Wavelength Newsletter

Rotary will be collecting non-perishable food items for a Thanksgiving food drive in partnership with Charleston Parks Conservancy. Items needed include: stuffing/dressing mix, white rice, soup stock, canned green beans, canned corn, soup stock, and boxed mac and cheese.

Gardening Club Donations: The High School Gardening Club is working to upgrade the existing garden beds. Use the link to sign up to donate. Link

Athletics is having a Family Meal Fundraiser  with pick up the Friday afternoon before Thanksgiving Break. It is $50 with $15 coming back to the Riptide Athletics! Link

PTO Fundraiser Meal Days are back at area restaurants this year. Mark your calendar for MOD PIzza at 1812 Sam Rittenberg Blvd on Thursday, November 21st! Use code MODGIVES25 and they will donate 25% of your bill to CCSMS F3 PTO.

For this week:

Rotary will be collecting non-perishable food items for a food drive. Please see posters around school for more information.

Monday, November 18,  2024

• Scholars should arrive in proper uniform and dress code.
• Scholars should have a backpack and a tightly sealed water bottle with them each day. 
• High school scholars should arrive to first block with their Chromebooks fully charged and their phones and personal electronic devices in their yonder pouches.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

• Scholars should arrive in proper uniform and dress code and their phones and personal electronic devices are to be locked in their yonder pouch during the school day.
• Scholars should have a backpack and a tightly sealed water bottle with them each day. 
• High school and 8th grade scholars should arrive with their chromebooks fully charged.
• Clubs and activities - Please use this form to let us know if you plan to have your scholar stay:
  • MS/HS Sea Perch:                   3:15pm-4:15pm RM 139
  • VEX Robotics:                           3:15pm-4:15pm RM 138
  • HS Cheer Club:                        3:15pm-4:15pm RM 213 
  • National Arts Honor Society:      3:15pm-4:20pm RM 231
  • MS MathCounts:                     3:15pm-4:15pm RM101
  • MS FBLA Club:                        3:15pm-4:15pm RM134B
  • MS BETA Club:                        3:15pm-4:15pm RM 101
  • Dance Team                            3:15pm to 5pm
• After school activity buses will leave at about 4:30 depending on traffic from the regular routes.
• Afternoon academy until 5:45pm for those signed up.

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

• Scholars should arrive in proper uniform and dress code and their phones and personal electronic devices are to be locked in their yonder pouch during the school day.
• Scholars should have a backpack and a tightly sealed water bottle with them each day. 
• High school and 8th grade scholars should arrive with their chromebooks fully charged.
• Afternoon academy until 5:45pm for those signed up.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

• Scholars should arrive in proper uniform and dress code and their phones and personal electronic devices are to be locked in their yonder pouch during the school day.
• Scholars should have a backpack and a tightly sealed water bottle with them each day. 
• High school and 8th grade scholars should arrive with their chromebooks fully charged.
• NO AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS/ACTIVITIES
• NO AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES BUSES on Nov 21.
• Afternoon academy until 5:45pm for those signed up.
• CCSMS Board Meeting at 6pm. 

Friday, November 22, 2024

• Scholars should arrive in proper uniform and dress code and their phones and personal electronic devices are to be locked in their yonder pouch during the school day.
• Scholars should have a backpack and a tightly sealed water bottle with them each day. 
• High school and 8th grade scholars should arrive with their chromebooks fully charged.

Looking ahead:

• November 25-29, No school, Thanksgiving Break (Note - November 25 could become a Weather Makeup Day if needed)

• Calendar for 24-25
• Uniform and Dress Code

• Back to School Info

• Bus Routes

• School Meals and Lunch Info

• Afternoon Academy

• School Supply Lists

• CCSMS Riptide Athletic Website

• Board of Directors Application

Hello CCSMS Families,

We are so amazed with the support of our families for the Thanksgiving Food Drive! Scholars were taking inventory and preparing for the big delivery last Friday! If you still have donations please send them in. We are so THANKFUL to have all of these great activities and community service projects in the works. Please help out where you can with donations or fundraisers at the top of the Wavelength.

Please continue to reach out to your scholar's teachers if you have any questions about progress this school year. We have 4 weeks left of the first semester/quarter 2, please help your scholars stay focused and complete assignments due.  The final day of the Semester is Friday, December 20th. We will start semester 2 when we come back Tuesday, January 7th, so all of Semester 1's work needs to be completed prior to the holiday break in December.

We have a full week of school planned this week.  Please help us keep scholars well rested and focused on ending the semester strong. We hope everyone has a save break the week of November 25th.

Sincerely,

The CCSMS Admin Team

Here are some tips for who it reach out to with questions, ideas, or concerns:

• If you need an individual meeting with your scholar's teacher please reach out to them directly via email to set up a meeting time or a phone call. Teachers should respond within 24 hours during the work week.  We do not expect them to respond in the evening or on the weekends. They will send an introduction email at the beginning of the semester and their email should be in the course syllabus shared at the beginning of the semester.
  
• If you have questions about PowerSchool, bus transportation, or other front office related matters, please email the front office and someone will respond to you.
• If you have general questions about middle school, Mrs. Carter is the Assistant Principal for middle school at CCSMS, and is always happy to help guide you and answer questions.
• If you have general questions about high school, Mr. Thompson is our Assistant Principal for high school and is ready to help support your scholar's success at CCSMS.
  
• Our school counselors are Mrs. Domin for high school and Ms. Manigault is serving our middle school scholars this year with Ms. Nguyen.  They can help with course selection, adjusting to middle school or high school, and other resources your scholar may need to be successful. Mr. Bert Hudnall, our college advisor,  is an experienced and well-respected and will work to assist with developing self-sustaining college counseling programs. 
• If you have questions about your scholar's IEP or 504 plan, Mrs. Cannon can assist you.
• For attendance, records, address/email/phone number updates, Operoo, admissions, and enrollment, please reach out to Mrs. Woolum. 
• Mrs. Frasier, our lead principal, can assist you if an issue is not resolved at the teacher or administrative team level. She handles all of our day to day operations.
• Mrs. Carmichael, our Executive Principal and CEO, can assist  you if you have an issue you need to discuss that impacts the overall functioning of the school.
• If you have an appeal of an administrator decision, there is a formal process to bring that issue to the board. You can reach the board members to start that process.

Some simple ways to get involved:

• • Look for Sign Ups coming in September and we look forward to meeting you at Meet the Teacher Night later this month.
    

  • Join us online on Facebook

  • Link those Harris Teeter cards to our school – our #7617 and add CCSMS to your to your Publix account.

  • Donate backpacks, uniform clothing, tissues, classroom supplies, and gift cards when you can. They can be dropped off in the front office and will be put to use based on the priorities of the day.

This is a reminder to please use the designated drop-off area at the back of the school in the car loop only.