Welcome from Curtis Principal, Sonya Pitcock
Cougar families,
It’s been a great couple of weeks after spring break and our year is flying by! We are excited to see all the celebrations of our students! We had a great turnout at our Community Engagement Night with our CMS students representing us well. We had our science fair winners recognized at the school board meeting last week! We had student celebrations in classes last week where teachers were able to recognize their hard work and improvements! Our band students went to their UIL contest and did great! Our last track meet is this week and our track students have had some great success this year too! Lots of great things going on!
Today is the last day to sign and turn in the SOLAR ECLIPSE permission slip for your child to go outside and view the solar eclipse. We have safety goggles provided by The Perot Museum for all students and plans to make sure students see the exciting astronomical event. If you have any questions about the permission slip, please contact your child’s science teachers. All permission slips are on teacher’s canvas pages and in this newsletter as well.
April is our STAAR testing month, so please help us follow the state rules and get our students tested by having them here on the STAAR testing dates. We will not have visitors or lunch drop offs on those testing dates due to altered schedules and secure testing environments. We appreciate your help with this! Those dates are:
April 16 – STAAR Reading 7th and 8th
April 18 – STAAR Social Studies 8th only
April 24 – STAAR Science 8th only
April 30 – STAAR Math 7th and 8th AND Algebra EOC
Final exams for this semester will be the week of May 20-23. Final exams are not allowed to be given early by district policy. There are not exceptions to those policies. If a student misses their exam, a zero will be entered for their grade and they will have 10 days to make up the exams they miss. We will post the final exam schedule for when each test will be on our webpage.
Spring Pictures will be on Thursday, May 9th and information will come directly to you about ordering pictures closer to that date.
Our last dance will be on May 10 hosted by PTA and we look forward to a fun night with our students celebrating a great year! Students have to be in good behavior standing to attend that dance, so remind your kids to keep up their good work making good decisions at school!
Have a wonderful week!
Sincerely,
Sonya Pitcock
Principal
Curtis Middle School
Upcoming Events
April 1 - April 15: Used Book Fair Donations
April 5: PTA Membership Meeting
April 6: Wellness Fair
April 8: Solar Eclipse Event
April 11: Portillo's Spirit night
April 16: STAAR (Reading) - 7th & 8th grade
April 18: STAAR (Social Studies) - 8th grade
April 24: STAAR (Science) - 8th grade
April 25 - April 27: Used Book Fair
April 30: STAAR (Math) - 7th & 8th grade
May 5: PTA Membership Meeting
May 8: PinStack Spirit night (Allen)
May 9: Spring photos
May 10: Last School Dance
Reflection Contest WINNER from Curtis Middle School!!
Congratulations to the award recipient Gaeun Claire Kim, 7th grader who received Award of Excellence in Visual Art Category in the state-level judging Reflections Contest.
Award of Excellence is about 10% of overall entries
• Invitation to the Texas PTA award ceremony
• Gold Colored Medallion
• Letter signed by the Texas PTA President
• Recognition on the Texas PTA website
All entries awarded with an Overall Award of Excellence, Award of Excellence, Award of Merit, or Honorable Mention will be celebrated at https://www.txpta.org/awards-ceremony on May 18th in San Antonio. Ceremony invitations will be sent directly to the awarded students via email.
More information for Texas PTA Reflections Results https://www.txpta.org/reflections-results
April Staff Meeting
We need your help to spring into the last part of the school year with snacks for our Curtis
Staff!
Their April meeting is scheduled for the 17th, and we have an Amazon list full of delicious
snacks for our awesome teachers.
If you’re able to donate anything from the list, it will be
greatly appreciated!! Thank you for making our Curtis staff feel so loved!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/dl/invite/4psqvZl?ref_=wl_share
Wellness Fair
We need help promoting and getting the word out about the Wellness Fair coming up on Saturday, April 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
There are going to be some great presentations relating to mental and emotional health, yoga and breathing demonstrations, a provider and vendor fair, and free food for everyone! We also have childcare available for younger kids.
We are asking for registrations so that we have a count for food and planning but it is not required. We would love our community to get some valuable information and resources.
I am attaching a flyer. Please distribute it to your local PTAs and post it on your social media.
Also, we need help from parents and high school kids for the event. Please see the sign-up below:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4AA5A72CA2FE3-48440538-wellness
Thank you all for your help and support of this program! I hope to see many of you there with your families!
Calling all Parents - we need your help!
Taking fun pics this year? Help the yearbook staff by uploading your photos to be featured!
Please submit them here https://tinyurl.com/CMSYBPIX24 or scan the QR code shown.
Need photos of: 1st day of school, CMS football, volleyball, cheer, dances, band, orchestra, etc.
Volunteers Needed - Copy Room Helpers!
Copy Room helpers are needed to help staff & teachers during their busy workday. Please take a look at the signup- https://curtisptsa.membershiptoolkit.com/volunteer/114513
Please be sure you have completed your annual Allen ISD volunteer application and background check in order to volunteer. CLICK HERE for application.
Do you shop at Kroger?
Log onto the Kroger website or stop by the customer service desk at any Kroger. Link your Kroger rewards card to Curtis Middle School.
Our school code is XX655.
Allen ISD Volunteer Application
Volunteers who work with AISD student groups and organizations will need to complete a volunteer application. These groups include, but are not limited to, PTA organizations, booster clubs, cheerleading squads, dance squads (athletic and fine arts) and any other AISD student organizations where adults will be working with students other than their own children at AISD sponsored events.
Click on this link to fill out the volunteer application: https://www.allenisd.org/page/register-volunteer
Curtis Middle School PTA
Email: communications@curtiscougarpta.org
Website: https://www.allenisd.org/curtisms
Location: 1530 Rivercrest Boulevard, Allen, TX, USA
Phone: 972-727-0340
Twitter: @CurtisCougars