CGS Weekly Message

Happy Monday!

We hope that everyone enjoyed their Academic Break and were able to spend some time together with family and friends. We look forward to seeing everyone back tomorrow.

We are actively working on next year's 25-26 school academic calendar and hope to have that approved by our board of directors in our upcoming board meetings (Sept. or Oct.)

Reminder- Fall Picture Day will be this Thursday, 9/5. Please dress to impress! This picture is the one we use for the Yearbook. Seniors, we will use your drape/tux photos that you took a few weeks ago for your yearbook picture.

SAVE THE DATES:

• 9/5/2024: Fall Picture Day for Both Campuses
  
• 9/25/2024: 1/2 Day! School Dismisses at 11:45 A.M. for our K-8 Campus and 12:00 P.M. for our High School Campus.

Don't forget to check out our website at www.cgsnc.org and our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/cgsgrizzlies for updates!

School Day:

K-8: School starts at 7:45 A.M. and ends at 2:45 P.M.

(students may arrive as early as 7:15 A.M.)

9-12: School starts at 8:00 A.M. and ends at 3:00 P.M.

(students may arrive as early as 7:30 A.M.)

Need some new CGS apparel? Check out our School Spirit Store by clicking on the link below!

https://acceleratedgfx.com/collections/Clover-Garden

Welcome back to all of our returning and new students attending CGS this week!

Thank you for all that you do! Have a great week!

Mrs. Spencer

THANK YOU, PARENTS!

As we return from our first academic break, I want to sincerely thank you for supporting student learning by having them present, on time, and ready to learn. You have been an asset in our student achievement from the start of the year. I appreciate your support!

Reminders:

Please continue to review the behavior expectations and dress code with your students to ensure continued success this school year.

Progress reports were sent home with students on 8/23. Please reach out to teachers with questions/concerns and encourage your students to complete and turn in work as assigned.

Thank you for all that you do to support student success at CGS!

Dr. Morris

Shout out to CGS Alumni, Miss Peyton Coggins on playing in her first college level soccer game a few weekends ago!! We are so proud of our former Grizzly! GO #13!

Shout out to the Nall Family for their generous donation of umbrellas for our picnic tables at our high school. They also helped put our tables together alongside Mr. A. Morris. Thank you for keeping our students "cool" during these last few weeks of summer temperatures!

Parents,

If you are interested in learning more about our AIG or MTSS programs at CGS this school year, please join us for an information session on September 11th from 4:30 P.M. until 6:30 P.M. at our K-8 Campus. Any and all are welcome to attend. If you already have a student in one of these programs and would like to learn more, please join us.

Thank you,

Mrs. Whitfield

MTSS/AIG Coordinator

Mrs. Weed

MTSS/AIG Interventionist

Mrs. Wilson

MTSS/AIG Interventionist

Parents,

Please click on the link below once we take our photos to get access to your student's photo as soon as it's available! See flyer for more details.

CGS Photography Page:

https://my.photoday.com/s/LTBW/457938

Helpful Information:

https://media.photoday.io/pdfs/FALLLTFAQ.pdf

Please see the flyer below for information regarding this year's 5K run!

Please see the flyer below and save the date for our next Roll-A-Bout Family Skate night!

Students preparing for the SAT can access free SAT prep through Khan Academy. Although we don't offer the SAT on campus, this test prep can be beneficial for our 8th/9th graders taking the PSAT and our 11th graders taking the PSAT/NMSQT in October at Clover Garden. It's a great way to expose your students to the question types they may see on the SAT, PSAT 8/9, and PSAT/NMSQT for our 11th graders.

10th graders will be taking the PreACT in October at Clover Garden. Here is a link to ACT.org for free testing practice and tips. 11th-grade students who plan to take the ACT before the spring administration at Clover Garden or those who are getting a jump start on taking the ACT can begin preparing by utilizing the same free resources.

Please contact our District Testing Coordinator, Ms. Ginter at tonyaginter@cgsnc.org for any questions or concerns.

Parents,

Attached please find a copy of the next month’s menu. Please review it carefully as you place your order at myschoolaccount.com. Remember we adhere to a seven day ordering window. This means that all pre-orders must be placed seven days prior to the serving date.

Please see the links below if you are in need of any assistance.

How to create a myschoolaccount- https://youtu.be/0QZDU5Xm7zU

How to login and manage students- https://youtu.be/9vS7n4tnZ8s

How to deposit funds- https://youtu.be/13k29YnYuZw

How to preorder lunches-
https://intercom.help/myschoolaccount_help_center/en/articles/2330998-place-a-pre-order

Please see above for adding funds to your student account. Please make sure your account is no more than $50 in the negative. If your student’s account is more than $50 in the negative he/she will not be allowed to purchase a la carte items and charge them to their account.

Reach out if you have any questions or if you need your students lunch number.

Thanks,

Dana Walker
Cafeteria Coordinator
danawalker@cgsnc.org

Parents,

We are excited to continue partnering with two school based mental health therapists this school year. Mrs. Chandler Knight works with Kintegra Health, and Mrs. Christine Alvarado works for Emery's Counseling, LLC. Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Alvarado have been fantastic additions to our school mental health team and started with us mid-year last year. This year, they've been with us since day 1! They are fantastic resources if your student(s) are struggling with mental health this school year.

This service provides you the convenience of seeing a professional at school rather than having to travel to an alternative appointment time outside of the school day.

These services run through your insurance company. If you have any questions or concerns or would like more information, please fill out the survey below and a mental health therapist will be in touch!

Please welcome Mr. Kane to our Mental Health Team as well as he works with our school's MTSS team on behavioral interventions and strategies to help our students be successful in the classroom!

Thank you!

2024-2025 Mental Health Survey Link

Parents, we will share volunteering information/opportunities with you in this section this school year. We ask that our families volunteer and give at least 4 hours a month in service back to our school. We will be sharing more information and opportunities for volunteering coming soon!

• We are in need of MULCH donations! Materials and labor! If you're interested in helping us with our mulch project, please contact Mr. Whittington, CGS maintenance at taylorwhittington@cgsnc.org. We have had some generous mulch donations already but will need more for our classroom playground if you can help donate! Thank you for the help!
  

If you know of someone that would be a fantastic fit for our CGS family, please send them to our website to apply at http://cgsnc.org/home/careers/.

Open/Vacant Positions:

*EC Coordinator

*MS Elective (looking for Technology/Computer Science specialty area)

*MS Science/SS Teacher (Mr. Gabriel resigned prior to our Academic Break due to personal reasons)

*Title 1 Teacher Assistant (Elementary Grades- see posting for more details) (2 positions available)

Volunteer opportunities:

Tuesday 9/3

3:30-5:15 admission gate and concession

5:15-7:00 admission gate and concession

Wednesday 9/4

4:30-5:45 admission gate and concession

5:45-7:00 admission gate and concession

Tuesday, September 3rd:

4:00 MS Boys Soccer vs NCLA (Fairchild)

4:00 Varsity Men's Soccer vs Cornerstone (Joe Davidson #4)

4:00 MS Volleyball vs NCLA

5:00 JV Volleyball vs Chatham Charter

6:00 Varsity Volleyball vs Chatham Charter

Wednesday, September 4th:

4:00 Varsity Men's Soccer vs Southern Wake (Springwood #3)

4:30 WT, 5:00 Start- Varsity Cross Country at Southern Wake (Harris Lake)

5:00 JV Volleyball vs Alamance Acers

6:00 Varsity Volleyball vs Alamance Acers

Thursday, September 5th:

4:00 MS Volleyball at Bethany Community

4:00 MS Soccer at Bethany Community

6:30 Varsity Volleyball at Alamance Acers (Trinity Worship Center)

Friday, September 6th:

4:00 Varsity Men's Soccer vs Ascend Leadership (Joe Davidson #4)

5:10 MS Girls Cross Country Friday Night Lights

5:30 MS Boys Cross Country Friday Night Lights

7:34 Varsity Girls Cross Country Friday Night Lights

8:00 Varsity Boys Cross Country Friday Night Lights

Save the date:

• Athletic boosters meeting September 12 7:00 at the K8 cafeteria

• September 28th- Superhero run (contact Coach Bradford)

• October 5th- 2nd Annual Athletic Booster Golf Tournament. ONLY 4 team slots available (Contact Coach Paschal to sign up)

Basketball Conditioning (High School Students Only)

For September Tuesdays 5:00-6:30 in the weight room at the HS campus

Thursdays 5:00-6:30 in weight room 6:30-8:00 in the gym at the K8

Stay In The Know: Athletics has a Remind account to send out important updates. Use the link below to join: https://www.remind.com/join/cgsa2024

Athletics Website: For all things athletics, please visit our website at https://sites.google.com/cgsnc.org/grizzly-athletics

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our athletic director, Coach Paschal at taylorpaschal@cgsnc.org.

As always, thanks for all that you do,

Mrs. Vereyken

Executive Director

Clover Garden School

*If you need this weekly newsletter translated into a different language, please let our Title 1 Coordinator, Mrs. Simmons know at brandisimmons@cgsnc.org.

*If you have any thoughts, feedback or suggestions for our Title 1 team on ways to improve our practices, please contact Mrs. Simmons at brandisimmons@cgsnc.org.

Email: info@cgsnc.org
Website: cgsnc.org
Location: 2454 Altamahaw Union Ridge Road, Burlington, NC, USA
Phone: 3365869440
Facebook: facebook.com/cgsgrizzlies