Scott Middle School
November 25, 2024
Scott Middle School's Motto- "We Enter to Learn and Leave to Achieve"
What Has Been Happening in Mr. Dougherty's Classroom?
IXL Leaderboard Winners from Mr. MacLennan's Classes
Mr. MacLennan's Math classes have been working hard to overcome adversity with transitions between Math teachers. We challenged them to an IXL competition to answer the most correct questions over a 2 week span.
We want to congratulate our top achievers.
In the Period 1/2 block there were 4 students that answered more than 300 questions correctly, and 8 that answered more than 100 questions correctly! Congratulations to Eddie Mojica, Arieana Belnome-Clifford, Ilyanexys Humphrey, Lavon Nixon, Kevin Gonzalez, Jocelin Valdez Ortiz, Alex Crawford, Haley Burkey, Elaina Clark, and Nero Franciscus.
In the Period 5/7 block students answered 978 questions correctly , and the top 4 students answered more than 70 questions correctly. Congratulations to Nathaniel Hinds-Hunt, Leah Diener, Blakely Wimmer, and Latham Warner.
In the period 8/9 block students answered 1,318 questions correctly, and the top students each answered more than 100 questions. Congratulations to Max Kershner, Brynn McWilliams, and Ezekiel Mayo.
Wellness Fair Sponsored by Coatesville Youth Initiative
On Friday, our 6th grade students attended a Mental Health Fair brought to us by the Coatesville Youth Initiative. The theme for this year's Wellness Fairs (There will be others in February and April for our whole student body to attend) is conflict resolution. Volunteers from the Coatesville Youth Initiative, Compass Mark, CCIU, and other local community agencies worked with our students.
Students worked in small groups to discuss conflict, perspective, and points of view. The students and staff enjoyed the sessions and we are looking forward to continuing the discussions later in the school year.
Parent Teacher Conference Link is Open to Schedule Conferences
7th and 8th Grade Boys Basketball Tryouts
November and December PBIS Focus...Bus Behavior
We have noticed that our students are needing many extra reminders to make safe choices on our busses to and from school. At our team meetings last week, we discussed the expectations for behavior on the bus: Staying seated, using quiet voices and respectful language, keeping hands and other body parts inside the bus, and never throwing anything out of windows. We spoke about how important it is for our bus drivers to be able to focus on the roads in order to keep them safe and they cannot do that if they are worried about the poor choices happening behind them.
Our bus drivers now have ROCKStar tickets and will be giving them to students that make good choices on the bus. We are hoping that by focusing on the positive we will be able to change the energy that has been happening on some of our busses.
Please take a moment to review bus expectations with your student. We appreciate your support!
Change in Student Home Access Center Login Method
The Coatesville Area School District IT department is working on improving digital security for students and one of our improvements includes changing the student login method for Home Access Center (HAC).
Effective 11/18/24 students in grades 6-12 will sign in to HAC using their district email address and password with Microsoft 365 single sign-on (SSO).
What will change?
Students will have a different URL to sign in to HAC and use their district provided email address and password to log in.
The existing Home Access Center button on our district website will redirect visitors to select either Parent or Student for Home Access Center
Students will no longer need to contact their guidance counselors for a password reset to access HAC.
Elementary School student HAC access will be turned off for security reasons.
Parents/Guardians who used their student's HAC account to view information will need to self-register for an account (see below).
What will stay the same?
Parent/Guardian HAC accounts for grades K-12 will not be impacted. Our self-registration process will remain available as well password resets as they have in the past.
If you need to register for an account, please see the attached instructions.
HAC Account Registration Instructions.pdf
Spanish HAC Account Registration Instructions.Final.pdf
If you have any difficulty registering for a Home Access Center account, please contact your child's school for assistance to verify your email address on file is correct.
Scott Science Fair
Scott R.O.C.K.S.
Nurse's Corner
Donated gently used or new clothes, especially pants , would be greatly appreciated by the nurse.
Reminders:
1.If your student needs medication in school, please have their doctor complete the medication form and have an adult bring the medication to the school nurse.
2. 7th grade students require a Dental Exam
3. 6th grade students require a Physical Exam by their Primary Care Physician.
If you have any questions, please email: keenana@casdschools.org
Upcoming Dates
November 25- Early Dismissal for Students/ Parent-Teacher Conferences 12:00 to 2:30
November 26- No School for Students/ Parent-Teacher Conferences 12:00 pm to 7:30 pm
November 27- 29- No School/ Thanksgiving Break
December 4- Photos with Santa at CASH Auditorium 5-7 sponsored by CATA
December 13- Scott Middle School Winter Dance/ Fun Night sponsored by Student Council
December 17- Scott PTO Meeting at 5:00 pm in Library and via Zoom
December 18- Early Dismissal/ PM Professional Development for Staff
December 18- Tastebudz Dine and Donate benefitting Scott Middle School PTO 4-7 pm
December 19- Scott Middle School Winter Concert 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Photos With Santa
CASH Concerts
Coatesville Youth Lacrosse
Coatesville Youth Wrestling
Contact Information
Website: https://www.casdschools.org/scott
Location: 800 Olive Street, Coatesville, PA, USA
Phone: 610 383 6946
Additional Contact Information
Mrs. Kathryn Lamothe- Principal lamothek@casdschools.org
Mr. Peter Altland- Assistant Principal altlandp@casdschools.org
Mrs. Devyn Hamilton- Guidance Counselor hamiltond@casdschools.org
Ms. Ashley Russum- Principal's Secretary russuma@casdschools.org
Mrs. Sue Shumate- Assistant Principal's Secretary shumates@casdschools.org
Attendance Email
Attendance email- scattendance@casdschools.org