Ridge Relay

Hello Eagle Families,

We have had a nice week at CRMS as we are Dashing into December with amazing classes and programs! We encourage all of our students to please see the calendar below and join us as we have some spirited fun in the next 2 weeks and countdown to the holiday break.

For our VIRTUAL students, we want to remind you that you are expected to turn on your camera and/or actively participate by responding to your teachers in order to get counted present for class each day. We want you to be successful in class and to be actively engaged in classroom learning. You have the choice to turn your camera off periodically during the class period, but if you are not participating or responding at all to teacher prompts (verbal or in the chat) during class, you may get marked absent. Your teachers have worked hard to prepare engaging, rigorous lessons, and in order for you to receive the same level of instruction as in-person learners, you need to be an active participant and really connect with your teachers and peers during each class.

Reminder for those of you who may be considering changing your learning location for the next grading period. The form for Parents to change from Virtual to In-Person Learning is now available again. Due to the Holiday Break and recommended local health guidelines, students who wish to change from virtual to in person learning can delay their student's on-campus return date. Your in person learning location will go into effect the date selected in the form, either January 5th or 19th. In order to allow the campus to adequately plan for this change in learning location, this form deadline is 4:00pm on December 11, 2020.

For IN-PERSON students, we are NOW using the new Frontline Health screener app and we need you to sign up for the app NOW to use for our daily screener. We have provided step-by-step directions below so that we may start using the app (instead of the Google form). Some of you have already signed up for your child at one of the other campuses, so you are good to go and ready to start using the app for your CRMS student, too. Thank you to everyone who has already started using the new app screener!

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

Go Eagles!

Mrs. Wendy Sturdevant

Eagle News 12/1/20

Instagram: Canyon_Ridge_MS

Twitter: @Sturdevant_CRMS

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

• Deadline - December 11 for 4th 6-weeks beginning January 5th OR January 19th*
  

*Due to the Holiday Break and recommended local health guidelines, students who wish to change from virtual to on-campus learning, can delay their student's on-campus return date. Please see the Change Form linked above to make your selection.

• Deadline - February 5 for 5th 6-weeks beginning February 16
• Deadline - March 26 for 6th 6-weeks beginning April 5

Leander ISD is building our next school academic calendars. We hosted a Thoughtexchange last month to collect feedback from parents, staff, and students. Our next step is to host four listening sessions next week (Dec. 8 and Dec. 9). Please learn more and sign up to participate by clicking this article.

**Please note that we will no longer be using the Student Google Form due to a district-wide switch to this new screener app.**

Leander ISD has licensed a NEW Frontline Health Portal to provide you with a convenient way to complete your child’s COVID-19 self-screen prior to arriving at school every day. You may download the Frontline App, or use the attached QR Code to register and login to your portal.

• Please review the directions below for setting up your portal to register and create a Frontline account. You may do this through the Frontline Health Portal app or through the web address, Click Here.

(It is recommended you use a desktop computer to register, once registered the Frontline Health App and QR code will work with ease)

• Use the primary email that you provided to the district and confirm the Portal Terms of Use.

• You will receive an email with a temporary password and a link to confirm your account.

• You will need your child’s Student ID # to add your child to the account

Important Note: All children in a family can be added to the same exact account. As well as families that have multiple homes, both parents can create an account for their child with their own email.

If you are having technical difficulties, there are two ways to receive technical support: 1) Call the Help Desk or 2) Enter a Technology Help Ticket:

1. How do I contact the Help Desk?

Call: 512-570-0566
Help Desk Hours: 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. M-F

2. Technology Help Ticket: http://servicemanager.leanderisd.org/

Thank you for your assistance with the required daily screener!

***DO NOT REGISTER IF YOUR CHILD IS STILL VIRTUAL, THIS IS ONLY FOR IN-PERSON STUDENTS***

If anyone in your household tests positive for COVID, please notify Mrs. Sturdevant or our school nurse, Rachael Kristoff, immediately. Also, since we are in between holiday breaks, if your child is in-person & was with someone over the holiday break that has now tested positive for COVID, you must notify the nurse of the exposure. We are doing our best to properly contact trace & keep all of our students & staff safe.

Friendly reminder as the holiday break nears. We encourage our families and staff to do their part to minimize the spread of COVID-19.

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, 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.

@AusPublicHealth is offering risk guidance for gatherings to help keep #1LISD healthy & safe. With the recent surge in COVID cases in central Texas, we're especially mindful of how the pandemic continues to affect our community and potentially our schools. Our most important goal is keeping our campuses open so that our students can learn and our families can thrive. We can't do it alone. Please do your part to celebrate safely during the holidays so that we can support and safeguard our teachers, students and students.

To minimize the spread of COVID-19 and ensure everyone has a safe and healthy holiday season, Austin Public Health is offering risk guidance for gatherings. En Espanol

*Are you interested in helping Canyon Ridge with the science fair? There are a number of ways you can help! We need judges, hospitality room donations, etc. If you are wanting to judge or be on the approval of projects committee, we would like for you to have a background or degree in something along the lines of the following categories:

Computer science, biology, chemistry, engineering or robotics, physics, astronomy, mathematics, energy, animals, plant sciences, materials science, medical field, sport sciences, psychology, etc. If you think you fall into this category and want to judge projects please email me and let me know! If you have expertise in any of the fields listed above, you can be a IRB or SRC member who helps approve projects based on risk level, etc. The school fair is on January 21st and judging will take place in the morning and afternoon, depending on the category. Here is the form for the Judging sign up.

*If you do not want to judge or feel that you aren’t qualified to judge, there is another way to volunteer which we would greatly appreciate it! We are also hosting a hospitality room as we are going to have multiple teachers, admin, and other employees in the district help judge on campus (as students will be judged virtually), so we would love any contributions that could be made. This is an all day event, so anything from bottle water, breakfast items, or lunch items is perfectly acceptable, as long everything is individually wrapped. Here is the form to donate to the hospitality room.

-7th Grade Science (Please contact Mr. Cody Redfern with questions or to sign up)

Girls: Coaches will conduct basketball tryouts for 7th and 8th graders December 7th through the 9th. The 7th grade tryouts will be from 6:30-7:45am and the 8th grade tryouts will be after school from 3:45-5:00PM on the 7th and 8th, and from 1:45-3PM on Dec. 9th due to early release. Complete the online Tryout Signup Sheet. Visit the Girls basketball website for more information or see Coach Edwards or Coach Shuler.

Boys: Coaches will conduct basketball tryouts for 7th and 8th graders December 16th through the 18th. The 7th grade tryouts will be before school and the 8th grade tryouts will be after school. The basketball signup form is located on the CRMS Boys basketball website page along with the tryout agreement form which needs to be printed out and brought back to Coach Waddell or Coach Gonzalez by December 18th.

2020-21 Yearbooks are available for sale NOW! Don't wait to preorder your yearbook for this extraordinary and unforgettable year! Yearbooks are $35 through the end of December. Starting in January, the price will increase to $40.

Did you miss out on purchasing a CRMS yearbook from last year? We still have some yearbooks available that will be sold for a discounted price of $30. If you'd like to purchase last year's yearbook, please visit the front office at CRMS with $30 exact cash or check. Books will be sold on a first come, first served basis.

On the last day of the semester before the holiday break, Friday, December 18th, we will have a 1/2 day Early Release. This is a different schedule than our typical 2-hour Early Releases.

Here is the schedule for December 18th.

Students, The CRMS Art Club meets every Thursday afternoon from 3:30-4:00. See Ms. Blevins for more information!

If your child is taking a course outside of the school day (ex: through UT High School) and you would like your child’s final exam proctored by a counselor at CRMS, please make this request by Tuesday, December 1st. Email your grade level counselor to request. The CRMS testing date for fall 2020 is December 15th. Most courses are now offering at home proctoring opportunities, so we recommend that you check into that option so that your student does not miss class time. See more info here.

Turn your sound on and please watch this video from CRMS students!

*As the holidays approach, did you know you can buy all your Amazon purchases through Amazon Smile, and they will donate to our PTA?!?! It doesn’t cost you anything and you order the same way. Just set up your Amazon Smile profile to donate to PTA Texas Congress Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA.

*CRMS PTA: If you have not yet, please consider joining the CRMS PTA. Memberships start as low as $10.

*SPIRIT WEAR: Spirit Wear has recently been restocked. Porch pickup is very close to CRMS.

Be sure to follow Canyon Ridge Middle School PTA on Facebook and join the Facebook group for your child's grade level. Thank you for your time and all of your support for our Eagles!

Our next 2-hour early release day is Wednesday, December 9th.

• Here is our updated bell schedule that includes the 2-hour early release schedule.

• As well, here is an updated A/B calendar for your reference that has the early release dates indicated.

• On early release days, students will still attend all of the A-day or B-day classes for that day, and continue to follow their lunch schedule based on their 3rd/7th period teachers.

• Buses will run the normal routes at 1:25.

• The information that was released from Leander ISD is linked here.

To ensure you have the most accurate and up to date information on our sports schedules, please visit the Athletics Website.

• 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: http://victory-radio.com/canyon-ridge-middle-school/

• 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.

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.

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