COLT CORNER

We are looking forward to welcoming back our students on Wednesday! It's going to be a great year at CMS! As we prepare for the upcoming year please ensure you are familiar with the GCISD updated Dress Code and Cell Phone policies.

The staff enjoyed meeting our incoming 6th grade students at Colt Camp on Friday! It was also fun to meet many new 7th and 8th grade students and visit with our returning students! The presentation from Colt Camp is linked below. We'll see you on Wednesday Colts!!

Colt Camp Presentation

Secondary Grading Policy

Dr. Bryan Calvert

It's almost time for back-to-school shopping! Before you start, review GCISD's dress code for the 2024-2025 school year and check out this dress code graphic for secondary students. Let's start the school year off right: https://5il.co/2pq6z.

Welcome back to CMS for the 2024-2025 academic year! We are looking forward to a great year on the boys' athletic side. Please make sure that you have filled out the RankOne Forms prior to the first day of school.

Equipment/Locker handouts will be on Friday, August 9th from 1:00-2:30 for 8th graders and 2:15-4:00 pm for 7th graders. As a reminder, NO athlete will be able to receive equipment without the RankOne Forms being completed.

Lastly please join our 2024-2025 SportsYou team (you will need to download the app SportsYou) and use the code FCB7-2CKG

Any questions, please contact Coach Landau at Ralph.Landau@gcisd.net

7th Grade Volleyball Tryouts: Aug 14-16 6:30 am (doors open at 6:15)

8th Grade Volleyball Tryouts: Aug 14-16 after school until 4:30.

All athletes must be "green" (cleared) in RankOne before participating. Please see the attached "How To"

Please try to have this completed by Colt Camp so we can check you off and you won't feel the pressure the night before school starts!

Join your correct SportsYou group for ALL information throughout the 2024-2025 school year. Be sure to customize your notifications after you join! This will replace Remind as our #1 form of communication for athletics and teams for BOTH parents and athletes. It is a change, but the feedback has been really good. Find schedules, contact coaches, ask questions, view forms, see information.

If you weren't in the Summer Connection SportsYou group, please join that and see how we used it over the summer to communicate. As the school year approaches and begins, the grade-level groups will replace the summer group. For now, the summer group contains all the info you need to get started.

Our Fall Parent Athletics and Booster Club Meeting will be the evening of Aug 14, the first day of school. The booster club portion is first and then the parent meeting. This is aimed toward 7th grade parents and those new to CMS. 8th grade parents are also welcome to attend. Athletes may come. Please see the attached flyer.

Athletic Wear is available online. Orders placed earlier this summer will be available at Colt Camp. Orders placed in the current "open window" will be handed out as they arrive. For those waiting on orders to arrive, please wear appropriate athletic wear in the meantime. The Athletics Dress Code is as follows:

All items may either be a CMS athletics item or a plain-color item.

Girls: Royal Blue shorts, grey shirt, athletic shoes

Boys: Black shorts, grey shirt, athletic shoes

All: sweats may be any CMS item or any plain royal blue, black, white, or grey item.

https://agreatideaonline.com/cmsathletics/shop/home

WELCOME BACK, 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!

BACK TO SCHOOL CHECKLIST {Forms will go live on August 1st}

Let’s get this year started!
You will want to complete the following all at: CMS PTA WEBSITE

• START HERE: Update your Family Information, especially Grade + Colt Time Teacher

• Join PTA - Parents, Grandparents, Students (no commitment to volunteer!)

• Donate to Cash for Colts

• Order Student Grams

• Order Birthday ShoutOut

• Order Back to School Social Wristband

• Pre-Order Spirit Wear

• PTA Volunteer Interest Form

• Join Dads’ Club

• Become a Community Partner

• Subscribe to the CMS PTA Calendar

• Forgot to order school supplies? Order Online!

• Sign up to play and/or sponsor the CMS Colt Classic Golf Tournament
  
  A printed version of this checklist will be available to all parents at Colt Camp!!

The Colt Classic Golf Tournament is less than 2 months away! Sign up to play and/or sponsor NOW!! All proceeds go to supporting our students and staff. We can't wait to see you on the course!

Click Here for more information!

Please reach out to Dana White, VP of Fundraising at coltclassic@cmscoltspta.org or 817-368-9216 for any questions.

STUDENT GRAMS / SMARTIE GRAMS

Send your student a special message + treat at school - it's a sweet way to connect in middle school! This year, we will have a pack of 5 Student Grams for purchase that will be given out to students throughout the year: Smartie Grams, Boo Grams, Candy Candy Cane Grams, Egg-cellent Grams and Sweet Summer Grams. Grams can be purchased as a 5 pack for $25 or individually for $5/each. Please note that orders do close several days before the delivery dates so get your orders in early!!

Last Day to order Smartie Grams will be Friday, August 16th, Smartie Grams will be delivered on August 22nd during lunch.

SCHOOL SUPPLIES
If you will not be able to attend Colt Camp, please reach out to our School Supply Coordinator, Sommer Clayman at school_supplies@cmscoltspta.org to arrange a porch pick up. After school starts on August 14th, school supply packs will be available for pick up in the CMS school office. Thank you!

BACK TO SCHOOL SOCIAL
Join us for an afternoon of fun! The Back-To-School Social is Friday, August 23rd 3:30pm-5:30 p.m.
Purchase your student(s) all-inclusive wristband today! Wristbands will be handed out at lunch on Friday, August 23rd so they are not misplaced.

Wristbands include:
Unlimited inflatable games
1 slice of pizza
1 drink
1 candy

Any additional concessions will be $1-$2 each. Cash or Card accepted.
Kona Ice, Muu & Luu's ice cream truck and Chick-fil-A will also be available for $4-$10. Cash or Card accepted.

Teachers and Staff will also be participating in some dunk tank fun! The cost to try to dunk your favorite teacher is $1 for 3 throws. Cash only please.

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:

Thu/Aug 1 CMS PTA Back to School Forms Go Live

Fri/Aug 9 Colt Camp - 6th Grade + Incoming/New Students 9:00 - 12:00 p.m.
Fri/Aug 9 Colt Camp - 7th/8th Grade 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Wed/Aug 14 First Day of School

Wed/Aug 14 Spirit Night at Chipotle 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Fri/Aug 16 Last Day to Order Smartie Grams
Tue/Aug 20 Coffee Talk with Dr. Calvert 8:45 a.m. (Learning Commons)

Tue/Aug 20 General PTA Meeting 5:30 p.m. (Cafeteria)
Tue/Aug 20 Mini School Night (formerly Curriculum Night) 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Thu/Aug 22 Smartie Grams Delivered – During A, B and C Lunches

Fri/Aug 23 Back-to-School Social 3:30 - 5:30 p.m

Fri/Aug 30 Spirit Night at Snuffer’s 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.

Mon/Sept 2 Labor Day Holiday - No School

Wed/Sept 11 Spirit Night at Daddy’s Chicken 10:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Fri/Sept 13 1st Annual Colt Classic Golf Tournament, Bear Creek Golf Club

Mon/Sept 23 Professional Development Day - No SchoolFri/Sept 27 Healthy Lifestyles/Dads’ Club Grill Out for Staff

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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