September 2022

 We are excited to welcome Bulldogs back to school!  Our Senior Parade and Kickoff Assembly set a great tone for the first day of school.  Most schedule issues have been resolved and students should be coming home with class syllabi, a Student Health Form and a Student Lunch Form that demands your signature.

We have made a commitment this year to improve our communication with families at the classroom and building level. Parents and guardians are a critical support to ensure that students stay engaged in learning,  have access to supports and are involved in school activities, clubs, organizations and support.  How can you help?

• Reinforce expectations we have for students at home, including:
• Dress code.
• Timely completion of school work.
• Expectations outlined in our behavior code.
• Encouragement of active participation in extracurricular activities.
• Find our Student Handbook with School Expectations HERE
• We will review the Student Handbook with students in September.
• We encourage you to familiarize yourself with our school expectations so that you can support them from home.
• Our Athletics program has a Code of Conduct reviewed with athletes each season.  Find those expectations HERE
• In addition, this month we are developing a parallel Code of Conduct and disciplinary protocols for extracurricular activities outside of athletics, including our CTE Organizations, Music and Drama Programs and Clubs.  Look for this in the October newsletter.

On Thursday, September 22nd we will host a Parent Night with CHS Administration.  This will become a themed,  monthly meeting where families have the opportunities to learn about our school and provide input on how we can best deliver service to students and families.  We will provide two meetings on that date, one communicated in English at 6pm, and in Spanish at 7pm.  The theme for our September meeting is Parent Feedback & the CHS School Improvement Plan.  At both meetings we will provide opportunities for parents to share ideas for how we can improve communication, provide an overview of feedback from families who responded to our Educational Effectiveness Survey last spring, and take families through our School Improvement Plan goals for the year.  We are excited to make connecting  in person a meaningful routine in our school community again!

Preview the CHS School Improvement Plan 

Academic Support for Students

• We continue to improve our academic supports for struggling students and we want to communicate with you the supports available.  CHS Faculty have identified for you the times of day and days of the week they make themselves available for academic support.  Find a link to teacher support availability HERE.  If these times do not work with your students we encourage them to communicate directly with their teacher to find a time that works for both.
• This year we are piloting a Study Strategies course.  Mr. Brown and I are teaching one of the courses and all teachers are meeting regularly to ensure the courses are aligned and support student needs.  The instructional focus is on personalized academic skill and strategy development.  Students will learn strategies for success, practice them in their classes, and reflect on which best support their learning.  The course provides in-school time for students to connect with teachers, recover lost credits and creates levers to support timely assignment completion.
• Find a brief tutorial for accessing Skyward to check your student grades HERE

School Safety

In an effort to ensure the safety of all our school community members, we have made recommitments to our protocols.  We need your help to ensure that all students and staff feel safe in our building.

All CHS faculty and staff will wear school ID badges visibly, as will any guests to our school.  Our guest protocols demand that visitors are vetted through our Raptor system.  We are encouraging students and staff to report any adult in the building not badged and any unfamiliar presence.

 

Starting today, we are no longer propping open doors, or allowing anyone access to our building other than through our main entrance. Students and staff can continue to exit any of our doors when leaving the building, but all students must return through the main entrance unless accompanied by a faculty member.

We are reinforcing our pass system to ensure we know where students are in the building.

We continue to drill for emergency situations, and reflect on how we can improve our response time.  Our school district is working with emergency response organizations to provide guidance on appropriate responses to various situations.

 

Most importantly, we are encouraging all school community members that if they see something out of the ordinary or someone disregulated in our school community, say something.

 

School Lunch Changes

You can follow this link to a letter from Cashmere School District explaining school lunch prices for the 22-23 school year.  You can also visit the Food Services page on the CSD website for more information including lunch menus, Free/Reduced Meal Applications and more.

Recognitions

Congratulations to Ashlyn, Graduy and Kimmy for the recognition by College Board for outstanding academic achievement!

Ashlyn Reichert: National Rural & Small Town Award Grady Zimmerman: National Rural & Small Town Award Kimmy Dodson: National Hispanic Recognition Award, National Rural & Small Town Award.