September Message

Dear CMS Families,

“I can sum up positive psychology in just three words - Other People Matter. Period. Anything that builds relationships between and among people is going to make you happy.” Dr. Chris Peterson

On Monday of this week, CMS kicked off the Positivity Project (P2) to great success. This is our third year participating in P2, and every school in the district is now a partner school. This allows the program to have a real impact on students since the P2 ideals evolve throughout a student’s whole school career. As a reminder, P2 focuses on 24 character strengths that research has proven to build powerful behaviors and increase our ability to live in a positive-mindset manner. Once a student learns the meaning of each strength and what it looks like, they can then be embedded into the curriculum in every subject area. The character strengths become a part of a common language that we use to build ourselves and each other up every single day. Every Monday morning we will extend homeroom for 15 minutes so that we can have meaningful discussions about each of the character traits and view the outstanding resources that the Positivity Project creators have assembled.

We know that families are eager to partner with our school in increasing your child’s character strengths. By using the character strengths vocabulary and having discussion about the concepts, you will help your child understand each character in themselves and others in a more complete way. You can view the calendar of when we study each trait by clicking here. Look for the Character Trait Summary Card in the Curriculum Night mailing that you will receive soon. That's a great thing to keep on the fridge!

You can view the opening video that we saw in homeroom right here. If you have a few minutes to view it with your child I am sure it will be a great prompt for a discussion about your thoughts on the topic.

I look forward to our journey with P2...it’s what really matters.
We Celebrate Learning!
Beth
Principal - CMS
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Curriculum Night
Please mark your calendars for our Curriculum Night on Thursday, September 27th from 6:30-8:00 pm. The schedule for the evening will be in the mail to you next week...be on the lookout! Please make sure to stop by our library where we will have refreshments. While you are there you can become a PTO member, volunteer for a committee and check out the Scholastic Book Fair. Curriculum Night is for parents and guardians only. We look forward to a terrific year where We Celebrate Learning!

As you can see, our middle school is one busy place! To help you keep track of everything going on, we put all of our daily announcements on the CMS web page for your access. Just click on the announcement tab.

If your child is going to be late or absent you may call the Health Office line at 315.672.3426. There is an answering machine that will take your message during non-school hours.

Important Dates
September 25-27 - Scholastic Book Fair sponsored by PTO
September 27 - Curriculum Night
October 3 - PTO Meeting in the library from 6:00-6:45 pm
October 5 - Wildcat Friday
October 5 - End of 5 Weeks
October 8 - Columbus Day - No School
October 12 - 5 week reports can be viewed in Schooltool