Upcoming Events Feb 11: No School/State Approved Budget Cut Day
Feb 8: Honor Roll/Perfect Attendance Assembly
Feb. 18: No School/President’s Day
Feb 21: Title I Coffee with the Principal @9:00am
Feb 20: Superintendent Parent meeting @6:00pm
Feb 21: SSC Meeting @5:00pm
Feb 21: Parent Community Meeting @6:30pm |
Donations
Parents, we need your help for our upcoming March 27th Staff Appreciation event. We will be offering a Potato Bar during lunch for our teachers. If you would like to provide a topping for the Potato Bar or a cash donation, please contact our Parent Volunteer Ms. Dora Lepe at doralepe@hotmail.com or 510-938-8635. We greatly appreciate your help! |
Caught Being Good School Wide Raffle Encourages students to be safe, responsible, and respectful to all individuals on campus. Raffle drawings occur every Friday. Prizes include movie tickets, school supplies, gift cards (Jamba Juice, ToGo’s, Baskin Robbins, etc.). |
Second Quarter Awards Assembly On February 8th, we will recognize students for Honor Roll (3.0- 3.699) in First Period classes. At the assembly, we will recognize students for Principal’s Honor Roll (3.7- 3.99), Hawks’ 4.0 GPA Award, and Perfect Attendance. We will have a Carnival in the Forum at lunch on the same day to honor all our recipients. |
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact assistant principals Kim Christian (A-L last names) at ext. 62602 or Nancy Bui (M-Z) last names at ext. 62601.
School Office Hours 7:30 – 3:30
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a message from Principal La Rue
Dear Parents and Students,
My staff and I are honored to educate your child. We work hard every single day to ensure that your child is successful. Our goal is to move our API Score of 715 to 750 or higher this school year. Eventually we want our school to be in the 800 club. As we continue to teach your child, the next 50 days are essential in this effort. STAR testing will begin the week of April 29, 2013. You can personally support our efforts by ensuring your child is prepared for school everyday. When your child comes home from school, ask them to demonstrate what they learned. It is also important that your child reads at least three books in the next 50 days. I know if we work together, we can make this goal a reality.
We have seen a reduction in the number of suspensions and behavior problems. All students are understanding the fact we want this school to be successful, therefore we have always maintained a safe learning environment. We also understand there may be incidents at school which disrupt our community. Each of these incidents are expeditiously handled appropriately and consequences are always issued. We have a moral commitment to ensure all students are safe at our school. We are in the process of forming a Safety Committee to ensure we implement positive strategies. If you are interested in being involved in this committee, please let me know.
We will begin to have family events every month to celebrate community and academics. I look forward to working with everyone in our wonderful community to reach our goals and make Cesar Chavez Middle School a place of 21st century learning.
Mr. La Rue |
We have over 50% of our student population on Honor Roll or greater, and 20% of our students have perfect attendance. |
our school mission The mission of Cesar Chavez Middle School is to provide a supportive environment as students’ transition from elementary to high school. All students will be taught, encouraged, and challenged to assume increased responsibility over their learning and behavior through common structures resulting in a decrease in disciplinary actions and an increase in academic achievement. All students will develop skills in critical thinking allowing them to be successful learners in the 21st century. |
Activities at CCMS: Monthly - Student of the Month is Back! At the beginning of every month, check out our bulletin by the Student Window for students who were honored by their teachers.
Athletics at CCMS: 2/7 - Co-ed Soccer informational meeting after school in the main gym.
2/7 - Girls basketball @ Home vs. Bancroft Middle School. 4:00pm
2/12 - Girls basketball @ Home vs. John Muir Middle School. 4:00pm
2/14 - Girls basketball @ Home vs. Washington Manor Middle School. 4:00pm
2/19 - 2/21 - Co-ed Soccer tryouts. On the grass field. 3:00 - 4:30pm
2/21 - Wrestling @ Home vs. Alvarado Middle School
2/26 - Girls basketball @ Canyon Middle School. 4:00pm
2/28 - Girls basketball @ Home vs. KIPP Academy. 4:00pm
Schedule Changes ALL schedule changes must be approved by the school principal. Schedule changes will only be made for students who are in an incorrect class. This may be an elective class change, a change in the level of academic class, or if a student is missing a required class or has a duplicate class. Schedule changes will not be made for students requesting a period change, nor will schedule changes be made for students or parents who are requesting a teacher change.
District News Short-Term Limited Independent Study When your child is not going to be in school for five or more consecutive days, you have the right to request Short-Term Limited Independent Study. Requests should be received at Cesar Chavez Middle no later than five (5) days prior to the first day of your child being absent, and requests cannot be accepted after your child’s absence. A request is then made to your child’s teacher(s) to provide academic assignments for them to complete while they are absent from school. |