CMS Athletic/After-School Activities Update: Due to weather, CMS Baseball, CMS Soccer, and CMS Tennis are all cancelled this afternoon! CMS Track will be in the CMS Gym!! Stay safe, CMS Family!!! ❤🐾🖤
CMS Achievement Highlight 2.10: Congratulations to our CMS Bulldogs for dominating in the January PSD AR Battle! We get to keep the PSD AR Mega Trophy for a little longer (looking forward to a three-peat in April)!! Thank you to our ELA Teachers, Media Specialists, and RMS competitors for making this challenge possible!!! 🏆❤🐾🖤🐝💛
📚 Free Online Tutoring for Students! 📚
Polk School District is excited to share that Varsity Tutors, in partnership with the Georgia Department of Education, is offering free online tutoring sessions to help students prepare for the upcoming Georgia Milestones or receive additional academic support.
🔹 Get ready for Georgia Milestones testing
🔹 Strengthen skills in challenging subjects
🔹 Access free, high-quality tutoring
💡 Upcoming Sessions:
📝 Habits of Successful Test Takers – Register Here
https://info.varsitytutors.com/habits-of-successful-test-takers
📖 Efficient, Effective Reading Strategies – Register Here
https://info.varsitytutors.com/efficient-effective-reading-strategies
📌 Additional Resources:
📖 GA Milestones Parent Resources:
https://lor2.gadoe.org/gadoe/file/65da261d-7393-457b-bd7e-b7721b2f15cf/1/GM_Parent_Resources.pdf
📝 GA Milestones Test Practice & Online Guides: Click Here
https://wbte.drcedirect.com/GA/portals/ga
Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to support student success! 🎯 #PSDProud #MilestonesReady #StudentSuccess
📢 Polk School District will Resume Classes on Tuesday, February 4th 📢
Polk School District will resume classes as scheduled on Tuesday, February 4th. All schools and campus locations have been thoroughly sanitized to ensure a clean and safe learning environment for our students and staff.
This brief pause has allowed time for students and employees to recover and return, and we appreciate everyone’s cooperation in prioritizing health and wellness.
A huge THANK YOU to our phenomenal custodial team for their tireless efforts in preparing our facilities for students to return. Their dedication and hard work help keep our schools safe and ready for learning every day! 🏫
Please see the attached document for wellness guidance to help keep our schools healthy. We look forward to welcoming everyone back tomorrow! ❤️🖤💛
📢 Important Announcement: School Closure for Deep Cleaning & Illness Prevention
Due to the widespread impact of flu and norovirus across our schools resulting in excessive student and staff absences, Polk School District will be closing all schools and facilities and transitioning to a Learn-From-Home day on Friday, January 31, 2025, to allow for deep cleaning of our buildings and additional recovery time for those affected. We currently have 761 students and 63 school-level staff members with illnesses reported which amounts to 10% or more of our student population at each school and a shortage of necessary staff to operate effectively.
This decision is not made lightly and as always we will continue to prioritize the health and safety of our students, staff, and community. Extra-curricular activities and after-school events will not be affected.
All of our facilities will undergo a comprehensive deep cleaning to help reduce the spread of illness and ensure a sanitized environment for everyone upon reopening.
We encourage families to take necessary precautions, including:
✅ Monitoring for symptoms of illness
✅ Practicing good hand hygiene
✅ Keeping sick students at home until they are symptom/fever-free
We appreciate your understanding and partnership as we work to maintain a healthy learning environment.
CMS Raising the BarK Highlight 1.30: This news is so fantastic, we had to do a second highlight for the day! Our CMS Math Department was celebrated and recognized this week by Georgia State Superintendent, Richard Woods, for elevating achievement!! CMS Prinipal Wesley Cupp, with Mr. Martin West and Mrs. Paige Popham, accepted this amazing "Masters of Mathematics" banner on behalf of our CMS Math Department at the ceremony at our CHS PCCCA; it will be displayed with pure Bulldog pride in our CMS Commons Area!!!❤🐾🖤🏆
https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=polk%20school%20district
CMS Raising the BarK Highlight 1.29: Congratulations to our CMS January Students of the Month ❤🐾🖤
6th Grade: Annaleigh Carrasco, Chase Wade
7th Grade: Brylee Hulsey, Brody Williams
8th Grade: Khloe Brown, Rayden Rowland
It's almost Read Across Polk/America Time! Purchase your PSD Read Across Polk T-Shirt ($15) and/or Sweatshirt ($25) online or in person with Mrs. Laura Cox!! Orders are due by Friday, February 7 (they will arrive in time for our upcoming Read Across Polk/America Week, March 4-7)!!! ❤🐾🖤📕
Online Payments: https://polkcountyga.schoolwindow.com/.../cmsmediacenter...
PDF Version of Order Form: https://5il.co/36gyi
CMS Raising the BarK Highlight 1.31: Thank you to all of our CMS 2024-2025 Young Georgia Authors Contest Participants!!! ❤🐾🖤✏️
CMS Raising the BarK Highlight 1.30: Congratulations to our CMS 2024-2025 Young Georgia Authors Contest Winners: 8/Marley English, 7/Adeline CoCo White, 6/Isaac Reynoso Reynoso! Our CMS winning papers will be entered in the PSD District YGA Contest in February!! We are so very proud of these amazing CMS Bulldogs!!! ❤🐾🖤✏️
Congratulations to our Ms. Jennifer Tucker, Academic Specialist, and Ms. Tela Vinson, Paraprofessional, for being named CMS January "Grind" Winners! We honor and celebrate them today for their determination and doing "Whatever It Takes" to "Raise the BarK" every day!!! ❤🐾🖤 #HearOurBark
CMS Athletic Highlight 1.28: Congratulations to our 2024-25 CMS Tennis Team!!! ❤️🐾🖤🎾
Last day to purchase a personalized 2024-25 CMS Yearbook is this Friday, January 31!!! ❤🐾🖤📖
https://www.jostens.com/.../1755761/Cedartown-Middle-School/
🌨❄️ WEATHER UPDATE 🌨❄️
Polk School District will open with a delayed start on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. The additional time will ensure our buses and facilities are fully operational and warm. This means all bus routes, school openings, and start times will be shifted forward two hours from the regularly scheduled times. For example, a 7:00 AM bus pickup will now be a 9:00 AM pickup, etc. There will be no change in dismissal procedures.
We encourage all students to dress warmly for tomorrow's frigid temperatures. Wear layers, hats, gloves, and scarves. Additionally, we urge all of our bus riders to utilize our Here Comes the Bus app to minimize time outside waiting for the bus to arrive.
We appreciate your continued understanding and partnership as we take these precautions to ensure the safety of our students and staff during these extreme winter conditions.
🌨❄️ WEATHER UPDATE 🌨❄️
Due to the State of Emergency now in effect and the uncertainty surrounding the possibility for winter weather conditions to develop during the school day, Polk School District will be closed Tuesday, January 21, 2025, as part of our commitment to ensuring the safety of our students and staff.
We appreciate your understanding and partnership. Stay safe and warm.
CMS Apprenticeship Highlight 1.15: Enjoy our latest edition of the Bulldog Scoop Newsletter presented by our Mrs. Joci Spears and CMS Yearbook Staff!!! ❤🐾🖤
PDF Version: https://5il.co/2vswa
