Hello Eagle families,

*We continue with STAAR over the next 2 weeks. Please read the new STAAR update for CRMS carefully--it is different for each grade level on each of the four remaining testing days.

We need your help! We are asking all families to do the following 2 things now. It only takes a few minutes to get both things done:

1. Renew your mLISD device for next year. If you do not do this by May 21st, your child will have to turn in their device before school is over, and then be reissued the device after school starts next year. It only takes a minute to renew it now and then your child can keep it over the summer and be ready to start next school year. This includes 8th graders! 8th graders who renew, will be issued their new device for HS during the last week at CRMS so they are ready to start next year at VHS without any technology delays. Click HERE to sign-up and pay the 2021-2022 mLISD fee

2. To provide accurate staffing, classrooms, and resources for our students, we are asking all of our families to log-in now to verify their registration information for next year. If you are a current student, it only takes a few minutes to log-in and confirm your information is up-to-date, so please sign your students up today! Registration is now open for ALL new and returning students.

As we finish this year and start to prepare for next year, we appreciate your help with getting these 2 steps completed today. There are more details for your reference below.

In case you missed it on social media, check out our CRMS Super School Visit as we highlighted some of our amazing programs on campus. We didn’t have time to show off all of our great classes, but our Eagles are soaring to success in all programs including CTE, Fine Arts, Athletics and core classes! So proud of all you have continued to accomplish this year!

Thank you so much to the PTA and all the CRMS families who donated this week for our Teacher Appreciation celebration! It was a great treat for our teachers and we are grateful!

*And don't forget our 2-hour Early Release again this Wednesday, May 12th.

Go Eagles!

Wendy Sturdevant

Eagle News: May 6th

Instagram: Canyon_Ridge_MS

Twitter: @Sturdevant_CRMS

Leander ISD Information for 2021-22 School year

As we finish this year and start to prepare for next year, we have 2 steps we need your help with:

1. New and Current Student Registration for 2021-22 is Now Open!

To provide accurate staffing, classrooms, and resources for our students, we are asking our families to register earlier than usual this year, and we need your help! Registration is now open for ALL new and returning students. It only takes a few minutes to complete, so please sign your students up today!

We also need help spreading the word with your friends and neighbors, as you are our greatest advocates! Please share the news in passing, playing at the park, on social media, HOA meetings, and newsletters -- in any way you can think of to make sure we have what we need for each of our kids next year. Thank you for your help with this endeavor!

For important information regarding next year, click here.

For specific information about 3- and 4-year-old PreK, click here.

2. mLISD:

The payment window is now open for families to secure their students’ district-provided laptops. If payment is made by Friday May 21st, they will be able to keep their laptops over the summer for no additional charge. Devices will be collected the last week of school if payment is not made by the due date.

The Ed Pay Portal is open for students to pay the support fee of $70.00 ($35.00 for students on free and reduced lunch). Scholarship opportunities are available, please contact your counselor for more information.

Click HERE to sign-up and pay the 2021-2022 mLISD fee and your child will receive their device during their grade level roll out.

For more information on mLISD please click HERE. Please contact your grade-level counselor for information regarding scholarship availability.

Attention Parents & Students:

On Tuesday May 25th, we will be hosting our End of Year 7th Grade Athletic Awards & Celebration. All 7th Grade Students that participated in a CRMS sport are invited to attend. The event will be during First Period (8:10 AM - 9:30 AM). Teachers have been informed that students not in First Period Athletics will miss their First Period Class to attend the event.

On Wednesday May 26th, we will be hosting our End of Year 8th Grade Athletic Awards & Celebration. All 8th Grade Students that participated in a CRMS sport are invited to attend. The event will be during Eighth Period (2:00 PM to 3:20 PM). Teachers have been informed that students not in Eighth Period Athletics will miss their Eighth Period Class to attend the event.

We will be live streaming our Awards Ceremony for Parents that would like to watch. Here is the link.

Contact Coach Simmons or Coach Edwards if you have questions.

Interested in joining the 2021-2022 Vision Dance Company? Vision will hold their first ever Spring audition on Tuesday, May 11th from 5-7pm in the VHS Dance Gym. Current 8th - 11th graders are eligible. Email Vision Dance Director, Katie Hopkins for more information and to sign up.

Virtual students should return their borrowed art supplies next week (May 10-14th) to the front office between 7:40am-4:00pm. Mrs. Blevins will also be helping with curbside on Tuesday from 10:30am-11:30am in the bus lane. Students who will be on campus for testing may drop their supplies at the front office or bring them by the art room- it would be great to see you!

Please reference photos for what should be returned from each kit.

If you have supply questions please email Mrs. Bleivns.

END OF THE YEAR AT CRMS LIBRARY

5/10 Last day for book checkouts/deliveries (no deliveries after 5/10)

5/14 All books due!

5/19 Library Accounts should be clear; all missing books can be paid for in the Webstore

Helpful links:

How to check your account (and place books on hold!)

Pay for lost books in the webstore

See more details on the CRMS Library website

Thank you for helping us get all library books home! We appreciate your help as we seek to be good stewards of our valuable, shared library resources for all students.

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SUMMER READING CHECKOUTS WITH CRMS LIBRARY

Students are invited to borrow up to 10 books over the summer from the CRMS Library for their reading pleasure. Clear library accounts and parent form required. Online form and requests due by May 27

Click the parent form and summer book information details below:

Current 5th graders advancing to CRMS

Current 6-8th graders at CRMS

Wait for a confirmation email for pick-up of your requested books. Summer Reading book pick-ups will take place curbside at the MAIN FRONT ENTRANCE (9:30-11:30 AM) on the following dates:

June 3 For current CRMS students

June 4 For incoming CRMS students (current 5th graders)

Please reach out to Mrs. Illingworth with questions at maryvirginia.illingw@leanderisd.org

Our talented CRMS theater students made a virtual spring show of Romeo and Juliet with a southern twist set in Verona, Texas. Check it out on YouTube now!

As the end of the 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

It's time to plan for 8th Grade End-of-the-Year Events. Mark your Calendars now so you don't miss out on any events as we prepare for your transition to Vandegrift HS Viper!

Viper Camp, Thursday, April 22nd

• Thank you to Vandegrift HS for hosting our 8th graders this year and introducing them to life as a Viper for next year!
• If you chose to participate virtually, VHS is getting that link out as soon as possible.

8th Grade Celebration Video

We want to create a celebratory video for all our 8th grade students. Submit your baby picture now to be part of the 8th grade End-of-the-Year celebration video. Parents, please fill out this form to submit a picture by April 30th.

8th Grade Academic Award Drive-thru Ceremony, Monday May 24th, 5:30-7:00

• We will have a drive-thru pick-up for for certificates and awards.
  
• Will include an optional outdoor photo-op for 8th graders receiving recognitions.
  
• More information to come in early May.

8th Grade End-of-the-year Celebration, Thursday, May 27th

• On the last day of school, we will have a 1/2 day early release and we want to have some fun for our 8th graders as we celebrate their last day of Middle School.
• We will be continuing with COVID protocols in an outdoor event here at CRMS.
• Virtual students will have the choice to attend in-person.
• More information to come in May.

The below dates are available for LISD secondary students (entering grades 6-12) who wish to be tested for LISD QUEST-GT services. Contact your grade level counselor for registration information.

•Thursday, July 8 at Leander Extended Opportunity Center

•Thursday, July 15 at Four Points Middle School

•Thursday, July 29 at Running Brushy Middle School

Huge thank you to our PTA and CRMS community for such a successful Book Fair event! PTA parent Lori Thompson spearheaded this fearless endeavor under extraordinary circumstances and brought together an amazing team of PTA parents and HS student volunteers. Her team dispersed over 250 books into our CRMS community and created a much-needed fun event for our families missing Book Fair. Your Librarian is deeply grateful for the book donations we received for teacher and student rewards and literacy initiatives. Thank you to all for supporting reading and your CRMS Library through the CRMS Book Fair!

CRMS Marketplace: Our entrepreneurship class has been hard at work in creating products and we would like your feedback on their products! Parents, students and community are invited to check out the products and provide a review so our students can continue to learn from this awesome experience!

• Click on the website

• Review the products and leave a customer review/feedback. Once on the product page, click on the product and then type in a customer review.

Secondary Social Studies is currently seeking community feedback on new materials for AP Human Geography and AP World History. The community may provide feedback at this website and may view the physical texts at the Administration Building and Vandegrift High School. Teachers are also providing their input through the end of the month. Contact Kip Harmon with questions.

2020-21 Yearbooks are available for sale NOW! Don't wait to pre order your yearbook for this extraordinary and unforgettable year! Yearbooks are now $45. There is a limited supply, so order yours today! Click here to order.

Did you miss out on purchasing a CRMS yearbook from last year? We still have some yearbooks available that will be sold for a discounted price of $30. If you'd like to purchase last year's yearbook, please visit the front office at CRMS with $30 exact cash or check. Books will be sold on a first come, first served basis.

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 has recently been 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!

Update! No Library curbside service next week due to campus testing. Last Curbside pick-up for the school year will be May 4 to get all books back for EOY Inventory.

Grab & Go Library Curbside hours have been updated:

Tuesdays 10:30-11:30am

Wednesdays 4:00-5:00pm

See the CRMS Library website for all the details and MORE on how to get books from your CRMS Library at curbside or on-campus! Thank you for checking at home and returning all library books during curbside hours or on the cart in the hallway outside the CRMS Library!

As we approach Soccer season, I wanted to give you an update on LISD Spectator Guidelines. LISD has lifted the two spectators per student limitation. However, we are now currently under a 50% capacity rule for the CRMS Stadium. Our CRMS Administrators will monitor the capacity in the stadium. All spectators are required to wear a mask and practice social distancing. Please be willing to leave the stadium after your student is done competing to allow other parents to attend.

To ensure you have the most accurate and up to date information on our sports schedules, please visit the Athletics Website.

• Here is the Leander ISD General Spectator information for all Leander ISD athletic events.

• Everyone entering the stadium/gyms will be required to wear a face mask the entire time they are at the school event.

• You will be asked health screener questions when you arrive and must be completed by each person attending. If you have symptoms, please do not attend.

• Stadium and gyms will have reduced, limited capacity and we will not be able to allow anyone to enter when at capacity.

• Seating will be marked off on bleachers for social distancing. Please do NOT sit on the blue tape.

• We ask that when your child’s game is over, please leave the stadium/gym, so that we can let in more families for the following games.
  

• MS game tickets will be sold at the gate of each event. No presale tickets for MS events.

• Limited passes will be accepted.

• No student athlete passes will be allowed.

• Concession stands will be open with prepackaged food items and drinks for sale.

• Hand sanitizer stations will be provided and restrooms will be open. Water fountains will not be available.

**Please note that we will no longer be using the Student Google Form due to a district-wide switch to this new screener app.**

Leander ISD has licensed a NEW Frontline Health Portal to provide you with a convenient way to complete your child’s COVID-19 self-screen prior to arriving at school every day. You may download the Frontline App, or use the attached QR Code to register and login to your portal.

• Please review the directions below for setting up your portal to register and create a Frontline account. You may do this through the Frontline Health Portal app or through the web address, Click Here.

(It is recommended you use a desktop computer to register, once registered the Frontline Health App and QR code will work with ease)

• Use the primary email that you provided to the district and confirm the Portal Terms of Use.

• You will receive an email with a temporary password and a link to confirm your account.

• You will need your child’s Student ID # to add your child to the account

Important Note: All children in a family can be added to the same exact account. As well as families that have multiple homes, both parents can create an account for their child with their own email.

If you are having technical difficulties, there are two ways to receive technical support: 1) Call the Help Desk or 2) Enter a Technology Help Ticket:

1. How do I contact the Help Desk?

Call: 512-570-0566
Help Desk Hours: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. M-F

2. Technology Help Ticket: http://servicemanager.leanderisd.org/

Thank you for your assistance with the required daily screener!

***DO NOT REGISTER IF YOUR CHILD IS STILL VIRTUAL, THIS IS ONLY FOR IN-PERSON STUDENTS***

If anyone in your household tests positive for COVID, please notify Mrs. Sturdevant or our school nurse, Rachael Kristoff, immediately. Also, since we are in between holiday breaks, if your child is in-person & was with someone over the holiday break that has now tested positive for COVID, you must notify the nurse of the exposure. We are doing our best to properly contact trace & keep all of our students & staff safe.

We encourage our families and staff to do their part to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

By coming to school, you are attesting that you confidently answered “NO” to ALL of the questions related to COVID-19 symptoms and have a very low risk of carrying or spreading COVID-19. If you answered “YES” to ANY of the questions, you are to stay home. All screening information will be kept confidential by the campus administration and the campus nurse.

Students experiencing ANY of the symptoms from the list, in a way that is not normal for the student, MUST REMAIN AT HOME and a parent/guardian should email the CRMS Attendance Clerk (CRMSAttendance@leanderisd.org) and provide the student’s Full Legal Name, Student ID Number, date and reason for absence.

***Students who are required to stay home due to COVID-19 related symptoms can still access learning virtually if they feel well enough to attend virtual classes.

@AusPublicHealth is offering risk guidance for gatherings to help keep #1LISD healthy & safe. With the recent surge in COVID cases in central Texas, we're especially mindful of how the pandemic continues to affect our community and potentially our schools. Our most important goal is keeping our campuses open so that our students can learn and our families can thrive. We can't do it alone. Please do your part to celebrate safely during the holidays so that we can support and safeguard our teachers, students and students.

To minimize the spread of COVID-19 and ensure everyone has a safe and healthy holiday season, Austin Public Health is offering risk guidance for gatherings. En Espanol

Many have generously reached out and asked how you can donate or support the teachers/school during this time.

If you are wanting to donate and unsure how, we will gladly accept donations of bottled water, paper towels, hand sanitizer or Clorox wipes on campus.

Please note: there are COVID EPA requirements on certain products so please check those before purchasing. As long as the item meets the those requirements, is sealed and brand new, we can accept deliveries of donations during office hours on campus.

As the upcoming school year takes shape, we want to ensure the information families need to make important decisions is easy to access in our Launch to Learning 2020-21 guides.

• COVID-19 Health Response

• Teaching and Learning Guide

• Special Programs Guide

We know that our community still has questions, so we’ve worked hard at cultivating an expansive, updated FAQ section of the Launch to Learning site. The latest additions will be highlighted green for a few days and then moved into a queue under the appropriate heading.

AP/Counselor by grade-level:

• 6th: Cassandra Ricks/Shirley Dean
• 7th: Mandi Vogel/Staci Cote
• 8th: Monica Diaz Carle/Lauren Gripentrog

Instagram: Canyon_Ridge_MS

Email: wendy.sturdevant@leanderisd.org
Website: https://crms.leanderisd.org/
Phone: 512-570-3500
Twitter: @Sturdevant_CRMS

It is time for the basketball and volleyball intramural club this year! The basketball intramural club starts on April 5, 2021. The club will be held in the small gym from 3:30-5:00. The information/permission form can be found on the club website. There is also a sign up sheet there as well. The dates of the club meetings are all listed on the permission form. Please print the permission slip and bring it with you on the first day.

Everyone is invited to join the club and come have fun learning and playing basketball with Coach Waddell. If you have any questions please feel free to email: Luke.Waddell@leanderisd.org

The volleyball intramural club will start April 29, 2021. The club will meet in the small gym from 3:30-5:00. Although there are three days that we will meet on early release days from 1:30-3:00. The permission slip and information sheet are on the club website. There is also a sign up sheet there as well. All of the meeting dates and times are listed on the permission/information sheet. Please print the permission slip and bring it with you the first day.

Everyone is invited to join the club and come have fun learning and playing volleyball with Coach Edwards. If you have any questions please feel free to email: Brenda.Edwards@leanderisd.org

NJHS Book Drive

April 19th-30th

Drop new or gently used books at the front office.

You can donate books for kids up to 12 years old, they can be Bi-lingual Spanish, Braille and less common languages.

They will be donated to Bookspring Austin, that distributes at clinics, elementary schools, and other nonprofits working directly with children and families for children up to 12.

If you have any questions please contact abigail.mack54@k12.leanderisd.org.

Spring pictures will take place at CRMS on Thursday, April 29th. Pre-orders are required. No walk-up orders will be processed. Order online now!

• In-person students will be available during lunches on the cafeteria stage.

• Virtual students will be outside at the bus lane from 11:30 - 12:30 "first come first serve" style.