CHASE MIDDLE BEGINNING OF YEAR INFORMATION:
We are excited about our new school year and wanted to share beginning of year news and reminders:
Class List Posted
6th GRADE homeroom list will be posted on Wednesday, August 18th at 5:30pm. 6th grade students will be able to pick up their schedule in their homeroom class during orientation.
7th and 8th grade homeroom list will be posted on Thursday, August 19th at 2:00pm. 7th and 8th grade students will be able to pick up their schedule in their homeroom classroom.
Wednesday, August 18th – 6TH grade Student and Parent Power Up Orientation
from 5:30 - 7:30pm (ALL STUDENTS AND PARENTS NEED TO PLAN TO ATTEND THE ENTIRE MEETING FROM 5:30-7:30PM)
-FREE hot dog supper for 6th graders and parents in cafeteria from 4:30-5:15
-6th grade iPad pickup (optional) from 1:30-4:30pm (remember to bring $10 or $20 cash/check only for your insurance fee)
MEETING BEGINS AT 5:30pm in the gym. We will then break groups up and have separate activities for both parents and students. Parents please plan on bringing cash or check for $10 or $20 to pay your child’s iPad insurance fee for either the semester or school year. We cannot accept debit cards.
Thursday, August 19th – 7th& 8th grade “Drop In” any time from 2:00-6:00pm
7th and 8th Grade “Meet Your Teacher” Schedule
-7th & 8th grade iPad pickup (optional) from 2:00-5:00pm (remember to bring $10 or $20 cash/check only for your insurance fee)
(Meet teachers, Review MacBook Policy, and Pay Macbook Fee -, Bus Information, Pick Up Schedules).
Parents please plan on bringing cash or check for $10 or $20 to pay your child’s iPad insurance fee for either the semester or school year. We cannot accept debit cards.
Chase Middle Yearbook Pickup
Our 20-21 yearbooks are now available for pick up from 8:00am-3:30pm each day. Yearbooks were pre-ordered and this pick up is only for those who have already purchased. After all books are picked up we will post the availability of any books still available for purchase.
Bus transportation and new address reminders:
Bus Riders – bus passes will be given to students by their homeroom/1st core teacher during their assigned orientation date. If you have moved or changed your address from spring to now make sure you come by school to give your new address and complete a new bus transportation request form. Any new bus form completed after August 16th will NOT be guaranteed to able ride beginning the first day of school.
Band and Chorus students
Any parent who has a student that is signed up for band or chorus needs to stop by the music room during open house to meet Mr. Henderson our band/chorus teacher.
Chase Middle Fall Sports Reminders:
Chase Middle Football -
Any 7th or 8th Grade Student: CHASE Middle has already began mandatory football practice from 3-5pm each day. Football requires a certain number of days of practice before contact or playing in a game. It is important that your child attend these practices if they plan on playing football this year. If your child still is interested in playing please contact the school or coaches ASAP. You need to contact one of the coaches or the school if you have transportation needs.
North Carolina Middle School rules only allow students in grades 7 and 8 to participate in football.
**Reminder about physicals – any student participating must have a physical on file with the school prior to participating.
Golf – First practice will be on Monday August 23, 2021. Practice will be Monday-Thursday from 3:30-6:00pm The location will be Forest city golf club and boys and girls can play. If anyone has questions email Coach Smith at [email protected].
All students interested are welcome. All students must have a physical on file.
Boys Soccer – Sign Ups will be Monday and Tuesday (August 23-24). Tryouts will be Wednesday and Thursday, August 25-26.
Softball – Tryouts will be Monday and Tuesday, August 23rd and 24th from 3:00-5:00pm.
Cross Country - tryouts will begin the first week of school, more details will be posted later this week.
Masks and Covid Re-opening Guidelines
Our Board of Education recently met to develop our district guidelines for mask and Covid protocols. Beginning August 9, 2021 mask will be OPTIONAL for students, staff, and visitors.
Bus Riders – please note mask are required on all regular and activity busses for all individuals at all times regardless of vaccination status (Federal transportation requirement).
Dr. Sutton released a parent letter with this information at this link:
https://4.files.edl.io/a5d2/08/04/21/212631-8ca402ab-fb3a-4dcb-bc42-48509ebf7da1.pdf
MORNING PROCEDURES
Please arrive to school after 7:15 AM each day.
All students are encouraged to eat a healthy breakfast in the cafeteria at no cost. Students should report to the commons area to await the morning bell. All students who arrive after 7:25 AM should either go to breakfast or to the gymnasium. Those students eating breakfast at school should report to the gymnasium immediately after breakfast. Sixth grade students will wait in the cafeteria and students in 7th and 8th grade will go to the gymnasium until dismissal to homeroom.
In the gymnasium, students are to sit down as directed by the teachers on duty until the 7:35 AM bell rings. NO FOOD ITEMS OR DRINKS ARE ALLOWED IN THE GYM AT ANY TIME! FOOD AND DRINKS ARE TO BE CONSUMED IN THE CAFETERIA ONLY OR IN CLASSROOMS AS PERMITTED BY TEACHERS! Once students are in the gymnasium, they will not be allowed to go to breakfast. Students are allowed to socialize, but are not to horseplay. Students should go to the restroom, get all essential materials, and arrive at homeroom before the 7:45 AM tardy bell rings.
If a student is late to homeroom, the student should check in at the office. Tardies will be given any time a student is late, regardless of the reason. Students are expected to arrive and remain in school the full day. Tardiness and early checkouts are strongly discouraged because students miss important instruction; therefore, three (3) unexcused tardies and/or three (3) unexcused early checkouts per six weeks may result in a requirement to make up time after school per teacher discretion.
Buses arrive at school between 7:15 and 7:40. These students will follow the above procedures. Beginning at 7:15 AM, teachers and/or staff members will be on duty in the gymnasium, cafeteria, commons area, and in the bus parking lot.
ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL
Students in 6th grade should be dropped off and picked up in the bus lot on Morrow Motor Road. Students in 7th and 8th grades should be dropped off and picked up at the front entrance off Chase High Road. If students in more than one grade are riding together, the driver should use the higher grade for determining which parking lot to use.
Students should only be dropped off at the sidewalk. Please do not drop your student off in the middle of the parking lot. This is extremely dangerous and interrupts orderly flow of traffic.
All vehicles picking up and dropping off in the bus lot must enter from the lower entrance. It is illegal and dangerous to pass a school bus when it has stopped to unload children. If you are on Morrow Motor Road in the afternoons and a bus is in the left lane to exit the parking lot, please allow the bus to exit; this will speed up the process. In the afternoons, cars should line up single file in the bus parking lot in preparation for dismissal. Buses will exit first.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WILL BE MONDAY, AUGUST 23rd