News Bits

• Flood Map - interactive details.
• Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled for Monday, Sept. 13th.
• Monday, October 4 - Friday, October 15: FALL BREAK (2 WEEKS)
• Under a new Tennessee immunization requirement, children entering the 7th grade in 2010 will be required to have a Tdap and Varicella booster shot. For more information, please call your local health department at (931) 528-2531. Don't forget your child's second H1N1 shot
• Join our mailing list to keep up with school happenings. Please include Parent Name, Student Name, and Student's Grade Level in the body of your request.

We are pleased to be a
TITLE I/ARRA School
for the
2010-2011 school year.

• TSIP - the CMS School Improvement Plan
• More News.

The Cornerstone Middle School PTO has a website.

Please note this link is basically like any link to any off-site web location: - a link to their web page is provided for the convenience of our visitors. That site is owned/operated by third parties. Cornerstone Middle School is not responsible for the availability or content of any external websites.

Resources For Educators

Promethean Boards Bound is a website developed by CMS's own Mr. West and is an aid to educators using Technology in the classroom. Click the logo to be taken to that website.

• learnatest.com is a really great resource offered by the Tennessee Electronic Library for free. It has all kinds of free test prep materials.
• stemresources.com has a lot of help for Science and Math teachers.

Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning

Options for 6 - 8th grade middle school credit

World Language Survey (2nd Semester 6th grade) 1 semester - Cost $300

In this World Languages course students will be introduced to 6 different languages within 18 weeks. The languages in this course include Spanish, French, German, Latin, Chinese and Japanese. Each language will be taught in a period of 3 weeks. This multilingual course is designed to give students an opportunity to gain understanding of a language that they might want to further study in the future. Each language is equally represented, thus allowing the student to conceptualize and practice the language one at a time.

Middle School Latin ( 7th or 8th grade) 2 semesters - Cost $300 each ($600)

Students begin their introduction to Latin with fundamental building blocks in four key areas of foreign language study: listening comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. The course consists of 180 lesson days formatted in an intuitive calendar view, which can be divided into two 90-day semesters and represents an ideal blend of language learning pedagogy and online learning.

Additionally, we offer 12 advanced placement high school courses:

• English 9
• Career Management Success
• Computer Fundamentals
• Innovations and Inventions
• French I
• Latin I
• Spanish I
• German I
• Japanese I
• Algebra I
• Biology
• Global Studies

We have a website that goes into further detail: http://vital.pcsstn.com

You may want to check out the information for parents: http://vital.pcsstn.com/registration-1/information-for-parents

• d2lquickref - a quick reference guide for those taking a d2l (desire 2 learn) online class.
• Late Work - how badly late work will affect your grade.
• Academic Integrity Policy - for those who cheat. Abbreviations used in this document:
• LF = Lab Facilitator. A local teacher with specialized training to run a computer lab for distance learning. This is the local monitor who assists students in the lab with courseware and time management. At CMS, this is Mark West.
• OF = Onsite Facilitator. This position is a building level certified position who oversees online learning in the building; he or she may screen, select and then register students. At CMS, this is Mark West.
• SC = Site Coordinator. This is the district level contact for the e4TN program; coordinates the online learning for students in the district and supports onsite and lab facilitators. For every school in Putnam County, this is Mrs. Sharon Anderson.