Weekly Message 5/8 – 5/12

Happy Sunday! Happy Mother’s Day to all of our AMAZING Grizzly Moms out there!! We hope that your day is extra special today and filled with love, hugs, and kind words. Thank you for all that you do for your grizzly!

Thank you to all of you that made our teachers feel so appreciated and special last week for Teacher Appreciation Week! It was an amazing week full of surprises, gifts, notes of encouragement, and fun. Thank you for taking the time to recognize and support our AMAZING teachers at CGS. CGS Teachers are better than best! We are so lucky to have such an amazing group of educators. Thank you CGS teachers and staff for everything you do for our Grizzlies! #blessed

We are QUICKLY wrapping up the month of May believe it or not. There are only 13 school days left of our 21-22 school year!! Testing has already started but is officially is full swing over the next 2 weeks. See the attached testing calendar for details.

Please pay close attention to the deadlines below for student work.

Deadlines for work to be turned in:

(Student school issued laptops are also due to be turned in by this date as well)

• High School students: May 13^th
• Middle School students: May 20^th
• Elementary School students: May 20^th

Covid-19:

I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to give you Covid-19 updates anymore this school year, but unfortunately, our numbers have been increasing recently so we want to remind/encourage anyone that is experiencing signs of Covid-19, PLEASE contact our school nurse asap. We have already started seeing a cluster again in one of our classrooms and will be making some adjustments this week in order to try and contain the spread of the virus. We need your help! Face masks are still encouraged and highly recommended especially in classrooms with high Covid-19 positive cases. We are working very hard to keep our students at school these last 13 days. Covid-19 is still prevalent within our school building and within our community. Please help us slow the spread by encouraging your student to social distance when able and let our school’s nurse know asap if your child is showing signs of Covid-19. Together, we can slow the spread of Covid-19. Please contact our school’s nurse for questions/concerns at angelacorbett@cgsnc.org. Please see the attached metrics.

Valedictorian, Salutatorian, and Junior Marshals:

Please help me congratulate some of the amazing SENIORS in our building! It is my honor and pleasure to recognize and shout out our 2 Co-Valedictorians this school year, BOTH with a cumulative GPA of 4.517, Mr. Carson Messick and Miss Jaclyn Faucette. These two students have also worked extremely hard and will be graduating not only with their high school diploma, but with their Associate’s Degree from Alamance Community College as well. Excellent job Carson and Jaclyn!! We are very proud of you both and of all of your accomplishments!

Please also help me recognize our amazing class of 2022 Salutatorian, with a cumulative GPA of 4.503, Miss Abby Kidd! You may recognize Abby as our current Student Body President and Drum Major for our CGS Band! Abby is a leader both in and outside of the classroom! Congratulations Abby! Well done!

Lastly, we’d like to recognize this year’s Junior Marshals! The Junior Marshals lead at the top of their class in GPA and are great all-around students. Congratulations! We are very proud of your continued hard work and success! Maddux Harrell, H’Joepina Buonkrong, Briar Roten, Will Oldham, Mason Moffitt, Gracie Canup, Amy Smith, Daniel Meza Sarmiento, Logan Poole, and Kailey Brooks.

Check out our school’s Facebook Page to see photos of these students! https://www.facebook.com/cgsgrizzlies/

(Below are  a few reminders from last Sunday’s message that are still important!)

Next School Year: 2022-2023:

Reminder that next year’s 1^st day of school begins on MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022.

The first 20 days of school is IMPERATIVE to our school’s financial health since we are a charter school. NO field trips/educational trips, vacations, etc. will be approved for the first 20 days of school. All students MUST be on campus and in their seats to be considered enrolled at Clover Garden School for the 22-23 school year. If your student does not attend school on the first day of school, we will assume you have moved them to another school and will look to replace and fill their spot. Attendance is VITAL during the first 20 days in order for our school to be complaint with directives from DPI in regards to our school’s financial health. Thank you for understanding the importance of attendance and having your student(s) enrolled in school during the entirety of the academic school year. Please plan your student’s appointments, vacations, etc. on “non-student” days or “academic breaks” whenever possible. Thank you!

PTT Interest: (Please complete this form by 5/15 if interested!)

If you are interested in becoming a Parents Teacher Together (PTT) officer or serving on one of our PTT’s committees, please fill out this Google form. We will be meeting at the end of the school year to go over goals and plans for the summer and for next school year. This is a great way to get your volunteer hours in and serve the community in which your students are enrolled. This is a GREAT way to get involved! Please click the link if interested.

PTT Officers and Committee Interest Form: Please complete here.

Seniors:

Please fill out the two Google Forms below. We’d like everyone to fill out the college acceptance form again even if you’ve filled it out already. We are using both of these forms for graduation information. All information for your student’s senior slide show and senior spotlight on social media will be pulled from these two documents. Thank you for taking the time while we shout out your student on social media and on our website. We will be using the month of May to celebrate seniors daily!

Senior Spotlight Form: Please complete here.

College Acceptance Form: Please complete here

Here’s a quick glance at the week:

Monday, May 9

• 8:30        May BOD Meeting via YouTube
• 4:30       Varsity Boys Tennis HOME vs. Chatham Central (Burlington Tennis Center) 3^rd Round NCHSAA State Play-Offs
• 6:00       Varsity Girls Soccer @ Western Alamance HS (On Campus)

Tuesday, May 10

• 4:00       Varsity Girls Soccer HOME vs. Westover Christian (Springwood #3)
• TBA       Varsity Softball NCHSAA 1^st Round Play-Off Game TBA
• TBA       Varsity Baseball NCHSAA 1^st Round Play-Off Game TBA

Wednesday, May 11 – CGS Booster Club Meeting 8 pm via Zoom – Contact Coach Moyer for an Invitation

• 4:00       Varsity Girls Soccer HOME vs. Triangle Math and Science (Springwood #3) SENIOR NIGHT

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