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Hello Eagle Families!

It was so great to see so many of our virtual student families today to get your Eagle face masks. If you weren't able to pick up your FREE Eagle face mask today during our drive-thru service, you may stop by the front office next week anytime during school hours at your convenience to pick up Eagle masks. Thank you to our PTA for providing these awesome masks for all of our students and staff to show their Eagle spirit safely!

This week we welcomed some 8th graders back to in-person and have completed the phase-in process to start the year. Our on-campus students have been diligently following the social distancing protocols and respectfully following the mask requirements. Due to their efforts, along with our virtual students actively engaging from home, we are moving forward successfully as united Eagles!

Reminder, if you change your mind for your learning location, you may email your counselor at any time to change to virtual empowered learning. If you would like to change from Virtual to In-Person Learning, the current deadline is October 23rd to start at the beginning of the next grading period on November 2nd. No changes to in-person are currently being allowed during the middle of the grading period.

This month, we will also start having more activities on campus such as volleyball and football games. Be on the lookout next week as we share more details on event safety protocols requirements. For full return including extracurricular events to be successful, it will require a total effort from all staff, students and community on campus to follow the protocols necessary to keep our doors open and move the year forward.

Lastly, please do not forget the following upcoming dates:

• October 12th & 13th: Student Holiday/Staff development
• November 3rd: Student Holiday/Staff development (Please note: this date was moved from Nov. 2nd to allow for voting safely on campus.)

Thank you for your continued support of Canyon Ridge Middle School.

Go Eagles!

Mrs. Wendy Sturdevant

Eagle News for 9/29/20

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*Spirit Night: Panda Express Four Points is giving a portion of proceeds back to the CRMS PTA on TODAY, Friday, October 2 ALL day on all orders when you tell them you are there to support CRMS. This will recur the monthly throughout the school year.

Congratulations to all of these CRMS students for qualifying to participate in the Duke University 2019-20 7th Grade Talent Identification Program.

The following students earned STATE and GRAND recognitions:

GRAND (Students who qualified for grand recognition scored approximately at or better than 90 percent of recent high school graduates on at least one part of the ACT or the SAT. Only about 4 percent of all the participants in the talent search qualify for grand recognition.)

Deng, Austin

Kim, Samuel

Larusso, Avery

Lipton, Maximilian

Yang, Yuxiao

STATE (Students who qualified for state recognition earned an award by scoring approximately at or above the national average of recent high school graduates on at least one part of the ACT or the SAT.)

Boswell, Maile

Boykin, Brooke

Chozick, Ava

Deng, Austin

Dwyer, Hunter

Edington, Christian

Gray, Megan

Hildebrand, Cooper

Kim, Samuel

Larusso, Avery

Lee, Jiwoo

Lewis, Austin

Lipton, Maximilian

Ludlow, Gianna

Machnic, Payton

McDevitt, Finnegan

Murray, Annabelle

Murray, Genevieve

Narayanan, Anjali

Panoff, Jason

Penrose, Evan

Penrose, Davis

Preston, Samuel

Qin, Yuhei

Rashid, Aisha

Slack, Sydney

Slack, Madison

Snyder, Finn

Stafford, Jackson

Sullivan, Sally

Westbrook, Grace

Xu, Selena

Yang, Yuxiao

The Duke TIP 7th Grade Talent Search identifies high ability seventh graders based on State Test or Intellectual Ability Test scores achieved while attending elementary or middle school. Candidates are invited to take the ACT or the SAT college entrance exams as seventh graders, which allows them greater insight into their academic abilities. In addition, they gain valuable benefits and have access to unique resources.

In past years, 8th-grade students in Leander ISD were administered the PSAT 8/9 as part of the College Board’s SAT Suite of Assessments. This exam will not be given to 8th grade students this school year. This decision was made based on the need for proper spacing of students and the limited availability of space and proctors.

There will be no option to take the PSAT at home as this is not allowed by the College Board.

Current 8th-grade students will have an opportunity to take the PSAT 8/9 next year when in 9th-grade.

Please note: On the A/B calendar, we have October 29th as a PSAT/"C day" schedule. Even though we will not be doing PSAT, we will NOT be changing the A/B calendar and will instead utilize October 29th as a day for other campus activities to assist students as we approach the end of the second 6-weeks grading period. More detailed plans and information to come in October.

Scholastic is hosting a Fall Virtual Book Fair for CRMS October 5th-18th. It will be online and books will be sent directly to your house. Additional information coming next week.

As we approach the Fall school picture day, we want to be certain that we have communicated our plans to photograph the students in attendance AND the students who have chosen virtual learning. As in the past, in-school students will be photographed with adjustments for physical distancing and protective wear on the part of the photographers. (Photo Texas school photos plan for 2020-21 including safety protocols.)

Arrangements are also being made to photograph your virtual students. Here is a Photo Texas Video of school photos plan outlining the process for outdoor photos. When photo dates are confirmed, a sign-up link and link for on-line prepayment for photos will be provided for these virtual families. Parents will bring students to an outdoor location at their scheduled time. Safety protocols will remain the same for outdoor and indoor photos.

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.

Classroom Impact Team members who sign up using the monthly donation form at leeftx.org/mudstacle from September 21st through October 31st and enter their school name, will count for the competition. More details: https://leeftx.org/mudstacle/

Starting this week, students are required to be logged in to their LISD Google (First.last##@K12.leanderisd.org) account to access their Zoom classroom meetings. The district has added this new feature to enhance the security of our virtual meetings. If you are logged through any other personal account and not using your LISD Google email, you will not have access to the Zoom meeting. Since most students currently only log in with their Google account, this should not be a significant change. The SSO feature will not change the classroom links your teacher has already established.

If you encounter any issues accessing a Zoom meeting due to this change, please send your teacher an email so they can problem-solve the issue with you.

Why are is this required? The authenticated user option through Zoom uses Google SSO to only allow students and teachers from approved LISD domains to enter a meeting. It will not allow a non-Leander ISD student into the meetings. It will also track the Google users in attendance, which should help eliminate security breaches, aka “Zoom Bombing.” This feature will help us create a safe and secure virtual learning environment for all our students.

Remember, it is your responsibility to protect your Google log in credentials. Do not share this information with anyone.

CLICK HERE FOR WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD KNOW TO LOG-IN

This six-week virtual program is designed to help parents nurture responsible, respectful, fun to be around children who will learn how to make their own choices, own their problems, think critically and logically for themselves, while parents let empathy and consequences do the teaching. The course is appropriate for parents with any aged child and any situation: home, school or even work. The series is open to parents in our Leander ISD community. See flier here for information and registration information.

An Insider went out on Monday, September 28th, to 7th, 8th and 9th grade families informing them of upcoming LifeGuard curriculum presentations. In previous years, parents could view the materials by visiting the campus library. This year, interested parents are asked to contact the campus librarian, Amy Fuller, to schedule a time to view the materials.

To register for one of the parent workshops, find student presentation dates by campus, and additional LifeGuard information, please visit the Human Sexuality Curriculum website.

Parent Workshops:

Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 | 6–7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020 | 6–7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 | 6–7:30 p.m.

For more information about these parenting workshops, or if you have questions about LifeGuard, please contact Alicia Westcot at alicia.westcot@leanderisd.org.

Either a parent/guardian or the student is required to accurately complete and submit the CRMS Student Health Self-Screening & Checklist form EVERY morning before coming onto school property or getting on a school bus.

• Autoevaluación de salud para el estudiante y lista de verificación -Escuela secundaria Canyon Ridge

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 below, 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.

Deadlines for Parents to change from Virtual to In-Person Learning & Date Students Return to In Person Learning:

• Deadline - September 11 for 2nd 6-weeks beginning September 21 for 7th graders & September 28 for 8th graders

• Deadline - October 23 for 3rd 6-weeks beginning November 2
• Deadline - December 11 for 4th 6-weeks beginning January 4
• Deadline - February 5 for 5th 6-weeks beginning February 16
• Deadline - March 26 for 6th 6-weeks beginning April 5

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

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