Crabapple MS Staff-Update

October 27-31-Red Ribbon Week

October 28-7th Grade AVID visit to UNG

October 30-7th and 8th Grade Band Fall Concert 6pm

October 31-PBIS Celebration (see schedule below)

November 4-Professional Development Day (see schedule below)

School Links

Homeroom teachers-Please login to Classlink and look for a new icon called School Links. If you don’t see it, try searching for it with the search tool. This is the replacement for You Science. Please click into the application and let Mrs. Haga know if you cannot sign in. Counselors will be using this in the future and we want to make sure your accounts are set up correctly before they are needed.

Leadership Notes

At our last Leadership meeting we discussed the following:

Possible district switch from student laptops to student Chromebooks- The district is strongly considering replacing the K-8 student laptops with Chromebooks. This is both a cost saving measure, but also it simplifies the IT support needed. Please see the presentation linked here for more information about why the county is considering this. There is also an optional feedback survey. If you have worked in a district that used Chromebooks and have info to share or you have thoughts about the change, please enter your feedback into the survey. Your voice is important.
PLC Meeting Agendas-PLC leads. Please know that your meeting agendas should be a list of the work your team will do/has done in your PLC meeting. If you are creating a CFA, or analyzing data, you do not have to include every piece of data or every conversation in the meeting minutes. The minutes should show that you were talking about it and what next steps the team or individuals will take based on your data discussion.
Weekly commitments-Thank you to the teams who are consistently inputting their weekly commitments. The purpose of these is a weekly pause to remind ourselves of our goals and to prioritize the most important work we can do this week to help move us toward our goals. It doesn’t have to be something extra, it can and should be the things we are going to prioritize. For example, one week it may be about making an effort to connect with a child to help motivate them to try, another week it might be about finding leveled texts to share with your PLC, another might be to plan for and use the 5-step notetaking process with fidelity in an upcoming week/unit of lessons. You could also make a commitment to explore a new resource and share it with the team the following week. There are so many options and there is no real right or wrong to them. The commitments are important to ensure that we don’t lose sight of our goals, and they are not getting swept aside because of all the other things that we have to do.
November 4 Schedule- We will have a staff meeting in the cafeteria starting at 9am. Breakfast will be hosted by our 6th grade team (Thank you 6th grade!). From 10am-noon you will have a combination of Department Meetings and AVID training. The rest of the time is yours to do with as you please. SEC teachers-as discussed in our meeting and via email-your training will last beyond 12. Please use the time given in Haga’s email earlier this week to compensate.

504 End of Nine Week Task

Please check your 504 Dashboard in Infinite Campus and sign off on all 504 plans. There were 35 meetings held during the first nine weeks! Several changes have been made to the plans so please review carefully and acknowledge. This task must be completed by Friday, October 31, 2025. Thank you!

From the Coaching Corner

PLEASE HELP - TEACHER VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: (Anyone need hours for TAG certification?)

Reading Bowl Volunteer: Our Reading Bowl team needs a volunteer to help run the event. It will take place on Saturday, January 24th at Westlake High School from 8:30-1:00. Volunteers usually get a stipend and t-shirt, and we need volunteers for our team to participate. Let me know if you interested/able to help us out!!!

Fulton County Technology Competition: The Tech competition needs volunteers to be judges at the event which takes place on Saturday, January 10th at North Springs High School from 8ish-4ish (depending on your time slot). You usually get a t-shirt and stipend. Let me know if you’re interested! We have at least one student who will be participating this year.

Amphitheater, Media Center Space Reservation Reminder: Please email me if/when you would like to make a reservation to use the Amphitheater, the Media Center classroom space, or the Media Center Small Group Rooms. This needs to be done BEFORE you submit your event forms to the front office to be sure those spaces are actually available on the needed days. The front office forms do NOT reserve the spaces with me.

Copyright Reminders: Here is your annual reminder about Copyright Laws 😊. It is also posted in the copy room and the website: Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers (1).pdf

PBIS Points Staff Report for the (two) Weeks of 10/09-10/23

The PBIS Store is open next week on:

Monday 10/27

Tuesday 10/28

Friday 10/31

PBIS Celebration: Friday, October 31

All Halloween Fun Friday Information can be found in emails from Ms. King and see schedule below.

Alternate Schedule: PBIS Schedule 2025.xlsx

Signups begin Monday, 10/27

Teachers must sign up for an event/offering – see email from King.

Connections Teachers – assigned a duty station

All hands on deck please (teacher attendance on this date)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! 🎉

DESKINS - Oct. 30th

EATON - Nov. 2nd

SCHOOL-WIDE HAT DAY

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to show off their favorite hat on Friday, Oct. 31st. NOTE: Costumes and masks are not permitted.

STAFF BREAKFAST

Our first breakfast will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 4th at 9AM in the cafeteria. Thank you, 6th grade teachers, Michael, Lavender, Lenich, Landreth, & McCollum, for hosting! 🙂

STAFF FAVORITES

They're located in our CMS Staff Team (!Documents > FILES > STAFF FAVORITES). Feel free to check them out anytime - they're perfect for adding a personal touch and building community.

Ms. King is an exceptional teacher leader whose passion and dedication make a profound impact at CMS. As our PBIS Chair, she consistently strives to ensure that both students and staff are fully engaged in the successful implementation of this school-wide initiative. Additionally, as a valued member of the 8th Grade/HS Science PLC, Ms. King brings insight, collaboration, and innovation to the table, that leads to high levels of student engagement in the classroom. Her tireless efforts and genuine care make her a vital part of our team.

Minors and Subs

Please issue at minimum a minor referral to any student whose name is left by a substitute for poor behavior. Likewise, I encourage you to give PBIS points for any students or classes who do great for a sub. Please add something about this to your sub plans so they will know to leave names if needed. Also, please prepare your students for this and encourage them to be helpful and supportive while you are out.

Tardy Passes

For the mornings will be issued to students when appropriate. Please mark students tardy if they arrive to class after the bell and they do NOT have one of the bus passes.

Looking for AVID career guest speakers

If you know someone who is passionate about their career and would enjoy sharing their educational pathway with middle school students, please share my email address with them and ask them to contact me. Thanks!

AVID Field Trip-Staff Invited!

CMS AVID has a unique link for a discounted ticket price to the Georgia Tech Vs. Syracuse game on 10/25. CMS staff and their families and friends are welcome to attend! The $35 ticket option is for our section. Crabapple Middle School AVID at Georgia Tech Hope to see you there!

Canvas Information:

Need Help With Canvas? Fill out This Form, and Becky or Emily will be in touch with a solution or meeting time.

If you need a new sandbox or someone added to an existing sandbox, please fill out the form with the sandbox URL and the email addresses of the individuals you want to add.
If you have a club or team that you want a course for, please fill out the form.

All grades MUST go in Canvas; no grades or assignments should be entered directly into Infinite Campus.
Some great tips:

Turn on Nightly Sync:
Having Sync issues? Try a remaster!

It is that time of year where parents are asking for teachers input for testing or private school admissions.Please see the attached Eval Procedure, biggest thing to remember is forward all requests to Ms. Mason and I will start the process.

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PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THIS GRADING TIMELINE: Grading One Pager - CMS 2025-2026.docx

Please make sure your percentages match in Infinite Campus and Canvas for Majors, Minors, and Practices.

Need help posting grades? Click on the links below:

For any payments - OSP is the preferred method of payment for the District and CMS.

If you receive a cash or check payment – you must complete these steps the SAME day you receive the payment:

Fill out the (green) Internal Deposit Slip Form (E7). Blank Forms and an Example are Hanging outside Bookkeeper’s office (Room 115), Room 117 and Room 112.

Use Blank or standard Blue ink only.
One form per student. If you have payments for two students, you will fill out two forms.
Please do not remove the examples, please leave them at their location.
If you include the parent’s email address Bookkeeper will send them a receipt of payment and copy you. If not, Bookkeeper will send a receipt to your email, and you can share with the parent.

Hand the green Deposit Slip Form and money to the Bookkeeper (do not leave in Bookkeeper mailbox or in office).
If Bookeeper is not available – place the green Deposit Slip Form and money in an envelope and place it in the drop safe located in Room 112. Email the Bookkeeper after placing a deposit into the safe.

This process also applies to money received for fundraisers. You must turn money in at the end of each day of fundraising and complete the green Deposit Slip Form.

Student Travel Opportunity: Japan!

If you are excited about the idea of offering students the opportunity for educational travel and would like to help spread the word about the next student trip, please reach out to Maggie Nelms. The next trip is Japan 2027!