The next CMS-PTO board meeting will be held on Thursday, May 16 and not on May 1, as previously scheduled. It will start at 6:30pm in the CMS office conference room.
CMS-PTO Talk: How to Pay for Your Child’s College Education
The next CMS-PTO Talk is on Wednesday, May 8 at 6:30pm in the CMS Library. Have you wondered how you’re going to pay for your child’s college education? Do you have questions about financial aid? Are loans the answer? Should you have a 529 Plan? Join us as a Certified College Planning Specialist explains these things and more. Please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cms-pto-talk-paying-for-college-tickets-60793026579
Staff Appreciation Week – May 6-10, 2019
May 6-10 is Staff Appreciation Week at CMS! Cupertino Middle School Parent Teacher Organization (CMS-PTO) wants to celebrate all the wonderful employees at CMS and we’d like you to join us. After all, every parent and guardian of a CMS student is automatically a member of CMS-PTO. We are fortunate to have great teachers, administrators, office staff, instructional assistants, support staff, cafeteria staff, custodians, and so many others who support our kids at CMS.
We’ve come up with three easy ways that you can help let our staff know how much we appreciate them!
1. Here are some blank notecards that you and/or your student can use to write appreciation notes to the CMS staff. Your kids can give the written notes directly to their teachers during Staff Appreciation Week, May 6-10. If there are notes for any other staff members, students can leave them in a box in the office. Please feel free to print as many notecards as you need.
2. CMS-PTO will be providing meals and treats to the CMS staff during Staff Appreciation Week.
Monday: breakfast
Tuesday: Korean lunch provided by some wonderful parents
Wednesday: trail mix bar
Thursday: catered lunch
Friday: ice cream
Parents can sign up to bring breakfast items on Monday, May 6, and ingredients for Wednesday’s (May 8) trail mix bar. Please use this link: Staff Appreciation Week May 6-10, 2019
3. Donate gift cards! Every day during Staff Appreciation Week, there will be drawings for staff members to win gift cards that have been donated by CMS families. Who wouldn’t want a gift card to Amazon, Visa, Target, or Starbucks? Please drop off donated gift cards in the CMS office before Friday, May 3.
We know that every family shows appreciation differently. The ideas listed above are only a few ways we can show the CMS staff how much we appreciate all they do for our children.
If you have questions, please contact Betsy at communications@cms-pto.org
CMS-PTO Talk this week! Where Did My Sweet Baby Go?
Join us this Wednesday, April 10, 2019, for a CMS-PTO Talk! It will start at 6:30pm in the CMS Library.
Are you sick of backtalk, disrespect, laziness, lack of motivation, arguing, swearing, lack of cooperation, lying, dark looks and mood swings?
In this workshop that focuses on adolescent behavior, learn
• the key job of parenting a teen.
• how you can manage the behaviors that make you feel like someone has replaced your child with an alien.
•how to keep a close child-parent bond while at the same time giving your tweens and teens the increased freedom that they need.
•how to handle a teen’s need for risk and rebellion.
Elisabeth Stitt is the author of Parenting as a Second Language: A Guidebook for Joyfully Navigating the Trials, Triumphs and Tribulations of Parenthood and the founder of Joyful Parenting Coaching. A teacher in the Redwood City School District (Redwood City, CA) for 25 years, Elisabeth brings over 50 thousand direct contact hours with kids of all ages. Having taught over 3000 students, she has seen all kinds of kids and all kinds of families.
Please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cms-pto-talk-where-did-my-sweet-baby-go-tickets-58612539684
CMS-PTO April Meeting and Election
Please join us on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 6:30pm in the CMS office conference room. CMS-PTO will have its regular monthly meeting AND hold an election for 2019-20 board officers.
Any parent/guardian of a CMS student can be a board member. The roles are:
- President
- Communications
- Fundraising
- Community Programs (parent education seminars, community events, etc.)
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Parliamentarian
Many of the positions may be co-led by two people, if desired, to lighten the workload on busy parents. You can read the job descriptions at Article 5.3 of the CMS-PTO bylaws. https://cms-pto.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CMS-PTO_BYLAWS_10.03.18.pdf
Learn more about CMS-PTO at www.cms-pto.org. Questions? Please contact May Bakken at president@cms-pto.org.
Items needed for CMS Spring Fling
CMS-PTO needs to borrow some items for the CMS Spring Fling on Friday, April 5, 2019. If you have any of these to loan, please contact Bernie Urbina at programs@cms-pto.org.
* 4 Canopies
* 4 Water Jugs, like the large Gatorade dispensers
* Corn hole set
* Board games (checkers, chess, etc.)
Thank you!
Upcoming CMS-PTO Talk: Where Did My Baby Go?
The next CMS-PTO Talk is April 10, 2019, from 6:30-7:30pm in the CMS Library.
Are you sick of backtalk, disrespect, laziness, lack of motivation, arguing, swearing, lack of cooperation, lying, dark looks and mood swings?
In this workshop that focuses on adolescent behavior, learn
• the key job of parenting a teen.
• how you can manage the behaviors that make you feel like someone has replaced your child with an alien.
•how to keep a close child-parent bond while at the same time giving your tweens and teens the increased freedom that they need.
•how to handle a teen’s need for risk and rebellion.
Elisabeth Stitt is the author of Parenting as a Second Language: A Guidebook for Joyfully Navigating the Trials, Triumphs and Tribulations of Parenthood and the founder of Joyful Parenting Coaching. A teacher in the Redwood City School District (Redwood City, CA) for 25 years, Elisabeth brings over 50 thousand direct contact hours with kids of all ages. Having taught over 3000 students, she has seen all kinds of kids and all kinds of families.
Please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cms-pto-talk-where-did-my-sweet-baby-go-tickets-58612539684
CUSD Funding Challenges and Strategies – A Talk with Dr. Craig Baker, CUSD Superintendent
Please join us Wednesday night (March 6) at 6pm in the CMS Library to hear Dr. Craig Baker, CUSD Superintendent, discuss our district’s funding challenges and revenue enhancement strategies.
Band parents: Dr. Baker should be finished by the time the band concert starts, so you can attend the talk and the concert.
Please RSVP for Dr. Baker’s talk at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-the-future-holds-for-cusd-a-talk-with-superintendent-dr-craig-baker-tickets-56145071420
CMS-PTO Talk: Drugs, Alcohol, and Other Substances – How to Talk to Your Kids About Use and Abuse
There is a CMS-PTO Talk is this week!
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019: CMS-PTO Talk Drugs, Alcohol, and Other Substances – How to Talk to Your Kids About Use and Abuse. 6:30-7:30pm in the CMS Library. For more info and to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cms-pto-talk-drugs-alcohol-and-other-substances-how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-use-and-abuse-tickets-55193378882
Please update your calendars!
Monday, Feb. 25, 2019: Homestead Rd. Corridor Safe Routes to School Community Meeting. 6-8pm in the Homestead High School Auditorium
https://www.sccgov.org/sites/rda/PnS/CP/Pages/Homestead-Rd.aspx
Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019: CMS-PTO Talk Drugs, Alcohol, and Other Substances – How to Talk to Your Kids About Use and Abuse. 6:30-7:30pm in the CMS Library. For more info and to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cms-pto-talk-drugs-alcohol-and-other-substances-how-to-talk-to-your-kids-about-use-and-abuse-tickets-55193378882
Tuesday, March 5, 2019: CMS-PTO Meeting. 6:30-8:00pm in the CMS Office Conference Room. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A NEW DATE FOR MARCH’S CMS-PTO MEETING.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019: What the Future Holds for CUSD – a talk with Superintendent Dr. Craig Baker 6:00-6:30pm in the CMS Library. Please RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/what-the-future-holds-for-cusd-a-talk-with-superintendent-dr-craig-baker-tickets-56145071420
Wednesday, April 3, 2019: CMS-PTO Meeting and Election of 2019-20 CMS-PTO Officers. 6:30-8:00pm in the CMS Office Conference Room.
Friday, April 5, 2019: CMS Spring Fling! 4:00-7:00pm on the CMS Fields.