CMS-PTA welcoms two expert guest speakers to address the issues of Texting, Social Media and Internet Safety. We wish to invite not only families in the Collins Hill High School cluster, but also all members of our community. Please share this with your friends, family, church and other organizations. Everyone is welcome to attend! Scheduled presenters include:
For Parents:
G.B.I. Agent Renae Anderson will lead an informative and enlightening parent meeting on internet safety. Agent Anderson specializes in High Technology Investigations and Computer Crimes. Parents will receive important information regarding the Georgia Cybersafety Initiative. Topics for this meeting include; parenting in The Digital Age, how to keep your child safe online, as well as current issues many teens face regarding social media and texting.
For Students:
Georgia Tech’s Information Security Manager, Jason Belford, will present a program to students designed to help educate them on the dangers and consequences of social media, texting and internet safety. Jason is an expert in Social Engineering (phishing attacks), Social Media (Facebook, etc.) and Internet safety.
In order to foster common grading expectations at Creekland, all teachers have been given a grade book template to use.The template contains grading rules and grading weights that are common for the entire school.
Grading rules define how numerical grades will be allocated to the letter grades A, B, C, D, and U.Grading rules are consistent throughout Gwinnett County as part of GCPS policies and procedures.
Grading Weights define what percentage each category such as tests, classwork, and projects will count towards the total grade.These weights are consistent through all academic content areas at Creekland with the only exceptions being those Connections classes that rely heavily on performance assessments.
Grading RulesGrading Weights
90 – 100ATests35%
80 – 89BQuizzes20%
74 – 79CProjects/Labs20%
70 – 73DClasswork15%
0 – 69UHomework5%
Benchmark5%
Classwork vs. Homework
In order to bring appropriate uniformity to the question regarding the differences in student work and the category in which that work is placed for the purpose of grading, the following explanation is provided.
Simply stated...if the work is done at home it is homework...it is not classwork that was completed at home.
If classwork is sent home for completion, the portion completed at home becomes homework and should be reflected in the grade book as such.
If a project is sent home for completion, the portion completed at home becomes homework and should be reflected in the grade book as such.
Academic Recovery Plan
Creekland has an Academic Recovery Plan that allows students to retake a test if they are not satisfied with the grade they earned. This form includes a plan for remediation that the student must complete before a retest is allowed. Students may obtain this form from his teacher so that they can schedule a time for the retest.
Last Changed 2010-03-01
Go2 Portal Goes Live
The Go2 Parent Portal went “live” for the Collins Hill Cluster on February 9th. Parents who completed a registration form should have received their secure login ID and password information via an email from the district. The parent portal will allow parents to monitor their child’s academic performance and attendance at any time. Parents also have access to testing and discipline information. As a result of this new communication tool, our teachers will only send emailed progress reports for the remainder of the third nine weeks. At the beginning of the fourth nine weeks, we will no longer send emailed progress reports. Parents will be expected to use the Go2 Parent Portal to stay abreast of their child’s progress in each class.
If you have not yet signed up for the Go2 Parent Portal, we encourage you to stop by the school and register as soon as possible. Please remember, for student confidentiality, all registration forms must be submitted in person so that picture identification can be verified.
March 12, 2010 will be the final date for progress reports to be emailed. After March 12, grade reports should be accessed through the parent portal.
The Parent Resource Center in the front office has a collection of books, videos, and brochures intended to be a reference available to all Creekland parents. If you have borrowed a book from the Parent Resource Center in the front office, please return it as soon as possible. Creekland PTA wants this program to be a success and we need all books to be available to our parents. If a borrowed book has been misplaced, please either donate a replacement book or send a $10 check made payable to CMS-PTA - Attention Parent Resource Center. Please help us keep this very useful resource available to all of our Creekland parents. The Center is closed May 1st - August 1st. Thank you!
Adapted Sports
Last Changed 2009-05-12
The Gwinnett HEAT, Gwinnett County's Adapted Sports Program, will be fielding a "Wheelchair Handball" team in August. This team is opened to all students attending grades 1-12 whose primary disability is physical. They may walk unassisted, with devices, be in manual or power wheelchairs. All participants must compete in a wheelchair. For more information, please contact Mike Phillips at mike_phillips@gwinnett.k12.ga.us.
Georgia Natural Gas - TrueBlue Schools Program
Last Changed 2009-04-08
Make Money for Our School, the Easy Way
We know how important our school is to you. Now it’s easier than ever to make a positiveimpact on it. Georgia Natural Gas® (GNG) has launched the TrueBlue Schools™ Program.It’s a simple fundraising solution that lets parents, teachers, alumni and members of our localcommunity support our school – just by choosing GNG! GNG’s goal is to raise $2,000,000over the next two years for Georgia schools. Together we can make it happen.
Here’s howit Works
GNG will provide ongoing donations to our school for every GNG customer who signs upfor the program and designates our school as the school they wish to support. For everycustomer that signs up, GNG will –
• Give our school a one-time $25 donation per customer
• Donate $5 for each month you are a GNG customer – up to $60 per year
• As an added bonus, give each new GNG customer a $25 Visa® Gift Card
It’s just that simple! Anyone can participate, and the more people who sign up and select ourschool, the more money we receive. It’s easy and effective, and it feels good! We all want tosee our kids succeed. Let’s make it happen together.
Sign Up with GNG Today!
Visit trueblueschools.com
Must provide Promotion Code TBSB-1-090-000 to receive your Visa® Gift Card offer.
