The Mustang Minute

June 21, 2024- Issue 34

Happy Summer!

Thank you to all of our families for a great school year! We are so thankful to work in such a supportive community! I hope everyone has a wonderful and relaxing summer! To our families heading off to high school - best of luck! High School is a whole fantastic vibe!!

CMS Summer Hours

With construction hitting high gear this summer there will be limited access and parking at the Coakley. The office hours are 8:00am-2:00pm Monday-Thursday. The Coakley Connects Summer program is located at NHS this year. We recommend emailing or calling before coming to CMS.

Norwood School News

All the news from the Norwood Schools! This week at CMS: Upcoming Events!

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Technology Tips for Summer

Family Tech Tips

Check out Common Sense Media’s guide to the top podcasts for kids and families to help engage the family in a screen-free way!
Traveling this summer? Be smart with your technology!

Watch what you’re posting! Avoid posting specific info on where you’re going and when.
Avoid using public connections (i.e. your airport’s free wifi!) to do your online banking, log into important accounts, or access personal information.
Be wary of public charging stations - it’s easy for hackers to tamper with them and swipe data from every device that plugs into them.
Double-check your location settings - many apps automatically tag your location so even if you’re smart about what you post, the tracking on some apps will share that information anyway!

Free Summer Workshop for Students!

Applications are still open for the 6th annual Digital Wellbeing Summer Workshops, hosted by Youth, Media, & Wellbeing research lab at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley College. These free workshops focus on self-care, social support, and empowering future STEM innovators to design healthier social media experiences, co-developed and co-led by Wellesley College student/alums/affiliates. Youth may join multiple sessions and returning members from past years are always welcome! Virtual workshops are open to anyone in the world with internet access.

We will be having an in-person session at Wellesley College on Saturday June 22 (10-4pm) as well as a week-long virtual workshop from July 15-19 (1-3pm). Flyers containing more information about both the in-person and virtual workshops are attached below. Students are welcome to sign up for one or all. Students can earn community service credits and also receive at least $25 in gift cards for completing evaluation surveys. Also, earn prizes for participation!

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The PTO Needs You!

Coakley PTO

The PTO is a parent/teacher organization that helps fund a variety of activities at CMS from assemblies, to field trips, to classroom projects and more. We would love for everyone to be a part of the PTO!

New Treasurer needed for the 2024-2025 School Year. If interested, please email coakleynorwoodPTO@gmail.com . We would have you start in May of 2024 to work with the current treasurer and transition to the new year.

PTO meetings are held the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00pm both virtually and in person. The dates are listed below a link to the meeting online is sent out the day of the meeting.

Notes from June

CMS reps contact info

Margo Fraczek, CMS Principal, mfraczek@norwood.k12.ma.us

Eileen Siegel, CMS Teacher, esiegel@norwood.k12.ma.us