Crews Middle School

Stay Connected @ Crews!

Dear Students and Families,

We are energized to launch an exciting second half of the spring semester! From outstanding performing arts, the start of spring athletics, the success of academic competitions, to Georgia Milestones assessments and the daily joy of teaching and learning, there is so much ahead to celebrate and achieve.

Together, we will continue to embrace opportunities, empower our students, and excel in all we do. Thank you for your continued partnership as we build on our tradition of excellence and make this semester one to remember.

In service to others,
Principal Moffett

• Apr 20 - May 1: Georgia Milestones Testing
• May 6: 6th Grade Honors Night (Invitation Only @ Crews MS)
• May 11: 7th Grade Honors Night (Invitation Only @ Crews MS)
• May 13: 8th Grade Honors Night (Invitation Only @ Brookwood High School)
• May 15: 8th Grade Celebration
• May 18 - 20: Final Exams

This list is NOT exhaustive of all school events. Learn more by visiting our school's calendar https://crewsms.gcpsk12.org/calendar.

6th Grade Leadership Team

• Assistant Principal Kristen Jesse (Students A - M), Assistant Principal John Tronolone (Students N - Z). Counselor Kim K. Williams

7th Grade Leadership Team

• Assistant Principal Bernard Taylor, Counselor Shayla Thompson

8th Grade Leadership Team

• Assistant Principal Dr. Rochelle Mungin, Counselor Tajah Pinkard

Please utilize our school website to connect with our leaders via email.

Crews Middle School’s newsletters and student progress reports are sent out weekly. Progress reports will come from 1 teacher but will contain grades for each of the student's six classes. Parents can monitor their student's grades, attendance, discipline and other key information through the StudentVue and ParentVue. Staff will respond to emails/correspondences in 1-2 school days. If you have an urgent matter, please call our main office at 770-982-6940 and ask for your student's grade level assistant principal.

• Crews MS Back to School Website
• Crews MS General Website
• Crews MS Athletic Information
• GCPS: Virtual Backpack
  
• GCPS Transportation Website
  
• New Site: Family and Community Engagement Page

Additional academic support is available to all of our Broncos! Please maximize our Semester Two Early Morning Help! No passes are needed for early morning help.

If your Bronco needs tutoring or support to catch up on missing assignments, reach our to your student's teacher to sign Saturday on Purpose. See the image below.

The Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) standards were developed by our teachers, with input from our parents and community, in response to Gwinnett County Public Schools’ mission statement: The mission of Gwinnett County Public Schools is to pursue excellence in academic knowledge, skills, and behavior for each student, resulting in measured improvement against local, national, and world-class standards.

Learn more about grade level AKS for each subject for Kindergarten through 8th Grade.

Students will be assessed on their mastery of AKS. Please review weekly progress reports shared via email and monitor grades in ParentVue.

• Students will continue to have four core classes (math, language arts, science, and social studies) during 2nd semester and two connections classes.
• Students with yearlong connections (i.e. performing arts, HS Spanish, Biology) will remain in those courses for the entire year.
• Students with semester connections will change in Spring 2026 based on preference surveys.
• Our goal is for students to have one of their top choices at some point during the school year. There may be factors that impact those placements. Based on staffing and scheduling, we will not be changing 2nd semester connections.
• Schedule changes will only occur for priorities such as correct placements based on learning programs, sequence for accelerated coursework, gifted segments etc.
• 2025-2026: Connection Preference Surveys were due by April 18, 2025 for all grades, including rising 6th grades. Please note that students are NOT guaranteed to get all of their preferences as some classes have pre-requisite criteria and/or seating capacity. However, we do endeavor to place each of our 1400+ students into a preferred connection at some point during the school year.

Throughout the year, we offer many opportunities to recognize, celebrate, and connect with our students, including Bronco of the Month celebrations, the Semester 1 Honor Roll Breakfast, PBIS reward days, Connected at Crews Day, Café Karaoke, and more. At the end of the school year, we celebrate our students with award ceremonies that recognize a variety of achievements, including academic effort and growth, test performance, leadership, and overall success. Honor roll certificates are printed based on grades posted on January 9 for 8th grade students (through semester 1) and April 3 for 6th and 7th grade students (through 3rd quarter).

Review the GCPS promotion criteria for each grade level by clicking or copying-and-pasting this URL address - https://www.gcpsk12.org/students/promotion-and-graduation-requirements/middle-school-promotion-requirements. Academic supports include: academic assistance programs, Bronco Time classes, prearranged tutoring, and summer school. It is imperative that students and families review school progress reports and grades through StudentVue and ParentVue. The last month of each semester will only be focused on projects, performance-based assignments, and final exams, not missing or overdue assignments.

• Teachers assess student learning through common formative and summative assessments. Those assessment dates vary by grade and subject. Review each teacher's syllabus to see grade weights and remastery opportunities.
• Outside of local school assessments, students also engage in other assessments. Review the 25 - 26 Middle School District & State Assessment Calendar.
• Please ensure students are present for testing. Most occur through a digital platform. Therefore it is also important that students have fully charged Chromebooks and chargers with them at school each day.

• Georgia Milestones Online Study and Assessment Guides

  What: Online Study Guides are available to understand more about the Georgia Milestones assessment and how to prepare students. Practice sample items are included in the guides for every unit of study, and each sample item is fully explained and provides rationale of why each answer is correct or incorrect.

  Where: Click this link to access the Online Study Guides.

Students are released to homerooms at 8:55. Student class hours are 9:15 - 4:00. Please that on Mondays and Fridays we will follow the Bronco Time schedule. During Bronco Time, students will engage in SEL, PBIS, and advisement lesson activities.

To support student engagement in before school activities and family needs, we allow students onto campus 8:05 - 8:55. Please review opportunities and school expectations.

• Students can only be dropped off in the car-rider area once a staff member opens our "Bronco Doors" at 8:05. Families may not drop students off at the front entrance, along sidewalks, in the teaching parking lot etc. Doing so can result in those families having to wait until 8:55 to drop off their students.
• When students arrive before 8:55am, they must report to the cafeteria to work quietly unless they have a teacher pass or permission to attend a before school club or activity. Students who do not follow expectations may lose the opportunity to be at school early and/or issued consequences.

• Car-rider lines will close promptly at 9:15. Families who arrive to the car-rider section after 9:15 must drive their students to the front parking lot for check-in.

• Students who arrive 9:16 - 9:24 may check themselves in at the front desk. At 9:25 or later, parents must bring their students into school for check-in. Families who have students with frequent late check-ins may have to participate in attendance review meetings.
• Students who arrive late on a bus will be allowed into class.

• Please note that enrollment and registration processes begin online. Visit the district website to get started - New Student Enrollment/Registration.
• If you have questions or need support with records (i.e., residency, immunization, withdrawal), please contact our registrar at sheree.lewis@gcpsk12.org or 770-982-6940. School business hours are 9:00 - 4:00.

To support student achievement and engagement, daily attendance is integral to school success. Please review our 25 - 26 Crews MS Student and Family Handbook Information as well as the

district site for GCPS Attendance Policies & Procedures. When students have three or more unexcused absences, families will be notified. If students have 10 or more unexcused absences, families will have to attend meetings with our school's Student Attendance Review Committee (i.e. assistant principal, counselor, social worker) to determine student support plans.

Steps for submitting absentee notes:

• Families may alert teachers or support staff of students' absences as a mode to stay connected regarding assignments. However, please note emails do NOT constitute as absentee notifications.
• Options for submitting absentee notes:
• Students must bring a parent note or doctor's excuse upon returning to school (and no later than two weeks following the first day returning to school) to receive an excused absence. Excuse notes should be submitted to the student’s grade level office.
• Parents may upload an excuse in ParentVue under “Documents” in lieu of submitting a paper note. Emails with excuses are not accepted forms of excuse notes.
• Please note that you only need to choose ONE method of submitting notes. Either through ParentVue or to your student’s grade-level office. Using both methods slows the process.
• When submitting absentee documents, ensure the includes student's full name, homeroom teacher's name, date(s) of absence, and reason for absence.
• Review the local school and district absences to see what is deemed excused vs. unexcused. *See links above to these two documents.

Please visit our school's website for Clinic Information and Forms. To support a positive teaching and learning environment, please refrain from strongly scented lotions, colognes, perfumes etc. These can major triggers for those with asthma and allergies.

Learn more about our Connected @ Crews Program, which allows our students to connect to the school community through clubs, sports, and activities.

A huge key to student success along with academic achievement and stellar attendance is meeting behavioral expectations. Our PBIS matrix (Citizenship, Advocacy, Respect, & Engagement) models how students are to behave during curricular & extracurricular activities. Review our Crews CARE Matrix with your child(ren).

Please note that violations of our code of conduct may lead to detention, in school or out of school suspension, and/or prohibit participation in extra-curricular/social events (i.e. dances, Bronco Fun Day).

More details can be found in our 25 - 26 Crews MS Student and Family Handbook Information

It is important that students and families review the district's Responsible Use of Technology and Electronic Media for Students guidelines as well as our 25 -26 Crews MS Student and Family Handbook Information.

As a 1:1 device school, we have schoolwide guidelines regarding device use that interferes with teaching and learning. When students enter the building, personal electronic devices are to be put away.

Students that do not adhere to these guidelines can have their electronic device (phone, smartwatch etc.) pouched. Students who refuse to have their phones pouched and/or have repetitive device concerns will received escalated consequences (i.e. receiving a discipline step or referral).

Resources:1:1 Device Parent Support Page

• We encourage all families to monitor student accounts and clear any lunch fees and media fines incurred.
• Please note that technology fees for school issued devices have changed.
• Damaged Beyond Repair or Lost Chromebook: $200
• Damaged Chromebook or Parts (i.e, cover, keyboard, hinges): $25
• Lost Adapter: $25
• Technology issues that result from deliberate, intentional, and/or repetitive patterns can lead to restitution costs and/or disciplinary consequences.
• Unpaid fines and fees can limit participation in extracurricular activities or events.
• Resource: Parent and Student Responsibilities for Devices (includes fine structure)

Please bring clear reusable water bottles. We have water bottle filling stations throughout the school.

Review our 25 -26 Crews MS Student and Family Handbook Information for more specific dress code guidance.

To support a safe, orderly school environment, it is important that all adhere to school drop-off and delivery procedures for bus riders, car-riders, and walkers. Review our Bus, Car Rider, Walker Infographic carefully. Safety is everyone's job.

If a bus is assigned to your family's residence, please confirm the bus stop location and pickup time with the school. Visit the GCPS Transportation Website to get more information regarding bus safety, rules, requests for an alternate route etc. Below are contact number for urgent matters before or after school:

• 770-338-4800 -- Regular Ed. Transportation Customer Service
• 770-513-6881 -- Special Needs Transportation Customer Service

Important reminders:

• Middle school students are the last to be picked up and dropped off in GCPS. Expect delays in the first weeks of schools. Ensure your student is at their stop at the communicated/projected time.
• Note that bus drivers are not responsible for student behaviors at bus stops. Concerning student behaviors on the bus may lead to disciplinary consequences and/or loss of bus privileges. If you have concerns, contact your student's assistant principal.

Temporary bus passes will be issued for verified emergencies only. Passes are not allowed as a means of transport to get to others' homes beyond a true emergency. In the case of an emergency, appropriate documentation will be required for approval consideration. Without documentation and approval, a pass will not considered nor issued.

Students have to be dropped off in the car-rider section 8:05 - 9:15. Students can only be dropped off in the U-section past the teacher parking lot where staff are on duty. After 9:15, students must be dropped off at the main entrance/front office area.

We have a large number of walkers at our school. Speak with students about traveling with a trusted friend or group and share the importance of watching their surroundings. It is important that eyes are focused on traffic and their environment, not their devices. It is also imperative that students only walk where there are sidewalks. We have 1-2 crossing guards to support them at the 4-way stop outside of our school. Please ensure your family has an alternate plan during inclement weather.

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GCPS does not provide standard General Liability insurance coverage that would cover student injuries; therefore, we provide parents an opportunity to purchase this accidental insurance policy through K&K. Learn more by visiting the K&K website for plan information or to complete the enrollment application online at www.studentinsurance-kk.com.