The Cutter Morning Star School District is on a soft lockdown out of an abundance of caution due to something in our area.
There will be a meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, February 28th at 6:00 PM in the high school library for all those interested in helping with the Community Garden.
Congratulations to our February teacher of the month, Angela Calabro! Ms. Calabro is new to our special education department this year, but has quickly endeared herself to our students and staff. She is dedicated to ensuring that every child succeeds, every day! We are very excited to have her on our team! Congratulations to Ms. Calabro!
Parents and students,
Each year, we collect class dues. These fees go directly to student programs and are used to pay for things like prom, school dances, and school functions.
Right now, we are preparing for our 2023 prom, and we are trying to collect class dues to ensure that prom can be a fun and successful event for our students. Because we are not legally allowed to use state or federal funds for these events, we depend completely on these class dues and fundraising events to pay for prom.
Class dues are as follows:
$15 for 7th and 8th graders
$35 for 9-11th graders.
We have set a deadline with our students of February 24th to get these class dues in.
Thank you for your support for all of the programs and events that are students are a part of!
Hi parents and students:
If you aren't aware, our band program has accomplished amazing things in the last few weeks. We want to share some of their accomplishments:
On January 21st, Ryder May and Logan Vaughan made the region 2 honor band! Region 2 is very large and includes much larger schools, so for them to make it on the band is quite an accomplishment. Logan placed 8th chair out of 30 tubas. He was seated as the 4th tuba in the 2nd honor band. Ryder placed 9th overall out of 88 percussionists. He was seated in the 1st honor band and scored nearly perfect on the timpani drums. This qualified him for state band auditions. Ryder is also a part of the Hot Springs Community Band. The music for this ensemble is college level or higher.
On February 7th, Ryder May, Logan Vaughn, Riley Harvey, Emily Breashears, Sam Sangster, and Abby Sharp travelled to Searcy to audition form the All Star Honor Band. Every one of these students represented the school very well at the auditions and had amazing performances! Ryder May placed 9th chair in percussion and Logan placed 8th chair in Tuba. Riley and Sam performed very well and placed as alternates.
The CMS Eagle Concert Band will be headed to concert assessment at Lake Hamilton in March for a chance to qualify for state band for class 3A.
Congratulations to all of our band students and all of their accomplishments, and we look forward to many more successes this year and in years to come!
Thank you to all of the parents and students that came out for CAPS tonight! It was a great success!
A special thank you to the high school PTO for bringing dinner for our teachers! We are very appreciative!
Club pictures, high school Who's Who 7-11th grade pictures and high school basketball team pics is set for Thursday, Feb. 9th. Students who are off campus and are club members or basketball players, please reach out to your club sponsor or coach for the time. We will do our best to stay on schedule. See you tomorrow!
Progress reports went out today at the High School. All students received their reports in their English classes.
CMS Educator Rising Students attending legislative session to listen to house education committee bills being presented. Thank you to our Senators and Representatives for making us feel welcome and your service.
Just a reminder to high school parents and students that our teachers are posting assignments through Google Classroom. Student attendance is based on students completing this work. Please try to keep up with this while you are out, as to not get behind. For those without internet, you will have 3 school days to make up the work when you get back. Happy Snow/Ice day!
Due to the pending weather Cutter Morning Star School District will use an AMI day on Thursday, February 2, 2023.
Peewee games scheduled for tomorrow night have been cancelled.
Announcement Regarding The High Reliability Schools Survey
Cutter Morning Star School District works hard to build a culture of excellence for our students and our staff. But our work is only as successful as the input we get from our students, parents, and staff that helps us make good decisions. This is why Superintendent Anderson, Principal Almond, and Principal Stage are asking every student, parent, and staff member to take about 5-10 minutes to complete our High Reliability School Survey. This survey asks questions about the culture of our elementary school and of our high school. This survey is being provided at no cost to our district by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) and DESE will provide us with the results of our survey so that our administrators and our staff leadership teams and our school board can use those results to make the best decisions for our students and our staff. The window for the survey closes on Friday, February 10th.
Below are the links to the survey: You may choose to take the survey without giving any identifying information OR you may choose to include that information. Also parents can take the survey for each school if they have students in both schools. AND staff can take the survey for each school if they work in both schools. The most important thing is that you complete our survey, please.
IF you have any questions or concerns about the survey please feel free to contact either your building principal OR email Laura Baber at laura.baber@cmseagles.net. Thank you!
HIGH RELIABILITY SCHOOL SURVEY LINKS:
There are 2 separate survey links, one for students and a second for administration/staff/parents.
Administration / Staff / Parents: https://bit.ly/3QNdjTA
Students: https://bit.ly/3HcyhYG
The student survey is for students in grades 3 or higher
Due to the pending weather Cutter Morning Star School District will be using an AMI day on Thursday, February 2, 2023. Be safe and stay warm.
The Jr. and Senior High cheer parent meeting that was scheduled for tomorrow has been moved to next Wednesday, February 8th, at 6:00 PM in the high school cafeteria.
Due to the pending severe weather Cutter Morning Star School District will be using AMI days on Tuesday, January 31 and Wednesday, February 1, 2023. Please safe and READ as well as completing your other assignments.
Congratulations to Mrs. Phillips for being selected as the January teacher of the month at the high school! Mrs. Phillips truly cares about her students and goes out of her way to make sure that each student is loved and supported. She is a true joy to have on staff, and we are very grateful that she is an Eagle!
Eagle Fans, With only a couple weeks remaining in the regular season, we would like to update you on the schedule.
Thursday Jan. 26 JVG JVB JG JB in that order 4:30 start at Home vs Jessieville
Friday Jan. 27 JB SG SB 5:00 start (SENIOR NIGHT) NO 7G game!! Senior night festivities will start approx. 6:00 Friday
Saturday Jan. 28 7G 7B @ Jessieville Tourney both teams play at 9:05am
Thursday Feb. 2 Murfreesboro- Cancelled
Dear Parent/Guardian:
We are hoping to see parents of all 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th grade students on Monday, February 13, for CAPS conferences. The purpose of this conference is to sit down with your child and his/her CAPS advisor for a visit that will help us to provide the best curriculum possible for your child.
CAPS (Career Action Planning for Students) is a program that provides each student with a personal advisor to help plan coursework that will support academic and career paths. At Cutter Morning Star, we believe that course selection is a critical component of a quality education and that parent(s), student, and school should be involved in the decision process. These conferences help us make decisions that involve proper staffing, and scheduling that will allow us to best utilize every resource possible to try to make the high school experience the best that it can be.
CAPS advisory sessions will be held each week, from 2:22 to 3:14, on these dates: January 13, January 20, January 27, February 3, and February 10. All students should attend these sessions. Each session has a specific task, which includes a transcript analysis, completing or revising the graduation plan, and course selection for next year. These tasks are difficult to complete unless students are present, so they are encouraged to be at school each Friday, so that they can have the help and advice of the CAPS advisor.
On February 13th, your conference will consist of reviewing your child’s transcript, graduation requirements, and courses selected for the 2023-24 school year. Conferences will begin at 1:00 p.m., with each session lasting 15 minutes, and ending at 7:00 p.m. We ask that you make it a priority to keep your allotted time slot which you will find at the bottom of this letter. Our staff is very excited to have the opportunity to work with your family in helping plan for your child’s future.
If you have any questions, please contact your student’s advisor via email. I urge you to make this night a priority, and we look forward to seeing you on the 13th.
If you have any questions concerning your child’s current progress in a subject, please contact the teacher and schedule an appointment outside of this date. This will allow us to remain on schedule throughout the day of CAPS conferences.
Sincerely,
Adam Stage, Principal
Cutter Morning Star High School
Please attend Decade in Review tonight in the high school arena starting at 5:30. Come see all the great things going on at Cutter Morning Star School District.