Welcome from Curtis Principal, Sonya Pitcock
Cougar Families,
We have been busy the last two weeks and have lots to share with you! First of all, we want to thank everyone for contributing to Love Week through dollar days, spirit nights or helping your child participate or watch the staff versus student basketball game! We had a great time for a great cause! Curtis Middle School donated $1582.00 to HeartWorks!
We are getting so close to our Eagle Run goal of 180 participants. If you haven’t signed up, it’s not too late! There is the sleep in option, virtual option or the traditional, get up early and come run with us option! They all count towards our goal! We would love to see you there for a great community event! The run is on March 2 and sign ups are $30 until February 29 and they will go up. Students who register receive a coupon book with some great freebies, such as front of the lunch line passes and I forgot my ID passes! Help us meet our goal and join in the fun!
We have some celebrities among our Curtis student body! We have a group of students who won 1st place in Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology – Junior Division at the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair! These students will move on to the state level of science fair competition! Congratulations and best of luck representing CMS at the state level! The students are Amogh Barath, Srisaiamaraditya (Adi) Kona and Roshan Ranganathan.
Our Math Counts team was recognized as the Most Improved School out of their 40 competitors and came in 7th in their state competition. Congratulations to this team for their dedication to math and science!
We want to congratulate Tahia Rashid for her winning birthday card to be used across Allen ISD from the superintendent’s office! We are so proud of her work!
Shout out to our amazing SRO team at CMS! We celebrated them last week with a delicious Hutchins BBQ lunch, but continue to celebrate them each day as they partner with us to help keep our school safe and build relationships with our students!
On April 8, we will have an opportunity to see the rare solar eclipse here in Texas. We do have plans to take our students out during max eclipse time to see in real life what they have learned about in their science classes! We will have safety precautions and learning planned for that day, but we wanted to let you know we are planning to participate in this amazing opportunity with our students. More details will be coming your way as we get closer to the event.
Please mark these dates on your calendar for state STAAR testing. We ask that you avoid scheduling appointments on these dates so students are here for testing.
April 16 – Reading grades 7 and 8
April 18 – Social Studies grade 8
April 24 – Science grade 8
April 30 – Math and Algebra grades 7 and 8
Just a reminder that we have an early release day on March 8, the Friday before Spring Break. Students will be released at 12:35 and buses will be running early that day. We hope everyone enjoys Spring Break from March 11-15!
Sincerely,
Sonya Pitcock
Principal
Curtis Middle School
Counselor Corners: CURRENT 7TH GRADERS
Course Selection (7th and 8th graders): We are working behind the scenes to clean up your student's requests for next school year. Courses that will be used for creating their schedule will be able to previewed March 1-6. That will be the last opportunity to request changes.
February Staff Meeting
The February Staff meeting is coming up soon, and what better way to show our Curtis teachers some love than with some sweet treats. If you would like to donate to our Curtis staff meeting either online through Amazon or in person using the sign up genius below, we would greatly appreciate it!! Thank you!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/BSSGFUKGDYXC?ref_=wl_dp_view_your_list
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948A4AD22A0FDC52-47782212-february
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