Ridge Relay

Hello Eagle Families!

We are so excited to recognize so many of our hard-working Eagles this week! Our CRMS Honor Band has been selected by TMEA to be recognized after being judged from MS and HS bands from across the whole state. They join our CRMS Boys Choir who was also selected by TMEA earlier this year as an Honor Choir. This is the first time in school history that we have earned both of these accolades. As well, we have numerous students who are being honored for their performance on Duke Tip. Please see all the names listed below and join me in congratulating all of our Eagle students!

This month, we will also start having more activities on campus such as volleyball, cross country and football games. Please see the Athletic events update below. 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.

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 on Nov. 3rd.)

We hope you all have some time to rest and enjoy time with family or friends during this long 4-day weekend! Please remember when you return on Wednesday, 10/14/20 it is a B-day.

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

Go Eagles!

Mrs. Wendy Sturdevant

Eagle News 10/7/20

Instagram: Canyon_Ridge_MS

Twitter: @Sturdevant_CRMS

• 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.

• CRMS home football games will be livestreamed. Link will be on our CRMS website.

• 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.

We are so proud and honored to announce the CRMS Honor Band has been selected to perform at the virtual Texas Music Educators Association Convention in February! The group submitted a recording which was judged against bands from all over the state of Texas. Congratulations to this hard-working group of Eagle musicians!

https://www.tmea.org/convention/performances/repertoire/

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.

Do you like to build, design, invent, create, perform, and work with a team to solve challenges? If so, you might be interested in participating in Virtual Destination Imagination (DI). Virtual Destination ImagiNation (DI) is a virtual extracurricular, school- sponsored program that fosters creativity, team-based problem-solving skills and life skills for students. Leander ISD DI is open to all students in third through twelfth grades. The goal of DI is to cultivate the creative problem-solving process and make it an unconscious part of students’ everyday lives. This year, Destination Imagination will be done completely virtual. All meetings and tournaments will be held virtually. No live meetings will be permitted. If you would like to know more about virtual DI, click here.

If you are interested in participating in Virtual DI, you will need to submit a registration form. There are two ways to submit this form. One way is to print a copy of the 2020-2021 DI Student Registration Form, fill it out, and either scan and email it seema.george@leanderisd.org or return it to your campus. Another way to submit the form is fill out the Editable 2020-2021 DI Student Registration Form (it will force you to make a copy), save it, and email to seema.george@leanderisd.org

AVID Tutor Flyer

CRMS AVID needs AVID Tutors; the position is a virtual, part-time PAID role for the school year. We need tutors on B-days for 6th and 7th periods (9:30 AM - 12:05 PM) for only 2 days per week. The time commitment is minimal, so college students or parents working from home are ideal candidates.

We truly appreciate any help you can provide. Please email, jennifer.schuck@leanderisd.org with any questions.

The CRMS virtual book fair started this week! Check out these book trailers and order your books here. Scholastic is hosting a Fall Virtual Book Fair for CRMS October 5th-18th. It will all be online and books will be sent directly to your house.

Each year, LISD offers students an opportunity to take an Exam for Acceleration (EA) at no cost to the family. LISD offers multiple EA testing windows each school year. Click this link for more information and dates. Students and parents can request the exam through their grade level counselor. The next testing window and deadline to register is listed below.

Testing Window: December 1-3, 2020

Registration deadline: November 2, 2020

Logistics: Arranged with student's counselor & UTHS

Note: Students who pass an Exam for Acceleration in the December 2020 testing window will complete the 2020-2021 school year in his/her current class. Students will receive their acceleration in the 2021-2022 school year.

COVID-19 update for 2020/2021 school year: Currently grades 3-12 testing is only being administered online.

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.

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/

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.

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

Instagram: Canyon_Ridge_MS

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