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Upcoming Events
February
1-5 - National School Counselor Month
3 - PTA Virtual Meeting 7pm
Black History Month
School Board Appreciation Month
National Career and Technical Education Month
Save the date - Student Pictures New Date -
March17-18 (through HPE classes)
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We love getting deliveries! Ms. McCallum prepping supplies for the second semester. |
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Learning language is also learning about other cultures and art work. |
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First day of 2nd semester in Art class! Students played Kahoot to get to know Mrs. Davies. |
 Next week is National School Counselor’s week. We would like to acknowledge our wonderful School Counselors: Melinda Caldwell, Dale Oldham, Kimberly Wilborn, and Oshin Wilson.
Professional school counselors collaborate with administrators, teachers, staff, families, and the community to ensure all students can design a rigorous and relevant academic and career program. Their duties include:
- Academic skills support
- Career preparation
- Post-secondary planning and college application process
- Support for parent deployment or pending PCS
- School transition/adjustment concerns
- Coping, problem-solving, decision-making concerns
- Organizational, study and test-taking skills
- Peer relationships and conflict resolution
- Divorce, separation and family changes
- Experiencing loss, death and grief
- Substance abuse awareness
- School-based and community resources information or referrals
- Suicide intervention and prevention
- Bullying intervention and prevention
Rising 9th Grade Students
We are excited to share with you information regarding Academic Advisement and Course Registration for West Potomac High School. Students will watch an informational video from West Potomac High School’s Student Services Department on January 21st during their Panther Time period. This will prepare students for when their Sandburg Middle School counselors meet with them for academic advising. Academic advising will begin for 8th graders from February 1st thru the 5th. Counselors will begin meeting with students during their Health classes within that week. If you have any questions, feel free to email your child’s counselor who can provide you with further details.
NJHS Calendar 2021
Here are the dates for upcoming meetings. There are events in the process of being planned. Those dates will be added when there are set plans and dates.
February:
- 2/4: Officer Meeting (officers only)
- 2/11: NJHS Meeting (all members are to attend)
- Applications will be coming out to eligible students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
March:
- 3/4: Officer Meeting (officers only)
- 3/11: NJHS Meeting (all members are to attend)
April:
- 4/8: Officer Meeting (officers only)
- 4/15: NJHS Meeting (all members are to attend)
May:
- 5/6: Officer Meeting (officers only)
- 5/13: NJHS Meeting (all members are to attend)
June:
PROSPECTIVE THOMAS JEFFERSON STEM STUDENTS
For students in grade 8 who are interested in applying to the Thomas Jefferson STEM School, the application window will begin on February 1st at 8:00 AM and close on February 26 at 4:00 PM precisely. These are strict timelines; late applications will not be accepted.
For information updates and to begin the application process, please visit the TJ website at www.tjadmissions.org
For questions and comments, feel free to reach out to Dale Oldham by email at dsoldham@fcps.edu.
Private School Transcripts and Recommendations
Please email Private School Records Request to Mary Vandever at Mavandever@fcps.edu or FAX to 703-799-6140.
Please allow two weeks for private school transcript requests and testing scores to be sent out to the requesting school. Additionally, please ask your student to email teacher recommendation forms directly to their teacher and that teacher needs to email to Mavandever@fcps.edu.
Procedures for Visitors at CSMS
*When possible (unless it is an emergency) visitors must schedule appointments prior to visiting a school by contacting the main office.
*All visitors will be required to complete a health screening questionnaire and may have to submit to a temperature check prior to entering the building.
*All visitors are required to wear a face covering (cloth or disposable) while on school property and inside FCPS facilities.
*Visitors who do not have face coverings will be provided a disposable mask upon entering a school.
*Visitor access should be limited to essential activities.
Technology
Please continue to submit all request for technology support through Parent and Student IT Support Portal https://itweb.fcps.edu/itsupport/ or you may call The Parent Technology Help Desk at 833-921-3277.
We are grateful for your partnership and continued support of our outstanding school.
CSMS Administrative Team
 PTA News
Please mark your calendars for our next meeting that will be Part 2 in our very important Series focused on Teen Mental Health
Guest Speaker - Noura Khayat, PsyD and Director of Clinical Services for The Center for Cognitive Therapy and Assessment
Feb 3, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83967062780?pwd=VWdTZHF3RGtBc1c0akZGZU93NzhYUT09
Meeting ID: 839 6706 2780
Passcode: 482656
February 23rd - Moe’s Restaurant Night
Thank you for your continued support of the Carl Sandburg PTA.
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