News From The Principal

Parent Conferences

This week begins our parent conferences and these will continue through Wednesday until 11:00 a.m. A reminder that school will be closed for Thanksgiving break and students will be off from Tuesday Nov 22 through Monday, Nov 28.  School will reopen for all students on Tuesday, Nov 29th. 

We hope you have a great Thanksgiving break.

Report Cards

1st marking period report cards and Math checklists will be sent home with your student tomorrow, Thursday, November 9th.  Please review your child's progress and feel free to contact the teacher with any concerns you may have.  A reminder that parent conferences are scheduled for Nov 21, 22, and 23. 

PLUS Periods

On October 17th CVIS will begin our PLUS periods and these will remain throughout the course of the year. PLUS periods are designed to provide interventions and enrichment for all students in the building.  Students in grade 4 are scheduled for PLUS during the 3rd period and students in grades 5 and 6 have PLUS 7th period.  Students are grouped based on several data points, including PSSA scores, RCBM, MAZE, MCOMP, and 4 Sight scores.  Interventions provided include research based programs such as Corrective Reading, SOAR, and Wilson Reading.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions regarding PLUS.

Progress Reports and PSSA Scores

Progress reports and PSSA reports were sent home today with your student.  The PSSA scores represent your child's performance on the 2011 test held last spring.  Progress reports are a reflection of grades since the start of this year.  Please remember that not every class may have reported a grade due to limited meeting times. Art would be an example. 

Please review the progress report with your child and I encourage you to contact the teachers if you have any questions. 

Thank You

We have finished our first complete 6 day cycle for the 2011-12 school year. Believe it or not this is a milestone. Specifically we have finished our entire schedule and students now will be settling into the 6 day routine with tomorrow (9/12/11) being the next "A" day.  Thank you so much for your patience and understanding as the students settle into our routines, especially at bus dismissal time. The bus drivers have done a great job at trying to get into the same spots and the students have done an even better job of finding their bus. The lone exception was Friday but due to the road conditions that is understandable. Even then we were able to dismiss within 15 minutes.  History has shown that this time will greatly decrease and students will be on their way home shortly after dismissal. 

Thanks again for a great first cycle.

CVIS Orientation

We hope you are having a fun and safe summer.  It won't be long until school resumes again and we are excited about the upcoming school year.  Homeroom lists will be posted on August 10th on the entrance doors at CVIS. Letters will also be sent with the orienation schedule as well as the name of your homeroom teacher. Please remember that this assignment is tentative and could change should there be any changes in enrollment.  Orientation is set for Tuesday, August 23rd from 6 - 9 p.m.  Please refer to the schedule you will receive for specifics.  Enjoy the rest of summer. Don't forget to read, read, read.

Final Report Cards

The final report cards were mailed on Monday, June 13, 2011.  Enclosed in the envelope are the 2011 PSSA scores for your child.  Please contact us at the Intermediate School should you have any questions or concerns.

Have a great summer.

Progress Reports

Progress reports for the 4th marking period will be sent home with the students on Friday.  Please contact your child's teachers should you have any questions.

PSSA Update

We have completed our first phase of PSSA testing.  Math and Reading were finished last week and we are in the process of having students who were absent make up the assessment.  This week we started the PSSA Writing for our 5th grade students only.  These will continue through Thursday.  The following week will consist of PSSA Science for our 4th grade students. 

Thanks for all of your cooperation and patience as we work through this month of testing.

"Sock it to Cancer" Mini-THON

CVIS “Sock it to Cancer” Mini-THON: 

CVIS will be holding its 5^th annual Mini-THON to benefit The Four Diamonds Fund on Saturday, March 12^th.  The Four Diamonds Fund helps families with expenses associated with the care and treatment of children with cancer at Penn State Children’s Hospital.  The Four Diamonds Fund also uses the money toward researching a cure for childhood cancer. 

Upcoming dates…ways to help

• February 11^th – registration form and $10 registration fee due
• February 18^th – Silly Sox Day (students can pay $1 to wear a pair of silly socks to school OR $5 to wear silly socks and order a pair of FTK socks)
• February 18^th – corporate sponsor’s names are due to be printed on the back of the t-shirts.
• March 4^th – donation sheet and $40 sponsor money due
• March 12^th – Mini-THON 11-4 – for any student that registered and raised money.  The day will include, lunch, games, music, and much more.