CSRMS Family Newsletter!

CSRMS Families,

Thank you for a great start to the school year! We enjoyed welcoming students back to campus and beginning to build relationships. As we continue to learn, adjust, and improve, we appreciate any feedback you would like to share with the administration team. Be sure to review the important information and reminders included in this newsletter.

• Next Week: Aug 24-26- Volleyball Tryouts- Gym- (See grade level days in Athletics section)
• Friday, Aug 28- Pep Rally- Activity Bell Schedule
• Aug 31-Sept 4- Fall Book Fair
• Monday, Sept 7th: No School- Labor Day

Morning Drop-Off & Afternoon Pick-Up Information

CSRMS has two car loop options for families.

Sunlake Blvd Car Loop
This year, the car loop accessed from Sunlake Blvd will also serve as a parking lot for Sunlake High School students. Both buses and high school students will use this entrance. This loop is closest to the gym, where 6th grade students will report in the morning before being released to first period.

Mentmore Car Loop
The car loop accessed from Mentmore is another drop-off and pick-up option. It is closest to the cafeteria, where 8th grade students will report in the morning before being released to first period.

Please use the loop that works best for your family, and be sure your child knows which loop you will use for afternoon pick-up so they can go to the correct location after school.

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AM Supervision:

There is no supervision for students until 6:45 AM based on our staff hours. There is no adult supervision for students until this time. We do not want student unsupervised in the dark on campus until 6:45. Please refrain from dropping them off and leaving them on campus before there is supervision.

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High School Students Accessing CSRMS:

Throughout the summer, both the high school and middle school principals have shared newsletter messages reminding families that students may not be on each other's campuses without prior permission this school year.

The middle school campus cannot serve as a gathering place or a shortcut to the neighborhood for high school students. This expectation is in place to help maintain the safety and security of our middle school campus.

Over the summer, families with students enrolled at both schools were asked to email both principals to request permission for their student to access a campus where they are not enrolled. Approved students were added to a list and issued a pass.

Students who do not have an approved pass may not be on a campus where they are not enrolled.

• Here are reasons a high school student is given a pass to access CSRMS campus before or after school:

1. They bought a parking permit and were assigned a parking spot at CSRMS

2. The have a middle school sibling and parents are doing a single pick and have emailed Mrs. Maus to get added to the list and recieve their pass and directions email.

3. They are a staff child of SLHS or CSRMS and are meeting their staff parent.

• Reasons a high school student canNOT be at CSRMS:

1. The are walking to pick up their middle school sibling to walk home. This should be done off campus. We suggest the marquee at the corner of Sunlake and Mentmore as a meet up.

2. They want to be picked up at the middle school because it is faster and easier for the parent, but they do not have a middle school sibling.

3. They are coming to say hi and visit.

4. It's a short cut because they do not want to walk around.

• Please do not park in the parking lot and have your child walk through traffic to your vehicle. This creates a safety concern due to moving cars. In addition, staff members arrive at the same time as students and need access to parking spaces. By parking you are stopping staff from arriving at work or high school students with paid spots from getting to class on time.
• Do not park in handicapped parking spaces unless you have a valid handicapped permit or tag. Vehicles parked illegally may be subject to citation.
• The Pasco County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) is enforcing the no-parking rule along the grass on Sunlake Boulevard. Parking in this area creates a safety hazard and should be avoided.
• Please do not ask your child to misrepresent their dismissal plans. Students should not tell staff they are walking home if they are actually meeting a parent elsewhere on campus to avoid the car line. Students should only be picked up in the designated car loop area along the sidewalk. For safety reasons, please do not arrange pick-up in other locations on campus.
• When moving through the car line, please pull forward as far as possible. Closing gaps helps keep traffic moving efficiently and reduces congestion on Mentmore Boulevard and Sunlake Boulevard. Students may not be picked up at the same exact spot each day, as pick-up locations depend on traffic flow.
• Car riders may use their cell phones once they arrive in the car loop. This allows them to communicate with their drivers and helps the pick-up process run smoothly.
• We do not have staff to supervise students before 6:45 AM. We ask that for safety purposes, you are not leaving your child on campus prior to this time.

A syllabus for each class was either sent home on paper on Thursday or emailed to your parent email digitally. Please take a few moments this weekend to ask your child any important information about each class and to review the syllabus. Please know which courses are part of a high school GPA, and which courses have a state exam attached to them. You also want to be familiar with homework and grading policies of your child's courses.

Dropping off outside food (take out, coffees, etc)

Please do not plan to drop off outside take out food or coffees to your child mid day. We cannot have them missing important instruction and be called out of a classroom to pick it up, and we cannot have our office staff continually leaving the office to disrupt instruction or deliever food and drinks. The office staff will not be able to accept these drop offs. If your child forgot their lunchbox, and you drop it off, a staff member working in their lunch will take it with them on their way to the lunchroom for their duty.

Adding Money to your Child's Lunch Account:

This year the county is not using My School Bucks any longer. Instead all lunch money can be added through your student fees Rycor account embedded in your Parent Portal.

Before School:
Student supervision begins at 6:45 a.m. A breakfast cart is available outside the front office from 6:50-7:00 a.m. Additional breakfast carts are available in the Atrium and cafeteria from 7:00-7:10 a.m. Building doors open at 7:00 a.m., and classroom doors open at 7:06 a.m. The tardy bell rings at 7:10 a.m., so please plan accordingly to ensure students arrive on time and ready to learn.

AIR Time (Academic Intervention and Response):
AIR Time is a dedicated 30-minute intervention block that is attached to a different class period each day. During this time, some students may be assigned to an intervention lab, while others may participate in targeted small-group instruction with a teacher. This additional support helps us meet students' individual learning needs and provide extra opportunities for academic growth. (These are the black boxes you see on the bell schedule image.)

4th Period:
Fourth period is our longest class of the day, with five additional minutes compared to other class periods daily. Beginning in two weeks, 10 minutes each week will be dedicated to anti-bullying lessons and activities that support a positive, respectful school culture.

Early Check-Outs:
If your child needs to be checked out early, please plan to do so before 1:15 p.m. This helps our front office staff efficiently complete end-of-day responsibilities and allows us to maintain safe and orderly dismissal procedures for all students.

Home Football Games

We invite all families to join us at our home football games and support our school community! Each game features a special theme, which can be found on our school events calendar. Ticket information will be included in the newsletter leading up to each game.

Home games are a wonderful opportunity to celebrate our students and school spirit. You'll enjoy performances from our talented band, energetic routines from our cheerleaders, and the excitement of watching our football team compete. We hope to see you there throughout the season!

Quarterly Family Night

Each quarter, we will host a Family Night designed to provide information, resources, and opportunities for family involvement.

Our first Quarter Family Night will focus on understanding your child's FAST assessment scores. Students will take their state assessments between September 1 and September 25, and on October 1 we will host an informational session in the cafeteria to help families understand score reports, what the results mean, and how to support student learning moving forward.

We hope you'll join us for this informative evening!

School Tours

Do you know a family exploring school choice options? This December, we will offer evening school tours every Wednesday for families interested in learning more about our school before School Choice enrollment opens in January.

Please help us spread the word to friends, neighbors, and prospective families. Additional details will be shared as the dates approach, and we look forward to welcoming visitors to see all the great things happening on our campus!

If you are a parent planning to attend the meeting, please be sure to check into the office with your ID. If you are a parent wanting to become a regular paren volunteer throughout the year, please be sure to do all required steps (finger printing, and application) to be an approved volunteer.

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Students will participate in a novel study each quarter as part of their English Language Arts instruction. Every teacher has a classroom set of books, so no purchase is required.

However, if you would like your child to be able to highlight, annotate, and write notes directly in their own copy, as well as take the book home as needed, you may purchase the novels through our local partner bookstore. This small business has partnered with our school to create a convenient bundle of all the novels your child will read this year. Purchased books will be labeled with your child's name and delivered directly to the school for easy distribution.

Thank you for supporting both your child's learning and a local small business!

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We are excited to partner with Elite Ink for all of our school spirit wear and gear this year!

The online store will be open for the first two weeks of each month. Once the store closes, Elite Ink will spend the next two weeks producing orders. All items will then be delivered directly to students during their lunch period at the end of the month.

This monthly ordering cycle will continue throughout the school year, giving families regular opportunities to purchase school gear and show their Rushe pride. Be sure to place your order while the store is open each month!

The fall bookfair will be the first week of September! Save the date! More information is coming when the even is closer!

Tryout dates will be:

🏈Football-

Congratulations to those Ravens who made the football team! We can't wait to cheer you on on the field!

📣Cheer

Tryouts are in the Atrium from 2:00-4:00 with Coach Davis THIS WEEK!

Aug 17-Aug 20

🏐Girls Volleyball

All tryouts are in the gym from 1:45-3:15 with Coach Flatley and Coach Smith- NEXT WEEK!

6th Grade- Aug 24

7th Grade- Aug 25

8th Grade- Aug 26

If you plan to come to tryouts for any of the 3 fall sports, you will need to have all your athletic paperwork completed.

Now is a great time to get started! Students MUST have a cleared status in the Athletic Clearance Portal in order to attend tryouts.

Links to all required tasks and paperwork: https://www.pasco.k12.fl.us/athletics/page/forms/

• Create an Account & Complete all items on AthleticClearance.com
• Complete EL2 (physical) form with a doctor's signature, stamp, and date, along with Parent and Student Signatures and date at the bottom of Page 4. Then, upload to Athletic Clearance.
• Complete NFHS classes for: Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Concussion for Students, and Heat Illness. Then, upload certificates to Athletic Clearance
• Completed Transportation Form uploaded to Athletic Clearance
• Completed GA4 form uploaded to Athletic Clearance for transfers

• Jessica Maus- Principal-

• Dr. Eshonda Swackard- Assistant Principal- eswackar@pasco.k12.fl.us
• Edward Doychak- Assistant Principal- edoychack@pasco.k12.fl.us