CAIHS Monday Morning Message
February 5 , 2024
Important Scheduling Information!!!!
Parents and Students,
You may begin to put in your course requests today and it will close on February 16th. Please follow the directions below and I have attached the Powerpoint for additional support.
Scheduling instructions and our Course Selection Guide will be available on our website and through our Monday Messages. This will consist of a powerpoint of our course offerings and the steps students use to enter their course requests. This information will be available at www.casdschools.org/ca
HOME ACCESS INFORMATION
All students will register for their 2024-2025 school year courses by using their own Home Access login. Please use the format provided below to log in. Your Home Access account can be accessed by using the following web address: http://homeaccess.casdschools.org/homeaccess or by clicking the “Home Access” link on the district website. As a reminder, Home Access provides parents/guardians with the ability to see a student’s grades, report cards, schedule, and attendance history. In addition, parents/guardians can update phone numbers and email addresses with their own Home Access account to ensure that the district has the most up to date contact information for each student.
*Please note - Course requests can only be entered during the scheduling window. This window is February 9th – 16th.
Below is an example on accessing the Home Access Center.
Format
Example
Student: First and Last Name
Login: FIRSTNAME.LASTNAME
Password: Student ID
Student: Clifford Maloney
Login: CLIFFORD.MALONEY
Password: 60000001
If you have any questions, please contact your child’s Guidance Counselor for assistance.
CAIHS Counselors
Tina Rodgers A-G ext. 61531
Stephen Shirk H-O ext. 61687
Dr. Cole and Mrs. Panasiewicz
Congratulations to both Dr. Cole and Mrs. Panasiewicz are in order. Dr. Cole was recently promoted to be Principal of Reeceville Elementary. Over the last two weeks she has been slowly transitioning over to Reeceville. This week will be her last week at the Intermediate High School. She will be missed terribly but she deserves this and she will be a great Principal at Reeceville.
Mrs. Panasiewicz is going to be having her first baby shortly and this will be her last week. We have a teacher already lined up and her has already started planning with her. Robert Durborow will start next Monday and we are excited for Mrs. Panasiewicz and her husband.
ROCK Winners!
We are off to a great start to the month and the 3rd marking period. Students turned in 240 ROCKs this week! The winners of this week's are:
Senam Mensah
William Jones
Ciara Carpenter
Bianca Humphrey
Kayden Jones
Free Dental Care at CAIHS
Parents/Guardians,
Please see the attachment for free dental care at the Intermediate High School and if you are interested you must turn in the form to Mrs. Taylor by February 16th to the Nurse's Office.
School Store
Below is a link to order Coatesville Merchandise for you and your family. We have a variety of clothing options from sweatshirts, 3/4 quarter zips, T-Shirts, Sweatpants, polos, and lots of other options in many colors and styles. Below is the link to order. https://caihsstaffstore.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Important Health Information and Vaping Awareness
ATTENDANCE
If a student misses 18 days of school and/or 9 days in a semester, and/or misses the same class 18 times, and/or is habitually late to school, he/she will be required to have a School Attendance Improvement Plan (SAIP) meeting. From the meeting, the team will discuss the student’s attendance and make a potential recommendation for retention or being held back.
In order to receive credit, a student must attend 90% of his/her class days.
If a student misses more than 10 lawful or unlawful absences, requires an excuse from a licensed practitioner of the healing arts or medical doctor.
A student can be retained for failing to show academic achievement for promotion.
Retention or being held back shall only be considered for the worst-case scenarios and parents/guardians will be notified and a part of the process.
CAIHS families, should you have any questions, please reach out to CAIHS's administration.
Year Book Early Sales Event
The 2023-2024 Coatesville Area Intermediate High School Yearbook is currently on sale for $40. Make sure you order early to get the sale price and current promotions. If you have any questions, please reach out to the yearbook advisor Ms. Perri at PerriA@casdschools.org
HOME ACCESS CENTER & STUDENT SCHEDULES
Students and Parents,
Parents, the Home Access Center is open for you to view your student’s schedule and grades. The Home Access Center can be reached at the following link:
http://homeaccess.casdschools.org/HomeAccess/Account/LogOn?ReturnUrl=%2fhomeaccess
As students enter the site:
Username: firstname.lastname (no spaces)
Password: student ID
Counselors contact information (Grades 8-9) for schedule issues is:
Last Names: A-L Mrs. Rodgers at rodgerst@casdschools.org
Last Names: M-Z Mr. Shirk at shirks@casdschools.org
CHROMEBOOKS/TECHNOLOGY
Please remember to charge your Chromebook and be sure to bring your school issued Chromebook and Charger the first day of school. If your child doesn’t have a Chromebook, they will be issued one during the first few weeks of school.
- For new students- chromebooks are being formatted and will be handed out to those students in the 1st and 2nd weeks of school.
- For students who have broken or lost chromebooks we will lend you a chromebook until yours can be replaced.
- 9th grade students- will continue to use your current chromebook and when the new chromebooks come in you will turn in your old chromebook and receive a new one.
The annual technology insurance fees for the 2023-24 school year were posted to Rev Track. As always, the technology insurance fee for students receiving compass benefits is waived.
Also, there is an annual cap of $100 per family to support families with multiple children. Please remit the posted technology insurance fees before the start of the school year - The discount is applied at checkout.
- Grades K-12: $40 per student
- The annual technology insurance fee includes one device repair per school year at no cost – The most common repair is replacing a screen at a cost of $450 for devices.
- Subsequent repairs beyond the first repair per school year incur a progressive repair deductible, depending on the device type.