Happy Sunday Cavalier Families!

We hope that you have had a good weekend! We are getting down to the final days of this marking period. This week, all students will take a benchmark test in Math, Science, and English Language Arts. 8th graders will also take one in Social Studies (6th and 7th grade have different assessments that they take each unit). These tests will help teachers see how well students have mastered the learning of the past eight weeks. Please encourage your student to do their best!

Beginning on Tuesday, students will need to have their Yondr pouch out and ready when they enter the building. Having it ready means that their phone and other devices (watch, headphones, etc.) will need to be in the pouch, but the pouch should be unlocked. They will hand their unlocked pouch to a staff member as they enter and the staff member will lock the pouch and hand it back to them. Students without a device will enter through a separate line and will be checked in and placed on a no device list. If a student forgets their pouch, they may surrender their device(s) at the entry line and we will secure it in the AP office for the day (multiple surrenders over time will result in disciplinary consequences). If a student is placed on the no device list and then is caught with a device later, disciplinary consequences will occur. The expectation is and has been that students have their devices in their Yondr pouch during the school day and this process will help to ensure that we maintain a phone free environment. We will explain this process to students on Monday so that they understand what to do. We appreciate your support in this process.

We will host a Hispanic Heritage Night Family Event this Thursday, October 10th. We hope that you will be able to join us (see flyer below)! We also will have a spirit week this week and we encourage all of our students to participate as much as they can.j

Fall break is next week (October 14th-18th) and campuses will be closed.

If your or your student would like to help out or donate for this event please scan the QR code. If you would like to help in anyway please return the slip to the school by your student or contact Mrs. Hill or Mr. Cooper.

Celebration Honoring our Military Families and Veterans

November 14, 2024

5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

Dear Cavalier Families,

November 11th is Veterans Day and also month of the Military Families. We would like to honor our Veterans and Military families of Charles Patterson Middle School on November 14, 2024. The event will be from 5:30-7:00 p.m. We will have Potluck Style dining and have family game night.

If your family would like to participate in this event, please complete this form and return it to your Cav Connection teacher no later than November 1, 2024. The committee is looking for board games, food, and drinks (non-alcoholic) donations.

Please complete this form if your child is interested in participating.

Student Name:_______________________________________________________

Cav Connection Teacher:________________________________________________

Grade:_______________________________________________________________

Cavalier Family Member Name:____________________________________________

Active Duty, Retired, and or Veteran_________________________________________

_____ I am interested in participating

______I am not interested in participating

If you are interested, please let us know what you will contribute. Thanks, you for your support in helping us honor the Charles Patterson Middle School military families and Veterans.

Please use the QR code below to select the items that your student will be bringing:

For Any Questions, please contact Mrs. Hill at Twila.Hill@killeenisd.org or Rodney Cooper at Rodney.Cooper@killeenisd.org.

Appreciatively,

Twila Hill, Parent Liaison

If you are a Veteran, Active Duty or Retired Military member please send a photo of you and your family to Mrs. Hill Twila.hill@killeenisd.org, by November 1, 2024. We would like to recognize you and your service in November which is Veterans Day and the month of the military families. The students are also allowed to sign up for a lunch date with them and their soldier during there lunch period. The students can eat a school lunch or a lunch provided by their soldier family member. Contact Mrs. Hill Twila.hill@killeenisd.org to schedule lunch date with your student during the month of November.

We are looking forward to a Cav-tastic week with your students!

Christina Harris

Please reach out to our parent liaison, Twila Hill, if you have questions or need assistance. She is here to help our families so that our students are as successful as possible.

Hispanic Heritage Month

Bullying Prevention Month

Principal Month

Sunday, October 6th -

National Instructional Coach Appreciation Day!

Monday, October 7th -

Benchmark Bell Schedule

Volunteer Orientation in the portable (9:00AM)

Maker Monday in the Library

Lady Cavalier Volleyball vs. UGMS (games start at 5:30PM)

• 8th grade @ CPMS
• 7th grade @ UGMS

Spirit wear: Iconic Hispanics—wear something related to notable Hispanic figures

Tuesday, October 8th –

Benchmark Bell Schedule

Cavalier Football vs. NMS (games start at 5:30PM)

• 8th grade @ NMS
• 7th grade @ CPMS

Spirit wear: Como La Flor—wear floral themed clothing

Wednesday, October 9th –

Benchmark Bell Schedule

Cross Country Meet @ Long Branch Park (starts at 5:30PM)

Choir Fall Concert @ CHS (7:30PM)

Spirit wear: Flag Day—wear colors or designs inspired by flags from around the world

Thursday, October 10th –

Benchmark Bell Schedule

Field trip: Skills to Peaceable Kingdom

Hispanic Heritage Night in cafeteria (5:00PM-7:00PM)

Spirit wear: Cultural Vibes—wear traditional clothing that represents your own culture (or College Spirit shirt)

Friday, October 11th –

Student Holiday/Staff Professional Development Day

The Counseling Office will be doing small group counseling sessions during every grade level lunch on Wednesdays in Room 211. If you would like to your child to participate, please encourage them to get a permission slip from the counseling office or print & fill out the slip below. Our 1st topic on effective communication & conflict resolution will begin October 2nd.

Sorry for the lack of photos for VB. The game was over sooner than expected. If you ever have good photos you'd like to share with us, you can email them to Christina.harris@killeenisd.org.

Please notice the drop off and pick up areas for cars at CPMS. For the safety of our students, please do not drop off in the bus loop.

Parents/Guardians should only be driving in the yellow area indicated on the map.

The red area is for buses only. Parents who enter the red area are putting students and staff at risk as there is limited visibility when buses are present.

Student Code of Conduct cards were sent home this past week. Please make sure that you have read over the SCOC so that you know the expectations for behavior.

Electronic Devices and Pouches – Secondary students will maintain their phone, and all communication devices, in a locked pouch during the school day.

E-cigarettes/Cigarettes

1st Offense Violation:

Students will be assigned one day of ISS and one day of Saturday School. Secondary Students will attend at their home campuses (the curriculum will be provided for all students who attend for cigarette/e-cigarette violations).

If the student fails to attend ISS, Saturday Detention and/or complete the lessons, a due process hearing will be held with a recommendation for DAEP placement for 10 days. Students will be allowed one make up opportunity to complete Saturday Detention.

2nd Offense Violation:

A due process hearing will be held with a recommendation for DAEP placement for 20 days.

Consequences for School Bus Violations:

For school bus safety violations, and for serious violations, as defined in this document, that happen on the bus, the 3rd bus offense shall invoke at least a temporary removal (possibly a permanent removal), and the 4th offense will invoke a bus suspension for the rest of the school year. For students attending a DAEP, the 2nd bus offense will result in permanent bus suspension for the time the student is placed in DAEP; any flagrant bus offense prior to the 2nd violation may result in immediate bus suspension. Students who fight on the bus will be suspended for three days. If after a thorough investigation, fighting is confirmed, then the students involved will be removed from the bus for 30 school days. Under severe circumstances the Director for Transportation Services reserves the right to implement temporary or permanent bus suspension at a date earlier than prescribed by this regulation.

Click below to view the 2024-2025 KISD Student Handbook and the 2024-2025 KISD Student Code of Conduct.

All students will receive free breakfast!

Families must apply for free or reduced lunch.

Click the photo below to complete your application. Lunch will be $3.00 for secondary students.

Welcome to CAV Nation—where we are Cavalier Strong, there are No Excuses and we are Relentless because our future is Limitless. We will Rise above all challenges and Reach our goals because that's the Cavalier Way! We will strive every day to Do Better and Be Better in order to help our students find Success--Nothing Less. Through our actions and our words, we will Make It Count every day!