Parents, as many of you know, our school system uses the Marzano Framework to align our instructional practices and work diligently each day to ensure a positive learning experience for our students. We are currently exploring the possibility of applying for Level 1 High Reliability School Status: Safe and Collaborative Culture.
Please take a few minutes and respond to questions regarding the safe and collaborative culture of our schools. We value your input and appreciate all you do to support Commerce City Schools!
https://forms.gle/efQP51WKPWysx89L8
This Friday, September 8th is the final day of coverage for those students still under free or reduced eligibility from last school year. Beginning Monday September 11th, those students who were the beneficiaries of free and reduced price meals from the 22/23 school year will begin being charged full price for breakfasts and lunches served at school unless a new application is received, processed and the family qualifies. Questions on eligibility or School Nutrition can be sent to Rich Friedman, School Nutrition Director rich.friedman@commercecityschools.org or 706-336-8963
The Commerce Public Library provides free access to books and online resources for students enrolled in Commerce City Schools.
Congratulations to our
2023 CollegeBoard's National
Recognition Program awardees! The honor recognizes their academic excellence and hard work in high school!
Corbin Scoggins - NRSTA
Emily Anderson - NAARA
Austen Meredith - NRSTA
Award Key: National African American Recognition Award (NAARA),National Rural and Small Town Award (NRSTA).
A huge THANK YOU to Chief Ken Harmon, Corporal Dunbar, Officer Estrada, and the other police officers with the Commerce Police Department for partnering with our system and school administrators to complete the lockdown drills this week. Your efforts to keep our schools safe are greatly appreciated. Thanks for your continued support of our school system! Go Tigers!
Good afternoon. Our schools will be conducting lockdown drills this week. Please do not be alarmed if you hear that one of our schools has gone into a Level III lockdown. There will be additional law enforcement officers and vehicles at the schools this week for the drills. Please talk with your students about the drill so they understand that the drill is another way to keep everyone as safe as possible. Thanks for your help.
Notice: The dates and times for the millage rate hearings are-
Friday, September 1, at 1:00 pm
Thursday, September 7, at 6:00 pm (prior to board work session)
Monday, September 11, at 10:00 am
The hearings will be in the board room at Central Office located at 270 Lakeview Dr.
SENIORS: Have you completed your advisement meeting with your homeroom teacher yet? Go on to the senior Google Classroom and RESPOND to the Advisement Question posted there on Wednesday morning, 8/16.
Hat Day Friday, August 11th!
Sophomores will take the PSAT on Wednesday, October 11th. 9th & 11th graders can opt to take the PSAT for an $18 fee. Email jordan.raettig@commercecityschools.org if you would like for your 9th or 11th grader to test. The deadline to opt into testing is Friday, August 25th.
REMINDER OF CHS TARDY POLICY: A student is tardy to school if he/she enters a class after the tardy bell has finished ringing. Parents/guardians will be notified of chronic problems concerning tardiness. Consequences for tardy procedures will be based on cumulative tardies. Students will begin receiving consequences beginning with their fifth tardy.
The afterschool programs will end today at 4:30 pm. The JV game for today has been cancelled. All athletic practices at CHS will continue as planned. All athletic practices at CMS have been cancelled except for CMS football.
Parents: Please be aware that the Boys & Girls Club is closed today.
Dual Enrollment & Work-Based Learning Students, you must report to the CHS auditorium during your DE/WBL blocks tomorrow. You will be in the auditorium the entire block that you have DE/WBL. If you have multiple DE/WBL blocks, you will be in the auditorium for all blocks.
CHS students, please join us for Open House tomorrow! 9th Graders and their parents will meet in the CHS gym at 6:00PM and then be able to visit their teachers' classrooms. 10th through 12th graders may drop-in anytime from 6:30PM to 8:00PM.
CHS students who wish to make a schedule change may do so tomorrow, Thursday, July 20th from 9AM-11AM & 1PM-3PM in the CHS cafeteria.
Underclassmen, pick up schedules at CHS tomorrow! Visit the Parent Portal now to make sure your 2024 OLR is complete and there is no outstanding lunch balance. Local holds, such as books or sports uniforms must also be cleared up before you will receive your schedule.
Is someone in your household enrolled in Free and Reduced School Lunch? You may qualify for the FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP)!
The ACP provides households with up to a $30 credit every month toward their internet bill. Ga Student Connect will be contacting eligible households to provide online enrollment assistance to anyone that qualifies so please be aware of any call coming in from 470-500-1903. You can also call this number on your own to receive enrollment support. Visit gastudentconnect.org to learn more!
Attention Parents:
ALL students MUST sign up for bus transportation during the Online Registration process before school begins on July 28, 2023, in order to be placed on a bus route. All students who sign up for bus transportation will be given an ID tag to scan on and off the bus. Students are NOT allowed to ride the bus without the ID tag. If you need to make any changes, please contact the Transportation Department at 706-335-5500.
Good afternoon! We're excited about the upcoming school year. Download our app if you haven't already as this will be our primary means of communication for the upcoming year (replacing Remind). We'll see you at Open House next week! Go Tigers!
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