Signing In on Campus

As a reminder, all visitors (including parents volunteers in classrooms) need to be signing in and out at the Ormondale Office daily. Please help us keep our children safe by adhering to this policy and encouraging nannies, babysitters, and other family members to do so as well.

School Site Council

Thank you to all of the families who responded to our SSC election. We would like to welcome Elisa Jagerson, Beth Gillbrand, Lael Bajet, and Brook Coffee as our parent representatives to SSC.

Parent Conferences

We are nearing the end of our first semester and looking toward the second half of the school year already. Please mark your calendars for the upcoming Parent Conferences, which will be the week of February 10th-13th. Stay tuned for information from your classroom teacher about arranging a specific time for these conferences.

Upcoming Events

Science Family Night

Join us for an educational fun family night, Friday, January 24th from 6:00 - 7:00 Pm, with our Science Fair, Invention Expo and The Lab @ Ormondale Open House.  

Parent Teacher Conferences

Februrary 10th to February 13th

I hope that your family had a wonderful vacation. I know that the two weeks home with family, partnered with the beautiful weather, made for a lot of family fun in my house. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact me at [email protected] or 650-851-1777.

Sincerely,

Kevin F. Keegan

Happy New Year, everyone! I trust the time away over winter break was spent well with family and friends and our community is energized for this coming New Year.  

In my last article before winter break, I shared reflections about our journey thus far this school year. I also shared my excitement for what lies ahead related the transition to common core standards and implementation of our strategic plan

including how reading, writing and math, STEM, differentiation, service learning, creative expression and Project-Based Learning will be infused throughout our instruction.

Already in our first week back to school amazing examples of student learning and progress have been on demonstration. Our STEM Fair was a great success - congratulations to our students, staff and parent community on a fantastic showcase of student inquiry! As well, thank you to all parents and CMS community members who served as judges for the fair.

There was a well-attended meeting and tour this past week for our 4th and 5th grade parents regarding 6th grade and the middle school program at CMS. We have a top-tier, first choice middle school program and it was exciting to share what the transition to middle school looks like, answer questions and share impressive data regarding the success rates of our students upon their graduation from CMS. There will be another informational meeting later in the spring, but in the meantime, please feel free to reach out and ask any questions or provide any suggestions you may have regarding the transition to 6th grade for our students.

Over the next week, two informational meetings will be offered about our new 4th and 5th grade common core aligned report card (it's been over a year in the making!). One meeting will be on Tuesday, January 14 from 8:15-9:00am and the other on Thursday, January 16 from 3:15-4:00pm. Both meetings will be in Room 102 and I hope all 4/5 parents can attend at least one of the meetings.

As well, our School Site Council will be meeting this coming week and throughout the remainder of the school year to discuss, articulate and provide advise regarding our Single Plan for Student Achievement and our end of year school survey. Congratulations and thank you to the following members of Site Council - Karyn Bechtel, Susan McLaughlin, Sandra Vaughan, Maryann Chwalek, Crissy Untrecht, Rebecca Parker and Kathy Hoskin.

We have a lot to accomplish moving forward but it is exciting work that I know will get done in an astounding way because of the wonderful support provided by all members of the CMS community on behave of our students. Happy New Year, everyone!

Michael Corritone

Principal