It has been such an amazing start of the year for
everyone!
Thank you for
continuing to support and encourage our students to start the school year
strong by being on time every day, being present every day, and giving their
best effort every day. We appreciate your support at home.
Thank you to all
families for your great work in the car line.
A few reminders:
1) Please pull as far forward as possible before dropping your student off. 2)
Please do not drop off at the athletic/west parking lot as this is where our buses drop off. Please do not drop your children off on the street. 3) After
you have dropped your child off you may, with extreme caution, pull out to the
left and exit our parking lot. Remember we have two exits you may use.
Thank you for your
patience as the first days always take the longest due to new families learning
our procedures. Please let me know if you have any questions at any time.
Here are a few
updates and reminders for you:
1. Daily Announcement and website – Remember you can stay closely connected with these
listed events and even more each day by visiting our website HERE. Our Daily Announcements are updated
Monday – Friday.
2. Stay connected – Via Remind (text message service) by texting
@Principalp to 81010 Follow us on
Twitter @CherokeeSPS and/or follow us on Instagram at CherokeeSPS
Also, if you do
not receive this via email and would like to please email me at wtpowers@spsmail.org to be added to
our email list.
3. PTSA meeting
& yearly calendar – Our first
meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 23rd, at 7:30 a.m. in the
library. Sign up here SignUp Genius invitation if you are able
to attend. We’d love to have you join us! Here is the YEARLY CALENDAR with other dates
of note and all meeting dates as well.
4. PTSA fundraiser – Students will be receiving information today about
our annual PTSA fundraiser. This is NOT a required activity. Thank you in
advance for supporting our PTSA and our students!
5. We have an
amazing team here at Cherokee. Thank you to all
the families who submitted a recognition last year! You have no idea how much
this means to our teachers and staff. You can complete
an Employee Recognition Form here to show them your
appreciation. No recognition is too small. Thank you for taking the time to
recognize and celebrate our staff!
6. IGNiTE – Our students will be receiving their Chromebooks
this Wednesday, Aug. 24th. Check out this website for more information on IGNiTE. Our website also
has links to more information at the top left-hand side of the page under
IGNiTE. 6th & 7th grade families - If you did NOT
receive an IGNiTE packet at orientation please contact one of your students
teachers for a packet or see our website for the information. 8th grade
families – students will be receiving their packet this week and you may access
it online as well.
7. Superintendent Senior Open Forum representative – Dr. Jungmann is asking each site to identify a
“senior” representative this year. This could be a guardian, grandparent, etc.
If you or someone you know would be willing please have them contact me as soon
as possible. Below are the dates, times, and locations.
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Friday, October
21
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
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KAC Board Room
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Friday, December
2
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
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KAC Board Room
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Friday, February
10
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
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KAC Board Room
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Friday, April 7
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
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KAC Board Room
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Friday, May 12
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10:00 – 11:00 AM
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KAC Board Room
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8. We need volunteers for Character Ed and Book talk – Please contact Mrs. Wilson at jrwilson@spsmail.org if you are
interested in helping with Character Ed or have questions. You can contact Mrs.
Bengsch at jbengsch@spsmail.org if you are
interested in book talk or have more questions.
Also, anyone
wanting to volunteer at Cherokee must complete this BACKGROUND CHECK as soon as
possible.
9. Bell schedules for Cherokee – We use a few different bell schedules during the
school year. These will help you when planning for lunch, appointments, etc. This LINK will take you to a folder with the following
schedules - Character Ed, Morning assembly, Sports/Pep Assembly, and our
regular bell schedule. The dates are listed at the top of each schedule. Please
note this Wednesday, Aug. 24th we will follow the morning assembly
schedule as we deliver Chromebooks to all of our students in the morning.
Please
don’t hesitate to contact us at any time.
Have a
great week and as always #GoIndians
Bill
Powers
Principal
Cherokee
Middle School
420
E. Farm Road 182
Springfield,
MO 65810
Ph:
417-523-7210
"The
illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but
those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler
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