Middle School Parents, On behalf of Mr. Jefferson, please read over the attached letter.

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Angie O'Brien

Parents, This is our second newsletter for the 2020-2021 school year. Last week's newsletter was just to welcome all of our new and returning CSP families. Newsletters will come out weekly for the first few weeks and then we will switch to bi-weekly. I try to make the newsletter the most resourceful piece of communication between the school and the CSP community, so please look over the information shared with you. If you ever miss the newsletter or want to make sure you are receiving it, you can always visit the website and click on News and then Newsletter. All of our newsletters are there for you to refer back to at any time. If you have any questions about the newsletter, please feel free to reach out to me.

Angie O'Brien

Do you have something to share about your student? Did you want to share a shoutout? Anything else exciting and positive about the school worthwhile sharing out? You now have the opportunity to share this to be posted on our CSP's social media pages! Please submit via this Google Form: https://forms.gle/SuBqFaTmUus29f9J7 And be on a lookout for any it posting on any of our social media pages: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChesapeakeSciencePoint Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSP_Charter Instagram: Coming Soon!

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

Chesapeake Science Point’s Middle School Back to School Night will be held virtually this school year. The event will begin with a “Welcome to The 2020-21 School Year at CSP” video message from the administrative team followed by live virtual presentations by departments at 6:00PM. The meeting links will be shared next week. We look forward to seeing you all. Please see the attached schedule. Please use the following link to submit any questions you may have. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-ChW4qbGmLfETw48Qe2oKsvVPV8sYHNj8wk_UcEFAMrDqFA/viewform

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Angie O'Brien

Beginning Monday Sept. 14th, all middle school math students will begin taking the i-Ready diagnostic test through their math course. This includes 6th, 7th, and 8th graders enrolled in Math 6/7, Math 7/8, Math 8, Algebra 1, and Geometry. i-Ready is an online program for reading and mathematics that will help your student’s teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year. i-Ready allows your teacher(s) to meet your student exactly where they are and provides data to increase your student’s learning gains. i-Ready consists of two parts: Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction. More information can be found at https://i-readycentral.com/familycenter/ We ask that students have a distraction free area to take the test. Though the test is not apart of the student's grade, it is important they try their best. Your help is appreciated to make for a smooth testing experience. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Messer at kmesser@mycsp.org

Mrs. Messer

Starting the week of 9/14, we will be starting our election for overall officers. Overall officers include the following... Middle School Student Council (StuCo) - 8th-grade officers --- President --- Vice President --- Secretary --- Treasurer - Class Advisory Representatives (one per each advisory class; 6th-8th grade) High School Student Government Association (SGA) - Overall Officers --- President (senior, will also serve as 12th-grade class president) --- Vice President (senior or junior) --- Secretary (sophomore, junior, or senior) --- Treasurer (sophomore, junior, or senior) After elections of overall officers (end of September) we will have elections for the following positions StuCo - - Class Advisory Representatives (one per each advisory class; 6th-8th grade) SGA - - Class Officers (separate 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th) --- President (12-grade president will be decided on whoever the overall president is who will also simultaneously serve this role) --- Vice President --- Secretary --- Treasurer Any student not elected to an official position will have the option to join the general assembly of their school level organization (Middle = StuCo; High = SGA). To watch for information about the upcoming elections and joining CSP Student Leadership, please join any of these Google Classroom pages: - Middle School - o6madqn - High School - vj3vhyk - CSP Student Leadership (for members of student leadership; if you're planning to run or hoping to join the general assembly for both StuCo and SGA) - mf5z5re

Questions? Seek out Ms. Bradley (nbradley@mycsp.org) in room 107!

High school BTSN will take place on Thursday, September 24, from 6-8:00pm. More information will be emailed home next week.

Angie O'Brien

All Schools & offices will be closed on Monday, September 28.

Angie O'Brien

AACPS recently released a message stating that schools are allowed to move forward with allowing senior portraits to take place within the school building. CSP's senior portrait date was rescheduled for October 9, 2020. When I reached out Prestige (Lifetouch) about how the process of notification and scheduling will work, I received the following message: Senior portraits have been confirmed for October 9, 2020. Students will receive appointment cards in the mail 2 weeks prior to our arrival. Please note, we have adopted a new scheduling process to help with social distancing and crowd control, per CDC protocol. The students are asked to log onto the PrestigePortraits.com website to "self-schedule" their appointment. The appointment cards have a date range listed when we will be at the school. The student then uses their unique ID number to log onto PrestigePortraits.com to select a date/time convenient for them.

Angie O'Brien

Please make sure students are only using the schedules that were emailed home from CSP. Please do not use the schedules sent out by AACPS.

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Angie O'Brien

Please see the attached letter for Code of Conduct Instructions.

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Angie O'Brien

Welcome back! We are excited we are continuing during virtual learning our Tiger Pride points. Each week student will earn tiger pride points during their classes. This is catching a tiger working through our PRIDE matrix which we have attached. Let us know if you have any questions. Keep up the good work.

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Thank you! PBIS Team

If you have questions and want immediate answers, please try visiting our website first. (www.mycsp.org) We continue to add important information as it becomes available. Some of the items you can find there include: ~Staff Directory listing all employees, titles, and email addresses - under About Us->Staff Directory ~All of the items emailed home can be found under CSP Families->Parents->Information Emailed Home ~Information about virtual learning - under CSP Families->Virtual Learning ~School Calendar

Angie O'Brien

If your child misses a class, they have the opportunity to attend flex learning time and teacher office hours to make up the live lesson that they missed. The flex learning and teacher office hours must take place within 7 days of the absence. If this happens, the teacher will go back and mark the student present for the class that they missed. If the child is absent and unable to participate in flex learning and/or teacher office hours, then you will submit an absence note for your child's absence. All absence notes are being submitted via the form located on our website. To reach the form for high school student absences, you can click on the link below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDAoG7YyQuoIPLpNEi9ygQqaH9DR-hvIMNlk6u83Apc7pB1w/viewform To reach the form for middle school student absences, you can click on the link below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5o5RQyUpX7IHndTohPtOk0pX6nNZf9DzB-qb0H6NXhqI04A/viewform The path to find the forms is as follows: www.mycsp.org Click on CSP Families Click on Parents Click on High School Attendance Form or Middle School Attendance Form For questions about attendance, please reach out to Mrs. O'Brien for high school and Ms. June for middle school.

Angie O'Brien

I am pleased to see your students in my Geometry class this week. I'm so excited to start this school year with a lot of technology and resources that are design to increase students' participation. Hopefully this will lead to better achievements and higher success rates in our students. Please continue to support us as we continue to navigate through virtual synchronous learning . There will be hiccups along the way, but with your guidance and support , each student will come out victorious at the end. Please know that I will be using the following websites. 1. Google classroom and meet 2.Geogebra 3. Desmos 4. DeltaMath.com 5.Quizizz 6. Kahoot 7.Nearpod 8.Jamboard 9. Padlet 10. Khan Academy 11.i-ready.com 12.Math Games.com Let me know if you have questions regarding any of the websites mentioned or any other questions pertaining to our class. Email me at LALOS@mycsp.org.I am looking forward to see you all during the back to school night.Thank You and please be safe always..

Lyniper Al-Os (LALOS@mycsp.org)

Dear parents/guardians and students, We had a good start this week and I'm so happy seeing my students' excitement to learn. Hereunder is our upcoming lessons for next week: 1-1 Understanding Ratios 1-2 Generate Equivalent Ratios. It would be great if you can try incorporating those topics in your daily activities so your child can appreciate it more. Thank you and looking forward for your continued support.

Mrs. Valencia

The students are off to a great start. We will be signing up for our online textbooks, for use next week. Instructions for logging in: Go to www.teachtci.com Click Student Sign In. Use these credentials: Teacher Email: jmorandin@mycsp.org Use your csp email. Use your first initial, last name for your password, as it appears on your csp email. (example: student email: jdoe@mycsp.org student password: jdoe) Students will be working with the online textbooks independently next week. Let's get prepared!

Janette Morandin

The students are off to a great start. We will be signing up for our online textbooks, for use next week. Instructions for logging in: Go to www.teachtci.com Click Student Sign In. Use these credentials: Teacher Email: jmorandin@mycsp.org Use your csp email. Use your first initial, last name for your password, as it appears on your csp email. (example: student email: jdoe@mycsp.org student password: jdoe) We will be using our online textbooks this Wednesday. Be prepared.

Janette Morandin

We will be reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald in Honors English 11 for the first marking period. I will be sharing a PDF copy on Google Classroom, but if you prefer a hard copy, please purchase one over the weekend as we are going to start reading the week of September 14.

Mr. Hood

Parents- Please fill out the American Film Studies Waiver as soon as you can. If you have any questions about it, please email me at khood@mycsp.org. If you did not get this waiver and your child is enrolled in the American Film Studies class, please email me. Students- Please fill out the Streaming Service Survey found on Google Classroom as soon as possible.

Mr. Hood

Science content begins next week, with lessons about science classroom safety. In this first quarter, we will be learning about Genetics - asexual and sexual reproduction, punnett squares, artificial and natural selection, and genetic modification. Please visit my website https://sites.google.com/mycsp.org/8thgradescience/home to see a copy of the syllabus, as well as some other important information.

Jennifer Dixon

Science content begins next week, with lessons about science classroom safety. In this first quarter, we will be learning about Chemistry - matter, atoms, molecules, chemical equations, and conservation of mass/matter. Please visit my website https://sites.google.com/mycsp.org/6thgradescience/home to see a copy of the syllabus, as well as some other important information.

Jennifer Dixon

Juniors and Seniors: Be sure to frequently check your Naviance emails for important information. Are you interested in the University of Maryland? At this time, two virtual University of Maryland college sessions are planned. A Google Meet invite will be sent to all juniors and seniors through Naviance. September 24: 1:00 p.m. University of Maryland, College Park September 29: 10:30 a.m. University of Maryland, Baltimore County Mrs. Siwicki -School Counselor A-L (jsiwicki@mycsp.org) Mrs. Shepherd -School Counselor M-Z (mshepherd@mycsp.org)

Mary Beth Shepherd -School Counselor

Students and parents: Maryland Public Television (MPT) will host their annual "Ways to Pay for College", a live, one-hour special airing Thursday, September 24 at 7 p.m. on MPT-HD. A live stream of the program also will be available at mpt.org/college and remain there for viewing following the broadcast. Students and families are encouraged to email their financial aid questions to college@mpt.org before, during, and after the program. In addition, on Wednesday, September 30 at 7 p.m. MPT will offer a special virtual screening of the one-hour broadcast on a viewing platform called OVEE. A panel of experts will be part of this screening to answer questions, share tips, and provide resources during and after the program using the OVEE chat feature. To register for this screening, visit https://ovee.itvs.org/screenings/m6el4. MPT-HD will also air a half-hour recorded version of Ways to Pay for College on Saturday, September 26 at 11 a.m. Please see the attached press release for information.

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Mary Beth Shepherd -School Counselor

Seniors and parents:

Are you looking for ways to pay for college?  If so, plan to join the CSP Google Meet session "College Financial Aid" on:

Wednesday, October 14, at 6:00 p.m.

Bianca Bagwell, the Assistant Director of the AACC Financial Aid Office, will outline Federal and State aid, to include how to apply and important deadline information.  This is a private CSP event.

The CSP Google Meet link is as follows: 

https://meet.google.com/tgy-gcmw-fro?hs=122&authuser=0" target="_blank">https://meet.google.com/tgy-gcmw-fro?hs=122&authuser=0

See you there!

Mary Beth Shepherd -School Counselor

If you are taking an AACC course this semester, below, please find important AACC course information for classes that begin next week. Please check your "MyAACC" to test your browser/device to ensure access to Canvas Technical Requirements for Canvas (Links to an external site.) Be sure to check your "MyAACC" everyday during the semester for information from your AACC professor and updates. As a reminder, · Your course(s) begin online 9/14. Students will have access to their courses 3 days prior to the start of class. To access the course, students will log into MyAACC and click on “Access my Courses”. · You will “attend” a PreStart Orientation to acclimate yourself to AACC policies, procedures, supports, etc. The PreStart Orientation will be a link that will be either added to the Canvas course or sent via email to the students (through their MyAACC email) that students will be required to watch during the first week of their AACC class. During the PreStart, there is a brief overview of Canvas and how to access your course. Once in the course, students should be able to work their way through the modules. If there are issues, email your instructor to ask where to find things/how to navigate. o If you would like to view the PreStart Orientation, visit https://zoom.us/rec/share/yJFSD76trCRJHKvd-UzdBYM-FNn_aaa81iJI8_oEmE9Cg3vqYVl0-cIu7CfxbuIw Passcode: U21Hsy@s · Instructors will be using Teams or Zoom for the synchronous meetings with students. Zoom has been tested on the AACPS issued Chromebooks, and it is compatible (it works). Teams is having issues, so I am working with John Magnus to do some testing – hopefully it’s just an issue of unblocking or tweaking a setting. These links will be sent by the instructors or included in the Canvas course. Please mark the times below in your schedules and if you cannot find the link prior to the first day, email your instructor. Helpful links: o Accessing MyAACC: https://www.aacc.edu/resources/technology/myaacc/ o Password Management Tool: https://vkiosk.aacc.edu/identity/self-service/aac/login.jsf o If students are unable to log into the college portal, MyAACC, contact the Technical Call Center (Help Desk) at 410-777-4357. o Tutorials for various functions within Canvas: https://guides.instructure.com/m/4212 o There is a Canvas mobile app: http://ola.aacc.edu/ID/Multimedia/MobileAppsPDFs/

Mary Beth Shepherd -School Counselor

I hope everyone had a great summer! My name is Mona Gomaa and I am the Library Media Specialist at CSP. I am very excited about our upcoming school year! Please take the time to login into Mackinvia. It has a ton of resources such e-books, audiobooks, and databases. Reach out to me if you have any questions. My email is mgomaa@mycsp.org How to log into Mackinvia: http://mycsp.org/media/ "See you" soon :) Picture copyright: Paulista - Fotolia

Mona Gomaa