The Cougar Chronicle

Issue 12 - Sunday, October 20, 2024

Family Engagement Policy and Home School Compact

Each year, we review, revise, and share our school's Family Engagement Policy and Home School Compact. These documents outline how we engage families as partners in their students' education and invite them to participate with us in school activities and school leadership. One of the changes we've made this year is to have Cougar Cafecito (Coffee with the Principal) alternate between mornings and evenings. This was based on feedback many of you provided about wanting more activities in the evening to be accessible to various work schedules. Our next Cougar Cafecito will be Monday, October 28 at 5:45 pm. See the Upcoming Events section for more details!

Click HERE for our Family Engagement Policy

Spirit Week and Halloween

On Halloween, students will be allowed to dress up in costumes as long as those costumes meet school dress code guidelines. This includes:

No masks or helmets covering the face or head allowed; no excessive face paint

No props of any kind (this includes, but is not limited to: guns, swords, knives, pom poms, shields, etc.)

No military uniforms for secondary students

No excessive blood and gore
No inflatable costumes

Check out the Spirit Week Dress up days below.

ASB Glow Dance

Get your glow on at the Glow Dance! Wear your brightest neon and enjoy an afternoon of music, dancing, a photo booth, concessions, and fun with friends!

Date: Thursday, October 24th

Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.

Cost: $5 without an ASB card, FREE with an ASB card

Reminder: Students must be in PAR status to attend. Turn in your payment and dance waiver to the Student Store by the end of lunch on Thursday, October 24th. No late waivers are accepted.

Don’t miss out on this glowing good time!

FREE Event - Lights on After School

Check out this awesome event brought to you by Thrive powered by ARC. Review the flier carefully as you must pre-register by Wednesday to attend! We hope to see you there!

Support with Students' Grades

Families, do you need help viewing your students' current grades? Check out this wonderful resource below!

Click HERE for all Aeries Parent Tutorials

Staff Higlight!

Thank you to Ms. Bartee and our 2nd Period Journalism Students for helping us learn more about our amazing staff on campus. This week, we're proud to feature the one and only Ms. Fruin!

English Learner Advisory Council

*** This is the committee Ms. Hendricks mentioned at Back to School Night that had 0 participants last year. Help us make a difference for our Multilingual Learners! ***

Cesar Chavez Middle School is looking for Parent and Community representatives to serve on our English Learner Advisory Council (ELAC).

ELAC is an elected advisory board that supports the school with planning and monitoring the English Learner plan to support Multilingual Learners. The percentage of parents of Multilingual Learners serving on the committee must be greater or equal to the percentage of English Learners enrolled in the school.

We have several parent/community openings this year. To nominate yourself or a fellow parent, please return this form by Thursday, September 19, 2024 at 12:00 pm.

Agendas for meetings are posted in our office window and our website at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. All parents and members of the public are welcome to attend.

Click HERE to nominate yourself or another parent