by the UNC System, in partnership with the NC Department of Public Instruction, the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority, GEAR UP North Carolina, the NC Community College System and the Office of the Governor. Full eligibilty requirements and a list of participating institutions are available at NCCollegeConnect.org.

Appreciatively,

Dr. Morris

CFNC and CommonApp:

Presentation link from Dr. Morris for CFNC and CommonApp. Please be sure to complete the Residency Determination Service form with your scholar and begin gathering the documents needed for FASFA. The FASFA portal will be opening by December 1st.

Local Scholarship Opportunities:

VFW Scholarship Opportunity

Burlington Women's Club Scholarship Opportunity Instructions and Application

ACC Course Registration:

An ACC representative will be contacting students enrolled for Spring semester courses at ACC to schedule an advising meeting. They will receive information about in-person advising at Clover Garden on November 5th & 7th, with the ZOOM option on November 4th. Mrs. Sutton will share a specific Phone/ZOOM advising link for the next two weeks in case there are students who want to schedule a phone or ZOOM in the first two weeks of October.

Introducing NCICU Direct Admission

Introducing NCICU Direct Admission for 26 Colleges and Universities

Twenty-six North Carolina private colleges and universities are offering eligible students more immediate acceptance to their campuses for the 2025-2026 academic year. North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities (NCICU) recently announced the Direct Admission Program to provide a seamless and swift application process. North Carolina seniors with a weighted GPA of 2.8 or higher can answer a few straightforward questions and then receive information directly from the colleges and universities of their choice, including details about conditional acceptance, specific campus requirements, and available financial aid options.

Register Here

Shout out to our local AO Fire Department for bringing a fire truck to campus last week in honor of fire prevention month. Our Kindergarten and 1st grade classrooms got to walk through the truck and learn more about fire safety.

Shout out to our CGS Board of Directors for providing our faculty/staff with an appreciation breakfast at the beginning of October. It was a very thoughtful gesture and our faculty/staff greatly appreciated it!

Shout out to our K-8 Campus Faculty/Staff for participating in our lock down/safety training drill last week. All faculty/staff were engaged in our safety conversations and provided valuable feedback for how to improve the overall safety of our campus.

Thank you CGS faculty/staff for participating! Our High School Campus faculty/staff will participate in the same type of training/drill this week.

Thank you to Deputy Bellingham (School's SRO) for leading the activity.

Shout out to some of our Grizzly B.E.S.T. that were recognized from Mrs. Spencer with an ice cream pass and a special star! These students/staff were recognized for doing their B.E.S.T. each and every day at CGS. The staff were recognized for the same and/or for taking the time to recognize our students.

Thank you to our parents for encouraging and expecting our students to do their B.E.S.T. at CGS each and every day!!

Families,

Our Mentorship Club will continue collecting supplies through November 18th. Please contribute if able! If you have any questions, please reach out to Mr. Graham, Mentorship Club advisor, at adriangraham@cgsnc.org.

Thank you for helping support a great cause!

Families,

Our Jr. Civitans Club will be adopting a charter school this school year that was catastrophically impacted by Hurricane Helene. CGS will be working together with other charter schools to support FernLeaf Community Charter School located in Fletcher, NC. They will begin collections this week and they will run throughout the school year. There will be a flyer coming soon with more details but some of the teachers at that school created wish lists, etc. of things they need as their elementary school was a total loss due to flooding. Please contact Mrs. Simmons, Jr. Civitans Advisor, for questions at brandisimmons@cgsnc.org.

Amazon Wish Lists

general list

https://givebutter.com/fernleafccs

Please see the flyer below and save the date for our next Roll-A-Bout Family Skate night!

Red Ribbon Week this year will be sponsored by our D.R.E.A.M. Team student athletes.

Click here for more information regarding Red Ribbon Week and why it is celebrated all over the nation!

DREAM Team stands for “Daring to Role Model Excellence as Athletic Mentors” and consists of selected student-athletes who promote positive leadership skills and healthy lifestyles to elementary and middle school students. (definition is from the NCHSAA website)

All K-12 students are invited to participate with us for our Red Ribbon Spirit Week!

Monday 10/28: Wear red to kick off Red Ribbon week

Tuesday 10/29: Team up against drugs (wear your favorite team attire)

Wednesday 10/30: Give drugs the boot (Western day)

Thursday 10/31: Wake up drug free (PJ day)

Friday 11/1: Your future is bright (Neon day)

If you have any questions, please contact Coach Dodson, D.R.E.A.M. team advisor at nathandodson@cgsnc.org.

CGS Families, please help us celebrate College Application Week by encouraging our students to learn more about colleges and universities and be interested in their educational futures! We would love to celebrate at both campuses on Oct. 22nd and Oct. 23rd in regards to how important our students' futures are and that their academic journeys do not have to end at high school graduation!

• College Application Week Oct. 22-25 Spirit Week K-12 (2 days)

• 22nd: Clover Garden Gear

• 23rd: College Day Attire

See flyer below! Join us for our Fall Dance Concert on Thursday, 10/24/24 at 6 PM.

Tuesday, October 22nd:

TBD Varsity Volleyball 1st Round State Playoffs

Wednesday, October 23rd:

6:00 Varsity Men's Soccer at Woods (Briar Chapel)

Friday, October 25th:

4:00 Varsity Men's Soccer at Ascend Leadership

Saturday, October 26th:

Varsity Cross Country Regionals at V.E & Lydia Owens Park Louisburg

Can walk through from 12-1 pm

1:30- Men's Race

2:30 Women's Race

Open Gym For Basketball (student must have an updated physical on Dragonfly or in hand):

HS Boys- 10/22 - 5pm - 6:30 Weight Room

HS Girls- No open gym this week

MS Girls- 10/22, 10/25, 3:00-5:00

Basketball Tryouts-

October 28th-October 29th

HS Boys- 5:00-7:00

HS Girls- 7:00-8:30

November 4th- November 6th

MS Girls 3:00-4:15

MS Boys 4:15-5:45

Monthly Newsletter:

https://view.gogipper.com/page/2166233

Stay In The Know: Athletics has a Remind account to send out important updates. Use the link below to join: https://www.remind.com/join/cgsa2024

Athletics Website: For all things athletics, please visit our website at https://sites.google.com/cgsnc.org/grizzly-athletics

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our athletic director, Coach Paschal at taylorpaschal@cgsnc.org.

Shout out to Mr. Harper and our CGS Marching Band for a fantastic show last Saturday at Western Alamance! They received the very prestigious "Ed Harris Memorial Award" which highlights the band with the highest quality of character and spirit at the event. We couldn't be any prouder of our Marching Grizzlies!! Keep up the great work!!

Families,

**Our Pre-ACT was unable to be taken by our 10th graders this past week due to technical difficulties. This will be rescheduled for November.

It's time for the PSATs! Students may access the following Student Guides to prepare for testing:

PSAT 8/9 for 8th graders, test is Wednesday, Oct. 23rd and for 9th graders, the test is Thursday, Oct. 24th

PSAT/NMSQT for 11th graders, test is Friday, Oct. 25th

Read to Achieve Fall 2024 scores have been posted to PowerSchool parent and student portals.

Please contact our District Testing Coordinator, Ms. Ginter at tonyaginter@cgsnc.org for any questions or concerns.

Parents,

Attached please find a copy of the next month’s menu. Please review it carefully as you place your order at myschoolaccount.com. Remember we adhere to a seven day ordering window. This means that all pre-orders must be placed seven days prior to the serving date.

Please see the links below if you are in need of any assistance.

How to create a myschoolaccount- https://youtu.be/0QZDU5Xm7zU

How to login and manage students- https://youtu.be/9vS7n4tnZ8s

How to deposit funds- https://youtu.be/13k29YnYuZw

How to preorder lunches-
https://intercom.help/myschoolaccount_help_center/en/articles/2330998-place-a-pre-order

Please see above for adding funds to your student account. Please make sure your account is no more than $50 in the negative. If your student’s account is more than $50 in the negative he/she will not be allowed to purchase a la carte items and charge them to their account.

Reach out if you have any questions or if you need your students lunch number.

Thanks,

Dana Walker
Cafeteria Coordinator
danawalker@cgsnc.org

Parents,

Click below to access the Mental Health Survey for this school year if you are interested and/or in need of these services for your student.

2024-2025 Mental Health Survey Link

Volunteers Needed:

Please email our volunteer coordinator if you're interested in assisting with any volunteering opportunities at volunteercgs@cgsnc.org. Thanks!

If you know of someone that would be a fantastic fit for our CGS family, please send them to our website to apply at http://cgsnc.org/home/careers/.

Open/Vacant Positions:

*EC Coordinator

*MS Elective (looking for Technology/Computer Science specialty area)

Please welcome Mr. Stephen Satterfield to our High School EC Staff. He starts at CGS tomorrow, 10/21/24.

"Family first has always been my philosophy. Setting goals and the bar high always ends with learning things about yourself. Teaching takes a special individual who sees the things in others that they do not see in themselves. This is why I decided to teach. I have found that educating others fills something within myself and it brings joy to me when I see my high schoolers set off on their path of life to do great things!"

As always, thanks for all that you do,

Mrs. Vereyken

Executive Director

Clover Garden School

*If you need this weekly newsletter translated into a different language, please let our Title 1 Coordinator, Mrs. Simmons know at brandisimmons@cgsnc.org.

*If you have any thoughts, feedback or suggestions for our Title 1 team on ways to improve our practices, please contact Mrs. Simmons at brandisimmons@cgsnc.org.

Email: info@cgsnc.org
Website: cgsnc.org
Locations:

2454 Altamahaw Union Ridge Road, Burlington, NC, USA

5806 Pagetown Road, Burlington, NC 27217
Phone: 3365869440
Facebook: facebook.com/cgsgrizzlies