Cedar Crest Middle School

Hello CCMS Falcon Families,

Welcome to November! This is such a wonderful time of the year. I love celebrating holidays and seeing the excitement and energy in our students and staff. It’s hard to imagine that we are edging closer to the winter season. We have so many things to be grateful for here at Cedar Crest Middle School. Above all, we all have each other: wonderful students, teachers and staff, parents and community.

Please read this online newsletter so that you have up to date information pertaining to Cedar Crest Middle School. You can bookmark this link for easy access; however, the link will change with each monthly newsletter. If you have any questions, please contact the main office at 717-272-2032. The CCMS secretaries will direct your questions or inquiry to the appropriate staff member to best serve you.

Please be sure to scroll to the end of the newsletter for important information from the District Office.

Our students are our number one priority. The Cedar Crest Middle School administration, faculty, and staff are a TEAM working together to teach and support our students to reach their individual potential. We can't achieve this goal without the support and cooperation from our students' parents, guardians and caretakers. Good communication between families and the school help to provide supports and build a relationship of understanding and cooperation.

We wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving season. We are grateful to you and thank you for sharing the opportunity of working with your children. They make us want to come to work each day!

Sincerely,

Mr. Joseph Burton

Principal

Cedar Crest Middle School

Cornwall-Lebanon School District Mission

“Empowering students to reach their individual potential.”

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November 4-8: Canned Food Drive for LCCM

November 6: Report Cards are available online

November 7: Breakfast for CLSD Veterans & Military Families of CLSD

November 7-8-9: CCMS Performing Arts Fall Musical, Frozen Jr., 7:00 pm

November 10-December 16: Toys for Tots Collection of New Toys or Books

November 20: Education Support Professionals Day

November 25-26: Parent-Teacher Conferences by appointment & District Book Fair

November 25-December 2: NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Vacation

A hard copy will be sent home with your student next week.

Get ready for a magical experience as Cedar Crest Middle School Performing Arts presents Frozen Jr. on November 7-9! Join us for this enchanting journey to Arendelle, featuring two talented casts, spectacular costumes, and stunning performances that are sure to warm your heart.

Before, during, and after each performance, we’ll have a snack bar, raffles, candy grams, and official Frozen merchandise for sale in the lobby, so be sure to stop by and support the program!

Also, don’t miss our Frozen Character Breakfast fundraiser on November 16th where you can enjoy a delicious meal, fun games, face painting, and photos with your favorite characters from Frozen. It’s the perfect family event to get into the winter spirit! https://forms.office.com/r/v0ggUHYfid

Tickets for the performances https://cur8.com/19812/project/125533 and registration for the breakfast are on sale now. See flyers for more information!

• November 8 - Student Hat Day to benefit CCMS Performing Arts
• November 20 - Student Hat Day to benefit Band & Orchestra

DONATE $1 AND HELP US HELP OUR SCHOOL! THANK YOU!

• Monday, 11/4: Bring in a canned food item for Lebanon County Christian Ministries. Non-perishable food items will be collected all week!
• Tuesday, 11/5: TWIN TUESDAY - Matching outfits with your best friend.
• Wednesday, 11/6: WARM WEATHER WEDNESDAY...pull out your coziest sweater for fall!
• Thursday, 11/7: RED RIBBON THURSDAY...Wear RED to support Drug Prevention
• Friday, 11/8: FALCON FRIDAY...wear your Falcon gear and teacher dress down

CCMS 6th Grade Ironmasters (pictured below) hosted the perfect community service month-long project in October and collected 840 pairs of socks to Lebanon County Children & Youth Services.

Parent-Teacher Conferences for Cedar Crest Middle School are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 25 (1:00-8:30 PM) and Tuesday, Nov. 26 (8:00 AM-2:30 PM).

Parents of all CCMS students can sign up online between 4 PM, Monday, Oct. 28 through 11:59 PM, Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 12:00 PM.

The online scheduling site will be active from 4 PM, Monday, Oct. 28 through 11:59 PM, Tuesday, Nov. 19. Click on the link below during that time frame to schedule your appointment time for conferencing with your child’s teacher(s). You must provide a valid email address in order to register.

If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Kristi Glassford, secretary for the CCMS counseling office.

kglassford@clsd.k12.pa.us

717-272-2032

The Cornwall-Lebanon School District Fair will be held from Monday, November 25 from noon to 8:30 PM and Tuesday, November 26 from 8:30 – 4:00 during conferences in the cafetorium.

Doors open on noon on Monday, November 25th.

Hours on Tuesday, November 26 are 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Visitors to the District Book Fair on 11/25 and 11/26 can enter Door 5 located at the exterior cafeteria patio doors. If parents are attending a conference on those days at the middle school, they can access cafeteria through the hallways.

Parents and guardians of 6th grade students: The state requires that all students have both the Tdap and MCV vaccinations administered PRIOR to the first day of 7th grade. Documentation of Tdap and MCV vaccines must be given to the school nurse before the first day of 7th grade. Immunizations may be reviewed in Skyward.

• All 6th grade private physical forms are due to the nurse as soon as possible.

• All 7th grade parents or guardians: All private dental forms are due to the school nurse as soon as possible.

Health forms may be found on the CLSD website under Health Services. Completed forms and immunizations may be faxed to the nurse’s office at 717-389-1858.

As a reminder, all students are encouraged to carry a refillable water bottle through the day.

CCMS Student Council will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for Lebanon’s Toys for Tots from November 10- December 15. Donation bins will be in the Commons Area.

SNACK SHACK – OUR 3rd YEAR OF STOCKING THE SNACK SHACK!

For the past two years, you and your fellow CCMS families stocked the snack shack for CCMS Staff ALL YEAR LONG! And it was so appreciated all year long by the staff. P-SP got emails and thank you cards so many different times, saying what a nice treat it was to go in and pick something up when he/she needed a pick-me-up. You were so generous.

Would you be able to help stock it by picking up a treat or two and sending it in (just mark it snack shack and bring it to the office) or buying something right from the Amazon Wish List and it will be delivered right to school?

The Amazon Wishlist is updated, and the link is below but please feel free to expand the variety by getting something else.

The school store will be open on the following dates during parent teacher conferences:

• November 25 from 12:30 - 8:30 p.m.
• November 26 from 8:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

We accept check or cash; credit or debit cards are not accepted.

Yearbooks can be ordered online at https://yearbookforever.com/ or be submitted in school to Ms. Oblinsky in Room A-19. Order your yearbook early to get the best pricing. Discount pricing ends January 4, 2025.

Interested in Photography? Consider submitting your school related photos!

If you are interested in submitting school related photos of sports or team activities, please consider using our new photo app, Yearbook Snap! There are two ways to submit your photos:

• Using your computer at: https://snap.yearbookforever.com/snap/index.html#/upload CODE: ccms25 (all lowercase)

• Using The APP – YEARBOOK SNAP! ( Code: ccms25 )

• The app can be downloaded from the Apple Store or Google Play

Photos submitted are subject to approval and are not guaranteed to be in the yearbook. By submitting photos, you are giving the yearbook staff permission to use said photos in the 2024-2025 yearbook. Photos that violate student photo release restrictions or school policies will be discarded.

From the District Office:

1) Cedar Crest Middle School Performing Arts presents four performances of its fall play, “Frozen, Jr.,”: Nov. 7, 8 & 9 in the CCMS Auditorium. Thursday, Nov. 7, 7PM (Cast A); Friday, Nov. 8, 7 PM (Cast B); Saturday, Nov. 9: 3 PM (Cast B) … and 7 PM (Cast A). All Seats are reserved. Tickets are available online at www.showtix4u.com/event-details/75250. Prices are: Students, K-grade 12, $7; Adults, $12; CLSD senior citizens who present their CLSD Gold Card, FREE. Any questions, please email: kglassford@clsd.k12.pa.us.

2) Cedar Crest High School presents its Fall Play, "Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic": November 21, 22 & 23, 7 PM, CCHS Auditorium. Performances on the Cedar Crest High School stage will take place at 7 PM, Thursday, Nov. 21 (Wizard cast); Friday, Nov. 22 (Badger Cast); and Saturday, Nov. 23 (Wizard Cast). A 2:30 PM matinee will also be presented on Saturday, Nov. 23 (Badger Cast). Ticket prices are Students, $12; Adults, $15; CLSD Gold Card holders who present their card, FREE. Tickets are available online: https://cur8.com/projects/CedarCrestHighSchool; and at the door one hour prior to each performance.

3) Thank an Educator This Holiday Season! Recognize your student’s special teachers, staff members, or coaches with a Certificate of Appreciation by donating to the Falcon Foundation through the “Thank an Educator” program. Make a donation in any amount of your choosing by Tuesday, December 12, 2024, for certificate delivery the week of December 16. Visit www.clsd.pa.us and select Falcon Foundation under the COMMUNITY tab menu.

4) The next regular meeting of the CLSD Board of School Directors is Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, 5:30 p.m., in the large group instruction room (LGI) at the high school. A work session will be held Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, 5:30 p.m., in the same location. Both meetings are open to the public. Meetings also are live streamed. Visit to watch the live stream, or to register to attend the next meeting, visit the CLSD website and click on Board Meeting Live Stream in the Quick Links Menu.

5) Free Holiday Breakfast Concert for District Residents age 65+: Ticket order forms for the annual Holiday Breakfast Concert will be available the first week in November for District residents age 65 or older. A person under age 65 may attend only if accompanying his or her spouse who meets the age requirement. A maximum of two free tickets may be requested per form. Order forms are available in these locations:

· at any District school building office

· on the District website in the News section and under the COMMUNITY tab –>Activities & Events: www.clsd.k12.pa.us

Bring the completed ticket order form to the Cedar Crest High School stadium loop on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Ticket distribution will begin at 1 PM and continue until either all 400 tickets have been distributed, or until 1:30 PM. Senior citizens will not need to leave their car to exchange their order form for a ticket. After the ticket distribution date and time, any tickets that remain may be picked up at the district office, 105 E. Evergreen Rd. The Breakfast Concert is Thursday, Dec. 12, beginning at 8:45 AM, at the middle school cafetorium. Door 6 at the rear of the building will open at 8:15 AM. Tickets are required.

6) Online Community Bulletin Board: Check the online Community Bulletin Board regularly for information about upcoming events, activities and fundraisers throughout the CLSD community (Click on the “COMMUNITY” tab on the District website: www.clsd.k12.pa.us). Currently, you can find out about sports activities for the participant and spectator … Scouting opportunities … Student club Fundraisers ... community events & activities ... and many more items of possible interest!

7) Inclement Weather Procedures & Skylert Notification System: The decision to close school or open two hours later will be announced before 7 AM on the CLSD Home page, www.clsd.k12.pa.us, as well as on the Cornwall-Lebanon School District Facebook and “X” (Twitter) pages (@CLSD_Schools), and on local radio and TV stations. The Skylert automated notification system also will be used to contact parents/guardians during the school day in the event of a building power failure, hazardous situation, or an early dismissal. Please review the important information that is printed inside the front cover of the CLSD 2024-25 Calendar of Events. The District website is the first place important information is posted. Please, do not contact school or District offices in the case of these events, as it is important for our phone lines to be available for emergency communications.

Remember, the Skylert notification system is only as accurate as the information you have provided to the District. Be sure your phone and email settings allow (do not Block) these three phone numbers: (717) 272-2031, (717) 272-2036, and (717) 389-1810, and emails from addresses ending in @clsd.k12.pa.us. Please review your information in Skylert, as well, and make any updates (for general information sharing, including school closings):

1. Login to your Skyward account.
2. Click the word “Skylert” in the left menu.
3. Fill-in and check or uncheck your desired settings.
4. Click “SAVE” in the upper right side of the page when you are done.

8) Calendar Information:

• Friday, Nov. 1: Professional Learning Day (No School for Students; Professional Development for staff members)
• Sunday, Nov. 3: Daylight Savings Time Ends at 2 AM
• Wednesday, Nov. 6: Report Cards available online beginning this day (all grade levels)
• Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 7-9: “Frozen, Jr.,” at CCMS. (See item #1, above, for details.)
• Tuesday, Nov. 19: Ticket Distribution for the Holiday Breakfast Concert for CLSD Residents Age 65+ (See item #5, above, for details.)
• Wednesday, Nov. 20: Education Support Professionals Day
• Thursday-Saturday, Nov. 21-23: “Puffs,” Fall Play at CCHS. (See item #2, above, for details.)
• Friday, Nov. 22: Substitute Educators Day
• Saturday, Nov. 23: CCHS Marching Band performs in the Lebanon Holiday Parade, 10 AM
• Monday & Tuesday, Nov. 25 & 26: No School for Elementary and Middle School Students: Parent-Teacher Conferences; CCHS is in Session both days (Kindergarten Parent-Teacher Conferences are Thursday, Nov. 21.)
• Wednesday, Nov. 27 through Monday, Dec. 2, 2024: Thanksgiving Break

Mr. Joseph Burton

Principal

Assistant Principal

Assistant Principal