Families,

Please make sure that your student has their chromebooks charged and ready to go on each and every day. We want to make sure that everyone is ready to learn and they have their chromebooks and notebooks ready to go so that they can take part in the teachers lessons.

Below are reminders that we continue to emphasize throughout the school day.

• All doors are now alarmed and the only doors that we enter or exit are the front door entrance from the stairs (even during transitions between CAIHS and CASH).
• Students must wear their ID badges. They will wear their badges from last year until new ones are issued after picture day.
• Students may not wear hats and hoods in school.
• Students have to cover their mid-drift at all times. No half-shirts are permitted.
• All classrooms will utilize the Cell Phone Lockers. If they have their cell phones it is expected that they place their phones in the lockers during the class period.
• Students have three minutes to transition from class to class. This week we will start hallway sweeps if the students are in the hallways after the bell rings.

Regular school attendance is imperative for success in school. If your child is absent from school, please email the reason for the excuse that includes the date and purpose of the absence. You can email these to our attendance office at CAIHSAttendance Students can also bring notes down to the attendance window located in the main office. Please see the attendance requirements for all students below.

• 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.

Congratulations to our Weekly ROCK Winners.

Aiden Rubincam

Aneysha Quinones

Luke Larson

Juana Sotelo-Hernandez

Mary Villagomez

Let's make this school year a great one by giving the teachers a welcome back breakfast! Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Financial Donations will go toward purchasing coffee/tea. All donations need to be in by Wednesday, September 20th.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0545A9AA2AA7FF2-caihs1#/

Thank you!

Can I have your attention please. Please see the Flyer below for this awesome opportunity below. This program is open to girls in 8th-12th grade and it is starting now. If you are interested please reach out to Jan@artsholdinghandsandhearts.com

Thanks to the Alliance for Health and Equity, the program will continue to meet in the 4th floor conference room in the Brandywine Center on Wednesdays from 4:00-6:00.

CGRC is excited to offer Trauma-Sensitive School training free-of-charge for the 2023-2024 School Year.

This initiative is funded through a generous grant by the offices of Pennsylvania Senators Amanda M. Cappelletti, Carolyn Comitta, John Kane, Tim Kearney, and Katie Muth. Schools within Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties are invited to participate.

1. Leading Trauma-Sensitive Schools – (1 hr) School and District Administrators
2. Understanding Trauma and Its Impact – (3 hrs) All School Personnel
3. Trauma-Sensitive Student Interactions – (2 hrs) Teachers and Student Support Staff
4. A Trauma-Sensitive Approach for School-Based Art Instructors– (1.5 hrs) School Art Teachers
5. Understanding Trauma & Its Impact: A Primer for Parents and Caregivers – (1.5 hrs) Parents and Caregivers

For further information or to schedule training, please contact Kathryn Mariani at trauma-informed@cgrc.org or 484-454-8700 x 1803.

The District will continue to utilize PowerSchool Enrollment to manage our online Student Information Update process. This system is a secure and streamlined process which allows the District to verify all student demographic, emergency, and medical information. The system will also allow families to electronically sign annual permission forms.

An email was sent on August 15th to the first parent/guardian listed for each current student in grades 1-12 who attended Coatesville Area School District last year and are returning for the 2022-2023 school year. This email notification will include your student’s snapcode and a snapcode link, which will take you directly to your child’s online registration.

Should you have any questions or concerns pertaining to the form, please do not hesitate to contact us at 610-466-2420.

Below you will see the directions on how to drop off students and pick up students from the Intermediate High School. In addition, we have added a short video to assist with this procedure.

New this year, is that all 8th and 9th grade students that are getting dropped off have to enter from Foundry Road (Red Raider Road). You will not be permitted to enter from the front entrance at CASH.

Students can start to enter the building at 7:05 a.m. They can enter at the Main Entrance and Auditorium Entrance. All students must be in First Period by 7:15 a.m.

Students will be dismissed at 2:10 p.m. and they will board their buses. If picking up students , please drive safely.

As always the first two weeks of school there will be timing issues with buses as everything gets situated, please be considerate as we work on getting the students onto the buses as they maybe running a little late. I promise you that it will get quicker as we move forward.

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

Students should be prepared to have their chrome books in school with them daily. For assistance in any technology needs please visit CASD Techonology Department for FAQ’s, How To’s, and Self-Help resources.

• 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.

Breakfast and lunch is available at NO CHARGE for all students, regardless of income, again during the 2023-24 school year. CASD participates in Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), which provides meals at no charge for all students without the need to complete Free/Reduced Meal Applications. Menus will be posted on the food service website towards the end of the month. Please join us for breakfast and lunch as we welcome you back on August 28!

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