Hello Eagles!

We hope you are still enjoying your break, relaxing, having fun and staying safe in the heat this summer.

We are so excited to welcome our 6th graders and new-to-district 7th & 8th graders to Canyon Ridge at Eagle Camp on August 10th! We are looking forward to visiting with all of our families at our back-to-school webinar on August 8th and Open House on August 11th. Below is some important information to help you prepare for the upcoming events and your student’s return to school. We are also providing you a reminder from the district about the Off-Campus PE application window that is scheduled to close this Thursday (7/28).

Interested in supporting CRMS and getting paid to be here?!?! We are looking for 2 more community members to join our CRMS team as Instructional Assistants. It is a great position that doesn’t require teacher certification or a specific college degree where you can support students and teachers, get paid, have benefits, and follow the school calendar to be off during holidays with your children. Email Wendy Sturdevant for more information today!

Attention CRMS families: LISD has extended the deadline for Off Campus PE (OCPE) from July 21-July 28 for middle school students only. All applications are due no later than July 28th at 4pm. No late applications will be accepted.

Please email applications directly to sabrina.anderson@leanderisd.org. OCPE information, including the application, can be found on the CRMS counseling website here: https://bit.ly/3omLBzs

Eagle Camp Webinar for ALL parents (Grades 6 - 8), August 8th at 6:00 p.m.:

Link (Passcode: 646397)

We invite all CRMS 6th-8th grade families to join us for a back-to-school online webinar to discuss CRMS processes as we welcome all students back for in-person learning. We will be addressing our new bell schedule, school safety, campus procedures such as cell phones, traffic patterns for drop-off/pick-up, etc. The online meeting will include both campus Administrators & Counselors and allow for Q&A.

Note: If you are unable to attend the zoom, we will also record and post this webinar for all CRMS families to reference.

Eagle Camp for 6th graders and NEW to CRMS students, August 10th, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Please complete this 6th grade & New Student RSVP/required registration to attend.

6th grade & new students will be dropped off by parents to tour the campus, engage in fun activities, and learn all about CRMS and our traditions. Masks are encouraged, but optional for students and staff. Please enter the campus at the main driveway entrance (bottom of Country Trails) and follow the drop-off route provided for students to enter the cafeteria entrance.

Open House for 6th-8th grades, Thusday, August 11 from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

This year, we will continue to offer our virtual Open House option and also return back to having an in-person “meet & greet” opportunity.

On the afternoon of Thursday, August 11th, we will post student class schedules online in the Home Access Center (HAC). Additionally, we will send out our virtual Open House individual teacher videos, as well as the recorded CRMS webinar link.

From 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., we will open the building for families to engage in a come and go “meet and greet” with teachers and walk their student’s schedule. There will be no formal meetings or presentations during the in-person Open House since all of this will be shared with you virtually. This “meet & greet” time will be an opportunity to come to campus at your convenience anytime between 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., introduce yourselves to teachers, and walk your student’s schedule.

Virtual Open House for 6th-8th graders, Tuesday, August 23rd: The school district has released a second possible Open House date for middle schools; however, since CRMS will be opening the building for all families prior to school starting on August 11th, we will only have the virtual Open House available on August 23rd and will not be opening the building to families.

We look forward to answering your questions on August 8th, and then seeing 6th graders and new-to-district 7th & 8th graders at Eagle Camp on August 10th and all families at Open House on August 11th. We are very excited for the school year to begin, and we can’t wait to get to know our students. Go Eagles!!!

We need your help with returning student enrollment! If your student(s) attended a #1LISD campus for the 2021-22 and they will be in school with us again this year, please fill out your returning student enrollment form on the Home Access Center. This article details the how-to's and FAQs: https://bit.ly/3PYmFKx

Leander ISD Board of Trustees approved a revised bell schedule that will impact the 2022-23 school year. During the June 13 Board meeting, members voted to place Bus Route Redesign and Bell Schedule on the June 23 agenda. During the meeting, Board members voted to amend the recommendation, approving the following start times:

• Elementary – 7:30 am to 2:45 pm (shifts 10 min earlier)
• HIGH School – 8:15 am to 3:35 pm (shifts 25 min earlier)
• MIDDLE School – 9:05 am to 4:20 pm (shifts 55 min later)

*District Calendar linked below

As the start of the new school year is fast approaching, I wanted to remind you that the State of Texas requires all students to receive a Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis booster (Tdap) and a Meningococcal Vaccine (MCV4) prior to the start of 7th grade. Many times, these immunizations are given at your student's well-visit with their doctor. Please review your student's immunization record and submit an updated copy to the school nurse (Rachael Kristoff). You may contact her by email or by phone for any questions. Please reference the Texas Department of State Health Services for Students for additional information.

Thank you,

Rachael Kristoff RN, BSN

Canyon Ridge Middle School Nurse

512-570-3507

512-570-9258 confidential eFax

Bus Routes & Bus Stops

2022-23 Bus Route Information will be available after Friday, August 5, 2022. To maximize efficiencies and ensure students arrive at their respective campuses safely and on time, bus stops will be located on main roads and centralized, near neighborhood parks, pools, mailboxes and campuses, wherever feasible. This will potentially reduce the number of bus-stops in a sub-division from prior years, reduce the number of miles on each route and the time it takes to run the route.

Get Ready for Smart-Tag

After a successful pilot roll-out at several LISD Campuses, Smart-Tag will roll out district-wide for the 2022-23 School Year. This system provides real-time route information to drivers, campuses, and families letting them know where the bus is, approximate arrival time, if a student loaded the bus and also ensures they do not get on the wrong bus or off at the wrong stop. Find out more information here. And you can get a jump start and pre-register with Smart-Tag.

Who likes easy dinners? Stock your freezer and help Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA support teachers and students at the same time. If you haven't tried their meals, they are awesome and now is your chance. For $50, you get to choose 3 prepared meals that you can put straight into your oven or freezer for later. You choose the meals, they prepare and freeze them, and pick up is at CRMS Thursday, August 11th at 6pm. Easy! Please place your order at dreamdinners.com/session/935013.

The order deadline is 6:00 PM on Sunday, August 7th.

When:

Thursday, August 18

Friday, August 19

Monday, August 22

7th Grade: 7am - 8:45am

8th Grade: 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Who: Incoming 7th and 8th grade students interested in playing volleyball

Requirements to tryout:

1. Athlete must have a physical on file with Coach Edwards prior to tryouts

2. All Rank One Online Forms must be completed

3. Complete the signup form

4. Look at the schedule to determine if you are able to make all tournaments and games

5. Print and sign Commitment Form - give to Coach Dunn prior to tryouts

A parent meeting will be held for all parents of the student athletes that make the 2022 Volleyball teams on Tuesday, August 23 @ 6pm. This is an extremely important meeting for parents, as they will have the opportunity to purchase game day meals, game day shirts and additional athletic clothes. As well as hear from the coaches as they discuss the ins and outs of the season. This meeting will be a webinar and the link to join will be emailed to parents of those athletes making the teams.

Is your child interested in joining our District Championship Cross Country team? There will be a mandatory meeting on Friday, August 19th at 8:00 AM in the Small Gym for athletes interested in joining the team. This meeting is for student-athletes only. There will be a webinar on August 24th at 6:00 PM during which Coach Edwards and Coach Lichtenberger will share the details of our Cross Country program with parents. All runners will need an updated physical turned in to the coaching office on, or before, the first practice (Monday, August 22nd). Please email Coach Edwards or Coach Lichtenberger with any questions.

Information was already sent directly to all students enrolled in 7th and 8th grade Athletics for Football. Please email Coach Simmons with any questions.

Beginning last school year, all tickets for all high school and middle school athletic events hosted at LISD facilities will be sold online only. There will be NO cash sales at the gate.

Tickets can be purchased through link on the athletics webpage:

https://www.leanderisd.org/athletics_ticketspasses/

Turn your sound on and please watch this video from CRMS students!

*Randall's will donate to CRMS PTA if you select us as your Good Neighbor Program just because you shop there! Complete this form and then e-mail to good.neighbor@randalls.com or take to any store customer service location..

*Did you know you can buy all your Amazon purchases through Amazon Smile, and they will donate to our PTA all year long?!?! It doesn’t cost you anything and you order the same way. Just set up your Amazon Smile profile to donate to PTA Texas Congress Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA.

*CRMS PTA: If you have not yet, please consider joining the CRMS PTA. Memberships start as low as $10.

*SPIRIT WEAR: Spirit Wear is restocked. Porch pickup is very close to CRMS.

Be sure to follow Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA on Facebook and join the Facebook group for your child's grade level. Thank you for your time and all of your support for our Eagles!

AP/Counselor by grade-level for 2022-2023:

• 6th: Leah Cox / Staci Cote
• 7th: A-K Leah Cox & L-Z Cassandra Ricks / Sabrina Anderson
• 8th: Cassandra Ricks / Katie Young

Email: Wendy.Sturdevant@leanderisd.orgg
Website: crms.leanderisd.org
Location: Canyon Ridge Middle School, Country Trails Lane, Austin, TX, USA
Phone: 512-570-3500
Twitter: @Sturdevant_CRMS