Cougar Dash
November 5-9
Nov 5: School Planning Day; No school for students
Nov 6: Election Day; Teacher Work Day; No school for students
Nov 7: Day 4
Nov 8: Day 5
Nov 9: Day 6
In this issue: Report cards, Lost & Found, Art Department news, Yearbook, Veterans Day, Fall Play, FCPS Outstanding Employee Awards, Kiss & Ride Guidelines
 Our English Department's Grammar Police were on patrol on Gathering Day
Report Cards
Report cards will be sent home with students on Friday, November 9.
Please remind your student to clear backpacks of any unnecessary contents before the start of second quarter.
Lost & Found
Our lost and found is overflowing. Please have your child check in the cafeteria for missing items. All Lost and Found items will be donated on November 5th.
Art Department News
We still need keys! If you have keys you no longer use, please have your student bring them to the main office or room 118.
 Our 7th Grade Science Cell Organelle Super Heroes
Order your yearbook today and save!
Yearbooks are only $40.
Order online at www.yearbookordercenter.com
Our order number is: 5267
Do you want your student to be featured in the 2018-2019 CMS yearbook?
Please email jpeg photos to cooperyearbook@gmail.com
We will accept any photos, but are currently looking for: 2018 summer photos, sports photos, family/friend photos, first day of school photos, and students with their pets photos.
Veteran's Day PTO meeting and performances
Please join us on November 12 at 9:30am for a brief PTO meeting. In addition, our talented band, chorus, theater and orchestra students will be performing.
The Social Studies department is seeking volunteers to help with an educational Veteran's Day activity. We want to make this a meaningful experience for students by having members of our own Cooper community take part. Please indicate your interest here.
Cooper’s Fall play, Wagon Wheels A-Rollin’
Wednesday 11/14 & Thursday 11/15 after school 2:30-4:30.
Friday 11/16 and Saturday 11/17 from 7:00-9:00pm
Woe falls upon Chuck Wagon’s wagon train, stranded in the notorious Whistling Skull Rock outside the tiny town of Vinegar Bottle, famed for its “I’m O.K. You’re O.K. Corral” and crawling with villains and bandits! The wagon train gets robbed by the mysterious outlaw known as “The Snake,” but Chuck is accused of being the bandit through a crazy plot twist. This fast-paced spoof of the Old West is filled with a goofy stable of hilarious characters. With over 80 Cooper students in the cast and crew, Wagon Wheels A-Rollin’” is a fun for the whole family show. Tickets are $5 for students and children, and $10 for adults and can be purchased at https://www.itickets.com/events/408024.html They can also be purchased at the door.
FCPS Outstanding Employee Awards
Nominations are now open for the FCPS Outstanding Employee Awards! To submit a nomination for a Cooper Middle School Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below. Please complete the nomination through this Google form link: https://goo.gl/forms/8AQAZqkonUdEFLg03. You may nominate an employee in one or more categories. All that is required for a preliminary nomination is a paragraph or two about how this employee demonstrates exceptional work in the criteria for that category.
Outstanding Teacher Eligibility: Has at least three years of experience as a teacher; librarians are included in this category
Outstanding New Teacher Eligibility: Within their first three years of being a teacher; librarians are included in this category
Outstanding Principal Eligibility: Has at least three years of experience as a building principal
Outstanding New Principal Eligibility: Within their first three years of being a building principal
Outstanding Leader Eligibility: At least one year of experience in current position as a Schedule-B or Schedule-C employee: Common positions in this category: School-Based Technology Specialist, Technology Support Specialist, Assistant and Associate Principals, DSA, DSS, Assessment Coach, Career Center Specialist, Instructional Coach, Psychologist, Social Worker, School Counselor, Resource Teachers that serve in an administrative role in a school
Outstanding Operational Employee Eligibility: At least one year of experience in current position as Schedule-A or Classroom Instructional Support Scale employee. Common positions in this category: administrative and office assistants, custodial staff, food service staff, IA, PHA, PHTA, all parent liaisons
Outstanding Hourly Employee Eligibility: At least one year experience in current hourly position. Examples of possible hourly positions: hourly office staff, hourly program assistants, other unique hourly positions as designated per school
You must be willing to complete the Nominator Form and facilitate the selection of two letters of support if your nominee is selected. The deadline to submit a nomination is November 26th.
Please consider nominating someone if you believe they demonstrate exceptional work in one of these categories. FCPS overall winners receive a cash prize! If you have any questions, please contact Michael Rath at mjrath@fcps.edu.
Kiss and Ride Guidelines
Our Kiss and Ride plan is designed to help keep our Cooper Middle School students safe and help the traffic flow. Here is the outline of how the Kiss and Ride operates:
- Kiss and Ride is in the back of the school. Cars are not permitted to drop students in front of the school from 7:00 am to 7:45 am.
- Cars enter the normal entrance from Balls Hill Drive, proceed straight and bear right all the way around the building and onto the back parking lot. There is a designated drop off zone where students disembark and walk up the stairs to enter the building through door number 5.
- Cars drive back up the same road and exit the same intersection from which they entered the school lot. There are a number of staff members to help guide you through the plan.
- Access road is closed during arrival and departures to Cooper Middle School.
- In the afternoon, parents will use the same Kiss and Ride traffic loop for pickup.There will be no parking or driving in the front parking lot from 1:45 pm -2:45 pm.
We need to do everything we can to guarantee the safety of our students. Thus, no students should ever be dropped off at the following locations:
- Dead Run
- Balls Hill Rd
- Georgetown Pike cross streets
- Parking lots and intersections that lead into the school.
We highly encourage students to ride the bus. We thank you for your cooperation in helping us to provide a safe system for dropping off and picking up students!
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