CGS Weekly Message

Happy Sunday!

Thank you to those that attended our AIG/MTSS intervention night informational session last Wednesday. We greatly appreciate your dedication to your student and to their academics! Shout out to Mrs. Weed, Mrs. Wilson, and Mrs. Whitfield for a great night of information. In case you missed, it, you can check out their pages on our website by clicking here: MTSS and AIG.

Book Fair:

Our Fall Scholastic Book Fair opens this week!! Please stop by and visit or shop online at: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/clovergardenschool1

The Times News' Readers' Choice Award Voting is OPEN!

Grizzlies, Cast Your Vote! 2024 Readers' Choice Awards!

It's a great opportunity to showcase Clover Garden School and celebrate the dedication and hard work of our community. Be sure to cast your vote and encourage others to do the same. Your voice matters!

Voting is open August 27 - September 23, 2024.

https://burlingtontimes-news.secondstreetapp.com/2024-Readers-Choice-Alamance-County/gallery?group=485923

SAVE THE DATES:

• 9/16/24-9/20/24: Fall Scholastic Book Fair
• 9/23/24: ACC College Fair visit for Seniors (see details in Dr. Morris' message below)
  
• 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.
• 9/28/24: 5K Super Hero Run to benefit the Athletics department at 9 A.M.
  

Upcoming Events:

• 10/4/24: 1/2 Day: Dismissal at 11:45 A.M. for our K-8 Campus and 12:00 P.M. for our HS Campus
  
• 10/5/24: Golf Tournament- Athletic Boosters Event
  
• 10/7/24-10/11/24: Academic Break- SCHOOL CLOSED
• 10/21/24: Parent/Teacher Conferences Day- SCHOOL CLOSED
  
• 10/21/24: Roll-A-Bout Family Skate Night from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. to benefit the P.E. Department.
  

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

Big Shout Out of APPRECIATION to Mrs. Carrie Grigg!

Thank you Mrs. Griggs for standing in the gap during the morning car rider line last week. We were short handed and Mrs. Grigg parked her car and pitched in to help in the K-2 Car rider line! Thank you!

Additionally Parents,

Be mindful that your student’s prompt arrival to school is IMPERATIVE and ensures a FULL day of teaching and learning. Just a few minutes tardy can and will impact your student over time. Please review your morning routines and traffic patterns to ensure a prompt arrival to school. Students that accumulate unexcused tardies and absences are subject to consequences per the Code of Conduct.

Thank you for your continued support. Join us as partners in our mission to “produce successful citizens!” This is just the first step!

Thank you,

Mrs. Spencer

Hi Grizzly Families!

Thank you for your continued efforts to have students on time, ready to learn, and dressed for success. We appreciate your support and look forward to our continuous partnership. It was another awesome week on campus. Our student council representatives were announced on Wednesday, and we are excited about what our student leaders will contribute to the success of CGS. Mrs. Gladden and Dr. Morris met with grade levels on 9/11 to review academic and behavioral expectations and a brief overview of the code of conduct. Our campus began morning announcements for All American Week (9/11-9/17) focused on Remembrance Day (9/11), Patriot Day (9/12), Citizenship Day (9/16), and Constitution Day (9/17).

Reminders:

Please check in with your students to ensure they keep up with their class assignments. If you have any questions, please contact your student's teachers. For students taking NCVPS courses, please have your students communicate with their instructors for questions on assignments, grades, etc. Mrs. Gladden speaks with NCVPS students when progress reports indicate below-average work completion and grades.

The Josten's representative was on campus Friday, 9/13, to provide information on class rings to our Sophomores and Seniors' cap and gown orders. Seniors must purchase their cap and gown. Please see Mrs. Simmons with questions about ordering the cap and gown.

SENIORS:

Lifetouch will be on campus Monday, Sept.16th, and appointments start at 9:00 AM. Seniors are encouraged to schedule an appointment using the link below if they are in need of make up pictures for Drape/Tux. In addition to the opportunities at our school, seniors can have their images done at the Lifetouch senior portrait studios by going to the same link below.

www.prestigeportraits.com/bookappointment

Please email Dr. Morris if you need assistance preparing to apply or apply to college. Early admissions are currently underway for several colleges and universities. Here is a link for information on UNC System admission requirements.

We will take seniors to the ACC College Fair on September 23rd, 2024. They will need to be on campus by 8:20 and will ride the bus to/from the College Fair. We will return by 10:30am. Permission forms were given during English IV classes on Tuesday, 9/10, and are available in the front office. Seniors who wish to attend with Clover Garden must ride the bus and turn in permission slips by 9/18.

As always, thank you for all that you do!

Dr. Morris

High School Families,

This section will be re-occuring in our weekly messages. This section will contain any opportunities that we are made aware of that may benefit your high school student or high school junior/senior in regards to college application deadlines, scholarships, etc.

Please reach out to Dr. Morris with any questions!

Shout out to our amazing CGS parents, Mr. Ryan Long, Mr. Brandon McCann, and Mr. Terry Rogers and other community volunteers for coming on-site to assist in the maintenance and repair of our flag pole at our K-8 campus! Thank you to our CGS Maintenance staff member, Mr. Whittington for getting this repair set up!

Shout out to Ms. Kim Chavis and Clover Garden A.M.E. Church for their generous donation of school supplies for our students this school year! We greatly appreciate their donation and for being a helpful neighbor to our school community!

Shout out to Mr. Harper and our CGS Band who have been busy working on their Fall Show for Marching Competition Season. Mr. Harper presented to the Board of Directors on Tuesday (9/10) in regards to the show for this year and all of the hard work the band is putting into it. He came prepared with props from the show which centers around Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Goodluck to our CGS Band who has events coming up soon!

CGS Photography Page:

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

Helpful Information:

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

Our Fall Scholastic Book Fair is set up for in-person shopping Monday, 9/16-Friday 9/20 in our library at our K-8 campus.

Please stop by and visit or shop online at: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/clovergardenschool1

Hours are:

7:30 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. Monday-Thursday.

7:30 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. on Friday.

Please email our volunteer coordinator if you're interested in volunteering in our book fair at volunteercgs@cgsnc.org.

Please email Mrs. Redd for any questions at roseredd@cgsnc.org

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!

The CGS Dance Department is sponsoring the Texas Roadhouse gift card fundraiser again this year! Your student should have brought home a packet and packets will be due back to Mrs. Ballard on Monday, September 30th. Remember that this is a PRESALE of the gift cards. You will receive your gift cards the first week of November, just in time to share with family and friends over the holidays. These gift cards make great Christmas gifts and help support the CGS Dance program!

Please make all checks payable to “Clover Garden School” - NOT Texas Roadhouse.

Texas Roadhouse offers prizes and incentives for the various ages of student sellers, which you can read about on your packet, but the CGS Dance Department is also offering our own set of prizes and incentives, so please read about them below.

• Top 3 Selling Elementary Classes will earn a party with the Clover Garden Dancers!

1st place - Movie, Games & Ice Cream Party with the CGS Dance Ensemble

2nd place - Games & Snacks with the CGS Dancers

3rd place - Games with the CGS Dancers

• Middle School & High School students that sell $500 worth or more of TR gift cards will be entered in a drawing to win a $50 Visa gift card!

Please email me at annaballard@cgsnc.org with any questions or concerns. Thank you for your support of the CGS Dance Department!

-Mrs. Ballard

6-12 Dance Instructor, Clover Garden School

Volunteer Opportunities:

9/16- Admission Gate, Concessions 4:30-6:00 & 6:00-7:30

9/17- Admission Gate, Concessions 3:30-5:00

9/18- Cross Country Course Spotters, 4:00-5:00 or 5:15-6:15

Save the Date:

September 28- SuperHero Run

October 4- Fall HS Senior Night

October 5- CGS Athletic Boosters Golf Tournament

Monday, September 16:

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

5:00 JV Volleyball vs Phoenix Academy

6:00 Varsity Volleyball vs Phoenix Academy

JERSEY NIGHT AT THE GAME

Tuesday, September 17:

4:00 MS Boys Soccer vs Chatham Charter (Springwood #3)

4:00 MS Volleyball vs Chatham Charter

4:00 JV Volleyball at Ascend Leadership

5:30 Varsity Volleyball at Ascend Leadership

Wednesday, September 18:

4:00 MS Boys Soccer vs Blessed Sacrament (Springwood #3)

4:00 WT MS Cross Country Mid Piedmont (Lake Cammack)

5:00 WT HS Cross Country Meet (Lake Cammack)

6:00 Varsity Men's Soccer at Eastern Randolph

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.

Parents, as part of a legislative requirement of Senate Bill 49, each year CGS will provide you with information and updates related to various services and departments within our school. This information will provide you with links and resources of updates to our school programming at all student levels.

Feel free to read over the most updated version of the Parents Guide to Student Achievement document and let us know if you have any questions. We will add to this document throughout the school year and updates will be sent out if needed. We will review this document again next summer and will provide you with updates at the beginning of the new school year.

Also, for your reference- here is the most up-to-date CGS Directory for your reference this school year.

Thank you for continuing to work together to ensure your student's overall academic success this school year!

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,

Click below to access the Mental Health Survey for this school year if you are interested and/or in need of these services for your student.

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.

Please email our volunteer coordinator if you're interested in assisting with any volunteering opportunities at volunteercgs@cgsnc.org. Thanks!

Volunteering Opportunities:

• 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!

• Fall Scholastic Book Fair- volunteers needed for our in-person Fall Scholastic Book Fair 9/16-9/20. Hours are 7:30 A.M. until 3:00 P.M. Email our volunteer coordinator if you're interested in helping.
  

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

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

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