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We've made it - It's the Last week of school!

*Reminder: The Last day of school is this Friday, 5/24/24 and it is a half-day for students so middle school will release at 1:05pm. Due to last day activities, if you plan to pick up your student early before 1:05pm dismissal on Friday, the last time for early pick-up will be at 12:20 so please plan accordingly. If someone other than a parent/guardian who is listed in HAC is picking up your child on the last day of school this Friday, you must email the CRMS registrar no later than 4:20pm this Wednesday (5/22/24) to add the person to the emergency contact list in HAC.

Important information about the last day of school at CRMS this Friday (5/24/24):

• Half-day early dismissal at 1:05pm for MS.
• We will NOT be taking early dismissal requests by phone or note on Friday, 5/24. A parent/guardian must come inside with a photo ID prior to 12:20. All students will be participating in fun, last-day-of-school activity rotations and will be difficult to locate in a timely manner, so please plan accordingly.
• Bus permits will NOT be provided on Friday, 5/24. Buses will only transport assigned students home.
  
• We encourage ALL students to bring as few items to school as possible on Friday. No laptops, school supplies, etc.
• Students should ONLY bring a small drawstring backpack or almost empty school backpack. They should ONLY bring a water bottle, snack if they want, hat/sunscreen, yearbooks & a pen. Please put your name inside your yearbook before arriving. And remember NO Sharpies are allowed at school.
• Lunch will not be served, so students may want to bring a snack. There will be a grab & go lunch available from the cafeteria for any students who want/need a lunch to take with them before leaving school for the day.
• We also encourage refillable water bottles and sunscreen/hats as some activities will be outdoors.

*Don't forget to take care of your timely and important to-do list items that must be done NOW for next year! School supply pack prices go up tomorrow. And I know these deadlines seem early but all of these tasks help us make sure we have staffing, bus routes and devices better prepared for students on the first day of school!

*All Library Books need to be turned in as soon as possible before summer.

Go Eagles!

Wendy Sturdevant

Please view your child's HAC courses for accuracy. If there is a mistake or you would like to make a change, please utilize the appropriate grade level google form on our counseling website. Changes to course requests will be allowed until noon on May 24, 2024. No action needed if courses are correct. We hope you all have a great summer and look forward to our 2024/2025 school year!

How to view your course requests:

Log-in to Home Access Center → Select ‘Classes’ → Select the ‘Schedule’ tab.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see 2024/2025 Course Requests.

Notes:

• This is not a course schedule. These are student requests and are in no particular order.

• Course requests are a yearlong commitment. No changes to courses will be accepted after May 24th at noon.
  

• Due to scheduling constraints, some specific class combinations may not always be available. Additionally, the availability of specific classes will be dependent on student interest and master schedule considerations.
  

• Home Access viewing of course requests will be viewable through May 24th and then closed until schedules are live in August.

CRMS families, if your child is proficient in a language and would like to pursue testing opportunities to earn high school credit for this language, please contact your school counselor for information on summer 2024 testing. Summer AAPPL testing will be held on May 28th at Wiley Middle School from 9am-1pm. The deadline to register for summer testing is May 22nd at noon. Testing is open to all grade levels, but recommended for current 7/8 graders.

Dear Parents/Guardians:

All medication and diabetic supplies that have been left in the clinic for your student, need to be picked up no later than May 24, 2024. Only students who have permission to self-carry their emergency medications, will be allowed to bring their medication home. All other students will not be able to pick up medications under any circumstances. They must be picked up by a parent or guardian. The district does not allow medication to be stored in the clinic over the summer, so all medications not picked up by 12:00 pm on May 24, 2024, will be disposed of properly.

If you need a copy of your student’s immunization record for summer camps, please email student.records@leanderisd.org.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Have a great summer.

Rachael Kristoff RN, BSN

Order 2024 CRMS School Supply Packs Online NOW until Tuesday, May 21, 2024

• Enter the school ID: CAN091 (3 letters /3 numbers)

• Supplies will be distributed to students during the first week of school.
• Prices increase $5 on May 22, 2024
• Final deadline to purchase is June 16, 2024.

• School supply pack informational video

If you choose to not buy a packaged school supply pack, here is the 2024/25 CRMS School Supply List for the start of the school-year.

Sign-up & pay now to keep your device over the summer and be prepared to start the school year on day 1. For any payments received after these deadlines, students will receive their devices on the first week of school in August 2024:

*8th graders who pay by MIDNIGHT on May 20, 2024 will turn in their old devices and get a brand NEW device the last week of 8th grade to have their new HS device before summer!

*6th/7th graders who pay by MIDNIGHT on May 21, 2024 will get to keep their device over the summer for next year.

LEANDER ISD's goal is to provide students with increased access to digital content, resources, and devices to support anytime/anywhere learning. Leander Mobile Learning Initiative (mLISD) has been specifically created to make the best use of our resources in order to support student engagement in learning.

High School Students: $60.00 per year

Middle School Students: $40.00 per year

A non-refundable security deposit is required to participate in this program. Sign up and pay for your student's 2024-2025 non-refundable security deposit now. All incoming 6th grade students who pay, will be issued their device at the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year. Students who qualify for Free and Reduced meals will not need to pay the annual deposit but will need to turn in a signed acceptance form or register through EdPay. Click on this website: mLISD Information and Payment Website for more information and to pay the security deposit.

Hardship Scholarship opportunities are available. Please contact your child’s counselor or send an email to mlisd@leanderisd.org for more information. Please include the following information in your email:

• The student’s name

• Campus

• Student ID number

• Parent phone number

Click here for more information regarding scholarships.

mLISD Quick View Information Brochure -English

mLISD Quick View Information Brochure -Spanish

CRMS Library Reading Challenges, Resources, and More Newsletter

• Summer Reading Bookmark Challenge
• Watch Beanstack for a variety of reading challenges from May through August

• Summer Library Books

• GraphicDesignOpportunity

• Video/PodcastingOpportunity

• PhotoContestOpportunity
  

• Maker Day - Friday, May 17th

• Issues with Lost Library Books

• Next Year in the Library

Online yearbooks are sold out (deadline was 5/10/24). We anticipate that will have somewhere between 10 and 20 books available for sale. That is assuming that none of the pre-ordered books are damaged. We are still sorting through the boxes of books to check for damages. So far, only one book had damage to the cover. If books are damaged, we will have to replace them with the extra copies that Jostens sent us, thus depleting the number of books still available to sell for cash.

Update! Any remaining books will be sold on a first come first serve basis based on waitlist. Jostens has now created an online waitlist so that no one has to stand in a line outside at CRMS. Sign-up for waitlist online here.

• CRMS 2024 Back-to-school Information Webinar: August 1, 2024, 6:00pm, Zoom link ( Passcode: Eagles!)

• Eagle Camp for Incoming 6th grade students (and new to CRMS students): August 7, 2024, 9:00am-11:30am.
• Open House for 6th-8th grades: August 8, 2024, 6:00-7:30pm

In an effort to enhance security, safety of our students and staff and to improve the efficiency of our routes, for the 2024-25 school year, all eligible bus riders – new and returning – will be required to register for transportation if they wish to utilize transportation to and/or from school. In the past, routes for general education students were created based on eligible riders. Going forward routes will be created based on actual riders.

To guarantee transportation on the first day of the 2024–2025 school year, bus registration must be received by Friday, June 14. Registrations received after this date will be processed as soon as possible in the order in which they were received.

Improvements

• Reduce overcrowding on buses
  This change will enable the Transportation department to more quickly identify when a bus is approaching its maximum seating capacity
  
• More accurate bus stops
  By switching from eligible riders to actual riders, the Transportation department can set bus stops based on a more accurate bus route roster.
  
• Improved security
  Through this registration process, bus drivers will more quickly be able to ensure only approved riders are on the bus.

Read more from Leander ISD Transportation here

Note: Routes for special education students will continue to be created for eligible actual riders. Once deemed eligible by the student’s ARD committee, parents will use the registration form to notify the Transportation department that their student intends to utilize special education transportation services.

Please fill out LISD withdrawal paperwork and return to the CRMS Registrar. The registrar will assist with the transfer of records and make arrangements to collect any outstanding items that are checked out from LISD . Please contact the CRMS Registrar Office at 512-570-3515 with any questions.

State Required Immunizations for Students in 7th Grade during the 24-25 School Year

Dear Parents/Guardians,

In order to be compliant under Texas Administrative Code regarding immunizations, an updated immunization record is required for your incoming 7th grade child. The updated immunization record must include the required Tdap booster and 1 quadrivalent Meningococcal vaccine (after the age of 11). To avoid exclusion, your child’s campus nurse must receive the updated record prior to the first day of school. Please visit the Texas Department of State Health Services website to view a full list of K-12 immunization requirements.

If you are unsure whether your child has received these required immunizations, please contact your physician. You may request a copy of your child’s immunization records by emailing student.records@leanderisd.org.

We hope this early communication prevents missed instructional days in your child’s upcoming 7th grade school year. Please contact Rachael Kristoff at Canyon Ridge Middle School should you have any questions regarding state required immunizations.

Thank you,

Rachael Kristoff RN, BSN

Canyon Ridge Middle School Nurse
512-570-3507
512-570-9258 confidential eFax

Starting May 8, 2024 is when families need to complete enrollment verification for returning students – specifically, students who attended a Leander ISD campus in the 2023–24 school year and plan to return for the 2024–25 school year. By verifying your student’s enrollment for the upcoming year, this helps our team hire enough high-quality staff.

Here’s how!

• Log onto Home Access Center (HAC).
• Click on the Registration Icon
• Click on the Update Enrollment Tab
• Click on Start

Parents or guardians will need to complete the registration for each student on your HAC account.

For additional information check out our registration access guide. Using the Chrome browser will provide the HAC user the best experience.

During our course registration parent meetings and student information sessions, we shared with you that the Leander ISD Off Campus PE (OCPE) guidelines for 2024-25 were revised. At this time, those updates will be postponed and the OCPE program will continue without the removal of recommended activities. To access OCPE guidelines and application, please visit the Leander ISD OCPE website. All off-campus PE student applications for the 2024–25 school year must be submitted via OCPE Form no later than 4 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2024.

If OCPE impacts your CRMS Course requests for the upcoming school year, please apply according to the Leander ISD OCPE guidelines page linked above AND utilize the course change form located on the CRMS Counseling website. The last day for CRMS course change requests is May 24, 2024 at 12pm. Please contact your grade-level counselor if you have any questions about this process.

The May Special Programs & Services Newsletter contains information about the Special Programs Parent Advisory Council, Summer Break Tips, Transition to Adulthood, and Community Events.

Special Programs Spring Family Workshops Save-the-Dates

Learn about upcoming family events, 2024 Summer Camp Guide for students and adults with special needs, social studies at home activities, and community resources.

Students who rely on school meals during the academic year will receive meals during the summer, as well. Meals will be served Monday through Friday, June 3-28 and July 8-26 (not available for the week of July 4th) at Giddens ES, Cedar Park MS, and Leander MS. For further details including the Summer Food Service Program, service dates and times, and Child Nutrition Services events, please review the Summer Meal Service attachment.

Check out the Summer Camp dates at both CRMS and VHS now!

Registration starts May 1st - May 30th:

• 2024 Canyon Ridge Middle School Co-Ed Track and Field Camp, 4th-8th Grades
• 2024 CRMS Sports and Games Camp Co-Ed, 3rd-5th Graders
• 2024 CRMS Sports and Games Camp Co-Ed, 6th - 8th Graders
• 2024 Canyon Ridge Middle School Get Ready for Volleyball Tryouts 7th and 8th Girls

During its consent agenda, Trustees approved the 2024–25 academic calendar, closing out a months long process of community feedback.

Key features of the calendar include:

• First day of school is Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024, the same week as in 2023–24
• Last day of school is Friday, May 23, 2025, maintaining an end date before Memorial Day
• Preserves two dedicated teacher workdays incorporated into the schedule before school starts
• Student early release days for teacher work time: Dec. 20 and May 23
• Continuous Improvement Conference: Nov. 4–5, aligning with Tuesday’s student holiday for Election Day.
• Spring Break: March 17–21, aligning with Austin Community College
• Staff development days during the school year will balance new learning with teacher planning and collaboration time: Sept. 23, Oct. 7, Jan. 6, Feb. 17, March 24 and April 21

Randall's has agreed to add CRMS to the Good Neighbor Support program and it is SO easy! Email below, then do your regular shopping and Randall's will donate back to the CRMS PTA.

Simply copy/paste the below message to send an email to good.neighbor@randalls.com with the following:

Hello,

Please link my customer account connected to phone number [type your Randall's phone number] with Good Neighbor Charity #14216 for Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA.

Thank you,

[type your name]

Important Attendance Reminders:

• Absence notes should be emailed to crmsattendance@leanderisd.org within 48 hours of the absence.
  

• When you email the school, please include the student's first and last name and ID #. Student nicknames can cause confusion with attendance coding.

• If you will be picking up your child from school early, please call the school (512-570-3500) ahead of time to let the Receptionist know. This allows our Receptionist time to get a pass written ahead of time and helps to move the process along more quickly.
  

• The only people who will be permitted to pick up a child will be parents/guardians and those individuals listed as an emergency contact in your Home Access Center (HAC). Due to safety reasons, we cannot allow a parent to call in and give permission for someone to pick up your child during the school day other than those listed in HAC.

  We do not allow early pick up after 4:00pm.

• If you feel like there is an error for a particular class period, please email the teacher directly first. For example, if your student was tardy and the teacher accidentally already marked the student absence, email the teacher because the attendance office has to have it in writing from the teacher before attendance can update anything

• There is a turn around time in updates if a student was with the nurse, AP, counselor, etc. It is not necessary to email the attendance office. Please remember that we have almost 1100 students so it will take 1-2 business days to show the update. We appreciate your patience and understanding that our team is working tirelessly to support all of our Eagles!

The Leander ISD Transportation Department uses SMART Tag – a system that provides accurate, near real-time monitoring of where and when students load onto and unload off of their school bus – to help promote student safety and security, keeping parents, school administrators and the district’s transportation department more informed.

Returning bus riders are asked to continue to use the SMART Tag card they were issued last year. If they do not have a card, the student will punch in using their lunch number (student ID) when getting on and off the bus. Bus drivers will begin to issue cards in September for new bus riders.

The online parent portal allows parents and guardians to register to receive alerts for when the bus will arrive at their child’s stop; see a live map of their child’s bus; and view a riding history for their child. Be sure to register if you have never done so.

By Wednesday, Aug. 9, Leander ISD parents can enter their home address into Infofinder to look up their child’s bus route number, pick-up/drop-off times, and bus stop locations for the 2023–24 school year. Bus routes are subject to change, so LISD parents are strongly encouraged to confirm their child’s bus information again the week prior to the start of school.

During the 2023–24 school year, Leander ISD will welcome back Southwest Foodservice Excellence (SFE) as its food-services provider. That’s right – that means Crispitos are coming back!

All students who qualify for free meals during the 2023–24 school year will receive breakfast and lunch at no cost. In 2023–24, students who qualify for reduced-price meals will receive free breakfast meals and lunch for $0.40.

For elementary students who do not qualify for F&R meals, prices will remain the same from last year. At elementary school, the cost of breakfast is $1.50 and lunch is $2.90. For secondary students, the cost of breakfast is $1.75 and lunch is $3.15.

Parents who would like to apply to find out if they are eligible for F&R meals for their children can visit our Child Nutrition Services website for more information.

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/

AP/Counselor by grade-level for 2023-2024:

• 6th: Dr. Ashley Thompson1 / Kimberly Mills
• 7th: Leah Cox / Jillian Baaklini
• 8th: Brian Bass / Staci Cote

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